Master Beat-Box Comedian | Reggie Watts | Talks at Google

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  • čas přidán 31. 05. 2010
  • Hand-picked by Conan O'Brian as the opening act for his nationwide comedy tour, Reggie is a tour de force of cutting edge entertainment. He is part musician, part comedian, part tech geek, and 100% unlike anything you've ever seen or heard before.
    A master at beat-box and looping, he is probably best known for his music, however his unique style blends familiar elements with novel sounds and allows Reggie to explore unknown territory. His comedy, on the other hand, is a bit harder to explain... let's just say he's a comedian's comedian... trust me, you're gonna love 'em.
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  • @yeetstyle
    @yeetstyle Před 7 lety +462

    "when i was a child, i was very small. or at least... far away"

    • @amazighennorthafrica6501
      @amazighennorthafrica6501 Před 7 lety +9

      justizz14 to people who didn't get it. it has to do with scale. the farther the smaller

    • @smokejc
      @smokejc Před 6 lety +12

      yeah no shit.

    • @snavisTM
      @snavisTM Před 5 lety +4

      @@amazighennorthafrica6501 Jesus Christ you're about as dumb as the parrot op.

    • @Burley_Bert
      @Burley_Bert Před 5 lety +2

      @@amazighennorthafrica6501 i don't get it.

    • @Burley_Bert
      @Burley_Bert Před 5 lety +5

      @@amazighennorthafrica6501 People are not smaller the farther they are away....

  • @SkilesHasFun
    @SkilesHasFun Před 8 lety +436

    Reggie Watts is my favorite human.

  • @fuzedcorn
    @fuzedcorn Před 9 lety +405

    Art like this, and yes it is art, is the purest form. He sometimes uses old beats or progressions as a jumping off point, but now always, and every performance is unique. He grabs whatever is in the aether around him, and plays off the vibe of the audience. He is a master improviser, and his stream of consciousness creations are as honest and creative as you can get. He's brilliant, one of the best artists on the planet in my opinion.

    • @paulb1953
      @paulb1953 Před 9 lety +9

      Maïa OurSun you're a towel

    • @fuzedcorn
      @fuzedcorn Před 9 lety +6

      Both spellings are acceptable, ask NDT.

    • @dbuck01
      @dbuck01 Před 8 lety +5

      +Bob “Smoove” Buerkle "A great virtuoso of our time" is a phrase creeping toward my lips every time I see him perform. A Mozart with a loop pedal.

    • @suspicioustumbleweed1356
      @suspicioustumbleweed1356 Před 8 lety

      +Bob “Smoove” Buerkle Well done Bob

    • @adamluther4950
      @adamluther4950 Před 8 lety +2

      +Bob “Smoove” Buerkle
      Fuckin hell. Why don't you marry him then!

  • @Daveskee
    @Daveskee Před 10 lety +146

    This will stand as one of the most astounding performances of the 22nd century

  • @elefectomariarosa
    @elefectomariarosa Před 8 lety +151

    That irish traditional song is hilarious!!!

  • @LukeReturns
    @LukeReturns Před 8 lety +126

    When the banshee sang to the heaven, I absolutely lost it.

    • @matmatician7
      @matmatician7 Před 7 lety +17

      Dude I would have lost my shit in the crowd. I have no idea how they kept from laughing. The fucking banshee killed me

    • @tokethedude1103
      @tokethedude1103 Před 4 lety +7

      24:00 Irish banshee song begins!

    • @tastyandfriends7074
      @tastyandfriends7074 Před 3 lety

      And how about when she died right there of a heart attack

  • @Kinetikai
    @Kinetikai Před 13 lety +30

    "When I was a child, I was very small. Or at least, far away." Wonderful line. Reggie Watts is a magical human being that deserves a lot more exposure. He's a bit like an American Bill Bailey, combining music, comedy and surrealist rambles. "Did you whiteboard it?" "Yeah, I whiteboarded the fuck out of it." Simply astounding.

  • @Colestacks
    @Colestacks Před 8 lety +34

    Day 2 of watching Reggie non stop my brain is turning to mush

  • @ltzp2
    @ltzp2 Před 8 lety +26

    "what the fuck is the sun? I look at pictures and It doesn't really help at all"

  • @ullahufukbar77
    @ullahufukbar77 Před 11 lety +44

    The classical opera to the Irish folk song were probably the best moments in musical history. Even tho its supposed to b funny and he's talking gibberish the goosebumps rose listening to that BEAUTIFUL sound.

  • @bored312
    @bored312 Před 10 lety +30

    "I don't know if I got the ceramics right." For some reason that line always makes me lose it, no matter how many times I hear it.

  • @AshtrayAnnie
    @AshtrayAnnie Před 10 lety +55

    Every genre of everything, all in 50mins.

    • @DafBnTs
      @DafBnTs Před 8 lety +1

      +John Wick To be honest 46 minutes fits in 50 minutes so no untruth is spoken/typed/commented.

  • @maticant
    @maticant Před 8 lety +77

    It's now 6 years later, and Google still hasn't adopted the OWL model...

    • @alexniederhauser8562
      @alexniederhauser8562 Před 7 lety

      efstathios mesaretzidis who?

    • @FloraSora
      @FloraSora Před 4 lety +1

      @lbcbobdole Damn, beat me to it

    • @maticant
      @maticant Před 2 lety

      Dammit! It's 2022 and STILL we haven't seen the OWL model...!

  • @manmoth_1990
    @manmoth_1990 Před 8 lety +26

    "Did you whiteboard it?" "Yea, I whiteboarded the fuck out of it."

  • @nissanelement43
    @nissanelement43 Před 5 měsíci +2

    2024 and this still lives in my heart

  • @ohtrueyeahnah
    @ohtrueyeahnah Před 5 lety +29

    Every time I think I find his best performance on youtube I find another one of him that is even better than the one I saw before! God damn this guy is TOOOOO GOOD

  • @ProxCyde
    @ProxCyde Před 10 lety +135

    "but I digress"... lol, no shit Reggie. That should be the name of your next show.

  • @MrJeffrey938
    @MrJeffrey938 Před 8 lety +60

    this cat is the pinnacle of our species.

  • @DrParmesan
    @DrParmesan Před 4 lety +17

    Reggie actively trying to fill time is such a lovely thing

    • @bravetherainbow
      @bravetherainbow Před 10 měsíci

      Thanks to your comment I have renewed appreciation for the long pause, shuffling papers, followed by "... What is an algorithm?"

  • @carterdennison4078
    @carterdennison4078 Před 5 lety +17

    The Irish song!!!! It blew my mind, it cave me chills! I've lOVED Reggie from my first experience of him, in Spatial. He is absosutely a blessing to the world, I love him

    • @derekjay.s
      @derekjay.s Před 3 lety

      Watch his one "Live at Yoko Onos Breakdown"

    • @deepsp_ce
      @deepsp_ce Před 3 lety +1

      i lost it at that part. i haven't laughed that much for so long

    • @TheDorkFork
      @TheDorkFork Před rokem +1

      I SAWWW MYYY BONIE LASSSSSSS

  • @BuckMcAntlerson
    @BuckMcAntlerson Před 8 lety +41

    That owl stuff is literally true and accurate! lol how can he just pull that stuff out of nowhere? Brilliance.

  • @littleripper312
    @littleripper312 Před 8 lety +74

    This guy has infinite material and is always funny.

    • @pavlezvekic
      @pavlezvekic Před 7 lety +11

      He doesn't have ANY material

    • @pavlezvekic
      @pavlezvekic Před 7 lety +8

      it's all improvisation

    • @nytelyte3979
      @nytelyte3979 Před 7 lety +20

      So...in other words..he has infinite material essentially. His mind is an infinite plane. No? Ok.

    • @wirly-
      @wirly- Před 4 lety +3

      @@nytelyte3979 An infinte plane with the illusion of leading you back to the point of origin. If you realise that it is quite PLaiN to see.

  • @thebigh4752
    @thebigh4752 Před 7 lety +54

    We should send this to the aliens. Just for shits and giggles.

  • @scourtheearth
    @scourtheearth Před 13 lety +8

    ADD has never been done more Justice. God bless this man. Fan for life.

  • @7575tavin
    @7575tavin Před 8 lety +36

    After watching reggie watts, every other humorists sound so plain, average and fucking tasteless. This guy is a freaking genius

  • @castle4640
    @castle4640 Před 4 lety +9

    I watch this every now and then whenever my mood needs a quicker picker-upper. This is the Bounty of CZcams videos.

  • @FrogBlasters
    @FrogBlasters Před 11 lety +14

    There was a point in this video, I forget where, where I stopped laughing and my mouth was just hanging open. My brow furrowed further and further and my brain strained to keep up. Fucking incredible.

  • @ReMixRoudy
    @ReMixRoudy Před 2 lety +10

    He is a decompiler of the human language. An outwardly bubbling fountain of ingenious madness. He fuses music genres like a drunken welder but creates masterpieces in this process that stand very lonesome these days in their singularity of quality. This human collapsed into a black hole of brilliance and what we see is only the event horizon; the echo of whats really going on in the supercomputer named head that he is wearing on his shoulders. He is the substance of creativity and the definition of Art.
    Peace and Love from Alpha Centauri.

    • @disco_cherry
      @disco_cherry Před rokem

      Facts. I say he shows us the 'program' from a dif panel of the prism compared to writers like Terence McKenna.

  • @LittleBlue42
    @LittleBlue42 Před 5 lety +25

    He is a master of saying something that makes no sense at all, and is incredibly profound at the same time.

  • @DonCabRS
    @DonCabRS Před 11 lety +12

    22:08 through 22:47 that's like... all classical training. some of those runs are so difficult, and he did a really really difficult jazz run. reggie is the man.

  • @DustinRodriguez1_0
    @DustinRodriguez1_0 Před 8 lety +72

    While most performers are polite, and they create pleasing patterns that the associative matrix of our neural mass can engage with or not, the brave knight of art Reggie Watts runs right up to each of us and sticks his fingers in us. He spreads into our brainspace like a gene therapy tagged onto a modified e. coli made into a slurry that he spits into our ears, infecting our auditory nerves, stimulating patterns in our aural cortex that spread out and dance across our cognitive network in a way both so close to prior experience and at once novel that our usual looping processes of analysis themselves break down, simply letting him and his work flood into us, whether we want it to or not. Tres rude.

    • @techfreak243
      @techfreak243 Před 8 lety +10

      there are some innuendos in there that made it enjoyable to read

    • @ericbradley7597
      @ericbradley7597 Před 8 lety +1

      yet u have no likes and are being negative to a joke someone else was saying when they were in a good mood. How does it make u feel that people like you and your attitude cause pain and negative feelings or energy if u will in this world? oh wait don't answer that its a rhetorical question due to your negative comment, I do not care and I'm sure no one else does at this point.

    • @ericbradley7597
      @ericbradley7597 Před 8 lety +1

      LOVE YOUR COMMENT BRO/SIS!!!! KEEP UP THE HUMOR YOURE AWESOME!!!! you beat me in the whole word wiz thing I use to be awesome lol now I just go blank all the time lol

  • @CarolaAdolf
    @CarolaAdolf Před 7 lety +13

    he is a genius. Don't think he will ever be able to repeat any of his performances.... he rocks!!!

  • @poisoncurls882
    @poisoncurls882 Před 4 lety +26

    20:49 - 26:45 that whole performance is the most incredible powerful amazing genius thing i've ever witness

    • @accuser_of_the_brethren7816
      @accuser_of_the_brethren7816 Před 4 lety +3

      I listen to it at least once a day along with the first one "cultural song" idky..it makes me really appreciate the absurd genius of it.

  • @superhund14
    @superhund14 Před 8 lety +12

    As a long-time Reggie fan, the most surreal thing was the honest Q&A at the end haha

  • @silmarforbes4904
    @silmarforbes4904 Před 8 lety +10

    that little green box of magic he has... you are the most talented person i have seen reggie we love u!!

  • @d3nodreadlockswag
    @d3nodreadlockswag Před 11 lety +6

    the first song is so dope. The talent that he possesses and yet it feels like he doesn't take himself seriously at all. That's why he's so dope.

  • @PeterGarofalo
    @PeterGarofalo Před 8 lety +44

    a revelation , all my life I have been trying to make sense of everything & considering it's all a big joke . Now I know.

    • @RuthwikRao
      @RuthwikRao Před 8 lety +1

      yep. You might wanna check out Albert Camus for a clearer revelation of the absurdity of it all. :)

    • @arthurcheek5634
      @arthurcheek5634 Před 6 lety

      This blows my mind

  • @SophieLovesPreppy
    @SophieLovesPreppy Před 3 lety +6

    An algorithm is someone who feels good on a rainy day

    • @ibnorator8149
      @ibnorator8149 Před 3 lety

      Speaking of Reggie Watts *EHM...CLEARS THROAT* -Greetings Beautiful soul! Lol (forgive me abit i know I am not exactly what you may have come here for ..) but my name is Ibn Orator...I am an Avant-Garde, introspective & Political Hip Hop Artist from New Haven CT. I've recently released a project titled "The Fishbowl Syndrome" that is centered around the topic of our mental health and art; how they intertwine in experience or how they are sometimes viewed here in America;to which my first debut music video "The Horse on a Trampoline" works showcase on the spectrum of my own experiences with it, that i feel fans alike of FKA twigs, Janelle Monae , EarthGang, Flying lotus, Childish Gambino or those of Bjork, Logic , Lupe Fiasco, & Reggie Watts may resonate with...id like to share this with you by giving a warm welcome to my Channel to not only, like and subscribe but to comment with genuine feedback. (Please leave a comment there underneath the video and not here) as i would like for my listeners to feel welcomed to give more in thought than in clout and start a conversation which is what my subject matter is based on ..."Commentary on our shared world".In hopes that this may be fruitful to you i look forward to your response
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      All the best
      Ibn Orator
      P.S. Im aware that for some us, if not all, are having a hard time this year..so id like to say that i love you very much, if you haven't heard it from anyone, and that things are about to change as they always do, for better or worse….#godspeed..

  • @Llamakazi45
    @Llamakazi45 Před 11 lety +7

    His Irish ballad at 24:05 is amazing.

  • @Rheldon
    @Rheldon Před 6 lety +17

    Reggie is a Google search engine all by himself.

  • @dr.decker3623
    @dr.decker3623 Před 8 lety +17

    Reggie Watts is my Favourite Human,.. hands down

  • @Sir_Flopsalot
    @Sir_Flopsalot Před 8 lety +6

    I think the best way to appreciate this is every couple of minutes step back and ask 'wtf am I watching' then get sucked back in for 2 min.

    • @Sir_Flopsalot
      @Sir_Flopsalot Před 8 lety +4

      +flopinator also turn on closed captions for expert mode.

    • @JustD1zz
      @JustD1zz Před 8 lety +1

      One does Not need to ask anything Because of the answer that's already given before one Can ask. Boom.

    • @Carcosahead
      @Carcosahead Před 6 lety

      just like taking acid.

  • @IL0VEPANCAKES
    @IL0VEPANCAKES Před 11 lety +4

    I feel like this is just one train of thought, but he's so brilliantly articulate that he can voice it all in such unbelievable detail.

  • @Squirrelconga
    @Squirrelconga Před 4 lety +12

    "Until the Wolf from Alpha engine becomes artificially aware of itself" 🤣. Killed me!

  • @david4134
    @david4134 Před 11 lety +5

    my god this guy has such amazing energy, i cant stop watching his vids. Such a top bloke

  • @sanstronik
    @sanstronik Před 3 lety +3

    Reggie watts is like an intellectual person gone crazy, but used it to his advantage.

  • @killerkimm
    @killerkimm Před 9 lety +19

    "It is that person from which whenst we would not know as though he would say with own words doth baited breath if she did doth lay in the sun did she not see the smiling of that natural landscape she did within be.. her.. there.. a lot." Hahah such a literary genius

  • @Pidxr
    @Pidxr Před 7 lety +3

    Thank. You. Reggie.
    The last time I saw you I hugged you in Pioneer Square in Portland after you guys played that free show. That was a Long. Time. Ago.

  • @smokejc
    @smokejc Před rokem +1

    Esmund Frazensnätch was a visionary and I'm glad they're finally getting the praise they deserve.

  • @RHCP1031
    @RHCP1031 Před 9 lety +11

    Holy shit! That Irish song was beautiful!

  • @taoforte8988
    @taoforte8988 Před 7 lety +26

    Every single time i listen to this man i have a kool-aid grin plastered on my face

  • @krzewik
    @krzewik Před 6 lety +3

    19:47 "There was a floor and a ceiling and the structure that make sure them those thing stay separated" Epic Epic Epic

  • @KrisP3016
    @KrisP3016 Před 6 lety +3

    That first song was so feel good I think it might be my favorite Reggie Watts improv

  • @thebuho1715
    @thebuho1715 Před 4 měsíci

    10:38 is my favorite song. So chill up beat positive and happy sounding

  • @goodbeachyness
    @goodbeachyness Před 11 lety +1

    I teared up a little bit. This man is life

  • @jimmiricardo9798
    @jimmiricardo9798 Před 4 lety +4

    come here after listening to marc rebillet

  • @NA-xg1ji
    @NA-xg1ji Před 5 lety +5

    28:08 is the best part

  • @TheTotemToter
    @TheTotemToter Před 4 lety +6

    The bit about the banshee was brilliant. I don't know why but when he said "and she died right there of a heart attack" at about 26:28 I just had to pause and laugh it out for a good five minutes, it was just so good.

  • @popdanish4969
    @popdanish4969 Před 3 lety +2

    The Irish banshee song is beautiful

  • @mroshfosh
    @mroshfosh Před 12 lety

    Omg! Reggie you are the best! One of a kind there's billions of people in the world and you and the best!

  • @doortower3622
    @doortower3622 Před 11 lety +7

    i love when i stumble upon a good 45 minute reggie set.

  • @JorisGriffioen
    @JorisGriffioen Před 10 lety +21

    Lost it at "what it be about 'n shit" haha

  • @rikurodriguesneto6043
    @rikurodriguesneto6043 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you Reggie!
    Greetings, Sherry.

  • @shpidermonky6443
    @shpidermonky6443 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Everything Reggie creates is both so foreign and familiar it messes my brain up lol

  • @AndrewAslakson
    @AndrewAslakson Před 11 lety

    this is one of my FAVS!

  • @bandyman8
    @bandyman8 Před 11 lety +2

    I need a full transcript of this. Priceless.

  • @gingerpest
    @gingerpest Před 11 lety +1

    04:07..brilliant Sir Ian McKellan tones!!! this guy is simply out there on his own..live Reggie..love Reggie..complicated, funny man.

  • @Billytheshit
    @Billytheshit Před 3 lety +2

    „As a child I was very small.. or at least far away..“ 😂😂

  • @MKCushyCreations
    @MKCushyCreations Před 5 lety +1

    Outstanding 🔥🌟🔥

  • @Phantasmo77
    @Phantasmo77 Před 14 lety +1

    Love Reggie, hilariously talented guy!

  • @BroskiAdams
    @BroskiAdams Před 14 lety

    never gets old... Gluten free

  • @danielpaulsson3475
    @danielpaulsson3475 Před 2 lety

    Coming back to this clip all the time to listen to the doowop.

  • @elebis
    @elebis Před 11 lety +2

    Reggie is so genius that we are not able to tell how much genius he is.

  • @kaumudee
    @kaumudee Před 14 lety

    Surreal! Toooooooooooo good!

  • @filmcrew1551
    @filmcrew1551 Před 11 lety +10

    Since I started watching Reggie more often, youtube suggests me every video he's ever made every day. And I'm totally okay with that.

  • @ekonexus
    @ekonexus Před 11 lety

    I love you Reggie!

  • @benhodges9476
    @benhodges9476 Před 10 lety

    This entire video has inspired me to keep spreading the power of knowledge to people. Reggie Watts speaks of so many things that we as humans all have the ability to grasp, we just have to learn a little more than we think we can. Reggie's seriously on tee with everything people should do in order to "wake up". The 2012 thing he was talking about, look it up!

  • @AdrianoSilva-gh6yz
    @AdrianoSilva-gh6yz Před 3 lety

    Fantástico !!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @alcomatt
    @alcomatt Před 10 lety

    Love it!

  • @simonesjourney3172
    @simonesjourney3172 Před 6 lety

    I love this man!!!!

  • @TheZackw419
    @TheZackw419 Před 10 lety +7

    reggie is definitely an old soul...

  • @sammcloughlin9291
    @sammcloughlin9291 Před 9 měsíci +1

    This is like a tuning a radio into to the thought process of random people on the street, so creative.

  • @remain___
    @remain___ Před 3 lety

    Still so much fire

  • @progga7326
    @progga7326 Před 5 lety +4

    22:27 That part alone shows again what a genius Reggie Watts is ...

  • @henrymattei4886
    @henrymattei4886 Před rokem +1

    he is such an amazing singer! 22:00 and on!

  • @cgfresh13
    @cgfresh13 Před 12 lety +1

    If he made a CD I would buy it so I can listen to it to put me in a cheerful mood.

  • @abramporras7877
    @abramporras7877 Před 8 lety +8

    reggie watts is cool af

  • @tadcaster1689
    @tadcaster1689 Před 11 lety

    i hope this guy releases and album!!!

  • @Vojife
    @Vojife Před 6 lety +3

    It's genius how you can click at any point of the video and it sounds like it's in the middle of a coherent story. ;D

  • @andresmedina9737
    @andresmedina9737 Před 3 lety +2

    This guy is a legend.

  • @leweezey
    @leweezey Před 2 lety

    I think this might be the most incredible thing I've ever seen.

  • @treephant
    @treephant Před 10 lety +3

    The man is a God!

  • @ovaismir6618
    @ovaismir6618 Před 3 lety +2

    The zen comedian

  •  Před 9 lety +10

    "Really good shit."

  • @0100001101000110
    @0100001101000110 Před 12 lety

    spot on Reggie, spot on!

  • @RobertNYC77
    @RobertNYC77 Před 11 lety

    GENIUS

  • @DrCh0ngo
    @DrCh0ngo Před 6 měsíci

    It’s like watching the most beautiful and hilarious lava lamp. My heart is full and content.

  • @Daveskee
    @Daveskee Před 13 lety +2

    The most entertaining man alive

  • @zombiesecurity
    @zombiesecurity Před 12 lety

    I enjoy that there's funny, crazy, musical, random. It's a roller coaster.

  • @ferrangrooove
    @ferrangrooove Před 4 měsíci

    I love this crazy mind