Bo Burnham: Make Happy - Country Song / Pandering (REACTION)
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 14. 06. 2024
- Reacting to Country Song / Pandering from Bo Burnham's Netflix special Make Happy.
This song was literally my life growing up so it was extremely relatable and hilarious to me.
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00:00 Intro
00:47 Country Song
09:01 Culture is Dead
14:03 Outro
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This will seem like a completely left-field suggestion, but you should definitely check out Orville Peck. He does some of the most amazing indie country I've heard in a lonnnng time (and he's also hella gay and loud about it and I love him because he makes insecure men uncomfy lol). "No Glory In the West" is a favorite you might want to start with! :D Yeehaw! ;D
His shorts are *always* worth reacting to. Especially his meta dad joke.
I think there is a show called lip sync battle, and I think Jimmy Fallon does this bit a lot. I can't stand Jimmy Fallon.
@@andrew20146 Yeah, he's for sure talking about Celebrity Lip Sync Battle, which features multiple instances of the 'guy in drag doing a woman's song, but he's not...' - a couple of great examples include Channing Tatum (who faced off against his wife, iirc) and Tom Holland going up against Zendaya. Tom performed "Umbrella" by Rhianna and kinda killed the fuck out of it, honestly. lol At the same time, though, I see what Bo's saying. We have a finite amount of time on this earth and we should try to use it as best we can and corporations greedily want every second of that they can steal.
The most subtle and brilliant line of the song:
âLike Mikeâs Evandering: fuck your ears, Iâm pandering.â
Like Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield, fuck your ears. Amazing
oh my god i've always wondered about that line! wow haha
thanks how did I never catch that!
I was today years old.
Never caught that one before. So clever from Bo, thanks!
I never knew that
âi donât like dirtâ is such an underrated joke, it gets me every time lmao
I don't get it. I'm from Spain so maybe I'm losing a double meaning there
@@karatexperience it's just a very simple, blunt thing that also expresses the same thing as the rest of the verse (that the singer is singing about country things but has never worked on a farm or a ranch or whathaveyou). i just think it's quite funny how blunt and to the point it is
âI write songs for the people who do jobs in the towns that Iâd never move to.â That is such a spot on lyric bro when it comes to the pandering side of country music. I used to love this special & especially this song. Still do lol.
"Legalize gerrymandering" right after it kills me every time lmao
âItâs a fucking scarecrow again!â Makes me laugh every time đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
After all the deep and philosophical stuff it's good to see you actually giggling đ
The giggles are adorable! đ
Was thinking the same thing. Kinda odd to start with Inside and THEN move onto his funnier stuff.
@@ThatReplyGuy inside is the absolute last anyone should watch đ
@@Villagelark That's what I was implying, yeah.
"Yall dumb mfs want a key change?"
Gets me every single time
"I write songs about riding tractors from the comfort of a private jet"
Looking at you, Kenny Chesney. No one thinks your tractor is sexy.
for those who didnt grow up on country, bo says "i'm wanting you" EXACTLY like garth brooks
"I hope you're feelin me." Both line's accents were đ
it took until someone told me since i was so young when it happened, but evander was the boxer who got his ear bitten off by mike tyson, so the line "like mike evander'in, fuck your ears i'm pandering" now hits so different, bo puts such thought into his songs.
I knew the reference, but even then it's hard to decipher what he's saying since "evanderin" isn't a word.
@@seanmatthewking from how i understood it, he just verb'd the name, as in mike taking a piece of him. English is weird.
@@seanmatthewking If you are brave enough, every sound is a word.
100% the best key change of any song. gets me every time
'"Y'all dumb motherf*****s want a key change?" ...
âLike Mikeâs Evandering, fuck your ears Iâm panderingâ might be the greatest lyric written in any song 7:29
"That is a scarecrow"
LOLOL
Me: "Nice"
Chris: "Nice"
lul love watching these vids
When I heard the amount of people was waiting for the "nice" xD
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That stupidd 69 joke with his class will never fail to get me đđđidk itâs just so unexpected love that typa humor
Country music can definitely be earnest and even subversive-- especially with contemporary artists like Kacey Musgraves, Orville Peck, Le Ren, Babeo Baggins and others-- but so-called "stadium country music," which is sadly the most popular in the genre-- are exactly what Bo showcases here: shallow, cynical cash grabs exploiting an audience who sadly does not know better.
I never listened to country but I found Orville Peck on KEXP in 2019 and that led me into a rabbithole of so many great independent country artists. From Charley Crockett to Tyler Childers to Colter Wall to NIck Shoulders to Kassi Valazza to Sean McConnell to A J LeGrand to Charles Wesley Godwin to Logan Halstead and Cole Chaney. Evan Bartels songs are so raw real and powerful, check out the video for Shotgun.
Is Kacey Musgraves country? I've only listened to her Golden Hour album but I listen to it a lot and I never really got a country vibe from her. Orville Peck is pretty good imo but I've never heard of these other people. I might have to check them out.
The part of the song I think most people just skim by, that I think is brilliant is, as he goes into the second verse, he says, "I'm hoping my southern charm offsets all these rapey vibes I'm putting out." Then in the verse he says, "We go to bed, YOU DOZE OFF, so I take your country girl clothes off..." That is rape, (or a serious sexual assault, at least) and I think it gets overlooked because he follows up with the comedy line, "It's a fucking scarecrow again."
I think the celebrity lip syncing is referring to the late night shows like Jimmy Fallon where they get celebrity guests to lip sync to pop music. Bo's criticism is basically "this is the best we can come up with for entertainment?"
i forget who said that it was the death of culture, its over, go home. Celebs we see too much of fake singing to songs we've heard too much
@@sersmiles1635 that was bo
@@sersmiles1635
It's either a male celebrity lip syncing to a woman's song.
Hah! But he's not... -.-
Or it's a white, cis gendered female celebrity ironically lip syncing to a hip hop song.
"Fuck the police coming straight from the underground... Can you believe this song used to be a genuine, articulation of class struggle, ho ho ho!"
"rural noun, simple adjective."
Omg did you 69 nice yourself? You're a mega dork (don't worry, that's why your channel is so nice, feels like listening to a friend versus getting a scholarly lecture - which i also respect and enjoy but the familiarity is super refreshing).
What's so nice about Bo is he sings this incredibly meta song while still making art. He has a full legitimate song that's so self aware.
He's referring to celebrity lip sync battle and you 100% should unironically do a reaction to Tom Holland's Singing in the Rain/Umbrella mash up (versus Zendaya, his Spiderman co star). It's amazing. Its not like funny haha he's doing Umbrella, its omg this boy commits and can dance.
YES the Umbrella lipsync holy shit its legit incredible. would love to see chris' reaction to it
It's unreal just how hard he hit the nail on the head with this one. I grew up in the south and had to deal with rubbish like Garth Brooks on the radio all the time. Completely insincere, soulless horseshit that was as empty as it was overproduced.
Also - my absolute favorite part of this is the 'thank you, Weird Man, byeeee' bit - cracks me up every time. XD
You grew up on the south, yet you say "rubbish?"
@@calebmurphy9406 I grew up in the south, but consider myself a person of the world. I say all sorts of stuff I'm not s'posedta ;)
We knew you would love it hahahaha
I'm not at all upset that you didn't include it, but Rob's Mom will always be one of my favorite parts of this special. It makes me cackle with laughter every time.
I think the lip synching show is called Lip Synch Battle. Look up Tom Holland's performance on there. It's incredible, despite Bo being right about it in general.
Maybe on next live stream?
@@ChrisReactsToThings that would be amazing!
@@ChrisReactsToThings yes yes
Lip Sync Battle is dumb, but Tom Holland's performance is brilliant.
Tom Holland's was fine but Joseph Gordon Levitt's will always be the best, he was the OG.
When I tell people that my graduating class only had 21 kids, I see them question life for a brief second..
Your comment is a year old, but I can't help but to leave this anyway.... Your graduating class had 21 kids!?!... Yeah, that's the absolute most that any grade I was ever in came close to having. My school was Pre.- 12th and was extremely rough academically because of the student to teacher ratio. This school was one of the best in the country in school averaging for government testing. Which isn't as big of a deal asn9t sounds when you consider the fact that at one point if they lost a single student the school population would drop under one hundred students then they would be shut down. đ€
Thats what happens when you give children 8 classes every day, and no free periods. You didn't graduate unless you had at least a 3.5 GPA and no less than three extracurricular activities. One centered on what I call "Hillbilly Business" which was either either FBLA or FFA. (Welcome to the country)... Then of course an academic one such as Debate, Mathletes, 3rd language (secondary language was already mandatory) and the other was a Sport.
Life was not fun there. Everyone was absolutely horrible. So yeah... People dropped out or failed out left and right. You didn't even graduate with honors unless you were only 16-17 years old, and taking a Running Start program at the university. Sufficient to say that yeah, I definitely get it. My graduating class had a total of 5 people in it. đ
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Lip sync battle was a dumb segment on Jimmy Fallon that highlights everything Bo just said and why Fallon is the mascot for out of touch rich celebrities.
Iâm just now realizing it was turned into a reality show of its own.
This is capitalism doing what it do.
Is it anymore mindless than watching some random person on the internet watch your favorite comedians and listen to your favorite music etc?
I mean, I'm here, but the fact that reaction videos are as popular as they are points to something just as insidious.
@@seanmatthewking idk I watch probably a dozen reactions or more all of the same thing in a row (my mom really hates Welcome to the Internet now cause that was like a 3hr playlist) and it reminds me of when I took my history or lit seminars. Some reactions focus in on different details, some overlap in agreement on specific points, some openly state opposite ideas (like the guy who took all of Inside literally omg).
That being said, if you're entertained, then it's entertainment, right? Doesn't have to be art to entertain. At least it's not starving lions and men with increasingly duller blades. Shakespeare is art and he was the ultimate king of dick jokes. He had more sex jokes than someone escorting to pay for clown college.
Some of the lip sync battle performances were amazing. I will forever rec Tom Holland's Singing in the Rain/Umbrella performance. Spidey boy killed it.
You say that like capitalism is inherently bad though. đ
@@thatoneguy9473 capitalism is inherently bad the whole idea of capitalism is extorting the proletariat for profits or surplus labour value. Capitalism is built off of taking advantage of those less fortunate than you.
@@maisonfuller4382 communism is designed to oppress all people not apart of the government. Also if you believe that's what capitalism is, it only means you're not trying hard enough to succeed. Capitalism is the only system where someone can come into a country with nothing and still end up being wealthy. Communism prevents all people that aren't in power from ever living above mediocrity at best and in every case it's been tried, it leads only to poverty and death.
celeb mask show is masked singer. hes talking about the lipsync challenges on talk shows with actors.
I remember one of your videos popped up in my recommended when you only had around 900 subs, and when I watched it, I was like how does this guy not have more subs? Looking back, subscribing was a very good decision.
oh thanks for doing this one! My wife loves country music and I can't stand it. I think of this song every single time
I grew up in a small town in Nebraska and that is such a classic small town thing to know the size of your graduating class đ We had 76 in mine. Now that I moved to Omaha with more people in their class than were in my whole school people find it very weird that I know the number
I hear small town and it like alright someone i can relate too then they say graduating class of 76, I had 7 people in my class. and the highschool maybe had 80 students
Well that was fun watching someone that's also been around this small town life and the odd, terrible music that a lot of them listen to enjoy this song thoroughly
James Corden. He's talking about everything James Corden. (During the rant near the end.)
It was so awesome to see someone enjoy this for the first time! đ Love it!
I grew up in Iowa listening to punk rock. I can definitely relate to feeling like you grew up in the wrong place. Subscribed.
I love watching your reactions. I showed Bo's songs to my friends and their reactions were never as enthusiastic as mine and id feel sad. But watching you, I feel almost proud ahahahah - weird I know.
Spot on reaction like usual! It's sad that's what become of a lot of music lately (not just country anymore) but since it gives these labels more money than they know what to do with, it's not likely going to change. And even sadder, most of these artists didn't start that way, they had their own thing that worked at the start but quickly went downhill, so to stay in the spotlight, they gave in and went the cookie cutter route. Which works, unfortunately.
On a side note though, I'm not sure if anyone else has this issue with the reactions lately. Your audio volume is fine but the video you're reacting to is pretty low so gotta turn the volume up to hear it better. So when you pause and start talking, it's pretty loud. Are you able to bring the volume of the video you're reacting to up a bit to match yours?
I can definitely turn up the video audio but it always seemed good to me when editing or watching it back. Anybody else out there agree / disagree?
@@ChrisReactsToThings it sounded fine to me. (Loved the reaction too!)
@@ChrisReactsToThings I've noticed the exact same issue, started with the Make Happy reactions.
@@ChrisReactsToThings ive thought it was a bit quiet too
You saying you grew in the middle of a cornfield right before Bo's next verse was pretty damn funny. : )
This was never one of my favorites from Bo, but your reaction genuinely had me in tears, I was dyingg!
I can relate. Iâm a city boy thatâs actually never lived in the city. Grew up in WV, and been down in Florida since college (14 years ago). I know Iâm more of a city type, but never had the money to live in one.
my favorite bo burnham song hahaha "i do what i do 'cause i'm a total fucking cuuuuuuuuunt-ry boyyyyyy" hahahahaha
Finally get why I like you so much, I grew up in a town of 2700 in southern Illinois , graduating class was under 100. And soon as I could I moved to Chicago, so I appreciate small town life but knew it wasn't me.
Bo was spot on about everything and I wholeheartedly agree. I love music but I always value authenticity as well.
If what Iâm listening to doesnât feel genuine, itâs not for me
Also, unrelated: Iâm not sure if youâre into skateboarding at all, but you remind me of Mike Vallely (Mike V) haha
Great reaction! It's much nicer to go back and see Bo doing some regular comedy
wow I don't think I've ever seen a video get to 350 likes with no dislikes! of course bots will ruin this eventually but mad respect man, you are doing a great job with your channel. you seem to also really listen to your viewers and adjust accordingly. you give off super chill vibes and insightful commentary as well. i'm predicting your channel is going to keep blowing up :)
if I can suggest any future content for you to react to, I would say consider checking out Lil Dicky if you haven't already. he largely does funny/satirical rap, which I would imagine you'd enjoy if you like Bo Burnham. but anyway, keep up the great work! I subscribed as soon as I saw you were reacting to the Inside special
Appreciate the kind words, man! I'll definitely check out Lil Dicky. Sounds interesting.
Thanks Chris! great to see you watch this after the livestream đ€ love seeing you laugh đ„°
There's two things he could be referring to. Jimmy Fallon started it, having a section where he'd lip sync battle with guests (Emma Stone or Melissa McCarthy were my favorites) Then John Krasinski took the idea and had a whole show about it (Tom Holland/Zendaya is for sure the best)
We really got somethin to look forward to every day. Thanks bro
So nice to see you enjoy this as much as we thought you would. Great vid as always. Thank you!!
It's funny you bring it up -- I'm in Nebraska
I think we're fairly close in age, but my graduating class in elementary school was 8. That was the whole grade.
A fellow Husker đœđ€
The key change is one of the best parts to me. The other part that people miss is 'evandering f*** your ears I'm pandering'... It refers to the fight between Tyson and Evander Holyfield where Tyson bit his ear... hence 'f*** you ears'
I'd have liked to see those previous bits but sure I enjoyed this video as always!
Maybe on a future live stream!
The country song really is one of my favorite bo songs ever probably lmao
Yoooooooo! What up, fellow midwest cornfield guy with a graduating class of 69 (nice)!
I haaaaaated country forever and dated a gal that loved it. A buddy of mine turned me on to Johnny Cash and outlaw country and I fell in love with the old stuff. Cash's "Cocaine Blues" floored me
the end song to make happy after kanye rant is banger as hell
Kudos to mans for not knowing Jimmy Fallon from the Tonight Show having a segment where they literally Lip Sync. Im not completely aware, but it also spawned a show hosted by LL Cool J, literally called Lip Sync Battle. Don't recall if this was a thing before/during/after Bo Burnham's Make Happy special.
Needed this reaction. đ
I think at the time, the big one was carpool karaoke. If that wasnt what he was talking about they were very very guilty of what he talked about (and honestly still are)
I'm so glad you finally watched this. I had a really strong feeling you'd like it.
To this day, I still randomly yell "IT'S A FUCKIN SCARECROW AGAIN" several times a day
The captions saying âkeychainâ instead of key change. đđđđ
Awesome video as always. Can't believe you left out Rob's mom though lol. Jk, but that part always makes me laugh
Your reaction was so geniune. Appreciate it. đ
âMother fuckers got moving candlesâŠâ
I loved his character Chip Mccap on Parks and Rec đ
Bro I'm from outside of Nashville in a small ass town. I love this song so much lol
Not a deep meaning one but definitely one of the funniest songs bo ever made I love this đ
Congrats on 3kđđ„ł
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Another week, another 1000 new subscribers!
Man, has it only been a week?
@@ChrisReactsToThings I kind of forgot about the hiatus between Inside and Make Happy so it might be something more like a week and 3 days which seems pretty good. đ€ You might get exponential growth soon. đ
@@ChrisReactsToThings are you gonna do a live soon?đ„ș
Nobody:
Chris: "69 people... nice"
The weirdest is Keith Urban, an Australian singing country with an American accent, with the most ironic last name.
I also live in a small town, across the street from a farm. Just over 100 people in my graduating class and so many people listening to this. So many of them were also wealthy and would never be caught on a farm, just trying to be small-town cool đ
Chris you can CZcams Celebrity Lip Synch battles. Actually some are so good. But I get what he means. I think seeing Spider man dancing & Singing Umbrella is too fun!
4:07 nice
Perfect reaction
đ¶"Chris was born in a small town..."
âI write songs for the people who do jobs in the towns that iâd never move toâ is the perfect thesis for the song.
From age 10 i grew up in a farmhouse outside of a midsize town in central illinois, so I know exactly what youâre talking about đ My city was big enough to have a more diverse population and culture, so while country music is pervasive, rap and pop was by far the most popular genre, but there was a presence for basically every genre, so i never felt *too* out of place. But this kinda sums up my general dislike of bro-country music.
The big thing he missed from the country song is how the girls are always 17. Way creepy
"Like Mike's Evanderin', f*ck your ears I'm pandering."
My favorite line.
small Midwest town is where its at
I love Listening to you Bro
in mocking country music, bo writes the best country song
"i had sex with "ROB'S" mom" lmfao...sooo funny!!
Most music panders to their audience
also small midwest, we only had about 15 of the 120 that were all about this music. Most people are fine but hicks are the extreme impersonators of the country boy lifestyle
did you ever react to the streamer bit of inside?
Not yet but I plan on it
"fuck your ears I'm panderin" classic.
have you ever read chuck klosterman? i feel like you would connect
You said 69 people like that was a small class... my class was 32, and it was the 2nd largest in my school's history ever. 69 seems massive to me
Any chance of seeing Trevor Moore songs coming Up? Love all the Bo, just want to share the love to help with the loss.
I think you are seriously underestimating the Masked Singer. But he was referencing Lipsync Battle.
Genius.
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In fairness, there are tons of great country songs and many great country artists but he skewers the type of performers he is talking about. Artists like Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Kathy Mattea, Mary Chapin Carpenter, etc. are outstanding song writers. Check out songs like Clear Blue Morning, 9 to 5, He's Alive, Lonesome Standard Time, Clown in Your Rodeo, This Kiss, I Take My Chances, etc.
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While I absolutely love Bo's Country Song, in reality I don't really think we should be critical of today's country music stars because they're singing about subjects that they themselves don't do. Because they've been doing that forever. How many of our older classic country singers sang about bull riding or truck driving, who never actually did any of that? How many rappers sing about doing gangster shit who've never actually done any of that shit? (Yes, Im aware that many do actually do the gangster stuff. And their dumb asses usually end up in prison) The point of their music is for it to be relatable to other people out there. Not that the music singer themselves have to necessarily relate to it as well. If a singer sings about something profound such as child abuse, does it matter that they themselves have never been abused as a child, or otherwise been involved in something like that? No. Don't get me wrong, it probably benefits the singer if they do actually have those experiences, such as abuse or working on a ranch or being on the rodeo circuit. But that doesn't have to be the case. And it usually isn't.
hey found you recently im loving your vids would you pleas react to bo burnham new math it some of his very early work its brilliant
There is actually a show in which 2 celebrities battle for who does the best lip sync impression to a popular song. Thatâs it. Thatâs the entirety of the show. And heâs right itâs either a guy singing a womanâs song and usually dressed like that female artist or a white actress doing a hip hop song. SMH đ€Šââïž
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If you're referring to the "EAD" part... a few people on YT have reacted, so might've been ok
i seriously couldnt think of what part hes talking about. you saying "EAD part" doesnt clue me in either.
@@saphcal Discussion between him and girl... and not the peanut butter one
@@FiveAcross Oh....oh right that one.