Reminds me of a joke from the watchmen: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.
Savanna Davis I found something!!!! He is okay!!!!! Go to RUclips and search ‘bo burnham vulture interview’ and watch it. It is an interview of him 2 years(I think) after he performed this, and it really gave me closure
Insane how lighthearted and silly the first half of the song is, then he hits with the "Watch the skinny kid with the declining mental health try to give you what he cannot give himself" line and it's instant tears
This is simply not true. Good comedy requires vulnerability. Look at Bobcat Goldthwait and Andrew Dice Clay, both comedians who were portraying characters, but who was the better comedian? Whereas Dice got by on saying the shit that most people wished that had the stones to say, Goldthwait's appeal was that he conveyed how a lot of us FEEL most of the time: on the edge and ready to snap, i.e. the feeling Bo Burnham communicates so well in this song.
He’s amongst the best, if not the best of our generation. Bill Hicks was of his generation, Carlin and Pryor for theirs, and now it’s Bo. All of them, so different from each other, still they showed their vulnerability on stage in such an authentic way. Very few people who truly love comedy are not extremely vulnerable as well. Have a good one unknown brother ✌️
@@jhetgrabis6137I think we can both agree Bo is a master. What we won’t agree on is that “good comedy requires vulnerability”… they’re are a lot of great comedians that do not get very vulnerable… in many cases there anecdotes are fake to push a joke, the jokes are surface or just silly… I don’t want to name & downplay some of the greats, because they’re still great… but Bo’s work is next level it’s tragedy with humor on the side, depression as an entree with a dad joke as an appetizer… he somehow merges his own vulnerabilities he’s actually dealing with as a performer & comedian into his own performances… that is super super rare. That is PEAK level comedy, in itself the whole performance wrapped up in a ribbon is tragic yet hilarious how it’s presented… not even mentioning a specific piece of the skit but just the theme. Running around from piano to mic, to led light show, to “live” audio mixing & feedback…. It’s next level comedy. Even the greats right now bow down to this man & his ability to perform on every level as if he’s not even trying that hard…
TCt83067695 there really isn’t a story. He just stopped. I think he stopped doing stand up because of his mental health. But he’s still doing things, like a movie.
Can we talk about the lights? Most comedians just have a spot pointed at them, this is some of the most gorgeous lighting I've ever seen in a comedy special.
That’s part of the genius with this bit, it’s layered. The lights are over the top and ridiculous, so it’s funny. But they’re also emotional and they come in when he’s driving home the emotional point, so you still understand his emotional message. But it’s delivered in a comedic, comfortable way. He’s fantastic.
This is genuinely one of the best pieces of musical art in the last few years. It was him telling the world that he is not okay, cleverly masked and layered behind comedy all while having insane production value. It's incredibly intimate and you realize how truly vulnerable he is being as the song unfolds. The Pringle can and the burrito were just a metaphor for how he felt. He could fit performing and happiness into the same burrito. The Pringles at the bottom of the can are unreachable. The yells quickly cutting back to music like they're being choked out. The correlation between "I wouldn't have gotten half of it" and "They don't get half of it". It's really A1 art.
I scream every time he says, “come and watch the skinny kid with a steadily declining mental health, and laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself.”
No, just by simply looking at their name and profile picture you can tell they aren't above the age of 12... Yet they still say they were here 7 years ago @@jacobchung7707
But THATS the thing, it is way more than just pringle cans and burritos. Well, depending on what level you analyze it at. Either way, if you think this song is literally about food or his debilitating internal struggle of being a comedian, everyone can appreciate how amazing this is.
When he says “you can tell them anything just make it funny make it rhyme, and if they still don’t understand it you just run it one more time.” And then he goes back to the burrito….man. He’s SO RIGHT, too. I will never get sick of this song. Bo Burnham is one of the most underrated artists I’ve ever seen. He is a lyrical genius and he shows his soul in a way that’s so genuine that you can actually FEEL what he’s saying.
It's powerful. He did the same social commentary in "White Woman's Instagram", and it kills me inside to relate. This self-obsessed woman's monotonous, picture perfect depiction of her life is comically exaggerated for us. Then we hit the post where she writes this touching tribute to her dead mom. She speaks from the heart about her life since her death, alludes that her father is deceased too... before jumping right back in to her staged photography posts. As someone who lost their mom in 2010, JFC, I wish I could Kareoke this, but I would break down crying at "A Goat Cheese Salad...a backlit hammock...", just as I always do every time I hear it. She "goes back to doing her job" of keeping up this appearance she has set for herself for the other 364 days of the year... It's her brand. But the 10 year anniversary of her death is the shred if permission she gives herself to express the painful things in her life too. And I am grateful Bo used this performance to do the same. 😭 "....a Goat Cheese Salad".
What are you talking about? In what way is he underrated?? If everybody knows him, hes making movies, sellin out tickets, getting respect and getting millions of views.. Stop using this phrase for no reason.
@@joarbeiter5760 Dude. People say "that is over/underrated" all the time.. And usually in a meaningless way. Like you're doing right now. It's almost as common as people saying "literally" while not speaking in a literal sense....
I have a theory that the auto tune was used to try and make it easier for him to perform while communicating something so incredibly personal, and the Kanye thing was just the means through which he could justify it.
It's the same with All Eyes On Me, when he's speaking seriously he's masking behing autotune so it can still pass as a comedy. There is an edit of All Eyes On me sung with his normal voice and, seriously, it sound almost terrifying.
@@filthyizaya1547 stylistically speaking, it would have been done as a callback to this performance as the song is literally about having a panic attack while performing it. You can see and hear it at the end of this one, he's gasping for breath, shaking, and that final yell was not scripted, nor was the mic drop and running off stage. He did three shows in New York I think, all of them filmed for the purpose of making the special, and you can see some sudden cuts happening in this video. I believe he quit the tour shortly afterwards to focus on his mental health
@@female828 its more of like a parody of kanyes rants considering bo has stated kanye is one of his favourite artists so he probably wouldnt make a satire of his work
#BoBurnham Just know bub, personally... You've made laugh since since the very beginning. Your silly video's that you've made since the jump... Were phenomenal and will always continue to be. I'm not religious by any means, but I absolutely hope and continually keep you within my thoughts. Someone at your degree, deserves happiness. Don't blind yourself with the self loathing. Enjoy the happiness around you. Because, you yeild me a plethora of it!
Idk if a lot of people know this but dude the burrito is such a good metaphor for his life. He tries to fill his life with all of the things that being a performer requires on top of his anxiety and panic attacks and you can try and wrap it temporarily but it will all end up bursting at the seems. Every time he goes into the talk about his mental health and immediately follows it with the burrito joke it just hits me
biting off more than you can chew/not realising that adult life is messy and can't be wrapped up in a neat little package/if you try to hold everything inside you unpredictable parts will come spilling out at any moment and you have no control over that/how things look 'on the menu' (in your imagination) is no guarantee of how it'll turn out in real life, and probably more but that's just off the top of my head, I'm assuming that's the kind of thing you mean?
@@lyricsdomatter it mostly represents that he had too much on his plate. It feels like the: 'you're burrito expert, you should've warned me' is towards whoever is managing/guiding him. 'I wouldn't have gotten half of this', 'they don't even know the half of this'. He's always been fairly open about his mental health struggles, during this time he had panic attacks, several social anxieties and depression. It's not really referring to a normal adult life (struggles), but more his personal mental health struggles and all the obligations and pressures belonging to his job fuelling those. His 'thank you, I hope you're happy' a couple minutes after 'as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself' make me feel like he has a hard time accepting his mental health struggles, especially within his comedic persona. How big is the divide between having social anxiety, panic attacks and depression and performing on front of thousands of people, representing your own brand, carrying an audience and making people laugh and appreciate their lives? He's trying to sell something he can't feel, must be so confronting and he can't back out without disappointing his audience, which would make him feel even worse. Having said that, if the message you're hearing helps you and works, stick to that.
@@AaronKingslien thank you hahaha. I worked at chipotle for two years straight and still dont understand the ratio of foods needed to keep the contents inside.
"Let's go watch the skinny kid, with a steadily declining mental health, and laugh as he attempts to give you what he can't give himself." My heart, Bo.
How can a man litteraly perform a mental breakdown on stage and end it with a thank you. so much respect for Bo, he has so so much talent. lyrical genius
The fun thing is that he said he has panic attacks on stage. So sometimes he actually has a freaking mental breakdown stacked on this and STILL says thank you.
@Alexander Gross I can see why you heard it as an accusation. As a third party it fits the theme. But it neglects thinking from his perspective. He needs his fans, loves them, in equal parts to fearing them and hating them. But he's intelligent. He knows the fear and the hate come from a place of insecurity in himself (that we can all relate to) and even though his emotions may run rampant on his brain, intellectually he doesn't put that on us. Not all of us, anyway. Some people out there are mean, cruel, demanding, entitled. We all know this. This is the internet generation. But he did SHARE himself. That felt pretty raw. Pretty real. Gotta say, I've always loved Bo's work, but... I respect him on a whole new level now.
@@lordofthesloths_7734 I think it was more amazement (because of how the lights have changed etc etc) instead of cheering for the silly part. The audience definitely understood what was going on and you, in contexts like these, when youre part of the audience, cant really show appreciation and support in any other way besides applauding and letting your voice being heard.
When I watched him perform this live in Portland, OR, the audience was dead silent when the song got serious, all the way until he finished. It was really heavy and intense, and it stuck with me more than anything else I’ve ever seen live. Bo is a special person. I’m glad he’s stopped touring for the sake of his mental health, but I would love so much to see him live again.
@@lordofthesloths_7734 I think the burrito was more of a metaphor for his life. He wouldn't have made certain choices if he knew the outcome, that he has many regrets. The audience probably clued into that.
really pissed off that everytime i listen too this song, i know what's coming and start prematurely crying and everyone thinks I'm crying because I cant fit my hand inside of a pringles can
@@sammybutler3027 No doubt Inside is Bo's M.O. on the scale of specials. I think this is Bo's M.O. when comparing all of his songs individually. It is just my perspective though. What do you think is Bo's Magnum Opus song?
Every few months I stumble back here and rewatch this masterpiece. I still quote it weekly. Bo has a way to go from making laugh hysterically to genuinely wanting to ask him if he's doing well. I just hope he's doing better, and has a good support system around him. I hope he's happy. I can't even being to imagine how it must have felt like to witness this live.
I don't know what's more impressive; the honesty, the humour, the lyricism, or the otherworldly sonic structure. This whole show takes it to the next level.
+Chris Taylor At the risk of sounding like a tool, Kanye West is more of an Artist than a lot of people give him credit for. I typically point to All Falls Down as an example of Kanye attacking a serious issue in a creative and thought-provoking light.
Bo has a way of grabbing your attention with his jokes and comedy, and once he has your attention he just rips ur heart out or drops a lesson. He is absolutely incredible in his ability to provide intrusive thoughts in a unique way. I wish the best for him
The way he made himself vulnerable, how he was hiding behind seemingly funny and less important metaphors, makes me tear up. I hope Bo is better now. The world needs Bo, a Bo that is vulnerable and healing. Thank you Bo for existing. You are a beautiful human being in every way, and you’re valuable, no matter if you make us laugh or not. And you’re right, most of us can’t handle it, but give it time and we will, eventually.
He is an old soul stuck in this incarnation, in a nostalgic observation of all human acts with an uncontrolable sensitivity to it... We never get truly happy. We just tough it out and find happiness in leaving a positive vibe while we walk a few miles in the empathetic shoes of anyone crossing our path
Exactly. Just because someone jokes around doesn't mean they're happy. It's just to distract yourself from yourself and to disract others from what you're trying to do to yourself.
@Karen Emery I hadn't listened to him in about 7 years or so and I was listening to Tim Minchin and he just popped into my head and I thought has he done anything in the last 7 years and then binged watched all his stuff.
fuck dude i would do anything to go back to when this special was released. i’ve always felt so connected to bo’s work as an artist and i’m so grateful to him for making me realize a lot about making art at a very young age. it’s just truly insane to see a comic telling their audience directly how much of a toll doing shows for them is taking on him and criticizing them to their faces after performing an entire special for them that they paid to see. to this day i’ve never seen someone so perfectly express their personal struggles related to their art and those consuming it through that art to those consuming it. i know that’s the obviously what makes the “i hope YOU’RE happy” hurt especially bad but it’s just interesting to interpret as an artist when such a big part of that is pressure to continue doing something if people like it no matter how unhappy it’s making you, when you just want to do what you enjoy instead. it hurts to see how many incredible artists end up burnt out beyond repair and permanently damaged from pushing themselves too hard for the sake of others. i hope you’re happy too bo.
*It feels good to finally go back and work on Osana and finish her* *- Recent Osana video from Yandev* There you have it folks He never worked on Osana and only did a little bit which implies his laziness and immaturity. He lied about working on her for years and it blows my goddamn mind he is still convincing people he is a good person and has a fanbase
It's happiness. The title of the show is "Make Happy" because it's his job to make people happy. He gets on stage and makes people laugh, but the cruel irony of it is that he can't even make himself laugh. His career revolves around making other people happy, but he finds it very difficult to make himself happy.
I think what hurts most about this song is simply how wrong Bo was at the time. To me, make happy is a 1 hour piece of comedy followed by this absolute masterpiece saying "I wanted to tell a profound message about my struggles as a human being but everyone just expects me to tell silly jokes about pringles". I for one discovered him primarily through inside, and i fell in love with the insight and introspection he brought to lets call "the human condition". And most fans of his that ive met feel the same way. I just find it so tragic that he had such a talent for articulating complex and challenging emotions through his art, and was so afraid to show it.
I don’t think he was really wrong, you discovered him completely different then how probably most of the people in the audience did. I won’t pretend to know Bo’s past as I wasn’t there when it happened but from what I can tell a good few people did view him as the “funny music man”
Yeah, do your research before drawing conclusions. The timeline you discovered him and the timeline of… well reality, don’t align. He’s self aware to a damaging degree, which not many performed have. I doubt he’s wrong and you’re right. You’re doing the exact thing that he’s saying hurts him. Telling him you know him better than he knows himself. Jesus man
He wasn’t afraid, per se. He literally “couldn’t handle” the pressure he felt to “make [his audience] happy.” Despite the success and the love fans threw at him, he didn’t feel fully satisfied, fully happy. There’s a lot of pressure placed on public figures to be Exactly what their fans expect them to be 100% of the time. Most people see success and think rich + adored = happy but that’s just not how it works. It’s very relatable to someone who’s struggled with anxiety and depression the majority of their life; the cruelty of it is no matter what’s going on in your life, no matter how happy other people would be in your [Bo’s] situation, you just cannot feel truly satisfied/happy no matter how hard you try. There’s a great irony that accompanies many comedians: make people laugh & have a great time… then go home and be miserable. Feel like you’re letting them down when they gave you everything you have.
@brigittescott8128 from my experience with him over the last 8 years and the subtext from the songs on Inside and the extras that he cut and released with the outtakes/bad takes, it seemed to me like he was/still is suffering with extremely deep imposter syndrome and regret for the edgy jokes he used to make in this older material, on top of his depression and anxiety that was hitting it's peak back then with Netflix breathing down his neck to make them more content. His jump from RUclips to touring with Netflix specials and also doing Vines, and getting to this breaking point where he was feeling empty and unfulfilled, deeply anxious and forcing himself to keep going to not disappoint anyone, ending with a spiral and desire to just run away and never come back in this age of constant connection through the screen in your pocket, it's completely relatable and heartbreaking to learn about. Inside was an excellent encapsulation of that gnawing relapse and the doubling-down on the predatory nature of companies on the internet, and the Outtakes give a very real look into the simmering self-loathing just beneath the surface when he messed up on a take. So many people expect him to be perfect, Netflix are likely hounding him to make more content after the release of Inside, I just hope that he finds things he enjoys doing and gets back to that place of contentment he found before Covid hit because I don't think his "in 2030 I'll be 40 and kill myself then" line was completely a joke
I think about the line "come and watch the/skinny kid with a /steadily declining mental health/ and laugh as he attempts to give you/what he cannot give himself" too often. He floored me with that one.
Also being a skinny white kid with a horrible mental state, I applaud Bo for just being completely transparent about his feelings and where he was at during this time. Truly an inspiration.
I love the fact that the audience does realize what he’s meaning, and isn’t laughing during the deeply emotional part, and even after he does the burrito thing after it, they applaud this fucking glorious human being
THANK YOU and exactly my thoughts!! I've seen comments with ton of likes hating on the audience for applauding this brilliant man and his brilliant performance. I was shocked tbh, the audience was absolutely amazing and they understood the meaning of the song just as well as any of us did.
This will never get old. This is one of the best pieces of stand up art you'll ever see. I will watch this at least once a week as long as RUclips exists.
Yeah i'm kind of shocked by these songs, there's the first layer of comedy and then the internal dialogue of irony but then it just hits that layer of truth most comics are way too afraid to go into, that dark honesty about self doubt and fear of never meeting the standards you set for yourself. The only other comic I know of who was able to put his own life out there like that was Greg Giraldo, he was always known as "that insult comic guy for the roasts" but Greg's worst insults were always reserved for himself and the reason he was funny was because he noticed all the details of any situation he was in and could zero in on the horrific but funny aspects of every day irony, having a mind like that is why I think so many of these guys want to be numbed out by drugs. They want to be just as oblivious as the people they make fun of and the fact that they can't seems to be why they're miserable in real life.
My favourite line is when he says "I know I'm not a doctor". I actually am a doctor and this perfectly sums up what being a doctor feels like. This really got me through some tough times. He talks a lot about how he's not sure his comedy is helping but it's helped me. ❤
Yea, that hit really close to home for me too. As someone who has been diagnosed, I feel he has, or had, HFA or some other related condition and it comes out in his music. Left vs Right brain is another great example.
Would love to talk to someone who was there at this concert. I’ve seen this more times than I’m willing to admit. I’m 38, grew up watching Bo enamor people. Theatrically peaceful and blissfully authentic. He’s a Weird Al wet dream
This will sound fairly dark but the truth is that I've been in a poor mental state for quite a while now and every time I trully start contemplating taking the "easy way out" I watch this, I've done it for years now, the goosebumps i get from his raw talent and originality remind me that I might as well keep trying for the simple fact that I might experience another moment as incredible as the first time i watched this video, thanks Bo for 6 years of making me rethink
"Come and watch the skinny kid with a steadily declining mental health and laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself" Well shit that's deep
mugs I think the part where he says "I hope your happy" kills me, to me it's like bo just gave up and let us win, something he's ok with but mentality it's killing him
I've explained Bo's style of comedy to people as "funny, funny, SUCKER PUNCH, funny". You'll be laughing along and then have this moment of dawning comprehension, like "hahahaha... Oh."
The line: 'come and watch the skinny kid with the steadily declining mental health, and laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself' kills me
I still remember the first time I saw this special and the moment he bends down and all the blue lights focus on him... It gave me chills then and it still does. One of the most brilliant pieces EVER.
“part of me loves you, part of me hates you, part of me needs you, part of me fears you” is the saddest fucking thing ive ever heard a performer say about their audience
"Come and watch the skinny kid with the steadily declining mental health and laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself" is one of the best summaries of the connection between depression and comedians I've ever heard.
Easily the most artistic mental breakdown I’ve ever seen. And it perfectly describes what I’m going thru right now, I just simply can’t handle this right now.
"... and laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself." I keep coming back to this video over the years for that one line.... gives me chills every time.
That line.... The first time I heard this song, and "Are You Happy?" i couldn't contain my tears, I just SOBBED. His words are so powerful on both a hilarity and an intellectual level. Robin Williams, and George Carlin would be proud.
@@andrewcouser8918 I see you're unhappy and use sarcasm to feel better about yourself by looking down on people. Get some help lol. The meaning of my comment clearly flew over your head.
@@lucasgates7256 He said in interviews that it was intended originally as a f*ck you to the audience, but the production team decided to use a take that sounded more genuine than the others, probably to leave it ambiguous.
Holy crap... the transition from him being honest and telling about his own personal issues, to where he says "I should probably just shut up and do my job, so here I'll go..." and starts singing the comedic chorus, hits pretty hard. Definitely not what the crowd expected. Bo Burnham is truly an original artist.
Yeah man, this stuff hits hard. The majority of artists that make music, comedy, heck even art all have this preassure from their fans and have stuff going on in their personal life that they cant talk about since they are most likely in a contract that basically means they are property to a brand, thus for making the person develop so much emotional, mental and just overall strain. It sucks because even though im not sure if bo is in a contract, I'm fairly sure everyone knows bo had anxiety before and has developed a lot more issues during his time as a musician/comedian. This world sucks man. The Idols people look up to have a mask they put on, a fake identity per say because they want to keep their fans happy without keeping them selves happy and if they are in a contract that definitely doesn't help.
@@nokiahmotorz01 noticed that as well. But I think it was a lot of respect being quiet. He said, if only a bit of what he wanted and needed and for that moment they all listened, intently. I'd be hard pressed to imagine it didnt strike a cord with a few in the audience who feel the same. So when he went back yes applaudingnmoght be weird but, it went just the immediate moment they were applauding for. I hope anyways.
He’s always been upfront and honest. He just hides behind a curtain of comedy and satire. The audience only gets the comedy/satire aspect until they reflect on it later and realize he was actually speaking out. He said it best himself with “you can tell me anything, if you just make it funny, make it rhyme. If they still don’t understand you than you run it one more time.”
The first time i watched Make Happy and he said "my biggest problem is you" my jaw dropped... It was just so direct... I was speechless, it was so painfully real idk... It really hit me dude, just a genius could do that!
NugNugz I cried at it cause he mite stop comedy and starts wrighting, and at the end when he says "good night I hope your happy" he sounded like he mite cry he makes me happy and I admire him a lot I wanna be a comedian but he said "If you can live without an audience then do it" so I'm gonna go by his word he met fame way to fast and he is stressed so yeah..
Yes, Just look at all the comedians that have committed suicide. Just like Robin Williams. It's actually VERY VERY Common. www.ranker.com/list/famous-comedians-who-committed-suicide/celebrity-lists
This is what he does. He lures you in with humor and when he has your attention he goes to the serious, deeply hidden and often painful topics. But he doesn't hurt you. He makes you feel less alone.
@@seashley8931 we truly are vulnerable we think money is the end of all accomplishments we won but usually winning is the worst part of life the challenge is the best part thats why the phrase "its about the journey not the destination" is so true
He truly breaks my heart. To see such a talented artist and sensitive human being opening up like this just hurts. It seems like he is easily lacerated, and not easily mended.
Those 4 words are a two-edged sword - they are spoken with generosity by the part of him that loves us....and with bitterness by the part of him that hates us. I don't blame him - he offers us his all and what he wants back, we can't give him, no matter how badly we want to. It has to come from within him. I hope he knows how to find it, now. I hope he can see how beautiful he is.
Does anyone else find themself tearing up when they listen to this? Laughing through the pain and trying to make light of my mental health is something I relate to so much, but I know nothing else and this is how I survive. 😞
That paradox where I'd love to talk to this guy for days and weeks about life, music, and the fucked up shit in our heads...but I know that I'd be forcing myself on an introvert who would be emotionally drained by such a thing.
Having someone even remotely famous in line is crazy, one time i had a guy from the overwatch cinematic team come through my line at work (he told me when i asked about his OWL shirt) and it was super cool to meet someone part of a big project like that while the dumb college kid making his sandwich (me) sat there like “whoa” the whole time
Vanessa Gerrits I already get enough anxiety having to talk to normal ass cashiers, I don’t think my body could physically take being in the same room with a Famous Person™️.
This song sounds like a depressed person finally breaking because it’s never the big things that gets to you. It’s the little things like your burrito falling apart that finally make u snap
So... what's wild is that Bo made this song explaining his anxiety and declining mental health to everyone. Then, on his special INSIDE, He explained that he stopped touring because of the same declining mental health issues mentioned here. Severe panic attacks on stage. He literally TOLD US his struggles and we barely heard it above the Pringles. 😢 One of the only True Artists of Our Generation
Every once in a while, I come back to this song. Just knowing the backstory, what happened after this show... I'm "fine" until the middle, but after that I just can't help myself and start tearing up. And after it's over, I sit here, take deep breaths, fighting with my tear glands on salt water rights, while adding one more comment to the previous 34,5 thousand of praise, wishes of good health, interpretations and those selfish little comments, which are like "oh, yeah, have the same issues"... no, you don't, sit back down! Well... I did my part. I commented. Now it becomes "one more unread message" on a board. I better get back to work now.
i glad I could read your comment im a newer fan of Bo Burnham. I've watched him for the couple years after inside (started watching his stuff this year) and I'm so mad that I didn't bother to see his other content when I first found out. Its normal to add on to compliments of a popular person but for him in my eyes, I believe the comments people give out to him are very respectful and not empty. There are many loyal people, and I find myself sad seeing him fall apart over the years and his latest work. I myself have never really enjoyed comedians or had a interest in singers or artists like other people did until now. I practically know all of his songs, memorized some of his jokes without even realizing it and I come back to rewatch videos sometimes. If he does not make any more works or do standup, I will appreciate him for what he's done for us. All I know is I was happy to find someone like this on the internet with all the current stuff going on. I do like feeling relatable to content but I do not say so or shout it by the rooftops. I wish him the best and I hope the rest do too. One last thing to add on, I really loved the part at the end with the door from Inside and him walking out to see Lorene and the dog because it was like walking over to the one thing that makes him happy. and if that makes him happy, I'm all for it because everyone should have that safe place.
I understand what you mean, I think (and I'm already sitting down, thanks) and your comment reminds me of something i often feel when listening to others' reactions or ideas about the things (music/Books/art/scenery/whatever) that mean something to me, or that touched a nerve at certain times and evoke feelings i had forgotten or give me this sense of all of a sudden being understood or my feelings making sense or are perfectly captured within that one thing. One thing i'll say is that however shallow or self involved other may seem or perhaps they even are that way.. who knows, many people can't really articulate their deepest thoughts and feelings and you'll never completely feel what they try to say clumsily. There is only so many words in the English language (and only so many more in every other language and many people just arent wordsmiths if you know what i mean) and you never truly know how others feel, you can't feel it for them and that is the limitation of the human experience and in many ways why loneliness is within all of us and something we fear and find comfort in at the same time. Idk even know if what i am saying makes sense to you, but if it doesnt then it is what it is. My bigger point is that art is one of the only ways to give an understanding or a structure to the feelings we can't really show in other ways, good art touches something inside you but it can differ person to person what feeling that is and that is what makes it so great. People dont all feel in the same intensity or have low points as low as others, that doesnt make the feeling of some sort of connection, belonging, whatever it is, a piece of art (i hate that pretentious term "piece of art" but i dont know another way to word that so) gives them and that is why it sounds like they have no clue when they try to explain the connection or feelings that they experience. Never underestimate how similar we humans all are in our life experiences and our mental highs and lows, how much we all have the same fears and desires when it comes down to it. Also never overestimate how deep or different your emotions are, how alone you are in your suffering or your search for meaning. I used to think nobody truly understood the brilliance of certain songs, and i was a rare case when it came to how truly intense my emotions could be and how empty i could feel at the same time, that is why i guarded the art that gave me the sense that there was a way to make sense and make my thoughts fit in a structure (vague im sorry, i am no writer and i have the tendency to think as i type or talk). I felt that others were too shallow and too "happy" or braindead to understand. As i got older i found out that I wasnt that special and that was kind of nice, because that made me understand i wasnt alone and almost everyone in one way or another had felt like i did at times, even if they couldnt put that into words if you asked them. And even still, good art isnt something you can exclusively understand one way and all the others just dont understand the intention. It is open to interpretation, and each person has their own experiences to color that interpretation. All it should do is invoke something and that is all you know for sure we share when we both love the same song or art piece Done rambling, you can get back to work now if you wanna and ill do the same
@@emma0348 I... might be the only one who read this. Thinking about it is sad... Man, I really have to improve my wordsmithing skills and hammer out, what I meant. "What I meant"... seems selfish and ignorant, but not how it should have been. Nobody can fully understand, what he went through, how he felt and maybe that's okay, as we are all different. Our experience is our own and even if two people live next to each other for the rest of their lives, when they look back on things, they will have different thoughts and... that's alright. My personal thought is that we should not assume, that we know how he felt, when we don't even know the background... It's like saying that the guy in the sombrero hat, who plays the guitar is great, but the background is a post-apo... appopo... apocalipso... post-destruction world and he just gave up on thinking straight... after his dog died 20 years ago, pre-destruction. See what I did there? That little twist at the end is all thats needed to change the assumption of the background. All in all, I just don't want to point a finger and say "I know", when I clearly don't and if people who read it understand the meaning behind my words and "sit down" to think about it, that's great, while if they don't, that's... well not as much, but it's alright. PS: If it would be me, then all the praises/best wishes/aso would feel empty... because there are just too many. Sometimes, you just need that one person in your life to hug you and say: It's alright, you're safe here... back in 1955, Calvin Klein.
+CJ2K _ I think it might all just be an act. Just like what he said in what. that it's all just an act on stage... But he sure does pull it off. Has me questioning whether it is just an act in this one, that is what makes him great
I think in what. Bo was much more immature. Pretty much his entire show WAS about him. He was singing for himself, ranting about the things he hates likes the religion that was forced upon him (Rant), the way people treat the Bible as law (From God's Perspective), the people who have suddenly re-entered and are trying to change him and he tries to drown them out but he just can't so he had to take control and only listen to what he wanted to (We Think We Know You), and how broken he is mentally in general (Left Brain. Right Brain), and all of that is ultimately summed up to point in Art Is Dead in which he readily admits that he sees himself as a fraud. He admits he's doing it for himself and he genuinely believes art is dead at that point. He genuinely believes that he is the only one benefiting and that what. in no way helps anyone else but him. Then in the three years between what. and Make Happy, he's come to the realisation that the only real reason he's doing it is actually to try and help other people. People were expected a part two. People relied on him for happiness and advice and to say the things they themselves couldn't. He became an idol. And that's ultimately what he can't handle. He's anxious, scared, and desperate, and so he put on one last show and he hopes that show makes his audience happy. It's actually most telling in the true finale of Make Happy when he performs "Are You Happy?", punctuating with "What the fuck kind of question is 'Am I happy?'" and then followed with the final two lines: "You're everything you hated, are you happy?" and "Hey, ma, I made it. Are you happy?" Combine all that with Bo taking a break (or perhaps retiring) from performing his own comedy routines, and it seems clear that Bo doesn't want to be doing this. At least not right now.
+Lucy Lothian he actually said that Make Happy might be his last one man show and that he wants to refrain from that and start making other things, he said he might want to be a playwrite or something,he says all of this in an interview with a college group (I forget the college) but as terrible add it sounds Make Happy might be his last one man show
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>Creates Masterpiece
>Takes 5 year hiatus
>Elaborates further
Speaking only the truth
Thank you for explaining. I’ve been confused by everyone’s comments
Much like Kanye
Chad indeed
@@chunkyhead3210 both some of the greatest artists of our time
Greatest musical beefs of all time:
Nas vs Jay z
Eminem vs Ja Rule
Bo Burnham vs Himself
Unfortunately this is super true, and I wish it wasn’t
Drake vs Pusha T?
Tupac vs biggie?
kurt cobain vs axl rose?
@@scoooop6869 you mean Kurt Cobain vs Drug Addiction
"And laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself" Its such a raw and strong line.
Reminds me of a joke from the watchmen:
Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.
That's the line that hit ME hardest.
corny
ur mom gay@@lukefirst407
lol hwut?
@@joshone8947
"My biggest problem is you"
The camera pans to the audience.
Litteral chills.
"My problems might not be as high stakes as Kanye's"
*Goes into an existential crisis*
I mean, Bo hasn't lost a presidential election so.
ur saying thats more important than kanye 90$ t shirt dont sell very well?
@@alexbrabo4471 who cares about loosing the presidency? His 90$ T-shirts weren't selling very well!
@@akshan2310 V
@@alexbrabo4471 That'd be the last thing on my mind if my $90 t-shirts weren't selling so well
Y'all ever remember this video and start worrying about Bo Burnham
Savanna Davis yeah. Recently I’ve started listening to it constantly, wondering what he’s up to. I miss seeing him perform
@@Reidmerck7 Same. I wish we could see something come out of him just to see that he's ok, but also he doesn't really owe us anything sooo 🤷♀️
i think hes better now idk
toaster I hope so
Savanna Davis I found something!!!! He is okay!!!!! Go to RUclips and search ‘bo burnham vulture interview’ and watch it. It is an interview of him 2 years(I think) after he performed this, and it really gave me closure
Insane how lighthearted and silly the first half of the song is, then he hits with the "Watch the skinny kid with the declining mental health try to give you what he cannot give himself" line and it's instant tears
Instant and unavoidable.
and then it makes you re-examine the first half in a different light and realise it's not just jokes, it's a commentary
Bo broke comedy. By far the best comedian. Absolutely demolished the barrier between comedy and real feels
This is simply not true. Good comedy requires vulnerability. Look at Bobcat Goldthwait and Andrew Dice Clay, both comedians who were portraying characters, but who was the better comedian? Whereas Dice got by on saying the shit that most people wished that had the stones to say, Goldthwait's appeal was that he conveyed how a lot of us FEEL most of the time: on the edge and ready to snap, i.e. the feeling Bo Burnham communicates so well in this song.
He’s amongst the best, if not the best of our generation. Bill Hicks was of his generation, Carlin and Pryor for theirs, and now it’s Bo. All of them, so different from each other, still they showed their vulnerability on stage in such an authentic way.
Very few people who truly love comedy are not extremely vulnerable as well.
Have a good one unknown brother ✌️
@@jhetgrabis6137I think we can both agree Bo is a master. What we won’t agree on is that “good comedy requires vulnerability”… they’re are a lot of great comedians that do not get very vulnerable… in many cases there anecdotes are fake to push a joke, the jokes are surface or just silly… I don’t want to name & downplay some of the greats, because they’re still great… but Bo’s work is next level it’s tragedy with humor on the side, depression as an entree with a dad joke as an appetizer… he somehow merges his own vulnerabilities he’s actually dealing with as a performer & comedian into his own performances… that is super super rare. That is PEAK level comedy, in itself the whole performance wrapped up in a ribbon is tragic yet hilarious how it’s presented… not even mentioning a specific piece of the skit but just the theme. Running around from piano to mic, to led light show, to “live” audio mixing & feedback…. It’s next level comedy. Even the greats right now bow down to this man & his ability to perform on every level as if he’s not even trying that hard…
@@noah.willson I think maybe it's more accurate to say that good ART requires vulnerability, because Inside sure as hell isn't just jokes
*drops mic*
"I hope you're happy."
And he never performed live ever again.
CIPHER MG I think it’s good. It’s better for his mental health and he can focus on bigger projects like the movie he made a few years ago.
Why? What's the story?
TCt83067695 there really isn’t a story. He just stopped. I think he stopped doing stand up because of his mental health. But he’s still doing things, like a movie.
@@edi4360 Hmmm interesting. I thought something tragic happened or something.
Thanks for the info 👍🏾
Art done with a true soul hurts. You're riding a muse. He'll come back again someday I think. That shit needs out.
Can we talk about the lights? Most comedians just have a spot pointed at them, this is some of the most gorgeous lighting I've ever seen in a comedy special.
Thats true the whole special had insane lighting
@@lucasnogueira1137 he is so good at utilising the stage and lights its more of a theatre preformance than a comedy special
He wanted his name in lights when he could’ve fed a family of four for forty fucking fortnights
That’s part of the genius with this bit, it’s layered. The lights are over the top and ridiculous, so it’s funny. But they’re also emotional and they come in when he’s driving home the emotional point, so you still understand his emotional message. But it’s delivered in a comedic, comfortable way. He’s fantastic.
Gavin Hickson stfu
This is genuinely one of the best pieces of musical art in the last few years. It was him telling the world that he is not okay, cleverly masked and layered behind comedy all while having insane production value. It's incredibly intimate and you realize how truly vulnerable he is being as the song unfolds. The Pringle can and the burrito were just a metaphor for how he felt. He could fit performing and happiness into the same burrito. The Pringles at the bottom of the can are unreachable.
The yells quickly cutting back to music like they're being choked out. The correlation between "I wouldn't have gotten half of it" and "They don't get half of it".
It's really A1 art.
it always hurts when he says “and if they still don’t understand then you run it back one more time” and the audience just cheers.
I scream every time he says, “come and watch the skinny kid with a steadily declining mental health, and laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself.”
Last few years? This is almost a decade old mate
@@julesverne4561 let’s pretend like you didn’t just say that.
Isnt it "you dont need to know the half of it" and not "they dont get half of it?"
7 years later.
This song still comes to pull me up from the cliff I find myself hanging from now and again.
Like you were here before inside...
@@julesverne4561 Are you... trying to gatekeep... Bo Burnham?
No, just by simply looking at their name and profile picture you can tell they aren't above the age of 12... Yet they still say they were here 7 years ago @@jacobchung7707
You and me both, friend.
Keep on keeping on. ❤
I'm glad it pulls you up. It does the opposite for me, but it's too beautiful to not rewatch it over and over again
I'm crying about a song that's autotuned and 80% about pringle cans and burritos.
I feel you, but this song is probably #deeper than that
But THATS the thing, it is way more than just pringle cans and burritos. Well, depending on what level you analyze it at. Either way, if you think this song is literally about food or his debilitating internal struggle of being a comedian, everyone can appreciate how amazing this is.
And that is his genius
Right there with you.
If I ever go a month without a good cry I just throw this on and let it flow
Hugging my 2 year old daughter crying because I know there'll come a time when her hands will no longer fit inside a Pringles can.
im here to give you some faith: i am a fully grown woman with hands that fit in a pringles can. theres hope.
AHHHAahaha
This hurt
@@ziggygraham6436 Got me wet eyed lol
Burst out laughing at this
When he says “you can tell them anything just make it funny make it rhyme, and if they still don’t understand it you just run it one more time.” And then he goes back to the burrito….man. He’s SO RIGHT, too. I will never get sick of this song. Bo Burnham is one of the most underrated artists I’ve ever seen. He is a lyrical genius and he shows his soul in a way that’s so genuine that you can actually FEEL what he’s saying.
It's powerful. He did the same social commentary in "White Woman's Instagram", and it kills me inside to relate. This self-obsessed woman's monotonous, picture perfect depiction of her life is comically exaggerated for us. Then we hit the post where she writes this touching tribute to her dead mom. She speaks from the heart about her life since her death, alludes that her father is deceased too... before jumping right back in to her staged photography posts. As someone who lost their mom in 2010, JFC, I wish I could Kareoke this, but I would break down crying at "A Goat Cheese Salad...a backlit hammock...", just as I always do every time I hear it. She "goes back to doing her job" of keeping up this appearance she has set for herself for the other 364 days of the year... It's her brand. But the 10 year anniversary of her death is the shred if permission she gives herself to express the painful things in her life too. And I am grateful Bo used this performance to do the same. 😭 "....a Goat Cheese Salad".
What are you talking about? In what way is he underrated??
If everybody knows him, hes making movies, sellin out tickets, getting respect and getting millions of views.. Stop using this phrase for no reason.
@sashka9399 everybody doesn't know him and no, I won't stop saying it. That saying is very underrated as it is.
@@joarbeiter5760 Dude. People say "that is over/underrated" all the time.. And usually in a meaningless way. Like you're doing right now. It's almost as common as people saying "literally" while not speaking in a literal sense....
@sashka9399 I DO think he's underrated and I'll say whatever I want whenever I want and however I want.
I have a theory that the auto tune was used to try and make it easier for him to perform while communicating something so incredibly personal, and the Kanye thing was just the means through which he could justify it.
It's the same with All Eyes On Me, when he's speaking seriously he's masking behing autotune so it can still pass as a comedy. There is an edit of All Eyes On me sung with his normal voice and, seriously, it sound almost terrifying.
@@filthyizaya1547 stylistically speaking, it would have been done as a callback to this performance as the song is literally about having a panic attack while performing it. You can see and hear it at the end of this one, he's gasping for breath, shaking, and that final yell was not scripted, nor was the mic drop and running off stage. He did three shows in New York I think, all of them filmed for the purpose of making the special, and you can see some sudden cuts happening in this video. I believe he quit the tour shortly afterwards to focus on his mental health
Is it not just a satire of kanye?
@@female828 its more of like a parody of kanyes rants considering bo has stated kanye is one of his favourite artists so he probably wouldnt make a satire of his work
*Comes for the comedy*
*Leaves with existential crisis*
Ray Tolman already had them and he is spot on how I feel
Exactly the same feeling
#BoBurnham Just know bub, personally... You've made laugh since since the very beginning. Your silly video's that you've made since the jump... Were phenomenal and will always continue to be. I'm not religious by any means, but I absolutely hope and continually keep you within my thoughts. Someone at your degree, deserves happiness. Don't blind yourself with the self loathing. Enjoy the happiness around you. Because, you yeild me a plethora of it!
An interesting thing about existential crises is that you can decide whether or not to have one.
Is it about the Pringle’s cans?
Man i didn't think he'd top this finale. And then, the funniest thing happened
*laugh track
Are you feeling nervous?
this comment is so perfect
Best comment.
@@Juliana-pb7uj are you having fun
Idk if a lot of people know this but dude the burrito is such a good metaphor for his life. He tries to fill his life with all of the things that being a performer requires on top of his anxiety and panic attacks and you can try and wrap it temporarily but it will all end up bursting at the seems. Every time he goes into the talk about his mental health and immediately follows it with the burrito joke it just hits me
yep “you can tell them anything if you just make it funny, make it rhyme”
And the whole he’d rather blow his dad before eating a burrito with a fork
@@justinb1382 ??
And how if he knew all the ingredients wouldn’t fit he would’ve left some stuff behind.
I like that, great observation
Everyone seems to cry at the "can't handle this right now" part but the burrito is what gets me. It's the perfect metaphor.
I wouldn't have got half of it if I knew it wouldn't fit.
We are all our own burrito.
That is the part when I first watched this where I just stopped laughing and just listened silently
biting off more than you can chew/not realising that adult life is messy and can't be wrapped up in a neat little package/if you try to hold everything inside you unpredictable parts will come spilling out at any moment and you have no control over that/how things look 'on the menu' (in your imagination) is no guarantee of how it'll turn out in real life, and probably more but that's just off the top of my head, I'm assuming that's the kind of thing you mean?
@@lyricsdomatter it mostly represents that he had too much on his plate. It feels like the: 'you're burrito expert, you should've warned me' is towards whoever is managing/guiding him.
'I wouldn't have gotten half of this', 'they don't even know the half of this'. He's always been fairly open about his mental health struggles, during this time he had panic attacks, several social anxieties and depression. It's not really referring to a normal adult life (struggles), but more his personal mental health struggles and all the obligations and pressures belonging to his job fuelling those.
His 'thank you, I hope you're happy' a couple minutes after 'as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself' make me feel like he has a hard time accepting his mental health struggles, especially within his comedic persona. How big is the divide between having social anxiety, panic attacks and depression and performing on front of thousands of people, representing your own brand, carrying an audience and making people laugh and appreciate their lives? He's trying to sell something he can't feel, must be so confronting and he can't back out without disappointing his audience, which would make him feel even worse.
Having said that, if the message you're hearing helps you and works, stick to that.
To this day Pringles haven’t changed the diameter of their cans.
Fuming
And Chipotle employees still don't warn you about mad burrito capacity
@@expertstream6769 fuming
And he still doesn’t go to the gym this time because of the whole quarantine
@@fries5849 2 words "home gym"
BOYCOTT. PRINGLES.
I can't get over him calling a chipotle worker a "burrito expert"
👏underrated 👏comment
@@AaronKingslien thank you hahaha. I worked at chipotle for two years straight and still dont understand the ratio of foods needed to keep the contents inside.
@@ratwgat you mean shitpotle
@@thestig6212 oop
you literally can't handle this
Never thought I'd cry over a grown man singing about Pringles and chipotle
“attempts to give you what he can not give himself” that hits so damn hard. hope Bo has managed to give himself happiness since this ❤️
"Let's go watch the skinny kid, with a steadily declining mental health, and laugh as he attempts to give you what he can't give himself."
My heart, Bo.
This is the 2nd video on yt that has made me break down
JaredsRandomVideos what's the first
ItsYaBoiJard ugh same
Ever thought you would be sad after watching a comedy act? I sure didnt thought id burst into tears.
George Carlin and Jimmy Dore, Dead Sec
How can a man litteraly perform a mental breakdown on stage and end it with a thank you. so much respect for Bo, he has so so much talent. lyrical genius
The fun thing is that he said he has panic attacks on stage. So sometimes he actually has a freaking mental breakdown stacked on this and STILL says thank you.
His humility humbles me.
@@glitter_skeleton35 O.O
I heard the thank you as an accusation. I think its deeper than just a simple thank you.
@Alexander Gross I can see why you heard it as an accusation. As a third party it fits the theme. But it neglects thinking from his perspective. He needs his fans, loves them, in equal parts to fearing them and hating them.
But he's intelligent. He knows the fear and the hate come from a place of insecurity in himself (that we can all relate to) and even though his emotions may run rampant on his brain, intellectually he doesn't put that on us.
Not all of us, anyway. Some people out there are mean, cruel, demanding, entitled. We all know this. This is the internet generation.
But he did SHARE himself. That felt pretty raw. Pretty real. Gotta say, I've always loved Bo's work, but... I respect him on a whole new level now.
Miss you big dog. Please come back
I'm sure Inside was a lot for him. He knows the internet misses and loves him. He will be back ❤
I hope so :) but regardless i hope hes happy and fuffilled
Crazy seeing u here
I keep finding your comments on these classic youtube gems
never come back. your punchline landed.
your free.
The short gap of deafening silence from the crowd before the second tone shift is absolutely gut wrenching 🖤〰️🖤
When
@eggymayo3271 probably 6:30. They are quiet when typically an audience would lose their shit over the visuals and musical shift.
I love how the crowds suddenly shut up and realize what is truly happening.
But then they cheer when he goes back into the funny part
@@lordofthesloths_7734 I think it was more amazement (because of how the lights have changed etc etc) instead of cheering for the silly part. The audience definitely understood what was going on and you, in contexts like these, when youre part of the audience, cant really show appreciation and support in any other way besides applauding and letting your voice being heard.
@@isratzahanbhuiyan7510 yeah, it would also be awkward if the audience was quiet for the rest of the show.
When I watched him perform this live in Portland, OR, the audience was dead silent when the song got serious, all the way until he finished. It was really heavy and intense, and it stuck with me more than anything else I’ve ever seen live.
Bo is a special person. I’m glad he’s stopped touring for the sake of his mental health, but I would love so much to see him live again.
@@lordofthesloths_7734 I think the burrito was more of a metaphor for his life. He wouldn't have made certain choices if he knew the outcome, that he has many regrets. The audience probably clued into that.
really pissed off that everytime i listen too this song, i know what's coming and start prematurely crying and everyone thinks I'm crying because I cant fit my hand inside of a pringles can
same buddy, same
Really pissed off because everytime I listen to this song I start crying because I can't fit my hand in a Pringle can.
THIS IS THE COMMENT I WAS LOOKING FOR AKSKKDKDKD
aaa me too
you made me exhale out of my nose
In a retrospective sense, this is Bo Burnham's Magnum Opus
No Inside was, though this is still astounding
@@sammybutler3027 No doubt Inside is Bo's M.O. on the scale of specials. I think this is Bo's M.O. when comparing all of his songs individually. It is just my perspective though. What do you think is Bo's Magnum Opus song?
Every few months I stumble back here and rewatch this masterpiece.
I still quote it weekly. Bo has a way to go from making laugh hysterically to genuinely wanting to ask him if he's doing well. I just hope he's doing better, and has a good support system around him.
I hope he's happy.
I can't even being to imagine how it must have felt like to witness this live.
Same bro I can’t help but come back to this beautiful masterpiece this is incredible!
Same
Same!!!
Glad you guys agree :)
It’s weird that he leaves w a “should I cheer or sit quietly moment?”
When he said blblblb I felt that
SAME
Ikr
Very Vitas blbllbblb
The "rRrRrRrRrRrRrah!" part really spoke to my soul
Funny to think that that was Bo’s last ever joke in stand up comedy
I don't know what's more impressive; the honesty, the humour, the lyricism, or the otherworldly sonic structure. This whole show takes it to the next level.
i cant stop watching it
It's awesome. and those are my exact thoughts at a Kanye show too
+zonerDADA Kanye has nowhere near the level of talent Bo has, and to suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it's insulting.
+Chris Taylor I agree
+Chris Taylor
At the risk of sounding like a tool, Kanye West is more of an Artist than a lot of people give him credit for. I typically point to All Falls Down as an example of Kanye attacking a serious issue in a creative and thought-provoking light.
Bo has a way of grabbing your attention with his jokes and comedy, and once he has your attention he just rips ur heart out or drops a lesson. He is absolutely incredible in his ability to provide intrusive thoughts in a unique way. I wish the best for him
The way he made himself vulnerable, how he was hiding behind seemingly funny and less important metaphors, makes me tear up. I hope Bo is better now. The world needs Bo, a Bo that is vulnerable and healing.
Thank you Bo for existing. You are a beautiful human being in every way, and you’re valuable, no matter if you make us laugh or not.
And you’re right, most of us can’t handle it, but give it time and we will, eventually.
the way he said "I hope you're happy" at the end made me feel sad.
it's supposed to
He is an old soul stuck in this incarnation, in a nostalgic observation of all human acts with an uncontrolable sensitivity to it... We never get truly happy. We just tough it out and find happiness in leaving a positive vibe while we walk a few miles in the empathetic shoes of anyone crossing our path
Maxim Baeten #Deep
"I hope you're happeh"
h0wL LMAO WHY DID THAT MAKE ME LAUGH SO HARD WTF
"Laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself."
Never confuse being funny with being happy.
I know, that line hit me hard
End of the bit he lays out
what he attempts to give the audience
"I hope you're happy"
Bruh.
We need more people like him
Exactly. Just because someone jokes around doesn't mean they're happy. It's just to distract yourself from yourself and to disract others from what you're trying to do to yourself.
@Karen Emery I hadn't listened to him in about 7 years or so and I was listening to Tim Minchin and he just popped into my head and I thought has he done anything in the last 7 years and then binged watched all his stuff.
fuck dude i would do anything to go back to when this special was released. i’ve always felt so connected to bo’s work as an artist and i’m so grateful to him for making me realize a lot about making art at a very young age. it’s just truly insane to see a comic telling their audience directly how much of a toll doing shows for them is taking on him and criticizing them to their faces after performing an entire special for them that they paid to see. to this day i’ve never seen someone so perfectly express their personal struggles related to their art and those consuming it through that art to those consuming it.
i know that’s the obviously what makes the “i hope YOU’RE happy” hurt especially bad but it’s just interesting to interpret as an artist when such a big part of that is pressure to continue doing something if people like it no matter how unhappy it’s making you, when you just want to do what you enjoy instead. it hurts to see how many incredible artists end up burnt out beyond repair and permanently damaged from pushing themselves too hard for the sake of others. i hope you’re happy too bo.
♥️
the delivery of "thank you. goodnight. i hope you're happy" knocks the wind out of me every time
Bo Burnham is the comedian we needed, but didn't deserve.
you look like the young yanderedev
@@nostalgic1928 yandere simulator :)
Hannah C lol
Implying we don’t need him now. Also yandev is bad, he’s just milking the concept for money.
*It feels good to finally go back and work on Osana and finish her*
*- Recent Osana video from Yandev*
There you have it folks
He never worked on Osana and only did a little bit which implies his laziness and immaturity.
He lied about working on her for years and it blows my goddamn mind he is still convincing people he is a good person and has a fanbase
""Watch the skinny kid with a steadily declining mental health, and laugh as he attempts to give you what he can't give himself" wow
That line hit me hard
ughh that always makes me cryy
What's the point being made if you don't mind me asking? That he's running out of material?
It's happiness. The title of the show is "Make Happy" because it's his job to make people happy. He gets on stage and makes people laugh, but the cruel irony of it is that he can't even make himself laugh. His career revolves around making other people happy, but he finds it very difficult to make himself happy.
That line made me very sad
Seven years later and the "I hope you're happy." still breaks me
I think what hurts most about this song is simply how wrong Bo was at the time. To me, make happy is a 1 hour piece of comedy followed by this absolute masterpiece saying "I wanted to tell a profound message about my struggles as a human being but everyone just expects me to tell silly jokes about pringles". I for one discovered him primarily through inside, and i fell in love with the insight and introspection he brought to lets call "the human condition". And most fans of his that ive met feel the same way. I just find it so tragic that he had such a talent for articulating complex and challenging emotions through his art, and was so afraid to show it.
He was not "wrong" about himself, his coming back was something completely else and it was good that he took a pause.
I don’t think he was really wrong, you discovered him completely different then how probably most of the people in the audience did. I won’t pretend to know Bo’s past as I wasn’t there when it happened but from what I can tell a good few people did view him as the “funny music man”
Yeah, do your research before drawing conclusions. The timeline you discovered him and the timeline of… well reality, don’t align. He’s self aware to a damaging degree, which not many performed have. I doubt he’s wrong and you’re right. You’re doing the exact thing that he’s saying hurts him. Telling him you know him better than he knows himself. Jesus man
He wasn’t afraid, per se. He literally “couldn’t handle” the pressure he felt to “make [his audience] happy.”
Despite the success and the love fans threw at him, he didn’t feel fully satisfied, fully happy. There’s a lot of pressure placed on public figures to be Exactly what their fans expect them to be 100% of the time. Most people see success and think rich + adored = happy but that’s just not how it works. It’s very relatable to someone who’s struggled with anxiety and depression the majority of their life; the cruelty of it is no matter what’s going on in your life, no matter how happy other people would be in your [Bo’s] situation, you just cannot feel truly satisfied/happy no matter how hard you try.
There’s a great irony that accompanies many comedians: make people laugh & have a great time… then go home and be miserable. Feel like you’re letting them down when they gave you everything you have.
@brigittescott8128 from my experience with him over the last 8 years and the subtext from the songs on Inside and the extras that he cut and released with the outtakes/bad takes, it seemed to me like he was/still is suffering with extremely deep imposter syndrome and regret for the edgy jokes he used to make in this older material, on top of his depression and anxiety that was hitting it's peak back then with Netflix breathing down his neck to make them more content.
His jump from RUclips to touring with Netflix specials and also doing Vines, and getting to this breaking point where he was feeling empty and unfulfilled, deeply anxious and forcing himself to keep going to not disappoint anyone, ending with a spiral and desire to just run away and never come back in this age of constant connection through the screen in your pocket, it's completely relatable and heartbreaking to learn about. Inside was an excellent encapsulation of that gnawing relapse and the doubling-down on the predatory nature of companies on the internet, and the Outtakes give a very real look into the simmering self-loathing just beneath the surface when he messed up on a take.
So many people expect him to be perfect, Netflix are likely hounding him to make more content after the release of Inside, I just hope that he finds things he enjoys doing and gets back to that place of contentment he found before Covid hit because I don't think his "in 2030 I'll be 40 and kill myself then" line was completely a joke
I think about the line "come and watch the/skinny kid with a /steadily declining mental health/ and laugh as he attempts to give you/what he cannot give himself" too often. He floored me with that one.
same
That line hits like a hammer.
It still gives me goosebumps, what a perfect line to end to the show
Same
i cry every time i hear that
This is someone who deserves to be called an artist
you edited the comment and still got it wrong
Please God forgive him
He wishes he wasn’t an artist in case u haven’t watch listen to ‘art is dead’
This is insanely good
He doesn't want to be called an artist
Every single time I watch this it breaks my heart and gives me chills.
I wouldn't say chills for me it's more like a slightly cool breeze yknow I might not wear shorts but there'll be no shivers
That one guys laugh at 4:59 .... i come here to hear the sincerity in his laughter to the silly sound Bo makes.
This is the most beautiful cry for help.
yet everyone will ignore it until it's too late.
Now I'm scared
Reminds me of that Rick and Morty episode.
Yeah
this and ART IS DEAD
It's weird to think that within every hilarious comedian there's a very sad artist.
Because they know what it's like to be sad and they don't want anyone else to feel that way
I think it's even weirder to think that within every normal human being, there's a very sad human being with no means to express itself.
And inside that sad artist, there is poop just sitting there waiting to be pooped.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
comedy comes form dark place
"It's a sad truth that those who shine the brightest, also burn the fastest."
Also being a skinny white kid with a horrible mental state, I applaud Bo for just being completely transparent about his feelings and where he was at during this time. Truly an inspiration.
I love the fact that the audience does realize what he’s meaning, and isn’t laughing during the deeply emotional part, and even after he does the burrito thing after it, they applaud this fucking glorious human being
THANK YOU and exactly my thoughts!! I've seen comments with ton of likes hating on the audience for applauding this brilliant man and his brilliant performance. I was shocked tbh, the audience was absolutely amazing and they understood the meaning of the song just as well as any of us did.
Right I hate comments like wOw tHe AuDiEnCe DiDnT kNoW tHe TrUe MeAnInG
Although the burrito thing does have a cool, kinda sad meaning
WhyTheHeckDoIExist I know, it all has a double meaning when you really think about it, especially in this song
C',mon if you don't just love the BoMan why watch!!!
Never seen an existential crisis all wrapped up in a burrito metaphor before. :O
It was almost too much to fit inside the burrito metaphor.
"I wouldn't have gotten half of it" like he wouldn't have tried so hard to be famous if he knew that it came at the cost of his mental health
@@sarahrundall bingo. He wishes someone told him what all this entailed before he started this, otherwise he wouldn’t have done half the stuff he did.
Wrapped up. I see what you did there.
@@sidneyclark6193 he said in an interview it didn’t have a deeper meaning, people are looking to much into this lol
This will never get old. This is one of the best pieces of stand up art you'll ever see. I will watch this at least once a week as long as RUclips exists.
Fax
You know you can download it?
Not a single time in the 7 years have I watched this and not started tearing up by the end. There's a special place in my heart for Bo.
this got deep real quick.
hope nichole #deep
hope nichole #deep
#deep
+Nerian It's all fun and games until you realise how fucking real and deep this guy is.
Yeah i'm kind of shocked by these songs, there's the first layer of comedy and then the internal dialogue of irony but then it just hits that layer of truth most comics are way too afraid to go into, that dark honesty about self doubt and fear of never meeting the standards you set for yourself. The only other comic I know of who was able to put his own life out there like that was Greg Giraldo, he was always known as "that insult comic guy for the roasts" but Greg's worst insults were always reserved for himself and the reason he was funny was because he noticed all the details of any situation he was in and could zero in on the horrific but funny aspects of every day irony, having a mind like that is why I think so many of these guys want to be numbed out by drugs. They want to be just as oblivious as the people they make fun of and the fact that they can't seems to be why they're miserable in real life.
Let the record show that Bo's last performance joke was "BULULULULUL"
And it killed.
I read this right as he said it and I DIED
This made me laugh and cry simultaneously
It gets me every god damn time
I think about this comment all the time.
Blulululu
After all these years (and more are to come) this is still a highly relevant masterpiece
My favourite line is when he says "I know I'm not a doctor". I actually am a doctor and this perfectly sums up what being a doctor feels like. This really got me through some tough times. He talks a lot about how he's not sure his comedy is helping but it's helped me. ❤
Thank you for what you do. God has blessed and saddled you with the life of healing others. If it was easy, anybody could do it. Thank you.
The camera work man,respect
the lighting
0jcooper0 both
production team in general m8s
and its only 3 people lol him and 2 other people
i saw him do this bit live. breathtaking from the audience's perspective
"And laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself" shit man, that gave me goosebumps
"steadily declining mental health"
SneakycatPlayz I know, this boy needs a hug
Bo's happy. Incredibly so. He's just very in touch.
SneakycatPlayz my heart broke when he said that😭
Yea, that hit really close to home for me too. As someone who has been diagnosed, I feel he has, or had, HFA or some other related condition and it comes out in his music. Left vs Right brain is another great example.
Would love to talk to someone who was there at this concert. I’ve seen this more times than I’m willing to admit. I’m 38, grew up watching Bo enamor people. Theatrically peaceful and blissfully authentic. He’s a Weird Al wet dream
This song gives me goosebumps.
This will sound fairly dark but the truth is that I've been in a poor mental state for quite a while now and every time I trully start contemplating taking the "easy way out" I watch this, I've done it for years now, the goosebumps i get from his raw talent and originality remind me that I might as well keep trying for the simple fact that I might experience another moment as incredible as the first time i watched this video, thanks Bo for 6 years of making me rethink
I'm glad you're here. I just needed you to know.
Man... I loved this Ted talk...
Yeah, best Ted Talk I've ever heard :D
The best comment in the comment section.
Best.Comment.Ever!
Ya me too.. (he has a ted talk?) Time to google it.
@@yashaouchan r/woooosh
"Come and watch the skinny kid with a steadily declining mental health and laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself"
Well shit that's deep
mugs #deep
mugs I think the part where he says "I hope your happy" kills me, to me it's like bo just gave up and let us win, something he's ok with but mentality it's killing him
I think he's taking a break... or quiting idk... I heard someone say that... I hope he gets better cause he's really good with words.
I cried at that part
Oh Its Brooks he said himself he is taking a break, but recently he's been doing local shows and testing new material
Last words were so sincere; "thankyou, good night. I hope you are happy". We love you Bo. Never forget that!
I've explained Bo's style of comedy to people as "funny, funny, SUCKER PUNCH, funny".
You'll be laughing along and then have this moment of dawning comprehension, like "hahahaha... Oh."
pov: you're a depressive who comes back to this every 6 months and youtube recommended it to you again
You’re wrong:
I come back to this monthly
@@rohanann4914 amatuer
i come here to cry, thank u
Fuck I thought I was alone here guys
Yes
The line:
'come and watch the skinny kid with the steadily declining mental health, and laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself'
kills me
I know right! Painful to hear, but also so beautiful because it's powerful and full of emotion.
right
me too
As someone with steadily declining mental health who also works as an entertainer, it really hits home
then, ends it with "I hope you're happy"
Someone said it before, the whole burrito thing is the perfect metaphor for biting off more than you can chew. Brilliant song.
I still remember the first time I saw this special and the moment he bends down and all the blue lights focus on him... It gave me chills then and it still does. One of the most brilliant pieces EVER.
Fr
“part of me loves you, part of me hates you, part of me needs you, part of me fears you” is the saddest fucking thing ive ever heard a performer say about their audience
Yet the thing is that most performers feel this way... we just don’t like to say it
It's not that deep bro. Yall are weirdos
It is that deep moron. Clearly you don’t get Bo Burnham even in the slightest lmao
@@chance2413 I rlly think you’ve missed the point of this song
RiP Williams and Bennington .
"Come and watch the skinny kid with the steadily declining mental health and laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself" is one of the best summaries of the connection between depression and comedians I've ever heard.
You missed "I look at them and there just staring at me like". Plus it's "you" not "us"
All performers tbh
@@deadlynightshade7867 *they're
@@jeffreydean7556 😀👍
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Easily the most artistic mental breakdown I’ve ever seen. And it perfectly describes what I’m going thru right now, I just simply can’t handle this right now.
"... and laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself."
I keep coming back to this video over the years for that one line.... gives me chills every time.
That line.... The first time I heard this song, and "Are You Happy?" i couldn't contain my tears, I just SOBBED. His words are so powerful on both a hilarity and an intellectual level.
Robin Williams, and George Carlin would be proud.
Comidic tragidy, laugh at the sad clown.
Bo should guard the soul stone
Gives me goosebumps too.
Jake McGuire one of the best and most honest things on social media
"Laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself"
End of the song
"I hope you're happy"
Bruh.
i cant even
That was some heavy shit
Where men cried
So. You watched the whole thing! Good for you!
@@andrewcouser8918 I see you're unhappy and use sarcasm to feel better about yourself by looking down on people. Get some help lol. The meaning of my comment clearly flew over your head.
Torn between laughter and tears.... His final "I hope you're happy" is a killer. Amazing Bo...
if you’ve never seen a panic attack before, this is a great example.
I can't believe the last words he said before quitting comedy and not performing live for five years were: "Goodnight, I hope you're happy"
As if it was a direct shot at the crowd of blaming them. Or in the hopes that they were satisfied with the performance he just gave.
I took it that he genuinely hoped they were happy as he felt so shit.
@@normabead.9600 yeah I think the full sentence that he didnt say was "I hope you're happy... because I am not."
@@kirstencochrane3961 yes. exactly
@@lucasgates7256 He said in interviews that it was intended originally as a f*ck you to the audience, but the production team decided to use a take that sounded more genuine than the others, probably to leave it ambiguous.
Holy crap... the transition from him being honest and telling about his own personal issues, to where he says "I should probably just shut up and do my job, so here I'll go..." and starts singing the comedic chorus, hits pretty hard. Definitely not what the crowd expected. Bo Burnham is truly an original artist.
Just shows how easy it is to hide mental health with comedy or a smile. Hits pretty damn hard man😪.
And the applause that only restarted when he did kinda just exemplifies his point
Yeah man, this stuff hits hard. The majority of artists that make music, comedy, heck even art all have this preassure from their fans and have stuff going on in their personal life that they cant talk about since they are most likely in a contract that basically means they are property to a brand, thus for making the person develop so much emotional, mental and just overall strain. It sucks because even though im not sure if bo is in a contract, I'm fairly sure everyone knows bo had anxiety before and has developed a lot more issues during his time as a musician/comedian.
This world sucks man. The Idols people look up to have a mask they put on, a fake identity per say because they want to keep their fans happy without keeping them selves happy and if they are in a contract that definitely doesn't help.
@@nokiahmotorz01 noticed that as well. But I think it was a lot of respect being quiet. He said, if only a bit of what he wanted and needed and for that moment they all listened, intently. I'd be hard pressed to imagine it didnt strike a cord with a few in the audience who feel the same. So when he went back yes applaudingnmoght be weird but, it went just the immediate moment they were applauding for. I hope anyways.
He’s always been upfront and honest. He just hides behind a curtain of comedy and satire. The audience only gets the comedy/satire aspect until they reflect on it later and realize he was actually speaking out. He said it best himself with “you can tell me anything, if you just make it funny, make it rhyme. If they still don’t understand you than you run it one more time.”
The first time i watched Make Happy and he said "my biggest problem is you" my jaw dropped... It was just so direct... I was speechless, it was so painfully real idk... It really hit me dude, just a genius could do that!
"....laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself." ...The show is called Make Happy....
NugNugz bruh i know right
NugNugz I cried at it cause he mite stop comedy and starts wrighting, and at the end when he says "good night I hope your happy" he sounded like he mite cry he makes me happy and I admire him a lot I wanna be a comedian but he said "If you can live without an audience then do it" so I'm gonna go by his word he met fame way to fast and he is stressed so yeah..
like legit i cried aswel it hurt me on a personal level a person who makes people laugh and in return it breaks him. its so sad
Some of the greatest people who's job is to make people laugh have depression themselves. I love bo.
Yes, Just look at all the comedians that have committed suicide. Just like Robin Williams. It's actually VERY VERY Common. www.ranker.com/list/famous-comedians-who-committed-suicide/celebrity-lists
This is what he does. He lures you in with humor and when he has your attention he goes to the serious, deeply hidden and often painful topics. But he doesn't hurt you. He makes you feel less alone.
This! And he’s hot
@@LaraTang 💀
I've been trying to put into words how much Bo has helped me lately and this comment is spot on ❤️
@@LaraTang indeed he is
This is beautifully said 🙏 i whole heartedly agree
I can’t imagine the feeling the crowd felt once he started directing the song to the fans…..guy is a genius.
When he said "I wanna have a daughter" I honestly thought shit was gonna get deep
If you see the pringles as a metafor for happiness the daughter part was pretty deep...
+TheTjat97 Dude. you just fucked me up. wow
Deep inside that Pringles can.
Honestly same. I thought I was the only one.
TheTjat97 Damn I hadn't thought of that yet
The way he says “I hope you’re happy” at the end always makes me feel horrible
i know right, poor dude...people just automatically think money and fame solves everything..we are vulnerable creatures.
@@seashley8931 we truly are vulnerable we think money is the end of all accomplishments we won but usually winning is the worst part of life the challenge is the best part thats why the phrase "its about the journey not the destination" is so true
He truly breaks my heart. To see such a talented artist and sensitive human being opening up like this just hurts. It seems like he is easily lacerated, and not easily mended.
@@jigme800 should really look into some of his new stuff. hes gotten a lot better mentally.
Those 4 words are a two-edged sword - they are spoken with generosity by the part of him that loves us....and with bitterness by the part of him that hates us. I don't blame him - he offers us his all and what he wants back, we can't give him, no matter how badly we want to. It has to come from within him. I hope he knows how to find it, now. I hope he can see how beautiful he is.
8 years on, everyone is entertained, but no one is happy. Oh Bo, why did you have to nail it so hard.
Does anyone else find themself tearing up when they listen to this? Laughing through the pain and trying to make light of my mental health is something I relate to so much, but I know nothing else and this is how I survive. 😞
Defo tear up , raw power
At this point I don't see bo as a comedian. He's an artist. He's a genius.
Listen to his art is dead song I'm sure he loves being compared to a genius.
I soo agree - the why he handles topics, the cinematographically set up of the shots. Genius
780 math, 730 verbal
Always has been 🌕🧑🚀 🔫 🧑🚀
comedy is art.
find happiness Bo we'll manage without you for a while
+Grace York Done. One more like
That paradox where I'd love to talk to this guy for days and weeks about life, music, and the fucked up shit in our heads...but I know that I'd be forcing myself on an introvert who would be emotionally drained by such a thing.
This
^^^^^
^^^^^ These people know what's up.
7 years later im still crying to this song
Best example of “ya had us in the first half, not gonna lie”
@@artstudentwannabe either way it fits it to a T
It’s the most painful example
The second half was just a bunch of spillin. Only the first half fit inside the metaphorical burrito of mental comprehension.
@@CertifiedRealQ yes...
Always tear up "as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself." Hits very close to home.
All these years later this still get me crying when I watch it
Imagine being a Bo Burnham fan working at Chipotle and having him in your burrito line. THE ANXIETY.
Lmao I can almost feel the prolonged eye contact while i wait for him to open his mouth to place his order!
Having someone even remotely famous in line is crazy, one time i had a guy from the overwatch cinematic team come through my line at work (he told me when i asked about his OWL shirt) and it was super cool to meet someone part of a big project like that while the dumb college kid making his sandwich (me) sat there like “whoa” the whole time
*has his keys on stand by to roast you with a song*
Ur likes tho XD
Vanessa Gerrits I already get enough anxiety having to talk to normal ass cashiers, I don’t think my body could physically take being in the same room with a Famous Person™️.
This song sounds like a depressed person finally breaking because it’s never the big things that gets to you. It’s the little things like your burrito falling apart that finally make u snap
I love your description of it. Or interpretation of it.
Yup.
Really interesting thought
YEP....the littlest thing finally snaps the fucking tightrope you live with every day
Legend has it that Nzietche finally snapped when he witnessed a Horse being whipped by its owner in the street.
So... what's wild is that Bo made this song explaining his anxiety and declining mental health to everyone. Then, on his special INSIDE, He explained that he stopped touring because of the same declining mental health issues mentioned here.
Severe panic attacks on stage. He literally TOLD US his struggles and we barely heard it above the Pringles. 😢
One of the only True Artists of Our Generation
Every once in a while, I come back to this song. Just knowing the backstory, what happened after this show...
I'm "fine" until the middle, but after that I just can't help myself and start tearing up. And after it's over, I sit here, take deep breaths, fighting with my tear glands on salt water rights, while adding one more comment to the previous 34,5 thousand of praise, wishes of good health, interpretations and those selfish little comments, which are like "oh, yeah, have the same issues"... no, you don't, sit back down!
Well... I did my part. I commented. Now it becomes "one more unread message" on a board. I better get back to work now.
i glad I could read your comment im a newer fan of Bo Burnham. I've watched him for the couple years after inside (started watching his stuff this year) and I'm so mad that I didn't bother to see his other content when I first found out. Its normal to add on to compliments of a popular person but for him in my eyes, I believe the comments people give out to him are very respectful and not empty. There are many loyal people, and I find myself sad seeing him fall apart over the years and his latest work. I myself have never really enjoyed comedians or had a interest in singers or artists like other people did until now. I practically know all of his songs, memorized some of his jokes without even realizing it and I come back to rewatch videos sometimes. If he does not make any more works or do standup, I will appreciate him for what he's done for us. All I know is I was happy to find someone like this on the internet with all the current stuff going on. I do like feeling relatable to content but I do not say so or shout it by the rooftops. I wish him the best and I hope the rest do too. One last thing to add on, I really loved the part at the end with the door from Inside and him walking out to see Lorene and the dog because it was like walking over to the one thing that makes him happy. and if that makes him happy, I'm all for it because everyone should have that safe place.
I understand what you mean, I think (and I'm already sitting down, thanks) and your comment reminds me of something i often feel when listening to others' reactions or ideas about the things (music/Books/art/scenery/whatever) that mean something to me, or that touched a nerve at certain times and evoke feelings i had forgotten or give me this sense of all of a sudden being understood or my feelings making sense or are perfectly captured within that one thing. One thing i'll say is that however shallow or self involved other may seem or perhaps they even are that way.. who knows, many people can't really articulate their deepest thoughts and feelings and you'll never completely feel what they try to say clumsily. There is only so many words in the English language (and only so many more in every other language and many people just arent wordsmiths if you know what i mean) and you never truly know how others feel, you can't feel it for them and that is the limitation of the human experience and in many ways why loneliness is within all of us and something we fear and find comfort in at the same time. Idk even know if what i am saying makes sense to you, but if it doesnt then it is what it is. My bigger point is that art is one of the only ways to give an understanding or a structure to the feelings we can't really show in other ways, good art touches something inside you but it can differ person to person what feeling that is and that is what makes it so great. People dont all feel in the same intensity or have low points as low as others, that doesnt make the feeling of some sort of connection, belonging, whatever it is, a piece of art (i hate that pretentious term "piece of art" but i dont know another way to word that so) gives them and that is why it sounds like they have no clue when they try to explain the connection or feelings that they experience. Never underestimate how similar we humans all are in our life experiences and our mental highs and lows, how much we all have the same fears and desires when it comes down to it. Also never overestimate how deep or different your emotions are, how alone you are in your suffering or your search for meaning. I used to think nobody truly understood the brilliance of certain songs, and i was a rare case when it came to how truly intense my emotions could be and how empty i could feel at the same time, that is why i guarded the art that gave me the sense that there was a way to make sense and make my thoughts fit in a structure (vague im sorry, i am no writer and i have the tendency to think as i type or talk). I felt that others were too shallow and too "happy" or braindead to understand. As i got older i found out that I wasnt that special and that was kind of nice, because that made me understand i wasnt alone and almost everyone in one way or another had felt like i did at times, even if they couldnt put that into words if you asked them. And even still, good art isnt something you can exclusively understand one way and all the others just dont understand the intention. It is open to interpretation, and each person has their own experiences to color that interpretation. All it should do is invoke something and that is all you know for sure we share when we both love the same song or art piece
Done rambling, you can get back to work now if you wanna and ill do the same
@@emma0348 I... might be the only one who read this. Thinking about it is sad...
Man, I really have to improve my wordsmithing skills and hammer out, what I meant.
"What I meant"... seems selfish and ignorant, but not how it should have been.
Nobody can fully understand, what he went through, how he felt and maybe that's okay, as we are all different. Our experience is our own and even if two people live next to each other for the rest of their lives, when they look back on things, they will have different thoughts and... that's alright.
My personal thought is that we should not assume, that we know how he felt, when we don't even know the background... It's like saying that the guy in the sombrero hat, who plays the guitar is great, but the background is a post-apo... appopo... apocalipso... post-destruction world and he just gave up on thinking straight... after his dog died 20 years ago, pre-destruction.
See what I did there? That little twist at the end is all thats needed to change the assumption of the background.
All in all, I just don't want to point a finger and say "I know", when I clearly don't and if people who read it understand the meaning behind my words and "sit down" to think about it, that's great, while if they don't, that's... well not as much, but it's alright.
PS: If it would be me, then all the praises/best wishes/aso would feel empty... because there are just too many. Sometimes, you just need that one person in your life to hug you and say: It's alright, you're safe here... back in 1955, Calvin Klein.
"Thank you, goodnight. I hope you're happy."
that was all to real. i actually feel bad for him
+CJ2K _ I think it might all just be an act. Just like what he said in what. that it's all just an act on stage... But he sure does pull it off. Has me questioning whether it is just an act in this one, that is what makes him great
I think in what. Bo was much more immature. Pretty much his entire show WAS about him. He was singing for himself, ranting about the things he hates likes the religion that was forced upon him (Rant), the way people treat the Bible as law (From God's Perspective), the people who have suddenly re-entered and are trying to change him and he tries to drown them out but he just can't so he had to take control and only listen to what he wanted to (We Think We Know You), and how broken he is mentally in general (Left Brain. Right Brain), and all of that is ultimately summed up to point in Art Is Dead in which he readily admits that he sees himself as a fraud. He admits he's doing it for himself and he genuinely believes art is dead at that point. He genuinely believes that he is the only one benefiting and that what. in no way helps anyone else but him. Then in the three years between what. and Make Happy, he's come to the realisation that the only real reason he's doing it is actually to try and help other people. People were expected a part two. People relied on him for happiness and advice and to say the things they themselves couldn't. He became an idol. And that's ultimately what he can't handle. He's anxious, scared, and desperate, and so he put on one last show and he hopes that show makes his audience happy. It's actually most telling in the true finale of Make Happy when he performs "Are You Happy?", punctuating with "What the fuck kind of question is 'Am I happy?'" and then followed with the final two lines: "You're everything you hated, are you happy?" and "Hey, ma, I made it. Are you happy?" Combine all that with Bo taking a break (or perhaps retiring) from performing his own comedy routines, and it seems clear that Bo doesn't want to be doing this. At least not right now.
+Lucy Lothian he actually said that Make Happy might be his last one man show and that he wants to refrain from that and start making other things, he said he might want to be a playwrite or something,he says all of this in an interview with a college group (I forget the college) but as terrible add it sounds Make Happy might be his last one man show
Yeah, that's what I'm referring to at the end but I was keeping it vague because no one has ever cited it and I've not went looking.