Source: The Green Room with Paul Provenza S02E01 Guests: Judd Apatow, Bo Burnham, Marc Maron, Ray Romano, Garry Shandling Original Air Date: July 14, 2011
As much as we like to think that, its just not true. The average IQ goes up every year, thats why we are constantly making it more difficult so the average IQ remains at 100. Knowledge is passed down and humans need to continue developing to retain more knowledge, as we have been for generations. What people see isnt always the average person.
@David Clinging He is almost 100% serious I mean from what I know. I guess I've never met Bo but go to the post of him playing it live that he posted in the description it explains he's serious.
Just the sheer fucking venom and hatred on his face when he says lines like "there's other people you selfish asshole" and "We could've fed a family of four for forty fucking fortnights" tho
@@dereckrobert411 you people realize Bo is including himself in all of this right? Like he 100% was thinking about himself when he wrote this song so it’s not like he’s got disdain for everyone else who does it.
He doesn't normally slam the piano keys at the "forty fortnights" part. I had the overanalyzing happening in these comments but hearing people laugh at that would certainly be frustrating to me.
You could be right, but I don’t think bo would get mad over that, I think he would just stay silent knowing that he understood and that they didn’t. Its kind of like he is still purposefully trying to slip in small jokes, (like when he calls the others selfish) to make them think he’s just joking but really he’s being serious.
I was pissed when they laughed at the feeding a family of 4. There are parts to laugh at in that song, but I don’t blame Bo for smashing the keys there. It’s disgusting that that’s where they laughed
@@rinkin9074 Gary Shandling? Bo really likes Shandling and his standup? Bo loves all of those guys, he was just nervous to be onstage with comedy giants at only 20. He did loads of interviews on this particular episode of Green Room saying it was a great time. Think youre reading way too far into this, Gary really like Bo, especially after he asked him about the Eastern vs Western Philosophy on life and happiness.
Ray Romano first going “oh, he’s a prop comic” for laughs but sitting there completely immersed in the song with a look of total respect, makes me so happy :) he wont pass up a chance to throw in a quick little joke, but he KNEW Bo had talent and the world was in for a treat!
What's killer about this performance is that all of these comedians were talking about their interactions with Carlin and how they revere him, and yet here comes Bo Burnham performing a song about how what they're doing now makes him "roll in his grave". There's no comedian like Bo Burnham I've ever seen in my life.
@@thomasandrewcliffordI think it’s pretty vile to try to equivocate on whether a dead man respected his actual peers and friends less than someone who wasn´t even performing while he was alive
From what I’ve seen of Carlin it seemed like he was always open to a different outlook on morality. Bo is incredibly smart and was somehow able to make them laugh while calling out the lack of morality a lot of them have. I imagine Carlin would’ve heard this and understood the perspective but rolling in his grave is a little far.
these comments like “he sounds so nervous!!!” no shit, he’s in front of a bunch of comedians he loves and respects, singing about the morality of their jobs.
I think it's more a "funny because it's true" kind of thing. It's not all a joke to them, it's funny because life (and showbiz) is absurd, and hearing it described in such a deconstructed, honest way is jarring. If you don't laugh you cry kinda thing, you know?
@@blubaylon god y'all need to chill the fuck out. they're not gibbons. they understood the message of the song. bo didn't think he was going to solve world hunger by penning it, it's just an expression of his opinion in an overexaggerated, comedic zeal. lighten up.
to be honest, i always addored it, just for the creativity and that maybe some people attention whore too much to the point where they can't really live without it
I think Ray Romano was the only one actually intently listening throughout the entire song. He didn’t really laugh, he just sat there with a grin on his face. I think he was smiling because he’s seeing the next generation of comedy and he’s happy that they know how fucked up the industry is.
One of them I don’t know all there names sorry, one of them at one part looked like he was going to cry during the performance. That’s how u know how fucked an industry is when someone is crying during a comedy song
@@RanjSinha without contexts it's still not very funny but you are lying to yourself if you think some of his deliver is pretty funny. Like saying you selfish assholes while looking directly at the other comedians
@@augustmericle6776 he's also playing a character on stage - you can never believe what he says on stage is what he actually mean. obviously there's a strong message in the song, but it's intentionally got comedic beats in it
@@mirandachen8189 I imagine they’re laughing so that it’s a comedic light hearted moment instead of a deep and introspective moment that could taint the rest of the show, you know? They didn’t necessarily think all of that through, but when you do improv and freestyle all the time for a while you get a sense of what will kill the mood.
Actually it's pretty interesting that he changes those instants of "I wanted", "I could" to " *we* wanted", " *we* could". He was always talking about everyone in that group, and everyone else in the industry if you took it more subjectively, but here he really calls it out.
"So people think you're funny? How do we get those peoples money?" This song preformed here is like an interdimensional dragon going around the room and kicking everyone in the nuts. I love it.
I love how in the original; he plays the piano really nicely but in this performance he's bashing and banging on the keys in anger. Its so raw and emotional. The dissonance is like his heart.
"Yeah, yeah... I'll do that one. Yeah. Sure." I love how all the smiles and grins slowly become more and more forced as the performance goes on. By the time he's done, there's a very palpable air of discomfort in that room. He didn't even roast them, he just metaphorically handed them a mirror and then dropped the mic and walked out of the room.
Nicholas Pagano or if you watch this clip lol. It’s clearly a joke when he looks over to them at the “selfish assholes” part. That dude asked him to play it because he thought it was an interesting and very real take on the state of the industry. Then again I could be over analyzing this 3 minute clip of a comedy song.
I never seen how song is funny. It is pretty much Bo's mental breakown and him shoving how fucked up is comedy scene that the we make art while there are people starving next door.
@@goldenhorse4823 It's Bo's performance (his signature trailing off mid-line) that makes this breakdown soliloquy funny at all, not the lyrics. That's how it is with nearly all Bo's more insightful songs (barring more typical comedy like My Whole Family Thinks I'm Gay), and part of what makes him a great comedian. Not only self-awareness, but forcing the audience to be aware of the tragedy behind the comedy.
I like how Marc Maron makes the joke at the end, but if you watch his face while Bo is playing you can tell he’s thinking “wow this kids good” and so his little quip at the end is actually a compliment
Yeah, from what Mike Birbiglia and his colleagues say about the comedy community, those little barbs are the standing ovation. They're clearly in awe. These are all brilliant comedy veterans, and they know talent when they see it.
I think it hit Marc pretty hard, unlike the rest of the guys there he didn't keep a smile on his face the whole performance. I think he realized it was about them and took it in as Bo kicked all the comedians in the room in the nuts.
The comedian with the glasses, although he says it's "cute" as a joke, unlike the other comedians he seemed to take it seriously because he doesn't smile once throughout the song and I kind of appreciate it, kudos to him
@@TonHyukOTP I didn't notice any of the jokes. Edit: Yeah, I know he's a comedian, but I thought this was a serious song? He says in the beginning of the song on his official channel that the song wasn't funny at all.
This is fucking horrifying, he’s basically bearing his soul, and singing one of the least funny songs ever made, and the audience are laughing at it, we live in a dystopia
i can get the laughter near the start but after you can hear him practically break down during the "i'm wearing makeup" part you realize the true intentions of the song
You can appreciate and understand the song while also laughing. Do you want everyone to break down in tears during the parts? We all know we live in a fucked up world. Laughter is a way to cope with all the bullshit. Get off your soap opera box.
Just like when the comic says I thought it was cute. My interpretation is that he knew and accepted the things in the song, yeah the world is fucked up. You guys act like bo cried during the makinf of this song. It's his bit. He sung his bit I'm a grewn room full of comics. Comparing the experience of a seasoned comic to a 20 yr old comic with not much life experience, yeah the song was cute.
Bo has said that the unfunny stuff is as much of an act as the funny stuff. It's just a bit, in the end. As serious as the subject matter is, it's just his art
Maron was the first person to hug Bo at the end. He understands him and was touched by his song. Don't misinterpret jokes with hate. They're comedians. Talking shit to each other is what they do, literally every single day. That's comedy. You have to be the quickest, funniest and wittiest always.
by the end of the song he genuinely sounded angry at everyone laughing, which makes sense how can people laugh when he is just saying that there selfish assholes and talking about families starving
Yeah I’m another version he out right says that the song isn’t supposed to be funny it’s about him talking about himself like it just makes me so angry when people laugh
Especially the way he immediately stands up and moves back to his seat as soon as he's done. I could really feel his tension there, like he couldn't bare another second of people laughing at his song.
@@coradawson7865 I do not understand these comments... Are you people from another planet? Have you never heard of comedy? Do you not know that comedy is subjective? It makes me so angry when people tell others what they can and can't laugh at...
@@glenn4127 I think it’s more people pointing out that “Art is dead” is literally a song about how messed up Bo thinks it is how successful he is as a comedian and a performer when it started out as something fun he was doing and posting on RU-vid for his family. Art is dead isn’t meant to be a song to laugh at, Bo literally has ironic and satirical songs that are supposed to be funny that also talk about how messed up the world is. This was not one of them. It was an awkward song suggestion considering the crowd
This feels like a piece of modern art, not the song itself (which is amazing, it on its own feels like Bo’s heart on his sleeve), but the room all laughing, the veterans listening in, and Bo, sitting there spilling his guts while the audience laughs. It’s like a courtroom laughing as the jester impales himself
@@8ball708 for me it's unsettling bc even though he is a comedian, he's not aiming for comedy here. in his own words, "this song isn't funny at all, but it helps me sleep at night." they're not supposed to be laughing, so it's really uncomfortable bc it strikes a wrong chord given the material. there's literally laughs after he talks about people starving
@@avery.e.e I think it’s the context that makes it funny. He’s a comedian in a room full of comedians doing some comedy show. To me, it’s not really surprising that at lines that can be perceived as either “funny” or “insightful”, people will think they’re meant to be funny. These people have probably never heard the song before. They don’t know the context behind it. Hearing the words for the first time, they probably won’t grasp the full meaning/depth. If they were reading it on paper, they might have a different reaction.
Bo knows people will laugh and he plays some parts of the song as if it's a comedy song with punch lines. But this makes the songs message even more profound when you zoom out. Bo knows when he's performing the song he's being the entertainer in the song who's making money with his name in lights
A prop comic is a comedian who utilizes props or items for their skits. When Bo moves to get to the Piano, the prop-comic line is a joke on how Bo's prop is a piano. "murdering" something is an expression used to note that one is applying excessive force, or utilizing excessive skill
murdering in the way he used it might mean that, but the actual word means to kill something. just so your arent confused, murdering in pretty much every other context is a very bad thing.
Sarah Vilhelmsen hahaha totally! it gets overlooked but bo is actually a remarkable musician. i caught him live when he was just starting (he opened for joel mchale in 2007ish at carolines in manhattan) and his musicianship stood out to me the most.. cus thats just what my mind gravitates toward. hes really in-tune (fuck it.. pun intended) when it comes to songwriting and playing instruments. needless to say he stole the show, in my opinion and ive payed attention to whatever i could of his since. seeing his evolution as a comic, musician, artist, performer and just a human being has been a treat and a privilege. Kid's brilliant and I hope he sustains himself with his creativity until he finally doesn't wanna do it. Like I hope he gets to a level to where he can walk away comfortably and without regret! he deserves that.
As someone who was cast in that role at a very young age this song really hits home and just like he said at a different show "This song helps me sleep at night"
@@why-qz6zq it’s not meant to be funny though?????? It’s meant to be a real thing, he could have fed a family of four for forty fortnights, but he was selfish and didn’t.
I think the real impact of this video in particular is the audience’s reaction. The show hosts laugh a little too loudly, the audience shifts in their seats, looking down, ashamed, laughing nervously. It’s such a raw, emotional, ironic song and their reactions are so unsettled because they’re not used to having that emotional conversation through a performer’s work, especially a comedian. Also, on an unrelated note, I find it interesting that he changed the “name in lights” lines from “I” to “we”, almost like he was calling out the hosts he was performing for.
I don't think that's true; Marc Maron is a famously self deprecating and self aware comic. Most of them are, and their work is often centered around that. I think they just aren't used to hearing it in Bo's particular way, and that things are extra funny when they hit close to home.
how weird that the host would ask him to play a song thats not that funny and then laugh VERY loudly. its a very serious song, like idk did he get the point?
2:28 “Cause we wanted our name in lights. When we could’ve fed a family of four.” Can we take a second to appreciate how instead of saying “I” and “my” like in the original, he said “we” and “us”, because this song isn’t only about expressing his own guilt, it’s also about judging other comedians like himself about their career of making other people laugh for a living, while there are families out there in the world starving and struggling to make profit.
Maron always seems jealous of everyone else. he's done comedy for decades and just recently started getting some attention.... but still not an a-list guy. He's just not happy in general.
It’s so hard to tell with him. He’s constantly blurring the line between what are his true feelings and what’s just intricate piece of a performance. Perfect example of this is the song where he sings “art is a lie” knocks water over by accident, and then announces he meant to do it, because “art is a lie, nothing is real”.
This whole thing was staged. He was always planning to play it otherwise it wouldn't have sounded as good. 5hat said there is a somewhat seedy undertone to this.
To everyone saying "Poor Bo": "I am an artist, please don't respect me" "I am an artist, please don't revere me" "I am an artist, feel free to correct me" - Bo Burnham
Yep. Bo holds a mirror up, even to his own fans, to make us look at our hypocrisy when they're praising him/feeling for him. He doesn't want any of that and i totally get it. I'd feel the same way if i were in his shoes. Celebrity worship/celebrities in general is just _not it_ for me
@@lavenderllamamusic I think he does want it, he just hates that he wants it. Well, I guess "want" is maybe not well enough defined here... Does an addict want their vice?
1:51 Someone give this camera man a raise, because *o h m y g o d* if I hadn't seen this guy's face I wouldn't have known how hard these lyrics hit him.
Honestly it doesn’t seem to me like he’s thinking anything deep, it just seems like he has social anxiety and was nervous. Yeah, the song is deep but he wrote it previously and was just performing it cause he was asked to. It’s not really on him that it made people uncomfortable, because he didn’t write that song to be funny but someone asked him to play it in a room full of comedians with no context for the people listening.
No you don’t understand they are empaths and also all have huge brains because they understood Inside (a special that is constantly telling you directly what it is about), they definitely aren’t 13 year olds with no real problems who want to glob onto someone else’s issues to feel deep and special
thats probably because Ben's a kid too. I get what you're sayin though Larry; Its actually been pretty cool to watch him rise to fame like he did. I just happened upon him back in H.S. and I could tell he was goin places back then.
@@Dannyjedge "I am an artist, please God forgive me" seems to get him too. Maron's whole thing may be being a jaded fuck but he's clearly touched by this song. And yes, his comment at the end was clearly a tension-breaking joke.
When Bo starts smashing his keys at the laugher (2:38) you can see Maron is the only person in the room who isn’t smiling, because he realises what the song is saying, and that he is deeply touched by it.
If a person gains a lot of money by just working hard and use it to please himself and his family he's not being selfish, he's being a human. No one has any obligation to donate 95% of their earnings to charity, they can spend it however they want.
@@yessica6104 yeah but if you listen to the song he is angry about the way he acted in getting the money. atleast in my understanding, in his eyes it is dirty money
2:26 I love how Bo changed the lyrics from "Cuz I wanted my name in lights" to "Cuz WE wanted OUR name in lights" This shows how much he actually wanted to be taken serious during this performance...
I like this performance so much more than the official one that's up because he slams on the keyboard when he's trying to express the anger and it fucking slaps.
comparing his performance here and on his actual show, it hurts to hear him slam on the keys cuz this songs explains a lot about how he see's his career and the fact that people laughed-- you could see how hurt and angered bo would be. In his show, no-one laughed. They all just listened silently as bo practically ranted. But at the same time, the audience (here) were expecting a "comedy" skit. And thought that 'oh all of this must be a joke.' But yk, that's just my opinion. I honestly feel really bad for Bo to be in that position, hope he's doing well.
What the hell are you on about... God you egoistic bastards make shit so deep and can’t possibly entertain the possibility that this is nothing more than this can you?
He's actually a fucking great pianist. I think Maron was actually impressed with his ability given he himself is a guitarist you can even see him mouth "wow" as he jams on the piano
Maron is a pretty solid guitar player , Comedian , he hosts one of the highest rated podcasts ever that the president was on, and a great actor. Not to mention a lot of other talented comedians and Joke writers. I agree that Bo is talented as hell but this statement is surely misinformed.
I think this is Bos best performance of this song for a lot of reasons. Not only is he speaking to the people he's referring to with this song, you can hear how angry he is when they laugh. The dissonance of the keys on some of the lines is what really sells it for me. This is really what I think art is dead embodys
For sure. Bo is always so carefully curated in performance, every action is carefully planned, but I think this is genuine rage. We've seen the normal amount of self-animosity he brings to performances of this song, but this was brutal. If I didn't hate almost everyone else in that room, I'd say it was hard to watch
@@slimkickens I think it's just as curated as anything else, tbh, though there's no way to prove that. And it IS a funny song, for the record, it just so happens to be deadly serious at the same time. The way his voice trails off singing "you selfish asshole" is deliberately hilarious, and I think those chord mistakes are also pretty funny, even if they are also symptoms of his growing rage. I don't think he was angry when the audience laughed, I think he was acting angry to compliment the performance. Because like you said, he curates everything. And besides, he doesn't hate those guys; for starters, he's one of them, and apart from that, he has tremendous respect for these veteran comics, which is demonstrated throughout this green room special
@Nick West what a stupid argument dude, I have a passion and I’m able to make a career out of it, but I don’t like the way the industry is and I’m angry at how the rich people in the industry acts, better go work in a factory
I can hardly believe that Bo is pouring his heart out about how fucked up the entertainment industry is and the other comedians were sitting there laughing. He was clearly furious with them but they just sat and laughed like they weren’t getting called out
i love when bo says he doesn’t think anyone wants to hear him talk about how he thinks the world works. seeing as there’s an entire song on inside that’s dedicated to this exactly says a lot about how he’s matured through his experiences in the comedy industry
I don’t think these comedians knew how else to respond to this but to laugh. They were expecting some little novelty song and Bo picked apart all of their unspoken insecurities and doubts. I have a tendency to laugh during completely inappropriate situations, I believe it’s just a way for ones brain to avoid immediate strong reactions to something that would otherwise induce negative emotions. I might be wrong but I bet that’s what’s happening here.
Without a doubt that must’ve been what happened. They laughed out of nervousness, out of not knowing how to react thinking it would be a funny song. On the inside they are slowly dying in this and you can tell some of the people (especially the dude on his left with the hat) towards the end was really listening to every lyric, every note that hit, and actually understood. They must understand, because this song is literally for them
What the hell are you on about... God you egoistic bastards make shit so deep and can’t possibly entertain the possibility that this is nothing more than what it is can you?
Bro they're comedians these guys get uncomfortable. Probably thinking what's this little rich kid know about life. Everyone is there to laugh not hear about his issues in a sad song. Boring
Knowing Maron, he probably felt personally attacked by this song and felt the need to deflect. He’s like the archetype of a comedian who is a self aware narcissistic
@@jork8206 Spot on assessment. Bo is a lot like Maron. Honestly, I could see Bo reacting the way Maron did had Maron performed the song and Bo been part of the audience. The comment was made ironically.
@@DrLipkin Just listened to it, great podcast. Shoulda held judgement. To be clear, I love Marc's comedy but I guess I blurred the lines too much between Marc's act and his person
this whole performance makes me so angry in so many different ways. the fact that the audience of rich people were laughing at a song talking about the pain of being famous and the poor. he smashed his keys when people laughed at him and honestly i respect him so much because of it
There's nothing wrong with laughing. In other performances he doesn't emphasize certain lyrics. IN this he is CLEARLY emphasizes certain parts and smashing keys at certain parts to make it funny. Sarcasm, you could say, as he is in a room full of comedians. Funny in a bitter sweet way. Coping can be a form of laughing too
@@HelloLoxohe is a comedian he made a joke about poor people the audience laughed that's it. Comedians make joke about poor and rich people all the time and yeah the song does have a deep meaning and truth to it but you do realize almost all of comedy uses the truth often the dark truth to make it funny. But I'm not a therapist like every one in these comments 😭
the fact that he changes the pronouns from “i” (ex. “cause i wanted my name light”) to “we” (“cause we wanted our names in lights”) because he is in a room of comics and actors just like him and he’s talking all about them.
and by grow out of it, they let their influence, money, fame, swell into this overinflated sense of self worth and originality. they became the narcissist they once criticized. i hope bo never changes, even in his old age.
Bo said he probably wont do comedy anymore because he's "sick of working for himself". Meaning he will never become one of these asshole comics who think they're above everyone.
still my favorite song from burnham. the tunes are so beautiful, and yet the lyrics are so sad. every time he plays the opening rift, i always got a bit envious of his talents, made me wish that i was the one that came up with that beautiful opening rift, but then he sings "im just a kid" and it made me snap back to reality and a bit more grateful that my talents didn't bring me to a life that he had. i really feel sorry for him. he mentioned in one of his special, that since he started so young, entertainment ended up being the only thing he knew about his whole life. some people probably see that as a positive thing, but burnham has openly say otherwise, and the way he describe why, i have to agree with him. art is dead.
This is one of my favorite Bo songs. He manages to be something deep and self reflective while also casting wide net across the entertainment industry and still managing to be funny. It’s a masterpiece and something I think of whenever an entertainer gets on their soapbox about issues real people deal with and politics
notice how none of the comedians are laughing at the song because they all understand that song wasn't a joke, but rather a confession of his inner feelings towards his career. Makes me sad in all honesty
But that's just because this is one of Bo's least funny songs and one of the few songs where he is practically just saying what he thinks. One of my favourites but even he introduces this song sometimes by saying "this isn't a funny song I just wanted to sing it" or along those lines.
There’s something so sinister about the way everyone in that room looks at Bo as he sings about the things they do that bring and keep people down. They just laugh or smile at him in a way that’s like “I know, I just don’t care. What a funny song”
This scene is genuinely what a panic attack is like suddenly it's just hundreds of eyes on you everything you do is mocked it's never enough wish I could explain it more but it's just so crushing
Imagine playing one of the most painful songs you wrote about how fame eats you out inside and exploits the poor, and the exploiters are laughing at you with no self awareness
please be more self aware and don't claim to know what the vets are thinking. of course they agree with him, of course they respect what he's singing, why would basically the whole thing be about him otherwise? what do you expect them to do, kneel down and start bawling?
@@camelat7228 it's not a good look to laugh at a song that isn't framed as humorous and is outright calling them out. The least they could do was actually listen like what his standard audience were filmed doing Bo isn't being all "haha we're bad people" he gets progressively aggressive the more people laugh
@@microcult That's intentional. Bo knows what he's doing, the comics know what he's doing, and the crowd probably knows too. No-one in that group of comedians isn't an old hand at serious self-reflection during their performances. Watch the full thing, not just this clip. This clip really recontextuallizes his presence there in a very negative way, so much so I feel it may have been deliberate.
Well of course it is in this context. The laughter comes from seeing the incredible unfairness that someone being talented means they get to live a lavish lifestyle while hardworking people starve. While it's a horrific truth, the acknowledgement of that by a comedian causes some people to laugh
Anyone notice that he changed the lyrics to use them at the others? The song goes, "I wanted my name in lights." He said, "We wanted our name in lights." He really seem to want to put as much fury and disgust in this as possible and I don't blame him. If I was him I don't know how I could possible handle my most serious work be taken this light by so many people.
He used to use both "I" and "we" when performing that song, he's a conscious performer and a conscious comic. Listen to what he says "I never say what I actually think on stage", he purposefully sets up a distance between himself and his performing persona, and understands a relationship artist has with his audience really well. He also often confirmed during interviews that the content of his jokes are often exageratted for the purpose of comedy. If you enjoyed the song - great, his songs are deep (well, some), but have a healthy dose of "common sense" when interpretting them, if you don't you might think Bo has serious mental issues, possibly depression, while in fact he is very well adjusted and just more verbal about the observations he can make, while most of us can't (we know how we feel, but don't know how to explain it).
Dranjam QQ I saw a interview resonantly that he said that he exegetes everything on sage not just the comedy but also when he goes in to the deeper parts to
This specific performance of this song, in a room full of other successful artists in the industry, you can almost feel Bo's thoughts. The piano is much more irradic with a lot more keyslams and seemingly accidental missed notes. And the shake in his voice. It's no secret that he had panic attacks on stage, and it seems a lot like he was having one here. But more than that it almost seems like he fucking somehow took that panic attack and used it to better hit home with that message. Idk if he actually did that but if he did how the fuck did he manage it?? His changes of "me" and "I" to "we" and "us". People who had more power in the industry than him too. Yet he still did it all, despite the anxiety and likely panic attack, not only did he play this song attacking himself and others in the room, he changed the lyrics ever so slightly to make it more personal.
I just noticed a REALLY subtle detail. Bo changed in this version from "I" to "We" in the lines about wanting "our" names in lights. It hits so much different knowing he was roping the whole panel into the song alongside him. Really makes Seinfelds jab at the beginning feel so incredibly hollow. Then at the end... Marc's comment about it being cute hits on a completely different level. Honestly brilliant.
I love how all these people are like “he sounds so nervous” No, he’s furious. Watch the way you can see him get progressively more and more aggressive with the song.
@@KCAssassin98 he was angry you can see it everytime they would laugh at them he would start playing harder this sounded like a cry for help because he was most likely having a panic attack during this
@@KCAssassin98 See it as you wish but I mean, he’s performing Art Is Dead in front of a bunch of celebrities, who are steadily laughing in his face while he’s ranting about how awful Hollywood really is. I mean I don’t know about you, but I would get pretty pissed if I’m speaking truths about how the world no one wants to see is behind closed doors. The progression of agitation after the audiences reaction just keeps growing. It left this heavy feeling. Yes he’s nervous but he was getting angry because no one understood what he was saying. None of them would read into the words he was saying.
Stop trying to be high and mighty with your "this is what bo really meant" attitude. You think he gets mad every time he plays a certain song? They are laughing at the act, not at him, plus they asked him to play it
Maybe it was the glowering stare down after the white sock joke and extra focuson Burnham who was the low hanging fruit rather than go after anyone who had the chops to bite back? Most comedians can be vicious and much worse than Maron, it was just his body language during this one. There was some real jealousy/ contempt ... whatever during this episode and it made me think a little less of him. I'm a fan but it was revealing, he may actually be that guy and uses it to his advantage comedically rather than it all being his act.
The audience is laughing but he is literally pouring all of his raw genuine emotion and unbridled rage in to it. He gets angrier and more aggressive with his playing when the people start laughing. It may just be me I doubt it though but the audience laughing reminds me of how people will choose to ignore your pain when you tell them about it. They’ll laugh awkwardly and change the conversation and you sit there and regret ever opening up.
Its satire. It is intended to make you laugh by pointing out how outrageous something is. It is a very basic idea in comedy. You dont need to prove how moral you are, youre just being the thing he is making fun of
@@buttface1202 it's not satire tho, it's honest and from the heart. if you listen to the recording of this song, he says in the beginning "this song isn't funny at all but it helps me sleep at night". just because he's a comedian doesn't mean everything he makes is intended to be laughed at.
ShaDHP23 Kind of both, using the satire to hide behing the serious truth, It's actually pretty genius, while people argue whether or not he means it, he gets away with saying whatever he wants. He really and truly is a genius.
I love how he goes “‘Cause we wanted our name in lights when we could’ve fed a family of four” instead of “I wanted my name in lights”, bc they’re all on the same position here
