He even said he regrets certain things. And he wrote these when he was 14-16.. Like, we all laughed at fucked up stuff and all made stupid jokes. And you can clearly see how he matured over time in each album. Less "fuck chicks and offend people" and more "fuck society and offend people who need to be called out"
@@tannera3963 Exactly like you said. It’s understandable why he is disheartened by the type of free reign that younger people have on the internet these days. Like he once said, in 50 years it will probably be like smoking. Will be saying “what the fuck did we do to our children”.
Although this song is definitely a lot of wordplay and dick jokes, I do think there's a bit of an underlying message in that it's also meant as a satire of some aspects of the rap industry.
I've listened to this song a billion times and I think I finally understood "single every single day"... The single means a single from an album, not just relationship status🤦🏻♀️ his wordplay just keeps on giving! EFF is definately way less subtle criticism, but this song expresses the same type of message.
"A symbol of Misogyny" Every single instance in this song of objectifying women. "Gay panic", "and if I were gay, though I swear I'm straight!" "Fiscal irresponsibility", "If you really believe that, why not use some of that money to rebuild the community instead of putting spinning rims on a gold jet ski." He did everything he said he was gonna do lol.
@@dab316TV Yeah im a little shocked he completely missed that since he usually pick up on these things i mean im not a lyricist and i got that the first time specially during that breakdown talk
Yeah, this entire song is satire of the hip hop industry. He crams literally as many lyrical and musical tricks as he can into this song and it's still catchy which is also kind of the point.
oh man...i wanted to to tell u bro, i tried to commit suicide three days ago, survived and then my mom died last night, i been balling my eyes out for hours, then im sitting here and i see this BB upload, thank u bro, for continuing your Bo reactions, it made me laugh when i didnt think i could, idk if i will b ok, but this video genuinely helped me just now, i wanna say again, Thank You...sending my love from North Carolina...
I’m sorry for your loss my friend. Please reach out if you need me. I’m always here if you need someone to talk to. I’m no specialist but you have a friend in me at all times 🙏. May your mom Rest In Peace and hold those memories close to you. For those are only your memories! ❤️
Bro hug. When I tried to hang myself, my counselor actually told me without any irony to hang in there so I've made it my personal joke since. Bo takes life and makes it fun, tears of a clown.
Forgive my inadequate attempt to connect through a comment, but I believe in you. I believe in you and your ability to live because you had the strength to reach out here. It seems small. It is not. I may not know your plight, but I see your courage, and it can grow. one breath, one step, one day at a time. Why? If for no other reason, than to keep searching for a why… because maybe, imho, the why is less important than the treasure chest of memories we get from the journey of living. Your treasure is neither full, nor empty. It already holds the priceless jewels of times with your Mother. I'm sure it holds more. And I'm sure the courage it took you to come this far, can take you places you haven't yet dreamed of. I believe it, so can you.
I recommend Love Is and New Math by Bo Burnham. I also recommend a different artist in the form of Tom Lehrer, a comedic comedy artist from the cold war post WWII era. Songs like We Will All Go Together When We Go and Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.
it's about bo making fun of hiphop: "I feel like hip hop Used to be a voice for the voiceless And now it's become, at least in the mainstream A symbol of misogyny, gay panic, fiscal irresponsibility So I figure If you can't beat 'em Join 'em"
Yeah.. I don't think this was strictly comedic. It's a criticism of the music industry, mainstream hip hop, and also artists getting successful and rich and not giving back. Also, did you realize the instrument at the end is called an oboe? Playing out Oh Bo on an oboe!
I've always seen this as him making fun of all these artists that do songs exactly like this, hence why the song starts with, "If you can't beat them, join them." Also when he doesn't answer why is he spending his money friviously rather than putting money into the community he "grew up" in.
It wasn't just about him busting nuts, it was about the rap industry being shitty. he's being glib about the rumors of him being gay. Objectifying women in videos and he keeps getting annoyed with her throughout the video, and he snuck into a "club" that was a bowling alley. Like a rulebreaker, womanizer but he's clearly not. Tongue in cheek
I’ve never actually seen the video version before. I’d only seen the “sitting in his room” version. That “single” hit at the end was perfect. Was this a hit single?
This was produced by Comedy Central just like the words words words one was . It was a promotional tactic for his first comedy special Words words words which came out in 2010, he still holds the record for youngest comedian to have a Comedy Central special he was 19.
I honestly prefer the studio versions more than his “in the room” versions. Like I’m Bo Yo sounds so much better to me here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZmsdIQuywaE.html instead of the room.
The one hit at the end is the same joke as the entire visual of this video. He says he's straight, but every single thing in this video says he's really not.
I suffer anxiety and you're right it's not something you beat no matter how hard you try, it's only something you learn to live with / tolerate / bear. Life is made much more difficult to anyone with this condition. I'm able to manage and push through it, but I can see how trapping it is and can be, making every single life decision an absolute chore, especially combined with depression.
Hey cliff. I'd love to see what you think of Repeat Stuff by Bo Burnham. If you do check it out, watch the music video version. Hes able to go a lot more in depth with the song since he can do the voice overs through editing. Seems like that song is popping up a lot lately but everyone is checking out the stage version..
If you find some time to watch one of Bo’s specials I would recommend Inside, although tbh it’s more of an experimental film than a standup special. But it’s amazing. If you prefer more traditional standup, Make Happy feels more personal while What is more edgy and silly, but both are clever and great. I believe he also has an earlier special called Words, Words, Words but I haven’t watched it yet and it’s not on Netflix.
Love love love your description at the beginning regarding mental health- you can only just manage it. The amount of people who think you should be “cured” because of therapy and medication don’t get that it is a life-long battle with a disease. 💕
The message is definitely the intro, and the spoken-word breakdown: "Mainstream hip-hop is womanizing, homophobia, and flexing wealth ... and I can't fix it, so I might as well beat everyone at their own game" So most of the song is about womanizing, most of the video is gay jokes... and the spoken breakdown is: "Oh yeah, you're still Jenny from the block... and now you have a lot... and you remember where you came from... but what do you do to help the people who are still there?" Oh, and every time he repeats the diarrhea joke, it's with a different vocal run ("I got the runs"). The organ starts playing a simplified "Don't Stop Believing" in the leadup to the keychange ... just because? And of course, the double-reeded oboe joke... which, I mean, is both a music punchline that ties into the name of the song, while simultaneously being something seen as effeminate, especially as played by a giant lanky dude in a hip-hop song.
At the very beginning he complains how rap lost its original meaning and is now just about money and sex and that's what he says "if you cant beat them join them" before his completely over the top song highlighting everything he just mentioned having an issue about. That's why it was so over the top sexual,
He basically made a parody of the entire industry in one song, putting everything wrong with the lyrics and what they do in both the lyrics and the video.
This was my favourite Bo song when I was young. It's been replaced by pandering but it's still a nostalgic favourite! Also anyone who actually knows Bo knows he gives away like all his money. So 🤷🏻♀️. It's only people who don't know Bo who would think he is a celebrity asshole.
I figure there might be some people who legitimately don't understand the joke "have you going down like you're growing an extra chromosome" - downs syndrome is one outcome that can occur when someone is born with an extra chromosome. It's pretty common knowledge, but since Cliff didn't explain much (which I get) wanted some understanding for those who might not get it.
I have a suggestion for you, Cliff, about your USB headphone problem. And it'll upgrade your whole audio setup. It'll cost like a couple hundred bucks, but I think it's well worth it. Look into getting a DAC/AMP. You plug one of them into your computer by USB, and it has a headphone jack instead outputting on the amp. You need the DAC to go with the Amp. I personally use Schiit Magni and Modi - have used them the last 7 years with no issue and still running them. I guarantee these will bring out the best in your headphones. Long story short, your headphone jack nor USB port can drive the power needed for mid to high end headphones. An amp gives it that ability to drive your headphone to new heights. The DAC converts it into a signal the computer understands. Even if you don't have mid or high end headphones, you'll surely notice a difference with any headphones compared to normal. That is, if you don't already have a DAC/AMP setup. (I use this setup and as far as recording end goes, it'll show up as "Schiit Modi Uber")
There's definitely an underlying message. Bo has a trend of ripping on every genre that's been corrupted or lost its purpose. Hip Hop's been destroyed by allowing its image to become things like Misogyny and Fiscal Irresponsibility, and it's lost its purpose of, as he put it, "giving a voice to the voiceless". He said "can't beat em so join em", but really the busting a nut thing is just a representation of how misogyny is embedded into the genre right now, and then he calls out the artists who make it but don't help out their home community and spend their money on flashy stuff just to show off.
I think this was meant to copy the structure of most rap songs. A lot of the time they put a bunch of sex and dck jokes and often make some weird and kinda questionable “jokes”. When he is talking about the poverty but that’s him saying a bunch of artists will say they came from nothing and now that they have all this fame and money they say they do this for people still in poverty while spending all their money on useless junk instead of actually helping out. When he questions that decision, instead of answering he just moves back into the song like a lot of artists do, ignoring questions that may make them look bad or they don’t have good answers for.
This song doesn't have a deeper inner meaning, it is meant to be a criticism of the Rap industry. He's calling out the blatant misogyny and homophobia as well as criticizing these artists for acting like they care about the people out there living on the streets like they "Supposedly" used to when in reality they would never spend a penny of their wealth to help another person.
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