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September 24, 2014 8:10 PM

Comedian Bo Burnham has released a video of his song "Repeat Stuff," from his What album. (The complete What live performance is also available, with the hilite for me being "From God's Perspective.")
posted by anothermug (9 comments total)

The timing required to pull off some of his live stuff is amazing to even contemplate.
posted by flippant at 8:28 PM on September 24, 2014 [2 favorites]

lol smart choice quoting Eliot as a "love poem"
posted by gem tactics at 8:37 PM on September 24, 2014 [1 favorite]

Wish I could use up all the favorites I didn't spend favoriting other stuff on this (on this).
posted by sourcequench at 9:45 PM on September 24, 2014

"From God's Perspective" is damn good.
posted by devious truculent and unreliable at 4:45 AM on September 25, 2014

Repeat Stuff was pretty good. Doug Stanhope had a joke a few years back that ripped on pop songs in the same way. I haven't been able to find video of it, but he basically tells the punchline of his joke, then repeats the punchline 5 times, and says he's doing so to point out how fucking stupid pop songs are.

That being said, I love a good, dumb pop song from time to time.
posted by GrapeApiary at 6:08 AM on September 25, 2014

Christ, I hate tiresome "takedowns" of pop music. If you're going to do it--and probably you shouldn't--at least make it well-produced and modestly clever (Brett Domino does a fair job of it because he seems to have a playful affection for the medium; Burnham doesn't appear to really understand what he's skewering).
posted by uncleozzy at 6:19 AM on September 25, 2014 [2 favorites]

Burnham doesn't appear to really understand what he's skewering

Plus, his nasal voice is quite grating and he overr arrticulates his Rrrs.
posted by ReeMonster at 7:08 AM on September 25, 2014

ReeMonster: Burnham doesn't appear to really understand what he's skewering

Plus, his nasal voice is quite grating and he overr arrticulates his Rrrs.

Plus, your favorite comedian sucks.
posted by IAmBroom at 8:46 AM on September 25, 2014 [2 favorites]

That was a surprisingly enjoyable way to start my morning. And I'm always looking for better ways to articulate cultural criticism to my kids, whose hobbies occasionally veer into territory so banal that I don't know how to even approach a conversation about it without just sounding like a grumpy parent. This video has a comedy overlay on visuals about pandering to money, the devil, and poon. Yes, I'll start here, they'll enjoy this.
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 9:47 AM on September 25, 2014 [2 favorites]