My Guitar Hero.
December 30, 2008 12:25 PM Subscribe
no im not jealous but asian people learn all faster than white/black people
Oh, YouTube.
posted by uncleozzy at 12:33 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
Oh, YouTube.
posted by uncleozzy at 12:33 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
That's Splinter, inigo2. Shredder's the bad guy with all the knives attached to his armor.
For what it's worth, I had the same reaction. Alas, it's just a kid with a guitar.
posted by Caduceus at 12:34 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
For what it's worth, I had the same reaction. Alas, it's just a kid with a guitar.
posted by Caduceus at 12:34 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
that better be a brilliant, well-aged, turtle-managing rat.
You're thinking Splinter, Shredder was Splinter's nemesis.
posted by dunkadunc at 12:35 PM on December 30, 2008
You're thinking Splinter, Shredder was Splinter's nemesis.
posted by dunkadunc at 12:35 PM on December 30, 2008
I beat you all to it cause I was thinking it while I was posting.
posted by gman at 12:42 PM on December 30, 2008
posted by gman at 12:42 PM on December 30, 2008
I was expecting office equipment.
I will go and be lame in the corner now.
posted by pompomtom at 12:43 PM on December 30, 2008 [9 favorites]
I will go and be lame in the corner now.
posted by pompomtom at 12:43 PM on December 30, 2008 [9 favorites]
odinsdream - ummm... that industrial shredder is clearly not 8 years old.
posted by gman at 12:45 PM on December 30, 2008
posted by gman at 12:45 PM on December 30, 2008
I am so dumb. This is what happens when I come into work on days I didn't want to.
posted by inigo2 at 12:54 PM on December 30, 2008
posted by inigo2 at 12:54 PM on December 30, 2008
BUCKETHEAD-CHAAAN ^ __________________^
アリガト !!!!! (･ω･)
posted by boo_radley at 1:01 PM on December 30, 2008
アリガト !!!!! (･ω･)
posted by boo_radley at 1:01 PM on December 30, 2008
It all went wrong when the kid stepped up to the mic.
posted by a3matrix at 1:01 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by a3matrix at 1:01 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
Stupid, talented people younger than me. Ha! Someday, he'll be old.
* pokes cat with cane * Offa there, you!
posted by everichon at 1:06 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
* pokes cat with cane * Offa there, you!
posted by everichon at 1:06 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
Holy crap. That shredder is bad ass.
posted by punkfloyd at 1:12 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by punkfloyd at 1:12 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
When my guitar-learnin' fiancee, who is 25, sees this later today, she'll be super envious, methinks.
posted by Effigy2000 at 1:16 PM on December 30, 2008
posted by Effigy2000 at 1:16 PM on December 30, 2008
This kind of thing always depresses me. Maybe I'm reading too much into his mechanical, rote (and yes, impressive for an 8 year old) riffing; maybe he's really passionate about it...but whenever I see something like this my assumption is that rock music will always just be something he was pushed into and expected to excel at by his elders at a young age.
posted by anazgnos at 1:18 PM on December 30, 2008
posted by anazgnos at 1:18 PM on December 30, 2008
I think Marlene Dietrich once pointing out that acting wasn't very hard, and used the fact that Shirley Temple was so good at it as such a young age as evidence.
No offense, hard rocking dudes who are mistakenly convinced that shredding is some indication of technical proficiency, and who, I am sure, will get on to talk about the great craft that goes into a good shred, and the complex time signatures, and how they play guitar and they know how hard it is, and how just because it is noisy doesn't mean it is immature or insignificant, and that shredding is awesome and I should shut the fuck up.
I expect some actors who got their B.A.s in theater might want to have a word with me too. I'm just quoting Dietrich. Take it up with her.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:20 PM on December 30, 2008 [6 favorites]
No offense, hard rocking dudes who are mistakenly convinced that shredding is some indication of technical proficiency, and who, I am sure, will get on to talk about the great craft that goes into a good shred, and the complex time signatures, and how they play guitar and they know how hard it is, and how just because it is noisy doesn't mean it is immature or insignificant, and that shredding is awesome and I should shut the fuck up.
I expect some actors who got their B.A.s in theater might want to have a word with me too. I'm just quoting Dietrich. Take it up with her.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:20 PM on December 30, 2008 [6 favorites]
When he's 16 he's going to rebel by learning to play the lute.
posted by stavrogin at 1:22 PM on December 30, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by stavrogin at 1:22 PM on December 30, 2008 [2 favorites]
8 years old, you say? Then I guess his taste in music is bound to improve. Shall we establish a fund to buy him some Velvet Underground records?
Though to give the lad his due, he's already a better singer than Eric Clapton.
posted by Joe Beese at 1:30 PM on December 30, 2008
Though to give the lad his due, he's already a better singer than Eric Clapton.
posted by Joe Beese at 1:30 PM on December 30, 2008
Your favorite 8 yearold sucks.
Hmmm, that doesn't read right. No that will not meme.
But seriously, I enjoyed this post.
posted by nola at 1:37 PM on December 30, 2008
Hmmm, that doesn't read right. No that will not meme.
But seriously, I enjoyed this post.
posted by nola at 1:37 PM on December 30, 2008
Grab the hamster and this rabbit and you have the start to a green office.
posted by cjorgensen at 1:49 PM on December 30, 2008
posted by cjorgensen at 1:49 PM on December 30, 2008
Brings to mind Malcolm McLaren's prophesy of a "karaoke culture," in which mass-entertainment (dinosaur rock, seinfeld, whatever) is endlessly re-enacted by amateurs.
I recently watched a bar full of early-twenty-somethings watch in awe as some dude played Guitar Hero of a flat screen...
Being talented isn't what it used to be.
posted by ducky l'orange at 1:53 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
I recently watched a bar full of early-twenty-somethings watch in awe as some dude played Guitar Hero of a flat screen...
Being talented isn't what it used to be.
posted by ducky l'orange at 1:53 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
While we are on the topic of 8-yearolds who make me feel inadequate:
Zachary Bennoui-Taibi
posted by InkaLomax at 1:56 PM on December 30, 2008
Zachary Bennoui-Taibi
posted by InkaLomax at 1:56 PM on December 30, 2008
I'm impressed, but the first thing I thought was "I wonder how much they had to hit him with sticks to get him to do that?"
posted by dunkadunc at 1:57 PM on December 30, 2008
posted by dunkadunc at 1:57 PM on December 30, 2008
None of that is "shredding" as such. It's all competent guitar playing. I gotta point out that each song is played with the appropriate guitar: Randy Rhoads' polka-dot Flying-V, Clapton's sunburst Les Paul, and Smoky's white Jaguar.
Plus it's cute that he doesn't have the fingers to bend a full step.
posted by rlk at 3:20 PM on December 30, 2008
Plus it's cute that he doesn't have the fingers to bend a full step.
posted by rlk at 3:20 PM on December 30, 2008
Hey ducky: Brings to mind Malcolm McLaren's prophesy of a "karaoke culture," in which mass-entertainment (dinosaur rock, seinfeld, whatever) is endlessly re-enacted by amateurs. ... Being talented isn't what it used to be.
Before recording, one would gather with friends and sing songs that were commonly known or that were being shared and taught. Sailors sing work songs older than rope in order to haul stuff in time. The whole idea that popular music and its performance should be based on iconoclastic and individualistic talent (and enjoyed on the merits of invention alone) is a pretty recent conception.
I'm not saying there's nothing 'to' individual talent, but mimicry and interpretation are hardly new modes of communication. And they can be sources of total joy. Don't knock it till you've sung 'Martha' with a half-dozen people you love who hardly know the words. Or, you know, played Guitar Hero.
Hey Astro: No offense, hard rocking dudes who are mistakenly convinced that shredding is some indication of technical proficiency, and who, I am sure, will get on to talk about the great craft that goes into a good shred, and the complex time signatures, and how they play guitar and they know how hard it is, and how just because it is noisy doesn't mean it is immature or insignificant, and that shredding is awesome and I should shut the fuck up.
Sure, but there is good shredding and bad shredding, right? It's a tool, a set of conventions of speed and technique and timbre and interval. Napalm Death weren't great because they could shred, and Yngwie isn't boring because he can shred. I don't give a rat's ass about competence; whatever serves the work, you know? But I love a good shred. Crazy Train is a pretty good shred.
Also, part of what makes me enjoy this video is that it undermines a lot of metal-jock mores, IE, look at this eight-year-old without any of the trappings of metal authenticity with a polka-dotted guitar who can do it just as well.
Also, I know you said to take it up with Marlene, but I don't really understand that quotation. Acting isn't difficult, period, because we have one example of a prodigious young person who did it really well? It's a nice-sounding kertwang but it really doesn't say anything.
posted by goldfinches at 3:34 PM on December 30, 2008
Before recording, one would gather with friends and sing songs that were commonly known or that were being shared and taught. Sailors sing work songs older than rope in order to haul stuff in time. The whole idea that popular music and its performance should be based on iconoclastic and individualistic talent (and enjoyed on the merits of invention alone) is a pretty recent conception.
I'm not saying there's nothing 'to' individual talent, but mimicry and interpretation are hardly new modes of communication. And they can be sources of total joy. Don't knock it till you've sung 'Martha' with a half-dozen people you love who hardly know the words. Or, you know, played Guitar Hero.
Hey Astro: No offense, hard rocking dudes who are mistakenly convinced that shredding is some indication of technical proficiency, and who, I am sure, will get on to talk about the great craft that goes into a good shred, and the complex time signatures, and how they play guitar and they know how hard it is, and how just because it is noisy doesn't mean it is immature or insignificant, and that shredding is awesome and I should shut the fuck up.
Sure, but there is good shredding and bad shredding, right? It's a tool, a set of conventions of speed and technique and timbre and interval. Napalm Death weren't great because they could shred, and Yngwie isn't boring because he can shred. I don't give a rat's ass about competence; whatever serves the work, you know? But I love a good shred. Crazy Train is a pretty good shred.
Also, part of what makes me enjoy this video is that it undermines a lot of metal-jock mores, IE, look at this eight-year-old without any of the trappings of metal authenticity with a polka-dotted guitar who can do it just as well.
Also, I know you said to take it up with Marlene, but I don't really understand that quotation. Acting isn't difficult, period, because we have one example of a prodigious young person who did it really well? It's a nice-sounding kertwang but it really doesn't say anything.
posted by goldfinches at 3:34 PM on December 30, 2008
It means shredding sucks. I feel sure that's what Dietrich was getting at.
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:59 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:59 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'm almost sure that kid isn't really doing that; if you watch his fret hand, there are numerous spots where he's waving his fingers around, not gripping nearly tightly enough to actually change the sound. Also, if you look at his fingers, they don't show signs of strain, and I'd expect that from an eight-year-old; even if he's developed his hand strength to a ridiculous degree for an eight-year-old, you should still see the strain in his knuckles. But his fingers stay loose even when the sound is changing. They move around convincingly, but they don't really grip.
I bet that's just air guitar.
posted by Malor at 4:49 PM on December 30, 2008
I bet that's just air guitar.
posted by Malor at 4:49 PM on December 30, 2008
Dammit, I hit post instead of preview; sorry for the poor editing there.
posted by Malor at 4:50 PM on December 30, 2008
posted by Malor at 4:50 PM on December 30, 2008
odinsdream, punkfloyd: yeah, I am pretty sure that if one of those things can shred an American car, it could shred an 8 year old, so you could call it an 8 year old shredder, though corvette shredder would sound cooler, and less disturbing.
posted by idiopath at 5:31 PM on December 30, 2008
posted by idiopath at 5:31 PM on December 30, 2008
I'm not saying there's nothing 'to' individual talent, but mimicry and interpretation are hardly new modes of communication. And they can be sources of total joy. Don't knock it till you've sung 'Martha' with a half-dozen people you love who hardly know the words. Or, you know, played Guitar Hero.
Hey, I hear ya, and reading over my last post, I realize I came off a little curmudgeonly.
I didn't mean to suggest it was the end of music, or culture, or civilization itself :)
posted by ducky l'orange at 7:02 PM on December 30, 2008
Hey, I hear ya, and reading over my last post, I realize I came off a little curmudgeonly.
I didn't mean to suggest it was the end of music, or culture, or civilization itself :)
posted by ducky l'orange at 7:02 PM on December 30, 2008
It's great that he has worked this hard on playing guitar, and it's something that will help him when he's older (having started very young), but in the end, it doesn't mean much when you're 20... it's the same thing my friends who started college early learned: no one gives a fuck that you were a prodigy.
posted by chuckdarwin at 4:07 AM on December 31, 2008
posted by chuckdarwin at 4:07 AM on December 31, 2008
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