I watched this in tears. Homeless man playing radiohead's "creep". repost but worth it.
Posted Oct 4, 2010, 6:23 AM UTC
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Not a repost, but rather a repost of a repost of a respost... But that's not important.
It's a fucking awesome video especially considering the following: Opie and Anthony invited him on thinking he was going to be terrible. It was a prank so that they could make fun of this poor guy. Fortunately he blew everyone's mind!
Hate for Opie and Anthony coming from the son of a real man who has a REAL comedy radio show...
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I didn't know that (the part about them having him on to make fun of him) he picked the perfect song to humble their asses then.
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Who is your daddy and what does he do?
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He is on a very popular comedy radio show. He is not a shock jock, and he is still on FM.
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Where did you hear that featuring Mustard on O&A was first intentionally a prank? I recall O&A hosting a "Homeless Shopping Spree", then Mustard told them he was a musician, requested a guitar and a microphone... the rest was magic. On Air Version
EDIT: Added "on air version" of Mustard singing
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Prank was the wrong word. The first time I saw this video, I was told that it was supposed to be funny. They thought the guy would be terrible and he fucking blew their minds. I guess I meant a sort of "prank" in which you have someone on who will be terrible, with the intention of making fun of them. I have also heard that they were taken aback when he requested a guitar. I'm not saying he was brought on as a musician to be made fun of, but rather as a homeless guy to be made fun of, who turned out to be a great fucking musician.
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I fucking hate Opie and Anthony. They're fucking terrible people and not at all funny.
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Yeah that's a great story! People de-value homeless people so much... I just watched an MTV show about a girl that was homeless, and she went home to her mom and her mom was like, "You better eat before you come visit me!"
Whereas all (Jewish, admittedly) mothers that I know would be like, "You better come hungry because I have food in the oven!"
It was heartbreaking.
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edit: Yeah, dude I know your brother. B&T 4 Life.
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People are to fast to judging homeless people, but, everyone has their own story, maybe he just got laid off and has no other option right now.
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WoW!!! That was beautiful!! I was truly impressed!! [3-4]
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This really goes to show you can't judge a book by it's cover. This man is amazingly talented and so many people would pass him by and just concentrate on avoiding eye contact. I can really feel the pain and emotion in how he sings and strums the guitar. This is simply amazing.
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This guy has so much soul its fucking incredible. I get chills because i can feel his pain and i don't even know his whole situation. This is what music is really about. vexing soul, passion and emotion through sound.
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Nice clothes for a homeless guy... He looks clean
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Nice guitar too! That taylor retails for at least 1,000 dollars.
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Im pretty sure they provided him with the guitar.
It might be a little rough living on the streets with a 1000$ guitar strapped to you back all the time.
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Hey man if it's all he does and he has no bills he could afford it! I've heard of people being homeless on purpose and making up to 50k a year. If you have real talent people will throw all kinds of money at you.. Maybe not so much these days though.
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Wow man. Wow. Everyone has a place in this world. Everyone.
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That reminds me of "Playing for Change"
http://vimeo.com/2539741 http://vimeo.com/2903195 http://vimeo.com/3097281
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Twas beautiful
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You pineapple heads need to stop smoking so much, you missed like a year of Reddit when this was first posted...
/said with love and respect ya weirdos...peace...
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you need to smoke more, it might make you less of a douche ):
With love and respect from myself as well
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So he calls you a pineapple head stoner and you call him a douche... Who's the real douche?
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Who ever is blinded by the light, I believe.
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Well I still uptoked both of you
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Yeah, it was the first time that I've seen it. That's what's great about the internet -- even something that's not news to everyone can be news to SOMEONE! The other day I found out about something that had happened in 2007, but I didn't know that it had happened. It was great.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/dmc4f/iama_homeless_singersongwriter_living_in_nyc/
His AMA if you guys were unaware =]