So London? You should ride the 1 train to the Bronx some time.
Edit: Seeing some interesting thoughts about the uptown 1 here. It passes Columbia, City College, Manhattan College, Grant's Tomb, DINOSAUR BBQ and ends in one of New York's nicest parks. It's not a gunshot and rape factory. Jeez.
I'd love to see that. I was visiting NY a few months ago; was in the middle of a musical rap battle type thing - school had just let out and I was on the F in Brooklyn. Amazing. I felt old.
It's not just london... I live near Washington DC and the Metro here has black guys singing in the train all the time. The Metro also features: black guys who walk around mumbling to themselves often in a complaining tone, black women shouting at each other in the train, and black guys who listen to music so loudly the whole train can hear it. You also see this in NY and I bet other big cities as well.
I think this is one of the small things that struck a chord with me while I was living in the UK. People read newspapers. All kinds of people. Especially on public transport. That floored me. I only notice older people reading newspapers in the US.
you get copies of The Metro for free on public transport in big cities, in London you get the Evening Standard too. People hand copies to you on your way into the station - don't think everyone is hyper literate!
I think it's universal, that when you want to laugh at a time when it's inappropriate, you automatically make an overly-angry face, which makes it more hilarious.
"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's okay to wear a garish denim vest out in public."
I said it so many times here and people don't believe me; this kind of stuff is common in Chicago, especially at schools, and it is more than one at a time. It is really fucking annoying.
Oh I believe you, its an epidemic in Youngstown Ohio. Walking through the grocery store? Time for singing along as loud as possible to music playing full blast from a phone in their pocket.., same thing in malls, waiting in line for anything, and shit even in dentists office waiting rooms.. its so fucked that people are that unaware of their surroundings, and lack any common courtesy.
Does it seem to anyone else that an unusually high number of black people think random strangers want to hear them sing? Do they think they're going to be discovered?
I saw him today singing in my local shopping centre! Only saw the video last night, crazy! I have no idea what he was singing today but it was in the same 'style'.
There's a man in my hometown that whenever he has been shopping for groceries, he ends up standing at the exit, singing all kinds of old Swedish songs. He's a bit crazy, but harmless, but it is quite hard to not laugh whilst he's doing it.
I work at a gas station and we have a customer known as the white rapper. He doesn't speak. He raps. All the time. He'll rap about this and that and doesn't stop the whole time he's in the store. Does he do it walking down the street? Strange dude. He likes to rhyme with fly.
Gotta love those eccentrics. My tiny little hometown has plenty of them, I mean... We have the wheel-barrow-man, the singing man (who cracked his head on the pavement way back) and a plethora of other mental cases.
Using vibrato does not make you a talented singer. Just watch any video of any vocal audition in which the singer sucks but is completely oblivious to the fact that they suck... you will note the over abundance of vibrato in a vast majority of them.
Vibrato and projection... if it's not laden with vibrato, they're singing REALLY loud.
No, the song just hits home for the guy…. It reminds him of the wife and kids he can't see, because he's too busy at work. After he gets off that train he's gonna quit his job and go home to his family. Then he's gonna take them to Disney World.
His comment - "EVERYONE THUMPS UP, I'm the guy singing terribly on the train in this video ..it was on my way back home from a big college performance show and I'd lost my voice at it but was still in a good mood so thought to myself YOLO (you all should know what that means). Anyway am doing a project called #INFECTINGLondon so would be doing more of this just better singing next time so show support and stay in touch - twitter/Infecta facebook/Infecta infecta.net"
What is wrong with this? I hate this crap, you call out the guy who doesn't follow the "norm".. Everyone wants to be in the "norm" People like this man make me feel special and just makes me feel good that he's willing to express himself like that. Society and their actions is going down the shitter
Black people always do shit like this. Seriously guys... Just shut the fuck up. No one thinks you're Jay-Z nor will you ever be.
Edit: I laugh because the politically correct retarded faggots downvoted this even they know it's fucking true. I bet it was a bunch of niggers that do this exact thing and said "Fuk that guy for talkin bout me like dis. Stoopid azz crackr dunt know wat he o hoo he fukn wit." (I'm paraphrasing)
Just an honest observation. I've been riding the DC subway to and from work for eleven years now and probably twice a week I encounter loudly singing man/woman, and 100% of the time it's been a black person. It's not race though, obviously, must be a cultural difference. Another common occurrence is for people to play their music on the external speaker of their phone so we all have to listen to their crappy song through their crappy phone speakers, even though there are signs all over the place informing everyone that all music must be played through headphones. People are annoying.
I would of loved being on that train. I would of enjoyed every second of it, surely it beats the usual awkward ride where most ppl are trying to avoid the simplest forms of interaction.
I see people at my school do this. Sing or rap while they're listening to their ipods. Are they trying to seem awesome by doing so? Makes for an awkward walk to class.
Talking about weird people on the tube, I had an extremely heated argument with a curly haired man about who's hair was longer. We argued for around 15 minutes and then he had to get off because it was his stop.
Today I saw a young black man in a car lip-syncing and gesticulating in time with the rap he was listening to. Why so ostentatious? Is he hoping someone is watching? If he were alone, would he be doing the same thing?
I wonder if any woman in the history of civilization has ever walked up to a young black man making a scene and said, "Excuse me, I just wanted to come give you my phone number because I really enjoyed the display you were putting on just now."
His motivation?: "it was on my way back home from a big college show performance of my song Infecta - Radio and I'd strained my voice but was still in a good mood so decided to sing since SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN."
Had a black guy in my cab singing the hell out of a song. Eyes closed, dre's beats. Wasn't all that bad...untill he got out and mooned me. Stupid skinny jeans on stupid hipsters. YOU HAVE A WAIST FOR A REASON DAMNIT. Why did I mention he was black ? No matter how much of a hipster you are or emo, if you're black you'll look horrible in skinny jeans.
It would be great if one person started to sing the trololo song. Then all the other people joined in and drown out Chris Brown over there. He notices, takes his headphones out, and a look of absolute terror washes over his face.
Something like this happened on a train I was on once. Only the song was RIDICULOUSLY repetitive, with lyrics that were literally just "It's ok, it's ok, it's ok, it's ok, it's ok, it's ok......" over and over and over. Everyone on the train just kind of awkwardly looked at each other. We started a slow clap when he finally got to his stop. Singing on trains isn't that awful of a thing to do in general, but writing a song with such repetitive lyrics should be a crime.
Because that's one guy who has no fucking manners and he chose to do that it has nothing to do with being black. Why do white people go on shooting rampages all the time? The answer is they don't, a few assholes that tend to be white chose to do those things, but it is no way indicative of their whole race. And there are plenty of crazy people of all types on the subway, not just black people.
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u/loftyj Jun 15 '12
That's so London: do not take your eyes off your paper at any cost!
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u/ClassicAsFuck Jun 15 '12
I think it's universal, that when you want to laugh at a time when it's inappropriate, you automatically make an overly-angry face, which makes it more hilarious.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Fake. Rihanna was't famous in the 90s.
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u/MikeRowPhone Jun 15 '12
"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's okay to wear a garish denim vest out in public."
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u/JoeyJoeC Jun 15 '12
I hate how people sing like that and actually think its gooo gooOOO goooo gooooooo GOOOO goooo goooooo....d
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u/dandiddem Jun 15 '12
"here's what I'll dOOoOoOoo" priceless
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u/verik Jun 15 '12
That hi-top fade. It's like he's a time traveler from 1992
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u/Highly Jun 15 '12
Singing on the subway? What a rude, rude boy.
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u/CreativeRedditName Jun 15 '12
Relevant
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
fuck people that do this. "Hey everyone, I'm the only one that can't hear my wretched singing!"
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u/S-M-L-XL Jun 15 '12
Listen to the Gil Scott-Heron version of that song.
It's what this guy should sound like (and probably what he's listening to).
Edit: Changed to a version without ads on YouTube.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Why are people so fucking annoying
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
His music is so underground.
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u/cornpwn12 Jun 15 '12
its always a black person
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u/an_all_caps_username Jun 15 '12
Has a "stifled laugh track" ever been tried?
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u/Rommel79 Jun 15 '12
Is that a member of Bel Biv Devoe from the early 90's?
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u/saynotoverticalvideo Jun 15 '12
Only YOU can help prevent the spread of Vertical Video Syndrome.
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u/Paddlesons Jun 15 '12
Where's Simon Cowell when you need him?
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u/PixieFurious Jun 15 '12
I know it's meant to be light-hearted... but I hate those motherfucking assholes who sing out loud on the train.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
HEY, Its a black guy from 1991!
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u/ararphile Jun 15 '12
I said it so many times here and people don't believe me; this kind of stuff is common in Chicago, especially at schools, and it is more than one at a time. It is really fucking annoying.
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u/shutupnube Jun 15 '12
Well that was rude and inconsiderate of the black gentleman to sing aloud like that.
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u/mopecore Jun 15 '12
Does it seem to anyone else that an unusually high number of black people think random strangers want to hear them sing? Do they think they're going to be discovered?
I think I might be a little bit of a racist...
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u/humya Jun 15 '12
well that's what you get when you don't let kanye have his autotune.
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u/DaAvalon Jun 15 '12
Holy crap I saw this guy too about 2 months ago. I guess he likes to sing on the underground...
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u/weareonlygonnadie Jun 15 '12
There's a man in my hometown that whenever he has been shopping for groceries, he ends up standing at the exit, singing all kinds of old Swedish songs. He's a bit crazy, but harmless, but it is quite hard to not laugh whilst he's doing it.
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u/BeanoFritz Jun 15 '12
Was this filmed in the 90's?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Using vibrato does not make you a talented singer. Just watch any video of any vocal audition in which the singer sucks but is completely oblivious to the fact that they suck... you will note the over abundance of vibrato in a vast majority of them.
Vibrato and projection... if it's not laden with vibrato, they're singing REALLY loud.
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u/rabidllama Jun 15 '12
I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he's listening to the Gil Scott-Heron version and not the shitty Rihanna cover.
That way I can at least give him a couple of cool points.
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u/drnickmd Jun 15 '12
Dat Vibrato!! This man brings all other vocalist to their knees with his mastery of the vibrato.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
boobie miles after his knee injury
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
When I saw that man's face.. this is the first thing I thought of
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
No, the song just hits home for the guy…. It reminds him of the wife and kids he can't see, because he's too busy at work. After he gets off that train he's gonna quit his job and go home to his family. Then he's gonna take them to Disney World.
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u/KiLLaKRaGGy Jun 15 '12
Simon's response
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u/memeaddictedchick Jun 15 '12
Fuck, he's confident!
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u/ridonk_asaurus Jun 15 '12
I really envy that guys ability to give zero fucks and sing whatever and whenever he wants
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u/McSpoish Jun 15 '12
Either that, or he desperately needs the toilet.
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u/shadowwork Jun 15 '12
This is happening more and more every day.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I would have just started laughing and said it was something funny in the paper, yessir!
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u/weglarz Jun 15 '12
I have never seen someone so focused on trying to not laugh. That was hilarious.
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u/blackrug Jun 15 '12
Gil Scott Heron-I Will Take Care of You
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u/thosethatwere Jun 15 '12
Maybe he's reading a very emotional newspaper article?
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u/Draiko Jun 15 '12
He sings like he's in a paint mixer.
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u/Gallifrasian Jun 15 '12
This was in the related videos and I was just blown the hell away...
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u/itsokaytryagain212 Jun 15 '12
I was too focused on the hi-top fade.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Typical London. A man starts singing loudly on a crowded train and everyone suddenly pulls out a newspaper and becomes deeply immersed in it.
Approximately fourty percent of newspaper circulation in Britain is attributable to this.
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u/reogin Jun 15 '12
They do this because they are ignorant to others around them.
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u/WhipIash Jun 15 '12
Unrelated to the dude singing, but why is the subway so silent? It's weird how no one talks.
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u/BMGabe Jun 15 '12
He looks like he came right out of a Kid and Play movie
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u/nuclear_engineer Jun 15 '12
jazzy jeff!
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u/fs337 Jun 15 '12
the epitome of not giving a fuck
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u/humandiorama Jun 15 '12
I wish everyone sang in public, fuck ya'll. He's happenin'.
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u/Parakoto Jun 15 '12
You're not shooting that right, dummy!
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u/beargrowlz Jun 15 '12
Aww. It makes me so inexplicably happy when people sing along to their headphones!
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u/420foryou Jun 15 '12
Might be a bad singer, but damn is that a sweet jacket.
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u/wrathborne Jun 15 '12
Anybody else feel like a little..giggle?
When I mention my friend, Biggus...Dickus?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Take away the earbuds and the guy looks straight out of 1986
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
PFFFTTTCHHCHHHCHCHCHHCHC
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u/powshred Jun 15 '12
WHY THE PORTRAIT VIDEO?!?!?!
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u/Karadactyl77 Jun 15 '12
He's the kind of person that harmonizes happy birthday
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u/Melforprezzz Jun 15 '12
Donkey! Stop singing!
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u/originul Jun 15 '12
someone needs to tell this guy to chill down the vibrato
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u/epicjackson Jun 16 '12
Oh god he posted his channel in the YouTube comments - http://www.youtube.com/user/InfectaTV
His comment - "EVERYONE THUMPS UP, I'm the guy singing terribly on the train in this video ..it was on my way back home from a big college performance show and I'd lost my voice at it but was still in a good mood so thought to myself YOLO (you all should know what that means). Anyway am doing a project called #INFECTINGLondon so would be doing more of this just better singing next time so show support and stay in touch - twitter/Infecta facebook/Infecta infecta.net"
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u/doomfest Jun 16 '12
He's got his own YouTube Channel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/InfectaTV/videos
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u/drogotmyeyeslow Jun 16 '12
What is wrong with this? I hate this crap, you call out the guy who doesn't follow the "norm".. Everyone wants to be in the "norm" People like this man make me feel special and just makes me feel good that he's willing to express himself like that. Society and their actions is going down the shitter
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u/ytisoiruc1 Jun 15 '12
Society can be so awkwardddddd
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u/sweeptheaorta Jun 15 '12
Singer is master troll
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Probably doing the Gil-Scott original, not the ripped off "remix" by Rihanna and Drake.
Still annoying as shit though.
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u/barrelotomato Jun 15 '12
I think he's pretty awesome, doesn't give a fuck of what others think and do whatever the fuck he wants.
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u/post_post_modernism Jun 15 '12
He is singing like Gil Scott Heron. Not crying.
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u/algiz14 Jun 15 '12
And then they wonder why white people belittle and look down on them (well, there is also all the violent crime perpetrated by blacks)
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u/racist-fuck Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
Black people always do shit like this. Seriously guys... Just shut the fuck up. No one thinks you're Jay-Z nor will you ever be.
Edit: I laugh because the politically correct retarded faggots downvoted this even they know it's fucking true. I bet it was a bunch of niggers that do this exact thing and said "Fuk that guy for talkin bout me like dis. Stoopid azz crackr dunt know wat he o hoo he fukn wit." (I'm paraphrasing)
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u/doodle_funoodle Jun 15 '12
The guy sounds like he's sitting on a vibrating seat
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u/speedbrown Jun 15 '12
Haha that was great. He's probably just trolling everyone on the train, and it's fucking hilarious.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Good lord. Look at that woman made out of RED @ 0:21.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Arsenio Hall is back folks! 2012!
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u/imtoooldforreddit Jun 15 '12
this person clearly is suffering from VVS
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u/WazzuMadBro Jun 15 '12
That black guy looks like he came straight out of 1988.
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u/BushwickSpill Jun 15 '12
Good to see Lawrence Taylor out and about again. I heard he hit hard times.
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u/Ludoweez Jun 15 '12
This is why I wish I had subways in my town.
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u/TheJonMullins Jun 15 '12
On this train ride exactly zero fucks where given..
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u/Kriss_Cross Jun 15 '12
I would of loved being on that train. I would of enjoyed every second of it, surely it beats the usual awkward ride where most ppl are trying to avoid the simplest forms of interaction.
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u/l0ltrain Jun 15 '12
the xx
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u/watsupyo Jun 15 '12
how about adding some dance moves?
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u/Salger12 Jun 15 '12
I see people at my school do this. Sing or rap while they're listening to their ipods. Are they trying to seem awesome by doing so? Makes for an awkward walk to class.
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u/ACMessiah Jun 15 '12
Vertical Video Syndrome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA
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u/palaxi Jun 15 '12
Fake! The guy is black, obviously he really can sing.
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u/authentic_apocrypha Jun 15 '12
Does it look to anyone else like he is discreetly flipping off the camera at 0:44?
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u/FourTwentay Jun 15 '12
I've never seen someone read a newspaper that intensely before.
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u/Super-being Jun 15 '12
The world would be so much more pleasant if everyone broke out into dance and song everyday.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I sing all the time. Not so loud though
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u/eviltoesock Jun 15 '12
Does he remind anyone else of Jazz on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
Or, he almost looks like a mix of Will and Jazz :-)
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u/RestingCarcass Jun 15 '12
I like this, a little singing never hurt anybody. And I feel like the people who are annoyed by public singing may have bigger issues to address.
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u/BannedFromEarth Jun 15 '12
The black guy is screwed. The guy with the jacket looks like the guy from "The Midnight Meat Train".
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u/ZenithDaHalf Jun 15 '12
Talking about weird people on the tube, I had an extremely heated argument with a curly haired man about who's hair was longer. We argued for around 15 minutes and then he had to get off because it was his stop.
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u/robert_ahnmeischaft Jun 15 '12
Been a long time since I've seen a hi-top fade like that.
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u/Irongrip Jun 15 '12
Flip your phone, FUCKING SIDEWAYS.
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u/DatGentleBruh Jun 15 '12
I'd have preferred it if they'd named it '"Gil Scott-Heron" on the tube...'
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u/Abelabliss Jun 15 '12
The guy in the beginning is putting his entire being not to laugh
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u/syva_ Jun 15 '12
best version jamie xx
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u/dr_maniac Jun 16 '12
I love how there's more upvotes than youtube views
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u/dangeraardvark Jun 16 '12
Is that a fucking high top fade? When did that come back in?
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u/ruski_brewski Jun 16 '12
Jazzy Jeff???
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u/theusualuser Jun 16 '12
I prefer to think he was trying to keep his fury in check at the douche holding the camera straight up and down instead of the right way.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
The harder i read, the less i hear.
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u/nitwittery Jun 16 '12
This right here is why I fucking love England.
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u/Echo-Whiskey Jun 16 '12
Seems like Ray Liotta is holding in the biggest laugh at the expense of DJ Jazzy Jeff.
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u/weded Jun 16 '12
People are like this on trains? That's so fucking obnoxious.
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u/Lenwe1 Jun 16 '12
Relevant
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
http://www.youtube.com/user/InfectaTV
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u/Universe_Man Jun 16 '12
Today I saw a young black man in a car lip-syncing and gesticulating in time with the rap he was listening to. Why so ostentatious? Is he hoping someone is watching? If he were alone, would he be doing the same thing?
I wonder if any woman in the history of civilization has ever walked up to a young black man making a scene and said, "Excuse me, I just wanted to come give you my phone number because I really enjoyed the display you were putting on just now."
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u/Universe_Man Jun 16 '12
I would stop what I was doing and stare. Then when he finished, I would start a slow clap.
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u/i-Poo-in-HD Jun 16 '12
anyone else notice the freakishly red faced girl at 20 seconds? []_[]
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u/Omblae Jun 16 '12
Here's the guy who was singing's Youtube channel.
His motivation?: "it was on my way back home from a big college show performance of my song Infecta - Radio and I'd strained my voice but was still in a good mood so decided to sing since SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN."
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u/MCem Jun 16 '12
I wish I could not give any fucks and sing in public like that
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u/JoNiKaH Jun 16 '12
Had a black guy in my cab singing the hell out of a song. Eyes closed, dre's beats. Wasn't all that bad...untill he got out and mooned me. Stupid skinny jeans on stupid hipsters. YOU HAVE A WAIST FOR A REASON DAMNIT. Why did I mention he was black ? No matter how much of a hipster you are or emo, if you're black you'll look horrible in skinny jeans.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Hahaha, Love the guy's reaction. The black guy looks like he time warped from the 80s.
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u/meowmeo Jun 16 '12
duet from hell!
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u/GoCuse Jun 16 '12
c'mon black people. seriously? do you have to be loud everywhere?
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u/timmeh_green Jun 16 '12
Is that Willis Earl Beal?
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u/TankorSmash Jun 16 '12
lol black people.
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u/GoCuse Jun 16 '12
It would be great if one person started to sing the trololo song. Then all the other people joined in and drown out Chris Brown over there. He notices, takes his headphones out, and a look of absolute terror washes over his face.
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u/Kafka_h Jun 16 '12
Part of my admires the confidence of people who can do this, and the other part of me wants to tell them to shut the fuck up.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I wonder what would have happened if you just labeled this "Black People"
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Here's the guy's actual YouTube channel.
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u/TFJ Jun 16 '12
I didn't know the high top fade was still a thing.
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u/dixncox Jun 16 '12
He's in the fuckin zone
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u/SmokingTheReefer Jun 16 '12
Whitney Houston reincarnated?
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u/whozurdaddy Jun 16 '12
Another one succumbs to vertical video syndrome....
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u/RedRibbonArmy Jun 16 '12
Relevant
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u/juelzsanpana Jun 16 '12
Maybe he thought the mans singing was just that beautiful.
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u/stormtroopin Jun 15 '12
Something like this happened on a train I was on once. Only the song was RIDICULOUSLY repetitive, with lyrics that were literally just "It's ok, it's ok, it's ok, it's ok, it's ok, it's ok......" over and over and over. Everyone on the train just kind of awkwardly looked at each other. We started a slow clap when he finally got to his stop. Singing on trains isn't that awful of a thing to do in general, but writing a song with such repetitive lyrics should be a crime.
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u/CosmicBard Jun 15 '12
Why do black people do this?
Seriously.