SlamNation - Saul Williams - "Ohm"
Вставка
- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- More Saul and the full drama of the National Poetry Slam! Watch SlamNation: www.devlinpix.c...
Saul Williams bit.ly/9SN1AO performs this classic version of his poem "Ohm" from Paul Devlin's bit.ly/9aehwv SlamNation.
READ THE FULL POST HERE! bit.ly/Js1GIK
MORE SAUL VIDEOS HERE: bit.ly/J9TDBn
Slam Poetry melds the art of writing and the art of performance in the context of a good old fashion brawl. SlamNation bit.ly/beiyKA is the seminal film of this literary movement.
SlamNation DVD: bit.ly/5bKLun
SlamNation Trailer: bit.ly/a4P3BB
Saul Williams needs to return to slam poetry. No one can bend reality with words like Williams can.
I do believe he is still out there bending reality.
"Saturn's Rivers overflow
with schools of frankincense
and myrrh-maids:
swimming scents of self to the soul
and sphinxes, they swim in Saturn's rivers;
drenching the waters with ancient magic
and the secrets of the Saturn Sutra;
secrets that could name the future and
saturate the soul with stardust and samba of seasons untold.
The future unfolds in Saturn's rivers,
so i sailed my soul through the fore-thought of the forgotten
and waded through windows of ohm."
Insanely good!
I was mind blown the first time I heard this man recite one of his masterpieces.
I am experiencing that right now.
Pure genius...
I still have to watch this every few months I love it so much
2021 it still speaks to me
THIS WILL NEVER GET OLD
"I drink moonshine on mars and mistake meteorites for stars cause' I can't hold my liquor"
blows me away...every time
How could anyone find anything to argue about in response to this groundbreaking display of poetic virtuosity? Just bask in its glow and praise Jah for creative geniuses like Saul Williams.
The best living poet, hands down!
My all time favorite piece!
no words to express your poetic master-peace
Still Love this poem like I'm hearing it for the 1st time. Was honored to see many live performances for the Niggy Tardust Album in NYC and wrote him a poem that I was so nervous to give to him 😂but I did~ he's so divinely inspired 🤩🪐✨💫
My favorite Saul Williams spoken word ❤
my mind just splits when I hear this. So good.
This is to open your mind, you are free to not like it.
i saw him live....i shoved people aside to get closer...saul whilst wordsmithig accidentally spit on me the tiniest bit.
I feel like it made me a better mammal.
Also he seems to reply to a lot of social media
you think he would want someone to idolise him to the point they feel blessed to be touched by some of said persons spit? I think not personally
For such an enlightened cat your kinda judgy.
Comedy, probably the hardest thing to write, being a whiny critic not so much.
@@billdagrasshawking lol
Spilt my head open like stars burning out
Best poem ever
There is a famous inscription on the statue of Michael Jordan in Chicago that reads: "The best there ever was. The best there ever will be."
No one could ever be at fault for appropriating those words after witnessing Saul Williams in flight, either. Every bit as powerful as the first time I saw this years ago.
Best comment I’ve ever read on this site
he at it again
As a poet he just blew my mind away!
I’m curious about what the poem is about, even though it sounded deep and dope as hell.
He’s gotta be talking about a psychedelic trip ✨
PERFECTION!
Poetry is not a puzzle to be solved but an emotional experience. Feel, don't think.
Expression Of Deep.
I first this piece on Lyricist Lounge Vol 2. Opened my mind and writing to a new world. Perhaps I'm projecting my own memories onto it but I dig his writing during this era more than his new joints (Niggy/Volcanic). Seems more focused.
I also did, re-visiting this gem from one of my favorite compilation albums really gave a provocation of inspiration. His lines are so powerful and imaginative, I could easily see poets and the non-alike quote his words as a guide to the wisdom of thought.
this is insanely nice. what beautiful energy- gives me chills
I recommend everybody to see his live show if you ever get the chance! Amazing! It always comes back to Poetry.
Greatest living poet!
Legend
I can create all types of illustrations from this! Such great content!!!
all type of realities. Nothing themind sees is an illusion, its something NEW one creates and it then becomes reality. As the first vision of chair, plane, kite, houses. THE MIND SEES THEN THE MAN CREATES.
dayum.
Whauuuu!
This 0ne
Is
MaGiC !!!
This is a brilliant performance
Perfect
Real hip hop
love ohmmmmmm
The beat don't stop when soulless matter blows
Into the cosmos trying to be stars
The beat don't stop when, Earth sends out satellites
To spy on Saturnites and control Mars
wow
jop
exactly! poetry and philosophy...
my favorite
Inspirational. Love him
poetry just got crazier!
Wow, sir..... amazing and grand... Truly and indeed.
those s alliterations tho... like seriously inspiring
Oh...my...God.
Actually understanding what ohm means and not just saying it in a slam poetry bit because it makes you look cool, for a start.
You feel good about that
Thank you for spitting truth I do not know.
The best poetry is abstract? Who told you that? The best poetry is concrete. Good poetry gives you immediate images and emotions. It doesn't have to be easy, but it CAN'T be abstract. Abstraction needs prose, where you have time to go into the ramifications. Time is short in a poem. You can't waste it on big words and nebulous meanings. And you can't pretend any collection of words is poetry. That's the talk of someone who wants to call himself a poet without the skill or the years of study.
awesomeee!
Just because you don't understand it doesn't make it meaningless brother.
It just makes it something that you don't understand.
I understand it and I find it deep.
I don't have to pretend!!
But you are entitled to your opinion!!
speechless
Namaste Word! Respect-
This speaks to the young people, they need to hear this instead of the bullshit on tv today. Peace and Love and Light brothers and sisters. We are one. :)
Saul “The Prophet” Williams
word!
*Applauds*
I total got chill. Good work.
@4oldskool This deserves a reply: Poetry is concrete. The more concrete the better."And the silken, sad, uncertain/Rustling of each purple curtain" "So much depends/on the red wheelbarrow/glazed with rainwater/beside the white chickens" (from memory) "And the yellow fog that rubs its back along the windowpane" "My pony gives his harness bells a shake" "I have walked out in rain and back in rain/I have looked down the saddest city lane" See? Concrete imagery is what it's all about.
Saul williams = A beast
Oh good lord now all I can think about is Bruce Lee. XD "Don't think....FEEEEEEEL." God I love that man. I love Saul just as much, now.
wow
he literately meditates while he performs...who is this martian?
blu man 100% can’t be said any better
blu man cool lil tidbit: I once tweeted that there’s no man I’d rather smoke a blunt with. He “liked” it. #williamsworld
hes got such stage presence.
Wow...
A semi-coded explanation of Black cosmology and metaphysics in 3 minutes...Remarkable.
Holy fuck
I'm no Earthling....
"I drink moonshine on Mars"
It's not abstract, he is speaking truth. Do your research.
Every time i watch a saul williams part of me envies him because dear god, he speaks exactly how my own mind works and i wish i would have thought of this first
That’s awesome it’s never to late to formulate I in your own style
Lord Saul.......
AUM!!!
i say this in my read 180 class, i had to find this, and i found it
I can see where BarerMender MIGHT be coming from. I had a hard time with his beginning as well. The first 40 seconds do come across as a bunch of wordplay with no real meaning. There was a time when i would have judged him in that time frame & never let go of that judgement due to my ego. But as he went on, he dove into some fantastically deep material. I do like Rafael Casal's "ADD" which is very literal or even Shane Koyzcan who has a great blend of the two. But they are all great : )
i stumbled on to this and started to wonder why folks are attacking @BarerMender, let him keep his opinion. YET, at the same time it would make sense Mr. Mender to show some writings/performances exalting your opinion.
the only "right" in poetry is structure and intent, aka the use of literary devices to present an idea for folks to pull an emotion from. (and even that feels limited.)
again,i suggest he show us his greatest. &, sir/ma'am don't be disrespectful, i am qualified to say all this
Poetry and philosophy.
@scualabamafan "It's not even abstract as history repeats itself and we are all as humans rooted in what has been experienced once and what will be repeated again."
What does that even mean?
The essence of poetry is that it must be concrete.
And for everyone that asked, I'm not publishing my poetry in the comments section of a UA-cam video.
praise ye jah
@BarerMender Music/art/poetry is a highly advanced language, what you call imagery is just a language you need to Rosetta stone.
@thisisacunt it seems like all the best musicians are these days
@monalisa02 Come to Central Florida and you can hear me perform. Let me know when you'll be here and I'll give you a venue. I won't be hanging my poetry on the internet for anyone to walk away with.
Brotha is gone...before our time
Saul is god
I remember this being on the lyricist lounge cd! Sbout out to stretch and bobbito ,ol skool tony touch!
@scualabamafan "Poetry has predetermined boundaries." I don't know what you're trying to say, and I'm not sure you do either. I grant you, you have to do certain things to have poetry. It has to be rhythmic, for instance. But boundaries? What does that mean?
@BarerMender please, listen again and pay attention, also let yourself go.
Saul Williams counts.
and don't forget e.e. cummings, one of the greatest modern poets, and one of my all time favorites. According to BarerMender, he doesn't count either, which makes me extremely irate.
So this has nothing to do with electrical resistance?
WHAT THE FUCK! yes.
@dbecks51 Actually, it's under my head, but I see that it isn't under yours.
i only understand about 1/3 of what he says.
whats deeper than ohm?
@mrnye66 HAHA that's so contradictory I can't even believe one would say such a thing
@Twobitgangster I'd offer a hand shake and a hug and say, "Thank you."
@fred2001bear I actually consider myself pretty hot stuff as a poet, and I'm not shy about performing it, but I have phobia about publishing my work on the internet.
il secoond that.
wats dah song at the beginning
Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Boo Hop
Yes. His opinion that they should only be used in a spiritual context, never simply to get loaded, that it's an insult and a shame the way things like marijuana and LSD are used in partying context. An opinion I agree with.
@mrnye66 you're*