This Gave Us Chills! All Eyes On Me - Bo Burnham (Sunday Punch Reaction!)
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2021
- Bo Burnham is one of the most talented, creative, and funny people on earth. Back by popular demand, we react to his soul-touching song "All Eyes On Me" from his Netflix special "inside"
This is a clip from episode 42 of The Sunday Punch Podcast:
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"If I know Bo, and I think I do..."
Okay, now react to 'You think you know me'
haha will do
It’s called we know you
...."We think we know you"
@@RyanMorton we think we know you
we think we know you
we think we know you
Bo! Oh my god!
It's like a lot to think about. He got famous as a teenager. He was in the eye of the world and large audiences for like 14 years (he just turned 30) and it's understandable that it all built up over the years to a boiling point where it became hard for him to try to power through it.
Turning 30 makes so sense before this
"If I know Bo, and I think that I do"
Getting flashback's to the ending song of Bo's first special "We think we know you"
His second special*
@@R---n Good call, and my bad!
It's always a lil unsettling watching people jam out to this song when it's one of the saddest and scariest in the whole special 😅 even if musically it's a bop
this was exactly my reaction to the way they were so into it. this song makes me cry almost every time. in 2020 the world ended for many people. it's not a happy song and bo is very clearly severely depressed while making it.
This song is a life ruiner
It may be because I am European that I vibe so differently. The joker, comedian, the jester, ... was first and foremost a speaker of truth (often at expense of those in power) hidden in a veil of giggles. But they were also tragic figures of truth. Often painting tears on their chins to this day. The classical Greek "comedy" is overlapping wildly with what we would call "tragedy because of unintended consequences." Heck - Shakespear's Hamlet demonstrates that (yes it is clearly comic to hold a monologue with Yorick - but it is also insanity in motion).
I see this as he is inside and alone (alongside all of us) because of the pandemic - stopping mid-song to tell us that his isolation started 5 years earlier. He is home alone - pushing the button of canned laughter (inappropriately - but on purpose), the funny thing that happened in January 2020 is not really LOL-material.
In the end - he is breaking the 4th wall (as he did 5 years before with the audience in his last infamous live-act). He is taking us, the audience, on stage. Giving us the visuals of a panic attack. He is kicking us out. Until he finally just "drops us".
All this is classical concepts of the "comedian" in Europe (search for the Pagliacci-paradox story). A clown doing hard-core existentialism. In fact, if you watch James Arcasters 4-episode Netflix series you can watch a British genius of a stand-up comedian literally start the first episode sitting on his knees - before he in episode 2 literally deconstruct his stage by first moving his stage props around before turning them upside down before taking them apart. Some pretty heavy deconstruction going on, in other words. Complete chaotic of fun until one starts to understand - oh this is actually about the failure of a relationship.
It has more modern examples - the funniest and most horrific movie ever made maybe Dr Strangelove. Forcing us into the weirdest version of hysterical laughter while watching very real ideas being presented in light shining on the absurdity and insanity being no laughing matters.
I know - I just took all the fun out of comedy. But I will say that I love classical looney-toons. I just wanted to express that funny stuff exists outside of the loony-verse. Bo, to me, seems to happily be a crossover. Sort of being the Roadrunner with deep existential thoughts AND introspectively asking himself why he even bothers with Coyote in a loop of repetitive episodes.
The reason we so rarely are exposed to this old tradition is because it need genius-level brains to pull that off in these days of 15 second tictok "memes".
Clowns have been crying for thousands of years. And that is what defines being "edgy" for real. To be "controversial" is just a cheap trick for attention like shouting out the word "willie" just because internet will explode into controversy about the term "willie" being said publically.
Am I right? Oh I am right. I as Norwegian I walked off a long distance bus 9/11. Somebody said "do you know America is under attack?". I run straight up to my University office since I work with you both here and overseas. I sat camp in my office. I did not get home to my flat until 40 hours later.
You know what speech I remember? A comedian hosting a little show called "the late show" back in the day called David Letterman while still in that chaotic aftermath a few days later. Oh yeah - those silly comedians are not always there to make cheap jokes. Which is also why Eddie Murphy's "Raw" has changed meaning for me over the years. I started out thinking it was about him saying ALL the no-words very fast as a kid - with that understanding of what "edgy" means. With age it is not longer the use of F-bombs that makes it great via "he said the word".
Also demonstrating that it is my concept of "edgy" that is changing over time, not so much my childish humour.
Same like I can understand how the tune sounds cool but looking at the video I can never feel comfortable and happy looking at it especially because how he expresses himself and makes this song an open book about himself in a small way
I think we also have to realize that he started making this content before the pandemic. He literally talks about this in the preview of this song. But also like he is a comedian so he knows what he's doing. He's making it happy on purpose. He probably wants people to vibe to it while they're reflecting on it because they've come to expect this kinda heavy,-yet-delivered-in-a-light-package-song.
He wants people to vibe to it. He doesn't want to create a song with depressing lyrics and a depressing sound. I think he wants the song to sound good: catchy & sorta upbeat so it will make people think because they're enjoying it. If the song sounds too sad people may skip it or just be too in their feelings to realize that it may be about more than just one thing. This song can be about Bo's thoughts on himself, his view of the world both before/after the pandemic and the world at large. If the song wasn't upbeat it wouldn't have been made by Bo. But I do obviously agree it's an uncomfortable experience to vibe to this. I felt the same way about Make Happy.
It’s about anxiety and depression! He is so smart in the way he worded the song. Like the way he picks up the camera, the color blue that symbolizes sad and the darkness of the 2nd part of the song
Really enjoyed the song and now just listen to it on Spotify at the gym, it stands up as just an overall good tune
It's actually about public pools. But whatevs.
Not quite...
@@ThrillhoWiggum it’s not though.
@@Carl-ld5jy it is quite haha. Have you not watched the show
Best line is “we’re going to go where everybody knows, everybody knows everybody knows(no’s)” best entertainer I have ever seen
fantastic line
Bo burnham was 30/31 recording this special. Check out his early genius with Art is Dead. He recorded it at I think 19 years old.
Awesome, will do!
huh?
you mean 29/30?
did you miss both the segment AND the song about turning 30?
@@k1xnt lol thank you, came to say the same
The irony of the guy on the left looking at his phone while watching part of this special is crazy :p
This song has heavy religious worship service vibes. The "get your hands up, get out of your seats, eyes on Him" (referring to their god), the mood lighting, the synth keyboard, the mini talk while the music continued and the whole choreography of almost possession and surrender. To me it sounded like giving up fighting and surrendering to your depression like it is a god. Hearing that voice telling you the world is over, there's nothing you can do, get back inside, which I think could refer to get inside your comfort depression hole and dissociate from the world where all the pain is and make yourself numb.
It is absolutely crushing.
Absolutely "alter call" vibes
Cringing at how accurate that is and how fkn spooky that sounds
I took the “we’re going to go where everybody knows, everybody knows” a bit differently. It could just be my way of looking at things and my nihilistic tendencies when I get depressed but I saw this song as a we’re all gonna die anyways so who cares. Like everyone claims to know where we go after death or has an opinion on it. And the world is so screwed at this point with climate change and everything so we are just waiting for it to end. Everyone knows that the world is over so why fight it when you can/have to (with the pandemic) stay with friends and family til it’s over. “So you say the oceans rising? Like I give a shit. You say the whole world ending? Honey it already did. You not gonna slow it. Heaven knows you tried. Got it? Good now get inside. we’re going to go where everybody knows.”
no worries that is also my interpretation the first time I heard this song. I was actually surprised that it has another meaning other than this because I was so certain that this is what that line meant and for some reason it scares me
Wow, really insightful, I guess it depends on who you are and where you're at in life. This song is so good because it has different meanings to different people
@@SundayPunchPodcast That’s EXACTLY what I like best about the song, and the whole special. By all means, people, develop your own “take”.
Burnham has raised the level of public discourse. Instead of talking about Grade-A poopy kaka, we’re talking about things that really mean something in our lives.
100% I think that's what the line refers to. The entire song is the nihilistic, depressed voice in your head coming in for all the marbles.
This was my exact interpretation of this song as well.
I take it a different way. He recorded this in the midst of his now not self-inflicted exile, but a mandated one. "We're going to go where everybody, knows everybody."
Who's everybody? Look in mirror. At best it's your nuclear family. This is when he was forced back in.
very good take, didn't think about that, thanks man
Exactly Lewis, I came to say the same - also, "go where everybody knows everybody knows" may mean the Internet - what else was there to do during quarantine but be online all the time
@@jenniferwelch, that's what's so great about this video. There are so many ways to interpret some of the nuance. What's really freaky is l can't help but compare the end the with Heath Ledger Joker video when he's killing that fake Batman.
Chilling!
Also, people wonder about his indifference to climate change. Let me ask you this. How important is sea level rise when you're suicidally depressed?
@@jenniferwelch Pretty sure he means inside. It's the title of the special. Everybody knows the inside of their home and we were basically forced to go there during the pandemic.
That's perfect.
one guy has already heard this song, the other checks his phone during important part of the reaction... ok then
ya ya
Nah she's right.
ya ya
Bothered me too
You're the first ones to mention that the part where he grabs the camera feels like the joker scene of batman. And I've watched a lot of reviews/reactions. It's where my mind went instantly when watching Inside the first time. It's very manic and demands your attention as his psyche seems to unravel completely at last.
Anyways, I feel the lyrics are (also) referring to anxiety (going where everybody knows eachother (like a social gathering where you don't really know anyone is anxiety inducing) all eyes on me, are you feeling nervous, don't be scared don't be shy) escalating into panic attacks (it's almost over, it's just begun).
Very powerful and fitting song for the climax of the movie. I feel kinda sad for anyone who listened to this without the context of the whole story that preceded it, cos of the added emotional impact.
I watched the special for the first time on acid on my own. I cried like a bitch all the way through basically. Hit really hard
oh wow I bet you did! that’s pretty brave I gotta say
yeah, affected me the same way
@@lonedinosaur13 honestly I had no clue what I was getting into. Loved all his specials before and knew it would be good and thought it might have some “deep” or depressing moments but I was way overzealous. Was not prepared for it to be that intense. Watched Make happy on the come up and inside during the peak and it was both beautiful and mortifying. Visuals were gorgeous and the songs were fantastic. But the dark / sad parts proper messed me up with the 500ug tabs. The turning 30 part broke me haha
I watched it the first time just as background noise and didn't give it much attention on my own, second time I threw it on while on mushrooms with a friend of mine, now I'm here trying to break down the songs lol
@@ryanmccauley3926 Watching this on shrooms would probably affect me for years
Anxiety attacks as part of an anxiety disorder don't go away. It doesn't have anything to do with confidence, skill, or anything like that. I hav generalised anxiety disorder, which means that my anxiety isn't bound to any specific triggers like, say, social anxiety. Instead I have this constant nagging anxious feeling, sort of like if you've left the stove on at home, but can't quite remember it, but you know something's not right. Then if I get too stressed, or too depressed, or just overwhelmed, I get anxiety attacks, which basically make me feel physically ill. They make my head spin, make my heart beat faster and harder, and a whole bunch of feelings I don't even know how to describe to someone who hasn't experienced it. It sort of feels like I'm about to die.
Your last line made my brain go 'ping!' cuz it immediately reminded me of this, which is Bo's description of how he experiences his panic attacks ua-cam.com/video/nh1qWG2ntTI/v-deo.html
@@MartinTraXAA Yeah, I've had full on panic attacks that I passed out from when I was a teenager. They're very rare now, and I handle them better, and I'm much better at avoiding them, so I haven't passed out since then, but it's really scary. The worst one I ever had, I couldn't see colour, I had tunnel vision, I could only hear muffled echoes, my heart beat was irregular and really heavy, I could barely breathe, and my head was just spinning. I ended up collapsing on the floor in the middle of a mall, and woke up a few second later.
I openly started crying when he said "Got it? Good, now get inside." when I first saw the special.
The song is about going back inside, rather than the end of the pandemic. As such, I took the "we're going to go where everybody knows everybody knows" as going back inside our homes and not interacting with anyone we didn't live with. Our homes are where "everybody knows everybody"
Such a great analysis!! ty!
Thank you so much!
Not often I pause a video to say something, but out of my own experience and the other 10 or so reactions I watched, you are the first I've heard talk about the everybody knows, everybody line as a return to the same ol humdrum. I hadn't thought of it that way and I like the take on it.
awesome, thanks!
8:34 this couldn’t have been more perfectly said. watched a lot of reaction videos on this, read a lot of comments, and this so perfectly captures bo as a person
Yo new to the podcast. You guys really should have a tighter shot. Fuck the background. If people are going to stay it’s for you not your scenery. At the very least bring the camera forward so you both fill the frame.
It’s a psychology thing as well. If the camera (the audience POV) is closer to you it allows for us to feel closer to you. Since it’s far away it’s more likely viewers will feel distant.
K will do, we usually have a guest and I guess we've become accustomed to shooting it from farther way, good point - thanks for the feedback
Yeah my spotify wrapped is all Bo
So, i am new...what do they mean when they keep saying "clean mic/dirty mic"
I am new too and it sounds so awkward. They probably think people will pick it up as a phrase to play or stop something, but they won't.
I interpreted this song completely different. I watched this during the pandemic after being kicked out of my home and taken for everything by my ex. Living in a motel room all by myself, during the governer mandated lockdown (which occured on my b-day btw) in the middle of a pandemic, yeah, it hit me pretty hard.
We're gonna go where everybody knows everybody meant to me that we're trapped not only inside our homes (or motel rooms), but also in our own minds and experience all of our own various psychological manifestations.
I've read a ton of comments on different reactors sites that covered this song, and a lot of people also interpreted it this way.
While I'm not certain of the meaning meant by Bo, he certainly is a genius and I found Inside to be horrible, beautiful, and it honestly broke me.
It's definitely my favorite song from the special followed closely by Funny Feeling and Goodbye.
Lol, Bo became my spiritual guru after watching this masterpiece.
This song pairs very well with "Goodbye" following it. The Songs are honestly best as a duo. Also, the lines "Heads down, pray for me" paired with the Hands up line creates kind of a double meaning. First is the God-complex, where he feels like the viewers/fans were, or should be, admiring/worshipping him in the "Heads down, hands up" position. Second is taking it as praying for him to get better/stay well through the process of the special and the Pandemic.
That's such a good insight.
When they said they had a "donate button" I thought it would be to a mental health organization or something considering the heavy heavy subject matter on "Inside". Beer is good though too lol. I think I went through all of the emotions during the special and I felt like I was grieving. So impactful. I'd love to see you react to "Can't Handle This (Kanye Rant) from "Make Happy" his special prior to this one which was 5 years ago. That whole special is amazing as well. And sorry if you already did react to it, this video was in my recommended and I haven't looked through all of your content yet!
"Get your fucking hands up." "Get out of your seat." "All eyes on me." These are phrases used by arresting officers. Just like all of his "final" songs, it's sang in an upbeat way, but it's about being arrested by anxiety and depression, where the pandemic has basically captured him after being "finally released from prison." When he picks up his phone and starts swinging it around, after really emphasizing the arresting "get the fuck up!" he's simulating a panic attack.
damn, that makes alot of sense - great take!
One way it has always hit me-- that he means we're all gonna go, where everybody knows (as in death)--especially due to the realization of the pandemic causing so much death and how it's all inevitable for everyone. It makes me cry.
This is a really good way to look at it.
Wtf!
I love Bo and I love both of your thoughts on it as well.
8:50 holy shit, thats... almost felt like i was back in psicology again, but with a good professor (thats hard to find). Deep shit, cool tought.
Thanks man!
He just posted this song on Spotify without the dialog 😍😍 perfect for just bumpin it loud af
dope!
The take I had about this song was that when he was saying “get your hands up” he was referencing to his previous acts where he would say he loves the audience and how much they love him. It makes him feel valuable and wanted. Then when he starts talking about the “look in my eyes. Don’t be scared” part, it was his anxiety coming back up. Those are common phrases people tell themselves to calm themselves down. “I’m fine” “it’s okay” “ nothing’s wrong” “ it’s almost over”. He doesn’t want to stop because he wants that adoration and love from the people so he continues on with the song/show going back to the “hands up”. Then he slips in the “pray for me” part. If you pay attention to the special, and the length of his hair, you can see that his fun and upbeat songs are all filmed earlier. His deeper and darker songs come later. You can see as you watch the special that his mental health is slowly deteriorating to the point where he cries. Not only that, but he ends up not filling his show with comedy. The breaks between songs are clips of small daily things he filmed later on after he starts mentally giving up so he can fill the minimum time required for his show. When he starts singing about the “the world ending and it already did” his world already ended. He disappeared and lives in a guesthouse on his parents property. He quit his job, his mental health is declining, and he can’t continue to do the one thing he knows and loves. I also feel that when he starts talking about “we are going to go where everybody knows” he is referring to his final preference where he said that he wants to say what he wants. The thing that stops him from doing that is his fear of the people not liking what he has to say so he sticks to comedy we are used to or that we are familiar with. This way we will keep watching him. I thought this song was him taking us on his mental journey through doing a performance. “Your not going to slow it heaven knows you tried. Got it good now get inside” i felt wasn’t in reference to the world ending but his saying that he can’t slow down the panic attack. He’s tried everything he can think of so what do you do? You run away. Go inside. Hide. The idea that no matter what he does his anxiety will take over so it’s just better to stay inside away from people despite his deep craving for the spotlight.
regarding darkness, I think he says:
"We're going to go
where everybody knows
everybody knows"
So, "we are going where everybody knows everybody goes"
that's my interpretation.
Never bothered to check, I like it
The idea there are people who thought back in July that the pandemic was over or even close to over is kind of surreal.
I love your interpretation of the "everybody knows everybody" line. I kinda saw it as a way of saying "being alone" because everybody knows everybody if you're the only person there.
Yeah, have seen some other comments making the same observation. Lovely song when it can have multiple meanings for different people
I love the analytical aspect of this reaction as well as them just vibing the fu©k out
In my opinion I feel like adding the laugh tracks is a way of him showing that he wants to hear that sound again as well as perhaps he was in isolation when first practice this song an he imagined saying it at show. Bo also maybe meant to convey that the crowd although they have good intent, don't really understand what he actually behind the Jokes but he is used to it.
you should definitely check out “can’t handle this” i think that was one of his last live performance before he take a break, feel free to correct me if im wrong tho
yep someone else just suggested this as well, I recently watched it and thought it was great!
Kanye Rant! Perfect intro to this. Heavy stuff. Good job, BTW.
kudos on introversion vs extraversion analysis
Well you guys got a tiny bit closer to actually understanding the song than most reactors, so congrats.
I have watched many multiple reaction videos on this, and while I think Bo Burnham is an amazing artist and creator with a brilliant mind to be able to encapsulate so well and convey the message, at the end of the day, he is an artist, an entertainer, a creator, actor, visionary, he loves creating tantalizing Dram using theatrics. and I find it interesting how people read in to some of his work although I fully believe myself that it's pretty incredible how he can convey a story and be very honest, musical and comedic all at same time.
Even Bo said once in an interview that most people are reading things wrong and its not always this deep seeded depression although he very candidly talked about many of the panic attcks he has had on stage and how truly terrifying that experience is. but at the end of they day, he is still an entertainer who just happens to be a master at his craft, he so good in fact, that people actually believe he is suffering from mental illness. when he's really not,
It's true he took off from his comedy bit for 5 years, but it's not like he was sitting around all depressed, he was working on other projects such as the Movie that he directed and produced called "Eighth Grade" and also spent 3 years creating what we now know to be his next Netflix Special "Inside"
You guys are dense …… this song is about his struggle with this mental his health … he lives to be on stage , he can make a group of people happy , but he cannot make himself happy .which is most important . He’s unfulfilled personally . He doesn’t want to get outta bed b/c he has too be real … he’s not happy with himself … he living up to something he produce .. once you deal with mental health issues this tune will bring you to a tear .
just one tear?
You mentioned a lot of good things
Know this is old.
Id re-aim your cams center to where the redline on the youtube video is and bring it closer for a tighter hold on you 2, lighting is not bad but not good, if and when get a backlight for you two seperates from the background, and closer xam will allow you to pull the focus to you.
Edit: also make center of cam level with your faces or a bit lower looks better, shots that show down make the subject look small
When U finally think that u understood bo, this is the point that u are most lost
Whats the intro song name?
Babylon by Adam Jordan
If you get a chance should react to Can't handle this. Make this song even more deeper. That where he pretty much left for 5 years right after performing that song.
Yes yes yes was just about to comment this
React to Can’t Handle This! So honest and frankly painful to listen to knowing what he was dealing with in hindsight. But still hilarious because he’s soo good at that. From God’s Perspective is great too. They all are, honestly.
awesome thank you, we love him and i actually cried during all eyes on me the first time
Good insight,same as mine! :)
in make happy hes in this room at the end but there may be a chance it was a set idk tho
Bo: *opening up and being vulnerable* "You wanna hear a funny story?"
Reactor: *immediately picks up phone and nods unattentively while diddling with phone*
Dude, Bo would absolutely hate you. "Welcome to the Internet" is about you.
Yeah the guy on the left annoyed me. Half this special is about people like him. (That being said, obviously I don't know the guy in real life, maybe this is a bad representation of him, but I feel like maybe you could put the phone down during a reaction video at the very least.)
How the world works Bo Burnham
The grabbing camera is to make it seem like a panic attack
you should honestly react to Repeat stuff, very funny song but points out issues in the music industry
I would fucking hate being analyzed like that. I don't even like being called funny or smart.
"Those are great lyrics" completely neglecting the fact that Bo dropped truth about how the world is ending and there's nothing we can do about it and they're all like "Dude this could be a hit on the radio!"
i'll cry for you next time
@@SundayPunchPodcast what kind of response is that
React to Sza's latest live performance- ua-cam.com/video/OAtVLmsshqY/v-deo.html
cant put your phone down for 6 minutes? wow! maybe you should do these when your attention is fully there, if it ever is.
He's a doctor on call bro...
@@SundayPunchPodcast so it’s a reaction podcast with one person whose real job is too important for him to focus solely on reacting?
@@RoosterBark well it's a sports podcast for fun and we sometimes react to music videos.. again, for fun...so to answer your question: yes
@@SundayPunchPodcast that’s fair, I just think @monkeyburn64 had a point. If you’re going to upload a reaction video, you should give it your full attention, otherwise you’ll piss off a lot of Bo Burnham stans (or whatever fanbase you’re trying to appeal to).
@@RoosterBark Agreed, I'll give him a slap next time
pls do Agnez Mo - F Yo Love Song
react to reckless by madison beer
Will check it out
Not a big fan of reactions where one person has already seen the video and comments too much before the other person has seen enough.
why are you so close to the screen
because we like to be
I think I found the absolute worst hang on the Internet
congrats
I still think they missed the importance of the message here…
Well don't be afraid to share with the class
Please react to more Taylor Swift videos
Oh you know we love taylor
Riveting stuff watching a reactor on their phone instead of ya know... reacting.
This is the cringiest.
dancing on this song is not the vibe
grifters