Saul Williams: Said the Shotgun to the Head

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  • Опубліковано 27 лис 2008
  • Saul Williams reads "Said the Shotgun to the Head" at PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.

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  • @TheKickasskatie
    @TheKickasskatie 12 років тому +5

    saul is everything in poetry today. everything that inspires, me at least. i only wish he did more. but hes already saving a sadly dying art. what more can he do? much more hopefully. he has a gift to make u listen to his words and come out understanding urself better. and we desperately need more of that. especially men. they need a role model, who better?

  • @ZiolaBee
    @ZiolaBee 11 років тому +3

    no video can capture the live performance of this man, he is unstoppable...mad love for his performance

  • @vintagebasilisk
    @vintagebasilisk 14 років тому +1

    what a wake up call to so many parts of me, like the bits that forgot to be angry anymore or gave up trying to love.

  • @TheKickasskatie
    @TheKickasskatie 13 років тому

    i realize how fleeting my attention to everything in everyday life is when i listen to saul and am completely consumed.

  • @79898325
    @79898325 15 років тому

    It's part of the super badass club. You have to be as awesome as Saul Williams to look as good as him.

  • @becfrankiej
    @becfrankiej 14 років тому

    This make me happy to be alive. After a bad day, I listen to this and remember why I am here.

  • @Anthony_Molosi
    @Anthony_Molosi 4 роки тому +1

    My favourite poet of all time. I wish to share stage with him one day.

  • @bobmurphy07
    @bobmurphy07 14 років тому

    I can't imagine how much emotion this must provoke in person, it was inspiring enough just watching it on a computer. That was amazing, I have to read this whole poem.

  • @xhopeforanewdayx
    @xhopeforanewdayx 11 років тому

    This makes me cry and tear up because of the shear beauty of this. Absolutely inspiring.

  • @ZiolaBee
    @ZiolaBee 11 років тому

    she had eyes like two turntables...the beat drops like a cliff...overlooking my heart... fucking brilliant.

  • @jazmrazdedek
    @jazmrazdedek 12 років тому

    Very, very profound. Saul Williams is The Man!
    peace

  • @AdamLuebke
    @AdamLuebke 14 років тому

    I just watched Saul perform an excerpt last of "Said the Shotgun" last night, and it was exquisite.

  • @angelstgeorge
    @angelstgeorge 14 років тому

    Some things you just have to hear, to truly feel. Prime Example!!! Invokes so much raw emotions that would be lost if you read it yourself.

  • @wanik4
    @wanik4 12 років тому

    I first saw Saul when he toured with The Mars Volta at the Metro in Chicago in 2003. I agree, Saul for PRESIDENT.

  • @EscalatingExecutive
    @EscalatingExecutive 12 років тому

    this is more than revolutionary, like

  • @danielglascock
    @danielglascock 12 років тому

    my heart is racing

  • @TheAnanda9new
    @TheAnanda9new 9 років тому +2

    I like this part: " and then, a feeling. Almost as if nothing were ever bound to repeat itself again. As if history had been as masterfully created as the great pyramids and any attempt to reconstruct or relive any given moment would have to stem from an understanding of how the pyramids were built from the TOP DOWN.
    and if one could understand such majesty one would also understand that kisses hold codes for unlocking new portals and that pyramids were first made of flesh "

  • @TooMuchSascha
    @TooMuchSascha 13 років тому +1

    he's like if System Of A Down was a solo rap artist

  • @GabriSTFU
    @GabriSTFU 12 років тому

    Saul williams you are one of the great.

  • @Seedr0
    @Seedr0 8 років тому +2

    "I am a lion, I will suffer no weakness, and neither will you, like it or not!"
    #noblooddrained

  • @DeadWhiteButterflies
    @DeadWhiteButterflies 14 років тому

    I'm with you on that too!

  • @sewerface
    @sewerface 14 років тому

    Love it. Thanks for posting.

  • @boxedowl
    @boxedowl 12 років тому

    @MilitantOldLady He's wearing a marine corps dress blues coat with no medals or ribbons.
    Thanks for paying attention.

  • @ShaktiShiva108
    @ShaktiShiva108 11 років тому

    I have similar responses...the salt of truth.

  • @SeasonedRose
    @SeasonedRose 14 років тому

    GOD DAMN!

  • @Sianara001
    @Sianara001 14 років тому +1

    I can't even say wow
    ....he's trying to leave us to create outlines for a new world and guidelines for a better future.
    He's basically preaching from the bible as it IS, not as man has cultured it to be i.e. a paper formed shotgun to the heads of all that are not like "you".
    Excellence (y)

  • @becfrankiej
    @becfrankiej 14 років тому

    good god that was brilliant!

  • @haselni
    @haselni 5 років тому

    My Kali - flower.

  • @dannyc9559
    @dannyc9559 9 років тому

    Has anyone read The Chalice and The Blade?

  • @livefreexvxASL
    @livefreexvxASL 15 років тому

    i second that!

  • @MrStylus88
    @MrStylus88 11 років тому

    play this with closed captions on. haha

  • @igotssssoul
    @igotssssoul 13 років тому

    Who was the 1 moron who actually clicked on the unlike button for this? Ridiculousness...

  • @BaneToday
    @BaneToday 14 років тому

    thats a marine corps dress blues jacket

  • @ChickenFriedVice
    @ChickenFriedVice 11 років тому

    my brain just fucking exploded sjhkfkdfrbvhgrbrg

  • @unicornpopsiclepuke5602
    @unicornpopsiclepuke5602 8 років тому

    where'd u get that avatar

  • @joodik00
    @joodik00 11 років тому

    the dark side of monn

  • @HeyitsLEEtheagent
    @HeyitsLEEtheagent 11 років тому +3

    Saul Williams is on a level that artists should aspire to exist on. It's a shame that such a brilliant mind is drowned out with such mindless and superficial nonsense.

  • @the1produkt
    @the1produkt 13 років тому

    fucking. brilliant.

  • @tuomasrantalainen
    @tuomasrantalainen 15 років тому

    This is SO missing the point of this, but I wonder where I can get that awesome jacket :)

  • @daboss1221
    @daboss1221 13 років тому

    @jwallbanger Just because you lack listening skills does not mean the rest of us do

  • @MzSoulll
    @MzSoulll 11 років тому

    a country in puberty....

  • @dust540
    @dust540 15 років тому

    so, where is that voice from nowhere?

  • @writerzblock00
    @writerzblock00 11 років тому

    Jewelery? A necklace of saturn isn't such a big deal. I highly doubt those rings and bracelets are that expensive. But what difference does it make?

  • @TheOkayCommenter
    @TheOkayCommenter 13 років тому

    i just noticed hes wearing marine corps blues..... how ironic?

  • @TheAnanda9new
    @TheAnanda9new 9 років тому

    WISE " S P R E A D E R "

  • @TooMuchSascha
    @TooMuchSascha 13 років тому

    4:03 DERP FACE
    (6)____(9)

  • @OmarFernandoChavez
    @OmarFernandoChavez 11 років тому

    His daughter's name is Saturn :)

  • @joshgibson
    @joshgibson 15 років тому +2

    It's not the entire poem.

  • @Seedr0
    @Seedr0 10 років тому +8

    Lets get something straight, this man, is smarter, than you.
    Ok?

    • @tomjones3993
      @tomjones3993 10 років тому +12

      This man is smart enough to know that intelligence is an illusion..... and that therefore he is no "smarter" than anyone else.
      He is certainly wiser than most though.

  • @kingmomo010
    @kingmomo010 14 років тому

    @greencrow8 *claps hands*

  • @TrueSelfRealLife
    @TrueSelfRealLife 12 років тому

    i heard silence kill the past tonight...as i typed... i wrote my future not his story....

  • @owedoggify
    @owedoggify 11 років тому

    A marine Jacket is hardly designer clothes...

  • @LarryHarveyMusic
    @LarryHarveyMusic 12 років тому +1

    What the fuck did he say?

  • @Mauricioantoniofranc
    @Mauricioantoniofranc 11 років тому

    You do know he wars that necklace because his daughter is named Saturn, right? As for the design of his clothes, I don't see how that makes his poetry any less good, any less resonant to a public from where he actually came from. I don't even know if they ARE designer Clothes, nor do I find any of this related to his ejaculation habits.
    His poetry isn't admired because of it's verbosity, it is admired because it feels true to whoever admire him.

  • @MilitantOldLady
    @MilitantOldLady 11 років тому

    should i dress up like him so you pay attention?

  • @MaxKarepov
    @MaxKarepov 11 років тому

    Go to Marine Corps boot camp to earn the right to wear the dress blue blouse.
    I am a big fan, Saul, but that is deeply insulting to me, for hung is one in my own house.

  • @DownMoses357
    @DownMoses357 12 років тому

    the book is better

  • @jpfhtagn
    @jpfhtagn 11 років тому

    I don't think anyone should pay any attention to you, ma'am.