Donald Glover Can't Save You

Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by 40acres on Monday February 26, 2018 @01:48PM (#16467839)

I'm trying to imagine someone in entertainment who is as talented and multifaceted as Donald right now and no one comes to mind. He's a great writer and performer of comedy. Pretty good actor (I'm definitely interested in seeing him pull off Lando). His music has been hit or miss but his last album was a revelation. Atlanta is very smart and very funny. I just hope he doesn't burn himself out.

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by jancsika on Monday February 26, 2018 @02:30PM (#16468207)

Harry Connick, Jr. is another.

Singer, bandleader, pianist, talk show host. He's also decent actor, though I don't know if he's acted in anything lately.

I give him extra points on the musical front because he does nerdy stuff like slowing down and speeding up an improvised melody in the right hand while a syncopated left hand retains the same tempo. He's famous enough he could probably just play something showy like Liberace and get away with it.

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by itp on Monday February 26, 2018 @02:50PM (#16468359)

One of my favorite Harry Connick Jr. moments is when his audience is clapping along on 1&3 (frustrating) and he smoothly transitions them to 2&4. Extra fun to see how happy his drummer is with the change (visible cheering arms behind Harry after one of the camera angle switches).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=26&v=--qv9SI6vws

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by agumonkey on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @10:45AM (#16474379)

Oh god that was smooth as ...

I remember Bobby McFerring being capable of playing audiences in surprising ways too. (funny since Youtube suggested him on that HCJr video)

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by archagon on Monday February 26, 2018 @02:59PM (#16468426)

I don’t understand why 1&3 is frustrating? Seems like the natural way to clap/tap/bob to that particular beat.

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by DanBC on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:10PM (#16468541)

I don't understand it either.

Here's an earlier submission that explains it a bit: Friends don't let friends clap on 1 and 3.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8538623

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by archagon on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:23PM (#16468635)

Fascinating! Never really thought about this before, thanks for the link.

(Come to think of it, this seems very song-dependent. For instance, I definitely find myself clapping on 2&4 to "Thriller" and "I Heard It Through The Grapevine". But I think I'd still clap 1&3 to some of my favorite classic rock and metal songs. Also, I felt 1&4 pretty strongly in that Harry Connick Jr. clip. Maybe they're just clapping too fast: if they were only doing half the claps, I think 2&4 would feel more natural.)

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by itp on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @12:16PM (#16475528)

Fascinating to me that you picked Thriller as an example, as MJ even demonstrates a 2&4 clap during the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA&t=5m0s

Curious what you mean by half the claps? Would this involve clapping only on every fourth beat, only on every second beat, or am I completely misunderstanding?

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by archagon on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:48PM (#16468832)

See my other comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16468635

I can feel the backbeat pretty strongly in other music, but this clip sounds very 1&3 to me. It would be musically foolish to automatically prescribe 2&4 to every blues and jazz tune as an axiom. At that point, it just becomes a shibboleth.

Frankly, I think they're just clapping twice as fast in that clip. 2&4 sounds weird and off-rhythm at that speed (to me), but totally normal with half the claps.

(Also: now I'm going to be self-conscious about my clapping until the end of time. Thanks a lot!)

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by jjeaff on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @01:29PM (#16476373)

To me, 1 and 3 is just a little off kilter. It doesn't sound quite right.

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by golfer on Monday February 26, 2018 @01:58PM (#16467914)

He's an egot[0] candidate for sure.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_won_Ac...

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by eitally on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:02PM (#16468451)

I'd argue that Jamie Foxx is a more talented actor + musician... just not a stand-up comedian.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Foxx

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Anthony Hopkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Hopkins) is up there, too. I had no idea he was a musician until seeing this video popup somewhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M57Fi19vcSI

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by jungletek on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @07:02PM (#16479388)

Jamie Foxx has done plenty of stand-up: https://www.google.com/search?q=jamie+foxx+stand+up

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by agumonkey on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @11:01AM (#16474599)

A recent interview of Quincy Jones gave this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAYY-MmonYU

A very unexpected software legend burning.

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by ggg9990 on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:46PM (#16468824)

Clint Eastwood. Actor, Director, Music Composer (he composed the entire score for many of his films).

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Re:Donald Glover Can't Save You by agumonkey on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @11:04AM (#16474632)

I think the above comment meant from the 2000s era. Surely there are lots of veteran multi talented guys.

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