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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Jul 29, 2016 ^^
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"Art is dead" is truly on a different level. His audience in that version were comedians and, although they laughed along, you can see on their faces that his words were hitting nerves and making them hear things they didn't want to consider. That is not a comedy song, it is a crisis and they knew it but they laughed to distract from it all. Bo knew how to make it hit just a little harder, too. The original lyrics were "But I wanted my name in lights when I could've fed a family of four..." In the greenroom, they changed. "We wanted our name in lights when we could've fed a family of four." And the accusatory glance when he sang "There's other people, you selfish asshole" was just... he his an excellent performer.
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the pain in his voice when those comedians started laughing during āart is deadā
you can tell he truly cares about the people his career targets, and thinks thatās itās terrible career path because of how jealous some comedians can get.
that song used to to be a funny song to me, now i respect him even more for having the bravery to sing that song, let alone in a room. room full of comedians
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Watching back old videos, I now see the anxiety, depression, and panic happening all over Boās body language. After hearing āMake Happyā again, it made me tear up now knowing what he went through. I have depression, anxiety, and know how those can affect every day life.
Also, watching āInsideā, it hit close to home with his experiences.
Thank you, Bo, for all the intensely deep thoughts evoked through your music.
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[Chorus]
Art is dead
Art is dead
Art is dead
Art is dead
[Verse 1]
Entertainers like to seem complicated
But we're not complicated
I can explain it pretty easily
Have you ever been to a birthday party for children?
And one of the children won't stop screaming?
'Cause he's just a little attention-attractor
When he grows up to be a comic or actor
He'll be rewarded for never maturing
For never understanding or learning
That every day can't be about him
"There's other people, you selfish asshole!"
I must be psychotic, I must be demented
To think that I'm worthy of all this attention
Of all of this money you worked really hard for
I slept in late while you worked at the drug store
My drug's attention, I am an addict
But I get paid to indulge in my habit
It's all an illusion, I'm wearing makeup
I'm wearing makeup, makeup, makeup
[Chorus]
Art is dead
So, people think you're funny
How do we get those people's money?
I said, art is dead
We're rolling in dough while Carlin rolls in his grave
His grave
His grave
[Verse 2]
The show has got a budget
The show has got a budget
And all the poor people way more deserving
Of the money won't budge it
'Cause I wanted my name in lights
When I could have fed a family of four
For forty fucking fortnights
Forty fucking fortnights
[Refrain]
I am an artist; please, God, forgive me
I am an artist; please, don't revere me
I am an artist; please, don't respect me
I am an artist; feel free to correct me
A self-centered artist, self-obsessed artist
I am an artist, I am an artist
But I'm just a kid, I'm just a kid
I'm just a kid, kid
And maybe I'll grow out of it
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@sarahjanecampbell6305
4 years ago
"Gay panic" 30 seconds later "And if I were gay, tho I swear I'm straight, I'd make the fellas say o-oh Bo"
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