Bo Burnham: Make Happy

00:20:38,112 --> 00:20:42,742 with a lot of modern country music, what is called stadium country music, 377 00:20:42,825 --> 00:20:45,745 the sort of Keith Urban brand of country music, 378 00:20:45,828 --> 00:20:47,872 is that it is not honest. 379 00:20:47,955 --> 00:20:50,374 -It is the exact opposite of honest. -[country music playing] 380 00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:52,668 Where instead of people actually telling their stories, 381 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:54,754 you got a bunch of millionaire metrosexuals 382 00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:56,630 who've never done a hard day's work in their life, 383 00:20:56,714 --> 00:21:00,009 but they figured out the words and the phrases they can use 384 00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:01,427 to pander to their audience, 385 00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:03,929 and they list the same words and phrases off, 386 00:21:04,013 --> 00:21:06,223 sort of mad-lib style in every song, 387 00:21:06,307 --> 00:21:10,227 raking in millions of dollars from actual working-class people. 388 00:21:10,311 --> 00:21:11,854 You know the words. You know the phrases. 389 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:13,105 Phrases like... 390 00:21:14,231 --> 00:21:17,151 <i>♪ A dirt road, a cold beer ♪</i> 391 00:21:17,234 --> 00:21:20,279 <i>♪ A blue jeans, a red pickup ♪</i> 392 00:21:20,362 --> 00:21:23,574 <i>♪ A rural noun, simple adjective ♪</i> 393 00:21:23,657 --> 00:21:25,117 [audience laughing] 394 00:21:26,076 --> 00:21:29,163 <i>♪ No shoes, no shirt ♪</i> 395 00:21:29,246 --> 00:21:32,541 <i>♪ No Jews</i> <i>You didn't hear that ♪</i> 396 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,502 [audience laughing] 397 00:21:34,585 --> 00:21:36,629 Sort of a mental typo. 398 00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:41,258 <i>♪ I walk and talk like a field hand ♪</i> 399 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:44,678 <i>♪ But the boots I'm wearing</i> <i>Cost three grand ♪</i> 400 00:21:44,762 --> 00:21:47,973 <i>♪ I write songs about riding tractors ♪</i> 401 00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:49,809 <i>♪ From the comfort of a private jet ♪</i> 402 00:21:49,892 --> 00:21:53,062 <i>♪ I could sing in Mandarin ♪</i> 403 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:56,106 <i>♪ You'd still know I'm pandering ♪</i> 404 00:21:56,190 --> 00:21:58,943 <i>♪ Hunting deer, chasing trout ♪</i> 405 00:21:59,026 --> 00:22:01,946 <i>♪ A Bud Light with the logo facing out ♪</i> 406 00:22:02,029 --> 00:22:05,282 <i>♪ Hear that subtle mandolin ♪</i> 407 00:22:05,366 --> 00:22:08,494 <i>♪ That's textbook pandering ♪</i> 408 00:22:08,577 --> 00:22:11,497 <i>♪ I own a private ranch</i> <i>That I rarely use ♪</i> 409 00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:13,916 I don't like dirt. 410 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:16,961 One verse, one chorus in the bag. 411 00:22:17,044 --> 00:22:19,505 Now it's time to talk to the ladies. 412 00:22:19,588 --> 00:22:24,927 I'm hoping my Southern charm offsets all these rape-y vibes I'm putting out. 413 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:28,847 <i>♪ Good girl in a straw hat ♪</i> 414 00:22:28,931 --> 00:22:32,601 <i>♪ With her arms out in a cornfield ♪</i> 415 00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:34,770 <i>♪ That is a scarecrow ♪</i> 416 00:22:36,313 --> 00:22:38,107 Thought it was a human woman. Sorry. 417 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:41,151 <i>♪ A cold night, a cold beer ♪</i> 418 00:22:41,235 --> 00:22:44,488 <i>♪ A cold jeans</i> <i>Strike that last one ♪</i> 419 00:22:44,572 --> 00:22:47,950 <i>♪ I'm wanting you</i> <i>I hope you're feeling me ♪</i> 420 00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:50,160 Subtextually. 421 00:22:50,244 --> 00:22:53,747 <i>♪ We go to bed</i> <i>You doze off ♪</i> 422 00:22:53,831 --> 00:22:56,458 <i>♪ So I take your country girl</i> <i>Clothes off ♪</i> 423 00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:58,794 <i>♪ I put my hands on your body ♪</i> 424 00:22:58,877 --> 00:23:01,797 <i>♪ It feels like hay</i> <i>It's a fucking scarecrow again ♪</i> 425 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,883 <i>♪ Like Mike's Evander-ing ♪</i> 426 00:23:04,967 --> 00:23:08,012 <i>♪ Fuck your ears, I'm pandering ♪</i> 427 00:23:08,095 --> 00:23:10,639 <i>♪ I write songs for the people who do ♪</i> 428 00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:13,892 <i>♪ Jobs in the towns</i> <i>That I'd never move to ♪</i> 429 00:23:13,976 --> 00:23:17,187 <i>♪ Legalize gerrymandering ♪</i> 430 00:23:17,313 --> 00:23:20,107 <i>♪ Tolerate my pandering ♪</i> 431 00:23:20,190 --> 00:23:21,775 <i>♪ You got a beautiful mouth ♪</i> 432 00:23:21,859 --> 00:23:23,277 <i>♪ I got a beautiful... ♪</i> 433 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,738 Y'all dumb motherfuckers want a key change? 434 00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:28,616 <i>♪ Thematically meandering ♪</i> 435 00:23:28,699 --> 00:23:32,077 <i>♪ Emphatically pandering ♪</i> 436 00:23:32,161 --> 00:23:34,872 <i>♪ I got a tight grip on my demo's balls ♪</i> 437 00:23:34,955 --> 00:23:38,417 <i>♪ Say the word "truck"</i> <i>They jizz in their overalls ♪</i> 438 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:40,502 <i>♪ You don't know what land you're in ♪</i> 439 00:23:41,211 --> 00:23:44,423 <i>♪ I'm in the land of pandering ♪</i> 440 00:23:44,506 --> 00:23:46,091 <i>♪ And I'll be upfront ♪</i> 441 00:23:46,92