Chris Thile 2013-10-02 Too Many Notes

[@eashton42]

The MacArthur Foundation nailed it, genius indeed. Everything Thile touches turns to gold. There ain't too many folks who can get up in front of an auditorium with nothing but a mandolin and a very sharp wit and be entertaining for several hours. Truly one of the world's greatest living musicians.

[@guyfaulkes3035]

He's Bach, Mozart, Jimmy Page and Steve Martin rolled into one mandolin-master package.

[@randalbladel2817]

The other thing that he amazes with is his apparent enthusiastic encyclopedic knowledge of music of many genres.

[@gaetannurjandoa5193]

G E N I U S ❤

[@walkshe]

I love that Chris is such an incredible musician but really doesn't take himself too seriously!

[@NCflyfisher1]

I'm so glad that Chris is self-aware.

[@yuk0ncornelius]

I wouldn't kick him out of bed. I mean, I'm straight...but nobody is THAT straight.

[@jw_bird]

yuk0ncornelius This is the great truth

[@AlaniSugar]

lol

[@5amJones69]

Right?

[@emilypoor7604]

Chris Thile is the man of my dreams. The end.

[@bullerfugl]

I'm not gay but I'd reconsider for Chris 😂

[@Scorpia161]

Chris Thile, teaching us how to get laid via mandolin.

[@MercuutioApex]

Scorpia161 checking in 3 years later to point out this comment has 69 upvotes and while I like it I can't justify screwing that up

[@nicford1486]

almost upvoted the comment until I saw the number as well... to perfect

[@KeelyBurnMusic]

Adam Snavely and now I've accidentally screwed it up... oh well, I'm sure it was fun while it lasted

[@lucyfoster4082]

MadelineJean See Bo Burnhams advice on how to do the same with piano

[@fliprim]

You should hear Lau Noah swoon over his playing in their duet "Lesser Men would call it Love."

[@HC5167]

Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! Will never understand how this type of genius and talent is mostly hidden from the world.

[@manitou1954]

+HC5167 I have asked myself (and anyone in hearing distance) that very question! I think the populace is so dumbed-down that they can't recognize genius.

[@banjoboston6413]

@@manitou1954 I agree, people just can’t appreciate and comprehend these kinda things which is the sad truth.

[@andrewtyler2747]

Sometimes I have dreams where Chris Thile and I sit on my porch drinking whiskey and doing crossword puzzles together into the late hours of night

[@southpawMB]

Manager: Hey Chris...how many rugs do you want on stage? Chris: Yes.

[@banjoboston6413]

Best comment ever🤣

[@williamfisher233]

Absolute fire, poetry and genius. None better.

[@FJness]

I’m smiling the whole time

[@inky960]

I doubt anybody's gonna cover that one this week.

[@garykramermusic]

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@goatlovesllama]

I have never been madder in my life that I missed this show. I did get to see him with Michael Daves in May of that year but I still wanted to go see him again. This is so good :33

[@pacificpolyrythyms]

taking things to another level completely..

[@Pyriew]

Not a lot of people love music as much as Thile.

[@barbarapaulson4858]

OMG ,I can’t even Think of enough words to express how amazing this young man is on that mandolin , Wow!!!!

[@thescowlingschnauzer]

Why don't big-time acts do novelty songs any more? This stuff is great.

[@nsiepmann]

There's a lot to be said in favour of incredible musicians putting their skills to delightfully trivial uses.

[@Scorpia161]

I think novelty songs these days demonstrate a level of daring--Chris can get away with it because he's clearly talented to the point he doesn't need to take himself seriously, while most big acts just aren't. And really, a lot of pop songs these days are so bad they basically are gag songs. There are days I turn on the top forty and wonder if I'm being punked.

[@thescowlingschnauzer]

@113186481337050859492 That's exactly why the MacArthur foundation gave Chris Thile the "Genius Grant" of half a million dollars, so that he could be daring. The result is a song that pretty much sums the man up - humor, Bach, and courting women. Actually, where's the whiskey?

[@josephmyers3070]

Scorpia161 Wonder no more. You (and all of us) are.

[@teagengreydix1567]

+Nelson Robert Willis they gave him 500000 payed over five years

[@mayawood403]

I have recently picked up learning the banjo!! Chris really encourages me to keep playing to become as good as I can one day!!

[@ThatkidwithCP]

Maya Wood I feel exactly the same way.

[@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer]

Condolences

[@halfhorationelson]

This guy is great

[@kidthabrawla]

I could listen to this guy play all day.

[@spinblackcircles]

How have I never heard this??? This makes me love him even more he’s fucking amazing

[@nataliehill4727]

this man is a FREAK. i love it

[@josephmyers3070]

I went to my wonderful Collings mandolin after seeing this, and berated it, using every single obscenity I could think of for about 10 minutes. It still didn't sound anything like this!!!

[@kocurel]

I can't stop to think that's a Paul Gilbert of mandoline, with playing and humour it's just on spot

[@johngeddes7894]

Tin Pan Alley not usually my bag. This is an exception. Thank you!

[@indiefilmandmusic]

Awesome. Awesome and hilarious.

[@candieland33]

"Darker than a select few..." thought it was all funny.

[@jc333jc]

Love, love ,love this. Christ on a toadstool, he is certainly one of the folks who can play too may notes on the mandolin.

[@shellygentry4363]

Love you Chris! I miss you!

[@JustinLeatherwood]

Thank you! He played this at Pick-Staiger and I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Great tune.

[@Altair122122332345]

The harmonic structure despite the piece being a joke piece is actually really interesting

[@KeelyBurnMusic]

Yes, I love the moment at 3:17 when it goes back into the original key... and I hadn't even realized it had changed keys. Very cool.

[@katiemiller7685]

This made me laugh so hard! I wish I were that good at one of the instruments I play!

[@ellamarshmella14]

What a babe :')

[@atonugautom]

absolutely fantastic.

[@Hj4a]

Damn, I love this guy.

[@TomLangley13]

Love it! Thank you for sharing it 🙏

[@StringsOfAndersen]

made my day - true talent

[@bluegrasspicker1204]

So AWESOME

[@patriciaalley7383]

I'm a fan.

[@eavs772]

I would go out with him, his totally a catch

[@JDA1398]

Why isn't he more well known? Beats most modern music!

[@Ladyofthelake48]

Perhaps it depends on your musical circles. ;-) He's quite well known, actually.

[@spinblackcircles]

He’s a legend if you know what’s up. Known as maybe the best musician on earth

[@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer]

This is modern music

[@JTNashville]

Good heavens ... Now he's a comedian?!? I quit.

[@MountainMikeT]

Oh, come on. He just played an entire show of 90% Bach tunes. It's a novelty song. He doesn't have to be completely serious all of the time. Ever heard of John Hartford?

[@JTNashville]

MountainMikeT Methinks you misunderstood the spirit of my comment.

[@guyfaulkes3035]

JTNashville I understood your comment. I LOL'd. Chris is just too talented for 1 human being.

[@TheBibleWitness]

MountainMikeT Wow, how did you not see that was a complement?

[@guyfaulkes3035]

Actually, it was a *compliment.

[@luxfair]

Genius!

Que MARAVILHA!

[@markwilliams8532]

outside of being a musicsl genous, he has a way of capturing peoples attention with his presents .

[@jondoe8889]

I'll bet this was a great song to hear at the show, as a break from the 'real' songs. What fun! And the thing with funny/parody/joke songs is that if they don't work musically, they will be hard to listen to more than a few times. They have to be SONGS, first. And this works.

[@tsopuaifa]

Brilliant!

[@abdisalamabdulle9061]

Great sweet song

[@ruthhurd8965]

Awesome !!

[@TheJmhertz12345]

This guy!

[@JoelMcDermott]

Smashing.

[@jonathansodacan5769]

Damn what a legend

[@WinsomeJohnny]

Crazy!

[@anya1111iscool]

really great... you're my role model

[@wystemd]

genious

[@TheJmhertz12345]

Kvothe at the Eolian.

[@helloyes2000]

Love it. Is there nothing this guy can't do??

[@mandofandable]

Play too many notes.

[@rtpjavaman]

This is great. I am, however, imagining how this ends if he, unsuspectingly somehow, was out on a date with with Sierra Hull.

[@KeelyBurnMusic]

"I can't play along... you could!" And she would!

[@anya1111iscool]

i love you

[@hmmm56]

A new Tom Lehrer is born!

[@guyfaulkes3035]

The old Tom Lehrer is still alive! :-)

[@NightCamilla]

Guy Faulkes Oscar Brand then.. . wait.. . nope he's still alive as well. 94- wow.

[@michiellombaers3198]

Self-mockery with his own virtuosity, brilliant.

[@edkurnick6115]

Hey Chris, was it your date or the King of Austria (Amadeus) who told you it was too many notes. P.S. I really groove on the (too?) many notes I've enjoyed from Nickel Creek and beyond.

[@PaxMano33]

u know he probably wont read these, right? but yeah, everything this guy shits on turns to gold. love him.

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

I saw him play this at a solo gig at St Lukes in London around the same time. I don't think I've ever seen anybody do anything as well as he plays mandolin. I can take or leave his singing tho.

[@Clasteau]

Holy effing freaking goshdarn smoking cows in a room outplaying dogs at poker and Mahjong. Chris isn't human with that technique.

[@losermcgee7611]

Thile is God.

[@RijuChatterjee]

Holy shit he's good xD

[@kevthebass]

Chris Thile is not of this earth

[@benjaminrambo-martin8450]

...thunderstruck

[@Altair122122332345]

I got here from Amadeus

[@mayawood403]

Chris is very funny, but where does he get the time to write this? I LOVE this stuff

[@CharangoWithMonique]

MANDOLIN HERO!!! :)

[@teagengreydix1567]

I would give all of my future income if there was a game that taught me the mandolin

[@TheUTVOverlander]

24 people can't play a song on the mandolin.

[@fomerrxstudent]

ian_pnw 3 years later and only 50 can’t. Impressive!

[@lucyfoster4082]

He’s a genius for sure, but I’d still like to k ow who the other 21 or so people were who received MacArthur grants that year.

[@bucksellers5364]

LMAO...Yep, he's an idiot.....But I'd sure love to play the mandolin like that !! ..lol...And before you start bashing me because I said he's an idiot...You know I don't really mean that...I've admired Chris since I first heard him play..many, many years ago....Is Nickle Creek back together ?

[@ExperienceCounts2]

Move over Peter Ostrushko! Well done!

[@fancysun7836]

Aint to many folks looks like they jizzin there pants when they plays too many notes.....on the mandolin.

[@infledermaus]

Hey, Chris. How about finishing the sonatas and partitas?

[@bluegrasspicker1204]

I'm trying to learn shadow ridge. That's too many notes 150 bpm!!

[@JasperTehCLown]

50 people cant play too many notes on the mandalin.

[@nanhay692]

He lost me at "G-d Damn"

[@thelocust64]

With all the years hes spent mastering this half-instrument he could've mastered an actual one. just saying

[@Marks-Memories]

trolling troll is a troll. Feel free to unleash your musical mastery on me....I'll wait......

[@Marks-Memories]

still waiting

[@Marks-Memories]

just as I thought...trolling hater.

[@itsumama1947]

Jealousy is an ugly thing.

[@Pyriew]

Tard.

[@anya1111iscool]

i love you