Story of Sisyphus by Tom Waits (Made-Up Karaoke Challenge)

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[@microwavehelicopter2708]

Tom Waits fell unconscious and possessed Ross the moment he opened his mouth

[@thesausageman5388]

All major artists have that power. Kanye uses it to spy on people.

[@thecountercounter9127]

I imagine he was in a studio or something and then hes like "hey i got to do something real quick"and then just *THUD* as his body hits the floor

[@puffnisse]

@@thecountercounter9127 Studio? Tom Waits has sadly not made an album since 2011.

[@thecountercounter9127]

@@puffnisse shhh shhh shhshshsh shshhhhhhhhshshsh sh shhh

[@Rev_Erser]

​@@thecountercounter9127 I like how the translation button decided it needed just one more h

[@StormDatIsApproaching]

Man just improvised a blues masterpiece on the spot

[@9897431]

LITERALLY! So impressive, theres being an improv professional and then theres THIS like... omg

[@Mugthraka]

And thats the Gospel Truth!

[@NinjaSushi2]

I wouldn't call it a masterpiece but it was pretty good.

[@cammie331407]

This whole episode is musical imporv genius

[@irinaindeikina4042]

Was THAT improvised??? That's fucking insane (I haven't seen the whole thing, don't at me too bad)

[@emmanuelnwafor6552]

Beginning the song with 'abandon all hope ye who enter here' and ending it with 'Hadestown' is absolutely, absolutely brilliant.

[@laboon344]

Absolutely amazing

[@atwocious]

Bravo, Vince!

[@captainseawolf1]

Hadestown is an excellent musical just FYI

[@paperaxes4192]

@@captainseawolf1 Pretty sure that was the point made above

[@coena9377]

I’ve never heard of Tom Waits but I just know he nailed the fuck out of that prompt.

[@spidermikejr]

Do yourself a favor. Personal recommendations are God's Away on Business, Hell Broke Luce, Hope I Never Fall in Love with You, and if you want something particularly silly, The Piano Has Been Drinking

[@AngryNerdBird]

In addition to the fantastic Tom Waits songs suggested by Spider Mike Jr, I recommend listening to some of his more beautiful ballads, Alice, and Georgia Lee a listen. (Fair warning, Georgia Lee is a sad one).

[@lemonGresham]

I don't wanna frow old

[@lemonGresham]

Waltz in Matilda

[@atlascollective3000]

Hell Broke Luce is a phenomenal and deep song.

[@lokakona]

i like that it was clear nobody knew ross could do that with his voice

[@koseorhun]

After the McDonalds McBeth, I exclusively expect him to pull out this type of voice

[@keithklassen5320]

I mean, whoever made that prompt sure as hell did...

[@Reviachi]

@@keithklassen5320 it was a book full of prompts and he chose it himself. But maybe whoever wrote those knew. There is a bts episode for this one.

[@luf4rall]

That's why he was chosen for this prompt so they knew.

[@TwoToneShoes]

@@luf4rall They actually had a giant binder full of prompts to chose from, so Ross chose this one out of a lot of them. For obvious reasons, since he fuckin nailed it.

[@kmclaughlin4837]

Idk how he pulled that voice out with that metric ton of gravel Fucking fantastic!

[@doublevendetta]

Compression, and lots of it lol

[@bossmansam2]

He pulled from the mountain of Sisyphus itself.

[@TranquillShot]

​@@yuuri9064Google lmao

[@haileymclaughlin3961]

@@yuuri9064 it’s a mixture of genetics, alchohal and smoking, and vocal distortion. When you do vocal distortion/compression/fry you constrict the muscles at the back of your throat that force air to pass from lungs and vibrate the fleshy parts around your vocal box, which creates “grit” in your vocal style.

[@jordantaylor4390]

Don’t know for sure here, but if you do ‘vocal fry’ and then turn up the volume, it gives you a safe kind of rock and rill distortion. Hopefully he’s doing something similar

[@maze8963]

sam literally hyperventilating with excitement is so valid rn

[@FFKonoko]

Ignore the bot people

[@kamaradevile9978]

@@FFKonoko don't ignore. report the bot for spam

[@eannane8712]

To he fair, so was i

[@73frogs]

i was gobsmacked too that was insanely good

[@mechinodermata]

@@kamaradevile9978 with how many of these bot comments there are and how many are sure to follow, reporting them every time is just, well, sisyphean

[@AndromedaCripps]

It makes perfect sense to me that Tom Waits singing about Greek mythology is just straight up Hadestown

[@batabids]

he could definitely play hades

[@AndromedaCripps]

@@batabids Omg exactly!!!!!

[@Rexythe_rat]

YESSSSS

[@avval8549]

Ross: “HAS GOT TO COME DOOOOWN” Sam very gently: “got to come down”

[@aqueelkadri8371]

His name is Ross not Jess 😂 Jess Mckenna is the girl who usually does musical improv with Zach Reino (the guy with the longer hair who was shown in this clip)

[@avval8549]

@@aqueelkadri8371 My bad, I made this comment at like 4 in the morning so I didn’t really realize at the time🤣

[@aqueelkadri8371]

@@avval8549 No worries my man Been there done that 😂

[@dumpy_frog]

@@aqueelkadri8371 god we’ve got a third dropout Jess now

[@aqueelkadri8371]

@@dumpy_frog 🤣🤣🤣 The other one's full name is literally JESS ROSS And she was the original droupout Jess

[@JamesTrifolium]

“Howdy stranger, how’d you like to be guided across this here river by an old man who only accepts loose change?”

[@-Mushroom_Kid-]

“Dammit I think I left my wallet on my other corpse”

[@cursedtubaking7162]

​@just i c e curse you and seven of your kin.

[@astrobella4620]

@just i c e you absolute mad lad

[@Lovelessh3art]

​@just i c e dammit I was expecting a Rick Roll...

[@KnellHarbinger66]

​@just i c e 💯🤣

[@angelrios5897]

The fact that you not only have to be able to sing, but adlib, AND possess a working knowledge of the mythos of Sisyphus. I'm floored.

[@lnsflare1]

It's super easy to do this, you just need to get possessed by Sisyphus, who is himself being possessed by Tom Waits.

[@thedrunkenelf]

To be fair they do interview etc before the show to give the game changers an idea of their musical styles, interests, etc. they aren’t going to give them a singer or topic they know nothing about.

[@Ratchet4647]

Also, the knowledge of the words carved above the gates of hell in Inferno

[@TequilaToothpick]

​@@thedrunkenelfYeah I figured that would be the case when I saw one so an Animal Crossing Impression. They had to have known she knew that game.

[@brewdaly1873]

​@@TequilaToothpickthey're pretty open with the fact that they do try to tailor the prompts to the players, even writing some prompts specifically for one person.

[@sTelevision-um1vf]

Dude I'm a massive fan of Tom waits and i can swear to you this sounds exactly like something he'd write. I implore you to make a full version

[@GrizzG13]

Right I think I was more surprised by the fact that this isn't already a song by Tom Waits

[@Jasiuuu]

@@GrizzG13 thats what i thought :D

[@SpazPtard]

! 100 thousand fu**in percent !

[@Kihen9]

Still waiting and hoping for a full version

[@Jasiuuu]

@@Kihen9 i think there is one

[@Duchess_of_handalore]

I love that it just turns into a deleted Hadestown song at the end lol

[@rramshacklez]

same lmao

[@basementdwellercosplay]

I mean it kinda started as one too, I love it

[@drakemallard1486]

​@@daometh They're bots.

[@crusaderonabike8164]

Thought he said hades' town

[@SwagPizza]

Same XD

[@veryvivid]

sam's little "got to come down" is so fhcking funny to me because he was clearly freaking the fuck out over how clever the lyrics were but didn't want to interrupt the flow of the song, so he expressed his awe by way of back up vocals

[@brunovega6479]

honestly, spontaneous jazzy backup vocals is the coolest/most respectful way to be hype about improvised jazz lyrics.

[@matthadden2649]

I freaking lost it on that same part!

[@HighFlyActionGuy]

That's just editing homie.

[@Jasnah.Kholin]

"when he was aliiive" sam: aæuhh 😩

[@kitparsons6680]

Sam cuming to good music sounds about right

[@DocFleg]

😆 spelling on point for Sam's little noise of glee.

[@Person7503]

I can't- 😂

[@heathermarie5139]

Love the username!

[@AiceQream]

Holy shitt the amount of confidence to create that shit out of nowhere is absolute bonkers

[@skdfd494]

His voice goes hard as fuck, I love it

[@HazeZeus]

​@here is the full clip don't do that. I don't like that. 😅

[@rej6419]

@here is the full clip 🗿👍

[@godofhands6121]

@here is the full clip you tricked me you jerk

[@AelOk17]

​@here is the full clip damn it. I just got rick rolled :(

[@notoriousgoblin83]

Like Lance Armstrong doing a stint in a Finnish metal band

[@kothoshi]

FROM THE FIRST LINE I WAS LIKE “holy shit this is SO Hadestown” and then, he finished off with Hadestown. Brilliant

[@omchar8171]

Literally, even before the vocals too

[@andreagultimo7794]

3.6k likes only one reply? let me fix that!

[@markm.9062]

And then he hadestowned to everybody. The most hadestown ever.

[@swordsmanthegamernine7973]

@@markm.9062 I liked when he said ‘It’s Waits Time’ and then he Hadestowned all over

[@avaberryman182]

Same!

[@dannyawesome8759]

The singing goes hard as fuck but lets also give props to the beat and piano because it fits SO WELL

[@OctagonalSquare]

Yeah! Dude killed it on all of these

[@Batchall_Accepted]

As soon as the pianist started playing I was immediately like "oh man this guy knows Tom to a tee" 😂

[@Whiskers--5]

Not really. The piano and beat started it and the singer had to come up with a voice to match it

[@BroudbrunMusicMerge]

​@@Whiskers--5 They mean fitting the prompt

[@Whiskers--5]

@@BroudbrunMusicMerge ohhhh

[@greenyoshi888]

“And the crowd goes wild with recognition” is probably my favorite part about this.

[@TinyWarriorAnimations]

This cast can't just keep making hit songs, and then cut them off when I NEED MORE

[@Ubersnipe]

They could, no joke, just start releasing albums

[@molly.dog8brooke792]

@just i c e Yeah… no, stop.

[@peepeepoopoo5396]

​@just i c e why have you done this

[@reggiehigh22]

​@just i c e ... You deserve to roll a rock now for this.

[@73frogs]

report bots n move on 👍

[@yusraabdul1445]

We need an episode with him, Jess and Brennan that is made for dramatic monologues and impromptu singing.

[@yusraabdul1445]

I’m thinking Shakespeare meets musical

[@jean-lucwalker3690]

​@just i c e why do you lie?

[@FFKonoko]

​@@jean-lucwalker3690 it's a bot...

[@sketchyAnalogies]

Bump because more people need to see this

[@evanislost]

Perfect idea

[@sanityisrelative]

This unironically slaps and I would buy this song with actual human money in a second.

[@laboon344]

Same

[@kylehumbert5735]

Lizard money works too

[@NinjaSushi2]

Where can one acquire thisss human currencccccccy?... Asking for a fellow human I call, friend.

[@wrensey_YT]

I'd buy it with dog money

[@envitaly]

Me personally, spirit money.

[@izzyreel6730]

I have to say as a Tom Waits fan. He f-ing NAILED Waits’ voice.

[@ClarkeD14]

8 months later and I still desperately need this as a single

[@armoreddragon0394]

I’m with you on that

[@ZachYohama]

2 months later still, and I too want to hear a full song of this

[@bclark3614]

Here we are, a full year in

[@JestaLemon]

A full year and 6 days.

[@user-mb6ne3md6k]

I don't know time

[@fenrirsdaughter9880]

Homie just adlibbed a Hadestown fanfiction.

[@artillianeye]

i LOVE it

[@charlie906]

HELP SO TRUE

[@tumblingartist]

ITS AMAZING

[@zoecallan8401]

Bro it totally works

[@drdeesnutts48]

"ad libbed"

[@MrTheSilentAssassin]

“Who’s that rolling a rock over there? No man can tell.” *Proceeds to tell exactly who that man rolling a rock is.*

[@TwoToneShoes]

He's clearly no man.

[@LasagnaTheArtist]

​@@TwoToneShoes Odysseus?

[@enriquepx1698]

​​@@LasagnaTheArtist or, hear me out, Hades or Thanatos himself, no man there technically 😌🤔

[@Number1Irishlad]

​@@enriquepx1698nah, its definitely that sneaky fuck Odysseus. Snuck down there to tell us that story

[@Drakoman07]

@@LasagnaTheArtist nobody did this to me!

[@davidcattin7006]

I love how Sam is always so tickled with what he can make people do.

[@joelanderson9869]

Can we please appreciate the pianist that managed to follow his singing perfectly and made it sound so smooth?

[@timtheenchanter55]

I mean the pianist is great, but he played a pretty standard progression and having a general knowledge of music theory would make it an easy follow if you have the skill to come up with the lyrics. 4 bar intro to get a feel before it starts so he has the vibe, 8 bar verse (nice touch having an a and b theme across the verse) and then an 8 bar chorus. It's why it's really easy to predict the words (and a lot of the rhythms) of modern church music if you know enough words for basic rhyme recognition

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

@@timtheenchanter55 It might seem simple to you but I assure you that it's way more impressive than you think it is.

[@clearlynotchloe]

@@TonkarzOfSolSystemi mean the way he just described it, it seems like he’s knowledgeable enough to grasp what the pianist did

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

@@clearlynotchloe Yeah, I mean my point is that while someone with the skills and knowledge might consider it easy I think they're underestimating just how much more they know then your average layman.

[@clearlynotchloe]

@@TonkarzOfSolSystem ur right actually, i ddint consider that. i think he’s underselling both his and the pianist’s talent

[@TheDangerNoodle]

Sam adlibing "GOT TO COME DOWN!" Out of excitement makes my day every time.

[@laboon344]

Incredible

[@pheonixangel_]

I swear if it was an actual Hadestown song, those adlibs would definitely be in there 😂

[@AnnoyingNewsletters]

I was right there with Sam even before the camera cut to him 😂

[@voodoosleeper]

Seeing that voice come out of that person is simply wild.

[@jdm2269]

Bruh look at Tom Waits

[@killerrosebudiscool]

Look at any metal vocalist, Phil Bozeman, Randy Blythe, Mitch Lucker

[@DneilB007]

Yeah, it’s kinda the same thing as watching the actual Tom Waits.

[@somecallmetim4490]

If you're seeing voices, that's wild enough.

[@nickmilo932]

​@@killerrosebudiscool I always use Tatiana Shmaylyuk as a good example Lol

[@9944908]

The atmosphere in the room changed from "amused anticipation" to "scaroused shock" in an INSTANT

[@ilahcastroribeiro1915]

I love everything about this. This should get made into a real song.

[@geoffreyschuchardt5350]

Check out underground by Tom Waits

[@Kedrezac]

​@@geoffreyschuchardt5350yessir

[@jackpage7843]

I would listen to this all day

[@ilahcastroribeiro1915]

@@jackpage7843 same.

[@raptortamer8058]

Absolutely

[@moriarty8197]

"And the crowd goes wild with recognition." He said it. He delivered. Im madly impressed and i want more. Also mad respect to the musician the thing sounds Waits from top to bottom.

[@finnanut1098]

Yeah I was not expecting him to get the voice but he was actually really good

[@glenngriffon8032]

I must admit I'm impressed with his impersonation.

[@panpolypuff]

I'm just trying to imagine what it was like to improvise these with only piano, because the post-production drums and sound effects are just so perfect!

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

I know "improv god" is basically a requirement on the CollegeHumor job application, but it still blows my mind how they come up with 1) the music and 2) the lyrics to these incredible songs _on the fly._ Phenomenal work.

[@TheGoatFish]

This and "The Official Cast Recording" are easily in the top 5 of Game Changer for me.

[@RicardoMontania]

There's no way this wasn't staged o_o

[@andreidinu7316]

​@@RicardoMontania once you work on improv, it gets easier. Then there's people who are just talented to do it on the spot, like Harry Mac, who does full free styles on the spot.

[@TheGoatFish]

@@RicardoMontania there are hundreds of prompts they can choose from in the episode, but they have also had other episodes where they come up with songs on the fly. Additionally, they have a whole new show on the concept - Play it by ear - and other shows have done this plenty of times. The classic "whose line is it anyways" did this every episode as the last prompt. Check out Wayne Brady, he's the OG on-the-fly song writer and has been doing it for decades.

[@tinyybiceps]

@@andreidinu7316 Dude, the Harry Mack episode on Marc Rebillet's YT channel..... damn

[@QM67100]

There is improv, and there is THAT

[@brockmckelvey7327]

This. This is the hardest improv from my humble perspective. Not only do you need near encyclopedic knowledge of what makes singers/genres unique, you need to be able to rhyme on command, all while keeping it thematically appropriate. And you need to sound good, too.

[@kitparsons6680]

Entirely agree

[@luthien47]

Yeah seems very staged

[@evi6629]

​@@luthien47normally i would agree, but i've seen play it by ear which is basically just this but for a whole hour, building an entire story, and yeah no i'm not surprised anymore. I mean- i guess it is staged in that they deliberately tailor the questions to the guests' talents, all the guests they got this ep where people who aleady had experience in "musical comedy improv"

[@samg6940]

@@luthien47 Honestly, I think this is much easier for some people than it is for others. I'm pretty stupid about math and science, but improvising themed songs like this on the spot is almost effortless for me. I'm not nearly as good as this guy, but it wouldn't take an insane amount of training for me to get there either. Which isn't to discount the skill needed to do this, I just mean to say that it isn't impossible to the point of questioning its sincerity.

[@TwoToneShoes]

They got to choose from a list of prompts so he probably had a bit of time to come up with some basic ideas while choosing.

[@teamcyeborg]

The way he relaxes after every verse like he's being POSSESSED

[@Bedevere]

his whole body tension was amazing

[@lauratruxillo6264]

Somewhere Tom Waits had an out of body experience

[@Bedevere]

@@lauratruxillo6264 HAHA like he got spiritually teleported into the room for a few minutes and was sent back when done.

[@bydrix0582]

By syfilus

[@nitishsontakke7432]

cuz he was fuckin possessed by the muses themselves baby!

[@MadDog-ic2ti]

When he started singing I lost it 😂

[@dachigobeja8490]

​@here is the full clip nope that's a bot

[@Chris-vg3ml]

I gasped and had to cover my mouth. Ross Bryant is really impressive, I've quickly become a huge fan of his since he first appeared on Make Some Noise just a few months ago!

[@anogaft1543]

So did sam XD

[@ZCisCool]

Their reactions when he pulled out that voice was ✨PRICELESS✨

[@redclayscholar620]

My Gods! He didn't just nail it, he built a whole fucking house out of it! Damn that's good!!

[@elithewholeshebang]

Right?!? It's just mmm!

[@bruceusername]

what's he building in there?

[@terje8118]

@@bruceusername damn, you beat me to it 😁

[@yokaipup]

As a huge Tom Waits and musical improv fan I've never felt more alive

[@shadowversatile689]

Then can you help me find the original one 🙏 It doesn't seem to be on KZbin for some reason 🙏

[@scrazad1601]

​@@shadowversatile689 they are uploaded to the College humour's Dropout streaming service

[@MrSF247]

Right when I heard the music start, I immediately thought of Tom Waits and that gravelly voice. Then he starts singing. Was NOT disappointed.

[@MammalianCreature]

@@shadowversatile689 It's from a streaming service. They post clips here for promo. "Dropout" is the name.

[@WhisperingEcho33]

SAAAAMMMEEE

[@lilymoon2829]

me: this sounds perfect for Hadestown! him: step ahead of ya

[@awesome346]

Jesus loves you!

[@bradleyh4532]

@@awesome346 not you though!

[@GustavRex]

​@@awesome346 Stop.

[@franzschubert3461]

​@@bradleyh4532 Don't be rude, he is clearly expressing a form of kindness

[@franzschubert3461]

​@@GustavRex Not cool

[@ncriggar]

Game changers may have the single greatest concentration of performance talent ever assembled.

[@h2h8680]

So props to the guy singing, but double to props goes to the guy playing the keyboard. Listening to the queues for tempo change in someone's voice on the fly is CRAZY difficult. Give that man a raise.

[@shanem8145]

This! Seriously

[@mattschultz4111]

Yeah, love to appreciate good talent.

[@gwen9939]

what are you talking about it's nearly the same tempo all the way through. It goes from being steady on 115 and steps up to 117 in small increments. If you're following someone's voice being forward on the beat that isn't a direct cue to you increasing the tempo, in fact that would generally be considered inconsistent. We're not talking some super rhythmically tight genre of music where these things truly matter. This is Tom Waits where the more drunk and swingy everything sounds the better. The very slight tempo increases could very well be planned, especially considering that the drum track is probably running as a sequence.

[@h2h8680]

@Gwen Nah definitely a temp change, better luck next time Gwen.

[@ufffd]

Pretty sure he just played the piano and the guy sang along. You know, how it normally works

[@BuiHieuDong]

His voice really sounds like what a canon Disney villain's voice would be and i highly respect that.

[@teknicalmage6370]

​@just i c e no

[@nobodyburgen4594]

It's literally just what Tom Waits sounds like if you didnt know

[@viridiantheforest1037]

Tbh It kinda reminds me of the animated Hercules movie

[@bonnie1303]

@@viridiantheforest1037 I KNOW JUST IMAGINE THE FATES COMING OUT AS HE SAID HADESTOWN

[@gimme_ya_chippies7546]

It's fairly reminiscent of Dr facelier

[@josephcroeniangamer3727]

I love how Sam was one of the responsable of saving the company in to dropout by just making the stars entretain him, it's glorious.

[@TripleXMango]

Dropout is the only subscription I feel good about buying. I discovered college humour back when they would host picnicface sketches, they were a small comedy troupe from near my home who did really ahead of it’s time stuff. Been a huge fan ever since, and the D20 content alone on dropout is worth the $8 a month.

[@marcusmecale]

​@@TripleXMangoI miss dropout to be honest I'm gonna make room in my budget to get it you've reminded me it's good to enjoy

[@PaulGuy]

That's really all it is now, isn't it. Just a bunch of people goofing around on improv game shows and role-playing games.

[@j-jackquinn5540]

@@PaulGuyyeah, and its fantastic!

[@MemekingJag]

@@TripleXMango Same. Picnicface, Jake and Amir, all the old sketches they used to do, but it dropped off with Adam Conover and that new generation. I had seen some Game Changer stuff, but when I realised it was Sam hosting it, I made the connection it was Collegehumor. I love the new players, and still having Josh around to do the Seagull is amazing, I'm glad the creators of half my childhood jokes between me and my friends are still going and better than ever.

[@Eve.v]

this regularly gets stuck in my head (including the preemptive "And the crowd goes wild with recognition!")

[@hibiscuspetals02]

Was literally thinking "wow this has Patrick Page in Hadestown vibes" then he sang that line at the end xD how much do I have to pay this man for a full version?

[@user-fy9xl9eu8c]

right!!!

[@baltusaramis6091]

agreed, my new alarm btw :'D!

[@hannahburkey4880]

YES PLEASE!

[@evalynspecht1041]

It would fit in after wait for me or the reprise

[@chancellorbaird255]

As a theater kid who absolutely loves hadestown, I now wish Sisyphus was in the show, so we could have this delightful treat on the stage.

[@Loki_K]

Pssssst, watch Triangle (the movie). Just enjoy.

[@rootbourne4454]

Or play Hades, it has all of them in there!

[@roxxram9151]

@@rootbourne4454 Magic is real and so is Bouldy!

[@KanderUdon]

@@roxxram9151always give nectar 🥹

[@Champs-ek7lh]

Wait are these lyrics from a song that already exists? He didn’t make these up on the spot?

[@ShadowsOfTheSky]

This episode was the absolute peak of talent, EVERY SINGLE ONE SLAPPED HARD, they did not miss a beat, holy crap dude

[@youwillneverknow2926]

Do you know how i can watch this full episode

[@rockassassin64]

​@@youwillneverknow2926 With a drop out subscription would be the legal way If you want to do it a little less legally I wouldn't really know but I hope that at least helped some

[@Quantumscales]

Link

[@Kradd]

Have you seen the musical?

[@markcorrigan3311]

Feel like the guy with the black hair can’t sing lol

[@Rainbowcookie03]

I still regularly come to this video cause it’s so good. Like omfg

[@tcphll]

Wow. As a big fan of Waits, this was just fantastic. He didn't just get the gravely voice, but the mannerisms and the slightly more whispery growl Waits does.

[@leooo6311]

SAME

[@danielsmith8794]

"How many times have you" "yes" "But I didn't finish my sentence" "YES"

[@firetrio2103]

No

[@BooksAreAnEscapeFromReality]

@@firetrio2103 yes

[@lukaspollard1048]

YES

[@CalebBohanon]

Maybe

[@banana_powerrrr]

Yes.

[@nebulaecry]

Wait i want this to be a real song so bad

[@kryzai9302]

​@just i c e this is why I have trust issues

[@9nikolai]

It is. It's no less a real song just because it was improvised.

[@ricebeansrockroll882]

My soul craves the full version

[@seighartmercury]

​@@9nikolai I think they meant a full length song, not a song shorter than a minute

[@Penguinmanereikel]

@@kryzai9302 never listen to a top reply that says something like that

[@Angryleftistwitch]

I just have to randomly watch this video from time to time. Its so damn good.

[@Rogue_5507]

"Offended the Gods." Bro locked Death Incarnate in a box until Ares and Hades got suspicious

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

The version I read is he invited Hades over for dinner, and Hades, never having been invited to dinner by a mortal before, accepted. Sisyphus tied him up and left him there. 😂 And as long as Hades was tied up, no-one could die.

[@Rogue_5507]

@@benjaminoechsli1941 the story varies on wether it was Thanatos or Hades

[@excaliburknives3572]

@@benjaminoechsli1941well it wouldn’t matter because Hades isn’t the god of death. Thanatos is.

[@kanakomonsen9114]

My favorite part of that myth was how long it took them to *get* suspicious

[@excaliburknives3572]

@@kanakomonsen9114 well Hades does have a lot of work. And what are years to immortal beings?

[@dylanvickers7953]

I got chills when he said “what goes up”

[@elithewholeshebang]

Seriously, that voice was perfect for this song

[@leteeciabaynton2970]

Me too!!!

[@broken_vessel42]

Dude... I grew up on Tom Waits and greek mythology. This is my perfect video and now that I've seen it I can die happy.

[@janeeyre1990]

A natural venn diagram of interests

[@thebearjew2000]

Thats oddly specific and I love it

[@Grimm-A]

Watch hadestown 🧐

[@terrorofdeath3280]

The clip such a weird intersection of interests of mine as well, it just tickled my brain from start to finish.

[@Imjustaghostbat]

🥲

[@mammabear379]

As a Tom waits fan i didn't think it was going to be that good, UNTIL he opened his mouth and fucking magic poured out! 🎉🎉🎉

[@ZMM619]

One must imagine Tom Waits happy

[@grouchypseudopod354]

I think you just elevated KZbin comments as an art form

[@Skooskah]

Top Ten Underrated KZbin Comments

[@cat_and_cabbage4662]

I have no words

[@MrAh1123581321]

🔥

[@ZoeBateman]

ross somehow sneakily shovelled a fistful of rough, loose stones into his throat to make his voice that gravelly, and that's dedication

[@indestruct1bl3]

rough loose stones that broke off of Sisyphus's boulder. Lol

[@thanesgames9685]

"Excuse me while I gargle this Drano".

[@Jskierka2295]

Man smoked about 19 packs of cigarettes just moments before

[@steffen_a]

The McBeth already blew my mind but this is just outstanding. His improv talent is out of this world.

[@aarons3014]

I agree. I've seen other shorts that were funnier, but the two you mention are the most astonishing. Like watching an impossible magic trick.

[@devent10n]

​@@aarons3014 it really is, and I believe Sam called the musical improv exactly that in one if the GC episodes with them. It is so incredible to me that people can hone this skill into something that produces *this*. It's *amazing*.

[@dandy-lions5788]

I thought the McDonald's MacBeth was the peak of comedy, and now he tops that with this masterpiece

[@epic8088]

The fucking Vibrato on "What goes up" is the part the fucking floors me.

[@saltypork101]

I've never felt chills from a song at the same time as stitches from laughing before, and I never want to again. Thank you for that uniquely sensorily overwhelming experience.

[@2nd-place]

All being produced in real-time like some sort of god-tier machine learning algorithm. Fuck me!

[@kurrankeating7004]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one with chills lmao. Red with embarrassment too

[@fancyfloppa9256]

Same lmao

[@Flauset]

I don't even usually get chills and it did it

[@QuikVidGuy]

He is FEELING that song. He even goes staccato with the pianist

[@cruz6550]

whats staccato

[@zperk13]

@@cruz6550 it's when the notes are shortened (often with a short silence afterwards). I think OP was referring to "rolling that stone up a"

[@fluffy_walrus]

The fact that I can pin this solidly to a specific era of Waits' music is a testament to this masterful improv.

[@trashpanda2200]

Could u maybe tell me what era or what albums/songs kinda bc this song lowkey made me want to get into Tom waits

[@tomascinnsealeach9979]

​@@trashpanda2200 chocolate Jesus might be a good start

[@fluffy_walrus]

@@trashpanda2200 The structure and melody seems straight out of the new works he did for the Brawlers portion of 'Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards' collection (partially unreleased older songs that didn't quite mesh in the albums he was working on in the past, part newer material, about an even split iirc), which is smack in the middle of the album Mule Variations (which this also would fit into stylistically, if slightly less, probably mostly similar to the Glitter & Doom live version of 'Get Behind the Mule') and 'Real Gone' (this improv piece does remind me a bit of 'Don't Into That Barn' off that album). Vocal performance, he seems to be emulating the Glitter & Doom tour era before Waits' voice started to fail him a bit live, but after he started shifting to more of a holler & shout style of singing. So yeah, this is the 1999-mid-00's Waits era more or less. There's probably stuff you'd like off 'Mule Variations', 'Alice', 'Blood Money', 'Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards', and 'Real Gone' (a five year period of time, he was wildly prolific so late in his career). And if you haven't heard the Glitter & Doom live album, I def recommend it, his live versions of songs can be wildly different than the album versions. Some tracks to start with similar to this if you like this vibe: "Get Behind the Mule" off Glitter and Doom live album "Don't Go Into That Barn" off Real Gone "God's Away on Business" off Blood Money "Come On up To The House' off Mule Variations "2:19" off Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards. And then there's some personal favourites: "Clap Hands" off Rain Dogs "Black Wings" off Bone Machine "16 Shells From A 30.6" off Swordfishtrombones "Rain Dogs" off Rain Dogs "Alice" off of Alice

[@fluffy_walrus]

@@tomascinnsealeach9979 I'm partial to the live performance here out of what's available on youtube: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5SYlZ-XhN-CeZI

[@kevinweaver2445]

It's the little percussion hit with the brake bell in the beginning that really puts it squarely into Swordfishtrombones/Rain Dogs territory for me

[@morganbrokaw5190]

One must imagine Tom Waits happy.

[@ereynolds72]

Could you not imagine some classic Disney animation of some boatman rowing someone through the Styx, who was silent right up until they enter Tartarus just pull his hood down and start singing this to the probably child character whose come to save maybe a sibling or something, with like, spectral skeletons snapping in unison around him, the big flares of fires and the drops of the river and such. It’s such a clearly perfect musical including to some Greco inspired Disney family film. Like, as soon as he hits “hadestown” the boat drops off of a ledge into another section of river with that sign lazily hanging up with all sorts of colourful ghouls and goblins skulking around

[@i.eat.paintbrushes]

Im thinking “John Henry” style- it be so good 😫

[@alexs5814]

SO MUCH THIS! I believe that we'll know where to search for a cast of characters to revitalize cartoons after disney finally dies.

[@ob2kenobi388]

And it could have a couple other verses, each one pertaining to a different myth/punishment!

[@Tavish_Studios]

Give it to me now. With Ross as the Boatman.

[@cheatcode436]

The instruments are played by skeletons who rock up on a different ferry completely unprompted. Also one of them plays another’s vertebrae like a xylophone at one point.

[@TheGayRaven]

This is such a bloody earworm. I need a full song pronto

[@tommy_casual]

Basically Tom Waits has several songs like this lol

[@riven5544]

Any recommendations?

[@tommy_casual]

@@riven5544 Sure. Here's a few. The first one is clearly the inspiration for this one. Don't go into that barn: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4O2c6CXoa13jJI Underground: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJK3hISwjq6Fabc Hell Broke Luce : kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnfNpmylbaeJgJo Little Drop of Poison: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYfKfZKdl99mrtU Earth Dies Screaming: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWisZZ6JpbhnadE Singapore: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6raeWiinsafqbc Make it Rain: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6eTmaeAZdmaqbc He;s got a ton of music that's weird, growly, bluesy, avant garde, etc... but he also has tons of smooth love songs, tragic ballads, swinging tunes. He's the man of many voices and the man of many genres. He writes with a humor and pain that feels older than he was when he wrote them. Easily one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

[@tommy_casual]

@@riven5544 lol just remembered "Fish in the Jailhouse" music.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpq7pHyBf7iFpKM&feature=share

[@pheonixangel_]

@@riven5544 ‘Way Down Hadestown’ ‘When the Chips are Down’ ‘Why we Build the Wall’ These are three songs that fit the song vibes really well, especially the last one 👍

[@Grigio_cat]

“Deep Voiced Ross isn’t real, he can’t hurt you” * deep voiced Ross *

[@endosym5023]

I'm fine with him hurting me. As long as he uses THAT voice

[@omniphage9391]

@@endosym5023 aye, safe words exist for a reason.

[@Inthepotwithdiogenes]

It's been nigh on 2 years, and this one still hits as hard as it did on first play

[@os-zodiac]

We need like an entire album of this show's improv songs

[@civilizedmonkey1795]

There's one for Mountport songs on Spotify, so I'm hoping they'll make one for this episode too

[@johnsnow9210]

Link plz kindred

[@os-zodiac]

@@johnsnow9210 links aren't allowed on KZbin sadly

[@Jhueko]

Sam looks like he discovered something about himself as soon as Ross brought that voice out

[@basementdwellercosplay]

Okay but this slaps it feels just like a Hadestown song, I need a full version by someone

[@kyletoelle]

Amen to that!

[@woodrobin]

"Oh HELL yeah!" was perfectly on point.

[@VaporVT]

He knew the assignment, and ate it up I need a full song of this that would be so cool!

[@PimentaP7]

This was Needlessly Amazing Like Seriously there was no need for it to be that good now I want a 3min version and an accompanying album wow

[@ESPNight004]

Absolutely!

[@xxdagrimreaperxx5803]

Add the extended version of 1000 hellos, I love it

[@BlueMiaou]

The myth of Sisyphus actually explains his sentence in Tartarus: Sisyphus spent his life luring people into his home for shelter and killing them to steal their money. Eventually he died, but specifically asked his wife not to bury him; he told Persephone herself that he had no proper burial, which upset her. He took advantage of her upset to go back in the world of the living, but once he died again he was sentenced to roll a boulder up a mountain. Every time that boulder reached the top, it rolled down the other side, plummeting back and making him have to start all over again, much like how death was inescapable despite his attempts.

[@claudiag.9307]

I've heard another myth where he made Death drunk and Held hin captive in his basement

[@TheM8]

@@claudiag.9307 that was tantalus i think?

[@Fyreflier]

@@TheM8 No Tantalus fed his son to the gods (or more specifically, Demeter who was still grieving the loss of Persephone and the only god at the table who hadn't realised they were being served human flesh until she'd already eaten some) after they kicked him off Olympus for stealing nectar and ambrosia. Sisyphus chained Death and told his wife not to perform the funeral rites so he was allowed to go back. Then he just... stayed there until he got very old and got dragged down to Tartarus kicking and screaming.

[@ghostie_is_missing3904]

​@@claudiag.9307 Both things happen. When death came for him the second time he trapped him in a box. Ares who realized people weren't dying in wars anymore made it his goal to find the missing death. He found and freed death who promptly took him to hades.

[@breawycker]

Him rolling the boulder up the hill but it falling down every time is a representation of the futility of escaping death

[@Bri-zf9lw]

the look of delighted shock on everyones' faces was extremely relatable ngl

[@melee_fox4954]

One must imagine Sisyphus happy

[@BananaMike780]

waiting for sisyphus to finish his set so I can use the equipment

[@disasterbi8610]

underrated comment^ ​@@BananaMike780

[@francesmcginn5850]

He's pretty chill in Hades, just him and baldy

[@ErisRising]

I can, but Camus?

[@Le.S._8092]

CAMU!!

[@fadiasam5371]

We need these bangers on a Spotify playlist dedicated to the chaotic tunes created on this godforsaken show

[@johnsnow9210]

+1

[@plasmoasis]

we do!

[@edeciotheghost1637]

Fact

[@koseorhun]

"The tune of chaotic goods"

[@lunafaekaida1772]

unfortunately uploading to Spotify is likely to get these shorts taken down by automated copyright systems just like what happened to the mountport ones

[@millerk7456]

the immediate freakout after he instantly nails it

[@Zay-ii8cn]

I refuse to believe homie came up with this off the dome, hearing this melody for the first time. No one man can have that much talent.

[@charlesgordon6881]

Ross is no mere man

[@michelleklalonde88]

I've listened to this 37 times now and don't see myself stopping anytime soon

[@eli5504]

Its mesmerising isnt it

[@rogerbowen162]

SPARTA LISTEN TO THE ROSS

[@AnnoyingNewsletters]

Makes me wanna listen to 🔥🔥🔥 *_Hell_* 🔥🔥🔥 by the Squirrel Nut Zippers

[@ginster458]

I‘ve legit been here for half an hour

[@SovietReunionYT]

I'm at well over 370 times and still going strong.

[@liev_x]

My jaw DROPPED 😲 Nailed Tom Waits' voice/style, knew the mythology, came up with lyrics *on the spot*, and made a banger all at the same time. Please, dear god, I need a full version of this. 🙏🏽

[@elplain]

Wait! Are you saying that he actually improvised all THAT? Including the lyrics?!!! WOW!!!

[@lilbirdy5747]

​@@elplain yep... the whole show, even the rules of every episode are improved

[@zeecaptainz]

WHAT THE ACTUAL- literal chills the moment he started singing

[@fishnugget3672]

AND YOU IMPROVED THIS?! FUCKING SICK AS HELL BRO!

[@jdor827]

Fucking hell that is an astounding voice mimicry. And the fact that her pulled out those lyrics, beautiful

[@dead_soul6832]

I WANT A FULL ALBUM OF ALL THE MYTHS AND GODS RN 💥💳💥💳💥

[@Ghirahim3]

May I suggest looking into Hadestown if you haven't heard it already.

[@scrip3799]

Hadestown is a real and BANGER musical 🥺

[@waldof86]

it's in spanish but "Destripando la Historia" is exactly that, in the off chance you speak it

[@LEOODARTHVADER2]

The Mechanism. Go for it, all albums are reimagining of myths

[@LEOODARTHVADER2]

@@waldof86 I FOUND A WILD DLH FAN, OH MY GOD.

[@imthecoolestguyalive]

damn the hadestown workshop songs slap

[@Shadowz227]

​@justice1046why do you exist

[@arottenfruit8060]

@@Shadowz227 is it a fake clip

[@sabrel4975]

@@arottenfruit8060 it’s a bot. I haven’t clicked on the link, but generally it’s either a link to a religious video or a video of someone preparing food

[@Lucifersfursona]

@@sabrel4975 today we will be cooking the body of jeeeesus (bakes bread)

[@kiwwykeen5305]

One of the greatest improvisers of our era. Thank goodness for dropout bringing these gems to masses

[@raoul22]

I WANT THIS ON SPOTIFY HOLY SHIT

[@samsunguser3438]

I just love seeing the genuine joy in everyone's expression because it just proves how much he killed this uber comedic, soulfully talented on spot Karaoke rendition! And of course, Sam's overall reaction made me grin and laugh even more!

[@mr.boogerbutt6667]

And just when I thought Game Changer couldn't possibly top the Mountport episode... this episode comes along. So incredibly good.

[@user-jv8ux9lr9j]

What’s the episode called?

[@totalpovvortex]

@@user-jv8ux9lr9j karaoke night - season 5, episode 2

[@hamzamotara4304]

How tf it's this so good?!?!

[@cryptic2071]

They're all fangirling silently in the corner and it's amazing

[@icicletheweavile3056]

actually a banger tho

[@icicletheweavile3056]

@justice1046 SCREW you

[@Adi-oc7vu]

@@icicletheweavile3056 it's a bot

[@eliza6971]

The way I would have to lay on the ground to recover if I had been in the room when this happened

[@drex8891]

I need a full version of this. It's my favorite bit in all of dropout