Performance Taylor McFerrin and his dad, Bobby Music Instinct PBS

[awesumazn88]

I wish Bobby was my dad.

[MrVincentR]

his hair has the weirdest boner right now

[montrymanuel]

awesome :)

[Theawkwardblock]

That breakdown at 2:38 just makes you wanna dance, no?!?!

[Hrko1992]

Son is allways crazier than the father. He should let those dreadlocks hang the way his dad's dreadlock hang down

[TheTripToPakistan]

imagine how fun their house would be...everyone just walking around makin music

[be4tbybl4ck]

taylors hair is fuckin awesome!!1

[hollowman113]

scating his way to the bank

[ZulmaAmikr714]

so jemand deutsch

[1965angel1965]

Wow amazing, that is such a wonderful sight. Bobby must be proud that his son has his own style and they can come together and fuse with such a great harmony. No I can't imagine what nightime lullabys must have been like but I can say that uniqueness brings about uniqueness in your children. Keep up the good works Bobby McFerrin and Family

[chickenlampbrent]

I like how Bobby starts sampling at about 4 mins.

[theperfecttoolmk]

Mindblowing.

[sonymaniaco]

he don't need a DNA test to prove he's his son :D

[mp3theentertainer]

4:14 til the end (REPLAY!)

[herFLYness79]

i can't take thissss!!!! TOO MUCH GREATNESS!

[wodjah]

brilliant !

[MaxSabba]

big up for taylor! the only difference is that his dad is having more fun :)

[swingingfred]

@MaxSabba Well I think the real difference here is not having fun or not, although Bobby makes erybody smile in seconds, he's contagious. It's just a question of being gifted, being unique. The music flows through him, it's easy for Bobby; Taylor must concentrate to get to that level of performance.

[peytonjmusic]

ALRIGHT

[LiqourThatKilledTheC]

i wish i had a dad like bobby:(

[simonhamellives]

@LiqourThatKilledTheC i wish i had a bobby like dad:(

[jamont1717]

anyone know the name of the classical song bobby is hittin at the end???

[teddyliebtkarotte]

ah can somone call the original if there is one

[teddyliebtkarotte]

@teddyliebtkarotte it reminds me of sth

[dushash111]

actually it's Bobby Mcferrin and his son :) not Taylor Mcferrin and his dad ;))

[StraightAheadJazz]

PBS Deserves federal funding for keeping great arts like this alive!!!!

[almafa333]

Oh it's beautful and Taylor's locks are mad!

[Goodash21]

I've heard of dreadlocks. But shitlocks??!!

[kapuzinerkresse7]

Wondrous coverage of beautiful Father and Son, creating, in their element...Notice how both their levels of concentration are obvious in their eyes...They seem to be in another world...Just Fabulous!!!

[olivierjosephson]

Bravo, tu dois être un fier papa

[j00d00d]

Love how B gets all technical on his son at the end, awesome duo!!

[j00d00d]

Intro into a very kick-ass comedy.

[bitetyson]

Last time i checked Laurence Fishburne was an actor. Probably couldn't beat box like Taylor...

[jimpson7]

Taylor looks just like a young version of Lawrence Fishburne!

[Manawanga]

It is beautiful to know that the language of music can become a tradition in a household without instruments or computers just the body and soul...as Coleman Hawkins might have put it!

[Xenagabri]

Awesome beat, epic hair..

[michaelw2711]

music keeps you on your feet.

[lilfrenchfry14]

ok so this is prob the sweetest thing ive ever seen, but after saying that wtf is up with his hair? lol

[therawproduct]

its an honor to have seen and heard this

[mushu8321]

what a nice daddy.. i want to be his daughter

[jamont1717]

I feel like I should know the answer to this question.....but what is the name of the song Bobby isdoing at the end?

[blackberry11341134]

this is what Im talking about !!!! talk about DNA

[MissJessyeNorman]

I want more of Bobby's dad, Robert McFerrin Sr.. These two are very talented of course, but Robert Sr. is in a class of his own. The great musical genes were certainly passed from him!.

[JimiJegede]

Talent!!! Taylor's like a walking all in one super drum-set! Bobby's just... *no musical adjectives qualify enough*

[sogandik]

this is what lawrence fishburne would be . if he take the blue pill .

[gladevil]

mcferrin family don´t know what an hairdresser is :]

but when you have voicals like that who cares about the hair

[LadyofWar1980]

@gladevil Bobby's hair is fine. Taylor on the other hand....

[Culieoriginal]

And finally someone who can appreciate the value of a few bars of silence....

[90mv]

beautiful father and son aww

[mkbell2003]

Growing up in the Mcferrin household must have been beautiful noise for sure.

[GemtheToastbrot]

it's simple but truly awesome

for real, that's what it should be like :]



[1unisol1]

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[skezness]

I've always liked bobby's made up words as he improvises

[seriouse1009]

I tried to add in a beat while listening just for fun and I found there was nothing I could do to make this any better.

[tictacktom]

if this was the only language in the world there would never be any wars.

[Jump21Street]

@tictacktom Oh,it was beautiful - AND true!

[chaincells]

@tictacktom Christian Metal would ruin it.

[raquelmjackson]

You guys rock!!!!!!!

[aggielaxer]

Can you imagine Taylor's bedtime lullabys when he was a kid?

[Jump21Street]

@aggielaxer Oh,my God,it could be wonderful - I'm jealous =)

[DiscoveringReason]

@aggielaxer Bobby probably forced him to learn how to do percussion for them :P

[thebashfulmanech]

@aggielaxer Not really. But I'm sure it's improv. Ha! :)

[deadcoolboy999]

@aggielaxer lol

[Shadowcontheoriginal]

@aggielaxer Yeah his dad was on Sesame Street i can only imagine being lulled to sleep by the muppets and his dad. EPIC WIN

[Horizonspace]

cool!

[momlovestosing]

When you're dad is Bobby McFerrin, you had BETTER be able to beatbox!

[molinmusic]

MUSIC is LIFE this is the GREATEST! MORE LOVE! Thank you for posting!

[gatoradeee]

he looks like a hippie lawrence fishburne

[Cat919]

@gatoradeee !! Was the first thing that popped into my head when I started the video! lol

[adia1984]

@gatoradeee LMBO!!! Never saw it that way, but yeah, so true:)

[kafode]

@gatoradeee haha -- i think he looks like if lawrence fishburne and justin timberlake had a kid...

[jsfbyers]

@gatoradeee Lawerence Fishburne / Ben Harper

[chelopanero]

@gatoradeee jajajajajaajjajaa

[morrisal]

This is fantastic! (Bobby looks like he was 100 years old here.)

[J0nathan12356]

fucking sweet hair. it's ridiculous

[pearlsnpjs]

Yup it's scatting, aka improvising vocals. The individual "words" are called scatting syllables. Beatboxing in jazz is aka Vocal Percussion. There's a whole theory surrounding the notation of it, but luckily I've never had to write it. It's based on the solfege syllables I'd imagine (do re mi fah sol la ti do).

[rmitb]

i love their hair taylors hair is badass

[Codec1124]

que bueno padre e hijo :)

[afrotech69]

Amazing!

[jonadimable]

all u guys who commented negatively to this...just got 1 question for all of u!!! "...can u do better?" In my opinion, these father & son team are one-of-a-kind!!! Im sure only a few individuals can do these kind-o-stuff!!

[supergallas]

Great!

J.G.

[Fatimahrican]

what language was he singing 2 something minutes into it?

[Mugulord]

I'm guessing he was scatting, but please educate me if I'm wrong.

[MiZLady79]

McFerrish ;-)

[tastenschwein1991]

they complement one another. taylor mainly using percussive sounds and bobby using vocal techniques.

bummer that they do not fit rhythmically all the time.

[crabolsky]

@tastenschwein1991 probably due to the fact that this is improvised.

[Fatimahrican]

@tastenschwein1991 they do, it's just Taylor has a funky style, likened to the percussion style of Timabland, or ?uestlove of the Roots, where it follows the same tempo, but has a lot of different runs/skiffs/idk what to call it...it's not your average beatboxing, more like actually imitating what he probably would have done on an actual drum set, which probably would have rocked, lol Peace

[masterexploder83]

@tastenschwein1991 that's probably due to this being a complete improvisation. Considering that none of that was predetermined, I think they were very well synced.

[MarcoNatural]

Just OUT STANDING!!! Pure LOVE!! Please, honor Portugal with your both presence...please!

With Love,

a fan

[Babulo1337]

Amizing!

[gogodol]

complete masterpiece of human voices

[thesilverbadgers]

i want to jam with THEM. :)

[putorodas]

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[tonyacannon]

WOW! Cannot wait to see him in Feb. 2010

[katchookatchoo]

Where?!

[epocaliptos]

Thank you sooo much for posting this. I wish I could see them live. :(

[brentduanefoster]

Father and son talent AT IT'S BEST!!!!!

[jcmidi]

hermoso mucho gusto....mucho gusto....