Kaki King - Playing with Pink Noise

[bixboy88]

Really enjoy the artist and the piece. Really dislike this posted video. If vevo is going to have us sit through adverts, they could at least re-post other's work in synch (I've seen this one with video and audio in sych - it is not the recording).

[justinbieverr]

Learn about the King. I don't think you guys know enough about her to make these remarks.

[Axeman81GT]

why can't you idiots keep your comments clean - you realise she probably chooses NOT to read comments after you neanderthals turned up. And before you criticise me....GET STUFFED, morons!!!

[BrandNewDeweyCox]

I would do dirty, unspeakable things to that woman

[physic4lgraffiti]

Thats cool that theres a guitar so good at girl

[xXEdgeMasterXx]

I brought myself here.

[LDNisILuvCorndogs]

Can i have your talent?



[drbweezo]

Where is she and how did she get there?!

[bikermiker55]

is this not like early 70's Yes but played on an acoustic guitar? I just love this!

[Justine3616]

She's fucking amazing. This song is incredible. I want to play like this !

[akad30]

Amazing



[TheRanMedia]

kaki is poop in hebrew, lol.

[ErinNicolePT]

Her mouth tho!! Hnngggg

[yerfdog15]

this is such a rip off of Preston Reed's style.

[tinyshutterbug]

@yerfdog15 Not so much a rip-off, as a direct influence.

[CaptainPanick]

I can appreciate her talent but it's too technical to enjoy

[yummythebrave]

@CaptainPanick retarded comment

[Imeandmyselfable]

i like the way she winks at 2:40 O.o



[Imeandmyselfable]

live version is much better :)

[112233anka112233]

:megusta:

[morganyafuck]

55 seconds in ... jizzed in my pants

[grevejp44]

It looks cool looking and I have to admit it is difficult, but I don't like the music part of it.

[mannyphantom709]

anyone know the specific name of the guitar shes playing? where the sound hole is not in the middle.

[krazykeir22]

@mannyphantom709 its an ovation guitar, not sure what model, it might be a custom or a signature model.

[justinbieverr]

@krazykeir22 I think it's signature, look at the crown inlay on the twelfth fret

[mannyphantom709]

@krazykeir22 thanks. you just saved me alot of time doing useless researching XD

[wretchrow]

@mannyphantom709 Yeah, that's Kaki King's signature Ovation Adamas guitar. The Adamas line of Ovation guitars are really amazing instruments although some hate on them for having composite bowl shaped backs rather than wood, or that they sound too twangy. I think they have a brilliant sound in my opinion though, very unique.

[tinyshutterbug]

Strangely enough, the chorus is stuck in my head.

[theKlaw]

Man, I listen to Andy McKee. This just sounds like improperly tuned noise. Call me a hipster if need be.

[MichaeIC]

Would love to see her with a Chapman stick

[roninbonin1]

shes totally trying to get into my pants.

[XxAmericanLedxX]

Holy fuck... that's awesome!

[Han00v]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[JPacGibson]

:54 ... Mother of God.....

[alexd9999999]

Kaki, how do you manage to play with those massive nails!? When my nails get a bit too long I always end up scratching the strings when I pick them, or producing random harmonics =p

[damaged2]

@alexd9999999 She's using her nails to pick the strings...that's why they're long on her right hand and not her left. No random harmonics on the left side, and she has control on her right.

[alexd9999999]

@damaged2

Yeah but how do you pick with your nails without scratching the strings?

[damaged2]

@alexd9999999 Well the strings are metal so that shouldn't really be a problem....more like the nails will be scratched before the strings.

[alexd9999999]

@damaged2

Well it's the scraping noise that's the problem =p

[damaged2]

@alexd9999999 Ohhhhh I get what you're saying now. Well it's like a plucker...I guess with practice, right. Though I'd assume there'd be some noise but not very much or very loud.

[alexd9999999]

@damaged2

Sorry, I don't always make too much sense =)

Yeah I probably just need more practice ahahha. 

[sekhmnet]

We eat the pig and then we burn. You make nice music and then we all suffer. In holiness only those which hold whammy bars make true music. Whammy it up girl. Let the freak flag fly. (you should know that none of this is valid, I'm insane, hense, I'm posing on a youtube comment.

[KenobiFromCoruscant]

gaaaaaarbage

[LittleKurib0hChan]

@KenobiFromCoruscant you just dont know what good music go back to your little box we dont have time for dumb comments like yours.

[KenobiFromCoruscant]

@LittleKurib0hChan if you consider this good than you need to go see a doctor. it sounds absolutely awful. there is nothing good about this. if you want good acoustic players research micheal hedges ( who this broad obviously aspires to be but will never come close ) don ross or antoine dufour. or as a matter of fact anybody from candy rat records. the only reason this girl only has a record deal is because she is a woman...she sings well but needs to give up the guitar. that chorus is the shit.

[KenobiFromCoruscant]

@KenobiFromCoruscant that chorus is absolute shit...as in dumpster juice. garbage. an atrocity if you will.

[AveriOfCourse]

@KenobiFromCoruscant Okay, jack ass. That's enough. Shut the hell up. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say any-fucking-thing at all. There's a really simple life lessons for you, dipshit. Live by it and never speak again. You need to learn to respect others opinion and styles of music. Personally, I think this is amazing. I would honestly like to see YOU try to do this. Fuck off, doucher.

[KenobiFromCoruscant]

@AveriOfCourse i could do this with my balls. this is horrible. listen to it again...if you really do enjoy it than you prefer bad music. that is all.

[stupidcircusclown]

@KenobiFromCoruscant dont be jealous! you wouldnt know good music if it slapped you in your balls!

[neoncatsss]

0:53

Oh dear godddddddd

[flooberbloob]

@benbonewilly I was amazed by your Kaki putdown, even more by your clueless out-of -context jazz commentary. Then I went and looked at your channel and found the answer! Chris Isaak and Elton John? Ahaaa! Sad. Plus you look and dress like a closeted preacher. WTF?

[HelloKellen]

2:40 sexy face

[instrumentalambition]

She and Andy McKee could be very good friends

[LloydRamsey]

sorry but this song is one of the worst songs that I have ever heard, where is the melody, where is the music.

[flooberbloob]

@LloydRamsey fool.

[alexsweeley]

@LloydRamsey Troll harder, idiot.

[CRAILstail]

I didn't know Amanda Peet played guitar; and this well!

[YouTubricant]

She's kind of hot.

[SugarSpellItOut24]

I wish I could be this good, but I really suck at guitars., Cant even play a G cord

[Kegofbeer]

shes playing the main melody by letting the opposite side of the strings vibrate while muting the bridge side. thats what i call innovative. it actually makes for a very cool atonal melody.

[W0NGS1FU]

@AdamBond7 is this the only Kaki King song you've listened to? because she experiments more than just slap guitars, and has quite a bit more melodic work. not to mention she does a fair bit of guest spots too.

[contrabarrococo]

en que esta afinada esa guitarra?

[AdamBond7]

most of this is just incoherent nonsense

[flooberbloob]

@AdamBond7 I have heard this comment down the years about most guitarists who were innovative or different (I'll bet if you play the guitar, it's by reading music and sticking to a middle of the road script) Back up your little one-liner with some coherent reasons, you fool. Brilliant and innovative guitarists who have been dismissed by a shallow critic down the years: Adrian Belew. Michael Hedges, Adrian Legg, Allan Holdsworth, Stanley Jordan, Steve Hillage, Bireli Lagrene..

[AdamBond7]

@flooberbloob I'm not a guitarist mate just a person with ears. The only thing she is really innovating is playing slap acoustic guitar while being a sexy lesbian. There's been loads of people before her who have played with her supposed "innovative" style who have actually written music that is pleasant or interesting to listen to. It's worthy of a homemade youtube video but a Sony BMG record deal?

[flooberbloob]

@AdamBond7 you just confirmed my suspicion - that this is the only thing of hers you have listened to.As for the sexy lesbian comment, you just labelled yourself (too shallow to take that in, I suspect), "mate". Clueless middle of the road fool.

[79barkingspider]

I'm just glad she's not playing naked. Would distract me too much from this wonderful technique.

[TheAJMobileChannel]

unf...i love her...

[LittleKurib0hChan]

curse you comercailism you slow down my computer and put commercials on youtube

[mentalminecraftmagic]

beautiful slap guitar...

[diddygt]

...i love her.

[ProxyChan]

does anyone knows which guitar is she playing?

[HeneralHoltz]

@ProxyChan I think it's an ovation.

[ProxyChan]

@HeneralHoltz  thanks

[InsanexWolfxPoison]

@ProxyChan Its an Ovation Guitar

[ProxyChan]

@InsanexWolfxPoison thanks a lot

[kyletheenigma]

How could anyone hate on this?

[YManCyberDude]

Isn't that cool... She got her face pierced now... That makes her cool...

[breewhat]

@YManCyberDude Except for that this video was filmed in 2004, man.



[nattielovesyou]

Honestly, this isn't her best song. Still pretty good, but definitely not her best. That's just my opinion, though.

[SuperUkuleleGirl]

insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan­e.

[MikeBsMovies]

@benbonewilly I like musicians who fuck with people a little bit and leave you hanging...

[disconnect100]

0:54 she's beautiful :3

[bogusflip]

you know what, I have been playing guitar for a long time and innovation is what keeps guitar players going, and progressing. I think she's amazing, and love her very different approach to the guitar. 2 thumbs way up for the lady King. lol

[MelleB90]

@bogusflip if you call this innovation you need to pull your head out from your ass

[tnorgren013]

kinda reminds me of the robot chicken theme song

[9randomconflict]

@tnorgren013 Thats because both les claypool and kaki king use very percussive styles

[myfaceispurple]

@benbonewilly nice vocabulary.....too bad she's not a jazz musician.....and good job using all the characters available on the comment

[dementedavenger2784]

@benbonewilly you're a fool. and your insight is a plague. you're spouting this nonsense and she's pretentious?

[discoarchives]

@benbonewilly shut up man.. the chop chop is made so that break beats are added to the melodies.. you are so stupid

[myfaceispurple]

@benbonewilly your comment is like a woman....only a woman makes more sense

[Akodusto]

She is hot

[iNeonDuck]

i really fancy her. And I'm a girl. And I'm straight.

[Ebvardh]

@iNeonDuck Suuure XD

[forthekids90]

what is this? not a song...random banging. my two year old sounds like this when he gets a hold of my guitar. no beauty in this dissonance

[discoarchives]

@forthekids90 ?! are you serious? listen to it deeply.. you'll find that she fills the song with a very big amount of notes.. and she fills it in tiny little pieces.. she is very accurate on her string timing and only if you listen to it very carefully will you be able to get the tiny bits of melody into a sequence..

personally I think she's an actual genius on the guitar and not as an expression.. I truly think she is a genius

[forthekids90]

@discoarchives james taylor, thats beauty. not this

[TapeOnyourmouth]

She's such a babe!!

[Brandon75689]

Kaki king is the female pretentious version of justin king.

[EquinoxParadox91]

I'd have to replace the guitar with something else!

She is seriously awesome though.

[Smargiasso33]

brilliant!

[seormojon]

fucking genious

[parrecords]

Andy McKee is really hard to listen to for me - just seems like self indulgent wankery. This, however, has heart in it and feels risky and alive.

[Radiqua]

@parrecords

Really? I didn't get that impression at all lol. I've seen him live a couple of times (once intentionally, the other by accident) and he's pretty modest about his work =). You might not like his music, and certainly I respect that, but I have to disagree with the self-indulgent wankery part! lol ^_^.

[parrecords]

@Radiqua I'm sure he is modest, all I meant was that his music seems purely technical - it's a bunch of intentionally nice chords placed together and played like a virtuoso. Wheras Kaki feels rougher, like she is knocking out her soul (pretentious, eh!) Part of the problem with Andy for me maybe is that his pieces feel so overpractised its almost going through the (incredibly complicated) motions.

[Radiqua]

@parrecords

Hmm, I can see where you might get that impression, but I'm too sure if you're all that familiar with his work - hold on gotta kill a giant wasp. There we go, anyway - yeah, its a totally different style to Kaki, as you say, Kaki has a much rougher style, while Andy is a lot more gentle lol. I think both are 'baring their souls' =P. Their music is of totally different styles, even if their playing technique is similar, so i suppose we should agree to disagr OH GOD THE WASP CAME BACK.

[parrecords]

@Radiqua That all seems to make sense. Might I suggest the purchase of a hanging basket? This can be affixed to your head so that wasps can no longer tickle your face. Large foam hands such as those found at sports fixtures can also be applied to "bat away" such flying invertebrates

[bumrahfajitawarparse]

Sweeeeeeet



[augustoilbatteraio]

she's awesome..and also hot.

[artizhan]

haha she has big ass fingernails she's cheating!

[nihilistictendencies]

@artizhan Yes ... "cheating" like Segovia.

[tintanknowsbest]

0:52

epcicccc

[heatheretteness]

why is she playing wrong?

[BeccaPanda]

@heatheretteness that's just her unique way of playing guitar O.o

[Radiqua]

@BeccaPanda

Dunno about 'unique' lol pretty old hat now. Love her though ^_^.

[Radiqua]

@heatheretteness

She is playing right. So, so right =). A lot of artists play like this - Erik Mongrain, Andy Mckee, those other two guys whose names i've forgotten, Kiki King, that other girl.

[jccf1963]

@Radiqua kiki king???? ajjajajajjaajajajjajaj XD.it´s kaki king and........she plays better than anyone ¡c´mon kaki,very well!

[Radiqua]

@jccf1963

Thats called a 'typo'. This is what happens when you touch-type on a Japanese keyboard which has no english signs -_-.

Also, I dunno about 'better than anyone.' I agree that she is astounding at what she does though lol.

[jccf1963]

@Radiqua hey,do you like rock?and guitars?

[Radiqua]

@jccf1963

I like music, in its most broadest sense lol =). With rock... I like kinda... progressive/experimental stuff, mostly. Art rock! lol. How about you?

[jccf1963]

@Radiqua  jajajajjajajaja OMG!

[Radiqua]

@jccf1963

... I don't quite follow... lol.

[jccf1963]

@Radiqua the music is my best friend,i like every musics(hey,musics,no like techno,and .....they people like justin bieber are a shit) rock,heavy,hard rock......and i like too classic rock,like chuck berry,for example,too musics like Toto(only the song hold the line)that style,yeah is good.and....my guitars are like my soul.

[Radiqua]

@jccf1963

lol yeah, music is pretty cool ^_^. Although I rather enjoy techno and electronic music in general ^_^. I'm not so into pop music either... Auto-tune is what I hate the most. I've no problem with the music, but when the artist's voice needs to manipulated to keep them in key, whats the point in them even singing? lol. MAKES ME RAGE.

I've only recently really gotten into playing guitar though, and this technique interests me. I think I might try writing something using this style lol.

[trenneth]

There are some parts on this video where she kind of looks like Emily Deschanel.

[shanhoebbel]

kaki is different---check out another really great female guitarist----Ana Popovic

[PFORourke]

yawn....you youtubers gotta get out more.....if this is perceived as "amazing", then don't check out any Preston Reed/M. Hedges/Andy M. as you will be vaporized.....that being said, a vocal part over this might turn it into a genuine song.....

[mobman47]

@PFORourke You know who else is amazing? Opeth. But you can't compare Opeth and Kaki King, much like you can't compare Kaki King to Preston Reed/M. Hedge/Andy M. because they're all different. No one is amazing/unique if they're doing the same thing as everyone else. I find Kaki King to be amazing at what she does, similar to how I think all those other musicians are amazing at what they do. You can't go around comparing every piece of music you listen to to something else or you won't enjoy it.

[manicwriter1977]

There is nothing resembling that vomitous, vapid waste of celluloid 'avatar' in this stunning presentation of FINGERSTYLE GUITAR ....apparently some do not have the attention span to study the artists of this remarkable skill --To appreciate Kaki you're either a seasoned music journalist like myself , someone who preserved a few brain cells for the future, or you are a genuine musician. Otherwise, your comments don't really merit much. Lyric LaCeile-Music Journalist

[manicwriter1977]

There is nothing resembling that vomitous, vapid waste of celluloid 'avatar' in this stunning presentation of FINGERSTYLE GUITAR ....apparently some do not have the attention span to study the artists of this remarkable skill such as Jon Mark of Mark/Almond>>

To grasp Kaki you're either a seasoned music journalist like myself , someone who preserved a few brain cells for the future, or you are a genuine musician. Otherwise, your comments don't really merit much. Lyric LaCeile-Music Journalist

[TheresaStarshine]

im a female guitarist at las vegas academy. shes so inspiring. a beautiful woman can do this. this is my inspiration!

[crazyfro99]

this song is like the movie avatar. Its cool to look at, but the quality is garbage. It just sounds like someone slapping a guitar to make music.

[MattLGreer]

Does she every play music?

[makeenergy]

I'm annoyed by the comments on this video. There ARE talented musicians out there who care more about making great music than looking cute. Have you tried playing a song like that without concentrating? Especially while recording a video without a backtrack? Yeah... almost impossible.

[wretchrow]

Discovering Kaki King just made my day a hell of a lot better.

[lokiskywalker]

Wow, she looks as bored and annoyed as I do right now.

[guitarplayer354]

She doesn't look like she enjoys her music very much ,sweet guitarist though

[discoarchives]

i think that she is a guitar genius..

[gdumond5]

How does she do that?! Awesome...simply awesome!!!

[Jebus495]

Her material, Complicated? Not so much. Difficult? No not really if you look. Well then wtf? Shes remarkably creative. It's not how difficult a sound is to create that's important. It how it sounds and unfortunately a lot of musicians (especially guitarists) tend to get lost in technique and speed and totally forget that they were supposed to make it sound good!

[Cavin8r]

@Jebus495 Totally Kaki King right there. THANK YOU. It's impressive, sure. Sounds like crap, though.

[Dltn97]

It's good but i hate her stupid fucking facial expressions

[tegrenath]

This is really, really fucking impressive.

[triciatony]

why don't you care?

[Phireus]

fucking hate you vevo!!!!

[MattSturg]

i came at 0:54

and 1:46

[Lolscatz]

thumbs up if kubicki brought u here

[m3g0c00lk1d]

It killed me when I had to listen to a commercial with Fergie in it while waiting for some Kaki King. It was totally worth it though.

[gilbertd92]

@2:00 "Oh yea let me just play up higher on the guitar amazingly. Everyone else does."

[mechellejenks]

kaki king could rule my life and i'd never be happier

[SeeThinkFall]

I want to have her surrogate babies. That is all.

[Charsept]

facial expressions make it 3 times more awesome

[JackalJayzer]

all the sultry stares and tongue licks aren't gonna distract me from the fact that she is just strumming on a convenient open string tuning and running a couple single finger bar chords up and down the neck from 0:00 to 2:00

2:00 on is ok but I think this is overrated, there are more disciplined fingerstyle acts out there

[wdchrismon]

@JackalJayzer Fair enough. Playing with Pink isn't one of her better ones, in my opinion. I would hesitate to base my feeling on Kaki King solely on this song though; she is truly an exceptional composer and guitarist.

[lefkada88]

2:41! lol love her!

[PersistentResistance]

If you guys like her you should check out Miyavi or Raul Midon.... theyre both amzing.

[LetsGetHighOnMorris]

so much talent....

[Keresana15]

i love kaki <3 ^_^

[ippos85]

@sc12100 ........truly classless response.

[SECtennesseeSEC]

@sc12100 ...geez grow up

[sigdar26]

Absolutely awesome, Kaki, truly gifted.

[puremetallicafan]

marry me?

[SirLordHockey]

I've been playing guitar 40 years and she just blew my mind,so simple and beautiful.

[PerpetualLifecycle]

This song is great although not great, its a unique masterpiece... You love it although you dont know if you really like it.

[physic4lgraffiti]

@PerpetualLifecycle no sorry your just dumb.