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  • I was there, Ich war da :) !!!!!!!!!!

  • absolute master. anybody know what he says in german?

  • @m4d1mg I remember reading somewhere that it was "My german is not very good, my german is shit german, what is the soup of the day?" but someone correct me if I'm wrong!

  • how nice would it be to be the guy that yelled

  • that girl just keeps laughing...

  • Every time I see or hear Ben Folds do anything, I feel like a painfully inadequate musician.

  • BURAPH MURRAH!

  • does anyone know who the drummer is?

  • @Stashauskis Sam Smith He has been bens drummer since Linsey left in 2007 I believe he is 25ish he is from Nashville

  • does anyone know who the drummer is?

  • Apparently this was completely improvised, according to Ben.

  • Another great "birth" of a song clip -- thanks for capturing.

  • @BenFoldsFan1448 He wrote the lyrics to it after he had his concussion. This was all made up before that.

  • YES this is the birth of Ben's Hiroshima and it ALL came from this moment.

    For any Ben Folds fan this is the ultimate clip.

    I love the line about his red keyboard, when i saw him live i got silly emotional when it arrived before him ... but i'm a happy twat. :-)

  • hiroshima bbbbeeenn YES!

  • What a guy.

  • @skittle86 You won't regret seeing him live. He puts on one of the best shows I've experienced.

  • It's the call of the wild in berlin

    motherfuckers keep shoutin

    unintelligible shit

    it doesn't matter what language you speak

    it's the same all over the world

    motherfuckers always say....

  • what is he screaming in the beginning? hahaa

  • Rock this Bitch

  • it doesnt sound like rock this bitch, to me it sounds something like "bup bup ben?" hahaha i dont know i have no idea

  • OMG I never knew who Ben Folds was until I saw this Chat Roulette Improv video where everyone is clamining it's Ben Folds in disguise (I had to see for myself, and they do look and sound very much alike) and Ben is really awesome! Might even look to see where he's touring. Cool!

  • Haha, exactly the same reason I am here. This guy is decent and that chat roulette thing is gold.

  • @LordAudio

    Me too! everyone keeps saying he reminds them of Ben Folds, so i looked him up. Also, some said he is like Ed Helms and Flight of the Conchords

  • shut up and play!

  • Was war das ein geiles Konzert. :)

  • I'm pretty sure he actually wrote Hiroshima based on this improvisation. So, this was completely improvised including the tune. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's right.

  • You're right.

  • did he just improvise that shit from what the guy yelled? he's fucking amazing!

  • Its the same tune as another song, "Hiroshima" but he redid the words on the spot. Haha. The first video of Ben Folds I've ever seen was RTB in perth, australia. I've been hooked to his music ever since.

  • he improvised it before that, in Chicago its a running joke at his concerts

  • it should be noted that it's a different song every time. It started in Chicago. Some guy randomly yelled out "Rock this bitch", so Ben made up a song on the spot called Rock this bitch. Now fans everywhere yell out rock this bitch and he'll make up a new one. Always different words and different music. A lot of the time it deals with current events and/or the location. I've been to 3 ben folds shows, and he played rock this bitch at 2 of them. There are literally hundreds of versions now.

  • thats freaking awesome!!!!!!!

  • @ArcaneKarma

    ben folds is like...god of improv' on the piano

  • simply amazing

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  • my german is not so good. my german is shit german. what is the soup of the day

  • Yeah generally that it was ^^ And than he ordered something else i think but i could not understand. It sounds like potatos but it could be a big coffee too :D

  • can anybody translate what he sings at the end? i'm sure its epic, possibly life changing.

  • well I like this one better than hiroshima, it's my new fav. has the mood of impulse.

  • i think yesterday in berlin he said that he based "hiroshima" on this one...

  • i think this was pre-Hiroshima song, but I think he had this tune in his head and just wasn't sure what lyrics to add to it yet.... he made it way better with the Hiroshima lyrics in my opinion.

  • Did this inspire "Hiroshima"? Or, the tune had been in his head for a while, and he just improvised by incorporating the man's unintelligible yelling. :)

  • Hiroshima was about him falling off stage and hitting his head while preforming in Japan.

  • if facts, Ben does a different Rock this bitch improvisation every show. the new album, that features hiroshima, is a kind of compilation af all the best rock this bitch (not all the songs though, but quite a few)

  • he doesn't rock the bitch anymore lol

  • thumbs down for not rockin the bitch not for your comment!

  • love this video, can't stand that chick's laugh.

  • If Ben Folds wrote Haroshima AFTER this then he just became a larger god to myself.

    WTF

  • i'm pretty sure he was writing hiroshima during this time and just like used the chords to jam to. i mean he uses alot of the same words/ideas and also the entire band stops in synch at 1:35 sooo leads me to believe they had been playin it before.

  • Good point

  • I'm in a band and speaking from experience you can stop in sync while playing improv. it depends on how the music is structured, but grented, it doesn't happen often.

  • Ok, so I found this video a couple of weeks ago, then listened to Hiroshima and made the connection. How legitimate is the claim that he based Hiroshima on this jam? Because it's really hard to believe he'd written Hiroshima before jamming in Berlin over a year ago.

  • this probably wasn't written ahead of time - it's a really simple chord progression that they just started jamming on

  • OMG...this is legit Hiroshima in Berlin...

  • hahaha he based hiroshima off this jam.

  • hahaha omg it really is

    lol

    wtf

  • It's Hiroshima with different lyrics!

    Yay!

  • The only way to see him, live he's at his fucking best.....Brilliant,Crazy,and some of the best live piano and audience participation you'll ever hear.

  • this is awesome.

    check out my music videos!

  • far out that bitch in teh audiance laughing is so annoying

  • she's enjoying herself. you should try it some time, its pretty good.. fackhead

  • :/ Enjoying yourself is a good thing, don't get me wrong. She is still annoying.

    I just killed 30 babies. It's cool though! I enjoyed it.

  • oh get over it looser it is annoying go pick a fight over a youtube comment

  • lmao damn straight. calm the fuck down deevo lol

  • ur all retarded

  • and ur a douche, whats ur point dipshit?

  • I think Muse does a great job live. Best damn act I've seen live so far but I can't wait for Ben Folds.

  • thats so legittt

  • This was like... The most briljant thing I've ever seen!

    Glad I was there. Even more glad I can review it over and over here on YouTube :D

  • Any word on the new cd?

  • september

  • september is when he plans to release his new cd, which is currently untitled

  • september 30th, Way to Normal

  • i love how this evolved into his new "Hiroshima" song

  • I know! Do we know for sure that this is the REAL beginning... or did he have this melody kicking around for a bit and he just decided to whip it out for this occasion?

  • Well, some random dude in the audience yelled it out. Ben didn't even start it.

  • no no. i'm not saying the chorus. I'm saying the melody. the chord progression. "F C/E Dm Bb". It's pretty simple so i wouldn't be surprised if he made that up on the spot, but I'm just speculating if maybe he already had something going...

  • these chords are the same as a song thats gonna be out on his new album. the oh oh oh's (or bup bup baa's) are the same also. the song is called hiroshima search for it and it sounds exactly the same. its also a good song.

  • isn't this his best rock this bitch yet

  • @inuvikphil

    the guy was shouting "gracie girrrrrl" - didn't even know the correct title of the song he wanted to hear - and nonetheless became the creator of "hiroshima"... jeez!

  • Rock this bitch in Berlin

    (Lyrics)

    bup bup baaa!

    bup bup baaa!

    bup bup baaa!

    bup bup baaa!

    bup bup baaa!

    bup bup baaa!

    bup bup baaa!

    bup bup baaa!

  • it's a call to the wild in Berlin mother fucker's keep shouting unintelligible shit it doesn't matter what language you speak it's the same all over the world mother fucker's all ways say bup bup baaa! bup bup baaa! bup bup baaa! bup bup baaa!
  • maybe it's the jagermeister talking maybe it's the cigarette smoke maybe it's the sheer hundreds of people with a very high intelligence making your business in the bathroom and the feces all over the wall or maybe it's the little red keyboard that cost a thousand bucks bup bup baaa! bup bup baaa! bup bup baaa! bup bup baaa!
  • we're rocking this bitch in Berlin we're rocking this bitch in Berlin we're rocking this bitch in Berlin we're rocking this bitch in Berlin we're rocking this bitch in Berlin everywhere around the world mother fucker's come to see us and they sing bup bup baaa! bup bup baaa! bup bup baaa! bup bup baaa!
  • it's the international language

    bup bup baaa!

    bup bup baaa!

    bup bup baaa!

    bup bup baaa!

    and we're rocking this bitch in Berlin

  • Mein Deutsch (My German)

    Ist nicht so gut.(Is not so good)

    Mein Deutsch (My German)

    Ist Scheisse-Deutsch (Is shit German)

    Was ist heute Die Tagesuppe? (What's the soup of the day?)

  • This has turned into a new Ben Folds song.

    It's called "Hiroshima" - check it out

    It will be on his new album in September

  • What is that guy yelling??

  • This is amazing!!

  • I stood next to the "originator" of that line... He was constantly shouting "Gracie girrrrrl" - annoying as hell. After a while I was so pissed off.

    Miraculously, seconds later he turned into a songwriter. Lucky man, but still a pussy.

    Ben Folds rocks!!

  • Where is the love?

  • thank god someone had a camera with great audio/video quality at the event where this song originated

  • Yeah, he changed the lyrics to this now.

    Its now about how he fell off the stage at a show in Japan and fell on his head and played the show with a concussion, its now called Hiroshima.

    He announced it last night at his April 2nd show in Springfield.

    Its pretty bad ass and he said it will be on the new album.

  • Scheise = shit

  • Yeah I was at the Savannah one, which is the one he did with the pan lid?

  • the Rock this Bitch that he did at RIT search Rock this Bitch - RIT and it's right there, except it doesn't have the pan lid the melody is exact same.

  • yea he first played hiroshima at the savannah show a couple weeks ago

  • I was at the show last night in Columbus. He made this Rock This Bitch into a song called Hiroshima. He said it is based on a story when he played in Japan and fell off the stage while he was walking out at the beginning. He said that after this, he played the whole set, bleeding all over the keys. The chorus to the song is simply, "OH! OH!" That man in the crowd should be as proud as the first guy in Chicago to yell out "Rock this bitch!"

  • He did it in Chattanooga too, I was like "OH SHIT, I know this." And if you could hear the lyrics too, they were almost the same except he changed it to fit the hiroshima story.

  • Also he made the Rock This Bitch - RIT song into a new song on the coming album it's in the related videos on here, tell me if you recognize it about 5 min into the video.

  • for real. this is what I love about BF.

  • "Its the idiot National Language!" lol so freaking priceless. Ben's the man, period. :-P

  • sounds to me like he says it's "the international lauguage"

  • ben actually played this tune at the ann arbor folk festival last week .. so whoever was the dude who shouted the 'ba ba ba baaa' should be pretty proud oh himself right now ..

  • He's singing:

    "My Deutsch is not okay/good my deutsch sucks What's the soup of the day, today?"

  • Is it just me or are the colors of the keys inverted on that piano?

  • Think it's just the way the light is shining down on the keys

  • However, if they were, that would be cool!

  • i met him in nashville at the ryman auditorium at sigur ros in 06........hes a typical man..........and indeed an amazing musician.....i wouldnt go as far to say hes the best live performer ever...you're in fucking germany surely youve seen Radiohead? And jambands, I'm sorry to say, own the "best live performer/performers" label, sheer amazing talent.

  • I don't know. I've seen both Radiohead and Muse, both highly acclaimed for their live acts, and I still feel like Ben has a pretty damn special place in the world of live musicianship.

  • It's the call of the wild, in Berlin.

    Motherfuckers, Keep shoutin'

    unintelligble shit,

    doesn't matter what language you speak

    It's the same all over the world, motherfuckers always saying: bah bah mm bah...

  • haha i love how he never does the same thing more than once

  • Heh... in fact that's me holding the camera at the end of the video.

  • I was also at the concert... Amazing.  Ich liebe ihn.

  • Ich war bei dem Konzert gewesen und der Mann ist einfach ein Genius! :)

  • Possibly with the exception of Freddie Mercury, Ben Folds has to be one of the best live performers of all time

  • BA BAP BYEA!

  • If I didn't read the title I would've thought he was saying "We'll rock this bitch and burn in hell"

    I was all like, "fuck yea"

  • Ben Folds - really sarcastic guy, legend!

  • hahaha, his "rock this bitch" renditions never amaze cease to amaze me.

  • its "we love ben" and i aspire to be him

  • i've listened to this guy since 97 and i still love everything he creates. he's just one of those musicians that you never ever get tired of!

  • Pure genius. The guy is amazing. I love how he's always singing about his $1000 Nord keyboard.

  • best rock this bitch ever!!

  • is this really entirely improvised? the complete song? I can't believe it, yeah...

  • god he's awsome

  • wow.

  • does ben have a new drummer?

  • yeah sort of his old drummer is sick and went home to England i think its a temparary replacment.

  • Really good... He's a genius!!!

  • Mein Deutsch, ist nicht so gut

    Mein Deutsch, ist scheise Deutsch

    Was ist heute die Tage Suppe?

  • Whats he saying, when hes yelling? lol

  • sounds like "I love ben" or my "Names not ben" idkk. Some guy was yelling I love you ben in the beginning thats why he was doin it

  • I believe it's "Shut up and sing"

  • It's possible, but I think the phrase is ended with ben.

    who knows?

  • i'd love to be the guy that said it

  • my god, i love this man

    the best improvized song ever,

    haha i think its one of the best versions of "rock this bitch"

  • haha he asks for the soup of the day auf deutsch. great shit.

  • My deutsch is not that good,

    But i think he sings

    My deutsch, is night so good

    my deatsch, is sheize deutsch

    was heute die tage super

    last line i just a some words

  • This man is a god :)

    And it's "the sheer numbers of people with very high intelligence"...

  • thanks, couldn't make it out.

  • It has to do with the lyrics they go something like this

    It's been called for a while.....in berlin,

    Motherfuckers keep shoutin',

    Unintelligable Shit,

    Doesn't Matter what language you speak,

    It's the same all over the world,

    Motherfuckers already sayin'

  • Bah Bah mmm Bah Bah Bah mmm Bah Bah Bah mmm Bah Bah Bah mmm Bah Maybe it's the Jagermeister talkin', Maybe it's the cigarette smoke, Maybe it's the owners of people with very high intelligence, Maybe it's the distence to the bathroom, Or the Pheces on the wall, Maybe it's the new rad keyboard, That cost a thousand bucks, Bah Bah mmm Bah Bah Bah mmm Bah Bah Bah mmm Bah Bah Bah mmm Bah
  • We're rockin' this Bitch in Berlin, We're rockin' this Bitch in Berlin, We're rockin' this Bitch in Berlin, We're rockin' this Bitch in Berlin, Everywhere around the motherfuckers keep sayin', Bah Bah mmm Bah Bah Bah mmm Bah, It's the international language, Bah Bah mmm Bah, Bah Bah mmm Bah, Bah Bah mmm Bah, We're rockin' this Bitch in Berlin, And the Rest is in German
  • We're rockin' this Bitch in Berlin, We're rockin' this Bitch in Berlin, We're rockin' this Bitch in Berlin, We're rockin' this Bitch in Berlin, Everywhere around the motherfuckers keep sayin', Bah Bah mmm Bah Bah Bah mmm Bah, It's the international language, Bah Bah mmm Bah, Bah Bah mmm Bah, Bah Bah mmm Bah, We're rockin' this Bitch in Berlin, And the Rest is in German
  • Genius... he was even singing in German at the end. Anyone know what he was saying?

  • Ben Folds has got maaad talent for sure

  • keep in mind he picked the key of the guy screaming right away, knew the chords that would work, made it funny, and was in front of a crowd of thousands of people. not to mention that the other band members jumped right in. you cannot outdo folds

  • What's up with the idiots laughing in the background?

  • Winston-Salem rock!

  • That was awesome! Ben Folds is the greatest human being ever.

  • best Rock This Bitch EVER!!!

  • Ben Folds is a musical genius. His ability to improvise entire songs is absolutely insane. He's very underappreciated.

  • mhm . and wat can u do?

  • it's like four chords, ANYBODY can do it. Just play in one key and know what chord changes to make duh. I've improved more complex songs than that...not saying I'm better than HIM...he's good.

  • The chord progression may be simple but he's freakin' making up lyrics for the song too. Knowing what chords to play make him good, but coming up with words too.. that's what amazes me.

  • i did it and she still died. i want my money back

  • thats straight up nasty

  • Ben is the freaking MAN!

  • "We love BEN!"

  • I don't know how he is so instantaneously brilliant. and yeah, Ben is saying "shut up and play"... i don't know what the original guy was saying though..

  • i think that it sounds like "het off the phone"

  • sounds like hes saying "shut up and play"

  • Perfekt. This is why I love you, Ben.

    You Germans are so lucky.

  • so quality.

  • he's my god

  • now thats interactive music!

  • "wer'e gonna rock" is what he's ayin

  • I have no idea what they were saying most of the time, but still, very catchy. These guys rawk.

  • Ben Folds, why do you have to be so fucking awesome?

  • my thoughts exactly.

  • im pretty sure he's just going "bah bah mmm bah"

  • there's a ben folds song where he improvs a song off of "rock this bitch" which was yelled from the audience.

  • That was quite possibly one of the coolest things ive eever seeing

  • WHAT IS HE SAYING??? PICK UP THE BEN???

  • I think he's saying "shut up and play"