Shamisen Vs. Tap

[MegaraptorMD]

I dont know why I thought this was hysterically funny, but I did

[chord1019]

三味線とタップは相性いいね

[likeacatsspm]

Love it!

Those guys have som maaad skills :D

[fygp91]

esee weei tiene cara de chango el k baila jajajajaja

[GaggaBeybe]

oooh veeeeryyy goood!

[tomaspepino]

sii shamisen

[Kiyoshi1290]

@tomaspepino ok

[kanta3737]

最高！

[thehivesfranz]

japanese

[trukgirl]

omG This is the coolest thing I've ever seen with a Shamisen!

[209cgrant]

SWAG

Something We Asians Got

[nico29du83]

Excellent ! L'association de trois sons d'origines différentes donne un rendu magnifique

!!

[apaloosa01]

So unusual, but so good!

[MissTamTamXD]

THAT'S AN AFRICAN DJEMBÉ THERE IN THE BACK xD

[Desperda]

Until I see someone tapdance while playing shamisen, this is one of the best videos on YouTube

[MrButterfinger32]

Abgefahren^^

[myunicorniseatingme]

It's hard to understand how to play that instrument :P

[Arvatos]

happy feet lol XD

[ciker15]

great :)

[naturalmystic720]

Es ist gutaussehend jede drei Leute auf jeden drei externals.

[MrPartyZombie]

aahh... Hiromitsu Agatsuma never seems to run out of funky fresh licks

[pakwanboy]

it got quite messy when the two other tappers came along but still good

[JonnyWedel]

man he would be good at ddr

[schoenburgh]

great

[area163]

awesome. next time let him find a few floating rifs...

packrat

[02FLSTC]

Great performance....

[bkwilsey]

A Japanese banjo played with a windshield ice scraper. lol

[GunMetalNocturne]

@bkwilsey I bet novice like scrap open the front of the shamisen all the time!

[JapsEye2]

The tapdancer looks like a member of The Gorillas.

[teufelsbild]

That´s fantastic!

Yessi

[StantheGunman]

Fanfuckingtastic!!!! Awesome!! :D

[EVCunningham]

It's times like this when I think to myself 'Why aren't there more Shamisen-Tap-Bongo bands? '

[fragbert66]

@EVCunningham Best. Comment. EVER.

I often wonder the same thing with bagpipes, taiko drums, and digeridoos.

[elliekeziah]

@EVCunningham - funny

[marucova]

favorited* :D

[13thCatto]

lol Japanese Flatley XD

[kitanoworld]

Subarashi! These guys got soul!

[Sapiossss]

AWESOOOOOOOOMEEEE!!

[danielcaban98]

wtf? omg .. lmao .. facepalm . 0:31 monkey?

[danielcaban98]

wtf? omg .. lmao .. facepalm .

[uncleblues]

Już wiem gdzie jest moja skrobaczka! Przez dwa tygodnie nie mogłem zeskrobać lodu z szyby.

[SauronsEye]

What the Tokyo Shock Boys tell their parents what they do for a job....that was one of them on the drum for sure!

[lewiscode]

The only way this would be cooler is if it was just one guy playing the shamisen, and tap dancing at the same time.

[AbrahamMora]

Esto es... es....???

O.P.

Amazing!!!

[yashamuraben1]

So dope

I've always loved the Shamisen's sound and it works really well with the tap dancing and bass of that drum. It almost sounds like a Hip-hop beat.

[jackofsticks]

Dear Youtube: Why won't you let me vote up multiple times?

[HMachProductions]

I have never seen anything even close to being as immensely cool as this is.

[araham11]

Fantastic !!!!!!!

[IllustratingCat]

Awesome..., Rock On Brothers.

Cat.

[HailTheOri]

I keep clicking the thumbs up button but it won't log it more than once. : (

[ohboogyohwoogy]

monkeyboys tapdance rules

[laughingfurry]

Nice

[TKcmcbTD]

Can anyone tell me what kind of drum that is? I'm thinking of buying one like that..

[jackofsticks]

@TKcmcbTD Some sort of djembe.

[qualcom01]

the fact that there are more than 0 dislikes bothers me...

[laughingfurry]

@qualcom01

Don't worry  about it. Some people are just heavily opinionated.

[maeyagroup]

super good, cool on fire

[TAPsCompania]

Excelente.... Superrr



[gentleman13XIII]

those asians got soul!

[plurp7]

this ensemble was completely amazing! thank you so much for posting this.

5 stars indeed.

[77SystemOfaDown]

pure rock'n roll ! :)

[R3M1K8]

amazing!

[Rukazor]

This is awesome. Pure awesome.

[gfhgtrdref]

yesssssssss! liky!

[MsYAYAKO]

素晴らしい！！！

日本人でよかった。

[TKcmcbTD]

Drummer looks real funky :P

[kxtone]

OMB! (Oh My buddha!) F... Awsome! That bass from the drum really put it together. The instrument is nicely done and also still have room for more instrument if they want to. That is nice. Thanks for the post...

[timwarneka]

This is really great! I'm curious, though ... I think I hear a bass, but don't see anyone playing a bass. Is that the drum?

[VCRAGE]

this should be a featured vid.......

[nathan900130]

@ 3030south: Shamisen is Japanese "guitar"

[planetdan22]

This kicks serious ass. Right on!

[bastlake]

Funky!

[nathan900130]

This is legit!

[gogodr]

happy feet should be ashamed. this guys are awesome :3

[catsduke]

上妻は志村の三味線の師匠、hidehohはたけしのタップの師­匠だ。

いわばこの映像（watch?v=pqR3S4qTF68：神出­鬼没タケシムケン）のスピンオフとして実現した訳ですね。

[BetaStationX]

only better

[Gateau]

A interesting fusion

[MrKra7as]

Lame, very unoriginal. Sounds almost American if you'd ask me.

[nekem89]

@MrKra7as well i honor your point of view,but by going this we can also say that american sound almost japan and japan i solder country than america,also japan is known to absorb many countries technoligy and stuff and make it better.well tha's i wanted to say still,i honor your point of view but just wanted to say my point of view,btw i'm hungarian so i have no connection to neither of theese countries.

[BetaStationX]

@MrKra7as what?...

[Trinivalts]

@MrKra7as lol, is groove something intrinsically american? It's pretty lame on your side to think so, if you do.

[UltimaDing]

If they could combine this into 1 guy, like a tap-dancing shamisen player that would be sick..not that this isn't awesome enough already...

[bigy78]

What!! Japan Rock!! Amazing Instrument ...

[oopsLOOPS]

whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooo YES!!!!!!!

[tjlep]

This is almost too awesome for me to handle!

[MagaKurai]

AWESOME

[ssjrapeyou]

we should of never drop the atomic bombs on japan! im afraid they might get us back someday!

[shefito88]

F*CK YOU WALES

F*CK YOU DOLFPHINE

[RpgDestiny]

This is absolutely amazing.

[metallwater]

You can look him up as 上妻宏光

[metallwater]

The player ist Agazuma Mizuhiro, a famous shamisen player.

[F0nkyNinja]

So. Many. Triplets.

[tear2703948]

AWSOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cain0296]

Cool

[unique95]

that so wickedly cool! Love to jam to this~

[ThaEther]

haha "I stumbled upon these while looking up"

i just stumbled upon this xD

[Shadowlotush]

this vid f*king rocks!!!!

[heyaanimerocksheya]

"Ownage"

[Tukkapoika]

This is not an elephant

[franbino]

woaw i knew those guy from takeshi's, and they are un-fucking-believable !

[Harold1305]

Stumble upon rulez

[Yubi4]

WoW, amazing!

[Jamiesmusicmachine]

i was almost about to just kip by this - i'm so glad i didnt :P

[darnoc001]

@Jamiesmusicmachine - because all i got is english on my keyboard. Would you know any free software which can help me type in japanese? :/

[ichirootaniguchi]

@darnoc001 most computers have support for kotoeri.....

especially computers from japan...

they all have kotoeri support

[darnoc001]

Fucking badass, I love my country. (a.k.a Japan)

[TraceofHatred]

@darnoc001 Then whya re you commenting in english if your Japanese?

[19lax91]

@darnoc001 Then why are you here? Not trying to be offensive but don't show false pride.

[edboswell]

@darnoc001 a cool mix of japanese and american culture~~~~~ Check out the Nicolas Brothers!!!!

[notOnilink]

great video! it kind of looks like he's playing the shamisen with a window scraper (scrape ice off car windows), heh

[Maracujamilkshake]

Waaah omg this is sooooo damn wicked! Pure awesomeness!

[earthtransient]

i loved it....... great stuff

[TFMANIAC]

Good God this is Freaking awesome..never would I ever have thought of such a combination!

[Krazykoreankyle14]

Holy crap that was amazing

[spookyriss]

I love this! It's hard to do back shuffles that fast - and nice time steps! Clear, clean sound too. I miss tap :(

[MaistrePathelin]

As they say: 'sugoi'!

[Pioko89]

o.o this is fantastic!!!!!!!

[SuzumiyaHaruhi0]

AYA HIRANO

[ichirootaniguchi]

shut up

[Removes]

I liked this a lot more than I thought I would.

[Metriohn]

No, the guy playing the shamisen did not have his eyes closed because he was into it, they were open all of the time

[angelofdeath3790]

These are some very talented people, I want to learn how to play the shamisen. the only talent I have is singing, playing the Ocarina, and gaming.

[shazam15]

all hail gaming.

[angelofdeath3790]

lol, gaming is 78% of my life <l0l i hav3 n0 lif3

[Koubenlin]

that was so innovative

[TheOtakuFool450]

This is one of the best musical combinations ever!

[Masterusi]

Where does the bass come from? =P

[floatinglandscape]

The bass comes from the drum at the back (a bit in the dark)

[Sledrave]

Sounds like a djembe. It's a hand drum of some sort.

[Princesa82]

awesome, japanese they never end to surprise me

[renxito1]

that was amazing !!! x)

[imunknown2you]

Pure Genius! Best Tap Video I have seen in a while.

[ferewtrette]

is that cloth instead of dog skin

[Nintendosaiyan3]

Reminds me of Zatoichi xD

[hakeem01]

Wow, that is amazing!

[fishsticks176]

this makes me wish I were high.

[sanseijedi]

I salute your use of the subjunctive!

[fenderacolyte]

HIT IT!!

pd: japanese jools holland XD

[grim2623]

very good combo!!!

[Sasukegirl87]

Now THIS is awesome

[caifan111]

I CAME

[MrWindUpBird21]

Great stuff man, they are all in sync and groovin' hah

Thanks for sharing this with us!

[aishnee]

Sugoi!!! These guys are awesome!!

[Monymex09]

CHIN-GON

[Kaminari3]

Awesome idea great artists

[Rikuji20]

That is freaking awesome

[Bukiwar]

Nice combination!!.. Great music and tap too!! :)

[aigahoshii]

that was amazing!

japanese surely know how to entertain people. :)

[BrielBunny]

That is awesome! If I had someone who could play like that my tapping would be on point.

[SmileyOreo]

JAPAN'S GOT TALENT!

[imbees2]

That was some good tap dancing. I loved music accompaniement. the dance was the bomb!!!! I started tap when I was 40 years old, had no idea of the intense training it entalied. You guys are very good tappers.

[superiorsantateresa]

Nice! :D *****

[Leslyethehero]

what a great instrument!! i love it!!:)

[DDRSN2]

Amazing.

[Guitarpl8r]

Freakin awesome man

[jtchen22]

sugoi!

[persistentmemory]

I love the eclectic nature of Japanese music.

[scrip7ki77y]

それわすごいね!!

[im4wur]

So very cooooooooooool! - Thanks for the upload!

[kron128597]

ニースのビデオの男5星

[ApesHaveNoTails]

Heeee!　ナイスです。　not ニース。　Just a friendly language helper!

[kron128597]

oh rite kool

how does ot help?

[ApesHaveNoTails]

ナイス　Is　naisu．　ニース　Is　niisu． naisu is nicer :)

[kron128597]

oh kool

are you playing shamisen on that video

[ApesHaveNoTails]

lol no. wish i could play like that.

[kron128597]

lol :)

[suicuna18]

that dudes like mumble but as a human asian! go happy feet.

[kazuki1005z]

渋い中に新しい音をってかっこよすぎる。

まーわからない外国人はそのままでいいんじゃねーの？

ただ文句をいちいちのせるな。低脳が

[kron128597]

why are you writing in japanese i think that guy is chinese

[antwakefield]

This is an awesome, energy filled performance!

[skater10301]

i dont know whether there Japanese, or if they actually are from 'Nom, but i can say this on behalf of America,

HOLY FUCKIN SHIT

[chasegoostree86]

The sheer amount of musical talent on this stage is awesome!

[kungfuasgaeilge]

Ooh, standing shamisen?!?

[gwilli24]

This is some awesome stuff! More please!

[tapdancer47]

Awesome! Musicality is incredible, thanks for sharing!

[Anikinsen]

Why are some positive comments have a - on them?

This is a great video and deserves great comments!

Man, listen to that beat! Its excellent!