Jay Brannan - "A Maid in Bedlam"

[keighleyclubmember]

Probably the worst rendition of this traditional English folk song that I've ever heard. If you want something good, listen to John Renbourn.

[keighleyclubmember]

Possibly the worst rendition of this tradition English folk song I've ever heard.

[leochik2]

i think the kashaka would sound good with the song Jolene by Dolly Parton...

[gapapo]

great!!! i want one of those!

[mojorock]

Very cool! But I listened to the beginning like half a dozen times... Are you saying your friend's name is Bitch??? I can't make it out at all!

[juanmora19910209]

@mojorock yea its BITCH <3 I'm pretty sure you can youtube her if i'm not mistaken she's a queen, you'll have to double check.

[michaeljking]

Me too!!

[kehanocy]

You should have a bit more self confidence! You're really good!

[pyxiekit]

OOOOO i love this song ..... *sigh * you have a nice voice and that instrument is very interesting i've done ren faires for years and seen weird thing but i've never seen anything like that's cool but i think it went too fast but cool none the less :)

ps it's ok i still stick my tongue out ALL the time ;)

[raydio99]

Oh Cool!

I've had a pair of kashakas for years and never did anything with them but shake 'em around for a little shaka-shaka. Never knew about that swing-n-clack business.

HOTCHA!

Thanks!

[BlairDevlin]

whats with the tongue thing? youtube makes me stick my tongue out:P that made me smile

but aside from that - i love your voice!!!

[ib2fast]

Nice Job! *****

[realeyesli]

beautiful song man.

nice.

[BurntGrape]

definatley not awful.

[JaredCulture]

awful? This was great.

[liberatethecanaries]

i wish i had some kashakas.

[jsdhfuos]

i saw some at a 10,000 villages in Toronto. i don't know if they have those stores everywhere, but if they have one near you they might have some there. or if you're anywhere near toronto you could check out one of those stores.

[tall32guy]

I don't understand why there's so many prejudicial people in the world. Comments and opinions like these are *precisely* the reason why gay people who are closeted *stay* closeted.

[sexboywonder]

imagine if everyone thought and acted that way. like what if Rosa parks gave up her seat on that fateful day? I tell *People* this all the time . Everony has to take responsibilty and action for injustice

[tall32guy]

Yep, they do. Unfortunately, from what I've seen in my years of living, people don't normally want to, or at least not for ignorance and predjudice. There will always be prejudices, against gays, blacks, etc, because people don't give a shit about taking the effort to get rid of their ignorance and NOT be prejudiced. So, we'll always have it.

[tall32guy]

And, that's the reason *I* stay closeted and probably will for the rest of my life, so I can KEEP my life!

[sexboywonder]

so what do you want from me a cookie or a medal?

Your life will be intersting when ur fifty but not my problem.

lets take the time to reflect on the famous words of Patrick Henry:

Give me liberty or give me death

if the whole world thought your way by now we would all be dead.

[tall32guy]

Well you're entitled to your opinion. Glad you have the courage or whatever you want to call it. In the meanwhile, I'm closing the subject. ;-)

[sexboywonder]

and the closet door. have fun in the dark

[ret155]

For God's Sake (and mine)...somebody give this man a record deal!!!!! PLEASE!!!!

xox

rick

[anawc]

you are so... i can't find the richt word... lovely, i guess...

anyways i just freaking love you! :P

[tall32guy]

he is such a cutie, I can't get over it! :-)

[tylerismadawsome]

Oh my god I love bitch from soda shop! hahahaha

[FoscoJones]

lookng and sounding like that, you've got to get a record deal soooooon :)

[tylerismadawsome]

Better than I could do.

[TheDashing1]

YouTube makes me stick my tongue out!

[stevenxnguyen]

wow pretty song.

[Eatingismurder]

I like the instruments, however i don't think it's very conducive for singing folk-esque songs.

[ninjaboy19]

I know this sounds really bad but those things look like beads...beads you use for pleasure... i hope you get what i mean because iam not going to say it

[sexboywonder]

he means chinese anal love beads. now HOW did you know about THOSE??????????????????! ; 0 oh my ur moms gonna be pissed ; 0

[zakirockero]

Jay. I loved you in shotbus. if you haven't found q husband yet. you've got me waiting for you jeje.

[Askanae]

I go first!!!! hehehehe

[krizla4]

wow, he's gay

[sexboywonder]

yeah but so is ur dad

[krizla4]

huh?

[paultarbox]

well done

[dxmkrew]

yes, he does seem quite happy.

[stienburg]

your awesome, Don't let anyone change that, Who cares if you gay, It makes you who you are.. Raven can go suck a nut!

[Archangel98]

those balls youre handling look dangerous.

[RevanSithLord]

This guy always looks like he's just been crying for the past half an hour. What a total loser. And so gay in every way it's beyond a joke!

[RobertDeLima]

Wow, you've got some major emo-issues, Revan. Go see a shrink.

Jay Brannen, I love your music! Same goes for your part in Shortbus. Good movie btw.

[sexboywonder]

fags rock pussy stinks suck dick not snatch. you should spend more time washin ur puss tho u stank thang

[nycxxx]

YOU'RE A DICK,huh?? Look in the mirror more.... Jay Brannan is AWESOME. And I'm a straight guy, so kiss my ASS!!

[sexboywonder]

you need to do a Re-read.

[dxmkrew]

sexism isn't an effective way to battle heterosexism. Just Sayin'.

[sexboywonder]

sure it is, it absolutely is, it points out that people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones, gives bigotry a relationship to history & humbles the offendeer. less than a hundred years ago women were treated as less than equal, as faggits are now. whats good for the goose is good for the gander.

[dxmkrew]

yes, while insulting an entire group of people. what an intelligent way of bringing down one person. it doesn't humble anyone, it just proves that you're as ignorant as they are. sexism needs to be extinguished, just like heterosexism does...so why not try working on both instead of making exceptions?

[sexboywonder]

because if ur intelligent then you can figure out that im not really sexist that I am setting and example and if ur not then you have to suffer of the same stupidity as Reven. I think we have more problems in the world that *SHOULD* over ride "PC" people trying to preach to the choir. as long as theres disease, hunger, homlessness and poverty, I guess we can put our energys there instead of worrying about who gets offended because of Reven

[dxmkrew]

"setting an example." and what a great example to set! degrade someone based on something they can't change because they attempted to do the same thing. well, my work is done here. i guess i better go put out a burning orphanage or something...

[sexboywonder]

Time well spent! better than playing Defence lawyer for a homophobe, if ur a women, I wouldnt bother, you should better just be barefoot and pregnant and in the kitchen. ... ok go ahead youtubers, attack me!! no wonder the rpublican party is so HEALTHY in USA, assholes on the left fight too much and cant get their shit together. wake the fuck up, jesus christ.

[dxmkrew]

haha i'm hardly a republican, and i never once defended that person's comment. if you want to talk about leftist unity perhaps you shouldn't walk around running your mouth about "stinky pussy" and indirectly insulting leftist females. my whole reasoning for replying to your comment was based on the fact that you, like the original commenter, were out of line. those comments don't help homosexuals at all, and change nothing.

[sexboywonder]

thats your opinion but you sound like a feminazi to me and if Feminazis are so sensetive than they dont deserve unity in the first place bedise they hate men period

and if ur too naive to figure out that you INDIRECTLY are defending REvan by continuing your infighting here, than you are just giving people like her the power back and now she, the stinky pussy, can sit back and eat popcorn. GOD I hate feminists.

[dxmkrew]

i am a man. a gay man at that. you know, god forbid people stand up for the rights of women. and for the record, fuck revan's comment -- i don't tolerate heterosexism, there are just better ways of going about fighting it than insulting, oh i don't know, feminist lesbians and liberals who are going through the same shit we go through and are just as bothered by heterosexist comments.

and a little lesson: feminists believe in equal rights for women, they aren't man haters.

[sexboywonder]

lol.... I know better, but if ur GAY then why are defending stink crotch here and why dont u recycle ur trash or something. Obvsiouly , as a gay man you feel some sort of solidarty to your lesbian sisters. Im gay too and I dont feel any solidarity for Feminazis, or people who are so naive they cant comprehend the concept of consequence.

[rachthegreat2]

i can see your irritation, but generalisations like "I hate feminists" are ignorant.

[sexboywonder]

and a little lesson: feminists believe in equal rights for women, they aren't man haters is ALSO a Generalization.

what you dont get STILL is that the offending charicture (stink crotch reven the fag hater)who set the tone for THIS thread AS I SAID BEFORE may now sit back eat popcorn and laugh in hysterics over the stupidity of " liberals" and their complete and total lack of ability to cut the shit with policing each other and act as a team.

[rachthegreat2]

okay, im sensing a way to general argument going on...i mean as soon as you say "liberals" im outta here. how the hell do you define a liberal? there are so many types...to be specific, i am pro-equality, for homosexuals, for women, for heterosexuals, for men, etc etc and no one without prejeudice (ie no one worth listening to) will probably disagree.

[sexboywonder]

well now you know why you have Bush in office.

[rachthegreat2]

im not american, i vote liberal democrat in the (much freer) united kingdom, thanks. i have nothign to do with your prison-camp operating swine of a president. nor am i a conservative, i am not insulting liberals merely insulting your inability to see the term liberal as a generalisation. i am a liberal socialist, in the modern sense of course, so bugger off!

[sexboywonder]

well hypocrit,

First of all I thought you said you were out of here?

Secondly, UK was right up USAs Asshole thru both of these wars.  so WTF Are u babbling about?

THIRDLY, I thought you said you were against prejudice and this and that.

I smell the stink of Venomous Anti Americanism up in here.

dont you have some dishes to wash or something?

[rachthegreat2]

out of here in the most metaphorical sense EVER :D

also, only the GB government was with america. why do you think the public forced blair out of office? if you don't know british public mood, dont make delcarations about our support. we hated the war, unfortunatly our blood PM loved it.

i used to live in the states and i loved almost all of the people i knew, as i do over here. all i did was insult bush, and any american can do THAT.

[sexboywonder]

a generalization? Are you SURE Any American would? maybe thats why Bush is still in office, because he has such a high approval rating, 36% last I heard, lowest in US history. PS read clearly I did not discuss British support For Blair, I was talking about the GVT, ANY Brittish would do that, according to your theories

[sexboywonder]

dear Hypocrit

'I vote liberal democrat in the (much freer) united kingdom, thanks. i have nothign to do with your prison-camp operating swine of a president'

sounds pretty fuckin acusitory 2 me. I dont beleive you.- life experience has taught me otherwise living OutSide USA.

If you are saying ANY american would do THAT, where then does that take us? is that

[rachthegreat2]

i said any american CAN do that, you prat. can as in COULD, as in the conditional tense. that means you have the CAPABILITY, not necessarily the will! all i said is that im speaking as any american might about a politician they dont like, not as an America hater. Clinton or Obama would have my vote, just to show you im not hating on anyone.

[rachthegreat2]

oh, and he SO operates prison camps. dont even deny it. so all i did wrong was call him a swine. well i could call blair a swine, or brown. its not a crime.

[sexboywonder]

ur just trying to wiggle ur way out of it -

leave me alone now

[rachthegreat2]

that's okay, i always like a man who cant say he was wrong. i really am off to sleep now, bbut if you feel like posting abuse or argument when im gone, i'll see to it in the morning.

[sexboywonder]

ur not only a hypocrit but ur a nerve saw

[princessconseula]

i love you jay.

i love you.

i wish i was a boy.

[Benve85]

NO! ME!

[eukeef]

jay marry me...

[KURIKURIMCMKMK]

OMG I'm in Love with you Jay :) can't stop watchin' all ur videos all over the time.. u r soo cutee & talented! please let's meet haha

[lucas04france]

im like ya for the tong thing!!!

[sergioivanovich]

wow!!!! great I will buy your cd

[vasco68]

Jay you sing so good ! I wish you luck .

[ambechelle]

you are SUCH a doll!!

[anewmusicalBryant]

fuck you asshole!! Jay is the shit and your a bitch! why don't you go fuck yourself sideways!

[dragonx329]

Like you could do better?

[treycube]

remember when you were advised to "get a life" ??

..quite the enjoyable choice.

[matilda357]

good rhytym

sweet boy and

mystyc voice

[ikerio]

Mad about Jay he`s sooooooo cute,he sings sweetly even when having a crap, now that is something not many of us can achieve!

[itstheapril]

lol this is too awesome

[jsdhfuos]

well i thought it was really cool and you did a really good job on that instrument cuz it is difficult to maintain a beat like that, nicely done!

[arnvidb]

Unlike say, you with your 2 subscribers against his 4554. Hmmm, let me think about this one.

[mofrocrowe]

I liked it alot! I have watched all of your vids and dig them all, keep it up!

[fatty456789]

when your doing that on the side of the street one day maybe ill throw a penny in your cup.... maybe

[dxmkrew]

haha oh bitch, gotta love her.

[LAra482]

o.O I love U

[hardpurple]

I love this guy :PP

[mlong20]

I think maybe you should write the lyrics down before you attempt a song like Maid in Bedlam. I dont know what you were doing with the rythm. It would have pleased me more if you would have changed the references to a Maid , to maybe a lord or a farmhand.

[tastemychaos]

woah

awesome!

[racham1]

excellent!

[equid0x]

So adorable... :)

[Baune22]

This is so cool. :) Ive never heard of such an instrument, and I sure as hell couldn't do two things at once like that.

[memory248]

i think im gna fly 2 nyc cos ur amazing, guy

***fan from milan

[Totte84]

sorry, that you had to read nessita1's comment.. i think i'm joing the scientologs so the aliens can abduct me..

[nessita1]

sorry but i have to unsubscribe :( you are too gay

[brazilwanttobe]

I loved the shirt, keep it on. You really balance out warren25smash. Innovation is good. Let's see you dance.

[maxdoren]

yeah I like the ball thing...its rad

[alphabelephant]

if i say your video was good will you continue to embarass yourself?

[mgclark2]

Oh, pleeeeeeeease sing "Nothing Compares to You" in a video! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! I think it would be AMAZING.

[phairflower]

simply amazing.

[smirbelbirbel]

I really like your songs and don't think that you look bad but why do you always take off ur shirt?? I think u don't look bad but nicer with a t shirt - in grey if u like... ;-)

[imbringingsexyback03]

y0u can sing really g00d i l0ved it.

[tittiit]

what the fuck are you saying you cant play.. the ball thingy?! The song was good, and i kinda liked the ball thingy, make's me want to be able to play it ^^

[fate444]

really awful??? pfffftttttt... again.. i must say.. BELIEVE in yourself.!! JAY, YOU CAN DO IT ^^!

[katiealex339]

ur hoooooooottttttttttttt

[katiealex339]

you're hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooo­ootttttttttttt

[bozzekaka]

Beautiful. And inspiring!

[natemp]

hey wow... you would need to be onto it to work them things haha - cool vid

[yjloiselle]

Yes! Nothing more need saying.

[BlissNTell]

Heck ya!!!! Awesome coordination :)

[curbsidecollection]

well, i dont care what all the other jerks have to say, but i love your music, and this song was different from the others. i thought it wonderful! you amaze me! I LOVE YOU!

[laurytanty89]

Cada vez que oigo tus canciones,me gustan mas.... Haz otro video que ahi estare para verlo. Suerte :)

[aringler77]

Your are other videos are bearable yet this one is very bad, "bitte zuruck bleiben" naechste halt scheissevideo!!

[enkii82]

Cashakaes?? i dont really know how to spell that... i don't mean to be rude.. it seems like he's playing with 'two balls'

[forrealsies]

nope, i was busy playin with his balls ;)

[Alexanadu]

the kashakas are well hung i must say. swinging those nuts in your hand and singing at the same time requires talent! you are fricken talented, Jay!

[p3c4310v3]

PLEASE PUT OUT A CD! id buy it in a second!!! <3!!

your amazing!!

[lechaton]

Damn good!

Record a full CD, Jay!

This guy is amazing!

[Drumlinebabe2121]

that's amazing! I want one of those things!!!

[BlessedMassacre]

Bitch as in Bitch and Animal?

Jealous.

[joydropper]

People ask too many question. It is what it is, take it as it is. Amazing.

[StupidRoxi]

sounds great. kind of funny.

[woahwah]

Put a shirt on.

[princessconseula]

IM DIGGING IT

[Ferran4ky]

q penoso no sabe cantar ni na ... tiene una voz de tia impresionante ... en mi país dicen q antiguamente en los coros cantaban niños pequeños porq tenían la voz más aguda ... o también hombres "capados" (sin testiculos ni pene) y este me parece q es uno de ellos ... porq colgais mierda en el YOUTUBE??

[enriquealex87]

Si ese país es el mismo que el mío, me temo que te han contado una milonga...

[hollywoodlawn]

Love your toothgap, hottie...don´t know what gave you the idea to do your vids shirtless, but keep it that way! HOT!

[lukfr]

Very nice voice, and nice smile !

[blue7530]

i took a class on world music. you should hear the little african boys on those, its crazy.

[redblackdragon]

very very hot looking guy, sexiest thing is he isnt shy

[xaznxsexy123]

put a shirt on

[margalibus]

j'adoooore ça j'adooore! bravo serieux bravo

[freeboy888]

I like it.... is a great musik and a very good instrument, jaja, you imagenation is very well,..jaja xao, good luke!!

[helwassa]

damn what the hell is that I've never heard a voice like urs it's awesome damn u sing so fuckin' good I'm in love carry on hunni u r gorgeous

[edavis354]

he is handling those balls real well I wonder if he is good with all balls. ha ha ha ha!!!! just playing jaybrannan.. keep up the good work...

[loutchiaz]

that's amazing! I'm eating my favorite ice cream, but I'm finding it tasteless when I'm hearing you!!!

is it sad or beautiful? don't know but, you make me smile. :p

[OnEye]

okso i'm totally addicted .. and if i like you .. the humans will go mad for you..

you will have what it is you're after .. the only caution i have for you is .. becareful what you wish for.

~Andrew

[Thinia]

this song is so great..could you please!!! play the guitar to it...it would be so great

[mcmanderley]

why do u play shirtless?

[jcroce1994]

Hmm, don't know so much about the kashakas, but I could listen to you sing all day.

Thanks Jay.

[Merryjest]

Good rythm, but you really need to look up a voice teachre.

[motosuwa]

*cheer* That's got an awesome sound--rather haunting. And what's even more fun than the video is saying "kashakas".

[amyishott]

i loveee this

[appleandwatermelon]

i think your gay

[bennyboy12341234]

Uh... I think the sky is blue. What's your point?

[MintoBastet]

so what? If he was it wouldn't be a problem, would it?! honestly... o_O you should rather comment on the video and not on his sexuality- ...stupid -_-!

[normalienne]

really great rhythms. i wish bitch was my friend too.

[elvickRULES]

Those kashakas look more like.. a sexual toy than an instrument to me. But.. I'm just that way.

[xcsnoobx]

Please dont ever sing with those gay kashakas

[xynaxis]

Impressive ...yet SimPLe

[RyanD124]

good singing but your gay... really gay

[boylebongo]

pffff.

[pedro1216]

and your point is...?

[runnergunner3]

You're an ass!! You're not brave enough to put yourself out there like he did. Coward!

[tall32guy]

And what difference does that make? If someone's talented, they're talented. It doesn't matter if they're gay or straight, Irish or Texan, black or white, Jewish or Catholic... You get the idea! Ability and talent is what it is.

[sexboywonder]

yeah , but you can only have so much at one time. I would say TWO is maximal

EG, you can be gay and black ( lets call that the worst)

OR you could be Texan and Catholic, Also pretty nasty,

But you CANT be ( EG) Texan, Jewish AND gay all at the same time. thats just too much to digest.

[joecash4]

u r really cute..and just do ya thang!!

[EFESORJM]

u are really great,

you are the one that i need for the video i had in mind all this time :D

with a devendra banhart's song ... u are my man!!

[robertoDNZ]

Hey Jay love Sinead as well, good on you!

Would be nice to see more videos.

Take care...

Peace!

Roberto

[poundme99]

Jay, you rock!! This is Kat...looking forward to your show on Monday!!! You are just f*&^$G awesome!!! Muuuaaaaaaaaaaaa

[djerichall]

thank you for singing...some of us appreciate brilliance. You are well respected.

[tofvoszi]

Hey Jay...could watch you singing all night...y'know you got a huge fan base in Scotland...c'mon over to the Edinburgh Festival -you'll be a sell-out...btw, check out John Renbourn Group's version of Maid in Bedlam...they do it with Indian instruments!

[fffra]

ahah you really look like sinead o connor!

by the way, kashakas sound good, the voice is really cool. keep it up

[carofsamo]

Great! Now all you need is a beat.

Hahaha! Jay, it's Josh. Your stalker and #1 fan. You know I'm fucking w/ you. Love the vid.

J

[wimpers]

multiple choice : choose your comment:

oh dear, Jay, you are so...

a/ brave

b/ reckless

c/ constantly surprising

!!!!

[mrscani]

Nice!!!

[Pythr]

Stunning. It is a good thing that you don't edit your videos, it feels like watching work in progress.

Your singing Sinead makes one hope for more, and wonder what your cover of her "I am stretched at your grave" would sound.