Kaki King rocks out to "Playing with Pink Noise"

http://www.ted.com Kaki King, the first female on Rolling Stone's "guitar god" list, rocks out to a full live set at TED2008, including her breakout single, "Playing with Pink Noise." Jaw-dropping virtuosity meets a guitar technique that truly stands out.

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[themindminder]

Brilliant !! ... When I was at university studying music, I noticed that the most criticism was directed to those who were the most original and the most talented, usually from the less talented in the campus. So to all the nit-picking nobodys who feel it neccisary to post negative comments about someone so talented, I look forward to reviewing the video responses of your performances that you will post so that we can all hear how great you are...

[FlyByHarmony]

If music literate people don't appreciate this music the style, I don't think I want to become music literate.

[crudhousefull]

This girl is absolutely incredible

[crudhousefull]

These super musicians should play some normal tunes with technical finesse so that us normal people trust them enough for us to be taken on the journey into the unknown. To that know it all in the top comment. Stop being such a fucking elitist. Most branches of human expertise requires a lot of knowledge in that field to appreciate the advanced developments. People are entitled to their view. Anyone who loved everything they didn't understand would be an idiot or just plain weird

[ickybug]

47 people cannot orgasm

[5MinuteEarth]

Most of the 2nd track sounds like Goby, perhaps she is doing an intro on the fly?

[5MinuteEarth]

Amazing. 1st track is Playing With Pink Noise, 3rd is Magazine. Does anyone know the name of the 2nd track?

[khakichino2]

I am much more interested in her thoughts than her guitar. What a beautiful person.

[HelloKellen]

if only i can play like her... gosh she's so badass!

[gsjbaldwin]

Kaki is sublime

[Manuelomar2001]

Pure jealousy, that's all that the people complaining have in their minds. Kaki is not merely a musician, but an artist. She plays in non-traditional styles because, to her, traditional styles are boring and ceased to challenge her long ago.