r/nextfuckinglevel • u/NoNoobJustNerD • 4d ago
This kiddo wanted to play the guitar
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u/MisterSanitation 4d ago
I did this 1000 times when I was a kid except I was actually singing along into the closet door and strumming my not plugged guitar.
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u/doc_witt 4d ago
I think I caught your show in San Diego
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u/fleshie 4d ago
I was also watching him from outside his window.
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u/knowigot_that808 4d ago
Oooh you had an actual guitar? I did this with a kitchen broom that doubled as a microphone!
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u/MrLurking_Sanspants 4d ago
I still do this in the shower and I’m almost 40.
Luckily I don’t need to plug my guitar in either cuz it’s made of air.
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u/IamSkudd 4d ago edited 4d ago
What band is this? Their audience is… whatever the opposite of a sausage party is. Clam Jam?
Edit: RPJ event band, UK’s #1 event band, apparently.
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u/ConorOdin 4d ago
RPJ?
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u/IamSkudd 4d ago
Yeah, Rick Parfitt Jr, but they go by RPJ event band.
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u/Killahills 4d ago
Presume that's the son of the guy from Status Quo then?
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u/Gregs_green_parrot 4d ago
Yes, that's Rick's son. https://rpjband.co.uk/band-members/
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u/FlamingSaviour 4d ago
I thought that a clam-jam was the opposite of a cock-block
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u/Givingtree310 4d ago
Does they only do covers or something?
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u/MTB_Mike_ 4d ago
Yeah ... Event band is what we would call cover band in the US
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u/Pretend-Quality3400 4d ago
Event band reminded me of a cover band I saw called 'Furnace and the Fundementals'... they were fucking raaaad! All covers to absolute bangers, executed amazingly! If you ever see them playing anywhere, try and go.
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u/Available-Dare-7414 4d ago
Yes. Might be sexist to say but I think an audience of guys would have lost their minds a bit more at this display of awesomeness. Nothing speaks to a dude soul much like an electric guitar.
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u/thedndnut 4d ago
It's a planted thing fyi
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u/yellowbirdboy 4d ago
Honestly, still impressive
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u/knowigot_that808 4d ago
Yeah his roots are in classical Blues but can still play Guns N’ Roses.. now that’s impressive
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u/Any_Duck4485 4d ago
To be fair, every rock guitarist is a master of the blues scale. Blues guitar is the foundation for all classic rock and jazz.
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u/hvanderw 4d ago
I mean Slash's roots are in blues, and he plays GNR. Not quite hand in hand but...
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u/AnnualWerewolf9804 4d ago
So what? Was it not entertaining? What is with you people that feel the need to point out something being staged or planned? It’s entertainment, thats it, you wet rag.
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u/Wise-Professional-56 4d ago
Because when things attempt to come off as authentic but aren't, it paints an unrealistic picture of society. Is is that hard to understand?
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u/Lyzern 4d ago
I hate this type of mentality. It's amazing for the kid that he can play guitar that well, but we need to respect authenticity.
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u/Unleashed_Chaos_ 4d ago
Are you not entertained?! 😋
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u/IllvesterTalone 4d ago
ah, you were there then?
oh shit, were you in on it?!
you should be ashamed.
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u/anon1292023 4d ago
What are you doing here? Don’t you have boss runs to repeat over and over thousands of times?
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u/Cchaireazy 4d ago
Every time I hear this song
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u/highline9 4d ago
I wanna punch Derrick in the face
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u/Surreply 4d ago
$1,200 a week for voice lessons
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u/Chemical_Chemist_461 4d ago
And you still sound terrible
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u/rawrkittysaur 2d ago
🎶Bow wow I’m Deeeeerrrrek and I can sing high like thiiiiisssss… and I can sing hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh 🎶
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u/gregusmeus 4d ago
Clearly staged but still awesome.
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u/JoySubtraction 4d ago
I dunno. I'd think the kid would at least get the band name right if it were staged.
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u/Liarus_ 4d ago
Singer needed to be a little bit more confident
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u/raphus84 4d ago
Yeah Singer was acting like he got plucked out of the crowd 10 minutes before.
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u/HungryMorlock 3d ago
They switch out a member every 10 minutes. It's the band of Theseus.
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u/ekyrt 4d ago edited 4d ago
Singer needs to be better at singing as he isn't playing anything.
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u/UNCwesRPh 4d ago
People talking about the kid being a plant.
So fucking what if he is….he’s 10 years old and he is slaying. I want more plants like this in my life if this is what a plant is.
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u/TwinPitsCleaner 4d ago
Plus, if he's a plant, besides that he should get the band name right, he's getting some proper watering.
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u/GetOffMyGrassBrats 3d ago
If he's a plant, I hope he got paid at least as much as the band's Pawn Stars guitarist.
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u/heroinebob90 4d ago
This child definitely made a deal at the crossroads
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u/GoodThingsDoHappen 4d ago
Crowley always collects...unless you end up besties
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u/KcBeanbags 4d ago
This is my favorite Ellen episode
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u/JJadeE5280 4d ago
I wish I had an award give! Your comment literally made me snort, well done.
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u/phazedoubt 4d ago
This kid is a rockstar. If he has the drive and desire, one day he'll be able to play on any stage he wants
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u/TowelFine6933 4d ago edited 4d ago
This band used to play shows in my area.
A couple years ago, the kid got a part on a national tour of School of Rock
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u/Agreeable_Pool_3684 4d ago
Apart from the fact that this lad can really play and has a huge talent, getting up on stage and doing it in front of a crowd is difficult in itself. Adrenalin can really screw you up. That’s why he started off playing a little quickly but when the band came in he slowed. So massive respect to this kid and the band as well. Staged or not it was still great.
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u/all___blue 4d ago
Love how there were a dozen girls around his age that moved up front toward the end. Lol.
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u/deadlygr8ful 4d ago
Leave some ladies for the rest of us kid... what a time! Love it!
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u/ErvanMcFeely 4d ago
On the day of this kids first child’s birth, he will hold his baby, look deep into their eyes and say “this is the second best thing that has ever happened to me.”
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u/Craig_E_W 4d ago
Can't tell you how happy I am that this video didn't end too soon! That was epic.
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u/Dizzy_Bit6125 4d ago
This is fucking AWESOME!! Guns n roses is also one of my favorite bands, this kid has good taste and is a fabulous player
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u/InspectorRumpole 4d ago
No need to stage it - the kid is good.
We already have enough trouble deciphering what's real or not, coming from the internet.
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u/ViolinistBusiness353 4d ago
Wow, this is what the world needs. Moments like this give me hope for humanity
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u/goldiegoldthorpe 4d ago edited 4d ago
Sorry, but there is no context where the continued popularity of this song gives me hope for humanity.
Axl Rose wrote the lyrics for the song about a woman, Erin Everly, he routinely abused, sexually assaulted and tortured. She appears in the music video for this song (Stephanie Seymour, another woman Rose abused is in the video for November Rain). According to him, he brought a gun with him when he proposed to her, in case she said no. They divorced ten months later. At least one of the police reports was sold at auction as "rock and rock memorabilia" (https://bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/index/catalog/110/lot/47336/AXL-ROSE-DOMESTIC-ABUSE-REPORT). The music video for "It's so Easy" was never released because Axl put in "S&M" footage of him and Erin that involved "a lot of hanging Erin off the door, putting a ball gag in her, beating her ass and stuff." The band Great White used recording of Axl Rose beating Erin Everly at a recording studio on the album Pyscho City.
Axl's continued and extensive abuse of Stephanie Seymour and Erin Everly was as well known at the time as Chris Brown's assault against Rhianna. Oh, and Axl and Slash raped a 15 year old, were charged with statutory rape, but the charges got dropped because of course they did. According to Axl, "This hippy chick wandered in and started fucking with our equipment trying to break stuff. So eventually she wound up running down Sunset naked, all dingy, and didn't even know her own name."
This is just the stuff that has recordings and video evidence and police reports and confessions by Axl Rose. Even for the time period, where rape and sexual assault and domestic violence were not taken as seriously, he was contemporarily viewed as an absolute piece of shit.
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u/boltyboy69 4d ago
BTW Cold Play does this all the time. I saw them and a teenager came out of the crowd and played piano in front of 60.000 people at Levi's stadium--he was excellent
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u/EastForkWoodArt 4d ago
My jaw is on the floor. Amazing talent, I’m so happy for this kid! What amazing performance.
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u/Diligent_Ad7545 4d ago
I hope he gets to do that many more times with significantly more talented musicians! Someone give him Nandi Bushell’s people (pretty sure it’s just her parents) number asap!
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u/TheManInTheShack 4d ago
This happened to a Scott Halpin in 1973 when Keith Moon of The Who passed out during a concert at the Cow Palace in Northern California. My cousin was there.
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u/AlwaysForeverAgain 3d ago
I’ve always wondered what happens to kids that get on stage and rip it up. There are so many instances of kids being called out of the audience and absolutely killing it.
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u/cdfanatic722 3d ago
I love all the time and attention they gave this kiddo. He will be a musician for life likely because of this experience!
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u/UndueOdium 3d ago
I am a guitar player and I had the BIGGEST smile on my face watching this. This absolutely made my day.
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u/Realistic-Function-2 3d ago
Not sure why everyone is saying he’s a plant. I was at a concert a couple weeks ago and a fan did this and they did a pretty terrible job and ruined the song for me. Guessing it wasn’t a plant and these things just happen.
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u/ZurEnArrh58 4d ago
Dream come true for this kid, I'm sure. It's like a scene out of a movie. How awesome.