"Every Major's Terrible" memorized and self-accompanied!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Ben Miller sing's Randall Munroe's "Every Major's Terrible" from the webcomic xkcd!
THE COMIC: xkcd.com/1052/
I did pretty good on my memorization, but there's a one word difference, who can spot it?
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That was great! You should major in theatre....oh wait.
+Drew Ellisor
How 'bout liberal Arts xD
Now that you mention it, "music" wasn't on the list!
@@DieFlabbergast Thats because music is the best!
@@DieFlabbergastClearly, that’s because music is his real major.
Someday I'll be the first to get a Ph. D in 'Undeclared'.
Yes people, this is a reference.
5 years. So hows the masters in Undeclared going?
The Alt Text is my favourite part of xkcd
So uhh... Ever get that Ph. D?
After all this years I still can't get over "as Pratchett said 'geography's just physics slowed with trees ontop'" XD
The thing is, I can't actually find a source crediting that line to him that predates the comic... so I'm not actually sure he said such a thing, at least not in so many words.
@@andrew_ray it's paraphrased from the book "feet of clay". On page 6 (in my version) it says "But geography is only physics slowed down and with a few trees stuck on it"
@@saschaberg8406 legend, nice
Though physics seems to promise you a Richard Feynman-like career...
...the wiki page for "physics major" redirects to "engineer"!
And thus, Gilbert & Sullivan's legacy continues, their original parody once again further parodied with surprising originality.
Their legacy lives on.
Forever, or so it would seem. ^___^
Can't escape it if you try. 😉
Just kidding. I actually don't even *want* to escape. ^___^
Totally willing captive audience here. ^____^
wait what did they parody? i thought they're the source!
Are you serious? The xkcd comic was a parody of the "Major-General's Song", from the Gilbert and Sullivan musical "The Pirates of Penzance".
@@Nyerguds thats what i know. but i dont know what the major-general is a parody of. or did is misunderstand your "further"?
@@p0gr Ohh. They were parodying the general state of affairs, of military leaders who were well-educated but knew nothing of actual battle and tactics, of course.
I can’t believe this is just a cover-this dude might as well have written the song with how genuinely he performs it!
Such kind words! This tune has had many parody words over the years
As a Philosophy major - "Philosophy is just math sans rigor, sense and practicality' is pretty spot on.
As a math major, the lack of reality with math is also pretty spot on.
*Slow Clap*
*Stands*
*Faster Clap*
Encore! Encore!
+Shruk father no!!!
Jeremy Seinfeld it's ogre now
Do it one more time and this time can you do it really fast
I love that you can tell it is recorded in a practice room.
"TV's behind the rush into forensic criminology" DUN DA DUN DUN -Dragnet reference!
Just the comment I scrolled down here hoping to find!
This reminds me uncannily of Tom Lehrer... and not just because of his elements song, the sense of humor is similar as well.
Silavite It wasn't written by him
TomasPabon It just makes him think of him because of a song he wrote on based on the same music called “The elements song by tom lehrer” back in the 1980s
The humor here is definitely reminiscent of his. When I saw the video title here I instantly thought of his song "Don't Major in Physics"!
@@graphgiraffe It's safe to say that Randall Munroe is familiar with Tom Lehrer's works (besides obviously the elements song).
I have three cousins who are all graduating from high school this year. I am memorizing this song now to sing at their graduation party. I will, of course, sing it much more slowly than this for two reasons:
1. The attendees will not have a transcript to read as I sing, and I want them to be able to understand all of the words.
2. I want to avoid slip-ups, and slower is easier.
How’d it go?
@@javasiege It went well! People enjoyed it.
@@agiar2000 Good to know!
I like how the title of the video has the right amount of syllables to be a line in the song
That's because it *is* a line in the song.
@@julistarling8382...No it isn't? He does not say 'Every major's terrible memorized and self-accompanied' at any point.
Now: I was like, wrong. It'd be a real stretch to make it actually fit the meter. But it's definitely not already in there.
@@flame_warpAnd the title of the song is in the song, but isn't long enough to be a line, making it even more nonsensical to say
it rhymes with the description too
"Every Major's Terrible" memorized and self-accompanied!
Ben Miller sings a song from the webcomic xkcd!
the aggressive eye contact is the best part
For some reason, and I'm not sure if it's the way he looks or what, but he reminds me of MatPat from GameTheory.
MatPat actually majored in drama, if I recall correctly
@@TheEnderLeader1 If you scroll down far enough on his channel you can see his video auditions. I'm telling you, I didn't understand what it meant to laugh and swoon at the same time before I watched those
The word you switched was in the line "Though physics seems to promise you a Richard Feynman-like career," you changed "promise" to "offers."
-dead from laughing-
This deserves a round of applause.
...I may have just clapped a few times before I realised I was alone in my apartment.
TH-cam is like that. 😉
It does weird things to you sometimes. 😉😜😘😉
That hair. That talent.
Fantastic performance. Great variation in the accompaniment. I'm impressed.
Terry Pratchett reference = insta-like.
I was soooo hopeful someone would do this as soon as I saw the comic on XKCD. I applaud you good sir :D
Considering that I had seven majors in college (some were duplicate) and now I work in VFX, it's soooo true! Well done!!!
OH GOD THIS IS FLAWLESS
i need to decide what university i will go to and this..... this speaks to me man
You know it's awesome when at the end you clap even though they can't hear you.
When clicking this video I wondered "When might he mention philos--never mind." Worlds first and objectively fastest answer to a philosophical question.
Impressive... Chaotic to a point, but balanced just enough to be great. More impressive: doing that with minimal glancing at they keys while singing...
Well done.
Knowing there its people out there doing this kind of things makes my day
I’m subbing because of two reasons:
1. The talent.
2. Being the 1000th.
I'm undecided, and I have no idea what to pick. Trying to balance what's useful, what I like, and where my strengths are.
what did you end up doing? 11 years later
WHY IS THIS MAN SO AMAZING
Excellent!
First.
Pro tip: dont try to sing along while eating nachos
+Bartolome Gutierritos I should have known better...
Who needs majors? Just make enough awesome TH-cam videos. :)
And by the by, I absolutely love the Richard Feynman accompaniment.
I found the same by having this and the original comic open in tabs, then pausing and switching every other line to check lyrics. Well done!
My education: enrolled - Physics; dropped to - General Studies; switched to - Business; refined to - Accounting; added - Management Information Systems;
My career: graduated - bingo hall floor attendant (fired for incompetence); hired - associate economist (laid off due economic downturn); temp work while unemployed - waiter, hazardous waste handler, envelope stuffer; hired - tech support (fired for incompetence); current - software developer (performance review: satisfactory! :D )
Excellent delivery. Had no idea this song was on the "Tube" until now. Oddly enough I uploaded my version (completely different theme) the other day. Submitted it for your approval as a video response. Keep it going!
Out of all of the covers of this song I have listened to, this is my favorite!!
it's always good to laugh at your own major once in a while!
That was beautiful. You definitely did the comic justice here.
I quite seriously, quite honestly think right now that this is the most expressive example of [self-accompanied] enunciation ever. Well done, sir!
Best interpretation from the comic I have seen so far...
Your talent is amazing on so many levels. This is clever and hilarious. I want to adopt you!
Nice work, Mr. Miller. I really liked the little extra changes you threw into the tune. Well done.
I caught myself clapping when you finished! Great job.
Every major's terrible... expect music. Music majors are just awesome. :D
Unfortunately, I did not record it. However, I recall one of my aunts holding a smartphone up throughout my performance as though she were recording it. Now, if I can just remember or otherwise determine which aunt that was and get the recording from her, then I could certainly do that! I'm going to start trying to find the recording. It might take a while. Feel free to subscribe if you want to see it when I get it. I won't likely post anything else. :)
This was awesome! Excellent! I loved it.
It's been four years since I first saw this, and I still can't even.
So clever and so well played and sung!!! Amazing!!
I wish words could describe my love for this idea
Best rendition I've seen so far.
Ben, this is Chris Rogers. Chief, this is EPIC.
It's sad that this would be the gold standard for "every major's terrible" IF ONLY the piano wasn't drowning out the voice =(
After 11 years, congrats on 1k subs!! You deserve it and I frequently find myself returning to this banger.
This. This ranks amongst the best content available on TH-cam, no contest!
Oh my gosh! Ben! This is fantastic!
I got chills.
Absolutely fantastic.
Soooo....foreign language majors are clearly safe and we are very well-prepared for life. Right?
....Right. :'D
This is one of the best things I've seen on TH-cam in a long time- you are incredible!
Oh my god............this song is even better then I originally thought! It was funny in print but this is awesome!
This needs to have more views.
That's the best thing I've ever seen on TH-cam.
Initialy it wasn't but xkcd readers kept setting it to redirect so it had to be protected for some time (it was referenced in protection notice).
You are really quite the pianist! I'm very impressed :-)
Beautiful.
Absolutely brilliant
It helps to set the playback to 0.75, to better understand the words, which are very clever.
Bravo!!!
I feel much better about my major now.
I start college in fifteen days. I'm a biology and psychology double major. This video both depresses and greatly amuses me.
The tune is "I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General" from Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance"
that's encouraging for a high school senior...
Ooh! You're good at this! I love the emotion you inserted. The original was quite lacking of stress.
This is the best version i've heard. Congrats sir!
I think this may be the best song I've ever heard.
Notice that he never says anything against engineering. Instead, he promotes it!
"The wiki page for physics major redirects to engineer."
My major is chemical engineering. :)
+Flameheart Kindle it's pretty much saying engineering is not as cool as physics but physicists have to settle for engineering jobs.
+George Cain Notice that he is probably a music major. Because it is best major.
Errr... "engineer" in this context means "computer engineer"
Civil engineering major here! :)
The automatic captions taught me the word "magnanimous"
Oh. My. Holy. Moly. You are amazing.
0:30 "A little less than if you LEANED to underwater basket weave" should be LEARNED. Spotted it!
I'm speechless. I am without speech. That's some serious talent.
It's just a shame that the lyrics don't include a nod to the college of music.
You can guess most of them if you pay attention to the phrases that accompany them... the puns and jokes help explain what the more complicated ones are.
Aha! Engineering prevails
I want to like this twice.
Well played sir. Well played indeed
Misspelled 'business', but other than that, sheer perfection.
This is incredibly good.
I found the word you mentioned in the description! You say, “though physics seems to **offer** you a Richard Feynman-like career”, when the original is, “though physics seems to **promise** you a Richard Feynman-like career”
this is amazing and you deserve all the love
dawww, thanks
Fantastic performance, Ben!
Thank god for the subtitles.
BRILLIANT performance! I'm putting my music comp degree to good use being unemployed :)
And what are you going to *do* with that degree?
Oh, nothing much, why? 😉
and this is why music majors rock.
Back when I checked it did. When it firsts came out at least.
Definitely the best so far. Great job! :D
This was hilarious, good work man
Thx!
You should get a medal for this!
Deserves a much better recording
Jared Wirth I agree. Ben Miller performed it very well, but the sound of his voice should have been amplified while the sound of the piano should have been reduced.
I'm fairly certain that if Algernon from The Importance of Being Earnest was a real person, he would be this guy.
I love this, good work dude
Why hasn't this gone viral....?
It is - "unless their only other choice was something like art history" just after the chemistry bit.