For background: A couple weeks back a guy named Merton started posting videos of himself improvising piano tunes on Chatroulette. NY Mag‘s Vulture guessed that Merton was actually Ben Folds. He’s not Ben Folds, but it was enough to get the attention of the real Folds, who paid tribute to Merton at a show Saturday night in North Carolina. This YouTube document of the night has all of the penises edited out, but Folds and the audience of 2,000 did sing to a guy on the can, and covered “Free Bird” for a middle-aged guy holding a lighter. The best tribute though, is the fact that Folds’ video can’t match the original. Also this seems pretty special, but honestly, musicians are on Chatroulette all the time. You just have to know when to catch them (between 4-6AM).
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actually, i think this is at least the equal of merton.
great stuff.
Agreed. And the guy making all the tallies for getting the entire audience to turn its head was pretty great too.
Damn, Ben figured out how to use Chatroulette after I saw him in Myrtle Beach.
Still, someone passed him a note asking him to invite a girl to the prom, and he ended up improvising a mini-rock opera about it.
What if Merton accidentally runs into Ben on chat roulette? What would each of them they sing about?
Merton is going to end up touring with Ben Folds.
here is another one: 50cams.com