Scatman John Documentry

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A for Alexis and b for Brooklyn

11 жыл бұрын

This is documentary created by a USC stutdent about John Larkin

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@LeeFall 5 жыл бұрын

"I wanna be a human being, not a human doing" That line has stayed with me for 25 years.

@anonony9081 5 жыл бұрын

That one always got me too

@al_marco 5 жыл бұрын

What does "human doing" mean?

@LeeFall 5 жыл бұрын

@@al_marco Working your ass of for 12 hours a day to be no better off. Your just renting your own life.

@smnk3 5 жыл бұрын

What comes after a human being? Bart: A HUMAN GOING!!

@oOclonOo 5 жыл бұрын

He's a real human bean

@YeeMacghyee 8 жыл бұрын

For a stutterer, he's very eloquent. He owned his problem, and made it his tool. Rest well Johnny boy.

@connorbaker1716 5 жыл бұрын

Yee Macghyee same here mate

@krystoffersprague6100 5 жыл бұрын

Now if everyone else could follow the same strategy, there would be less problems in life and more empowerment to fix and help others fix problems as they arise. Rest in peace John, you made the world a little brighter thanks to what you chose to do and millions love the talent that was once your crutch.

@Romulo_aint_shyt 5 жыл бұрын

Captain Kirk yikes man.

@Romulo_aint_shyt 5 жыл бұрын

Captain Kirk ?

@silic8873 5 жыл бұрын

@Captain Kirk first of all even if that is a "joke" or something that you think is funny, just dont it makes you look immature even though I'm sure you are...

@SladeM. 5 жыл бұрын

His flame was brief, but man did it burn as bright as a thousand suns. RIP Scatman

@ArcienPlaysGames 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful way to put it

@aloksukumaran2940 4 жыл бұрын

Why do I hear a Linkin Park reference? Also I do respect Scatman 🙏🏽.

@vladislavmorozov5576 3 жыл бұрын

Курение Видит Здоровью

@danthemusicmann 3 жыл бұрын

John didn’t die, he returned to Scatman’s World.

@sneakycheeky531 3 жыл бұрын

@svin svin i believe in heaven

@masashake86 3 жыл бұрын

@@sneakycheeky531 nobody gives a shit

@sneakycheeky531 3 жыл бұрын

@@masashake86 that why u replied?

@ylloboy 8 жыл бұрын

The Scatland will never disappear, it will live on in our hearts. Rest in peace, Scatman. We will never forget you.

@ylloboy 8 жыл бұрын

+Félix Laprise Amen to that.

@destroyerR6 7 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@ylloboy 7 жыл бұрын

destroyerR6 Thanks man, it's just how I feel and how I believe all Scatman's fans feel too.

@butternutdiabetic7984 7 жыл бұрын

He was an amazing man. Showing everyone that he can, and everyone can, get over anything.

@ylloboy 7 жыл бұрын

Zulu the bat Indeed, he was a great individual and I'm glad he existed and was able to inspire so many people.

@fish-man4726 9 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I cried over a celebrity death when I first heard the fact that he died.

@Grandmaster_Sub-Zero 9 жыл бұрын

Me too

@punk-ls5fd 9 жыл бұрын

+FaceShüt Such a humble warm kind man.

@TeaAndBullets 8 жыл бұрын

Same, him and Robin Williams.

@semihguler9588 7 жыл бұрын

Fish-Man I just discovered his music and soon learnt that he passed away before I was born....im crying right now

@danielferstendig 7 жыл бұрын

i cried over the deaths of john henson harold ramis christine cavanuagh and edward hermann.

@schurshot 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your kind comments about this film that I made in a summer school film class at USC. Scatman John was an amazing man. Laurie Schur

@drumsmoker731 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this documentary. I can well remember his hits back than and thought he was the classical "one hit wonder" after never hearing another new song. You've redeemed his name and status as an true artist. RIP John

@DoomKid 3 жыл бұрын

A great docco about a great man, well done!

@schurshot 3 жыл бұрын

@@DoomKid Thank you. Laurie

@squ34ky 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@zizillian 3 жыл бұрын

Wow , thanks for doing this .. Did you actually meet him ?

@meroastisruined3039 5 жыл бұрын

I bet Scatman thought that nobody would be talking about him after his death, but here we are nearly 20 years later and look at the thousands of people who support him still. Rest well mate.

@emirhannd8106 4 ай бұрын

I wanna cry so hard right now

@ZachGWatterson 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of the few times I'll ever thank KZfaq for recommending me a video I actually enjoyed watching

@totaltrollface_7597 5 жыл бұрын

Cheeki Breeki yup

@RetroPlus 5 жыл бұрын

Indeed, KZfaq gets it right at least 10% of the time.

@Kareemdinho10 5 жыл бұрын

I see this same comment hundreds of times... No need to repeat it... Cliché anyone?

@aukelevi6999 3 жыл бұрын

True

@schurshot 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I"m glad you enjoyed the video. Laurie

@ramendiety5873 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, he was dealt bad cards but managed to get a royal flush with them.

@azzajohnson2123 5 жыл бұрын

Memesdid420 can’t get a Royal with bad cards. You can get a straight flush though.

@finnsnow5995 5 жыл бұрын

Lol that’s the worst analogy , you obviously know nothing about poker

@palmeristo 5 жыл бұрын

2 people took this way too seriously instead of looking at the actual meaning of your message.

@aboxofcheese4788 5 жыл бұрын

@@azzajohnson2123 I believe that's the point

@MikeMikewaz 5 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for my royal flush

@Th3P3ac3N33d3d 4 жыл бұрын

im not sad he passed away, Im glad this humble man once lived.

@teariet.tekken-wolffenn5881 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. That's beautiful and deep.

@tg-sneaky-ninja478 3 жыл бұрын

Hes now in Scatman's World

@finn4012 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like his songs are seen as jokes now but they have amazing messages in them, it’s just great song writing

@teewithmarie694 3 жыл бұрын

na man i still play theam at partys* and they just rock got the beat and all. *bc before covid

@ERROR-hf3wx 3 жыл бұрын

He is the scat man

@PaulReinhard 9 жыл бұрын

This guy is amazing. Instead of feeling sorry for himself he turned his weakness into his best asset. When life give you lemons, make lemonade.

@thefoolishgmodcube2644 5 жыл бұрын

@Brendan Nolastname And tell your engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns life's house down!

@wDawks 5 жыл бұрын

Thats so generic I'm sorry I had to rotate my digital fist.

@wDawks 5 жыл бұрын

@Brendan Nolastname Thats hilarious...lol

@TheDantheman12121 5 жыл бұрын

"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"

@mjollner23 5 жыл бұрын

He felt plenty sorry for himself too. Untill he was 40. And then he changed, and then his luck changed, and then he changed the world. But he'd had the tools his whole life. Life gives you lemons, learn how to scat. And then go " Skatahksjbsbewbsbbjasbkhdshfhhjhdjssgdfhjgdksdk!" and life'll be all " whaaaaaat?!" and give you record-deal.

@fernandop1 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, if it wasn't for this video I would still be thinking he was using some sort of sound effect machine to make his voice sing or gibberishing that fast, it was always his own natural skill that make it sound that fast, RIP Scatman John.

@VeritasEtAequitas 7 жыл бұрын

It was a style of singing before music turned to shite. Worth looking into as well as old jazz, blues, and folk.

@goldennebula5013 5 жыл бұрын

Scat is a very cool genre of music

@magusperde365 3 жыл бұрын

@@VeritasEtAequitas oh shut up with that "born in the wrong generation" bullshit

@agamelegend9441 3 жыл бұрын

@@magusperde365 but it’s true in terms of the mainstream songs for the most part.

@brendanbuckley6441 3 жыл бұрын

He was like a living sound effect machine.

@edwardbyard6540 5 жыл бұрын

I was 15 when John was at the height of his fame. I had a severe stammer at the time and when he said, you can do whatever you want, don't let your speech hold you back, well that was a revelation to me. Fast forward and I own a company with 36 staff, am married and my speech is as fine as I need it to be. Who cares what others think. Thank you John and RIP my friend.

@saltyllama3137 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats, dude! Glad to hear it :)

@Peat030 3 жыл бұрын

36 staff members is a lot.

@riyank5238 3 жыл бұрын

😌 happy for you man..

@sneakycheeky531 3 жыл бұрын

nice one big man

@xr1650 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! That is inspiring. Good for you man! 😊👍🏻

@nunyabidness8387 Жыл бұрын

I had a stuttering problem when I was a child and through my teenage years. The bullying was unbearable. Even a high school teacher took part in making fun of my stuttering. It was crushing. I was lucky enough, the school district, at the request of my parents, got me into speech therapy classes. It took a couple of years but the stuttering issue got SO much better. Once in a while, I still stutter, but it is not often and it is somewhat minimal. God bless you John. Your perseverance should be an example to all with the same speech issue.

@temepeku 9 жыл бұрын

he took his weakness and wielded it like a boss! this guy is a fucking inspiration and should deserve more popularity. " Everybody stutters one way or the other So check out my message to you As a matter of fact Don't let nothing hold you back If the scatman can do it So can you " R.I.P. your music will live on

@elbow6380 9 жыл бұрын

"Why should we be pleasing any politician heathens who would Try to change the seasons if they could The state of the condition Insults my institution And it only makes me crazy and my heart like wood" legendary

@chdreturns 8 жыл бұрын

+J SH John had fantastic lyrics too... Definitely the greatest Eurodance lyricist of all time.

@JollyRanchersGrandma 8 жыл бұрын

This man is my inspiration to live on in this world as someone who suffers from depression having his album scatmans world in my playlist really puts a smile on my face this man had a disability but he made it an ability he was the greatest man ive ever know about in my life he didnt deserve to die so young

@argmarc 6 жыл бұрын

So in a way, he was basically batman

@thenerdyeel3092 8 жыл бұрын

I just discovered the scatman video yesterday. And I've been jamming to this music all day and I saw an R.I.P. Comment on the video and found this documentary. I'm so sad now.

@kommi7658 7 жыл бұрын

me too

@LightBlazeMC 7 жыл бұрын

Same here

@denisn8336 7 жыл бұрын

The Nerdy EEL I just found out about him I'm sad now

@bigorsetomatoesauce6403 5 жыл бұрын

Look up lou bega his latest song has scatman mixed in it

@totaltrollface_7597 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@SMGJohn 2 жыл бұрын

His bullies became losers in life and achieved nothing, but Scatman, he lived, and boy did he live, he shined so much, God had to take him away from us because he blinded everything with good.

@sunsetman22 4 жыл бұрын

I seriously can't listen to Scatman without tearing up a little. In a world of manufactured music and manufactured people, he truly was a real human being, and a real hero. May he scat on in Scatman's World forever more.

@Yamaha0VMaX 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Mr Scatman John. Still listening in 2019, missing Your Message.

@sooomizxzzik0oo169 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P 😔

@Dickfuck3169 5 жыл бұрын

He didnt die bro He is in scatland or area 51

@gasoline9666 5 жыл бұрын

@@Dickfuck3169 really dude?

@chloecheah7210 4 жыл бұрын

He still Alive !! He did not die! ☺

@THAIWANESEMAN 4 жыл бұрын

His music and his message to everyone was beautiful. If scatman can do it, so can you!

@whatuautado 8 жыл бұрын

Man much respect to this guy. Inspirational story, very talented, and he had class.

@IllusionSector 7 жыл бұрын

4:32 _you can have a full and complete, productive la-la-la-♪la-♫-life_ - coming from a singer, the stuttering on that word was serendipitous and apropos.

@269tron 7 жыл бұрын

Arthur Hakhverdian Best song.

@Jotki 4 жыл бұрын

He turns stutters into scat. It's amazing.