Exactly what I was thinking. Anyway "I was on cocaine" is a pathetic explanation for bad behaviour. It justifies nothing to anyone except for yourself. What he needs to say is that he has a long history of behaving like a douchebag (up against some extremely strong competition, what with being in Blur and all) and this was just one incident that happened to be videotaped.
― everything, Friday, 1 April 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Good drumming though
― OH RICHEY, WHY. (PaulTMA), Friday, 1 April 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow. That's topical!
― kkvgz, Friday, 1 April 2011 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
feel so bad for nardwuar in that clip but he keeps on going like a pro
― original bgm, Friday, 1 April 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
No need to feel sorry for him. That kind of response is Nardwuar's drug of choice. I'm pretty sure he was stoked about getting a compelling interview. The guy is punk rock through and through and a lot more hardcore than he lets on when interviewing celebs.
― everything, Friday, 1 April 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
In what universe is this not one of the greatest songs ever?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuZCVlKK3fA
― everything, Friday, 1 April 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
what everything said
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
wtf, drake's uncles are willie mitchell AND larry graham?!
― adult music person (Jordan), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
watched the questlove one today. 40 minutes long! could listen to him talk about records all day. such a smarty and always interesting. i never listen to the roots but i got love for him.
― scott seward, Friday, 1 April 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RKbSi87J5Q
― Who is the black guy in all the videos? (lpz), Saturday, 2 April 2011 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
when the dudes he's interviewing get annoyed at him i find myself taking the same route. the feigned personality is such a gimmick compared to the potential he has for really enlightening viewers about a band's/artist/whatever's history and interests. it seems he puts it up as a sort of barrier whenever his interviewee begins to grow agitated b/c of it, and drops all of it save for the accent when they play along.
― kelpolaris, Saturday, 2 April 2011 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
i wonder if he thinks by employing the nardwuar personality that he reduces his risk of becoming overly creepy/paparrazi-like?
― kelpolaris, Saturday, 2 April 2011 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i watched a lot of these today. i like them. hilary duff one is really good! Double Duff! hahaha! like that n.e.r.d. one too.
interviews in general are usually so horrible. i've got nothing bad to say about him. so he's in character. so is every other pro interviewer. other people are just in really boring character. i love that all it takes is the hat and glasses. he looks totally normal without those 2 thing.
― scott seward, Saturday, 2 April 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilKuJOe2goA
This has to be so much more than Nardwuar ever thought he could get out of an interview. It seems Andrew WK gets the premise more than he does.
― filthy dylan, Saturday, 2 April 2011 07:12 (thirteen years ago) link
"do you have a disease? are you addicted to cheese?"
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 2 April 2011 12:19 (thirteen years ago) link
in that blur video all 3 of them seem so high. seems like it should be from the mid 90s not 2003.
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Saturday, 2 April 2011 13:06 (thirteen years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/rhymesayers/brother-ali-nardwuar
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 February 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
lol, hopsin is such a knucklehead.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6sR0skLOZk
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 February 2013 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
Not sure if it counts because I don't like him anyway, but the Nas thing he did made me just me shake my head at how dense and full of his own bullshit Nas is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL8PuPjYdyk
Embarrassing.
― Austin, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbYRsU4FHaQi've never heard anything from this person and wow just wow
― I offer about as much diversity as a saltine cracker. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 6 April 2013 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
Can we compile the best/worst interviewees on Nardwuar? Comparing the chill ones to the pricks. There's so many of them I don't know where to start, the best ones are mostly metal/hip hop artists. They come off as the most smart and humorous of all I've seen so far. Artists being pricks to Nardwuar tell a lot about their real personalities, I guess that's one of my favorite things about him. He acts like a barometer that let's you know how charismatic an artist really is in person and how well they cope with something out of the ordinary.
The Rad:
Andrew W.K.A$AP RockyJuicy JDavid CrossDrakeHaimGene SimmonsGreg GineGrimesGwarMarylin MansonPharrell / N.E.R.D.Riff RaffSage FrancisSnoop DoggThorTyler, the creatorVanilla IceWaka Flocka Flame
The Douchebags
Alice CooperBeckBlurHenry RollinsSonic YouthTransplants
― Moka, Sunday, 1 September 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
The Gwar interview is hilarious in case you haven't watched it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU1mTyPfeio
― Moka, Sunday, 1 September 2013 19:41 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FEVOueOtBk
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 November 2022 03:37 (one year ago) link
To add to the list of good guys; both Tyler and Lizzo look like they’re having a ball.
― piscesx, Saturday, 19 November 2022 00:39 (one year ago) link
Tyler in 2022 I hasten to add.
― piscesx, Saturday, 19 November 2022 00:40 (one year ago) link