Get it together!
No, no judging!
Yeah. No, don't judge.
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Today we are going to watch...
a video of Lang Lang or 郎朗
as he appeared on the Jimmy Fallon Show
about a month ago.
And you know we recently came across the video,
and couldn't help but notice
that everyone in the comment section was like
"TWOSET!!"
"TWOSET GOTTA REACT TO THIS-"
"TWOSET-TE-TA-TWOSET!!"
"HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?!"
So yeah.
So you guys asked for it.
Well, here you go.
This is us reacting to...
Mm!
That was a mouthful.
Yeah.
If you're a fan of classical music,
this new album has all the essentials.
He's one of the most celebrated pianists in the world.
Pianist, or pianist?
I think it's...
- pi-a-nist, not pii---nis- - Pienist, pinist.
What did he say?!
Peanist.
...one of the most celebrated pianists-
- Oh, pi-A-nist, pianist. - Peanist, peanist.
Peanists.
Is it pi-e or pi-a?
- It's not "piano." - Pia-
It's piano.
Yeah, piano but pi-a...
Let's look it up.
"How to pronounce pianist"
according to YouTube.
"Pianist."
Pianist.
Okay, let's check Google as well, okay.
Pi-e-nist.
- Yeah, pianist. - Pianist.
But he's a pianist.
I think his "A" was like too short,
so it's like pi-nist, pi-nist.
- Pianist. - Pinist. The A was also not-
Like the A wasn't, like, there.
- Yeah. - You can't hear it.
Anyway.
If you want to say the word pianist,
make sure you pronounce the A, please.
There are a lot of comments being like...
"Jimmy, please learn to say the word 'pianist' properly."
And he's here to perform a medley of songs
from his new album "Piano Book."
Please welcome...
Lang Lang!
- Oh, he said the name right! - Whoa, he got that one right!
Yeah, most people don't say Lang Lang.
They say...
Lang Lang, they say /læŋ læŋ/.
Yeah.
But, next you need to get the inflections.
Yeah, hahahaha!
Eddy: Mm!
*sighs*
Like,
Can't...
Just he's...
his phrasing is so colourful,
just those two notes, three notes,
and the audience had to go...
WOOH!!
WHOA!!
Trying to appreciate the most beautiful,
intricate phrasing and it goes
WHOOA!!
I mean, as a classical musician, seeing this is...
For such a world-class musician to play something so simple,
but make it so elegant and musical,
is very extraordinary!
And it's very hard to listen when the audience members go...
"WHOA!!"
Hahahahahaha!
I mean, yeah, I get it.
- It's... It's a TV show. - It's a TV show.
So they have to...
- Yeah... - But that's fine.
But you know, I've seen him do other TV shows
where people didn't clap.
That's true.
- So... - It's a bit... Yeah.
I mean, I don't know. What do you guys think?
Yeah, yeah.
I think a lot of the comments were like...
Oh my god!
- Whoa, that's rough. - Wow, you guys are savage!
- This is the field day. - Well, you guys asked for it!
The people in the comments are correct.
If it's a classical performance,
and he's a classical pianist,
the culture is typically don't clap
- until the end of a piece. - Yes.
- But, it's a... - But it's... it's just...
- TV show. - Yep.
And it's just cool that classical musicians get to be on it.
I know! It's amazing!
- So thank you! - Hey Jimmy, if you're watching...
Jimmy, if you're watching,
we're happy to give you a violin lesson.
- On your show maybe. - On your show!
Dude, that's insane!
It's so light!
- They're like joyful and just playful. - Yeah.
Crisp...
Man...
Yeah.
It's hard to explain to mainstream TV
how amazing that is.
Yeah.
Alright, calm down, Lang Lang,
- you don't need to flex too hard. - Yeah, I know, I know!
Three times in a row?
I mean, come on!
I mean, I know it's a mainstream TV show,
but he went...
"One for the classical, one for the audience,"
"one for the TV!"
Yeah!
- I don't know how hard this is on the piano, - Yeah.
but I get the feeling it's equivalent to that tremolo...
*audience cheers*
Might be hard, I don't know.
- But it definitely looks impressive. - Yes.
Like the amount of technique involved
versus the impressiveness-
Yes!
is very like... very big.
That is true.
- Yeah. - It's like...
I would say gliss on piano is still probably
harder to do than the tremolo.
Yes.
But compare to what he did at the beginning, the...
- I think that arguably would've been harder to do... - Yeah... Yeah, yeah.
than that...
I don't know. You pianist-
peanists, peanists,
- Pianists. - what do you guys think?
I mean, I guess this is like a show piece, and
*mumbles*
Ahh!
Ah!
It's okay.
It's alright.
- It's okay. - It's... just...
Come on, Brett!
Get it together!
No, no judging!
Yeah, no, don't judge!
Alright.
Guys, we gotta be embracing to the...
the, the mainstream people.
- Yeah. - We gotta embrace them. We can't judge.
So anytime you catch yourself judging them for clapping,
do this with us:
Okay, maybe that kid... (??)
- "Yeah, don't judge!" - Everyone will just like...
- "Don't judge!" - And mum's like "Why is my son even-"
"TwoSet said this! If I judge-"
Too amazing...
So good...
Can I just say that second time...
how he made that left hand so-
- It's so pronounced, the phrasing. - Yes.
Even though the melody is technically the right hand.
It's like "Listen to me!"
Yeah...
Wow, that's incredible.
It's so easy for him, too.
- Look at him. He was just like... - He makes it look easy...
Hey, it's a live performance.
It's fine.
*laughs*
Here we go.
Dude, did you hear the difference?
Yeah.
Did you hear the differen-
- Yeah. - The second time was- Wow...
- Wow, man... - What do you think the chances
the audience there heard that difference?
Maybe the ones that didn't clap might have.
But too bad they were going "WOOHOO!!!"
*CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP*
- I know... - I mean, nah, no!
Sorry.
Yeah, don't do it. Come on!
- That was massive. - Yeah.
That bottom A flat.
He put his whole body into it as well.
Yeah.
That was a *inaudible*
Dude!
Just- It's amazing!
- Did you hear how sticky that - Yeah.
he made those chromatics in the bass?
It's almost like...
he's pulling some like sticky play-doh.
It's like how do you even make piano,
- a percussive instrument, do that- - Sticky.
It's...
A great musician can pull time and give back.
- We've worked with him as well, right? - Yes.
In the...
- When we were in orchestra, - Yes.
the way he just takes control,
and is able to listen to everything else
while playing piano is extraordinary.
Yeah, but some people think...
he's a bit overly... um, what's the word?
Extarvagant?
Extravagant, like-
- you might see he does - And flamboyant?
- a lot of this type of gestures. - Yeah.
But I always think that Lang Lang's obviously...
- He has showmanship, and he... - Yup.
kind of takes more risks.
But...
it's always...
If you just listen to it musically, there's always something.
Yes, his gestures are byproduct of his actual music.
Yep.
It's not just...
like that gesture.
There's actually tension...
- Yes. - whatever he's trying to express.
He's almost conducting himself.
It's all personal taste, guys.
Yeah, yeah, yep.
Hahahahaha!!
Did you hear how like-
It's so crisp!
BAH! It's almost like-
Percussive now!
- Yeah, and the... the time...
- Yeah. Hhh..BAK! - He pulls it back just that little bit.
That little delay.
Yeah!
- BAH! - Whoa!!
Oh... so good!
That one!
Yeah.
That's masterful, man!
Yeah...
And now you clap.
Yes.
Oh my goodness!
Lang Lang!
Yahahaha!!
Ya-
There's an awful lot of light on them facing... that way.
Yeah...
Which one do you think is a classical musician,
and which one is not?
I'm just remembering all those faces.
All of them that clapped during his performance.
- Just wanted to look at the faces. - Remembering- I'm just like-
Remembering!
- judging their faces with disapproval. - I know... It's like you-
Are they gonna come to our show?
There you go, guys!
You asked for it, and here we go.
A little review of...
Yes, so Jimmy Fallon if you want us to teach you violin,
yeah.
Dude, all these comments are like
either about Ling Ling, TwoSet,
- Or... or pi-a-nists. - clapping, or pianist.
Wow...
I mean, it's great to see classical music
on a show like Jimmy Fallon, so...
Guys, it fantastic!
Yeah!
It's fantastic.
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