[Charlie accidentally turns on the video a few moments before he's ready, so the feed opens up with a lot of fumbling as he tries to get the tablet set up at a decent angle. It super doesn't work -- only half of his face makes it into the shot (not the good half, either) and the camera keeps refocusing as he ducks in and out of the frame. Also he's upside down.
But Charlie has found a piano and he is the most excited he's ever been.]
Hey! Hi, everybody! Check this out. [He slams down on a chord and the tablet topples forward onto his hands. There's a lot of swearing and a cacophony of off-key notes, until eventually he sets the tablet up again, this time just propped up on the seat next to him. His audience can see more of him, but now his face is completely out of the shot. Whatever. Visuals aren't important, anyway.]
Okay, there we go. So yeah! [He goes back to playing, this time just noodling around with some improv.] Just wanted to check in with you guys real quick. Some of you guys were all checkin' up on me and stuff, and I know I kinda bailed on the clinic crowd back there, but uhhh, I'm doing fine! All good here. I can't remember who all I said I'd touch base with after, like, y'know, all that shit, so this is the catch-all. Special thanks to Watson and Watson's doctor pals for doing whatever you did with my face, and special sorry to Charles because I ditched him a little bit. No hard feelings, bro.
[With that, he launches into "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and is about as dorkily animated as the guy in the video. He spent a good while messing around on his own before he even thought about recording anything, so this song is supposed to be for cheering people up a little bit after all the crazy shit lately... But Charlie forgets about the video almost immediately. He even sings a little bit, which he definitely would not do if he remembered that people might be watching. The song ends and he sits around for a moment like he's trying to figure out what he was going to do next. He stands up, remembers the tablet too late, and doesn't manage to catch it before it clatters onto the floor. The video ends.]
But Charlie has found a piano and he is the most excited he's ever been.]
Hey! Hi, everybody! Check this out. [He slams down on a chord and the tablet topples forward onto his hands. There's a lot of swearing and a cacophony of off-key notes, until eventually he sets the tablet up again, this time just propped up on the seat next to him. His audience can see more of him, but now his face is completely out of the shot. Whatever. Visuals aren't important, anyway.]
Okay, there we go. So yeah! [He goes back to playing, this time just noodling around with some improv.] Just wanted to check in with you guys real quick. Some of you guys were all checkin' up on me and stuff, and I know I kinda bailed on the clinic crowd back there, but uhhh, I'm doing fine! All good here. I can't remember who all I said I'd touch base with after, like, y'know, all that shit, so this is the catch-all. Special thanks to Watson and Watson's doctor pals for doing whatever you did with my face, and special sorry to Charles because I ditched him a little bit. No hard feelings, bro.
[With that, he launches into "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and is about as dorkily animated as the guy in the video. He spent a good while messing around on his own before he even thought about recording anything, so this song is supposed to be for cheering people up a little bit after all the crazy shit lately... But Charlie forgets about the video almost immediately. He even sings a little bit, which he definitely would not do if he remembered that people might be watching. The song ends and he sits around for a moment like he's trying to figure out what he was going to do next. He stands up, remembers the tablet too late, and doesn't manage to catch it before it clatters onto the floor. The video ends.]
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