Added: Jul 7, 2008

From: TEDtalksDirector

Duration: 4:16

http://www.ted.com From TEDTalks: Three minutes of fast-paced, whip-smart wordsmithing from spoken-word artist Rives, who has some unconventional ideas about how the Internet should be run. (Recorded November 2006 in New York, NY. Duration: 4:15) More TEDTalks at www.TED.com

Channel: News

Tags: "spoken  def  poetry  rives  ted  tedtalks  word" 


Rating: 4.60 (334 ratings)    Views: 69062' favoriteCount='1056    Comments: 144

iluvdakushgroove Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - this guy is a looneybin hes like a fucked up cracked out motivational speaker that says really really dumb things. my guess is he went to high school dropped out gave the illusion he doesnt do drugs dress nice but did way too much acid and a good amount of coke. he might have sniffed glue too much too.

indscrub Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - its called being poetic and its shared by a large yet exclusive majority of the world's finer beings.

medic007 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - HA!

nofx221984 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Poetry is for fags, NUFF ZAID!

indscrub Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - fags, heteros, geniuses, democrats, republicans, painters and livers. just not ignorant people like yourself.

balaine Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - that was awesome intelligent witty smart funny sincere creative but most of all flawless in its delivery

marycigarettes Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - rounded and funny

JonnyCapone989 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - so this is the first piece i've seen from rives... and his mannerisms... even the way he speaks is identical to buddy wakefield... so i feel like some biting of style has taken place... I'm just not sure who is the lender and who is the borrower... can somone help me figure it out?

MiaPiaTyralla Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Amazingly brilliant!

decharms1 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Love it.

forrestgumprules Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - perfect,smart,well delivered and hilarious all at the same time

JerryGreen26 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Great work! well done! Jay

kerzha Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - you call that poetry? it doesn't rhyme.

wiccansong Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Poetry is not required to rhyme!

ArtistIreland Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Good one! :)

DanielBonaireMusic Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - AWESOME!!!

RFblank Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - probably not.

paranoidpfanclub Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - that was great!

xxchaos420xx Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - idiot get a life it dont have to know what you talk about b4 you hate

pearlrabbit Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - actually if u listen closly he does rhyme. it may not be like a hammer to the head, dr.suess type poetry but if you listen you can hear how intricate his rhyme style is..

alienzm Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Check out this girl at "Talanta awards preview". Man she's great

trainable2000 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Crap. Just . . . Crap.

tthausen Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - compared to some of his others, this was all that great.those people are idiots laughing at the "email dead people" bit. wasnt supposed to be funny dumbasses.

Bens44utube Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - exxcellent!

Jelloxox Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - "if I ran the web...you could email dead ppl" I love how awkward he said that.Gosh he is sexi, love his work.