A poem for pole dancers who can't say no | Harry Baker | TEDxExeter

Two poems about the importance of saying "No" and "Why not". They encompasses the first week at university, pole-dancing, Weston-Super-Mare and appreciating the feeling of fleece.
Harry’s performance at TEDxExeter 2014 was featured on TED.com and has already been viewed over 850K times.
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Harry Baker (www.harrybaker.co/) has always loved words. He’s been blessed enough to travel round the world with them, winning the Poetry Slam World Cup in 2012 and currently using a maths degree as an excuse to live in Germany and find heaps more new words to play with. With two 5-star Edinburgh Fringe festival shows under his belt, his latest milestone is his 2014 book, The Sunshine Kid.
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  • @e4rth2aly
    @e4rth2aly8 жыл бұрын

    "My name is Harry Baker, Harry Baker is my name, If your name was Harry baker, Then our names would be the... Same."

  • @sanjanadas9872

    @sanjanadas9872

    8 жыл бұрын

    YES

  • @mariacassandrataruc2574

    @mariacassandrataruc2574

    7 жыл бұрын

    YUP.

  • @cIeetz

    @cIeetz

    7 жыл бұрын

    i wish i were an oscar meyar weiner that is what i truly like to be cause if i were an oscar meyar weiner everyone would be in love with me. whippee

  • @Angelina6518

    @Angelina6518

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sweet to see poetry Alive!

  • @Ineeee
    @Ineeee8 жыл бұрын

    knees weak, arms are heavy. I screamed.

  • @mariacassandrataruc2574

    @mariacassandrataruc2574

    7 жыл бұрын

    same hahahaha

  • @LookingDownx

    @LookingDownx

    7 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE UR USERNAME OML OML U GIVE ME LIFE

  • @GGUM3

    @GGUM3

    Жыл бұрын

    Seriously under appreciated reaction from audience. Prolly cuz theyre all academics? Either way amazing performance!

  • @a_durian
    @a_durian8 жыл бұрын

    I feel like that Eminem reference went straight over the crowd's head

  • @cIeetz

    @cIeetz

    7 жыл бұрын

    he talks so fast and discombobulated half of everything goes over my head

  • @bradleym2745

    @bradleym2745

    4 жыл бұрын

    It did lmao

  • @eurusirius
    @eurusirius6 жыл бұрын

    This man is extremely talented! I can see how he was feeling nervous and I appreciate the courage he took to present his poems! I enjoyed the poems! Brilliant, i wish him good luck on his journey!

  • @titoburritoisthebestcommun6738
    @titoburritoisthebestcommun67386 жыл бұрын

    Damn it Ted, harry didn't get the proper crowd he deserves. MOMS SPAGHETTI. That's for you Harry

  • @georgiag3741
    @georgiag37417 жыл бұрын

    He came to my school today😂 A boy in my year is his cousin, I'm jealous, he's so cool!!

  • @Truely2Legit
    @Truely2Legit9 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else waiting for the mom's spaghetti?

  • @cierracharles8028

    @cierracharles8028

    9 жыл бұрын

    nope haha I felt alittle let down when he didnt but still entertained

  • @Ian-sm3su

    @Ian-sm3su

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Truely2Legit but he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down, the whole crowd, goes so loud, he opens his mouth, but the words wont come out, hes chokin now, everybodys jokin now, the clocks ran out, times up! ova! blow! That was from the top of my head :D Amazing song, amazing poet, god life is amazing

  • @_tlsp_3269

    @_tlsp_3269

    8 жыл бұрын

    I started smiling even harder than I already was when he brought up the lyrics:) eminem is just amazing! (thanks by the way Harry Baker for that refference, now i got the lyrics stuck in my head...)

  • @AirAfter

    @AirAfter

    8 жыл бұрын

    we all wanted it 😭😭😭

  • @pipermohring

    @pipermohring

    7 жыл бұрын

    Truely2Legit THAT WOULD BE ME

  • @amalandjaz4613
    @amalandjaz46138 жыл бұрын

    this audience did not laugh hard enough

  • @peachyannie9351

    @peachyannie9351

    6 жыл бұрын

    Amal and Jaz if they laugh too much you can’t hear the perfect voice of Harry styles. I mean Harry Baker....😐

  • @evaalordiahmusic
    @evaalordiahmusic7 жыл бұрын

    When he got in with that Eminem I said to myself, Of Course!!!!! Definitely!!Why do I now feel like only a little section of the crowd got it. If he had done this at a high school, everyone would probably go wild!!

  • @paapipirate8499

    @paapipirate8499

    6 жыл бұрын

    Eva Alordiah but the high schoolers probably won't get any other part xD

  • @OGrqspbxrry
    @OGrqspbxrry2 жыл бұрын

    This man is an amazing poet. Absolutely brilliant

  • @miri5762
    @miri57627 жыл бұрын

    His presence is adorable

  • @reflux51
    @reflux518 жыл бұрын

    Loved your words Harry.

  • @aishaohio
    @aishaohio7 жыл бұрын

    This is Harry, Harry Baker.

  • @jamescorcraighe6183
    @jamescorcraighe61839 жыл бұрын

    that eminem reference though..

  • @henryviii267

    @henryviii267

    8 жыл бұрын

    yea isn't that copywriter protected lol

  • @Ian-sm3su

    @Ian-sm3su

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Shawn Kevin its a parody :/

  • @MyAce8

    @MyAce8

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Shawn Kevin copywriter protected lol

  • @manlylemon6269

    @manlylemon6269

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Shawn Kevin Also one the copyright laws allow for references depending on how long the reference is

  • @TheSpokenSpatter
    @TheSpokenSpatter2 жыл бұрын

    Wow~~Sunshine girl had me in tears.

  • @sadiesublousky8097
    @sadiesublousky80977 жыл бұрын

    Russell's Paradox, I'm in love

  • @contemporarygent
    @contemporarygent8 жыл бұрын

    I now want a pair of dungarees.

  • @jacobgrigg1258
    @jacobgrigg12588 жыл бұрын

    Truly amazing

  • @nphanhue5327
    @nphanhue53272 жыл бұрын

    "You're a poet, Harry!”

  • @merchernel123
    @merchernel1236 жыл бұрын

    I love him so much

  • @rebeccahutchings1520
    @rebeccahutchings15203 жыл бұрын

    I have grown in what I think is morally attractive, and I like myself as that.

  • @ashleycole6498
    @ashleycole64985 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love Harry Baker

  • @siennablack4690
    @siennablack46904 жыл бұрын

    "imagine having the fun that you're having and then adding the feeling of fleece" i love him.

  • @jetsetters007
    @jetsetters0078 жыл бұрын

    Love it!!

  • @Freenure
    @Freenure8 жыл бұрын

    So, this is rap for people who don't like rap. Top quality as usual, TED.

  • @RomeoBarnes

    @RomeoBarnes

    8 жыл бұрын

    Poetry is where rap came from

  • @WhatsSkj

    @WhatsSkj

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Freenure rap is poetry lol, it stands for rhythm and poetry.

  • @Paylordd

    @Paylordd

    8 жыл бұрын

    LOL, I totally agree

  • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
    @sherlockholmeslives.16058 жыл бұрын

    How does he know all this from memory! I know a 5 line poem by Nicholas Rowe called 'The Brave' from memory but I can't compete with this!

  • @alleyzonm312

    @alleyzonm312

    8 жыл бұрын

    Well it's different memorizing other people's stuff vs your own. You're the one giving the words life so they inscribe in you easier.

  • @sherlockholmeslives.1605

    @sherlockholmeslives.1605

    8 жыл бұрын

    I have never written any poetry!

  • @CL-vz6ch

    @CL-vz6ch

    5 жыл бұрын

    I've got most of my PINs for my bank cards. And my house number... After that I'm struggling.

  • @matthewcupelli5901
    @matthewcupelli59018 жыл бұрын

    Have him back on!

  • @IbrahimIssa98
    @IbrahimIssa988 жыл бұрын

    never forghetti mom spaghetti

  • @stephaniemcnugg9693

    @stephaniemcnugg9693

    7 жыл бұрын

    Let him be

  • @Peacemaker_97
    @Peacemaker_979 жыл бұрын

    Is there a signer to the side?? Dang, that's some skill in it's own hahaha

  • @melissazwieg2988
    @melissazwieg29886 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU💫HARRY:)

  • @jidaasare7021
    @jidaasare70215 жыл бұрын

    This is hilarious, satirical and sarcastic.

  • @fawn3931
    @fawn39318 жыл бұрын

    "that i can't" omg harry

  • @MythicalFactory
    @MythicalFactory6 жыл бұрын

    what a haiku though

  • @meanieeheart4236

    @meanieeheart4236

    3 жыл бұрын

    a Japanese poem

  • @OneLukeShow
    @OneLukeShow9 жыл бұрын

    Shout out to LA Confidential, Ealing Broadway!!

  • @kezikoo
    @kezikoo7 жыл бұрын

    watching on Feb 25!

  • @charleslee1568
    @charleslee15686 жыл бұрын

    VERY GOOD ... SEHR GUT ....

  • @rebeccahutchings5536
    @rebeccahutchings55368 күн бұрын

    I have another poem inspiration starter for you, Harry Baker, because I've noticed the use of 100% being misused.... percentages are the beautiful poetry of mathematics. You can't get higher than 100%. It means full. It's poetry in and of itself. You can't higher than 100%. It's an exclamation of perfection or God. Or less.

  • @hannandersha
    @hannandersha9 жыл бұрын

    Ahaha... XD I knew he was honing his inner eminent one line in.

  • @MasterP48HD
    @MasterP48HD8 жыл бұрын

    i dig the lyrics, but i just can't understand like half of it

  • @abigailkaras5812
    @abigailkaras58125 жыл бұрын

    cheers

  • @carlaislandia1634
    @carlaislandia16344 жыл бұрын

    Língua Inglesa 😍😍😍😍

  • @carlaislandia1634
    @carlaislandia16344 жыл бұрын

    Ser poliglota 😍😍😍😍

  • @BooItsChloe
    @BooItsChloe Жыл бұрын

    Ran my uni pole soc 😂🙏🏻

  • @gingerlady11
    @gingerlady112 жыл бұрын

    fab

  • @jeff1204abc
    @jeff1204abc6 жыл бұрын

    The ting goes skrrrahh, pap, pap, ka-ka-ka

  • @Amenity25
    @Amenity259 жыл бұрын

    Simple Jack?

  • @rebeccahutchings5536
    @rebeccahutchings55368 күн бұрын

    November

  • @stephaniemcnugg9693
    @stephaniemcnugg96937 жыл бұрын

    His palms seem sweaty...

  • @stephaniemcnugg9693

    @stephaniemcnugg9693

    7 жыл бұрын

    Amazing job mate

  • @mariacassandrataruc2574

    @mariacassandrataruc2574

    7 жыл бұрын

    the 1975 like the band?

  • @stephaniemcnugg9693

    @stephaniemcnugg9693

    7 жыл бұрын

    Cassandra Taruc yeah

  • @mariacassandrataruc2574

    @mariacassandrataruc2574

    7 жыл бұрын

    1975 damn but it is THE 1975...

  • @stephaniemcnugg9693

    @stephaniemcnugg9693

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I know lmao but that's just how I liked my username so

  • @eshabahal
    @eshabahal7 жыл бұрын

    I didn't get the Jason Donner Van joke. Can someone please help?

  • @mischa2643

    @mischa2643

    6 жыл бұрын

    Esha Bahal Jason Donovan

  • @hayllie515
    @hayllie5158 жыл бұрын

    MOMS SPAGHETTI

  • @Tullece
    @Tullece8 жыл бұрын

    I need to invest in a fleecy blouse.

  • @sanjanadas9872

    @sanjanadas9872

    8 жыл бұрын

    SAME LOL

  • @e5frog
    @e5frog6 жыл бұрын

    This one needs a Chris as well.

  • @tsnmiaiko4094
    @tsnmiaiko40948 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else peep the Eminem quote 😂

  • @ruralgrindsman6175
    @ruralgrindsman617511 ай бұрын

    Great shoulders!

  • @justinbrewer9776
    @justinbrewer97768 жыл бұрын

    Who wears overalls? Great poems

  • @pseudopixzie

    @pseudopixzie

    8 жыл бұрын

    me

  • @conraddekoning2380

    @conraddekoning2380

    6 жыл бұрын

    Harry baker wears overalls😂

  • @kushpatel3553
    @kushpatel35538 жыл бұрын

    25 February my bday lol

  • @avishaidadon237

    @avishaidadon237

    7 жыл бұрын

    mine too

  • @emberlynnguyen3458
    @emberlynnguyen3458 Жыл бұрын

    lol Discrete Math

  • @lukaskennedy7946
    @lukaskennedy79465 жыл бұрын

    This is not what I expected, lol

  • @Apollo-ek9ud
    @Apollo-ek9ud2 жыл бұрын

    THE EMINEM REFERENCE IM SCREAMING

  • @SteveFranklinPalmer
    @SteveFranklinPalmer2 жыл бұрын

    He is more of a comedian who rhymes than a poet.

  • @J25code2
    @J25code28 жыл бұрын

    i didn't get the song at the end

  • @Ian-sm3su

    @Ian-sm3su

    8 жыл бұрын

    +J25code2 what didnt ya get?

  • @J25code2

    @J25code2

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dat FancyIan the song, I didn't get where does it come from

  • @Ian-sm3su

    @Ian-sm3su

    8 жыл бұрын

    J25code2 dont think there was a song reference at the end, do you mean in the middle? when he says knees weak arms are heavy hes referencing Emenem's Lose Yourself song

  • @sf5823
    @sf58236 жыл бұрын

    😀

  • @bpbsmith9786
    @bpbsmith97867 жыл бұрын

    4:41 XD #Eminem Collab

  • @martarose6633
    @martarose66339 жыл бұрын

    Why is he not a rapper?

  • @shrekguy6493

    @shrekguy6493

    8 жыл бұрын

    he is

  • @shrekguy6493

    @shrekguy6493

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Geoff Velasco well battle rapper

  • @Paylordd

    @Paylordd

    8 жыл бұрын

    This is so shit, listen to real RAP

  • @cIeetz

    @cIeetz

    7 жыл бұрын

    geek flow

  • @chado3000
    @chado30004 жыл бұрын

    Any other poem someone would have written the whole thing out in the comments. I'm too deaf to hear and understand this. Kinda takes the fun out of it. 🙄

  • @Heavens-Kitchen-MMY
    @Heavens-Kitchen-MMY9 ай бұрын

    Good luck...

  • @brainumb6078
    @brainumb60786 жыл бұрын

    He reminds me of a nerdy 🤓 shotty horror

  • @kingvinny6752
    @kingvinny67527 жыл бұрын

    Love this kid but here he looks AND is dressed like simple jack from tropic thunder..

  • @brocknspectre1221
    @brocknspectre12212 жыл бұрын

    I’m disappointed in myself that I’m having trouble understanding his accent

  • @y.j.howler6168
    @y.j.howler6168 Жыл бұрын

    really ?

  • @annaliesezarekhiabani2596
    @annaliesezarekhiabani25967 жыл бұрын

    you are cool are you available for adoption... everyone should be you or have a son like youi

  • @logankemp8348
    @logankemp83486 жыл бұрын

    cynthia cyn-thi-a jesus died for our cyn-thi-as jesus c r i e d runaway bride JULIA ROBERTS julia,,,,, rOb /hurts/

  • @JungleJim737
    @JungleJim7376 жыл бұрын

    he look goofy asl

  • @ShadyAsh85
    @ShadyAsh859 жыл бұрын

    He's always seemed really good on don't flop, kinda died on his arse here...

  • @chickenninja3317

    @chickenninja3317

    8 жыл бұрын

    +SHADYASH85 um hes not rapping

  • @tamiahenry3514
    @tamiahenry35147 жыл бұрын

    i speak english, but UK accents are still hard to understand 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @kalanmcevoy4228
    @kalanmcevoy42286 жыл бұрын

    boy you be looking like a kid in a mans body

  • @makagallinger
    @makagallinger6 жыл бұрын

    Beck's would have dated you if you weren't wearing that outfit when you met her

  • @jaywasd
    @jaywasd9 жыл бұрын

    What? So...some girl invited him to pole dance? And then while he was there he felt uncomfortable? I just don't get the point of that...was it literally a poem for pole dancers who want to say no but can't? Seems...random >.

  • @hyperactivegenie

    @hyperactivegenie

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Jay Bertetto It is random, but it's part of a collection of poems written while he was in college. It was probably the one he thought was about the most unusual experience and so used it.

  • @phiaoconnor

    @phiaoconnor

    8 жыл бұрын

    he's really random!

  • @fangere

    @fangere

    6 жыл бұрын

    What's wrong with random? I enjoyed it even if it doesn't have some deeper meaning about the inner workings of society. There's a place for that, and that's awesome, but this is too :)

  • @xerospacious4024
    @xerospacious40247 жыл бұрын

    PLEASE EAT SOMETHING

  • @Paylordd
    @Paylordd8 жыл бұрын

    This is gay, listen to REAL rap instead

  • @Hanessy

    @Hanessy

    7 жыл бұрын

    Saurflax this isn't fake rap, it's just REAL poetry.

  • @starylize

    @starylize

    5 жыл бұрын

    It’s called slam poetry, look it up.

  • @marcperez2598

    @marcperez2598

    5 жыл бұрын

    Rap is rhythm and poetry. So this is real rap.