Reggie WattsIf Reggie Watts approached you on the street and began muttering segments from his live show, you’d most likely back away carefully from the oddly dressed man-child in front of you and yell for help.
It’s an interesting breed of part-improvised musical humour that places the US comic into a unique category. Without his humour, he’d still likely pack out theatres throughout the world with his musical knowledge and ability, leaving punters in jaw-dropping awe most of the set by layering sampled beats, beat boxing and haunting vocal melody. Watts’ musical intro was about as epic as a finale, and from there things only got better. Throw away the music and you’d still have enough rambling and witty tangents to fill a set.
Speaking in a number of different languages and accents – sometimes multiple in one confusing sentence – he urged punters to record his set. “I don’t know what the fuck I just did. It’s nice to have a record,” he muttered after an impressive musical tangent. And that’s what made the night so great; knowing the talent being unleashed onstage was fresh, original and downright absurd.
Hello Humans was a perfect title for the run of shows, as no one from this planet could be that talented or weird.
