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

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2015 ж. 8 Мау.
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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.
www.ted.com/talks/harry_baker_...
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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TEDxExeter 2015 took the long view both back into the past and ahead into the future. We asked our speakers to help us understand the challenges that face us now - how they shape the way we live, make decisions, and innovate.
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This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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

    @aly8515@aly85158 жыл бұрын

    • YES

      @sanjanadas9872@sanjanadas98727 жыл бұрын

    • YUP.

      @mariacassandrataruc2574@mariacassandrataruc25747 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

      @cIeetz@cIeetz7 жыл бұрын

    • Sweet to see poetry Alive!

      @Angelina6518@Angelina65183 жыл бұрын

  • knees weak, arms are heavy. I screamed.

    @Ineeee@Ineeee8 жыл бұрын

    • same hahahaha

      @mariacassandrataruc2574@mariacassandrataruc25747 жыл бұрын

    • I LOVE UR USERNAME OML OML U GIVE ME LIFE

      @LookingDownx@LookingDownx7 жыл бұрын

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

      @GGUM3@GGUM3 Жыл бұрын

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

    @a_durian@a_durian8 жыл бұрын

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

      @cIeetz@cIeetz7 жыл бұрын

    • It did lmao

      @bradleym2745@bradleym27454 жыл бұрын

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

    @titoburritoisthebestcommun6738@titoburritoisthebestcommun67386 жыл бұрын

  • Anyone else waiting for the mom's spaghetti?

    @Truely2Legit@Truely2Legit8 жыл бұрын

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

      @cierracharles8028@cierracharles80288 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

      @Ian-sm3su@Ian-sm3su8 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...)

      @_tlsp_3269@_tlsp_32698 жыл бұрын

    • we all wanted it 😭😭😭

      @AirAfter@AirAfter8 жыл бұрын

    • Truely2Legit THAT WOULD BE ME

      @pipermohring@pipermohring7 жыл бұрын

  • this audience did not laugh hard enough

    @amalandjaz4613@amalandjaz46138 жыл бұрын

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

      @peachyannie9351@peachyannie93516 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!

    @eurusirius@eurusirius6 жыл бұрын

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

    @georgiag3741@georgiag37417 жыл бұрын

  • This is Harry, Harry Baker.

    @aishaohio@aishaohio7 жыл бұрын

  • This man is an amazing poet. Absolutely brilliant

    @OGrqspbxrry@OGrqspbxrry2 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!!

    @evaalordiahmusic@evaalordiahmusic6 жыл бұрын

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

      @paapipirate8499@paapipirate84995 жыл бұрын

  • His presence is adorable

    @miri5762@miri57627 жыл бұрын

  • that eminem reference though..

    @jamescorcraighe6183@jamescorcraighe61838 жыл бұрын

    • yea isn't that copywriter protected lol

      @henryviii267@henryviii2678 жыл бұрын

    • +Shawn Kevin its a parody :/

      @Ian-sm3su@Ian-sm3su8 жыл бұрын

    • +Shawn Kevin copywriter protected lol

      @MyAce8@MyAce88 жыл бұрын

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

      @manlylemon6269@manlylemon62697 жыл бұрын

  • Loved your words Harry.

    @reflux51@reflux518 жыл бұрын

  • Wow~~Sunshine girl had me in tears.

    @TheSpokenSpatter@TheSpokenSpatter2 жыл бұрын

  • "You're a poet, Harry!”

    @nphanhue5327@nphanhue5327 Жыл бұрын

  • Russell's Paradox, I'm in love

    @sadiesublousky8097@sadiesublousky80977 жыл бұрын

  • I now want a pair of dungarees.

    @contemporarygent@contemporarygent8 жыл бұрын

  • Truly amazing

    @jacobgrigg1258@jacobgrigg12587 жыл бұрын

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

    @rebeccahutchings1520@rebeccahutchings15203 жыл бұрын

  • I love him so much

    @merchernel123@merchernel1236 жыл бұрын

  • Gotta love Harry Baker

    @ashleycole6498@ashleycole64985 жыл бұрын

  • Have him back on!

    @matthewcupelli5901@matthewcupelli59018 жыл бұрын

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

    @Freenure@Freenure8 жыл бұрын

    • Poetry is where rap came from

      @RomeoBarnes@RomeoBarnes8 жыл бұрын

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

      @WhatsSkj@WhatsSkj8 жыл бұрын

    • LOL, I totally agree

      @Paylordd@Paylordd7 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!

    @sherlockholmeslives.1605@sherlockholmeslives.16058 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.

      @alleyzonm312@alleyzonm3128 жыл бұрын

    • I have never written any poetry!

      @sherlockholmeslives.1605@sherlockholmeslives.16058 жыл бұрын

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

      @CL-vz6ch@CL-vz6ch4 жыл бұрын

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

    @siennablack4690@siennablack46904 жыл бұрын

  • never forghetti mom spaghetti

    @IbrahimIssa98@IbrahimIssa988 жыл бұрын

    • Let him be

      @stephaniemcnugg9693@stephaniemcnugg96937 жыл бұрын

  • Love it!!

    @jetsetters007@jetsetters0078 жыл бұрын

  • THANK YOU💫HARRY:)

    @melissazwieg2988@melissazwieg29886 жыл бұрын

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

    @Peacemaker_97@Peacemaker_978 жыл бұрын

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

    @MasterP48HD@MasterP48HD7 жыл бұрын

  • "that i can't" omg harry

    @fawn3931@fawn39318 жыл бұрын

  • This is hilarious, satirical and sarcastic.

    @jidaasare7021@jidaasare70215 жыл бұрын

  • what a haiku though

    @MythicalFactory@MythicalFactory6 жыл бұрын

    • a Japanese poem

      @meanieeheart4236@meanieeheart42363 жыл бұрын

  • Shout out to LA Confidential, Ealing Broadway!!

    @OneLukeShow@OneLukeShow8 жыл бұрын

  • cheers

    @abigailkaras5812@abigailkaras58125 жыл бұрын

  • VERY GOOD ... SEHR GUT ....

    @charleslee1568@charleslee15686 жыл бұрын

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

    @hannandersha@hannandersha8 жыл бұрын

  • His palms seem sweaty...

    @stephaniemcnugg9693@stephaniemcnugg96937 жыл бұрын

    • Amazing job mate

      @stephaniemcnugg9693@stephaniemcnugg96937 жыл бұрын

    • the 1975 like the band?

      @mariacassandrataruc2574@mariacassandrataruc25747 жыл бұрын

    • Cassandra Taruc yeah

      @stephaniemcnugg9693@stephaniemcnugg96937 жыл бұрын

    • 1975 damn but it is THE 1975...

      @mariacassandrataruc2574@mariacassandrataruc25747 жыл бұрын

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

      @stephaniemcnugg9693@stephaniemcnugg96937 жыл бұрын

  • Língua Inglesa 😍😍😍😍

    @carlaislandia1634@carlaislandia16344 жыл бұрын

  • watching on Feb 25!

    @kezikoo@kezikoo7 жыл бұрын

  • Simple Jack?

    @Amenity25@Amenity258 жыл бұрын

  • Ser poliglota 😍😍😍😍

    @carlaislandia1634@carlaislandia16344 жыл бұрын

  • Ran my uni pole soc 😂🙏🏻

    @BooItsChloe@BooItsChloe Жыл бұрын

  • fab

    @gingerlady11@gingerlady112 жыл бұрын

  • Great shoulders!

    @ruralgrindsman6175@ruralgrindsman61759 ай бұрын

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

    @jeff1204abc@jeff1204abc5 жыл бұрын

  • Who wears overalls? Great poems

    @justinbrewer9776@justinbrewer97768 жыл бұрын

    • me

      @pseudopixzie@pseudopixzie7 жыл бұрын

    • Harry baker wears overalls😂

      @conraddekoning2380@conraddekoning23806 жыл бұрын

  • MOMS SPAGHETTI

    @hayllie515@hayllie5158 жыл бұрын

  • Anyone else peep the Eminem quote 😂

    @tsnmiaiko4094@tsnmiaiko40948 жыл бұрын

  • Why is he not a rapper?

    @martarose6633@martarose66338 жыл бұрын

    • he is

      @shrekguy6493@shrekguy64938 жыл бұрын

    • +Geoff Velasco well battle rapper

      @shrekguy6493@shrekguy64938 жыл бұрын

    • This is so shit, listen to real RAP

      @Paylordd@Paylordd7 жыл бұрын

    • geek flow

      @cIeetz@cIeetz7 жыл бұрын

  • This one needs a Chris as well.

    @e5frog@e5frog6 жыл бұрын

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

    @eshabahal@eshabahal7 жыл бұрын

    • Esha Bahal Jason Donovan

      @mischa2643@mischa26436 жыл бұрын

  • I need to invest in a fleecy blouse.

    @Tullece@Tullece8 жыл бұрын

    • SAME LOL

      @sanjanadas9872@sanjanadas98727 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. 🙄

    @chado3000@chado30004 жыл бұрын

  • THE EMINEM REFERENCE IM SCREAMING

    @Apollo-ek9ud@Apollo-ek9ud2 жыл бұрын

  • 25 February my bday lol

    @kushpatel3553@kushpatel35537 жыл бұрын

    • mine too

      @avishaidadon237@avishaidadon2377 жыл бұрын

  • This is not what I expected, lol

    @lukaskennedy7946@lukaskennedy79465 жыл бұрын

  • lol Discrete Math

    @emberlynnguyen3458@emberlynnguyen345811 ай бұрын

  • i didn't get the song at the end

    @J25code2@J25code28 жыл бұрын

    • +J25code2 what didnt ya get?

      @Ian-sm3su@Ian-sm3su8 жыл бұрын

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

      @J25code2@J25code28 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

      @Ian-sm3su@Ian-sm3su8 жыл бұрын

  • Good luck...

    @Heavens-Kitchen-MMY@Heavens-Kitchen-MMY6 ай бұрын

  • 4:41 XD #Eminem Collab

    @bpbsmith9786@bpbsmith97867 жыл бұрын

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

    @SteveFranklinPalmer@SteveFranklinPalmer2 жыл бұрын

  • 😀

    @sf5823@sf58236 жыл бұрын

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

    @kingvinny6752@kingvinny67527 жыл бұрын

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

    @brocknspectre1221@brocknspectre12212 жыл бұрын

  • He reminds me of a nerdy 🤓 shotty horror

    @brainumb6078@brainumb60785 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/

    @logankemp8348@logankemp83486 жыл бұрын

  • really ?

    @y.j.howler6168@y.j.howler616811 ай бұрын

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

    @tamiahenry3514@tamiahenry35147 жыл бұрын

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

    @ShadyAsh85@ShadyAsh858 жыл бұрын

    • +SHADYASH85 um hes not rapping

      @chickenninja3317@chickenninja33178 жыл бұрын

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

    @annaliesezarekhiabani2596@annaliesezarekhiabani25966 жыл бұрын

  • he look goofy asl

    @JungleJim737@JungleJim7376 жыл бұрын

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

    @makagallinger@makagallinger6 жыл бұрын

  • boy you be looking like a kid in a mans body

    @kalanmcevoy4228@kalanmcevoy42285 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 >.

    @jaywasd@jaywasd8 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.

      @hyperactivegenie@hyperactivegenie8 жыл бұрын

    • he's really random!

      @sophia-sm2ne@sophia-sm2ne8 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 :)

      @fangere@fangere6 жыл бұрын

  • PLEASE EAT SOMETHING

    @xerospacious4024@xerospacious40247 жыл бұрын

  • This is gay, listen to REAL rap instead

    @Paylordd@Paylordd7 жыл бұрын

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

      @Hanessy@Hanessy7 жыл бұрын

    • It’s called slam poetry, look it up.

      @starylize@starylize5 жыл бұрын

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

      @marcperez2598@marcperez25985 жыл бұрын
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