He's kind of cheerful and miserable at the same time.
@niriop7 жыл бұрын
Cheerful because he's drunk..miserable because he's...miserable.
@sonicfoxxmusic42817 жыл бұрын
By all accounts he died a pretty happy guy o I guess if you put in the word you can get what you earn. He was probably pretty blissed out near the end after all those years of hard drinking and whatnot.
@kylewhitehead16847 жыл бұрын
Cheerfully miserable, like when you understand how broken the world is but maintain a positive attitude anyway
@Henchman.246 жыл бұрын
Alcohol?
@coreycox23456 жыл бұрын
ALL OF US
@Huxtee76 жыл бұрын
"If you write dull shit, it doesn't matter what you die of." What a king.
@ivanbrave_3 жыл бұрын
That killed me honestly🤣
@flammabel2 жыл бұрын
im dead already
@JeffSans Жыл бұрын
Especially when you stay drunk all the time
@user-df1vc5eg6g8 ай бұрын
It's a misconception that Bukowski is miserable or pessimistic or cranky. He's not. He's neutral. He understands the manure pile and the misery as well as the beauty of life. In fact, he sees both things as the same. It's all neutral.
@colingallagher17114 жыл бұрын
Read "Dinosauria, We" and tell me that's not pessimistic. But I'll take pessimism and raw honesty over phony platitudes any day.
@breeeegs4 жыл бұрын
nah mate you need to read more
@Pavlovlovlov4 жыл бұрын
Despite other posts contradicting you, I totally agree with your comment. Its a fact that Bukowski carried this existence burden on his back during his whole life, but we was able to identify the little details, the nuances, the beauty of simple things.
@nadominhoca4 жыл бұрын
I don’t think Bukowski likes his own stance. No pessimist enjoys their pessimism
@davuswentzel88474 жыл бұрын
Colin Gallagher he seems way kinder and positive than everybody.
@ferise14 жыл бұрын
“The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.” -Bukowski
@johndoe-ox7ns2 жыл бұрын
Fucking hell, what a line, that line was full of juice flavor and power, and I quickly related to it closely and personally, I'm serious, Bukowski is an extraordinary writer judging by this quote.
@jeannedarc7533 Жыл бұрын
This is so true to those of us who've been around these extraordinary individuals.
@wordimobi57659 ай бұрын
the truly free person has no soul...no mind...he exists in everything everywhere..all his karma has been wiped out and rather than being a manifestation of limited mind he is a manifestation of infinite essence
@NovChivonАй бұрын
I was just thinking of this for some reason at the end of my meditation & see someone gave comment a like...bukowski probably met a few enlightened or saintly people in his time...from my experience everybody near the arahant monk feels peaceful & blissful & it's like everyone is bathing in his radiance but it ain't a religious thing...could be a christian or hindu or seikh...the very good person will have dropped all desires...living celibate ..probably a quiet person...anyone coming close to them will feel good because their energy field is large...it was said of the buddha that his aura covered an entire town so everybody in that space would feel uplifted...really as stated the holy person has no soul (spirit body) because he has no karma and a spirit or soul is made up of karma...he has let go and let go and.let go until his energy is that of the akasha ..the ether in which all things seem to exist...the highest understanding is nothing is happening and nothing exists
@NovChivon28 күн бұрын
I'd be so honoured to be told from Bukowski, "I like you as a person." damn must be nice.
@maxjrboii8 жыл бұрын
I would cream myself
@denobai34138 жыл бұрын
+denobai Me too! What an honor it would be.
@gypsyfolkart8 жыл бұрын
+M. Nero your name, though
@NeroVuk8 жыл бұрын
Is that Kurt Cobain in your dp? If it is, why the Fuck do all the ppl who listen to his music read Bukowski? (I'm one of those ppl) I guess it just comes to show that one has to be really broken to love these guys.
@sukhuk14868 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed M. Nero, it does.
@gypsyfolkart8 жыл бұрын
He makes more sense as a rambling drunk than half of the people in American society.
@Furcatt8 жыл бұрын
+Will K Definitely one of the best things I've ever read. That could be a quote on the back of his books, honestly.
@JeffryFeffry8 жыл бұрын
Correct, and that's why have over a 100 likes.
@user-rk1xv3xp6q7 жыл бұрын
True, a real out of the matrix philosopher and artist.
@DAREDEVILBKLYN7 жыл бұрын
Will K LOL he does make sense. Winks Lisa
@lisalovelylpa7 жыл бұрын
laughed out loud
@katemccrew7 жыл бұрын
"Drink some more scotch, Forget this an interview, I like you as a person by the way, we are tough men through the horrors of life, Cheers." Yep
@alonespirit_1Q843 жыл бұрын
So freaking wholesome right
@punkseth13 жыл бұрын
Yep
@ciupenhauer3 жыл бұрын
he talks about in other interviews how much he hates people. must be nice to hear that from him. or he was just drunk as shit.
@free2playpcgames5233 жыл бұрын
@@free2playpcgames523 was he ever sober?
@italianoDOCG3 жыл бұрын
@@italianoDOCG Good point. But I'm sure there were still different levels of drunkenness.
@free2playpcgames5233 жыл бұрын
Everyone: "Bukowski's words are so profound". His words: "BIM BIM BIM BIM - BIM BIM BIM - BIM BIM BIM
@user-gc1ee2rw1o3 жыл бұрын
lol bim bim
@monharris283 жыл бұрын
Great coment :DD
@martinkremen63873 жыл бұрын
Timing
@SundayCookingRemix3 жыл бұрын
I was so attentively listening to him and when I saw your comment it made me laugh out loud 😂
@YasirKhan-oo3oo3 жыл бұрын
I try to achieve BIM BIM BIM by rewriting sentences as I go, eliminating all the unnecessary words so it sometimes entails changing the order of propositions. If the sentence is shortened by 15% and still has the same meaning, then there's more BIM for the buck. I also chose carefully what words I emphasize by placing them at the end of the sentence, because that's where they'll be remembered in the following sentence, whereas if I start the sentence with the most important words, the sentence ending will be weak and the reader will be bored.
@Khamomil3 жыл бұрын
"Enjoy yourself man forget this interview". You can tell he was a very genuine person
@JihadBunnydick6 жыл бұрын
ajajjaja totally.. "we are tough man together through the whores of life" xD
@Manfredazo4 жыл бұрын
Rather drunk
@HardbrasH13 жыл бұрын
Yeah Indeed
@jvv-r3 жыл бұрын
Mateo Chicano he said horrors
@renegade31693 жыл бұрын
@@renegade3169 ah merci! Makes sense now.. xD
@Manfredazo3 жыл бұрын
I love how the great artists can never describe what they do... they just do it
@jackbotkins35879 жыл бұрын
True! The real Art require no explanation :)
@TheLisergicQueen9 жыл бұрын
poets can so... artaud and most poets bio have elevated phrases about there burn
@i_t_f_e___proems9 жыл бұрын
Jack Botkins He just did describe it. Bim Bim Bim. Didn't you listen?
@ianmccormick70518 жыл бұрын
***** Brilliant article. Thanks for sharing.
@jackbotkins35878 жыл бұрын
+Dan Donneley Your thinking is very similar to Schopenhauer's. Distinguishing genius from talent: ''Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine. It isn’t money, for genius seldom gets any. It isn’t fame: fame is too uncertain and, more closely considered, of too little worth. Nor is it strictly for its own pleasure, for the great exertion involved almost outweighs the pleasure. It is rather an instinct of a unique sort by virtue of which the individual possessed of genius is impelled to express what he has seen and felt in enduring works without being conscious of any further motivation. It takes place, by and large, with the same sort of necessity as a tree brings forth fruit, and demands of the world no more than a soil on which the individual can flourish.''(Arthur Schopenhauer)
@Westermann158 жыл бұрын
"This man isn't even a professional drunk" - 😭
@bonginkosinkosi85463 жыл бұрын
Bukowski was a professional he died of bone cancer not choking on vomit or liver failure or anything.
@AnnaLVajda3 жыл бұрын
@@AnnaLVajda Actually his French publisher who launched him said it was mostly an act. He knew he was selling a character (not throwing the first stone, considering he's been dirt poor for a long time) and stated so in "Blue Bird" : "are you thinking about my sales in Europe ?"
@pateris3 жыл бұрын
He is so right about how writers setup their story with a lot of boredom and trivial things. When I start a new book I always dread the first couple of pages; here we go again with the weather/time/place settings.
@RealJap4 жыл бұрын
Every single interview piece a journalist writes starts with them describing whatever restaurant or office space they chose to interview in, I HATE IT. It just reeks of "we all had the same high school english teacher"
@mattfields8217 Жыл бұрын
its to set up the mood a little. @@mattfields8217
@oharryc7 ай бұрын
@@mattfields8217Oh fuck my life. Yes. I have to skim past what the interviewee is wearing, what they ordered, if they just came in from the rain, to the first question they ask them about their life.
@TigerPrawn_2 ай бұрын
Bukowski made one really great advice: "Don't be boring. The libraries of the world has jawned them self to sleep over your kind."
@jrgenm.dsollie4849Ай бұрын
"If you write dull shit, it doesn't matter what you die from" A fucking MEN.
@crizish8 жыл бұрын
Sure, a good line there...
@johnnypastrana67277 жыл бұрын
I think adding, "If you die from alcohol, it's a glorious thing" beforehand, is important for this statement.; Nonetheless, a great line of wisdom.
@keepingupwiththecichlids7 жыл бұрын
"Yeah I did, and I yawned myself to shit."
@quittersremedy8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and the interviewer grew quiet and resentful after that and B picked up on it, hence the compliment.
@johnnypastrana67277 жыл бұрын
"It's nice to die of alcoholism. It's very glorious, but if you write dull shit it doesn't do any good what you died from." Great line.
@trollfinger3 жыл бұрын
Alcoholism is the best disease when you think about it. It's the only disease were the cure is DRINKING ALCOHOL - Norm Macdonald RIP
@CookedOnions2 жыл бұрын
"He died swallowing his own vomit. Great." -Charles Bukowski
@shaneludwick21393 жыл бұрын
If it's good enough for Jimi Hendrix, Bon Scott and John Bonham, it's good enough for me. 😂
@erniebuchinski36143 жыл бұрын
@@erniebuchinski3614 Jimi is the best, he gets a pass. Otherwise, NO. Fucking AMATEUR ALCOHOLIC shit to die from that, THAT'S WHAT BUKOWSKI WAS SAYING! Bukowski wasn't saying that it's glorious to die like that, he said what a fucking CHUMP you are for dying like that. "He wasn't even a fuckin' professional drunk!" ~ Bukowski.
@JohnSmith-dq4dx3 жыл бұрын
@@JohnSmith-dq4dx i banked a secondary needle bath!
@cornbread97633 жыл бұрын
beats the hell out of dying from swallowing someone else's vomit 🤨🍻
@MatthewC1373 жыл бұрын
‘BIM BIM BIM’ By Charles Bukowski “BIM BIM BIM” “BIM BIM BIM” “BIM BIM BIM”
@rylanhudson93193 жыл бұрын
The interview sounds like Borat: "You have a nice wife!" Hahah.
@33hegemon9 жыл бұрын
Haha :-)
@LeeWanner9 жыл бұрын
"In my country, they would go crazy. "For her... Not so much."
@TheJavaMonkey9 жыл бұрын
I thought he said "You have a nice life."
@jdessell9 жыл бұрын
@jdessell I think he did, in fact, say "You have a nice life." At the very least, it would make more sense in the context of the fear/lack of fear in the face of death. Still, if you listen really closely, it sounds much more like "wife" than "life," though that's probably due to his accent.
@TheJavaMonkey9 жыл бұрын
jdessell he's a troll... he has no idea what Bukowski said, he doesnt even know who bukowski is... TROLLL TROLLL TROLLL..... look it up for Christmas sakes... Urban dictionary
@DJchrismiller19 жыл бұрын
BIM BIM BIM...BIM BIM BIM!
@JOHNNYCORREIA8 жыл бұрын
+Johnny Correia BIM BIM BIM!
@LeeWanner8 жыл бұрын
bim bim bim, bim!
@najeebmmarker20138 жыл бұрын
+Najeeb Mahmood BIM BIM BIM!
@LeeWanner8 жыл бұрын
+Johnny Correia Bluh bluh bluh . . . dah dah dah . . . the flies were walking around . . .
@woodyphillips-smith80728 жыл бұрын
Haha, yeah :-D
@LeeWanner7 жыл бұрын
And when nobody wakes you in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. What do you call it, freedom or loneliness? -Charles Bukowski
@maticbauman5957 Жыл бұрын
He was so right. Every line he wrote, was short, concise, right where it should be. He describes you a room in 12 words and 3 sentences and you have the whole picture! That is where his power was, and it will be really hard to beat that.
@GloopSerious-nt9dv3 жыл бұрын
Ernest Hemingway was like that too and Hemingway, like Bukowski, emphasized making descriptions using less but very effective words in order to avoid boring the reader with superfluous nonsense.
@user-vv9np5iq7n11 ай бұрын
I wonder what he would say about Cormac McCarthy's writing. He can be concise at certain points and at others he penned propulsive, long-winded, achingly gorgeous passages that exploded into the next page.
@deathchips9269 ай бұрын
"Bim bim bim bim bim bim" - Charles Bukowski
@thescoobymike5 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@KLGroupUK3 жыл бұрын
His best line 😂
@robbiepeterh3 жыл бұрын
In all seriousness, this is his quote I think about most frequently
@vevvenennevvev59453 жыл бұрын
Bim bim bim Bim bim bim Lmfaooo
@tonydon74413 жыл бұрын
Bim.. Bim.. Bim.. Id you all know what he really wanna say.. But alcohool f*** his tongue.. As a Muslim I know what does it mean bim bim bim..
@Illnessss2 жыл бұрын
"It was not dying that mattered, it was the sadness, the wonder. The few good people crying in the night. The few good people." - Charles Bukowski I love this man dearly.
@wachiraphongruengnithikong83857 жыл бұрын
me as well
@goghman10 ай бұрын
Bukowski as a writer is one of my heroes. His writing is so clear. Simplicity, difficult to attain.
@danielbrooks35663 жыл бұрын
"We're tough men together, through the horrors of life." Sounds like something a character would say. What a great man.
@ricoco78913 жыл бұрын
he's absolutely right about 99% of all writers.
@RossIvanov7 жыл бұрын
Debatable, everybody in this comment section is treating him like a god.
@zaidshah45354 жыл бұрын
@@zaidshah4535 Imagine treating the mediocre writer that is Bukowski as a god, which he clearly was not, in writing or elsewhere. He merely parrots what Orwell said about writing.
@jodawgsup4 жыл бұрын
@@zaidshah4535 a lot of people are stupid
@andyayala91194 жыл бұрын
opiumpoetry naw
@erikleith46704 жыл бұрын
@@jodawgsup genius poet but lousy prose writer.
@RossVassilev4 жыл бұрын
"we're tough men together! through the horrors of life!" gotta love it
@mobbinhard429 жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite part
@jordanpate71677 жыл бұрын
mobbinhard42 BIM BIM BIM
@MillennialMonk6 жыл бұрын
Yes !
@mclovin20236 жыл бұрын
🍺🍺🍻🍻😁 Ill drink to that
@dmac59355 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@leedennehy50774 жыл бұрын
This is not an interview. It's a short film, and a great one. With a twist ending. Thanks, Buk.
@IMNfilms3 жыл бұрын
"If you write dull shit it doesn't do any good what you die from." I fucking love this so much lol.
@eazymethod014 жыл бұрын
The man who taught me to walk through the fire.
@silversnail14138 жыл бұрын
niceeee! because how well you do it matters most!
@yusufbayraktaroglu94507 жыл бұрын
How come? Any book of his that you recommend?
@cinama6 жыл бұрын
just don't write poetry
@MikhailBarachashvili5 жыл бұрын
What do u mean?
@Mr-ep2qi5 жыл бұрын
wow
@rootslearning22395 жыл бұрын
He was a miserable bastard but his words were so damn profound.
@squidgyquijabo24227 жыл бұрын
And his words would never had been if he wasn´t.
@Gibby81007 жыл бұрын
"don't feel sorry for me. I am a competent, satisfied human being."
@k4ir0s7 жыл бұрын
How many truly happy people have you known in your life? I am still looking for my first...
@johnnypastrana67277 жыл бұрын
he wasnt miserable, that makes him sound like a spoiled person who weakly complained about small things, he was one of the strongest people ive studied
@isaiahmartinez33507 жыл бұрын
he was intelligent and enlightened. the only way to true happiness is to be oblivious. this man was a realist. he saw life for what it is.
@elchunkacabra14507 жыл бұрын
The greatest explanation of writing I have ever heard. Writing MUST never be boring. What else do you need to know?
@jimw.41612 жыл бұрын
Not just writing advice but excellent advice for alcoholics too. This man is a fountain of wisdom.
@annishilcock45873 жыл бұрын
Holy shit that interviewer's life must have been made when Bukowski said "I like you as a person, by the way".
@emily-qe3yu7 жыл бұрын
This cracks me up every time I watch it. I love this old fuck.
@Stunatra7 жыл бұрын
Stunatra..I know, like wt he says
@drah99557 жыл бұрын
That's what she said....
@jerrybaldwin33616 жыл бұрын
Was thinking the same thing.
@jeffreykazanjian23995 жыл бұрын
Fuck you
@sandpaper6315 жыл бұрын
Charles Bukowski allowed me to see the world in a totally different light. He provided a lens for me that other writers hadn't. Gritty realism, that's his game and I bloody love it!
@tonytee5121 Жыл бұрын
I love this man. Everything he said is 100% correct. "Writing must not be boring"
@truthgiant64873 жыл бұрын
Why? Boredom is a part of life.
@DonaldFranciszekTusk Жыл бұрын
@@DonaldFranciszekTusk isn't life boring enough without books?
@martindang7333 Жыл бұрын
@@DonaldFranciszekTusk yes but there is virtually no artist that WANTS to bore you with their work
@gorkaaustin5306 Жыл бұрын
@@gorkaaustin5306 And it's sad! They want to be popular, not great :D
@DonaldFranciszekTusk Жыл бұрын
It's the most important thing: Don't be boring... It can also be the hardest thing to achieve, because too many people don't know how to not be boring.
@normang366819 күн бұрын
"I yawned myself to shit." lulz!
@SONOFABITCH8 жыл бұрын
Bukowski changed my life when I was an adolescent and found his writings and I understand exactly what he's talking about here. Sometimes when I'm writing in a funk I'll find myself hiding my true voice, almost like I'm trying to sound like an "important writer" like someone who's trying too hard. When I read it back I notice that the voice that's coming out isn't my own and it's not what I really want to say (or how I want to say it). Then once I find my groove it's like I just vomit out everything I want to say and it cuts right to the white meat. That's when it's interesting, that's when it stops being staid and boring.
@whitneyangelie36827 жыл бұрын
Precisely.
@EinarKuusk6 жыл бұрын
Goddamn right
@ivywoods13woods315 жыл бұрын
YES
@robertz19625 жыл бұрын
Hemingway put this also in a good quote: "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." So damn precise. You and him :)
@theliquidskyyyoo75835 жыл бұрын
Whitney Angelie Dark meat has way more juice , fat , depth of flavor....it’s closer to the bone.
@timbrady64734 жыл бұрын
"we're tough men together through the horrors of life" :)
@arthurd64953 жыл бұрын
This is a different age, it's the atomic age - this man was brilliant, one of the best of his time, one of the few writers, like kafka and Dostoevsky before him, who had a profound ability to write with genius
@benjones43894 жыл бұрын
dostoyevskys lines are electric. a small child can read his works but only an adult can know what he's talking about
@4968ace Жыл бұрын
People always focused on Bukowski's cynicism of others but this right here shows his true compassion for others, he just shows tough love. He knew that there is a little beauty in this fucked up mess
@cameronroyce17617 жыл бұрын
Charles Bukowski has always felt like a friend to me. I love how direct he is. Whether drunk. Whether ugly. He is one of the best poets in the history of the world in my opinion. Thank you Charles for your words. RIP. Ty
@TysonWelchlin6 жыл бұрын
Wish I could get drunk with him
@Dachshundlovr5 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome.
@louskunt9798 Жыл бұрын
That was the best ending to any video on KZhead, period.
@moussetache18153 жыл бұрын
The interviewer sounds like Borat at 0:10 "Why? You have a nice wife"
@dtracke3 жыл бұрын
I cant unhear It now
@matiaskasimis7543 жыл бұрын
"I yawned myself to shit..." Really think about that. Really picture it. Such funny poetry, but at least its honest!
@musicisbrilliant6 жыл бұрын
This is when you yawn hard. The top part of your head tilts too far to the back. The neck snaps and the body collapses. And as you lay dying on the floor and the room grows dimmer, you think to yourself: 'This is a good time to die. I was bored anyway.'
@martijnbodde24815 жыл бұрын
Thats the word, honesty. When you´re honest with yourself, this can resonate with other people´s strings of the soul.
@AlexanderNefodov3 жыл бұрын
@Ghost Heart Haha, good point. :D I imagined him yawing until he turned into a pile of sh*t. That was how I envisioned it.
@musicisbrilliant2 жыл бұрын
Life is wonderful when people like this exist and leave us with so much delight.
@sparx5509 жыл бұрын
Bukowski even said that life needs less bukowski's. I hope u understand that line
@stayhydrated43394 жыл бұрын
@@stayhydrated4339 fammmm i saw what you did there and understood what u meant by that Im in shock like raaah that makes bare sense. Thank you for your comment mann
@bukowski11834 жыл бұрын
Because they tell us the total truth.
@Edgesofnowhere0084 жыл бұрын
Happy Happy 100th Birthday! I am a recent fan of yours and like your poetry. I wish I had met you. You were like nobody else. One of a kind!!
@voicegirl5553 жыл бұрын
Leonard Bernstein once said ' The only bad music is boring music . Music should never be boring "
@mulliniks514 жыл бұрын
An immortal man can't be afraid of death.
@sarahsssable7 жыл бұрын
Zero juice in your phrase
@anaranjadisimo5 жыл бұрын
A valiant attempt at profundity
@JosephE-yd6ks5 жыл бұрын
Well I guess "profundity" is subjective, I liked your statement :)
@Ch0sen335 жыл бұрын
Sara Sina nor an immoral one.
@unabashed264 жыл бұрын
Dont listen to the haters, thats a dope ass statement
@basementgang69113 жыл бұрын
3:30 PM on a southern morning... but honestly, Bukowski is so easy to read and this philosophy is exactly why. He wastes no time, he lets your brain imagine all the details he intentionally leaves out because he knows you will
@retrorenaissance94976 жыл бұрын
The man truly was a genius, he had demons like Us all, but he was spot on in his description of how every single sentence should be a motivator for the reader to continue to the next page.
@truecrimewjared24694 жыл бұрын
Some of the most confrontational yet satisfying stuff I’ve ever read. RIP you bastard❤️
@marcconyard50249 ай бұрын
Life is only beautiful because it's finite. Happiness is only great as a break from unhappiness. Who wants to live forever? Who wants to be happy their whole lives?
@scaredypicker7 жыл бұрын
scaredypicker I mean, I'd be fine with both haha
@chickenfinger78295 жыл бұрын
Who wants to be sad and dead?
@bob7333335 жыл бұрын
bob733333 That's what I'm saying, haha. Death is an inevitability, so we're forced to either get comfortable with the thought of it or go crazy. Almost all human action is a result of our mortality, and insecurities with it. In the process of coming to terms with our individual transitions so many people convince themselves that death is good, it gives life meaning. No, we give life meaning. Individually while navigating these experiences we construe our own purposes and reasons for life. Losing things isn't what makes things valuable, it just makes the memories more valuable. In fact, you lose enough things while alive you might even wind up wishing for death. So much of that comes from the loss of loved ones or our health; Which assuming we couldn't die means we wouldn't have poor health either; Meaning that longing to pass on, that growing feeling they we belong less and less on this world as the years go on and on, would be gone. Sure, MAYBE an eternity could get boring but it's a big world that is constantly changing, so I doubt it would get too bad. I'd pick life for sure, but I know that's just the mass of molecules cobbled together talking right now. That these same molecules were apart of countless other things since the dawn of time, that we are the primordial force of the universe, experiences itself, subjectively. That we never end, only change. I like what I am now, what I have. I'll enjoy it while it's here, not because one day it will be gone, but because today I'm here too.
@chickenfinger78295 жыл бұрын
chickenfinger7829 Honestly the thought of never dying would be much more daunting I'd be scared to think what life would be like living forever rather then just living long
@GrassTalk42025 жыл бұрын
@@bob733333 He's talking about being happy all the time or living forever. Happines exists because unhappiness exists, life exists because death exists, light exists because darkness exists, I know it sounds kinda cringe but it's true.
@alxl.9295 жыл бұрын
great interview. bukowski describes why i love him. He makes you crave the next line, the next page. those who get tired of him are really tired of accepting life as it is.
@hollandoates9618 жыл бұрын
+tony stanza he was a stammering drunk spouting off platitudes and edgy "I want to die" stuff. There are a lot of great writers in history that have captured life and struggle and beauty far better than he did.
@ousooners51938 жыл бұрын
great to know. yaaaaaaaaaawn
@hollandoates9618 жыл бұрын
the Whaler you can't top somebody's OPINION. or there wouldnt be as many writers as there is. its all already been said. its how you say it. and if people like the way he says it. then let them
@cjizzle25616 жыл бұрын
@@ousooners5193 just finished factotum, and its without a doubt the most boring, unimportant book I have ever read.
@abetterhandle5 жыл бұрын
I come back to this and every other interview and doc to remind myself from time to time to not let the embers die.
@bowlingstoned21139 ай бұрын
bimbimbim the first time i read bukowski i was absolutely shocked by his writing. Thanks old man. bimbimbim
@kltanisha2 жыл бұрын
BIM BIM BIM! BIM BIM BIM!
@LeeWanner2 жыл бұрын
I've never seen him speak so passionately. remarkable
@frenzy12259 жыл бұрын
I have just discovered this guy. I need to learn more juice
@TristanDesnos7 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! I recommend his poetry - check out his book of poems titled "Last Night of the Earth Poems". I also encourage feeling the draw to the more heroic elements in his writing... check out the poems, "Roll the Dice", "Too Late", "Bluebird".
@LeeWanner7 жыл бұрын
A trip to Israel might help
@painiscupcake54334 жыл бұрын
I just discovered him 3 hours ago. I can’t believe what I’ve missed.
@AkiraFollower4 жыл бұрын
the juice is what you get from a brush stroke the juice comes from a pen the juice is when they sign something on a contract the juice man that's the juice the juice comes from an executive order the juice comes from a the strike of a pen the juice comes from a little child scribbling away on a piece of paper and making a picture that's the juice the juice comes in many forms the juice will never run out out of colours the juice juice comes in many pens their are crayons if you like and some charcoal or some chalk if you like the dust if you like the dust
@Lytewerkproductions3 жыл бұрын
drawing a picture in the sand with a finger that's the juice graffiti on the wall that's the juice ink is juice acrylic paint is juice also known as rocket fuel but it's still the juice
@Lytewerkproductions3 жыл бұрын
Spoken like a poet. Prose is leisurely, poetry is an intense distillation of emotion. Not everyone can do it.
@islaadele1212 Жыл бұрын
Charles Is one of a kind. You'll never see another beautiful soul like this ever again.
@rickydiggler79502 жыл бұрын
You need to have juice in each line...
@xanthirudha7 жыл бұрын
Jonas Kgomo Like BIM BIM BIM & BIM BIM BIM
@rahimel-mulla28945 жыл бұрын
That’s a quote from Jon Jones
@welhynole40825 жыл бұрын
309 divided by 3 is 103
@jacobbegley50264 жыл бұрын
@@welhynole4082 You're a fucking genius, mate.
@DanQVeryMuch4 жыл бұрын
why don't they just say that in school?
@nc3753 жыл бұрын
"If you write dull shit it doesn't matter what you die from" lol
@leejardine_7 жыл бұрын
Easier said than done, it takes a truly great poet to talk about words this way because they come so effortlessly to him.
@anonimust42034 жыл бұрын
I have this whole interview/special on Bukowski on an old video tape from Belgian TV. Will have to get it digitally transferred one day.
@Malegys Жыл бұрын
we're tough men together through the horrors of life.
@andreww55747 жыл бұрын
Someone should've carved "Bim! Bim! Bim!" on his gravestone
@oscarhaydenperditionbound11958 жыл бұрын
+Oscar Hayden (Perdition Bound) Hahaha, I like that. BIM BIM BIM!
@LeeWanner8 жыл бұрын
his gravestone actually says "Dont Try"
@raanelom7 жыл бұрын
"Somebody asked me: "What do you do? How do you write, create?" You don't, I told them. You don't try. That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like its looks, you make a pet out of it." - Charles Bukowski
@LeeWanner7 жыл бұрын
raanelon = his gravestone actually says "Don't even try!" with a carving of a boxer....
@Germoney20007 жыл бұрын
raanelom = I stand corrected.... his gravestone truly says "Don't Try".... there's a Story behind it.... People asked him how he creates and he answered he "I don't try.... I just wait for it to happen....
@Germoney20007 жыл бұрын
❤️🔥 “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think I'm not going to make it but you laugh inside remembering all the times you've felt that way” ❤️🔥 ~ Charles Bukowski 😎
@poem3 жыл бұрын
I needed that this morning! Thanks
@davidlinehat46573 ай бұрын
"We are tough men together through the horrors of life" - Charles Bukowski firing off some poetry gold off the cuff.
@fazsaeed4 жыл бұрын
Bukowski was the Rolling Stones of literature, forget the adjectives and adverbs, get to the core of the story. I love this guy
@ivanleseigneur81527 жыл бұрын
Interestingly enough, Bukowski attended a Rolling Stones show in the 70's and wrote an article about it for Creem magazine. I don't think he was very impressed since he preferred classical music to rock 'n roll but it's a pretty hilarious piece of work and well worth reading.
@silversnail14132 жыл бұрын
What instrument did he play?
@louskunt9798 Жыл бұрын
“We’re tough men together through the horrors of life!!”-Charles Bukowski What a beautiful thing to have said about you and from such a beautiful man!!
@BushyHairedStranger5 жыл бұрын
He was quite a writer. I think his stories will be read centuries from now.
@thomasodonnell92213 жыл бұрын
Its timeless. Written in the 70’s, I can picture it being written tomorrow.
@ff-gi3ge3 жыл бұрын
He was very prolific and diverse and could write poetry, short stories, novels, essays, and even paint.. We had a Correspondence in the late 70s and I had about 28 letters from Bukowski. They were great. All love, Al
@alfogel32983 жыл бұрын
@@ff-gi3ge He was writing right up until his death in the 90's. 'The Last Night of the Earth Poems' his last collection is pretty sad and worth a read. An old dog lying down after all that madness. Poems about watching his cat and wife out in the garden when he knows he's dying. Stunning and heartbreaking
@patrickmohan22203 жыл бұрын
Patrick Mohan thanks man, I will definitely check that out. I read the ”Notes of a Dirty Old Man” and I agree, Bukowski’s life went down hill straight from the beginning.
@ff-gi3ge3 жыл бұрын
RIP CB! You were the best and never boring. Your words are greatly missed.
@jimw.41613 жыл бұрын
He must have been pretty good. His books that I owned were stolen.
@Uncletoast525 жыл бұрын
Now THAT BIMS!
@LeeWanner5 жыл бұрын
biggest fear 😳
@salamisammy3 жыл бұрын
Who the hell steals books, especially from other people?
@DocHoliday4443 жыл бұрын
I'm going to assume his books are from the library. How else do you know when a book is stolen? I also would assume that they were probably just getting rid of the stock.
@k.k92063 жыл бұрын
Must have been good? Ya didn't read them? I'm glad someone stole them.
@cohenkane21483 жыл бұрын
"every line has to have juice" - so true Every so often I feel like I've lost some of my higher faculties and can't get into books like I used to, but then a book (with juice) will come along and I'll read it in two days When you're in the zone and feel inspired and write a good letter or whatever, that's the juice coming out That's why so many writers and musicians are tormented and alcoholics, they've known life in that zone and want it all the time If a book isn't captivating you then just put it down, either it's no good or isn't good for you - either way, there's no point struggling through
@yingyang10087 жыл бұрын
Man I crave for the feeling of flow state it’s so raw yet so genuine
@505johnny5 жыл бұрын
I feel so guilty when not able to finish a book so this was nice to hear
@Belleeex275 жыл бұрын
It's easier to get in this 'zone' as a kid/teenager. But once you get success, it becomes difficult by putting effort in, by knowing that people are watching you and expecting something great..so many things poison your next work of art that many people fail.
@youarelife34374 жыл бұрын
There's always point to struggling. Writing is a job and a job not always fun. Anyway, how many books you wrote?
@Nostalgiator4 жыл бұрын
@@Nostalgiator Haven't written any books but I work as a writer Struggling to do my job is fine as it isn't art - struggling to make art is usually going to be pointless - you have to be in a flow state
@yingyang10084 жыл бұрын
His style of writing seems similar to Orwell’s. Brevity and power over length and precise detail. Love this guy.
@dominicdiorio4 жыл бұрын
Watching a string of these interviews back to back, the repeat that he mentioned in this one stood out. Especially at the end when noticed the interviewer lost interest because they couldn't grasp what he was talking about. Those are some tasty bits Bukowski.
@omainomai3 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite high functioning alcoholic. He generated questions yet he partly lacked answers and I don't blame him. Nonetheless, thank you Charles. A modern poet I embraced dearly.
@alexjamesjoaquin34065 жыл бұрын
I love to listen to him. His voice and the way it drones along yet weaves through all types of thought. He is a favorite poet of mine. “Each line must have it’s juice. Bem bem bem.” Yes. Exactly.
@whit26426 жыл бұрын
You can tell he was really melancholic at this stage of his life.. but his words still held so much truth in them. What a writer he was!
@MsSavas113 жыл бұрын
A genius in the content and honesty of his writing. I can only imagine the impact his writing has on people.
@HenryChinaski6143 жыл бұрын
Depending on who you are and where you are in life, you'll find this very wise or very meaningless...... and that's what art is all about.
@AFO_AnalyRics5 жыл бұрын
Somewhere in between
@yamatokurosawa57633 жыл бұрын
All art is useless. Oscar Wilde
@Jeremyramone3 жыл бұрын
@@Jeremyramone Marcel DuChamp proved that with R. Mutt, Urinal.
@brentcrude81532 жыл бұрын
I freaking love this guy. Tells it like he sees it. Great poet of glister and grit. BUK!!
@pevensielavere226 жыл бұрын
One of a kind.. after all these years and still is. I don’t know him but I miss him. - NYC, 6/25/2019
@noabaak4 жыл бұрын
Godamn I love his voice, it's southern, deep and just elongated.
@ryadh4563 жыл бұрын
that is amazing. when hes looking at the interviewer at the end.. a fuckin big heart man..
@marcottavi26559 жыл бұрын
his last two lines demonstrate his entire point: be sharp and quick, like Nietzsche instructed. "we're tough men together, through the horrors of life."
@ricgus28835 жыл бұрын
His description of each line “bim bim bim” reminds me of Sam Shepard’s style of short writing as in Cruising Paradise which reads exactly this way. Great stuff. 🤙🏼
@EnligUlv3 жыл бұрын
Man this ending really made me smile
@karolspeight19689 ай бұрын
Mickey Rourke impersonated Bukowski to create his incredible Barfly performance. ...... and the book the movie is based on was WRITTEN by Charles Bukowski. .... amazing movie .... highly recommended.
@markmarsh277 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recommendation
@steveymcneckbeard3 жыл бұрын
Jack Nicholson would have been a great choice to play this man, if ever!!
@Shardul2806945 жыл бұрын
oh that would be marvelous !
@Dachshundlovr5 жыл бұрын
Christian Bale too
@JonathanNelsonOfficial4 жыл бұрын
Mickey Rourke did a good job in barfly. "Fuel I need fuel"
@adamisaac46853 жыл бұрын
With that overused trademark smile of his and fake mannerisms? I don't think so.
@dimmykarras92873 жыл бұрын
@@JonathanNelsonOfficial Noooo
@messianic_scam3 жыл бұрын
“You have a nice wife”-borat
@TylerShackleford3 жыл бұрын
Lol i thought it was Borat for a second
@mckayman242 жыл бұрын
I can listen to him talk until the scotch is gone, he's honest and constructive with his criticism. But at the same time he can make u enjoy life, happy or sad, he brings an energy that cannot be replicated. I didn't even meet him but I felt like he gave me years of experience that'll help me down the road. My I welcome death as an old friend. And I hope he brings some Canadian whiskey with him.
@archiepratt24993 жыл бұрын
I would just like to sit next to him open up a bottle of scotch and listen to his words till the fucking sun comes up .
@ege58049 жыл бұрын
Ege Coskunsoy I get the sense that you wouldn't. The fact that you would want to be around him would only piss him off, and make him want to piss you off. If you bought the alcohol he'd drink it all himself. If he bought it, he'd let you drink it and then cuss you out for not being grateful enough. From everything I've read about the man he was a prick who didn't have much use for people, and only happened to be a great writer. I love his books, but I'd stay the fuck away given the chance to meet the man for more than a few minutes.
@ianmccormick70518 жыл бұрын
Ian McCormick That is a nice nice point of view actually .
@ege58048 жыл бұрын
Wow you just out hipstered a hipster
@MrBrunothedog7 жыл бұрын
"If you go, go ALL the way!"
@keefriffhard706 жыл бұрын
Thanks Charles; I needed this
@dylancoffey69553 жыл бұрын
“Every line has to have its own power,” I love this guy.
@joenavanodo37804 жыл бұрын
He's a damned genius
@khch_699 жыл бұрын
Victor R. Ok Victor
@ginsu70774 жыл бұрын
im drunk from watching this video
@Hungerzoids8 жыл бұрын
drunk before watching the video, left with wisdom . cheers.
@michaelraycampos92466 жыл бұрын
Been there. Then I get drunk watch it again and again, oh it gets better all the time. !
@Dachshundlovr5 жыл бұрын
The Parting Glas Hollens
@wolfgangfriedrichdenk88144 жыл бұрын
Lol
@felizabette25784 жыл бұрын
He is the poetry ;-)
@vmurvmur49372 жыл бұрын
His description of how the words should flow when someone is writing is exactly why AI will never replace human writing from the soul.
@brandonrapitta29409 ай бұрын
In life, no matter what, it's all about the feeling
@robertrossi93646 ай бұрын
You get it, i've been saying this to folks for years, AI is the fad and will be the thing for a while but people will yearn for true expression, so the human soul will prevail, and after AI comes a renaissance of the expressive human soul once agian. Seems like we've repeated this all many times.
He's kind of cheerful and miserable at the same time.
Cheerful because he's drunk..miserable because he's...miserable.
By all accounts he died a pretty happy guy o I guess if you put in the word you can get what you earn. He was probably pretty blissed out near the end after all those years of hard drinking and whatnot.
Cheerfully miserable, like when you understand how broken the world is but maintain a positive attitude anyway
Alcohol?
ALL OF US
"If you write dull shit, it doesn't matter what you die of." What a king.
That killed me honestly🤣
im dead already
Especially when you stay drunk all the time
It's a misconception that Bukowski is miserable or pessimistic or cranky. He's not. He's neutral. He understands the manure pile and the misery as well as the beauty of life. In fact, he sees both things as the same. It's all neutral.
Read "Dinosauria, We" and tell me that's not pessimistic. But I'll take pessimism and raw honesty over phony platitudes any day.
nah mate you need to read more
Despite other posts contradicting you, I totally agree with your comment. Its a fact that Bukowski carried this existence burden on his back during his whole life, but we was able to identify the little details, the nuances, the beauty of simple things.
I don’t think Bukowski likes his own stance. No pessimist enjoys their pessimism
Colin Gallagher he seems way kinder and positive than everybody.
“The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.” -Bukowski
Fucking hell, what a line, that line was full of juice flavor and power, and I quickly related to it closely and personally, I'm serious, Bukowski is an extraordinary writer judging by this quote.
This is so true to those of us who've been around these extraordinary individuals.
the truly free person has no soul...no mind...he exists in everything everywhere..all his karma has been wiped out and rather than being a manifestation of limited mind he is a manifestation of infinite essence
I was just thinking of this for some reason at the end of my meditation & see someone gave comment a like...bukowski probably met a few enlightened or saintly people in his time...from my experience everybody near the arahant monk feels peaceful & blissful & it's like everyone is bathing in his radiance but it ain't a religious thing...could be a christian or hindu or seikh...the very good person will have dropped all desires...living celibate ..probably a quiet person...anyone coming close to them will feel good because their energy field is large...it was said of the buddha that his aura covered an entire town so everybody in that space would feel uplifted...really as stated the holy person has no soul (spirit body) because he has no karma and a spirit or soul is made up of karma...he has let go and let go and.let go until his energy is that of the akasha ..the ether in which all things seem to exist...the highest understanding is nothing is happening and nothing exists
I'd be so honoured to be told from Bukowski, "I like you as a person." damn must be nice.
I would cream myself
+denobai Me too! What an honor it would be.
+M. Nero your name, though
Is that Kurt Cobain in your dp? If it is, why the Fuck do all the ppl who listen to his music read Bukowski? (I'm one of those ppl) I guess it just comes to show that one has to be really broken to love these guys.
Yes indeed M. Nero, it does.
He makes more sense as a rambling drunk than half of the people in American society.
+Will K Definitely one of the best things I've ever read. That could be a quote on the back of his books, honestly.
Correct, and that's why have over a 100 likes.
True, a real out of the matrix philosopher and artist.
Will K LOL he does make sense. Winks Lisa
laughed out loud
"Drink some more scotch, Forget this an interview, I like you as a person by the way, we are tough men through the horrors of life, Cheers." Yep
So freaking wholesome right
Yep
he talks about in other interviews how much he hates people. must be nice to hear that from him. or he was just drunk as shit.
@@free2playpcgames523 was he ever sober?
@@italianoDOCG Good point. But I'm sure there were still different levels of drunkenness.
Everyone: "Bukowski's words are so profound". His words: "BIM BIM BIM BIM - BIM BIM BIM - BIM BIM BIM
lol bim bim
Great coment :DD
Timing
I was so attentively listening to him and when I saw your comment it made me laugh out loud 😂
I try to achieve BIM BIM BIM by rewriting sentences as I go, eliminating all the unnecessary words so it sometimes entails changing the order of propositions. If the sentence is shortened by 15% and still has the same meaning, then there's more BIM for the buck. I also chose carefully what words I emphasize by placing them at the end of the sentence, because that's where they'll be remembered in the following sentence, whereas if I start the sentence with the most important words, the sentence ending will be weak and the reader will be bored.
"Enjoy yourself man forget this interview". You can tell he was a very genuine person
ajajjaja totally.. "we are tough man together through the whores of life" xD
Rather drunk
Yeah Indeed
Mateo Chicano he said horrors
@@renegade3169 ah merci! Makes sense now.. xD
I love how the great artists can never describe what they do... they just do it
True! The real Art require no explanation :)
poets can so... artaud and most poets bio have elevated phrases about there burn
Jack Botkins He just did describe it. Bim Bim Bim. Didn't you listen?
***** Brilliant article. Thanks for sharing.
+Dan Donneley Your thinking is very similar to Schopenhauer's. Distinguishing genius from talent: ''Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine. It isn’t money, for genius seldom gets any. It isn’t fame: fame is too uncertain and, more closely considered, of too little worth. Nor is it strictly for its own pleasure, for the great exertion involved almost outweighs the pleasure. It is rather an instinct of a unique sort by virtue of which the individual possessed of genius is impelled to express what he has seen and felt in enduring works without being conscious of any further motivation. It takes place, by and large, with the same sort of necessity as a tree brings forth fruit, and demands of the world no more than a soil on which the individual can flourish.''(Arthur Schopenhauer)
"This man isn't even a professional drunk" - 😭
Bukowski was a professional he died of bone cancer not choking on vomit or liver failure or anything.
@@AnnaLVajda Actually his French publisher who launched him said it was mostly an act. He knew he was selling a character (not throwing the first stone, considering he's been dirt poor for a long time) and stated so in "Blue Bird" : "are you thinking about my sales in Europe ?"
He is so right about how writers setup their story with a lot of boredom and trivial things. When I start a new book I always dread the first couple of pages; here we go again with the weather/time/place settings.
Every single interview piece a journalist writes starts with them describing whatever restaurant or office space they chose to interview in, I HATE IT. It just reeks of "we all had the same high school english teacher"
its to set up the mood a little. @@mattfields8217
@@mattfields8217Oh fuck my life. Yes. I have to skim past what the interviewee is wearing, what they ordered, if they just came in from the rain, to the first question they ask them about their life.
Bukowski made one really great advice: "Don't be boring. The libraries of the world has jawned them self to sleep over your kind."
"If you write dull shit, it doesn't matter what you die from" A fucking MEN.
Sure, a good line there...
I think adding, "If you die from alcohol, it's a glorious thing" beforehand, is important for this statement.; Nonetheless, a great line of wisdom.
"Yeah I did, and I yawned myself to shit."
Yeah, and the interviewer grew quiet and resentful after that and B picked up on it, hence the compliment.
"It's nice to die of alcoholism. It's very glorious, but if you write dull shit it doesn't do any good what you died from." Great line.
Alcoholism is the best disease when you think about it. It's the only disease were the cure is DRINKING ALCOHOL - Norm Macdonald RIP
"He died swallowing his own vomit. Great." -Charles Bukowski
If it's good enough for Jimi Hendrix, Bon Scott and John Bonham, it's good enough for me. 😂
@@erniebuchinski3614 Jimi is the best, he gets a pass. Otherwise, NO. Fucking AMATEUR ALCOHOLIC shit to die from that, THAT'S WHAT BUKOWSKI WAS SAYING! Bukowski wasn't saying that it's glorious to die like that, he said what a fucking CHUMP you are for dying like that. "He wasn't even a fuckin' professional drunk!" ~ Bukowski.
@@JohnSmith-dq4dx i banked a secondary needle bath!
beats the hell out of dying from swallowing someone else's vomit 🤨🍻
‘BIM BIM BIM’ By Charles Bukowski “BIM BIM BIM” “BIM BIM BIM” “BIM BIM BIM”
The interview sounds like Borat: "You have a nice wife!" Hahah.
Haha :-)
"In my country, they would go crazy. "For her... Not so much."
I thought he said "You have a nice life."
@jdessell I think he did, in fact, say "You have a nice life." At the very least, it would make more sense in the context of the fear/lack of fear in the face of death. Still, if you listen really closely, it sounds much more like "wife" than "life," though that's probably due to his accent.
jdessell he's a troll... he has no idea what Bukowski said, he doesnt even know who bukowski is... TROLLL TROLLL TROLLL..... look it up for Christmas sakes... Urban dictionary
BIM BIM BIM...BIM BIM BIM!
+Johnny Correia BIM BIM BIM!
bim bim bim, bim!
+Najeeb Mahmood BIM BIM BIM!
+Johnny Correia Bluh bluh bluh . . . dah dah dah . . . the flies were walking around . . .
Haha, yeah :-D
And when nobody wakes you in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. What do you call it, freedom or loneliness? -Charles Bukowski
He was so right. Every line he wrote, was short, concise, right where it should be. He describes you a room in 12 words and 3 sentences and you have the whole picture! That is where his power was, and it will be really hard to beat that.
Ernest Hemingway was like that too and Hemingway, like Bukowski, emphasized making descriptions using less but very effective words in order to avoid boring the reader with superfluous nonsense.
I wonder what he would say about Cormac McCarthy's writing. He can be concise at certain points and at others he penned propulsive, long-winded, achingly gorgeous passages that exploded into the next page.
"Bim bim bim bim bim bim" - Charles Bukowski
🤣🤣🤣🤣
His best line 😂
In all seriousness, this is his quote I think about most frequently
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"It was not dying that mattered, it was the sadness, the wonder. The few good people crying in the night. The few good people." - Charles Bukowski I love this man dearly.
me as well
Bukowski as a writer is one of my heroes. His writing is so clear. Simplicity, difficult to attain.
"We're tough men together, through the horrors of life." Sounds like something a character would say. What a great man.
he's absolutely right about 99% of all writers.
Debatable, everybody in this comment section is treating him like a god.
@@zaidshah4535 Imagine treating the mediocre writer that is Bukowski as a god, which he clearly was not, in writing or elsewhere. He merely parrots what Orwell said about writing.
@@zaidshah4535 a lot of people are stupid
opiumpoetry naw
@@jodawgsup genius poet but lousy prose writer.
"we're tough men together! through the horrors of life!" gotta love it
Probably my favorite part
mobbinhard42 BIM BIM BIM
Yes !
🍺🍺🍻🍻😁 Ill drink to that
Amazing
This is not an interview. It's a short film, and a great one. With a twist ending. Thanks, Buk.
"If you write dull shit it doesn't do any good what you die from." I fucking love this so much lol.
The man who taught me to walk through the fire.
niceeee! because how well you do it matters most!
How come? Any book of his that you recommend?
just don't write poetry
What do u mean?
wow
He was a miserable bastard but his words were so damn profound.
And his words would never had been if he wasn´t.
"don't feel sorry for me. I am a competent, satisfied human being."
How many truly happy people have you known in your life? I am still looking for my first...
he wasnt miserable, that makes him sound like a spoiled person who weakly complained about small things, he was one of the strongest people ive studied
he was intelligent and enlightened. the only way to true happiness is to be oblivious. this man was a realist. he saw life for what it is.
The greatest explanation of writing I have ever heard. Writing MUST never be boring. What else do you need to know?
Not just writing advice but excellent advice for alcoholics too. This man is a fountain of wisdom.
Holy shit that interviewer's life must have been made when Bukowski said "I like you as a person, by the way".
This cracks me up every time I watch it. I love this old fuck.
Stunatra..I know, like wt he says
That's what she said....
Was thinking the same thing.
Fuck you
Charles Bukowski allowed me to see the world in a totally different light. He provided a lens for me that other writers hadn't. Gritty realism, that's his game and I bloody love it!
I love this man. Everything he said is 100% correct. "Writing must not be boring"
Why? Boredom is a part of life.
@@DonaldFranciszekTusk isn't life boring enough without books?
@@DonaldFranciszekTusk yes but there is virtually no artist that WANTS to bore you with their work
@@gorkaaustin5306 And it's sad! They want to be popular, not great :D
It's the most important thing: Don't be boring... It can also be the hardest thing to achieve, because too many people don't know how to not be boring.
"I yawned myself to shit." lulz!
Bukowski changed my life when I was an adolescent and found his writings and I understand exactly what he's talking about here. Sometimes when I'm writing in a funk I'll find myself hiding my true voice, almost like I'm trying to sound like an "important writer" like someone who's trying too hard. When I read it back I notice that the voice that's coming out isn't my own and it's not what I really want to say (or how I want to say it). Then once I find my groove it's like I just vomit out everything I want to say and it cuts right to the white meat. That's when it's interesting, that's when it stops being staid and boring.
Precisely.
Goddamn right
YES
Hemingway put this also in a good quote: "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." So damn precise. You and him :)
Whitney Angelie Dark meat has way more juice , fat , depth of flavor....it’s closer to the bone.
"we're tough men together through the horrors of life" :)
This is a different age, it's the atomic age - this man was brilliant, one of the best of his time, one of the few writers, like kafka and Dostoevsky before him, who had a profound ability to write with genius
dostoyevskys lines are electric. a small child can read his works but only an adult can know what he's talking about
People always focused on Bukowski's cynicism of others but this right here shows his true compassion for others, he just shows tough love. He knew that there is a little beauty in this fucked up mess
Charles Bukowski has always felt like a friend to me. I love how direct he is. Whether drunk. Whether ugly. He is one of the best poets in the history of the world in my opinion. Thank you Charles for your words. RIP. Ty
Wish I could get drunk with him
You’re welcome.
That was the best ending to any video on KZhead, period.
The interviewer sounds like Borat at 0:10 "Why? You have a nice wife"
I cant unhear It now
"I yawned myself to shit..." Really think about that. Really picture it. Such funny poetry, but at least its honest!
This is when you yawn hard. The top part of your head tilts too far to the back. The neck snaps and the body collapses. And as you lay dying on the floor and the room grows dimmer, you think to yourself: 'This is a good time to die. I was bored anyway.'
Thats the word, honesty. When you´re honest with yourself, this can resonate with other people´s strings of the soul.
@Ghost Heart Haha, good point. :D I imagined him yawing until he turned into a pile of sh*t. That was how I envisioned it.
Life is wonderful when people like this exist and leave us with so much delight.
Bukowski even said that life needs less bukowski's. I hope u understand that line
@@stayhydrated4339 fammmm i saw what you did there and understood what u meant by that Im in shock like raaah that makes bare sense. Thank you for your comment mann
Because they tell us the total truth.
Happy Happy 100th Birthday! I am a recent fan of yours and like your poetry. I wish I had met you. You were like nobody else. One of a kind!!
Leonard Bernstein once said ' The only bad music is boring music . Music should never be boring "
An immortal man can't be afraid of death.
Zero juice in your phrase
A valiant attempt at profundity
Well I guess "profundity" is subjective, I liked your statement :)
Sara Sina nor an immoral one.
Dont listen to the haters, thats a dope ass statement
3:30 PM on a southern morning... but honestly, Bukowski is so easy to read and this philosophy is exactly why. He wastes no time, he lets your brain imagine all the details he intentionally leaves out because he knows you will
The man truly was a genius, he had demons like Us all, but he was spot on in his description of how every single sentence should be a motivator for the reader to continue to the next page.
Some of the most confrontational yet satisfying stuff I’ve ever read. RIP you bastard❤️
Life is only beautiful because it's finite. Happiness is only great as a break from unhappiness. Who wants to live forever? Who wants to be happy their whole lives?
scaredypicker I mean, I'd be fine with both haha
Who wants to be sad and dead?
bob733333 That's what I'm saying, haha. Death is an inevitability, so we're forced to either get comfortable with the thought of it or go crazy. Almost all human action is a result of our mortality, and insecurities with it. In the process of coming to terms with our individual transitions so many people convince themselves that death is good, it gives life meaning. No, we give life meaning. Individually while navigating these experiences we construe our own purposes and reasons for life. Losing things isn't what makes things valuable, it just makes the memories more valuable. In fact, you lose enough things while alive you might even wind up wishing for death. So much of that comes from the loss of loved ones or our health; Which assuming we couldn't die means we wouldn't have poor health either; Meaning that longing to pass on, that growing feeling they we belong less and less on this world as the years go on and on, would be gone. Sure, MAYBE an eternity could get boring but it's a big world that is constantly changing, so I doubt it would get too bad. I'd pick life for sure, but I know that's just the mass of molecules cobbled together talking right now. That these same molecules were apart of countless other things since the dawn of time, that we are the primordial force of the universe, experiences itself, subjectively. That we never end, only change. I like what I am now, what I have. I'll enjoy it while it's here, not because one day it will be gone, but because today I'm here too.
chickenfinger7829 Honestly the thought of never dying would be much more daunting I'd be scared to think what life would be like living forever rather then just living long
@@bob733333 He's talking about being happy all the time or living forever. Happines exists because unhappiness exists, life exists because death exists, light exists because darkness exists, I know it sounds kinda cringe but it's true.
great interview. bukowski describes why i love him. He makes you crave the next line, the next page. those who get tired of him are really tired of accepting life as it is.
+tony stanza he was a stammering drunk spouting off platitudes and edgy "I want to die" stuff. There are a lot of great writers in history that have captured life and struggle and beauty far better than he did.
great to know. yaaaaaaaaaawn
the Whaler you can't top somebody's OPINION. or there wouldnt be as many writers as there is. its all already been said. its how you say it. and if people like the way he says it. then let them
@@ousooners5193 just finished factotum, and its without a doubt the most boring, unimportant book I have ever read.
I come back to this and every other interview and doc to remind myself from time to time to not let the embers die.
bimbimbim the first time i read bukowski i was absolutely shocked by his writing. Thanks old man. bimbimbim
BIM BIM BIM! BIM BIM BIM!
I've never seen him speak so passionately. remarkable
I have just discovered this guy. I need to learn more juice
Congratulations! I recommend his poetry - check out his book of poems titled "Last Night of the Earth Poems". I also encourage feeling the draw to the more heroic elements in his writing... check out the poems, "Roll the Dice", "Too Late", "Bluebird".
A trip to Israel might help
I just discovered him 3 hours ago. I can’t believe what I’ve missed.
the juice is what you get from a brush stroke the juice comes from a pen the juice is when they sign something on a contract the juice man that's the juice the juice comes from an executive order the juice comes from a the strike of a pen the juice comes from a little child scribbling away on a piece of paper and making a picture that's the juice the juice comes in many forms the juice will never run out out of colours the juice juice comes in many pens their are crayons if you like and some charcoal or some chalk if you like the dust if you like the dust
drawing a picture in the sand with a finger that's the juice graffiti on the wall that's the juice ink is juice acrylic paint is juice also known as rocket fuel but it's still the juice
Spoken like a poet. Prose is leisurely, poetry is an intense distillation of emotion. Not everyone can do it.
Charles Is one of a kind. You'll never see another beautiful soul like this ever again.
You need to have juice in each line...
Jonas Kgomo Like BIM BIM BIM & BIM BIM BIM
That’s a quote from Jon Jones
309 divided by 3 is 103
@@welhynole4082 You're a fucking genius, mate.
why don't they just say that in school?
"If you write dull shit it doesn't matter what you die from" lol
Easier said than done, it takes a truly great poet to talk about words this way because they come so effortlessly to him.
I have this whole interview/special on Bukowski on an old video tape from Belgian TV. Will have to get it digitally transferred one day.
we're tough men together through the horrors of life.
Someone should've carved "Bim! Bim! Bim!" on his gravestone
+Oscar Hayden (Perdition Bound) Hahaha, I like that. BIM BIM BIM!
his gravestone actually says "Dont Try"
"Somebody asked me: "What do you do? How do you write, create?" You don't, I told them. You don't try. That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like its looks, you make a pet out of it." - Charles Bukowski
raanelon = his gravestone actually says "Don't even try!" with a carving of a boxer....
raanelom = I stand corrected.... his gravestone truly says "Don't Try".... there's a Story behind it.... People asked him how he creates and he answered he "I don't try.... I just wait for it to happen....
❤️🔥 “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think I'm not going to make it but you laugh inside remembering all the times you've felt that way” ❤️🔥 ~ Charles Bukowski 😎
I needed that this morning! Thanks
"We are tough men together through the horrors of life" - Charles Bukowski firing off some poetry gold off the cuff.
Bukowski was the Rolling Stones of literature, forget the adjectives and adverbs, get to the core of the story. I love this guy
Interestingly enough, Bukowski attended a Rolling Stones show in the 70's and wrote an article about it for Creem magazine. I don't think he was very impressed since he preferred classical music to rock 'n roll but it's a pretty hilarious piece of work and well worth reading.
What instrument did he play?
“We’re tough men together through the horrors of life!!”-Charles Bukowski What a beautiful thing to have said about you and from such a beautiful man!!
He was quite a writer. I think his stories will be read centuries from now.
Its timeless. Written in the 70’s, I can picture it being written tomorrow.
He was very prolific and diverse and could write poetry, short stories, novels, essays, and even paint.. We had a Correspondence in the late 70s and I had about 28 letters from Bukowski. They were great. All love, Al
@@ff-gi3ge He was writing right up until his death in the 90's. 'The Last Night of the Earth Poems' his last collection is pretty sad and worth a read. An old dog lying down after all that madness. Poems about watching his cat and wife out in the garden when he knows he's dying. Stunning and heartbreaking
Patrick Mohan thanks man, I will definitely check that out. I read the ”Notes of a Dirty Old Man” and I agree, Bukowski’s life went down hill straight from the beginning.
RIP CB! You were the best and never boring. Your words are greatly missed.
He must have been pretty good. His books that I owned were stolen.
Now THAT BIMS!
biggest fear 😳
Who the hell steals books, especially from other people?
I'm going to assume his books are from the library. How else do you know when a book is stolen? I also would assume that they were probably just getting rid of the stock.
Must have been good? Ya didn't read them? I'm glad someone stole them.
"every line has to have juice" - so true Every so often I feel like I've lost some of my higher faculties and can't get into books like I used to, but then a book (with juice) will come along and I'll read it in two days When you're in the zone and feel inspired and write a good letter or whatever, that's the juice coming out That's why so many writers and musicians are tormented and alcoholics, they've known life in that zone and want it all the time If a book isn't captivating you then just put it down, either it's no good or isn't good for you - either way, there's no point struggling through
Man I crave for the feeling of flow state it’s so raw yet so genuine
I feel so guilty when not able to finish a book so this was nice to hear
It's easier to get in this 'zone' as a kid/teenager. But once you get success, it becomes difficult by putting effort in, by knowing that people are watching you and expecting something great..so many things poison your next work of art that many people fail.
There's always point to struggling. Writing is a job and a job not always fun. Anyway, how many books you wrote?
@@Nostalgiator Haven't written any books but I work as a writer Struggling to do my job is fine as it isn't art - struggling to make art is usually going to be pointless - you have to be in a flow state
His style of writing seems similar to Orwell’s. Brevity and power over length and precise detail. Love this guy.
Watching a string of these interviews back to back, the repeat that he mentioned in this one stood out. Especially at the end when noticed the interviewer lost interest because they couldn't grasp what he was talking about. Those are some tasty bits Bukowski.
One of my favourite high functioning alcoholic. He generated questions yet he partly lacked answers and I don't blame him. Nonetheless, thank you Charles. A modern poet I embraced dearly.
I love to listen to him. His voice and the way it drones along yet weaves through all types of thought. He is a favorite poet of mine. “Each line must have it’s juice. Bem bem bem.” Yes. Exactly.
You can tell he was really melancholic at this stage of his life.. but his words still held so much truth in them. What a writer he was!
A genius in the content and honesty of his writing. I can only imagine the impact his writing has on people.
Depending on who you are and where you are in life, you'll find this very wise or very meaningless...... and that's what art is all about.
Somewhere in between
All art is useless. Oscar Wilde
@@Jeremyramone Marcel DuChamp proved that with R. Mutt, Urinal.
I freaking love this guy. Tells it like he sees it. Great poet of glister and grit. BUK!!
One of a kind.. after all these years and still is. I don’t know him but I miss him. - NYC, 6/25/2019
Godamn I love his voice, it's southern, deep and just elongated.
that is amazing. when hes looking at the interviewer at the end.. a fuckin big heart man..
his last two lines demonstrate his entire point: be sharp and quick, like Nietzsche instructed. "we're tough men together, through the horrors of life."
His description of each line “bim bim bim” reminds me of Sam Shepard’s style of short writing as in Cruising Paradise which reads exactly this way. Great stuff. 🤙🏼
Man this ending really made me smile
Mickey Rourke impersonated Bukowski to create his incredible Barfly performance. ...... and the book the movie is based on was WRITTEN by Charles Bukowski. .... amazing movie .... highly recommended.
Thanks for the recommendation
Jack Nicholson would have been a great choice to play this man, if ever!!
oh that would be marvelous !
Christian Bale too
Mickey Rourke did a good job in barfly. "Fuel I need fuel"
With that overused trademark smile of his and fake mannerisms? I don't think so.
@@JonathanNelsonOfficial Noooo
“You have a nice wife”-borat
Lol i thought it was Borat for a second
I can listen to him talk until the scotch is gone, he's honest and constructive with his criticism. But at the same time he can make u enjoy life, happy or sad, he brings an energy that cannot be replicated. I didn't even meet him but I felt like he gave me years of experience that'll help me down the road. My I welcome death as an old friend. And I hope he brings some Canadian whiskey with him.
I would just like to sit next to him open up a bottle of scotch and listen to his words till the fucking sun comes up .
Ege Coskunsoy I get the sense that you wouldn't. The fact that you would want to be around him would only piss him off, and make him want to piss you off. If you bought the alcohol he'd drink it all himself. If he bought it, he'd let you drink it and then cuss you out for not being grateful enough. From everything I've read about the man he was a prick who didn't have much use for people, and only happened to be a great writer. I love his books, but I'd stay the fuck away given the chance to meet the man for more than a few minutes.
Ian McCormick That is a nice nice point of view actually .
Wow you just out hipstered a hipster
"If you go, go ALL the way!"
Thanks Charles; I needed this
“Every line has to have its own power,” I love this guy.
He's a damned genius
Victor R. Ok Victor
im drunk from watching this video
drunk before watching the video, left with wisdom . cheers.
Been there. Then I get drunk watch it again and again, oh it gets better all the time. !
The Parting Glas Hollens
Lol
He is the poetry ;-)
His description of how the words should flow when someone is writing is exactly why AI will never replace human writing from the soul.
In life, no matter what, it's all about the feeling
You get it, i've been saying this to folks for years, AI is the fad and will be the thing for a while but people will yearn for true expression, so the human soul will prevail, and after AI comes a renaissance of the expressive human soul once agian. Seems like we've repeated this all many times.