Guy sings to random people on Chat Roulette

[kwijibo]

Hilarity ensues

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[schuey97]

Damn he's good .....I always wished I could improvise on the piano ....can only play from the sheets of music.

[w00dsy]

very cool, much better to come across him THAN some dudes weilding dicks

[pixelboy]

very cool, much better to come across him that some dudes weilding dicks

did I read that wrong?

[w00dsy]

sorry, did a wobbler.

[NeilPearson]

thats great!

love the last girl. whos got the webcam aimed at her tits! shame we couldnt see them

[Vilante]

That was awesome!!!

[wobblysauce]

top video.. I am sure he would of been having a lot of fun

[KNAPPO]

That was awesome!

I loved it how he couldnt help but crack up laughing at that last guy
I cant find any more vids from him but i cant wait till he cranks out some more.

[Dan]

Ben Folds did it live :P

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[w00dsy]

and now he's been removed from youtube

Merton, a.k.a. the Chatroulette Improv Piano Player, has had his viral video yanked off of YouTube “due to terms of use violation.”

Merton became the big Internet sensation when he logged onto Chatroulette with his glasses, hooded sweater, and trusty keyboard and created songs for random strangers on-the-fly. The result was millions of views, tons of Merton love, and even an “Ode to Merton” performed live by Ben Folds, which has also gone viral.

By their very nature, Merton’s songs were very unlikely to have violated copyrights from the big music agencies; his songs were created as soon as the next Chatrouletter appeared.

Our understanding is that the video didn’t violate any copyrights; instead, there were likely privacy issued involved, as most of the people in the video didn’t know that they were becoming part of a viral video.

[KNAPPO]

Our understanding is that the video didn’t violate any copyrights; instead, there were likely privacy issued involved, as most of the people in the video didn’t know that they were becoming part of a viral video.

FFS!! How weak is that.
Why don't they yank all videos that have been shot in public that are uploaded to the tube then....
Hell that Ben Folds video above was done live at a concert... i wonder if that will be pulled for the same reasons.
Its viral popularity is why they killed it off. That just sucks, especially when it was such a cool and creative way to use chat roulette.

I was hoping for more.... glad i saved it as a .mp4 when i had the chance.

Question, was it Ben Folds all along??? I don't think so, Merton did a way better job

EDIT: LOL looks like he uploaded it again
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He has uploaded an edited version of it but it still lives

Folks-

The best thing you can do to show your appreciation for this clip is to also keep the vibe positive here on the page. I'm troubled by some of the unfriendly comments I've read today about the other people in my video.

I was so proud of what we had here for the past week, almost 100% positive comments. I was more proud of that than the statistics.

For now, comments are by approval only. I'll get to them when I can.

Thanks for watching. I'm working on the next video right now.

Merton.

[w00dsy]

i bet some married dude got busted going on chatroulette and then he complained.

[w00dsy]

lets see how long this one stays up for


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[Vilante]

How funny was the last one