- Hey gang. You know, all my life I've heard that white people can't dance. I don't believe that.
I don't think it's so much that white people can't dance, it's just that they like certain musical instruments. That instrument, my friends, is electric guitar. It speaks directly to the soul of the white person.
They find it irresistible. Now with me, as you can see, is my good friend John Mayer. - How are ya?
- And we're gonna test this theory this afternoon. You ready? - I'm ready.
- Let's do it. - Let's go. - [Dave] It's my personal theory that when white people hear electric guitar they can not resist the urge to dance.
No matter where they are. Now, me and John went to different locations and put this theory to the test. - And the shares could be, we could put them to about another 22 %.
(laughing) - Okay folks, here we are in a corporate board room. You can see people behind us working in the bullpens and right now a meeting is in progress. We wanna see what happens when you play electric guitar in the most professional of settings.
Ready John? - Yeah, I'm ready. - Okay, cool, go go.
(smooth electric guitar music) (laughing) (smooth electric guitar music) (laughing) (smooth guitar music) (laughing) I knew it, I knew it. (laughing) Come on, let's get out of here. (raucous laughing) Okay, we've seen how white people respond to guitar music at work.
Now we're in a chic Manhattan restaurant. It's lunch time, the business crowd is here, a lot of Bush votes in the room. (laughing) Let's see how the conservative crowd acts when they hear guitar music while they're eating.
(electric guitar riffs) John, play the fight riff, play it. (electric guitar riffs) (glass smashes) These people are going-- Look at him, oh my God, look at this! Oh!
(laughing) Oh my gosh! I have never seen anything like this folks. (glass smashes) (laughing) Enjoy your lunch everybody.
(laughing) (classical music) All right, every experiment needs a control. Now, right now me and John are in a barbershop in Harlem. Everyone here is either black or latino.
Let's see how electric guitar works on them. Ready John? - Yeah.
- Okay, go! (electric guitar riffs) (laughing) (electric guitar riffs) - Eh, yo! Shut the (beep) up!
(applauding) - That went pretty much how I expected. Now, let's see how the blacks respond to drums. (drum rolling) (cheering) Questlove, go!
(upbeat drum music) - Ah, yeah! (laughing) Yeah, yeah, ah! - [Man] G unit!
- [Man] Spit something, spit something, spit something! ♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo ♪ ♪ I battle any sucker any race ♪ ♪ 'Cause you beating me ♪ ♪ Is like Billy Crystal playing Scarface ♪ ♪ I can't see it blind to the eyes ♪ ♪ I came up in your face ♪ ♪ Bootz pow surprise ♪ (cheering) - [Man] G unit! (upbeat drum music) (applauding) - Woo!
Woo, it worked like gangbusters. But I still happened to notice some of the latin people were nodding their heads but they weren't really feeling it as much as I thought they would. But I think I got the remedy.
What would happen if I incorporated within that an electric piano. Sanchez, go! (latin music) (laughing) All right, this is going great.
Now I'm gonna kick it up a notch. Watch this. (screaming through a megaphone) (laughing) (calling through a megaphone) (latin music) Ay caramba!
Ole! (laughing) Hey guys, have a good day. Sorry for interrupting.
So what have we learned gang? We learned that white people can dance if you play what they like, electric guitar. Of course, we the blacks can't resist drums.
And latins love congos and electric piano with Spanish gibberish over it, I guess. (laughing) So next time someone says that someone from another race can't dance, you tell 'em-- - All right, I'm gonna need to see a permit. - Excuse me.
- You have to have a permit to shoot out here. And we will fine you. - John, do something quick.
♪ Every rose has its thorn ♪ ♪ Just like every night has its dawn ♪ - That's my (beep). ♪ Every cowboy has his sad sad song ♪ - Hey my man, how you know that song? - I'm from the suburbs, man.
I can't help it. I can't help it.
