History Teacher's First Reaction to Bardcore! | We Didn't Start the Fire | Hildegard von Blingin'
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Mr. Terry reacts to the "bardcore" genre of music with this medieval take on Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Hildegard von Blingin' @Hildegardvonblingin. What will Mr. Terry think?
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Like this comment if I should make my students make their own historical cover of the song.
If you want a really wacky "bardcore" video, look up the Anglo Saxon Pumped Up Kicks.
definitely
@@MahsaKaerra Hell yeah
"Lord Terry???" Wow, the fascists sure take over quickly!
Oh yes! The students would have fun with that one.
Bardcore is taking modern songs and changing the instruments, and lyrics to sound as if they were written and sung in the Medieval time period. It's one of the good things that came out of the 2020 lockdown fiasco.
I have a playlist of bardcore. I listened to this song a bunch of times when it first came up.
And it has roots in the Bayeux Tapestry meme of the late 2000's
Well, the medievals sang in Anglo Saxon til 1100, then in Middle English til 1500. The lyrics are in Modern English but so was the Renaissance (Shakespeare and King James) so it gets a pass.
2 of my favorites are All Star (the Shrek song) sung with changed period correct lyrics in Latin, and Pumped Up Kicks, "All the other folks with thine plate sabatons, shall best make haste, best make haste, faster than mine arrows. 🏹" 😂
"Panic it's the mongols " is probably my favorite line in the song.
Me too!
NGL....... "Panic its the monguls" would be a GREAT name for a mongul punk metal riff off of "panic at the disco"
My favorite line: Few things here to read but the Niebelungenlied
Personally it Mantausa's got gold for me
Lmao mine too
Bardcore is a genre where you take a modern song and make it sound medieval. A lot of it is instrumentals only, but two of the greatest artists in the genre with actual lyrics are Hildegard von Blingin', who you have seen here, named after Hildegard von Bingen obviously, and Miracle Aligner, who actually sings in time-appropriate language, like classical Latin, Old English, Old French
This would be great to play at the beginning of the school year and call it an introduction to AP History
It would be nice to play it at the beginning when students don't get most of the references, and then again at the end of the school year and see how many more they get this time
I cackled at how non chronological it was - plus most of it wasn't even medieval. But still hilarious. My favourite line was also probably 'panic it's the Mongols.'
The non-chronological order was, of course, to make the new lyrics fit into the rhythm and rhyme at the correct times. I don't believe the original song was chronologically accurate either.
One thing I like about her is she is legitimately a good singer aside from the gimmick. She did one on her channel where she just sang an actual Hildegard von Bingen song straight, not Bardcore just as early music, and it was pretty good rendition.
I wanna let Mr. Terry know that bardcore is a modern genre aimed to evoke the feeling of typical medieval culture. Historically there is a lot of original music from that era that you can listen to today. Some names of songs are Tourdion, Tempus est iucundum, and otherwise a lot of chants and polyphony from the era.
Bardcore is amazing! It's a brilliant way to get modern audiences exposed to medieval music and let the musicians keep the art alive. There are lots of channels, and some go so far as to sing modern songs in older dialects. A personal favorite is 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' in Classical Latin.
Let the record show that Bardcore does NOT expose modern audiences to medieval music or keep the art of medieval music alive, it is very much rooted in a modern musical tradition, simply replicating the vibes that modern people associate with the middle ages; actual medieval music could be very different. I enjoy bardcore a lot, but it shouldn't be mistaken for an accurate representation of historical music. I would recommend checking out the channel Farya Faraji to learn more about medieval musical traditions, and hear some examples of modern recreations of actual medieval music!
@@SomasAcademy Okay, okay - it's not a perfect representation of medieval playing practices. These aren't at all songs medieval musical would have composed. I'm aware of that, and I'm sure some (hopefully most) bardcore creators are too. It's a fun blending of two very disparate musical eras, and it's not going to be faithful to medieval senses of meter & rhythm, improvisation or harmony & tonality. We don't know, in some cases, how certain songs were played or what instruments were used because, while we have some surviving instruments and square notation, we don't have tempo markers, key signatures or dynamics to guide playing styles. Don't get me started on modes - I still get Greek and Church modes mixed up.
Point being, I get that it's not really accurate to medieval music, but maybe I'm naively hoping it'll spark someone's curiosity to look into what instruments were really used in the middle ages, or look up other videos on what we do know about medieval music in general.
@@deavenswainey6415 Absolutely right, it is a fun blending of musical styles, I quite enjoy bardcore regardless of accuracy! I just think it's really important to acknowledge that the medieval part of the equation is very much modern pop-culture medieval, not historical.
I would STRONGLY suggest checking out Farya Faraji, he has multiple videos going over what we do know about historical music from several regions and periods and how we know it, as well as songs demonstrating. His recent video about "orientalist music" has a great section discussing bardcore and demonstrating how it differs from actual medieval music. His channel is the exact type of place I would hope bardcore enthusiasts inspired to learn more about medieval music would end up.
Hildegard (her actual name) is AMAZING. She and Algal the Bard are two of my favourite Bardcore creators.
Mr Terry, try the Miracle Aligner. He performs covers in "ancient" languages, like The Immigrant Song in Old Norse, House of the Rising Sun in Old French. I love Hildegard von Blingin' - Jolene is worth checking out.
Hildegard von Blingin' is rare among bardcore artists in that she re-writes the lyrics to better match the medieval theme rather than simply reusing the original artist's lyrics. Her channel is a breath of fresh air, and her covers of "Somebody That I Used to Know," "Summertime Sadness," and "Hurt" are amazing.
GTA San Andreas theme song Bardcore version is lit
Also Pumped Up Kicks bardcore is great as well
I think my favorite line is ‘what else do I dare to say’ after the black plague line. It just makes me think of an old man who’s done with the world’s shit.
I love Hildegard von Blingin! Most of her songs are simply modern songs but with alternate lyrics - so fun variations but without nearly as much nods to history as this one. I quite like her version of Sail Away, though, because all the locations mentioned in it are medieval locations instead of what's mentioned in the original song.
The bardcore version of 'Pumped Up Kicks' is pretty damn cool, too. There's even a version in Middle English (or Old English)
As a book nerd, “Few things here to read but _The Nibelungenlied”_ made me giddy with joy.
The name Hildegard von Blingen is a play on a historical composer during the early mideval period. She wrote some incredibly gorgeous music for Mass, and she was one of the first to have her name written on her music as the person who composed that work.
Holdegard von Bingin was a polymath, not just a composer.
You should watch the bardcore version of Pumped Up Kicks with vocals/lyrics
I remember hearing her rendition of Bad Romance and loved it immediately.
Bardcore seems to have takes off on CZcams in the early COVID era, it was all overvmy reccomendations back then suddenly. The same with hurdy-gurdy covers of pop and rock songs. I listen to both occasionally when I need something fun and unusual to listen to and the hurdy-gurdy is a fascinating instrument.
6:43 I had the same idea for a lesson! I’m certified as a music teacher and was thinking this could even be good for as a middle school conversation starter when subbing 8th grade. If I give them the list and tell them “you’ll learn this in HS, but what already sounds familiar to you”, then the students can share their own knowledge (or misinterpretation of it)
Tbh this is the first hardcore song I’ve ever heard that they actually rewrote the lyrics. Typically, as far as I’ve seen, it’s always an instrumental
Hildegard von Blingin' does other covers with lyrics!
We *just* wrapped our homeschool year of Rome to the Reformation and this came out on our last day so I used it as a recap to see how many my kiddo could remember. It was a great time.
I've been a fan of Hildegard von Blingin' for years. She did an amazing cover of "Holding Out For a Hero" with Whitney Avalon (another Bardcore artist). Highly recommend.
Okay, I’m still a rock fan at heart, but I can definitely get behind some bardcore/medieval covers of popular songs after listening to some of them 😂
Hildegard von Blingin' is awesome! I don't know if her other songs have a lot of history-related content, though - maybe a few references here and there. She changes the phrasing/wording of the lyrics, but otherwise follows the content pretty closely, like in her cover of Bad Romance (great one, btw).
Oh dude, you've got to hear Welcome To The Black Parade in Old English by the_miracle_aligner. It perfectly illustrates just how much english has changed over the centuries. It isn't a bunch of thee and thou thrown in with some old timey vernacular, it's an entirely different language with only occasionally recognizable words.
You should've seen my players when it popped up in my DnD playlist.
Billy Joel did an update on his song as well, might be a fun class project to review the versions and time periods then try to make new versions of the song for other periods. The ages of exploration and colonization for Vikings Leif and Eric to Dr Livingston or one of classical civilizations of Greek to Rome or Ancients Egypt and Summer up to Alexander. (would be harder to cover ancient America without extensive time in the Madrid Archive in a 3 story building of Aztec, and other native works over the area of 3 football fields with most left untranslated.)
I love seeing Teach having fun and being so happy here ❤
Thank you! I had a blast!
A Paleolithic version called, "We Started the Fire."
Yes, this!!
@@kirstenshute2729 Or "We Did Start the Fire." Which one sounds better? The song ends with the Neolithic Revolution.
@@Fact-fiend_1000ASMR. I don't know...maybe the first. Or the second with emphasis, like "We DID Start the Fire"
@@kirstenshute2729 I like the emphasized version.
@@Fact-fiend_1000ASMR. the second version fits the scansion better.
I discovered Hildegard von Blingin a few years ago and have several of her songs on my playlist!
I actually have gone through all of the videos and there's also a female singer with a really good voice but between the instruments they use and the language and the way it is done it is fantastic it is absolutely unique and an absolute joy to sit and listen to
This was in my recommendations and i really enjoyed! Im keen to see your reaction to the halifax explosion
3:29 I hear a series of videos in the works to cover this entire song…
You’ve got content for MONTHS
WE'RE GOING TO THE ROYAL COURT WITH THIS ONE
Bardcore is a wonderfully creative place here on youtube and miss Blingin' is among its patron saints XD
Clamavi de Profundis did a song about the Battle of Lepanto from the Cristian perspective. The Skaldic Bard had one about El Cid in Old Spanish.
Hasten to church is on my daily listening playlist, idk if it matches the channel but it is immaculate. My mock hamilton rap is the best songwriting I could ever make, and it’s my boldest memory in high school. I would recommend the song assignment
I wish I had we had this when I was in high school
I actually had a history assignment that had me write a version of we didn't start the fire that was supposed to tell our life's events, it's super cool
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A lot of people say the Fall out boy version is not as good as the original. Mainly because the song doesn't put the events in chronological order, so its pretty all over the place. At least that how I remember reading it.
Yeah!! Mr. T is reacting to a video in my suggestions.
If you wanted to detail one name, perhaps the one their channel is based on, Hildegard von Bingen, dear to me as possibly the first known woman composer & more!
The best place to learn your non chronological history
Hildegard von Blingen's entire channel is bard core and is also a historical reference to 12th century saint and musical composer Hildegard von Bingen. The icon for the channel is a portrait of Saint Hildegard with sunglasses added.
I feel like, maybe a version of this about the late roman republic would be awesome. Lots of details that we know, really important time period, and its all within about a hundred years, which I kinda feel is about as long a period as you'd ever want to cover in a parody of this.
Professor of Rock has a vid about the Billy Joel song. Seems the things mentioned were limited to Joel's own lifetime.
I really hope that you show this to your History class, I'm still listening to Sabaton because you played in in our World Civilization Class
you should DEFINITELY do a full historical commentary on everything mentioned in the song, even if it takes a year
hildegarde is one of my favorite youtube artists, she has a cover of the house of the rising sun that is also just chef's kiss.
This is a whole genre of music. I play it a lot on D&D nights. This isn't one of their best, imo, but it's still good. I love how they redid the lyrics.
I've been listening to the 3 versions on repeat so I'm singing mixed lyrics.
I wonder what other music there will be.
If I were to recommend one, then it would be house of the rising sun in middle French.
Spaniards in a strange land introduces the Americas, they mention a couple after that
All the Hildegard von Blingin' songs are excellent, even if you don't do videos on them they are well worth a listen.
Panic! At the Disco? More like Panic! It’s the Mongols
John, cue the mongoltage! 😉
There are a few bardcore channels, Hildegard von Blingin is UNQUESTIONABLY the best one.
It's fire
Yes. Yes, we were indeed expecting you to break down every verse. In 7 minutes. 😛
Seriously, though, if you want to break it up into pieces and do that, I think most of us would watch that series.
There is a historian who breaks down most of it annotated on his channel but even he skips some.
The same creator, Hildegard von Blingen, has dozens of Bardcore songs that are worth checking out, but my favourite is Holding Out for a Hero (watch?v=Nx-x_1lIXh4). In addition to great lyrics, that one has animation inspired by illumination.
Definitely seconding this vote. I love that one.
I'm trying to decide what the line "Barons oust a sovereign" refers too. Baron is a German term for noble, but the time period covered includes a number of monarchs who lost their crowns because their nobles had enough. But that assumes they took artistic license.
Magna Carta, perhaps?
@@Hugin-N-Munin King John didn't lose his throne. The Magna Carta merely curtailed his powers.
There's a Latin version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on CZcams that is amazing.
0:33 i have watched it, it is good.
unfortunately it is not in chronological order, and as such is disqualified IMO
the thing that made "we didn't start the fire" so impressive, is the order. the fact he managed make all of that rhyme, per year, every year
Okay but if you want to start reacting to more history related songs I highly recommend farya faraji and the skaldic bard!!!
Also for more bardcore, the miracle aligned, he takes modern songs and transforms them!!
Your students would probably rap it.
Ohhh... von Blingen, not Bingen. From the title I was waiting for a Bingen reference. Did I miss it? I thought maybe Mr T was getting into Medieval mysticism.
Henry VIII?
Does "First Reaction" mean there is a "Second Reaction"?
I'm also curious about the time period, because the original referenced events that spanned maybe a decade? And I'm not certain of the dates here, but I get the feeling that this version is referencing events that span nearly a thousand years! This requires some study...
Billy Joel's original went from 1949 to 1989, in chronological order.
a bar for every year, per year
@@robertlinke2666Which was his lifetime, to the point the song was written.
The only country that was always involved in some altercation or another, after the second big one, was the US. So you could make the "World Domination Tour" T-Shirt into a song, too.
Be honest,
How many of these things didn’t you know?
I’d pay money, like, a solid $1 for the history teacher to admit exactly how many things, a numerical number integer, that he didn’t know.
Heck,
Make it $3.50
All those years in fancy collegeuniversitydegree places, all those squiggly Latin diplomadegreecertificatepapers you no doubt have; mean nothing in the face of a quantifiable measure of your knowledge.
Expose yourself teacher man!
Let your students gaze upon your true value!
This is awesome
Bardocre is great. I would recommend Smells Like Teen Spirit Cover In Classical Latin (the_miracle_aligner).
He'll probably vote for Kamala Harris,
awesome discovery