Pompeii ("Bang Bang (My Lover Shot Me Down)" by Nancy Sinatra)

[sikbuy]

Wow.Just WOW. This Seriously Made Me Feel Like Crying For The Poor People Who Were There That Day ;'( Poor People.....

[TheCasualjoker911]

Amazing, went to Pompeii last week, the song really captures the place well, oh and could you please consider doing a Spartacus song, great work BTW

[vimtovimtovimto]

im utterly in love with the singer...

[warriorstrikeitall]

thanks to my social studies teacher,im watching these like crazy DX

[JessiebelleTX]

I love this channel! Fun, educational, and very well done!

[nyeemasalafi]

love it

[Hach1man]

Very good, though I have to point out that there were no gladiatorial games being held at the time - they had been banned in Pompeii after a riot with fans from Nola in 74.

[Awesomenessbunny]

why am i suddennly depressed

[TheSEVAGARM]

Totally Cher's song of course the ORIGINAL the proof on Wikipedia

[kiya46107]

*spams replay button*

*20 minutes later* Oops... I broke it...

*spams refresh button*

[kiya46107]

@ciasteczak Poisonous gasses would've gotten them first... Or the burning rocks of doom...

[kiya46107]

@ciateszak No, the poisonous gasses would've first...

[wisbetwilsion]

People in Pompeii died in a painful way. 

[bebanavarro67]

this video is creepy

[isabel261999]

I'm wondering why she's a history teacher; she has a beautiful voice.

[LonerDesk]

I'm eleven, I have learned by excessive studying and reading. I couldn't put my finger on the perfect synonym for the tragic accident. Now I have the synonym.

Devastating.

[TheWOODSY777]

That song is sad.

I read the story and i just thought it was cool but when you put it that way it is very sad.

[tivee26]

haha...procrastination with your core study

now I have to go study and stop watching videos..=(

[victoraguilar93]

fantasticccc



[gipsontvp1]

OMFG. Love it!

[SammiSosa98]

Does anyone else feel kinda feel depressed?

[MrFileshare]

Pure poetic pleasure:

"Some say it looked like a pine tree"

"This cloud of ashes and debris"

"And now it's named after Pliny"

"He documented history"

[MrFileshare]

Wow! This sad and beautiful melody and lyrics fits this disastrous historical event so amazingly well!

[2012bird]

was that a baby

[ahtaimo]

It's amazing how you can surf the fine line between comedy and tragedy... very beautiful

[DDcastil27]

Great love it!!!

[Shankaraknightwolf]

I think your voice really suited this one. I absolutely love it!

[lightnessss]

Am I too familiar to say I want to Mrs B.ang you ? probably... XD

( you can record all what you want, your french is adorable !)

[mariee14babee]

I love the information, youu put in this songg. It's clearer now for me to understand what happened. Don't stop making these(: Our teacher Mr. Fogle loves these vidoes.

[TheNtwinz9898]

cant believe i was actually there ( in the ruins obviously) it was awesome and surprising that so much is still there.

[NJMerlin]

Coming in from the gallop, I vault on language, halt / often but speed sometimes, and always heed / the blessed beauty of the shaped syllables. I would let go / a heresy or so for love of a lordly style / with charging challenge, or one that softens a mile / to a furlong with dulcet harmony enlarging / the heart with delicate diction. —Charles Williams: ”Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury”

I think our Mrs. B. would agree.

[aoifebrady]

This is awesome. Though I should point out that the Plinian Eruption was named after Pliny the Younger, who documented an account of the eruption but did not document history -  Pliny the Elder, his uncle, was the author of the "Natural Histories".

[historyteachers]

@aoifebrady We are indeed referring to the Younger...and depsite the fact his first-hand account is not called "History", we consider a primary source from the event a document of history, don't you?

[aoifebrady]

@historyteachers It is a historical document, of course, but to say he "documented history" seemed a little general and like a nod toward the Elder! Anyway, no matter, myself and my friends are enjoying your videos immensely :)

[DaProHuntard]

@historyteachers I love it when u correct peoples corections HA

[WulfstanHrafnsson]

@historyteachers I certainly do. And @aoifebrady, Pliny the Elder *was* present, in any case - in fact he died of asphyxiation while assessing the damage as part of his duties as governor, which is how Pliny the Younger got his name (adopted by testament). The Younger's account (in a letter to Tacitus in his "Letters") was that of his personal experience of the eruption as a lad of 17 visiting his uncle with his mother.

[NJMerlin]

The great earthquake was seventeen years before. Many people left at that time, but many stayed, and the city was being rebuilt.

We just saw the Pompeii exhibit in NYC. Haunting.

[historyteachers]

@NJMerlin They should ask to play our video at the exhibit, don't you think?

[NJMerlin]

@historyteachers Don’t think I wasn’t tempted to whip out my iPhone and fire up the YouTube app. Alas! the video, great as it is, can’t help coming off a little lightweight compared to dozens of real Pompeiian artifacts and body castings. (It’s not even behind glass; you’re only on your honor not to touch.) I’ve seen Roman glass and sculpture before, but the frescoes were amazing.

[C90BASA]

@historyteachers Yes, they should!

[MebefromBelgium]

Luckily most of the inhabitants left the city before the catastrophe (due to the earthquakes), effectively leaving the city in chaos.

[sarahdoodle14]

I learned about Pompeii in like...i don't even remember. this song makes it sound ten times as sad

[Antoninesguard]

Well done to all who make these fantastic videos. Carry on the great work.

[alincielo]

Bravi!!!

[JazzzyB06]

I want to hear the audiobullys version. Destruction of the... TOWN TOWN TOWN TOWN.

[PierreaSweedieCat]

So...

Does Mrs.B. ACTUALLY play a harp...?

Or is Mr H working some trick photography and sound magic?

Either way, a haunting.. haunting... song.

Saw the French one you favourited. They did a good job of translation in their subtitles!

[historyteachers]

@PierreaSweedieCat Mr. H plays Celtic harp- I just fake it. And yes, I might even record the French version!

[PierreaSweedieCat]

@historyteachers Woah! "You might even record the French version..." So YOU can also sing all the songs in French? Wonder what you'd do with "Revolution"?? Napoleon?? (When you get around to selling the vids, you have 2x the product line, and a foot in the Europe & Quebec marketplaces.) Perhaps... do you not think... that we may indeed have a surfeit of talent & ability here? Oh. Right. Gotta watch myself. Mr H. has enough trouble keeping your humility in vogue! Kindly disregard my babble...

[Fionnuala1969]

@historyteachers Ok..  I love Mr. H even more now that I know he plays Celtic harp.. lol. (But you know you look good faking it, Mrs. B.) :-)

[paige1011xxx]

@PierreaSweedieCat LOVE IT!!! XXXxxxXXX you should do one on the the decendents of the royal family or Elizabeth I

[sandrasynar]

ya'll are awesome! listened and watched all the video's last night! keep it up!

[Postal67]

Dang, reading history you don't get the feeling of the fear that must have gone though their heads.....great song to tie into the video....I have subscribed and am looking for more....Thanks.

[gradefajol]

Such an interesting and beautiful bitter sweet mixture of song cover and images. Like it.

[helewidis]

I wish I had a teacher like you when I was in high-school. Maybe then that group of noisy girls would shut up about beauty mags and maybe - just maybe, they could start having good grades so they wouldn't end up marking prices in the supermarket. Anyway, just to say this idea is brilliant! Kudos!

[ogphat505]

they should definilty make subjects in school use things like this i know i would of done better in school if i had things like this wow just wow great job

[zataomegamax]

Any chance of a song about weimar germany and the rise of the nazi's?

[historyteachers]

@zataomegamax Sure! Klart! I'll have to think of the perfect song match

[havidian]

Impressive video & audio !! You're talented !

Thankx for posting this great clip !!

[co2isgoodal]

Cool!

Should be played in all Roman history classes.

very well done

[jessicaadsit]

That's right, 0 dislikes! Who could dislike this? Mussolini? Hitler? Satan? They don't watch YouTube! They're dead or busy tempting chicks with apples!

[historyteachers]

@jessicaadsit wow, I guess someone decided to ruin it :)

[RBkidd510]

You have a beautiful voice

[Shinitenshi]

I wish I would have a history teacher like you.

[surferdog666]

Oh wow. This one gave me the chills. This was definitely a perfect example of your voice Mrs. B.

[35581975]

This one is amazing!!

All of them are great!

Excellent job!

[LdWilloughby]

So eerie when you see the ashen bodies mixed in the vid, really gives a sense of the sadness.

[LRSC51st]

As a person who loves history and has travelled to many of the places while in the military the videos are about, I love this concept! I have shared the info to others to check out your videos.

Thank you for the hard work!

[Harusama]

Beautiful, tragic and educational.

You're amazing.

[MissJasperHale18]

I like this one better than the orginal! :D

Great work, your voice is amazing! 

[RioCravoNorte]

Very nice. Respects ... *****

[crazedwitch2]

I like this, both the concept of history with popular tunes and the overlays in this particular vid are brilliant.

Who is the vocalist and is it the same voice in "As Tears Go By" (also liked this a lot too)?

[historyteachers]

Thanks..yep, both songs feature the same vocalist - me (Mrs. B)! I teach history and my students seem to really respond to these. Mr. H is the creative guru behind the video-making and music production. Be sure to check out our channel..more vids to come.