History Lesson

[firefly2552025]

So cheery...

[SiriuslyMisto]

AJ, you're absolutely hilarious. And incredibly talented. Is there anything you're NOT good at??

.. No?

Didn't think so :D

[TheAlliebee1231]

I would so pay attention in class if aj was my teacher.

[GraceLamportTV]

Can I just like... Marry him?

[meowmix1331]

I would totally pay attention in school if they got aj holmes to come and sing this :)

[CheeseIsTheWord101]

I would give up an arm to see this live.

[madhotpink22]

Serously guys, where can I get this?

[PurpleandBlackPandas]

Now I'll be singing this is social studies class.

[AnaysiaTheTRex]

This song is amazing. xD

[XxdeatheofthesunxX]

anyone know where I can download this song?

[SamiTaylorKate]

I learned everything I needed to know for for History final from AJ Holmes:)

[KitsuneWolf222]

Does anyone have a very strong urge to sing this at a talent show or something? 'Cause I do.

[bindobud]

I learnt more from this song than I have in my whole history module :P

[kelbel7724]

I wish A.J. Holmes was my history teacher. It would be TOTALLY AWESOME

And there's the plus thAt he has connections with pretty much all the important people. If he needs to make a short film or commercial he would just call ethan kuperberg

If he needs Somone to demontsrate how to stop.drop.and roll, he could just call Lauren lopez.

Now idk about you but I could learn just about anything from A.J. Holmes

[MoonshoesRanger]

"Is your dad a teacher? No he's not, no he's not"(:

[Red41658]

Omigod! I would have laughed if he was a part of the many ppl who wrote the music and lyrics 2 School House Rock!

[FreorgeWeasley]

My History teacher now seems inadequate... :)

[qwertypoplock]

@mediabusybee nothing. he starts to say something but he doesnt know how to sing it so he just goes back to the chorus

[mediabusybee]

what does he say at 2.28?

[hippyfriend]

Sorry I can't seem to get paragraphs but here are the lyrics: In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue he had a crippling vice For a fancy Indian spice So he knew what he had to do But then he landed here in America, no spices so instead He did something original And killed all the aboriginals! Yes he left them all for dead Chorus: In the culture of America, sing it all day long! In the culture of America, where we are never wrong!

[hippyfriend]

(Chorus) Now in 1776, we were having some conflicts With a mother country who wanted us to die So we killed all the redcoats Yes, we slit open their throats And that’s called the Fourth of July! (Chorus) Now in a place called Gitmo Bay We keep bad people away Sure they didn’t do anything wrong, But it’s still where they belong! So raise the flag and shout hooray!

[Silath1996]

Well, I've just spent an hour getting as many of the lyrics as I can by hearing, but can someone tell me the line at 0:43? I missing a word.

[hippyfriend]

@Silath1996 He had a crippling vice, for a fancy Indian spice :)

[Silath1996]

@hippyfriend ooooooooooooooh, thank you! Thank you so much! Now I just gotta figure how to make a video with them...  anyone fiure that I'm bad with computers? :)

[Silath1996]

Okay, would someone please get the lyrics, this song is awesome and I could so pown the history students at my school with it! I love this thing, so catchy.

[yurretarted]

Okay, time to record this and release it A.J...

[shamidkpzd]

I showed this to my APUSH teacher and he laughed his ass off and said that A.J. is very talented. I couldn't agree more. :)

[dancer21023]

Oh my wizard god this was EPIC

[Anabella04]

its hermione granger............the 1 dislike person......its cause she cant draw

[iMarch4irhs]

And that's why we have fireworks!

[dororoemotionalninja]

"Whats that Jacob? Your dad told you something different? well is your dad a teacher? No he's not! no he's not! so why dont you just shut the hell up and let me finish my lesson ok?" and for some reason the way hes sings "if you don't shape up your getting an F!" makes me laugh! <3 A.J. frikin Holmes so so so so SUPEMEGAFOXYAWESOMEHAWT!!

[bigdaddysgirl92]

This made me laugh. It reminds me of School House Rock. Except I don't think the people at School House Rock would go for that chorus.

But it doesn't matter. It's the culture of America: we are never wrong.

[ohhSAILORR]

i love how the men in the front awkwardly take a drink when asked to sing

[ForeverxRay1991]

By the end of it, I was singing along, too. If he had been my history teacher I maybe I would have paid attention in school.

[ninjac911]

The way A.J.'s playing the piano at the end reminds me of how Andrew McMahon plays at his concerts. It made me happy. =)

[MsDoctorGirlfriend]

AJ, you are a great performer and musician, thanks for all the excellent videos

[Cristowen]

"Alright, that’s it, if you don’t sing I’m not finishing this song. And I am not leaving this stage. You’ve heard the chorus three times by now, it’s up to you to sing. WILL YOU SING?? If you don’t do it you will look stupid, this is not television it is history. 1, 2, a-1 2 3!"

AJ you are brilliant!! Put up more songs!

[kiwiberry101195]

"all right, that's it. if you don't sing, i'm not finishing the song. i'm not leaving this stage" (:

[MsAlex1944]

why dont you do more of this kind of stuff?

[monstersINKorporated]

HOLY CRAP AJ IS AMAZING!!

all the AJs i kno r awesome. peirzynski, my brother, and of course, AJ holmes. WOW.

[squirrelgfilms]

Once again, the facial expressions... priceless! I love how you incorporate your acting skills into your songs. You're pretty amazing. :)

[kattyc]

He is just so adorable. Really.

[HanzyBinanzy]

ok iv learnt more in this song than a whole year of history! :)

[DigitalDJ21]

LOOOVVVEEE IITTT

[alisaysroar]

okay, this is friggin amazing.

[shadowkid379]

ultimate.

"class dismissed"

[snakesmyle]

My APUSH teacher was offended. I can't really understand why. He thinks the song is very critical of history teachers.

Anyway. I think AJ Holmes is just the best thing ever. Especially when he gets super into the music and starts shaking his head and making his hair flop. Darren Criss is a forgotten fantasy. AJ Holmes is my new Starkid crush.

[MoonShoesPotter07]

"And that's why we have fireworks!"

AJ Holmes is too talented.

[TapiocaPenguin]

OMG that was actually amazing...

"and that's called the 4th of July"

<3

[snakesmyle]

This is fantastic. I'm sending it to my APUSH teacher. =D

[frizzyfro12]

omg A.J. Holmes is so cute and this song is super funny :D "Why don't you just shut the hell up and let me finish my lesson!" :D

[Insanity624]

"Now culture is defined as therefinedunderstandingorappre­ciationotheartsandothermanifes­tationofhumanintellectualachie­vementregardedcollectively--fo­llow so far?"

That part makes me laugh so much. EVERY TIME.

[someone332]

I love this song.

[SabreMaiden]

OOOHhh my word...

I do believe I'll never going to view U.S. History in quite the same way...

Poor teacher. He's paling in comparison to the singing man on YouTube.

[livexlaughxxACT]

This is incredible.

Really.

Awesome.

You're extremely talented. In case you didn't know that already.

... Chorus will be stuck in my head for days now, though. Not sure if that's a bad thing. :]

[Irishlassie08]

@livexlaughxxACT I started singing this at work and my manager just looked at me like I was nuts when I talked about how we slit the redcoat's throats and that's what the 4th of the July is.

[antggervay]

What musical is this from?

[someone332]

It's just a performance.

[antggervay]

Oh, so he wrote it himself?

[someone332]

That's what it says on the sidebar. :/ I wish he'd do an actual recording. That'd be amazing.

[antggervay]

haha well I didn't know the performer was AJ Holmes, haha

[marlesimms]

It's from the musical that is AJ Holmes's life

[Yoshylein]

totally awesome! can you post the complete text please!!! you´re really good!!! greetings from germany

[m00nsh0esPotter]

This. song. is. hilarious. *shows everyone in a 100 mile radius*

[Ketch67]

This song is soooo awesome.

[nomrah260]

That was amazing!

[minesayrejoice]

Dude, you are so going places.

[BaileyLauren123]

great song a.j! i miss you so much! come home sooooooon!

[bmc102392]

ummm this is gonna sound weird seeing as i don't know you... but i love you...

[minesayrejoice]

It's not weird at all. I do it all the time.

[actresss247]

the views says 371, and i honestly think that they're all from me =] amazing job!

[Jelleybeans7]

OMG. hilarious!!!!!!

[b2outwit]

Brilliant! Simply brilliant!! You're amazing!

[Jimndev]

I love the song - your oldest fan

[move2themusic]

I love it. Thanks so much for finally posting some more videos. This is soooo hilarious!!! ^_^

[slapthatbass5678]

Oh, you.

[kickawesome]

Amazing.

You're funny and charismatic even from far away. XD

Plus I know how hard it is to play the piano and sing at the same time.

Rock on.

[jessie92589]

omg aj i love you