Mansa Musa ("I'll Tumble 4 Ya" by Culture Club)

[MaKaVeLi4LiFe64]

i LOVE THIS

[luigi007ist]

history class

[bonniherself]

Mr J can teach me French any day. ;)

[77NCK]

Teacher: Come on kids, let's explore west africa!

Kids: Awwwwwww

Teacher: *goes on computer*

Singer: I'm Mansa Musa, I'm Mansa Musa, I'm Mansa Musa

Kids: Yay!!!!!!!!!

[fedelede2]

Aw, Ms.B, we need a new video; it's been a loong while since even "Lady Jane Grey"!

[Squeaky1423]

omg this is so great! I'm showing it to my students tomorrow - we're studying West Africa and this is PERFECT! Thank you!  :-)

[illeatyouupwildthing]

my history teacher showed us this, I have to say, it seriously helped me on the test, it gets stuck in my head all the time.

and I totally want him to be my french teacher!

[3056jello]

@pinoycrew55. Button middle school

[LeonSKennedy2300]

@hannagirl9 : :D i go to bradley nd i saw the dvd of it so funny!!

[MultiBub2]

i seen this in history class also

[PinoyCrew559]

Wats ur name?

[Pnay559]

I go what's ur name

[PinoyCrew559]

Like if u go to Bms

[dell2053]

hella wach -__-

[kendraduck09]

We listened to this in my World Cultures class last week...

[Arianagleefan99]

Heard this song in history class today! It was stuck in my head all day!

[bfyobrian]

watched in social studies like a month and a half ago....and i just watched billy madison and heard the tune to tumble 4 ya and i was like "Woah ive heard that before! IT WAS MANSA MUSA!

[hannagirl9]

today in school the two smartest kids in our class had a dance off to this and it was soo funny SHOUT OUT TO MRS PIRTLES 8TH PERIOD CLASS AT BRADLEY!!!!!!!!!!

[625sasha]

This song is strange and annoying I can't even stand it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[denice1012]

I watched this in school ;D

[illeatyouupwildthing]

I want him to be my french teacher. isn't this the tune of a different song? it sounds so familiar.

[dcdcmd97]

Cutest French teacher ever :o

[girlynsmart]

Saw this in history class. Now everytime we talk of Mansa Musa, everyone sings this song in history XD

[GummyBearsWillAttack]

freaking everybody was cheering to watch it again in my history class xD

[IceBunnyLOL]

i just watched diz @ skol today ^_________^

got it stuck in mi head all dayyy

[JelenaLoveForever143]

watched this in history class thought the guy playing mansa musa was gay hahaha our teacher thought we were on crack while watching it cause we kept laughing...

[bernielovesbutter]

lol i watched it in history too lolz

[IWillNotDie46]

we watch ur vids in history class we all get up and dance SO FUNNN I'M MANSA MUSAAAAAAAAA are entire grade sings it now

[pkedu129]

history can get a hell of alot of weird songs stuck in your head

[01lasaguilas]

Cool are they real teachers

[SLMB222]

Cooool!!!! Yesterday I was just writing about Mansa Musa on my thesis... is this a message from the unknown???

[TDinoRawrT]

My History teacher showed this...Some of me classmates were doing the conga, while others were just being freaked out by this...including me -__-

[arab123ism]

My Global Studies teacher showed this to me.

[potatoyumyum89]

Ach, my social studies teacher played this for us in class xDDD

[shortasiangurl99]

Hahahaha my friends teacher showed his classes this hahaha aw go mr Mack! Haha this was HILARIOUS!!

[lxslx]

stop @ 1:01



[ash22BI]

My social studies teacher showed me this and its really freakin catchy

[Tygabone]

History whitewash in effect, they teach this in schools?

[DevynRose]

@Tygabone How is this whitewashing it? Just because they don't go into every little detail doesn't mean it's whitewashing.

[youknowitaintrandy]

why is his shirt on in one shot then in the next one its off?

[MissFrenchFries14]

5 people dont get who Mansa Musa is

[natzikillerman]

like this if u saw this in history class

[AnimalLover563]

@natzikillerman i did mr makusick

[christaffilicious]

@natzikillerman yep... now it's stuck in my head inveiding me!

[bleeda2]

@natzikillerman Yeah my teacher showed me this in class a few weeks back. It was great! Can't say the same for the actual lesson though.

[pazietazie]

on one hand i should be doing my progect on the oher this is epic hmmmmmmm ima stay here

[TheWarofArt27]

BEST FUCKING SONG EVER!!!!!!

[VulcanTrekkie45]

Funny that Mr J would play Mansa Musa, cos later on Mali was conquered by the French.

[DemonicGemini]

Mansa Musa Manding Jata the Lion of Mali

[buddycute1]

OH! mr fassold (my social studies teacher) LOVES you! your voice is so nice! can't wait for the lady gaga one....

[OfficialSexyShades]

My Social Studies teacher showed us this now i cant stop listening :D

[davidspanman123]

ok that guy is definetly banging that chick

[evildevilgirl02]

We watched this in history class!! That was the highlight of class (if not the day)!!!

[lightnessss]

Im not Mr J.ealous at all, no no Im not

[historyteachers]

@lightnessss very clever! Love it!

[lightnessss]

@historyteachers ........Mrs B.aby ♥, your words are like ambrosia to me, each time I read you I am drunk.................

[jaidafaucett]

hahaha ! Retearted !!! You Cant Sing ! Stop Trying !!(: Haha jkjk Girl You Getting it !!

[nz1297]

My friend told me about this song that she watched in History. I found it hours later, now I can't get it out of my head!

[mramazing49]

darn it. i can not get this song out of my head. fuck you social studies class

[moshicnay]

My history teacher showed me this video and I HAD to look for your songs!XD

I love them they make education FUN!X3

[ParamoreROX4va]

geez that mansa musa's so fine he's distracting me

[MsStaticMonster]

OMQ(the Q stands for quail) me and my bestee asked the teacher if we could sit on the floor for this video so we ran up to the front arms flailing and sit there and repeat Mansa Musa's ( the ancient stripper's) dance moves and we have been singing it since!!! And it has been a whole 2 weeks!!! And we still remembered the dance moves!! Tee hee

[PierreaSweedieCat]

Saw your article at: ht tp : //chivalry today . com / podcast-48 -chivalry-and-swordsmen/

Good stuff! (Did you tell them you're a swords woman?) This lead me to:

ht tp : //ww w . you tube .c om/ user /dsecms #p/u/7/3G472AA3SEs

He is a singing Chem Prof. He has good stuff! (Not your looks, tho!)

So, now, not only content with teaching history, Amy is branching out, into interviews which give great links to other stuff! Thank you once again! BTW: I told him to Google YOU! Hah!

[classicaudrey247]

I would really like to see you do a video on TE Lawrence ! He is really fascinating, at least to me!

[Werekitty]

Lucky lucky French students. That man is fine. Very very fine.

[adamnorten]

Thank you for educating me. I never heard of Mansa Musa before this.

:)

[bpknickle]

For those more weighty historic topics have you thought of using music from groups like Nightwish. Great sweeping symphonic rock music with impact. Congrats on another smash hit.

[yankeefan82079]

Another home run! Time to go learn something new about history. I love the 80s (wasn't that a TV show on VH1 a few years ago?). Love me some Culture Club. ANY WHO, I had never heard of this gentleman. I can not wait to read up on him. Thank you. Your coin eyes, cool, but freaky. Once again, GREAT job, keep it up!!

[inrii]

Hottest. French teacher. Ever.

[PierreaSweedieCat]

It just dawned on me: This video is the 1st time we've ever seen Mrs B in anything close to a "real" state! No incredible costumes, fantastic make-up jobs, stunning backgrounds, or multiple wigs! Of course, since she does have 731 wigs & hairpieces, we've no idea what her hair is really like anyway! But assuming this is indeed Mrs B, and that ONE person does indeed do both the singing & dancing.... (The TALENT!!) Voila! And in a plain yet gorgeous dress style. Awesome! Darn, but we're lucky!

[MIrandaTheMusician]

HAHA don't you all wish Mrs. Burvall was your history teacher?! well she's my teacher.... its ok to be jealous

[chickinchainmail]

Ok, I vote to bring back Mr J.! yum

[Werekitty]

@chickinchainmail I agree. Daaang, that man is FIIIIIIIINE.

[patiokitty]

I've had the chance to watch all of your videos - thank you for making history fun! I'm a university history student and I love watching your videos. My own history teachers through the years were never this cool...I feel ripped off now! But hopefully when I am teaching history I can make it as fun for my students ^_^

[thehellrat]

I wish my French teacher looked like him.

[PierreaSweedieCat]

Of course, for J to get another part, which judging by the female comments I've read... is almost required..! BUT: He needs a role... Genhis Khan? Kukulkan? Hopefully, you'll be dancing too! (Hey! Us guys need eye candy as well!) Poor Mr H! More work for him - and no cameo role? He should be like Hichcock... But, you sang that one well! Who did the lyrics? The tune fit amazingly well! I guess this leaves you 5* as the most talented performers on Youtube. [*J, H, Bambi, Vicky, & Angelica! ;) ]

[PierreaSweedieCat]

Clearly, Mr J is the luckiest guy in Hawaii -- he gets to dance with Mrs B in a video! So now, we have a co-star. Maybe if he is really lucky, he'll get another video! Another well done video. Made to look real easy, but probably a zillion hours of hard work. How lucky are we, in this day, that from around the world we can enjoy learning from this stuff. Thanks Mrs B, and Monsieurs H & J!

[historyteachers]

@PierreaSweedieCat I always have a smile when I read your comments! He IS pretty darn lucky, haha! If people like him, he MIGHT get to be in another video. We sure had a blast filming this on the first day of Winter break!

[PierreaSweedieCat]

@historyteachers So I wonder what the 3 of you (along with Angelica & co!) could do with the Age of Aquarius, or Feist's 1234? With wig #730 & costume #1065, Mr J c/b Chris Columbus "1234 I found new continents and more... Oh, oh oh..." (Dance must be classical, of course!) Aquarius could tell of the dawning of the industrial age.... No, we are not requesting songs! But trying to provide inspiration? Ah! GUILTY, as charged! Well, take care, ya'll!

[historyteachers]

@PierreaSweedieCat Feist is definitely on our list..but I've already got 2 songs for Columbus (well, on is more about Isabella)...Age of Aquarius scares me

[PierreaSweedieCat]

@historyteachers What, Mrs B is scared of a song? I'm stunned! As for Aquarius... Have you never heard "It is the dawning of the Age of ... Augustus?" (OK. I stole that from Viva Roma!) Would fit for Napoleon, too! Yes, I know we got a Nappy song. A good one, too!... But he's such a August (Oopps! I stole AGAIN!) Historical character! But, meh! I say let angels (including your cohorts!) sing & dance, and we mere mortals should pipe down, enjoy the show, and let the experts do their thing!

[TechBearSeattle]

Very nice, but a bit... distracting.

[xanchios]

You know what? I'm happy. 3 times happy.

1- I'm happy to see the golden hair of Mrs B.

2- I'm happy to learn the existence of Mansa Mussa (immediately after watching the video, I rushed to Wikipedia to learn more about this great malian king)

3- I'm happy to see how Tahity and Hawai - that is France and USA- can cooperate when the stuff is intelligent and so cool in the meantime!!

Congratulation to Mrs B, and thank you to all people who help and work with her, or simply appreciate and support.

[historyteachers]

@xanchios how lovely you are!

[katep202]

I wish my latin teacher looked like that!!! Oh and I love your videos! They offer humor and educational value for history buffs and desperate high school students alike.

[callmefairf]

As a history teacher and a Weird Al fanatic I think your videos are seriously the coolest thing I've EVER found on YouTube. Ever.  From the beginning of the idea until you see it through its completion, how much time do you invest in each video?

[historyteachers]

@callmefairf wow- it depends...usually it takes about 3-4 hours for the lyrics, several more to make the music, about 1 hour to record the vocal, some more hours of mixing the song and then the real time-suck happens- video production! We usually take an hour for one song, but shoot up to 4 in a day...then Mr. H spends countless hours editing)...sigh

[callmefairf]

@historyteachers Really, really, really appreciate the time and energy you put into this-- showed the French Revolution song to my students and they loved it! I used the song as an intro to the unit and we pulled our vocabulary from the lyrics to the song. They really bought in! Thanks so much!!!

[PierreaSweedieCat]

@historyteachers Yeah, but you do such a good job, and teach & entertain so much... I hope you continue to feel it is worth it. Your music is addictive! Mr H's graphics shows are addictive, too! Besides, we've all seen you smile at the end of a song. Either you really enjoy it, or you deserve an OSCAR for acting! And courtesy of Mr H, you've visited every age, era, land, & clime! And you never had to deal with the TSA! Kinda like if Mr H secretly owns a tele-transporter, hunh?

[DrakeMagnum]

These keep getting better!

[ebonknight]

Wow you guys are great!!

[PierreaSweedieCat]

I had never heard of this guy, so now Mrs. B. is now teaching 55 year old guys new stuff! I'm a bit jealous of Mr J, though!!!!! Wonder if he knows how lucky he is? Good tune. Thanks for another good one! Most of your covers are as good as, or, in a few cases, better than the originals... Let's go see how the original compares!

[Sammerkona]

I'd never heard of Mansa Musa. Thank you for teaching me something new.

[AfraidtoFly]

Great job! You are brilliant. Why, oh why couldn't I have gone to high school in Hawaii? And be born a decade or two later.... :-)

[sketchley80]

Great! Although for the model/French teacher - this is either fabulous for your career or...could be odd! (I'm a French teacher and if I was half-naked on video on youtube I would have to guess I'd be fired! haha)

Great work - makes history fun - you're an inspiration to all!

[historyteachers]

@sketchley80 well, out here in Hawaii he's also a Tahitian dancer...so half naked a lot of the time. haha

[sketchley80]

@historyteachers that's awesome then!

[shmedrik]

Wasn't Mansa Musa a pitcher for the Orioles and Yankees. Or was that Mike Musina? I always got my Ptolemic Royalty confused with left handed starters.

[badboysRhawt22]

@shmedrik WHAT?

[badboysRhawt22]

@MissSunnyful OH MY GOD I was thinking exactly the same thing! . . . but I'm still in high school, so fingers crossed!

[badboysRhawt22]

OH MY GOD YAY NEW VIDEO! I remember when I first started looking at these you'd posted a message that you'd do a Mansa Musa vid soon . . .

[DOSBoxMom]

My spouse just posted a link to your St. Thomas Aquinas video on his blog (it's the "Angelic Doctor's" feast day this weekend). He's not usually a fan of 80s music, but he's a huge history buff, and is very enthusiastic about anything which will excite young people (like our teenage "Guitar Hero"-playing daughter) about history.

[Laceykat66]

@MissSunnyful I was just thinking the same thing - lol

It ALMOST made me forget the import lesson Mrs. B was trying to teach. (wink wink)

[MrSchnafon]

It's very good. Keep this way.

[17catherines]

Just want to say that I found your channel on Wednesday, and have in the past two days watched all your videos and got very little else done! So much fun, and I'm trying to incite my teacher husband to find ways to use them in his classes (unlikely, since he does mostly relief teaching in primary schools, but I can hope). I especially loved Martin Luther (managing to get 'hier stand ich...' into the song was pure genius, but I honestly couldn't pick an absolute favourite. Wonderful!

[17catherines]

@17catherines - and I see I lost a bracket ending. Sorry about that.

[davidedgin]

You are so good as teachers to me, that I feel really lucky to see what you are doing. And I won a couple of music award for educational work. There is a link to my website at my channel page and a learn online link for all ages that I bet you might like almost as much as I enjoy your creations. Thanks for having so much fun teaching and sharing it with everyone. It is great to watch! David in Seattle

[Chrisfs59]

I learned something new. I knew nothing about him before.

[sparkler910]

this won't help for my modern european history exam tomorrow but i enjoyed it a lot anyways. (the french revolution one helped)

[funnymunkey3]

I wish I would have found these when i was in world history class. These would have helped me a lot!

[bloo278]

ur so pretty :D i dont care if this wont b on my test tmrw~ ima replay it a billion times anyways >:D

[historyteachers]

@bloo278 aw, thanks! But are you talking about Mrs. B or Mr. J? haha