Canterbury Tales Rap

[ILoveDraco8133]

bro thats mean!!

[hayleygirl67]

This is hysterical.

[LackadaisicalE]

This is simply brilliant!

[aislingthebard]

Olde Englysshe techaire here ROTFLMBFAO--yes, indeede!!!

[beefjerkythesecond]

That would drive Microsoft Word mad!

[SilverAssassin1347]

i read a lot of the tales un middle english with thwe same kind of beat, it's strange how a guy who wrote hundreds of years befor rap was popular. i know it'a hared to understand, but in modern english it looses the great sound, sso it's wortyh the effort.

[porcupine500]

23 people were cuckolded by the wyf of bath

[RideYourHorses]

I'm going to end up rapping this for my English class.

[Alex66Vdz]

why is this not on i tunes?

[iBluebossa3jp]

Starts at 00:18

[iBluebossa3jp]

satrts at 18 secs

[dolfynnchick]

It's like if the Beastie Boys did "No Sleep 'Till Canterbury"

[itssjessicababe]

what english teachers do for fun..

[pink13ice]

Lol my English teacher has us watch this video like every day. Friday he played Gem Sweater... Ya it was funny... I laughed.. A lot. :p

[willowscottling]

This is great. My Middle English prof. pointed the class to this video.

[KhaoticKaos]

These guys are fucking awesome. Will probably use this to memorize the fucking thing for class.

[haxan7]

This really is a great help in memorizing these lines of the General Prologue.

[xxdestroyerrxx]

@haxan7 bitch pleaz

[YoSquashy]

Strange that the black guy is the worst rapper

[95animelover]

well if you pay attention you could sot of understand it i mean this is middle english for those of you who dont know

[meric2]

I don't know what you said. But I agree.

[jjharris6]

very well done

[DavidSpencer6174]

That person that walked by the upper right corner at 1:04... I wonder what they were thinking?

[CrescentClouds]

Sounds like some beastie boys shit.

[srs32896]

Nice

[chattycookie]

I'm embarrassed by how attracted I find you right now.

[Thantophobia1]

This is the kind of thing where at first you can't decide if it's another language or you just can't understand.

[Eldiablo1289]

Sounds a lot like Dutch

[nasharussia89]

omg!!!!that's GREAT!!!!!

[Halo1Light]

This is how you can just take anyhting you learn and turn it into a rap :P

[1anekram]

academics are RETARDED and I LOVEEEEE it!!! Grammy worthy! :-)

[ShutUpEdward]

@1anekram i think you missed the point. academics are not "retarded". if anything, this just shows you how middle english can actually be really fun.

[Bambudahgui]

very very good fellas.... i loved it

congrats....

[Kennychan222]

Middle ENglish sung in Rap!

[Halo1Light]

0:25

LOUIS!!

[egris00]

The backing music is bad, man. What is it? Is there an instrumental version anywhere? Total coolness dudes - you rock!.

[zsparrow9]

Just had to say this middle english shit infront of teacher and got a 100! woo hoo although i hate it...

[JacksG13]

this is sooo freaking awesome! for class we have to say the first 4 lines in middle english and i have been practicing all weekend. this is pure genius.

[JohnEHadzipetros]

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

[acula1900]

For my class too!! Great rap!

[Skagnita]

Yeee-aaa! Kickin' it old school. (Real old school.)

[gcoldham]

This is hilarious...........Even Chaucer would have split himself.

The real enjoyment of a pilgrimage along the North Downs was the singing & storytelling along the route

[GordanCable]

Making people memorize prose in dead languages is a foolish waste of time. Try actually being a talented instructor instead of assigning busy-work that benefits nobody.

Lets teach our children to be pretentious twats

[JohnEHadzipetros]

@GordanCable It's not prose...it's verse...

[CenturionRyan]

@GordanCable English is a dead language?

[jjharris6]

thanks for helping me memorize the first 18 lines X)

[moongirlDD]

I have to do that prologue now !! LoL

[amberawsome]

lol i have to memorise this for English 4

[poca622]

This. Is. Hilariously. Awesome.

[bertaga41]

i like this but a problem i have with rap is that the only tone that's used is aggression.I know there's no end of things to be angry about but doesn't it seriously limit its usefulness.

I think Grandmaster Flash is brilliant but the aggression is used to help to say what he needs to tell us- like in "The Message"

I think that the version by the two girls catches the right sort of emotion but real rappers probably reject it.

[princezZz007]

we gotta recite this too in front of everyone........ how embarassing ohmygod

i should show this to my teacher it's pretty funny

[Tygina157]

We have to recite this and our teacher is making us watch it >_<

[MrToySoldier]

@Tygina157 same

[herFLYness79]

lmbo! we had to recite this in H.S!!!

[MaxSchagerstrom]

facepalm

[MaxSchagerstrom]

facepalm



[lecrapauddejerri9]

haha

[zaymann101]

why?

[007Galaxy007]

fourteen people had a bad language arts teacher. 

[TheFantasticals]

Oh thank God for Youtube ! This is epic.. Now I feel like I'll finally memorize this for English.

Though I doubt I'll be able to 'rap' it. haha

[xpoopayyx]

surely they will win that dinner o_o

[poettttt]

Mee thynketh itte acourdaunt to resoune, to telle youe that these rapperes make one fyne rapperacioune, juste lyke ye olde Rahhppsodistes de la sesoun de Grece ancien.

Mee thynketh they provideth sentence and solas in greete degre.

[Cryst0ph]

@poettttt That is to sayn, that telleth in this casTales of best sentence and most solas --

[KathlynAnna]

This is so strange.

[Kennychan222]

Medieval Rap song!

[elbrd73]

God I wish I had this back when my English teacher made us learn those lines.

[sprkapple]

LOL This was absolutely brilliant! I want to memorize the prologue for extra credit...I think I'll memorize this version.

[BrokenShinChan]

i poop it :)

[TheStagnight]

This reminds me of Beastie Boys!! Love it!

[lorax121323]

AS I know, Middle English was written excactly as Italian.

[dancecrazy416]

you go guys...absolutely awesome! I'm working on memorizing this for my lit class, and I convinced my teacher to let me rap it. Thanks for the inspiration!

[iquandty]

freaking yes

[Pii5t0l]

i need to learn the prologue for my class, i hear this song nonstop and i learned how to remember it from this. than you so much

[TheVentilla]

U viewers are retards this is from canabury tales in the middle ages it's supposed to sound that way because it came from the begginings of English nevertheless it was the greatest literature of it's time... So eat that!!!!!!

[Qukken]

Good luck retards:)

[BryAdams89]

Fail....

[jacktheripper554]

how terrible is this?

[vaguelyhumanoid]

Anglo-Norman Beastie Boys, how cool is that?

[dabu0301]

This is awesome it is really helping me learn it for class!

[vaguelyhumanoid]

@dicklessfag

You damn homophobe... learn some new insults.

[USMChiLD]

I think Chaucer would be very confused.

[franconianable]

That is so fly!

[MrGooseberries]

man, you dropped it like it was hot!

[Jejkan95]

chekc out my middle english reading!

[LordVordnorf]

(Yo) Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye LMAO!!! At least they put in brackets :P

[Badgerinthenight]

Amazing!!

[10MinuteDesignTV]

AWESOME!

[SoccerNinja15]

this saved my ass when i had to memorize this!!! thanks guys! <3

[jhorselover69]

oh my gosh. best ever! now maybe i have a shot at memorizing this thing!

[allisonforfornsed]

Hilarious!

[twogudfau]

Whew this helped me to memorize this poem for English Class :) Thanks

[stew12349]

i laugh so hard at 0:24

[darkpilgrim82]

Great!

[black88lx]

hilarious.

[jsgamgee]

Awesome!

[wohdinhel]

I love that that one guy has his high school's Japanese Club t-shirt on.

[JoBrosfangirl]

I have to memorize this for my AP Humanities III class, and this makes me laugh. Maybe this will make memorizing it easier.

[l3ych]

I love that you sampled the Pet Shop Boys in the intro! This makes an Anglophile English teacher very happy :)

[MrsSimonSays]

Legit, ya'll.

[SheWolf2010]

Hah! That will help me memorize it for my English class! Thanks! =D

[WhyHelloNumber2]

is that sickone?

[mmmhhm]

This was interesting, but you guys should really tone down the music. I could barely hear what you guys were saying.

[joltgoddess]

Well that was disturbing lol.

[joeantcat]

lol watched it the other day in world lit

I wanna try and rap this but idt I can

[ozey1234567891011]

this is too funny our teacher made us watch it in english lol

[Desire4Sound]

Beasty Boys 2.0? :D

[VictorSobakus]

Youtube is a strange place x_X

[mkaelin]

this will be required viewing for my students...absolutely fantastic.

[2831549]

@mkaelin Hi Mr. Kaelin!!! Its Jhalia

[uclrichard]

@mkaelin god help you fucking students - you philistine berk

[xxdestroyerrxx]

@mkaelin hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahhaahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[quasiparticles]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

so awesome

[whitestguyuknow1]

i have to memorize this by tomorrow

[nashopahottie]

YEAH BOY

[LuckyLu519]

ahhh must memorize by tomorrow. too much...

[YourMomsUHz0mbie]

UGH SAME.

[acanofpaint]

me too

[SurvivalDudes]

lol i was doing somethin almost just like this to memorize it

[Kosby210]

wanta be beastie boys

lol cool tho

[iheartlakai210]

what the fuck. i have to memorize this shit. im so fucked

[purplespandexxx]

Oh. My god. I am so impressed. This is fucking awesome.

[farr0222]

that is farkin amazing hahah i love it!

[sunshinekoala]

hell. yes.

[Nadav667]

Yay for middle english!

[ANTWO13]

how the hell am i gana memerize this!!!!!!!!

O_O

[StreetReach]

I have to memorise this by tomorrow.

[freaknkrazy]

bahahaha! i have to meomorize this and recite it to my english teacher. i bet she'll be surprised when i rap it like this!!! LOL (:

[Florion]

Rapping in any dead/half-dead language is cool. I tried rapping an excerpt of Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin and it was awesome. "TALIA TUM PLACIDO, SATURNIUS EDIDIT ORE:/DICITE JUSTE SENEX ET FEMINA CONIUGE IUSTE/DIGNA, QUID OPTETIS..."

[DaMav]

haha! Fine job lads!

[unotwat]

titheads

[woodchuck1022]

You made my day!

[laurajeanlouise]

thanks you guys! i have to memorize this for a class and this is helping

[Wildc4tMan]

same... nice vid.

[summitboarder95]

you guys totally saved me thanks for making this vid

[plmar13]

Okay, this is really nice. Anyone who knows Chaucer ought to see that.

[musearefullofwin]

What a load of crap.

Nipple heads.

[Muffinman012]

lmao you just called people  nipple heads? really? how old are you? 12?

[musearefullofwin]

Yeah, actually.

[bethefriend]

gr8 fun and go guys - total FUN RAP

[gamenerd323]

great !!!!!!!!!lolololololololololol­ololololololololololololololol­ololololololololololololololol­ololololololololololololo

[Spratmac8]

Swich!

[SadisticEmoKid]

that...WAS AMAZING!!!

[xluchisx]

Yo man, these guys are nuts xD

[CorpusChristi83]

hahaha, this is awesome, it's great to see such modern traditionalists.

[MayCollier]

My 6th graders dance and sing to this - thanks, Red Yak

[availableabusername]

pure awsomeness xD

[McWalker25]

Again, does anyone know any good Canterbury audio books to buye?

Last thing I want to do si spend 35$ on a dull version.

advice, tips, etc.?

Anyone?

[YeOldeEnglisc]

i laughed so hard xD

[atilaship]

LOL, i had to memorize this in 12th grade! I just remember the first two lines.

[snapper842002]

zero stars

[McWalker25]

I want to get the canterbury tales audio book,

any recommendations?

[kaiyjay]

are you serious?

[Helkaluin]

Oh my lordly lordly lordly lord. Someone has rapped (spelling is very important) the Chaucer classic.

You made my day!

[afcmarley]

THIS IS REALLY REALLY SERIOUSLY GAY

[boblovelove]

What exactly do you mean?

Do you not like Middle/Old English?

Or do you critique the cinematography, or the outfits and so forth?

Please explain.

I personally find this video quite entertaining. I like the Beastie Boys-style rap trade-offs and camara angles a-la "so what'cha want," and the rhythm and enunciation seem tight to me.

I really am curious what this comment means (of course I can guess, I just think that a good criticism will explain itself).

[McWalker25]

i want to get the canterbury tales audio book,

any recommendations?

[girlzed]

lol this is BRILLIANT

[wstep52]

This is hilarious! It had me in stitches!

[fundamentalofhate]

nice parody, worst fucking tale I ever heard. but a great song none the less.

[Lacey131313]

agreed.

[rodrigitotube]

If this "worst fucking tale" would not existed, you would not speak the language you do.

Well, the fact that you liked the "song" explains a lot...

[iitouchmyselfatnight]

...Are you saying that this literary work is responsible for the english language? That the english language depended on this tale being recorded? That there weren't thousands upon thousands of english-speakers propagating the english language already? Did the writer of this tale invent the english language?

[rodrigitotube]

A language to exist and evolve, needs to be written down. This book contains the roots of english, as "Cantigas de Santa Maria" by King Alfonso The Wise did for spanish, or Dante with hes "Divine Comedy" to italian. But were pulished centuries later by Shakespeare, Cervantes, Maquiavelo or Petrarca, respectively, to finally be as we know and sepeak them nowadays. Sorry if I upset you, ancient literature it's my speciality; I'm sure you'll understand.

Greetings from Mexico!

[iitouchmyselfatnight]

That wasn't me being unsettled, that was me asking a series of questions. But I still don't believe you.

[rodrigitotube]

Don't believe me, read a book! I did not invented this, is in the books they push you to read at school.

I had enough.

Bye!