Hootie (Ballad of the Strigid Screecher) - World of Warcraft

[Hean]

Gotta love how the "rappers" of WoW got more popularity than someone who actually can use their voice to sing, that's sad :c

[TehJedicake]

This video has been on youtube for nearly four years, and it only has 9,000 views, this is crime against humanity.

[djodjekg81]

`-` May The Stars Guide You Broo Elf XDDD

[bajjjer]

good vocals, but that made me crack up

[Anjalena]

I still have great love for this vid and this song. Thanks a lot Seiren! And every time I see Hootie in Dalaran, I remember and I call out "Hootie!!" and nobody in my guild knows what the hell I'm talkin about. *laugh* This is what true Hunter/Pet relationships are about. It's hard to get this anymore now that you can have up to 25 pets and 5 of them on instant call no matter where you are. But some of us still remember what it's about. =)

[dennisbernard11]

for the alliance

[best2years]

this is what being a hunter is all about...great pets like Hootie (snifs) so beautiful

[beachbumjwr]

Thank you! I"m so glad I found this! This is one of my favorites. Being a Hunter that had an owl pet at one time, the part about he doesn't mean it when he blocks your view hit home. Thanks for a great video!

[nykytne13]

Epic Old School video. Brings back so many good early WOW memories. 

[mootube]

saw Seiren and Hootie <The Strigid Screecher> in Dalaran for the first time yesterday. I just about fell out of my chair. thanks for making the video...loved it years ago, still love it today. :)

[InsaneGoonRules]

Classic!

[norvak979]

This reminds me of when my daughter was 2yo. She loved this video and watched it over and over again.

[rexworthpwns]

This song always makes me miss vanilla wow ='(

[snoeper1]

if i hear this song i get full of love because my nephiew let me hear it a little time befor i made my own wow account so its a sign for me for my 4th year playn wow:D

[demoncult99]

Ii lov my strigid schreecher

he is AWESOME but not as AWESOME as hootie

[OriginalManiah]

I had to show this to my boyfriend today. He had never seen it and we were opening WoW cards from the burning crusade packs, and we saw Hootie. Heh. So you have a card as well as an in game character. :)

[InsaneGoonRules]

Classic!

[demoncult99]

awesome song HOOTIE ROX

[usernameneeded]

I forgot all about this video until today. I was headed to the FP in Dal and there he was... HOOTIE.. Following Seiren in Dalaran.

Gotta love Blizzard for adding stuff like that to the game.

[itsnolongeri]

if they opened a few classic wow realms i might consider playin again, hunter was ma first eva character

[korriswow]

I hope you aren't serious. How do you find that tank and spanks are better the what we have today for endgame bosses, and how on earth is a 40 person raid better then a 10 or 25? the game is more accessible now, but that doesn't make it worse then when it first came out

[itsnolongeri]

Yea im serious, though some of the new content is cool, i liked the original for the fun of pvp which was imo much better then, fighting ppl in your own realm makin a name for ya self was great fun, thought the wait on battlegrounds could be horrible, i would think of renewing my account if they brought out classic realms:)

[korriswow]

@itsnolongeri ahh yeah oldschool pvp was a blast! I loved having to work for a name. I wish I had gotten higher then "knight" before they changed pvp :(

[Anxiousfur]

Aww I love this video, it makes me tear up every time I watch it XD I know the love hunters have for their pets, I have two 80 hunters XD & am on the hunter for Loque'nahak... 2 weeks & counting! Seen him twice, lost him both times to opposite faction hunters on a PVE realm : / Both times I had been camping him for over 7 hours... I feel the love! Thanks so much for the great video! Girls of WoW power!

[elmo1966]

This was my first WoW video I watched. It was on Blizzards front page. I play a hunter as well and would love to have the ability to write music and sing. I can do neither.

I could feel the love for Hootie in the lyrics. I myself don't have a hootie but I do have my favorite type of hunter pets.

Very excellent video and your husband is so lucky he has someone who is able to do this for his character

[seirensong]

Thank you :)

[Shamadamun]

@elmo1966 Wow thats exactly my story! I checked the site cuz I saw some pics of it one day and was like "What is this game?" saw the vid on the front page and it pushed me to subscribe.

I sure do miss Vanilla, real sense of community and Blizzard didn't tell you how to play the game. With every new patch Blizzard slowly begins to force you to play a certain way... /sigh

[XxSlAgAtHooRxX]

Lol this video is awsome, imma so get a hootie cause of this :) its sweet that blizz made a NPC and trading card lol, im gonna have to find the NPC next time im in town

[Wildmuff]

I just spotted the Seiren NPC, used wowhead on him then searched youtube for this video. XD This is neat, lol!

[Anjalena]

Hey, Seiren. I sent you an email a few days back with screenshots of the NPC's of you and Hootie. They're not great shots, but I had to be quick. They don't stay spawned for very long.

[dochmbi]

Use &fmt=18, it improves the audio quality a lot.

[10pops]

Best song ever... and this video has inspired many, many folks to give WoW movie making a try. I've watched this vid thousands of times and it never loses its charm. Thanks for inspiring me, and for a truly beautiful song.

[BrioWoW]

hah I remember downloading this so long ago. Such a good song just because of the beautiful voice

[Anjalena]

I've played WoW for 4 years almost and it's been probably 2 or 3 years since I've seen this video... but I never forgot it. My very first character was a Night Elf and Teldrassil has always seemed like my home. So your song was kinda like a song a Bard or Folk Singer might sing in the Inn in Dolanaar.. and it would get passed on from generation to generation... a true "home town" song. (cont...)

[Anjalena]

I came to look for this video/song just now because I also spotted you and Hootie in the new Wrath of the Lich King city - Dalaran. Apparently you made an impression on Blizzard. I know you did on me. =)

[seirensong]

Hi, thanks for the kind words. What do you mean you spotted us? I don't play anymore.

[Anjalena]

Well apparently Blizzard has immortalized your character and pet. Cuz there's an NPC called Seiren with a pet own called Hootie the Strigid Screecher. Seems like they shoulda had to ask you before doing that.... but you know how it is... everything is property of Blizzard. *chuckle* Anyway, I'd take it as a great honor. Doubt they'll ever make an NPC of my characters. *giggle*

[Anjalena]

pet owl, not own. Heh. forgive me... this fever is messing with my brain. =(

[seirensong]

That's pretty cool. I sent you a message!

[Anjalena]

Yep, I just replied to it... to your email. =)

[falcon1209]

I ran into Seiren and his Strigid Screecher pet, Hootie, in Dalaran 5 minutes ago, and now I'm here. Looks like blizz cant get enough of you.

[seirensong]

Well it wasn't me :P Flik was the owner of our Hootie on Icecrown 2 years ago.

[firadesunna]

aww!! I was gonna try come on and say hi if I could find you but icecrown isnt a EU realm :( that really sucks I think your awesome :D

[druidbutt1e]

i love those owls im so getting one

[Quiznoss]

Thanks for the Vid! Gygax Altar of Storms

[Quiznoss]

I love it. I just went to Teldrassil to get one, and im a 38 troll hunter. So hard to get one but worth it.

[Pikestaff]

I just got a WoW trading card called "Hootie", the flavor text is "He doesn't mean it when he blocks your view". Congrats!! (Also, this is seriously my favorite movie on YouTube)

[seirensong]

Thanks! When I found out about that card, I contacted bliz and they gave me a stack of em for free. Pretty cool.

[zop20]

LMFWAO HAHAHAAHAHAHAHA i love it

[VeronicaSwe]

I cant explaine how much I love this video and your song! :D Ive seen it like 100 times I belive haha..well many anyway!^^

[Lexin999]

Still a good song very nice work on it =)