I think the rap-style does the poem justice- meter is meter, after all. I could do without the squirrel suit though, it was funny for the first few seconds, and then I just became desensitized to it.
People who insist on respect for "classical" poetry should realize that Wordsworth was a Romantic--a group who espoused using the "speech of common men" and recorded the folk and pop culture of their day, incorporating it into their work, it's both serious and fun. Wordsworth himself was considered a little over the top with his raving about nature.
loooooool it is obviously a joke. some people have one dimensional concepts of humor. i'm at uni and have been studying wordsworth for years, and we all thought it was funny. the fact that it is for an actual tourist video doesn't mean it is not a funny joke. eugh. why do people think this is so serious and everything always has to be either/ or.
oh dear!....i really don't know what to say about this... :( I mean i can see why they did it...you know to make it more accessible but this does not work! The worst thing is it is 'serious' and thats what makes it diabolical.....they should have taken notes from another video on Youtube called the 'Bronte Sisters Power Dolls'...that is really good and manages to depict classic literary ideas in a fun way....check it out!
@mmyfs1 yaknow, i've actually spoken to the guy who was in the squirrel suit in this video. it's not serious (as should be blatantly obvious to anyone) but i'm not even going to attempt to argue with you.
One of the most surreal things I have ever seen - I am definitely using it in my Romantic period literature class. You thought this video was a good idea??? LMAO
I don't mind the dancing squirrel; what bothers me is that the poem has been completely cheapened by the addition of new words and sentences. Perhaps I am a purist, but I wish that MC Nuts had simply rapped The Daffodils, instead of poorly embellishing it.
Call me a wet blanket if you like, but I hated this. I understand why it was made, and appreciate that they were trying to make the area and the poem more accessible, but I can't say I think it was a good idea. I'm fifteen, and Wordsworth is one of my favourite poets. I do have a sense of humour, and can see how this video could be considered amusing, but I personally find it almost sacrilegious.
Just in case you didn't know - this is an ACTUAL tourism video, not a hilarious Youtube joke. This is REAL. And it wasn't meant as satire. This was SERIOUS.
clearly you are CORRECT! i mean i can blantantly tell by EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS VIDEO that whoever made it and what it was made for was intended to be taken VERY SERIOUSLY AND ONLY SERIOUSLY. everything about the rendition of this song and the accompanying visuals, whether intended for tourism or otherwise, is so obviously put in such a completely serious tone. i completely believe that you have indeed discovered the true insight behind it. i totally believe you. whoever made was being serious.
@Grashnook wow. this is just....wow. this is the kind of thing you'd see being made fun of in a TV show. the fact that this is real is just...I have no words to describe how stupid this ad is. it looks like some kind of parody of what it is.
@turboskanker There are two different senses in which this could be 'serious'. (1) It has a sincere respect/affection/reverence for the original poem, its subject matter *and* for rap music. It isn't trying to satirise, mock or belittle anything. (2) It isn't intended to cause mirth.
The video is "serious" in the first sense but not the second. It's stupid but *not* intended to imply the stupidity of something else - quite the opposite. This is what constitutes 'lameness'.
i mean really now. nothing says "you should seriously visit here and have a very serious time when you visit and not have any fun about it cause this is very serious business" like a squirrel hopping around a field of daffodils and rapping a wordsworth poem d-;
@Betskikins I agree. All the beauty and emotion of the poetry has been lost, in a sad attempt to appeal to a tiny minority of uninterested young people.
as the poster of this video, i completely disagree with you. i wouldn't have even found this interesting if it wasn't for my own love of poetry and the human race that creates art in the first place. in my opinion, nothing is ever so sacred that it can't stand up to being mocked or at very least (in the case of this video) being simply made light of or portrayed in a rather silly fashion. anything that claims to be the contrary is clearly not worth it's own salt as art in the first place.
its an advert for the lakes district and the squirrel was a character in some beatrix potter thing so it is a symbol of the lake district the poem was by william wordsworth daffodils
This is far stranger than Kubla Khan! Besides, rap wasn't invented for over 150 years after: I know narcotics have psychotropic properties, but 'predictive' qualities...?
The best professor I've ever had showed this video in class. All our mouths dropped and we laughed hysterically. I'm sure Wordsworth would be proud. I especially like the part where the butler pours the gangsta squirrel champagne. LOL
This is so funny, i can't believe that anyone actually did this. I just came from a HIGNFY vid and i only saw a piece of it, but the rest is just unbelievable. What the hell is the point of th ebreak dancing? LOL
As a Cumbrian, this is embarrasing. As an advertising and marketing specialist, this is utterly appalling. It misses the point on every level. Whoever spent money on it shouldn't have a budget to spend. Whoever thought it was a good idea, at any stage, should not be in a position to judge.
i mean come on it was made by some Politician like Gordon Brown said, "the youth will like this, it is their style of music," which i know its not!!! :D:D:D
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this rap is hot...but wordsworth was completely full of shit. coleridge and wordsworth represent bullshit personafied. according to them poetry is a spontaneous over flow of emotion. anyone who has ever written poetry knows that that is complete falsification
I'm afair, as a publish poet, I would beg to differ. Probably the best poem I've written I did at about 3am, was just lying there when all of a sudden over came this sorta...Whoosh.
I just started writing, re writing what I'd written and writing mroe around what was I'd written - and thus a poem was born.
Also, "Respect Wordsworth"?! Was that meant to mean "show respect to Wordsworth" or, as I believe some young people speak, "Respect Wordsworth" in their strange, convoluted speaking manner?
you admit to having helped on this!? this is one of the shittest things i have ever seen, it makes me want to kill myself, thats literally how shit it is.
EXCUSE ME! i never said no one has heard of it.. duh!.. i just said it brought it more publicity.. if your gonna be a jackass then don't reply at all!
lol! although i am worried they think we'd think the squirrel was 'cool' it looks more like something out of a children's TV program.
besides, would they really want rap fans in the lakes? they'd probably be scared of them, being teenagers and therefore all absolute hoodlums, of course...
calling something "an insult to an art" sounds like a total oxymoron to me. one man's insult is another man's art. one man's "stupid words" are another man's poetry. so far as i'm concerned, anyone even attempting to seriously ridicule this video is contradicting themselves. hip-hop music (in its true form) is both art and poetry. if anything this is an homage.
it's decent. i mean it's definitely a new take on the poem, but i'm not sure if that's a plus or a minus. i was a little upset that in the newspaper article about it they shamelessly admitted that they thought they had to do this because young people (the YouTube generation) couldn't relate to wordsworth, so they needed hip-hop and a squirrel with zany antics (or something to that effect), which is a BLATANT insult to the art of poetry.
Educational standards are the lowest ever. Don't you get it? You are supposed to READ the poem. And anyway, why would such wonderful words need noise (or even music)? The poem was inspired by the countryside and the lakes. What does it have to do with stupid imagery. There is no hope for the world .... certainly not for beauty and sensitivity. Cumbria Tourist Board - go drown in the lake!
Nowadays, the literate read. Personally, I am no genius so I cannot memorise every poem and thereore have to read them! I'm sure you are the Einstein of the poetry world. I also rarely recite poetry, as unlike the great apes, I can read in my mind. Imagery, yes, but using one's imagination. Another thing in short supply, as it hangs with originality.
I like :) its fresh and a new contemporary interpretation of that old one
Kheltar 17 hours ago
my goodness...this is adorable, laughable and intriguing at the same time.
princesskaroke 2 weeks ago
Wow, it's like Grace from "El Goonish Shive" meets the Kia Soul hamsters.
Having mentioned cars in context of a British production I can only add: Ambitious, but Rubbish.
nlpnt 2 months ago
0:21 "Check it!"
That's so unrap...-.-
It is kinda like my granny is pretending to be cool and totally understands our youth culture ;)
IshiiKumo 3 months ago
LOL! Wordsworth must be turning in his grave.
mp23mzpop 3 months ago
Having a man in a squirrel suit rap poems by Wordsworth is not, I think, the way to get people to go to a park.
CylindricalWhistle 3 months ago
I think the rap-style does the poem justice- meter is meter, after all. I could do without the squirrel suit though, it was funny for the first few seconds, and then I just became desensitized to it.
TheBloggart 4 months ago
it must be nice knowing this is the first video that comes up when you type mcnuts
chalkcoat 5 months ago
Why.
Why.
Why.
MoviefilmBettyming 8 months ago
F**K YEAH !!!! \m/
liviuanutian 8 months ago
@MrsJadeJerryJonas same thing just happened to us ! AHHAHAHA
MrBenzedrinee 9 months ago
Show us your mad video O.o
MrBenzedrinee 9 months ago
Is that a squirrel? It reminds me of Bambi...
zimnomel 9 months ago
idk i think it's kinda cool
PowderPinkandSweet 9 months ago
People who insist on respect for "classical" poetry should realize that Wordsworth was a Romantic--a group who espoused using the "speech of common men" and recorded the folk and pop culture of their day, incorporating it into their work, it's both serious and fun. Wordsworth himself was considered a little over the top with his raving about nature.
MrDogrose 10 months ago
haha, we are using this in our presentation on Wordsworth. <33.
MsDiwanji 1 year ago
loooooool it is obviously a joke. some people have one dimensional concepts of humor. i'm at uni and have been studying wordsworth for years, and we all thought it was funny. the fact that it is for an actual tourist video doesn't mean it is not a funny joke. eugh. why do people think this is so serious and everything always has to be either/ or.
yellielikejelly 1 year ago
my english literature teacher sent me here
robair9911 1 year ago
@MrsJadeJerryJonas
I can make you even wetter. *winking face*
vuku 1 year ago
this is the greatest thing ever lolz
videoshirt 1 year ago 2
Holy nuts!
KurtCocaineNevermind 1 year ago
I find it sad how the user who uploaded this thinks it was a joke. If only it was.
MissQuattrone 1 year ago 2
The thing is, it's a squirrel. Interface with the kids fail.
flowerfaerie087 1 year ago
i sang this for stdavids day at my skool
jbm6d 1 year ago
Our English teacher showed us this today....LOL! :)
marcusrj18 1 year ago
I LOVE IT
poetles 1 year ago
MC Nuts roolz! spitting the big W how it was always meant to be like a bushy tailed gangsta.
RentedSocks 1 year ago 2
fail
JACKOJACKO121 1 year ago
oh dear!....i really don't know what to say about this... :( I mean i can see why they did it...you know to make it more accessible but this does not work! The worst thing is it is 'serious' and thats what makes it diabolical.....they should have taken notes from another video on Youtube called the 'Bronte Sisters Power Dolls'...that is really good and manages to depict classic literary ideas in a fun way....check it out!
mmyfs1 1 year ago
@mmyfs1 yaknow, i've actually spoken to the guy who was in the squirrel suit in this video. it's not serious (as should be blatantly obvious to anyone) but i'm not even going to attempt to argue with you.
turboskanker 1 year ago 9
@mmyfs1 wow
dphunk87 1 year ago
@mmyfs1 I'm confused about what of this doesn't work
TheMonkeylad 11 months ago
fo' shizzle mo wigga
JakenJragin 1 year ago
I...yeah. Just...not....don't know what to say about this. :P
ZeldaDD 1 year ago
Does anybody know the name of the guy with the deep voice who had a r & b song in the 90's in spoken word
iamtashafierce 1 year ago
my english teacher showed us this when we were doing poetry
wd1233 1 year ago
One of the most surreal things I have ever seen - I am definitely using it in my Romantic period literature class. You thought this video was a good idea??? LMAO
From Conce, Chile
withastone 1 year ago
What's that disturbed piece of earth beside those daffodils. Oh yes it's Wordsworth spinning in his grave.
Bluebuthappy182 1 year ago
the guy in the outfit is a local rap artist called Joe Walmsley.
trundleisalegend 1 year ago
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trundleisalegend 1 year ago
Not bad
Awful.
wogi06 1 year ago
Great stuff! Now please do some Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge etc, etc.
Oluremi7 1 year ago
Y do teachers watch this??????
xiTziiMaGiKx 2 years ago
"there must have been 10000,
I saw in my retina.
took no more than a glance to recognise they were beautiful,
ex cetera"
The ex cetera part doesn't even make any sense!
AnotherWasteOfSpace 2 years ago
it's fucked up how funny i find this...
AlphaFoxtrot7790 2 years ago
hasha some one needs to revive wordsworth and show him this
putango123 2 years ago 4
I don't mind the dancing squirrel; what bothers me is that the poem has been completely cheapened by the addition of new words and sentences. Perhaps I am a purist, but I wish that MC Nuts had simply rapped The Daffodils, instead of poorly embellishing it.
InsrtWittyUsername 2 years ago 2
Call me a wet blanket if you like, but I hated this. I understand why it was made, and appreciate that they were trying to make the area and the poem more accessible, but I can't say I think it was a good idea. I'm fifteen, and Wordsworth is one of my favourite poets. I do have a sense of humour, and can see how this video could be considered amusing, but I personally find it almost sacrilegious.
InsrtWittyUsername 2 years ago 4
I agree 100%.
Exzeluke 2 years ago
Can somebody explain the Squirrel costume?
TessaHead 2 years ago 2
@TessaHead
Kids today think furries are tha bomb?
ratter88 2 years ago
Very cool.
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
I love this...it is brill. I am sure himself would have loved it too.
xyzllii 2 years ago
0:55 is legend the jumping bit hahahaha
chris86385 2 years ago
Just in case you didn't know - this is an ACTUAL tourism video, not a hilarious Youtube joke. This is REAL. And it wasn't meant as satire. This was SERIOUS.
Yeah.
skim172 2 years ago 6
clearly you are CORRECT! i mean i can blantantly tell by EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS VIDEO that whoever made it and what it was made for was intended to be taken VERY SERIOUSLY AND ONLY SERIOUSLY. everything about the rendition of this song and the accompanying visuals, whether intended for tourism or otherwise, is so obviously put in such a completely serious tone. i completely believe that you have indeed discovered the true insight behind it. i totally believe you. whoever made was being serious.
turboskanker 2 years ago
@turboskanker
No, it really is serious. They even showed it in schools to kids (I had it shown to me for christ's sake).
It is 100% serious.
Grashnook 1 year ago
@Grashnook wow. this is just....wow. this is the kind of thing you'd see being made fun of in a TV show. the fact that this is real is just...I have no words to describe how stupid this ad is. it looks like some kind of parody of what it is.
TheSlickAndroid 1 year ago
@turboskanker, was there really a need to act like an a-hole?
Kari166 7 months ago
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AlephNeil 5 months ago
@turboskanker There are two different senses in which this could be 'serious'. (1) It has a sincere respect/affection/reverence for the original poem, its subject matter *and* for rap music. It isn't trying to satirise, mock or belittle anything. (2) It isn't intended to cause mirth.
The video is "serious" in the first sense but not the second. It's stupid but *not* intended to imply the stupidity of something else - quite the opposite. This is what constitutes 'lameness'.
AlephNeil 5 months ago
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AlephNeil 5 months ago
(also: sarcasm) d-:
turboskanker 2 years ago
i mean really now. nothing says "you should seriously visit here and have a very serious time when you visit and not have any fun about it cause this is very serious business" like a squirrel hopping around a field of daffodils and rapping a wordsworth poem d-;
turboskanker 2 years ago
brilliant
brings it to life
sacred + profane = quality
00Narayana00 2 years ago
absoultely ridiculous.....
Betskikins 2 years ago
@Betskikins I agree. All the beauty and emotion of the poetry has been lost, in a sad attempt to appeal to a tiny minority of uninterested young people.
STEPHENWRAYSFORD33 2 years ago
as the poster of this video, i completely disagree with you. i wouldn't have even found this interesting if it wasn't for my own love of poetry and the human race that creates art in the first place. in my opinion, nothing is ever so sacred that it can't stand up to being mocked or at very least (in the case of this video) being simply made light of or portrayed in a rather silly fashion. anything that claims to be the contrary is clearly not worth it's own salt as art in the first place.
turboskanker 2 years ago
nar the fact hes a big sqrile
chave1002 2 years ago
my teacher played this in class and i couldent stop lafing its a tune tho
chave1002 2 years ago
XD Mine too. And he was comparing the words of the original versus this one and going "isn't that interesting? 'INSIDE the breeze!'".
realityless 2 years ago
our englishteacher did same today omg i immediately needed to watch it again so funny :D
leeroyhasser 2 years ago
and the worst thing is, this wasn't actualy made to take the piss
Badg3r001 2 years ago 17
its an advert for the lakes district and the squirrel was a character in some beatrix potter thing so it is a symbol of the lake district the poem was by william wordsworth daffodils
marcusrj18 1 year ago
This song really respects Wordsworth by not putting it on the shelf, but it uses his poem for real fun!
HGoodwyn 2 years ago
Respect woodsworth oh the irony
Spinking11 2 years ago 3
OMG
I died laughing!
megamidget24 2 years ago
Wordsworth will be turning in his grave.
90steve90P 2 years ago
What the hell is a "pogo dance"?
kinghani 2 years ago
my teacher showed me this is so funny
xdaddiesprincessx 2 years ago 2
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caconnick1 2 years ago
thats the worst rap ever. its hilarious ever.
why the hell do they have a sodding squirrel
hari236b 2 years ago
getting the point of the video
your doing it wrong
ramanglass544 2 years ago
Because he's called MC Nuts.
magicmartin18 2 years ago
Please, somewhere tell me where i can download this. I must have it!
GabiCelaya1992 2 years ago
Respect....Wordsworth...two words i never saw coming together...
kelsoischewie 2 years ago
my teacher showed me this aswel i find it quite funny we have to make our own but with the same words and different ways we can do it
lloydb637 3 years ago
MC Nuts are my favorite kind of nuts.
liddybits 3 years ago
I love Have I got News for You's take on this. Mind you, it does make you wonder who comes up such strange ideas as a rapping squirrel...
charlottepattbc 3 years ago
The same person who's behind every cringe-worthy attempt at connectin' with us yoof: David Cameron.
I bet you anything that's him in that squirrel suit, tellin' it how it iz for all his conservative flower-lovin' homies init sista.
=)
ukulazy 2 years ago 4
Oh we all watch Dave! Just been on again - brilliant. Am sure Wordsworth would have loved it, it's like one of Coleridge's opium dreams.
oldbagpuss 3 years ago 3
This is far stranger than Kubla Khan! Besides, rap wasn't invented for over 150 years after: I know narcotics have psychotropic properties, but 'predictive' qualities...?
ukulazy 2 years ago
Wordsworth is either spinning in his grave or laughing his a** off on a cloud....
I heart MC Nuts.
plhartless 3 years ago
My english teacher showed us this video in class after we read this poem. this video is really cute :)
NicksBaby4ever 3 years ago
mine too xP
maddzheartsmcr 3 years ago
The best professor I've ever had showed this video in class. All our mouths dropped and we laughed hysterically. I'm sure Wordsworth would be proud. I especially like the part where the butler pours the gangsta squirrel champagne. LOL
MadamRosmerta 3 years ago 2
One of my assignments this weeks for lit class was to watch this video, very interesting.
bigsexy46180 3 years ago
... and you see, this is the beginning of the reversal of man's development
Rmanders1301 3 years ago 5
yeah... THIS is what kids like, daffodils and squirrels. this will almost certainly get kids into poetry
Lardcaptain 3 years ago 20
@Lardcaptain For real!
RuderThanNeruda 1 year ago
i just saw a bit of this on have i got news for you. i was just like WTF
MetaKnight19 3 years ago
i jst saw this on have i got news for you lol
socksandpants 3 years ago
lol u were watching dave as well then?
MetaKnight19 3 years ago
not the squirrell he aint a twat
hjw17 3 years ago
This might be the funniest video on youtube
SuperIdiuts 3 years ago
This is the most disgusting abberation to ever congeal in the english language.
lyrandar01 3 years ago 2
twat
hjw17 3 years ago
yeah I do sound like a twat, I was joking, I understand that it is not serious. I was poking fun at those who don't.
lyrandar01 3 years ago
respect wordsworth LOL!!! mc nuts rocks
freebird2307 3 years ago
i watched dis at school once lol
Themankill10 3 years ago
I smell genius here.
krsfell 3 years ago 2
Wow, that was even worse than reading "The Prelude".
GuitarManARS 3 years ago
This is pure gold.
PlumeOverBlade 3 years ago 3
yea william word worth was my great great grand i prefer this verion tho...
iownyoueasy 3 years ago
LOL
philippa230493 3 years ago
This was awesome. Very nice. Haha.
anotherbadpoet 3 years ago
hahaha...respect wordsworth
love it
DancinTwin04 3 years ago
Are they havin a laugh. who though this would be a good idea.
Werdna824 3 years ago
I love this!!! William Wordsworth is my fav poet.
vuvapxei 3 years ago 2
yo that was TIGHT!!!
videoshirt 3 years ago
I did an emergency stop for a red squirrel the other day. Wasn't as big as this one though.
gandersource 3 years ago
my teacher Mr. Solt showed me this and i love it!!! We miss you Mr.Solt! Come back to Courtland!!!!
bubbslol13 3 years ago
Whoever made this should be put in a barrel filled with rabid squirrels with sharpened teeth. Its so bad its funny,
aussiedutchukrainian 3 years ago
Absolutely brilliant.
TomCody9000 3 years ago
This is so funny, i can't believe that anyone actually did this. I just came from a HIGNFY vid and i only saw a piece of it, but the rest is just unbelievable. What the hell is the point of th ebreak dancing? LOL
02AttewillT 3 years ago
Why is there no dance re-mix???? Truly inspirational...
*respect Wordsworth* LOL!!!!!
Kuness 3 years ago 2
As a Cumbrian, this is embarrasing. As an advertising and marketing specialist, this is utterly appalling. It misses the point on every level. Whoever spent money on it shouldn't have a budget to spend. Whoever thought it was a good idea, at any stage, should not be in a position to judge.
worthyblue99 3 years ago
Lol, it was probably a "jobsworth".
Solkovsky 3 years ago
i gave 5 stars cos it so funny!!!
i mean come on it was made by some Politician like Gordon Brown said, "the youth will like this, it is their style of music," which i know its not!!! :D:D:D
Mblaster1989 3 years ago
i think this is great lol
TimeDevil747 3 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
this rap is hot...but wordsworth was completely full of shit. coleridge and wordsworth represent bullshit personafied. according to them poetry is a spontaneous over flow of emotion. anyone who has ever written poetry knows that that is complete falsification
RUSSELL027 3 years ago
I'm afair, as a publish poet, I would beg to differ. Probably the best poem I've written I did at about 3am, was just lying there when all of a sudden over came this sorta...Whoosh.
I just started writing, re writing what I'd written and writing mroe around what was I'd written - and thus a poem was born.
EdofEngland 3 years ago
That's so cool! I mean, of course it doesn't compare with the original poem, but your version is really funny. :D
svenskfiolspel 3 years ago
we had to watch this at assembly at skool :O yawn lol
bbbeccaaa 3 years ago 2
I think I heard Wordsworth turning in his grave.
Also, "Respect Wordsworth"?! Was that meant to mean "show respect to Wordsworth" or, as I believe some young people speak, "Respect Wordsworth" in their strange, convoluted speaking manner?
KarkerEcoras 4 years ago
fab
rach95player 4 years ago
Good God. What will the world think of next?
MalroneFalcon 4 years ago 2
If Wordsworth and Coleridge are the Fonzie and Ritchie Cunningham of the Romantic Era, then MC Nuts is Romanticism's Leather Tuscadaro.
Compass56 4 years ago 3
TUNNNEEE
kippo101 4 years ago
this is supposed 2 help teenagers learn !!!!!!!!!!!!!
its disturbing
georgee08 4 years ago
My TA made me watch this for a brit lit class..... yeah
incubite9 4 years ago
Ok, maybe it's just plain crap.
Solkovsky 4 years ago
rentakill locked n loaded
gandgmovies 4 years ago
Lol, damn straight. This is the lamest thing I've seen. It's just so bad, it's good!
Solkovsky 4 years ago
squirrels are rodents - mc nuts is just a rural ratboy - exterminate!
NgakpaYeshe 4 years ago 2
you admit to having helped on this!? this is one of the shittest things i have ever seen, it makes me want to kill myself, thats literally how shit it is.
spallyman 4 years ago
I helped with that vid. I know the guy who did the squirrel stuff (not the rap, though) and was basically his skivvy for the day! Funny though...
TheFionnmeister 4 years ago
Mr Pease does it way betterr!!
lurv
Bablake Student
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eyok123 4 years ago
best vid ever! I´ve seen it in my literature course at uni :-P it rockz!
SeventhousandSoul 4 years ago
i dont think its that bad it brought the poem to the public didnt it??? yea think about tht!
iluvdarren16 4 years ago
iluvdarren16, that has to be the stupidest thing anyone has ever said, in the history of the world, ever!
Do you mean to say that nobody has heard of William Wordsworth? Jeez!
Do me a favour and look up the word: philistine.
100021861 4 years ago
EXCUSE ME! i never said no one has heard of it.. duh!.. i just said it brought it more publicity.. if your gonna be a jackass then don't reply at all!
neverstopdancing16 4 years ago
Er, no, actually, it didn't.
Didn't you know of William Wordsworth before this bozo put his squirrel suit on?
I pity you.
100021861 4 years ago
Well thats an interesting way to boost tourism.
nycollegeboi 4 years ago
That guy is nuts.
xBlizzerx 4 years ago
ROFL :D
BlackLily888 4 years ago
i think that pretty much ruined wordsworth for everyone. im not really a big fan of poetry but it WAS a pretty poem. SHAME on mc nuts. SHAAAAAAAME!!!
Dutchess2001 4 years ago
awesome!!
kingboxmouth 4 years ago
That was freakin' awesome; no doubt about it.
TheMarioBros 4 years ago
oh dear god
cuzzbin 4 years ago
shoot that noob how is in that costemw
ragste 4 years ago
ZOMFG thats well bad
loztab 4 years ago
Big up the g to the squizzles fo shizle to this bizzle, me n the massif, peace out bruvs yellowboy representin.
chodder86 4 years ago
lol! although i am worried they think we'd think the squirrel was 'cool' it looks more like something out of a children's TV program.
besides, would they really want rap fans in the lakes? they'd probably be scared of them, being teenagers and therefore all absolute hoodlums, of course...
'respect Wordsworth' ha!
bewareofthepenguins 4 years ago
calling something "an insult to an art" sounds like a total oxymoron to me. one man's insult is another man's art. one man's "stupid words" are another man's poetry. so far as i'm concerned, anyone even attempting to seriously ridicule this video is contradicting themselves. hip-hop music (in its true form) is both art and poetry. if anything this is an homage.
turboskanker 4 years ago
it's decent. i mean it's definitely a new take on the poem, but i'm not sure if that's a plus or a minus. i was a little upset that in the newspaper article about it they shamelessly admitted that they thought they had to do this because young people (the YouTube generation) couldn't relate to wordsworth, so they needed hip-hop and a squirrel with zany antics (or something to that effect), which is a BLATANT insult to the art of poetry.
bigwillyshakes 4 years ago 2
Educational standards are the lowest ever. Don't you get it? You are supposed to READ the poem. And anyway, why would such wonderful words need noise (or even music)? The poem was inspired by the countryside and the lakes. What does it have to do with stupid imagery. There is no hope for the world .... certainly not for beauty and sensitivity. Cumbria Tourist Board - go drown in the lake!
SA300 4 years ago 2
Oh, come on! I taught this poem for years and still love it. The rap version is fun and says the same thing, albeit in less lovely language.
From an old retired English teacher
lkpeapod 4 years ago
The first poetry was meant to SPOKEN--not read. Poetry is about recitation. Also, poetry is all about imagery.
mrpayne55 4 years ago
Nowadays, the literate read. Personally, I am no genius so I cannot memorise every poem and thereore have to read them! I'm sure you are the Einstein of the poetry world. I also rarely recite poetry, as unlike the great apes, I can read in my mind. Imagery, yes, but using one's imagination. Another thing in short supply, as it hangs with originality.
SA300 4 years ago
On the one hand, this is terrible.
On the other, there's a sort of surreal genius about a breakdancing squirrel rapping Wordsworth.
captainsuggestible 4 years ago 2
Stupid Squirrel!
sony60ps3 4 years ago
what a pile of cock! some farmer please cap him with your 12 guage now!
chrisbristol 4 years ago