Pompeii ("Bang Bang (My Lover Shot Me Down)" by Nancy Sinatra)

A poignant version of the Nancy Sinatra song from "Kill Bill", with clips from "The Last Days of Pompeii". Lots of smoke and ashes. And a harp!

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• history
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• parody
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[aoifebrady]

This is awesome. Though I should point out that the Plinian Eruption was named after Pliny the Younger, who documented an account of the eruption but did not document history - Pliny the Elder, his uncle, was the author of the "Natural Histories".

[historyteachers]

@aoifebrady We are indeed referring to the Younger...and depsite the fact his first-hand account is not called "History", we consider a primary source from the event a document of history, don't you?

[NJMerlin]

The great earthquake was seventeen years before. Many people left at that time, but many stayed, and the city was being rebuilt.

We just saw the Pompeii exhibit in NYC. Haunting.

[historyteachers]

@NJMerlin They should ask to play our video at the exhibit, don't you think?

[PierreaSweedieCat]

So...

Does Mrs.B. ACTUALLY play a harp...?

Or is Mr H working some trick photography and sound magic?

Either way, a haunting.. haunting... song.

Saw the French one you favourited. They did a good job of translation in their subtitles!

[historyteachers]

@PierreaSweedieCat Mr. H plays Celtic harp- I just fake it. And yes, I might even record the French version!

[jessicaadsit]

That's right, 0 dislikes! Who could dislike this? Mussolini?  Hitler? Satan? They don't watch YouTube! They're dead or busy tempting chicks with apples!

[surferdog666]

Oh wow. This one gave me the chills. This was definitely a perfect example of your voice Mrs. B.

[TheCasualjoker911]

Amazing, went to Pompeii last week, the song really captures the place well, oh and could you please consider doing a Spartacus song, great work BTW

[vimtovimtovimto]

im utterly in love with the singer...

[warriorstrikeitall]

thanks to my social studies teacher,im watching these like crazy DX

[JessiebelleTX]

I love this channel! Fun, educational, and very well done!

[nyeemasalafi]

love it

[Hach1man]

Very good, though I have to point out that there were no gladiatorial games being held at the time - they had been banned in Pompeii after a riot with fans from Nola in 74.

[Awesomenessbunny]

why am i suddennly depressed

[WulfstanHrafnsson]

@historyteachers I certainly do. And @aoifebrady, Pliny the Elder *was* present, in any case - in fact he died of asphyxiation while assessing the damage as part of his duties as governor, which is how Pliny the Younger got his name (adopted by testament). The Younger's account (in a letter to Tacitus in his "Letters") was that of his personal experience of the eruption as a lad of 17 visiting his uncle with his mother.

[TheSEVAGARM]

Totally Cher's song of course the ORIGINAL the proof on Wikipedia

[kiya46107]

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