@@the_miracle_aligner I've never heard any of your work, found this... I'm 53 seconds in and this is AMAZING. I never thought I'd find another talent at the level of Algal the Bard or Hildegard von Blingin'. I hope you go far indeed!
@@LazyStarrfishLatin is dead because it is no longer the native language of any community (or, indeed, any one person). But it’s not extinct: a language which is extinct has no speakers at all.
why is this so pretty? there's something so soothing about the vocals where the original one was angsty, this one seems like he's come to terms with it I love this a lot
@@bunderlemu7802 Iam curious about this. I agree with you that there is certainly a lot of modern bias the way we learn and use latin. There would be quite the difference of how people from different regions spoke latin. Not to mention latin changing over time. But I feel also that certain languages are more suited to be accurate while others tend to be more metaphorarical and are often associated with nuances not decribing reality accurately. This can be due to the nature of the language: E.g. mute swans aren't mute. English natives: Why not name them silent swans? Or due to the way people use a language: E.g. People interact online mostly in English so terms in video games are used by "gamer" and the English words are associated with certain actions.
I may be wrong but maybe it's due to the musicality of romance lenguages, i'm a bit biased being italian speaking and to me latin resembles poetry and familiar sounds, but i feel like english is harsher, it's sounds, how you say things and how the sounds mix togheter it just doesnt have the same flow of italian spanish romanian etc. I find this even in the other lenguage/dialect that i'm mother tongue in, Lumbàrt, it has harsher sounds coming from germanic lenguages for example the ü and the c that's pronounced as a k, but a the same time folk song made for that dialect sound weird when sung in italian, but that's maybe just a "broken habit" situation so it sounds weird but it isn't.
I wish I had my high school Latin teacher’s contact info to send her this video. She was probably the nicest teacher I ever had for a subject that I truly struggled with daily.
@@memoramissa I definitely understand why, despite the song's tradition of hybrids with other songs and such (which I like), you really could not name this one *Boulevard of Broken Latin* . 😄(But *Boulevard of Bardcore Dreams* would be an option.)
@@Dowlphin boulevard of broken latin is wicked 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the problem is 'boulevard' though. it is a much later word, comes from the absolutism era military terminology, if i recall correctly? i used 'via', simply a road, a way, a path. the closest'd be 'via fractārum spērum' (the road of broken hopes), but because it is so out of metre, i used 'ubi gradiuntur fractae spēs' (where broken hopes march)
@@memoramissa It is definitely better to follow the spirit of music and not try an accurate translation. This way it also has more of an own work, which is to strive for. EDIT: Then the lyrics shown should reflect it, though, and not be the original ones mismatching with the Latin. Also better for educational purposes.
This makes me imagine a lonely, unwitting time traveler flung into the distant past, translating their faded memories of a future song into the words of their new present
I had a squad mate that used to play this song all the time when we were in our way to Carthage. He didn't make it back, sadly, but he will always live in this song for me.
As someone who's first language is Spanish and knows the basics of the other romance language it's such a warm feeling to identify a few grammatical rules and words from Spanish, french, Italian and Portuguese... Kinda gives the vibes of finally meeting the mother of the siblings you've befriended lol
@@gibarel Not quite. Classical Latin was the kind spoken by the Roman upper class whereas Vulgar Latin was spoken by the lower class. They co-existed at the same time.
I'm thinking it would be like Bioshock, where there have been rifts between then and now, where our music has drifted through to their world. Would you kindly ..... :-)
not gonna lie, i feel like i'd hear this at a tavern somewhere along the many roads to Rome. a weary traveler sings his lament to the melancholy melody of the band. i can't help but feel solidarity with this lonely traveler and his eyes lined with circles dark as a cold winter's night. great job as always, man.
Anche io sono italiano. E devo dire che questa cover è davvero interessante oltre che bella! Non pensavo che il latino ci andasse benissimo come lingua per un remix di questa canzone. Davvero un bel remix!
The fact this is sung in a dead language of a long lost people does wonders to amplify the nostalgia and melancholy of the song. You actually improved on a masterpiece! Sophos!
The internet was made for things like this. Something I would never have thought of in a million years, but will soon be able to sing it because it will be on loop for days. Fantastic.
Yes, but I'm not sure why the particular choice of words. "Solus eo" translates as "I go alone". It would be more accurate to say "Solus ambulo." Maybe it sounds better with fewer syllables?
@@avocatrobbins2189 im not an expert by any means, but solus ambulo would not have rolled off the tongue well. im not a musician at all xD but i just tried singing it and i would surely prefer the less accurate translation.
would make a great cryptic tattoo. Someone sees your tattoo "Hm, 'solus eo', wonder what that means?" they Google it and it says "I go alone" and they're like "Huh, that's deep. Must be a reflection on, like, how life is only ever lived alone?" little do they know it's from a meme Latin cover of Green Day lmfao
I'm just waiting for some enterprising renfaire group to start memorizing these lyrics phonetically, then play all your bardcore songs on the local circuit. Whoever pulled that off would be legendary.
The quest I’ve set to bestow the rank of Legendary upon some noble being is considerably simpler: Make a karaoke version of this and keep it not to thyself. But yeah. That’d be cool. What you said.
Ironically immediately after both Herculaneum and Pompeii were wiped out they were taken out of Roman maps, no one ever talked about either town ever again except for those who were there. It got to a point where these towns’ locations were forgotten by the Roman’s
As a guitarist this was the first song I learned to play. A tradition of countless musicians stretching millennia into antiquity. Up there with Great Wonderwall of China.
I’m gonna look like a complete idiot, but I searched for the Great Wonderwall of China thinking it was a real remix alternative, but not as much of an idiot I’m gonna feel if it turns out there is one. Please let me know if there is for real because I’d love to try to hear it
Well how did he come up with "quod est laudāns, quod pēdīcāns est." (What is praiseworthy is what is pedantic) for "fucked up and everything is alright"?
@@nostalji93 to be fair "fucked up" is a fairly new concept as far as phrases go. I am reading it more as "read between the lines of what is goo, and what is bothersome and tedious" because to be pedantic is to be overly tedious about minute details to the point of being annoying or bothersome or boring to others. it works, and its not even a really big stretch, its just an issue of intended meaning vs direct translation. Which becomes a little more difficult when the language in question has no native speakers left and thus no translations for fairly modern words and phrases that exist in other languages.
This unironically slaps harder than I could've ever expected. Course it doesn't help that I love the original song. Amazing work, everyone who helped make this is talented as fuck.
@@the_miracle_aligner The translation is genuinely hitting so hard. No joke. I don't know if it's because of him or Latin, but it does a number on my cor infrimum.
No, but the contractions are in the wrong places! I don't care, it's not good! You cannot contract syllables in the middle of the word, that's not how Latin works! Only two are acceptable is "unica 'st", which is fine, and "meu' cor" and even that's like Plautus level shit (equivalent of using "thou" or "thy"), it doesn't fit.
@@Sebastian-ij6md You can definitely contract middle syllables in Latin so long as they’re not penultimate. We know from period misspellings (eg. “Imperator” rendered “Embratur”)
The truth is that unless you connect with God through Jesus Christ, you will sing this song and be alone. Man was not made for lonliness but fellowship with God won by Jesus on the cross.
@@Ryanbros As I said it;s clear we have different humors. And as for rejecting my religion (which by the way isn't mine, it;s God;s) you can, as I said before reject it; as long as you're prepared to accept the eternal consequences of your decision.
I love everything about this cover, and everyone involved did an incredible job bringing the concept to fruition. The background art is really striking with that evening light and shadow, and Armstrong's likeness is perfect. It's pretty funny how a change of clothes and atmosphere makes him so convincing as a traveling Roman bard. Would he have called himself Viridi Die?
@Prasanth Thomas Adoloscence is a social construct that, as only of within the past ~60 years has recognized a transitionary period between adults and children. It is not a biological stepping stone, it is merely a series of events that charactsrize the transition between adulthood and childhood. The concept of teens was used in the early 20th century, (prior to it being coined) to enlarge the labor force. It was later coined as a form of adoloscence following the western cultural revelations in the late 1950s through the 1970s.
@Prasanth Thomas You bear the burden of responsibility to provide evidence, being the opposition in this argument. Provide us evidence of people enjoying a set of 'teen' years in the dim and distant past.
I'm not even a Green Day fan but I always liked this song. This proves it is truly timeless. Great work though, making it work this well couldn't have been easy. Dare I say it's better than the original?
Will you guys ever fail to impress. From sci-fi rock to Latin covers of Green Day and Nordic covers of Led Zeppelin. You guys never stop making awsome music.
Almost makes me wish Green Day had never done their cover of this song -- the original Latin is just so much better. Then again, their version did bring it to such a wider audience... I dunno, tough call.
Vulgar Latin or Late Latin as you say was the language of the Middle Ages, of the Church, after the fall of the West so I think this is more appropriate. you can just imagine a late Roman hero like Stilicho in the twilight days of empire clinging to their ancient language and traditions while the barbarians close in around them and the world they knew slowly crumbles away. Plus Classical Latin sounds prettier IMO.
@@Aurelius-bf3yx I imagine that's not how the fall of Rome looked like, tho. I imagine fall of Rome to be more like narcissistic woke kids welcoming Hamas through the gate...
@@codinghusky5196 Well you're obvious political greviances don't give you any sort of insight into history I'm afraid because the fall of Rome had nothing to do with any of that.
I remember when I started High School and we studied latin, usually most students hated it but, despite being difficult, I couldn't help being fascinated. Then when I decided to study Literature at University my friends called me crazy: "You are going to have more Latin exams! Such a useless subject!" Bro, they didn't know this masterpiece was about to grace the world in future years. Amazing job. Also, I don't know where you are from but I really compliment your pronunciation: speaking in Latin is not as easy as it may seem.
This almost works too well. Now they just need to do a music video walking down an old Roman road where Mike and Tre are wearing tunics and Billie is wearing a toga.
I can’t say I ever woke thinking what really need today is a cover of one of my favourite songs in Latin, but I’m so glad this exists. This is what the internet was made for.
I come back to this cover over and over again. I probably listened to that more than the original at this point, despite liking the song very much. Rarely do you see something so different yet sounding so "right". Great job!
This album came out when I was in middle school, 14 year old me, listening to this track and something inside me....woke up. I've heard it hundreds, if not _thousands_ of times since then, and it has never done the same thing, like....chasing that first feeling. This made my spine tingle, my heart beat faster, my senses stand on edge. This captured the full spirit of this music, and I commend you with my whole heart. Ave Roma.
This song was very much part of my childhood in the late 2000’s, as I’m currently learning Latin I never thought I would hear this song in that language and it’s way better than I expected
Very catchy interpretation of the song. My late aunt (she died last year at 91) won the Latin prize in high school for 4 years running. She did crossword puzzles in Latin until she was in her late 80s. When I went to high school Latin wasn't offered anymore (big mistake). Now, I find I'm interested in learning the language. I appreciate your time and effort here to make Latin accessible to people like me----your energy piqued my interest in learning Latin. I hope that you continue to do more of these songs in Latin. You rock here!
This was something I never knew I needed in my life. Not to mention it really fits in the context of all roads leading to Rome, all cultures walk a path of broken dreams and ambitions.
Not just a beautiful cover into a beautiful language, it’s a beautiful song. Period. Bravo! 👏🏼 I also love the drawing of Billy Joel Armstrong as a Roman “cantator” (minstrel) 😂
Just discovered your channel with this video, watched a few more of your Latin videos and came back to this one. I’m no expert, but your pronunciation of the “classical” way of speaking the words is far more accurate in this video than earlier ones, which seem to feature more of the soft consonants of Ecclesiastical Latin. I’m impressed by the entire composition frankly, but I really just super extra appreciated the attention to detail with the proper enunciation. Well done!
I love this version. The way it's almost bittersweet. Such a fresh take on the song. I come back to this video every couple of weeks. It always gives me the chills I got way back when I heard the original for the first time
It’s wild how even a dead language can cary forward and you can hear the shadows of modern language in it. Truly time is fascinating. On the universal scale. That language and song exist In the same instance, and now on the human scale as well.
this is such an incredible work of art. i grew up with this song like a lot of others, heard it all the time as a pre/teen. the reverse-engineering of a contemporary song into an ancient hymn that conjures a sense of being teleported to an ancient era while invoking nostalgia at the same time. it is phenomenal how you guys have transformed a song into something entirely different & stayed so true to its very essence. not to mention IT SOUNDS SO GOOD!!! looking forward to having this stuck in my head for the next few days masterful work, just amazing. this is art in its purest form
I guess I can take a break from listening to Space Cadets on repeat to listen to this awesome new music you just released. I really love this song, but I would prefer having the transliteration of the translation for the English subtitles. I know ypu probably can't change it now, but it's something to keep in mind for the next one. I've always loved that the translations are adapted to the times you set them in. Thanks for posting, Kin.
I'm picturing a high level bard, walking alone, up to the BBEG's castle, singing this, remembering all his fallen comrades along the way, knowing full well the villain's not seeing tomorrow, or possibly Dark Souls-esque, and remembering this is why I don't play bards: I could never do them justice.
This is amazing. I grew up with the original as well :) but I love all the effort that went into this-the translations, the music, even the artwork. Congratulations to you, sire, and to all your collaborators.
Sometimes I think my life is meaningless and there's no point and then I get shit like this suggested and it makes it all worth it. Thank you for your service o7
I think it speaks volumes to Green Day's poetic ability that this song works just as well in classical Latin as it does in modern English, without requiring any analogous translations (e.g. like in Gas Gas Gas where "gas" had to be translated to "go" and "car" to "chariot") -- truly a timeless classic!
I think you should stop acting like poetry that uses modern concepts or modern idioms is made with "lower poetic ability." Greenday didn't use modern words or modern idioms in creating their song, which allows it to be translated to a dead language, and we can draw the conclusion that means Greenday has good poetic ability? How does that follow?
@@TheNodrokov No, they just followed from what you said. You linked the fact that it didn't need analogous translations to "speaking volumes" about their poetic ability. That doesn't make any sense.
@@Mythraen I was simply trying to celebrate Green Day's poetic ability, not criticize or demean any other artists. If that "doesn't make any sense" to you, then I feel sorry for you.
@@TheNodrokov Of course it doesn't make sense. Being able to translate something to Latin doesn't indicate that the original words were high quality poetry. If that doesn't make sense to you, then I feel sorry for you.
![Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams [Official Music Video] [4K Upgrade]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Soa3gO7tL-c/mqdefault.jpg)
As always it’s a pleasure to listen to your covers!
As always, it is a damn pleasure to be collaborating with ya Sir Stan :) I look forward to the next one.
@@the_miracle_aligner
Have you done " -American- Iberian idiot "?
@@the_miracle_aligner I've never heard any of your work, found this... I'm 53 seconds in and this is AMAZING. I never thought I'd find another talent at the level of Algal the Bard or Hildegard von Blingin'. I hope you go far indeed!
Born 1990 ?
Beautiful vocals, this is perfection! Please do WAP or Greensleeves some day!
_Hearing my teenage years in a dead language_ is a whole nother level of feeling old.
If it was truly dead, the video wouldn’t be featuring it
@@LazyStarrfishLatin is dead because it is no longer the native language of any community (or, indeed, any one person).
But it’s not extinct: a language which is extinct has no speakers at all.
@@LazyStarrfishAll you’d technically have to do to make it a living language is to get a kid and teach it Latin as its native language.
@@MatsVederhus
as far as I know, it is still the official language of Vatican City State, the world's smallest state.
@@jayhill2193 I think it is, but none of those that live there have it as their native language, none the less. It’s kind of a zombie language.
why is this so pretty?
there's something so soothing about the vocals
where the original one was angsty, this one seems like he's come to terms with it
I love this a lot
I was wondering why I loved this cover so much, I think you nailed it on the head
This version is like "Yeah. I'm alone. So what?" while the original is more like "Yeah. I'm alone. Sucks, eh?"
I feel that way too. Maybe because I associate Latin with mass and prayer, the song feels more reflective than merely being miserable.
@@bunderlemu7802 Iam curious about this. I agree with you that there is certainly a lot of modern bias the way we learn and use latin. There would be quite the difference of how people from different regions spoke latin. Not to mention latin changing over time. But I feel also that certain languages are more suited to be accurate while others tend to be more metaphorarical and are often associated with nuances not decribing reality accurately. This can be due to the nature of the language: E.g. mute swans aren't mute. English natives: Why not name them silent swans? Or due to the way people use a language: E.g. People interact online mostly in English so terms in video games are used by "gamer" and the English words are associated with certain actions.
I may be wrong but maybe it's due to the musicality of romance lenguages, i'm a bit biased being italian speaking and to me latin resembles poetry and familiar sounds, but i feel like english is harsher, it's sounds, how you say things and how the sounds mix togheter it just doesnt have the same flow of italian spanish romanian etc. I find this even in the other lenguage/dialect that i'm mother tongue in, Lumbàrt, it has harsher sounds coming from germanic lenguages for example the ü and the c that's pronounced as a k, but a the same time folk song made for that dialect sound weird when sung in italian, but that's maybe just a "broken habit" situation so it sounds weird but it isn't.
As a Latin teacher myself I stand deeply in awe.
I wish I had my high school Latin teacher’s contact info to send her this video. She was probably the nicest teacher I ever had for a subject that I truly struggled with daily.
@@adamr4198 I am not american, so i didnt have high school, but basically same. He was such a cute guy, despite having a little issue with alcohol.
@@adamr4198 are you from my school bruh? My latin teacher was also the nicest teacher in school I want to send this to her soo much.
@@Peeoto did you graduate from a school in Columbus, OH? Otherwise there must be something special about Latin that attracts kind people.
@@adamr4198 na, graduated from french school of bangkok
Date: "So, what kind of music do you listen to?"
Me: "It's complicated"
Complicated by Avril Lavigne needs to be on the list
Itsa, it's a lotta
I read date as Dante lmao.
@@mercce6750 me too
I’m obsessed with finding modern songs done in alternative times in history. This is a whole new niche I’m deeply invested in.
welcome to the bardcore community friend
Search for bard core, like the previous commenter said, you shan't regret it.
If it's still your obsession, maybe you can try my work? :)
@@Þeudōrīkē i will take a look.
Bioware Infinite did a barbershop cover of God Only Knows by the Beach Boys.
Not Bardcore, but a nice cover.
"The only thing that's beating is my sick heart". Literal Translation. Really gets to the core of the lyrics
OOF that hits harder than 'shallow'! MAN I LOVE IT
Oooh man I instantly recalled what "infirmum" means
Tiberius would be so into that 😂
Many of the words alliterate better than the original words do, making it feel more like a whole. Impressive.
thank you, i tried to make them do so) 🍎🍏
All credit to Memoramissa, he did a kickass job with the translation and pronunciation training
@@memoramissa I definitely understand why, despite the song's tradition of hybrids with other songs and such (which I like), you really could not name this one *Boulevard of Broken Latin* . 😄(But *Boulevard of Bardcore Dreams* would be an option.)
@@Dowlphin boulevard of broken latin is wicked 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the problem is 'boulevard' though. it is a much later word, comes from the absolutism era military terminology, if i recall correctly? i used 'via', simply a road, a way, a path. the closest'd be 'via fractārum spērum' (the road of broken hopes), but because it is so out of metre, i used 'ubi gradiuntur fractae spēs' (where broken hopes march)
@@memoramissa It is definitely better to follow the spirit of music and not try an accurate translation. This way it also has more of an own work, which is to strive for.
EDIT: Then the lyrics shown should reflect it, though, and not be the original ones mismatching with the Latin. Also better for educational purposes.
This makes me imagine a lonely, unwitting time traveler flung into the distant past, translating their faded memories of a future song into the words of their new present
That makes for a fantastic writing prompt
I sense a movie in the making here. Back to the Future IV? ahahahah
that pretty much is the plot of doctor who.
Holy fuck... HOLY FUCK. I have to turn this into a story now, thank you!!
@@StarRTSProductions you're welcome :)
I had a squad mate that used to play this song all the time when we were in our way to Carthage. He didn't make it back, sadly, but he will always live in this song for me.
Semper fidelis
Haha
I mourn for your friend. I will water the roses that grow over his grave with my tears.
@@kaylajames3098 why am I on the brink of tears 😢
F 💚
As someone who's first language is Spanish and knows the basics of the other romance language it's such a warm feeling to identify a few grammatical rules and words from Spanish, french, Italian and Portuguese... Kinda gives the vibes of finally meeting the mother of the siblings you've befriended lol
Oof, now I want to meet the siblings asd;lkfjas;dlkfj... I've been having a thing for languages recently which is annoying because I have no time :(
Yes what a lovely way to put it!
because its the ancestor of vulgar latin, which in turn is the the ancestor of all romance languages
@@gibarel Not quite. Classical Latin was the kind spoken by the Roman upper class whereas Vulgar Latin was spoken by the lower class. They co-existed at the same time.
That's because all those languages evolved from Latin.
Seeing Billie in a tunic is something I never knew I needed until now. Also Cato The Younger definitely had this in his playlist back then
Tunics are life
Lil Cato has good taste in music frfr
@@ShadowWizard123 Damnit, now I want to hear what Catonian hip-hop sounds like 🤣
Especially after he refused to eat while reclined until the tyrant Caesar was dead.
I think it's interesting how it draws a historical parallel between the peasent class of feudalism and the more modern punk movement.
Someone ought to make a movie about Ancient Rome featuring all your amazing Classical Latin rock and pop songs in the soundtrack.
Oh g-d, imagine it, though. Like A Knight's Tale with all the pop, but they're all in the historical language of the time.
I would watch the hell out of that.
@@StalwartPikeman same. That would be totally awesome!
wow...hey that's actually a great ideal....throw whatever banger you want in to movie, just make it historically accurate vocally.
I'm thinking it would be like Bioshock, where there have been rifts between then and now, where our music has drifted through to their world. Would you kindly ..... :-)
This video is scratching two very particular grooves in my brain from high school that don't usually activate at the same time. Very nice.
how tf are you verified
@@M1kdTheOnly I'm not sure? I barely use RUclips lol But I am actually me, so the verification isn't wrong.
@@IsaacSchlueter Legend.
I believe they call that "neuron activation"
Spent 30 years in Germania fighting barbarians, only to come home to a empire now burned to ash and roads lined with ruins.
*Laughs in Celtic*
Xerlaxies gave me a hard time in the 3rd trimester but, I digress...
@@adamthompson626 Laughs in Hunnic*
"Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa..."
@@theannoyedcat2946 "True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing" - willy Wonka
teenage romans must love it when the bard plays this song
not gonna lie, i feel like i'd hear this at a tavern somewhere along the many roads to Rome. a weary traveler sings his lament to the melancholy melody of the band. i can't help but feel solidarity with this lonely traveler and his eyes lined with circles dark as a cold winter's night.
great job as always, man.
I like this comment
I comment this like
sōlus ēo
Instead of wearing eyeliner he used carbon to paint his eyes cause eyeliner hasn't been invented 😭❤️
@@facuuu2809 Eyeliner is pretty ancient lol
i’m italian and this song is literally my whole childhood.
is legit to cry?
sì, totalmente legittimo
Se dovessero mai fare "Welcome to my life" altro che fazzoletto, non basterà una tovaglia
No one asked if your italian
Anche io sono italiano. E devo dire che questa cover è davvero interessante oltre che bella! Non pensavo che il latino ci andasse benissimo come lingua per un remix di questa canzone. Davvero un bel remix!
@@moomoomilk5525 your Italian
@@moomoomilk5525 🤌
The fact this is sung in a dead language of a long lost people does wonders to amplify the nostalgia and melancholy of the song. You actually improved on a masterpiece! Sophos!
Her: How often you think about the Roman Empire?
Me:
The internet was made for things like this. Something I would never have thought of in a million years, but will soon be able to sing it because it will be on loop for days. Fantastic.
"Sōlus eō sōlus eō" for the rest of my life this will periodically pop into my head and I'm OK with it.
Amazing cover
nothing we even could do about it.
"sōlus ēo sōlus ēo"
Yes, but I'm not sure why the particular choice of words. "Solus eo" translates as "I go alone". It would be more accurate to say "Solus ambulo." Maybe it sounds better with fewer syllables?
@@avocatrobbins2189 im not an expert by any means, but solus ambulo would not have rolled off the tongue well.
im not a musician at all xD but i just tried singing it and i would surely prefer the less accurate translation.
would make a great cryptic tattoo. Someone sees your tattoo "Hm, 'solus eo', wonder what that means?" they Google it and it says "I go alone" and they're like "Huh, that's deep. Must be a reflection on, like, how life is only ever lived alone?" little do they know it's from a meme Latin cover of Green Day lmfao
I'm just waiting for some enterprising renfaire group to start memorizing these lyrics phonetically, then play all your bardcore songs on the local circuit. Whoever pulled that off would be legendary.
The quest I’ve set to bestow the rank of Legendary upon some noble being is considerably simpler:
Make a karaoke version of this and keep it not to thyself.
But yeah. That’d be cool. What you said.
I love it this is my favorite song in the language my grandfather taught me fluently because he was a latin professor ^^ I'll show him right now
What did he think?
get out of here, kraut
@@trevinwolverine1904^
Do tell us his response!
quid cogitabat?
POV: You're exploring the burnt remains of Pompeii after Vesuvius wiped it off the face of the earth.
Ironically immediately after both Herculaneum and Pompeii were wiped out they were taken out of Roman maps, no one ever talked about either town ever again except for those who were there. It got to a point where these towns’ locations were forgotten by the Roman’s
Came for a laugh, stayed for a masterpiece
Same
Me too
420th like. nice.
As a guitarist this was the first song I learned to play. A tradition of countless musicians stretching millennia into antiquity.
Up there with Great Wonderwall of China.
This!
Now, serious, this is canon now.
canon est nunc et para semper!
There is now (falsified) historical evidence of the tradition of our people! Let’s spread it!
I’m gonna look like a complete idiot, but I searched for the Great Wonderwall of China thinking it was a real remix alternative, but not as much of an idiot I’m gonna feel if it turns out there is one. Please let me know if there is for real because I’d love to try to hear it
@kevin weinz God dammit. me too. Wonderwall in old Han Dynasty Chinese.
From a lyrics perspective this is your best bardcore cover yet. It flows phenomenally well! I love it! :)
Personally I love the old french House of the rising sun. As a french speaker I dont even need the caption I understand it and it sounds nice.
Well how did he come up with "quod est laudāns, quod pēdīcāns est." (What is praiseworthy is what is pedantic) for "fucked up and everything is alright"?
@@nostalji93 I believe he says quod pedicans
@@Aerxis yes you are correct. Ty for the correction. Dunno why I didnt just copy paste. Anyways the translation doesnt make a lot of sense to me.
@@nostalji93 to be fair "fucked up" is a fairly new concept as far as phrases go. I am reading it more as "read between the lines of what is goo, and what is bothersome and tedious" because to be pedantic is to be overly tedious about minute details to the point of being annoying or bothersome or boring to others. it works, and its not even a really big stretch, its just an issue of intended meaning vs direct translation. Which becomes a little more difficult when the language in question has no native speakers left and thus no translations for fairly modern words and phrases that exist in other languages.
I'm very happy to hear this in classical not ecclesiastical pronunciation
i didnt know i needed to hear boulevard of broken dreams in classic latin until i heard it, and now i dont know how i lived without it
The irony that this channel will never get old is not lost on me.😂
@@ShinigamiBear that it’s old languages but it will not get old
@@ShinigamiBear The irony is that this channel is making songs “old”, but it won't get old
Old gets a bad rap. Things that stand the test of time are all the more impressive because of it
This unironically slaps harder than I could've ever expected. Course it doesn't help that I love the original song. Amazing work, everyone who helped make this is talented as fuck.
Wow! You even used contractions. Truly impressive work!
Its all thanks to Memoramissa, he did a kickass job with the translation and pronunciation training
@@the_miracle_aligner The translation is genuinely hitting so hard. No joke. I don't know if it's because of him or Latin, but it does a number on my cor infrimum.
No, but the contractions are in the wrong places! I don't care, it's not good! You cannot contract syllables in the middle of the word, that's not how Latin works! Only two are acceptable is "unica 'st", which is fine, and "meu' cor" and even that's like Plautus level shit (equivalent of using "thou" or "thy"), it doesn't fit.
@@Sebastian-ij6md Who?
@@Sebastian-ij6md You can definitely contract middle syllables in Latin so long as they’re not penultimate. We know from period misspellings (eg. “Imperator” rendered “Embratur”)
These songs are so well executed that it mentally seems like they could be the original
it feels so natural the tempo was spot on love it
POV: No one in your familius understands your pain (Flavia turned down your invitation to the Saturnalia feast)
I’m listening to this non-stop, not because I’m crazy into latin but because it’s genuinely a fire track
Love the classical pronunciation! I think I like this more than the original.
WOW i need an "Roman Idiot" or a "XXI gladivs" cover, now seriously, you are making a really fresh shit here, i love it. I wish you well
Yeah
BEST AUTHENTIC COMMAND SO FAR.
Amazing, brought my father to tears whilst he was barely able to continue to carry on singing along. This is truly a lifechanging song.
The truth is that unless you connect with God through Jesus Christ, you will sing this song and be alone. Man was not made for lonliness but fellowship with God won by Jesus on the cross.
@@uayfb1 Stop. Just stop. This was clearly a joke, and even if it wasn't, not everything is an excuse for you to bring in your religion
@@Ryanbros I guess what you consider a joke differs from mine. As for my religion, you are of course, free to reject it.
@uayfb1 Just because you didn't get the joke, does not mean that it was not a joke. 12 people obviously found it funny
@@Ryanbros As I said it;s clear we have different humors. And as for rejecting my religion (which by the way isn't mine, it;s God;s) you can, as I said before reject it; as long as you're prepared to accept the eternal consequences of your decision.
This is great! Latin and Boulevard of Broken dreams combined, quite glorious!
̶B̶o̶u̶l̶e̶v̶a̶r̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶B̶r̶o̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶ Boulevard of Bardcore Dreams
I love everything about this cover, and everyone involved did an incredible job bringing the concept to fruition. The background art is really striking with that evening light and shadow, and Armstrong's likeness is perfect. It's pretty funny how a change of clothes and atmosphere makes him so convincing as a traveling Roman bard. Would he have called himself Viridi Die?
That was fantastic! Feeling like I'm back to teen in an ancient era.
@Prasanth Thomas more like 0s teens lol
There were no teens in medieval era. You were either kid or adult.
@Prasanth Thomas Adoloscence is a social construct that, as only of within the past ~60 years has recognized a transitionary period between adults and children. It is not a biological stepping stone, it is merely a series of events that charactsrize the transition between adulthood and childhood. The concept of teens was used in the early 20th century, (prior to it being coined) to enlarge the labor force. It was later coined as a form of adoloscence following the western cultural revelations in the late 1950s through the 1970s.
@Prasanth Thomas You bear the burden of responsibility to provide evidence, being the opposition in this argument.
Provide us evidence of people enjoying a set of 'teen' years in the dim and distant past.
@Prasanth Thomas You called me honey. :] I like that.
To think, latin was once the standard for being able to read/write. How times change. Amazing work.
RETVRN
This feels so self-mournful, and I love it.
Only 470s kids will remember this.
Only mid-1450s kids will appreciate it tho.
I'm not even a Green Day fan but I always liked this song. This proves it is truly timeless. Great work though, making it work this well couldn't have been easy. Dare I say it's better than the original?
Латынь имеет свой шарм, и выбор песен для перевода просто идеальный
Латински има свој шарм, и избор песама за превод је просто идеалан. 🇷🇸🇷🇺.
Согласен
Я люблю изучать два языка в этот момент: в первых, латинский Рима; во вторых, русский ))
I wish I couldn't understand anything of what you wrote
Will you guys ever fail to impress. From sci-fi rock to Latin covers of Green Day and Nordic covers of Led Zeppelin. You guys never stop making awsome music.
Almost makes me wish Green Day had never done their cover of this song -- the original Latin is just so much better. Then again, their version did bring it to such a wider audience... I dunno, tough call.
Truly a song of _all_ centuries.
I think this should be sung in late latin. Broken dreams with an end of the western roman empire mixed with this background would be so appropriate
Vulgar Latin or Late Latin as you say was the language of the Middle Ages, of the Church, after the fall of the West so I think this is more appropriate. you can just imagine a late Roman hero like Stilicho in the twilight days of empire clinging to their ancient language and traditions while the barbarians close in around them and the world they knew slowly crumbles away. Plus Classical Latin sounds prettier IMO.
@@Aurelius-bf3yx 😭
@@Aurelius-bf3yx I imagine that's not how the fall of Rome looked like, tho.
I imagine fall of Rome to be more like narcissistic woke kids welcoming Hamas through the gate...
@@codinghusky5196 Well you're obvious political greviances don't give you any sort of insight into history I'm afraid because the fall of Rome had nothing to do with any of that.
Gratulor in videos tuis, hoc tibi post plura videos.
Tibi Gratias Ago!!!!
I really need to relearn Latin all I got was “should post more videos” and “Thanks Friend.”
Definitely my favourite cover from this channel.
Awesome work to everyone involved!
I remember when I started High School and we studied latin, usually most students hated it but, despite being difficult, I couldn't help being fascinated. Then when I decided to study Literature at University my friends called me crazy: "You are going to have more Latin exams! Such a useless subject!" Bro, they didn't know this masterpiece was about to grace the world in future years. Amazing job. Also, I don't know where you are from but I really compliment your pronunciation: speaking in Latin is not as easy as it may seem.
I feel like I'm back in middle school, but in Latin. Great job!
This almost works too well. Now they just need to do a music video walking down an old Roman road where Mike and Tre are wearing tunics and Billie is wearing a toga.
You never disappoint me. This is so good, I can already imagine binge listening to it.
I can’t say I ever woke thinking what really need today is a cover of one of my favourite songs in Latin, but I’m so glad this exists. This is what the internet was made for.
I come back to this cover over and over again. I probably listened to that more than the original at this point, despite liking the song very much. Rarely do you see something so different yet sounding so "right". Great job!
Good Gaia this rendition is giving me chills. Fantastic job
This is amazing. The vocal, the pronunciation, the translation, the lyrics visible, the wallpaper, it's perfect
This album came out when I was in middle school, 14 year old me, listening to this track and something inside me....woke up.
I've heard it hundreds, if not _thousands_ of times since then, and it has never done the same thing, like....chasing that first feeling.
This made my spine tingle, my heart beat faster, my senses stand on edge. This captured the full spirit of this music, and I commend you with my whole heart.
Ave Roma.
Ave Caesar
Roma Invicta
This song was very much part of my childhood in the late 2000’s, as I’m currently learning Latin I never thought I would hear this song in that language and it’s way better than I expected
Very catchy interpretation of the song. My late aunt (she died last year at 91) won the Latin prize in high school for 4 years running. She did crossword puzzles in Latin until she was in her late 80s. When I went to high school Latin wasn't offered anymore (big mistake). Now, I find I'm interested in learning the language. I appreciate your time and effort here to make Latin accessible to people like me----your energy piqued my interest in learning Latin. I hope that you continue to do more of these songs in Latin. You rock here!
This is one of your best bardcore songs. It just seems to flow so well
That feeling when Ovid still hasn't returned from exile and so you have no new emo poems to read x(
This was something I never knew I needed in my life. Not to mention it really fits in the context of all roads leading to Rome, all cultures walk a path of broken dreams and ambitions.
I never thought latin could sound so poetic
Way more poetic than the barbarian languages we use in this modern day.
There are some damn beautiful songs in latin. Some are from games or movies.
Latin poetry is some of the most influential ever 😭😭
it's always have been use for poetry and for thousand of yours became the literary language with greek in Europe
Hold on, what?
Was this supposed to be a deadpan joke?
This feels like something my Latin teacher back when I was a senior in high school would have loved and played for us.
This works WAY better than I thought it would. Good job!
Not just a beautiful cover into a beautiful language, it’s a beautiful song. Period. Bravo! 👏🏼 I also love the drawing of Billy Joel Armstrong as a Roman “cantator” (minstrel) 😂
This has absolutely no right to sound this good, yet it does. What an absolute banger!!!
A blast back in more ways than one. The contributions by your collaborators are extra appreciated.
I'm that old? Damn... 2000 years just flew by.
Completely amazing. Latin is a beautiful language.
Just discovered your channel with this video, watched a few more of your Latin videos and came back to this one. I’m no expert, but your pronunciation of the “classical” way of speaking the words is far more accurate in this video than earlier ones, which seem to feature more of the soft consonants of Ecclesiastical Latin. I’m impressed by the entire composition frankly, but I really just super extra appreciated the attention to detail with the proper enunciation. Well done!
This is so good! In some of your videos the words had felt a bit awkward, but in this one it flows beautifully. Fantastic work from everyone!
I love this version. The way it's almost bittersweet. Such a fresh take on the song. I come back to this video every couple of weeks. It always gives me the chills I got way back when I heard the original for the first time
I love this version so much. I keep replaying over and over again. Such a great spin to a great song. I just wish it was a bit longer. Great job.
Очень красиво звучит ! Молодцы!
Spasiba Bolshoi
спасибо 🤩
Slava ukraini
@@BERNTRR heroiam slava. smert voroham)
@@BERNTRR salo urine
I literally kept listening to this 5 times over for the vocal range!!! Im in love with this! Thank you so much for posting this
Now I wanna hear a choral version of this. The Bass singer will have a field day with this song.
As one, I was just thinking about that. Basso profundo in fact. Oh, my, the possibilities!
I want to hear this performed by Gregorian ruclips.net/video/CkrzKbC9S9s/видео.html
It’s wild how even a dead language can cary forward and you can hear the shadows of modern language in it. Truly time is fascinating. On the universal scale. That language and song exist
In the same instance, and now on the human scale as well.
this is such an incredible work of art. i grew up with this song like a lot of others, heard it all the time as a pre/teen. the reverse-engineering of a contemporary song into an ancient hymn that conjures a sense of being teleported to an ancient era while invoking nostalgia at the same time. it is phenomenal how you guys have transformed a song into something entirely different & stayed so true to its very essence. not to mention IT SOUNDS SO GOOD!!! looking forward to having this stuck in my head for the next few days
masterful work, just amazing. this is art in its purest form
I guess I can take a break from listening to Space Cadets on repeat to listen to this awesome new music you just released. I really love this song, but I would prefer having the transliteration of the translation for the English subtitles. I know ypu probably can't change it now, but it's something to keep in mind for the next one. I've always loved that the translations are adapted to the times you set them in.
Thanks for posting,
Kin.
I'm picturing a high level bard, walking alone, up to the BBEG's castle, singing this, remembering all his fallen comrades along the way, knowing full well the villain's not seeing tomorrow, or possibly Dark Souls-esque, and remembering this is why I don't play bards: I could never do them justice.
NGL this is straight god tier, and I have no idea how to even begin to take in how I need an entire album of this
I really enjoy going to latin mass and hearing songs in latin. This is next level though! Great job!
I feel like a Knights Templar making my way back to camp after my entire squadron got wiped out by heretics. w
I may walk a lonely road, but it will always lead to Rome
This is amazing. I grew up with the original as well :) but I love all the effort that went into this-the translations, the music, even the artwork. Congratulations to you, sire, and to all your collaborators.
Bro I need an hour long version of this. it's so good.
That would awesome
Sometimes I think my life is meaningless and there's no point and then I get shit like this suggested and it makes it all worth it. Thank you for your service o7
2:47 I love this instrumental bit so much
I think it speaks volumes to Green Day's poetic ability that this song works just as well in classical Latin as it does in modern English, without requiring any analogous translations (e.g. like in Gas Gas Gas where "gas" had to be translated to "go" and "car" to "chariot") -- truly a timeless classic!
I think you should stop acting like poetry that uses modern concepts or modern idioms is made with "lower poetic ability."
Greenday didn't use modern words or modern idioms in creating their song, which allows it to be translated to a dead language, and we can draw the conclusion that means Greenday has good poetic ability? How does that follow?
@@Mythraen and I think you should stop putting words in my mouth! I never said any of those things!!
@@TheNodrokov No, they just followed from what you said.
You linked the fact that it didn't need analogous translations to "speaking volumes" about their poetic ability.
That doesn't make any sense.
@@Mythraen I was simply trying to celebrate Green Day's poetic ability, not criticize or demean any other artists. If that "doesn't make any sense" to you, then I feel sorry for you.
@@TheNodrokov Of course it doesn't make sense.
Being able to translate something to Latin doesn't indicate that the original words were high quality poetry.
If that doesn't make sense to you, then I feel sorry for you.
Get this man to be an extra in a movie set in ancient Rome. He'd make a terrific bard.
This is amazing!
YOU're amazing
@@the_miracle_aligner You're amazing! ❤❤❤
@@the_miracle_aligner it’s weird, but somehow, it genuinely works
I agree with the chat replay, it's like it could have been written in Latin to begin with, it flows so well.
I've never been so delighted by having an existential crisis
Please continue with this stuff