The Dust Bowl (Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks" Parody) | Feat. @MrBettsClass

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  • Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2017
  • Mr. Beat and Mr. Betts team up to sing about the Dust Bowl to the tune of Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks."
    Special thanks to Mr. Betts for helping me make this. Subscribe to his channel here: / mrbettsclass
    Thanks to my students, Alex Falk and Gabe Bundy, for helping me film the music video.
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    Instrumental by Lt. Aldo Raine. Music by Foster the People. Produced and performed by Matt Beat and Tim Betts. All images found in the public domain or created by Matt Beat.
    Lyrics:
    Farmers got some cheap land
    Bought it around the plains, they all had some big plans
    (but) they over plowed all their fields
    Took out all the topsoil, and deep-rooted grasses
    Yeah, they thought the plow would bring rain
    But rain never came, and this lasted for years
    1930s, the wind picked up
    And it darkened the sky, and it wouldn’t let up
    All the citizens move away from the Plains
    You better run, better run, outrun the dust
    All the citizens move away from the Plains
    You better run, better run, before the dust comes
    All the citizens move away from the Plains
    You better run, better run, outrun the dust
    All the citizens move away from the Plains
    You better run, better run, before the dust comes
    The Dust Bowl made for dark days
    It would it make seem late, in the middle of days
    And it made the air hard to breathe
    Could not escape Black Blizzards even going inside
    And they would travel miles
    You could see the Dust Bowl as far as New York City
    Forced thousands to ‘bandon farms
    The Okies left everything to head to California
    All the citizens move away from the Plains
    You better run, better run, outrun the dust
    All the citizens move away from the Plains
    You better run, better run, before the dust comes
    All the citizens move away from the Plains
    You better run, better run, outrun the dust
    All the citizens move away from the Plains
    You better run, better run, before the dust comes
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Комментарии • 72

  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat  6 лет назад +40

    Ok, I know I don't do parody songs very often, but lately it seems like a lot of my subscribers have really not seemed to like them. How do you feel about these parody songs? Be honest.

    • @aaronphilip8785
      @aaronphilip8785 6 лет назад +9

      Is there some kind of perverse irony to the fact that they don't rhyme? I would like them so much more if your lyrics rhymed. Other than that, your SCOTUS briefs and election recaps are wonderful.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  6 лет назад +11

      haha yes, I don't rhyme with this song because most of the original lyrics of this song are not rhymed

    • @aaronphilip8785
      @aaronphilip8785 6 лет назад +2

      Fair enough, although I do think that its a lost opportunity. rhyme is pleasing to the ear. I did notice that the call me maybe parody also didn't rhyme (Whereas Carlyrae's original did: crazy/maybe)
      I would say the hierarchy of pleasing lyrics is:
      1. rhymes and is clever/creative
      2. rhymes
      3. is clever/creative

    • @flamefusion8963
      @flamefusion8963 6 лет назад +1

      I rather you just teach a slideshow about the topics at hand

    • @PhilipDeLong
      @PhilipDeLong 6 лет назад +4

      I didn't enjoy "Great Migration", however this one worked better than most. There was some solid information in the lyrics and you had a better song to work with. The historical visuals were well chosen. If you have fun doing these, you should continue-- they aren't going to thrill us history buffs, but they could hook a casual viewer into learning about a specific, important topic that would otherwise make their eyes glaze over.

  • @_-.Moon.-_.
    @_-.Moon.-_. Год назад +8

    My Texas history teacher showed this to us lowkey a vibe

  • @MTLHR
    @MTLHR 6 лет назад +21

    My nerd self is screaming rn

  • @traz4658
    @traz4658 6 лет назад +7

    *1920s kid*: “I got all the topsoil”
    *Other 1920s kid*: ALL THE CITIZENS, MOVE AWAY FROM THE PLAINS, OUTRUN THE DUST

  • @wesleyorrin
    @wesleyorrin 8 дней назад

    Late to the video, its been years since I’ve seen one…but this is stellar! @iammrbeat please do more of these!

  • @LyndasDiamonds
    @LyndasDiamonds 5 лет назад +4

    This was epic

  • @bryanhattw7866
    @bryanhattw7866 2 года назад +1

    So amazing 😍

  • @havehope646
    @havehope646 Год назад +2

    Great video and song

  • @RadMad789
    @RadMad789 6 лет назад +18

    Cringy goodness. Thanks for making me smile :)

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  6 лет назад +4

      Glad I could brighten your day with my awkwardness :)

  • @siamiam
    @siamiam 6 лет назад +4

    whoa at that dust bowl , it caused a whole lot of woe

  • @shannonbeat
    @shannonbeat 6 лет назад +5

    Great job! I like your collab videos.

    • @shannonbeat
      @shannonbeat 6 лет назад +1

      Not sure about the K-State sweater at the end though. :)

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  6 лет назад +1

      +Shannon Beat Thank you Shannon Beat

  • @PlacidSine
    @PlacidSine 4 года назад +3

    I think my teacher would be uncomfortable showing this song in class

  • @stalkinghorse883
    @stalkinghorse883 6 лет назад +4

    It's my dirt! Eh-heh! No good, but it's - it's mine, all mine.

  • @rockstarsharma53
    @rockstarsharma53 6 лет назад +14

    Your singing voice is awesome
    By the way which States were affected by the Dust Bowl???

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  6 лет назад +10

      Well thank you :) I usually do some original songs, so I'm always out of comfort zone when I sing stuff from other singers.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  6 лет назад +14

      Mostly states on the Great Plains- Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, and Nebraska were the main ones

  • @pimplepoppergang9557
    @pimplepoppergang9557 6 лет назад +1

    Cool

  • @CogitoEdu
    @CogitoEdu 6 лет назад +9

    The hit at 1:19 is hilarious. I wish I had a teacher that was pro-dirt throwing :D

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  6 лет назад +4

      +Cogito - Curiosity Visualised They were way too good at hitting me with dirt :)

  • @ElectricNeedleRoom
    @ElectricNeedleRoom 6 лет назад +25

    You cleaned up the lyrics.

  • @stephaniewitmer340
    @stephaniewitmer340 4 года назад +2

    I wish my girls would've had you for a teacher!!!

  • @thedatavizdojo9653
    @thedatavizdojo9653 6 лет назад +2

    this was stupendous. *coughs on dust*

  • @nicetomoleyou4534
    @nicetomoleyou4534 6 лет назад +4

    i wish i could throw dirt at my teachers

  • @drainerkuro
    @drainerkuro 2 года назад

    this is my fav song ever u better work it Mr beat

  • @raegenvoboril7168
    @raegenvoboril7168 3 года назад +1

    When that one kid shows up to class covered in dust

  • @gabrielclayton7442
    @gabrielclayton7442 5 лет назад

    Very good, makes me want to naenae

  • @leogaming4764
    @leogaming4764 9 месяцев назад

    My nerd self happy rn

  • @ITristan
    @ITristan 6 лет назад +2

    This is why mankind exists

  • @ezloopyfries3017
    @ezloopyfries3017 5 лет назад

    I heard this last year at social studies

  • @chillblox8
    @chillblox8 4 года назад

    i played foster the people pumped up kick on roblox robeats and now my history teacher assigns this lol

  • @havehope646
    @havehope646 Год назад +1

    Spread the word of God

  • @Bryan-tk3cn
    @Bryan-tk3cn 6 лет назад

    Please compare the states Arizona and Utah

  • @tellthemborissentyou
    @tellthemborissentyou 5 лет назад +1

    I sat through all those Ken Burns episodes and I could have just watched this instead.

    • @Zeldarw104
      @Zeldarw104 5 лет назад

      Ikr! But you gotta admit Ken Burns is the (sh)it! 😂 I luv his documentaries.... 💯

  • @zigmeala
    @zigmeala 6 лет назад +1

    I have a possible idea for a video series... see what you think of it. A series entitled, "But... What If..." The videos would consist of your opinion on what you think would happen if the winner of a presidential election had actually lost to the nominee of the other party. An example would be if McCain had won the election in '08 instead of Obama, you would explain how you think the economy would have recovered, as well as how other main issues in that election would have been handled had McCain won. Could be fun for some of the close races. Just an idea that popped into my head. I hope I'm not embarrassing myself here, lol

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  6 лет назад

      +zigmeala While I'm usually not a fan of alternate history, this idea does intrigue me. Thanks for the idea. I will ponder it!

  • @electroboi6852
    @electroboi6852 6 лет назад

    My friend Jeff wants to know why

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  6 лет назад

      Because this will be stuck in my students' head for days. So the short answer is "torture."

  • @YoungEarthScienceYES
    @YoungEarthScienceYES Год назад

    Here's my version ...
    Bobby’s stuck in quicksand
    He'll look around the Earth, he won't tell you his plan
    He's got an OLD Fallacy
    Hanging out with his peers, he's an OEF* kid
    He found that dissing YES** is fun
    In his dad's day the ancient Earth sings
    And I don't even know what
    But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you
    All the other kids with their trumped up tricks
    You'd better run, better run, go fast Young One
    All the other kids with their trumped up tricks
    We'd better run, we can kick but we can’t pull it
    Daddy hawks a long age
    He gives the rocks a date - it’s an Old Earth date
    And he's bringing me a surprise
    'Cause winners date the planet and it's packed in ice***
    Earth’s waited for a long time
    With the sleight of my hand Earth Age is so much bigger
    I reason so they all forget
    And say, "Your hair's on fire, you must have lost your wits"
    *Old Earth Fallacies
    **Young Earth Science
    ***during the Ice Age
    my site: totalyouth.us/

  • @antonioclemente897
    @antonioclemente897 6 лет назад

    i wipl return my la fenice tikets this is way better BRAVISSIMO!!!

  • @treywilliams5163
    @treywilliams5163 5 лет назад

    I LIKE TO YEET AND DAB WHEN I LISTEN TO EPIC PARODDY'S FUCK

  • @COMALiteJ
    @COMALiteJ Год назад

    Wow! I didn’t realize there was a history nerd equivalent of the many political song parodists (the most well known being *Randy Rainbow)* and the science nerd channels such as *ASAPscience* (uses instruments) and *acapellascience* (as the name implies, _a cappella_ - among other things, he’s done a parody of this same source song [“Pumped-Up Kicks”] about black holes called “Puffed-Up Cores” [♪♫ All the oth-er stars with their | puffed-up cores, they bet-ter | run, bet-ter run, } out-run my pull. ♫♪[).

  • @Its_Swifi
    @Its_Swifi 2 года назад

    @Mr. Beat
    I know this is 3 years old but... In one of the comments you do say what the song lyrics are. Question why this song over this song LMAO! Even my teacher was like Yeah I don' t know why this is the song he chose but yeah.

  • @electroboi6852
    @electroboi6852 6 лет назад +1

    What did you choose that’s background is a school shooting

  • @fortissimolaud
    @fortissimolaud 6 лет назад +1

    Dorothea Lange :)

  • @MITCHY_B_2003
    @MITCHY_B_2003 5 лет назад

    Your singing voice is reminiscent of Neil young

  • @mummyneo7112
    @mummyneo7112 6 лет назад

    Mr Beat Can you do the Rosa Park supreme court case please?

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  6 лет назад

      There was no Rosa Park SC case. That was a federal case that led to the SC stepping in to declare the segregation laws in Alabama and Montgomery unconstitutional. So I don't know if that would fit into Supreme Court Briefs, but I could do a separate video about the Montgomery Bus Boycott

    • @mummyneo7112
      @mummyneo7112 6 лет назад

      Mr. Beat Okay Mr Beat.Thanks!

  • @zainthekiwi5239
    @zainthekiwi5239 5 лет назад

    Great depression era school massacre colorized

  • @teddyboragina6437
    @teddyboragina6437 6 лет назад

    why is the supreme court guy doing music

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  6 лет назад +2

      I have about 60 videos on my channel that are history song music videos. You must be new.

  • @brownmcjuggernuggets5292
    @brownmcjuggernuggets5292 6 лет назад +1

    I learned about the Dust Bowl from this but I don't really enjoy the song form with repeated lines, I prefer the information just laid out.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  6 лет назад

      +Brown McJuggerNuggets Right on