WW1 rap battle
NSFW
I made this!
B3TANs
Hope you don't mind, I posted this a few weeks ago but it was an iPlayer link that a lot of people couldn't watch or bring themselves to! It's on PooTube now and seems to be going fairly well - certainly not viral but respectable.
It's my first major filmed project and was done for the BBC's WW1 Centenary coverage. Basically they had an idea to do an Epic Rap Battles/ Horrible Histories type thing to explain the origins of WW1 and get some younger people interested. Dan Snow's company Ballista Media had been chosen to make it and I got involved, and ended up co-writing the thing and composing / performing all the music. Oh and I did George V's voice as well.
Sorry again for the repost and the hint of spamcuntery. The Daily Mail were offended enough to write this article. (It was in the actual paper too. Seems I was Public Enemy Number One for a days or so)
I've slapped a NSFW on because of a couple of mild swearies. "Ass, shit" etc.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2672936/Now-BBC-dumbs-WW1-foul-mouthed-rap-Factually-inaccurate-video-tells-history-Great-War-form-hip-hop-style-battle.html
(, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 13:04, Reply)
Hah!
The Daily Mail up in arms about your 'national stereotyping'
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FridgeBadger, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 13:08,
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I missed that first time round
Excellent
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kfk I get all my everything right here, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 13:11,
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Thats pretty fucking awesome.
You should be very proud!
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@RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Wed 30 Jul 2014, 13:12,
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Great stuff that! Have a click
Nice to see the rap battle alive and kicking in 2014 ;-)
(, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 13:16, Reply)
Good stuff ... that will be more of interest to many more young uns
Than a stuffy old documentary.
(, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 13:29, Reply)
It was actually quite a buzz to read a few positive YouTube comments from youngsters.
One said "Awesome, why can't we learn history like this at school?" which was nice. Mind you most of the young 'uns were going "Gay! You ripped off Epic Rap Battles!" haha
(, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 13:34, Reply)
That are da lullly!
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 13:30,
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This is really good
And I say that as a student* of war, and having recently read Margaret Macmillan's great book on the causes of WW1.
Not everything needs to be a six part narrative history or a Newsnight discussion on the war poets (like last night). There's a generation (several generations) of kids who don't know shit about the First World War, why it started and why it's important.
Anything that can explain that, be fun and, most importantly, be accurate gets a big click from me.
*Not being pompous here, actually have a worthless BA in War
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Mr Mann I love pigs, best of all the animals, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 14:00,
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Ok I get it now
Kids these days have no excuse for not knowing history when there are excellent learning resources like yours.
Well done on an excellent video.
(, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 14:00, Reply)
Excellent.
And anything that makes the Mail pissy is OK with me.
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 15:35,
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Congratulations on pissing off the Daily Heil.
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 15:49,
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Great work all round
Well done you!
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 16:23,
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Everyone was fab, I was very lucky to work with such talented folk
(, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 20:34, Reply)
Fantastic!
I work in a PRU and I'm teaching WW1 next term. I'd love to show them this as an cheeky bit of revision - they love rap battles. The fact that the Daily Mail hates it is an added bonus.
Well done, sir.
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enceladus, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 16:24,
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Great on so many levels.
Just the gramophone scratching alone...
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 18:45,
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Yeah the gramaphones were a lovely touch, they were the director's idea. Simon Balch, he a genius.
(, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 20:35, Reply)
"attempt to court popularity with a streetwise audience" erm....yes. Why is that a bad thing? The Mail believes that only non-streetwise (?) people should be educated?
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Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Fri 1 Aug 2014, 18:55,
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