All Star cover in Classical Latin (BARDCORE\Medieval Style) Original by Smash Mouth

The real reason Hadrian built the wall was to stop Roman expansion as he knew he did not want anyone to trespass into somebody's SWAMP! This decision delayed the collapse of the Western Roman Empire by a few centuries.

When I saw Shrek as a kid, I was totally blown away because I had never experienced something like it before, coupled with Smash Mouth's Allstar which made it all the more memorable and special. So yeah, wanted to do this song before all the Shrek fans die out haha.

I'm back baby! Expect another bardcore soon. Will be doing more regular uploads now. Sorry for the long delays, It has been a rough year for me with many problems that required my attention and time. But I have triumphed over them and now will be dedicated to continuing with my work. Thank you so much for all the love and support folks and see ya on the next one.

A big big shoutout to all the people who helped me with this cover,

Daniele Tonelli for the translation and training. As always, a pleasure to be working with you, hope to see you back again on this channel soon.

@stantough As always, for the amazing instrumentals, my covers would never sound as good without your sublime tunes :)

tidestudioind for the amazing mixing and mastering, It has been a joy ever since I started using your services. If you want to get your music mixed and mastered by a master, I highly recommend his services on fiverr:

To Rakshit and Katha Ras Studios in New Delhi where I recorded the vocals of this song.

And lastly, to my friend Dheeraj Basumatary for the really kickass art for this video, I hope to have you grace my channel again with your wonderful artworks.

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Lyrics:

Olim aliquis mi dixit,
fati rapturi sunt me,
non sum acutior gladius in harena.
Me reiciebat sine verbo,
statim pollice verso
putares Caesarem in spectaculo.

Anni veniunt et continuo veniunt,
mores stringunt sed non impediunt,
stultum non vivi ad delectandum
prudentior fio, at ineptus vocandus.
multa facienda, multa spectanda,
ergo semitae sunt non vitandae.
Non cognosces si non iveris,
Non lucebis, si non nitueris.

Hercle, tu es victor,
i et accipe palmam,
Hercle, es imperator,
i et accipe triumphum.
Omnia micantia aurum.
Caudata sidera devertunt mala tempora.

Frigidus locus et, aiunt, frigidior,
es vinctus, eo peius, quo adultior,
sed augures volunt differre:
aiunt unam hirundinem facere ver.
Ambulamus gelu tabescens,
Mare incaluit, vide me natantem.
Meus mundus fervet, qualis est tuus?
Mi placet et id numquam fastidiam!

Hercle, tu es victor,
i et accipe palmam,
Hercle, es imperator,
i et accipe triumphum.
Omnia micantia aurum.
Caudata sidera devertunt mala tempora.

Hercle, tu es victor,
i et accipe palmam,
Hercle, es imperator,
i et accipe triumphum.
Omnia micantia aurum.
Caudata sidera…

Olim aliquis caballum
petivit qui esset firmum.
“Ipse valde volo fugere hinc.”
Dixi “Ego quoque!
Volo firmum caballum ipse.”
Animum et caelum muta, age!

Anni veniunt et continuo veniunt,
mores stringunt sed non impediunt,
stultum non vivi ad delectandum
prudentior fio, at ineptus vocandus.
multa facienda, multa spectanda,
ergo semitae sunt non vitandae.
Non cognosces si non iveris,
Non lucebis, si non nitueris.

Hercle, tu es victor,
i et accipe palmam,
Hercle, es imperator,
i et accipe triumphum.
Omnia micantia aurum.
Caudata sidera devertunt mala tempora.

#bardcore #medieval #romanempire #shrek #allstar #smashmouth

[ln]

I love the way the lyrics are "localized" to Rome rather than directly translated verbatim.

[HistoricaHungarica]

“How many times do you think of the Dreamworks Empire a day?”

[spartanhawk]

Using "Heracles" is genuinely hilarious if you know how the Romans viewed him as a myth. Dude was basically seen as a superhero in Rome.

[youraveragetemplar]

This is the story of Shrekius the gaul and his quest to stop the patrician Farquaadius.

[fatcat]

I love that the translation even goes as far as to avoid common modern idioms like 'break the mold.' A less-skilled translator wouldn't even consider changing it entirely.

[OpDDay]

I did not know I needed Shrek in woad, but here we are...

[MartianDill]

we're sieging Carthage with this one🗣🔥

[FinnthViking]

We're making it out the Teutoburg Forest with this one

[FablesTold]

"One swallow doesn't make a spring" is legit a fantastic phrase and I'm going to start to use it irl post haste.

[IowanMatthew]

Anyone else just now realize the brilliance of depicting Shrek as a Pict here, considering he's Scottish?

[gazeboist]

Great job by Tonelli. I love these freer translations; so much cooler to see cultural references and conceptual parallels that the language's native speakers might have gone for, rather than just a word-by-word translation.

[goleogthais]

"Vade ex silvam meam!" - Arminius, probably

[alecity]

I was specting it to be in Gaelic or Middle Irish but this is good too.

[Del_S]

Obligatory reminder All Star originally was tied into the movie Mystery Men, which is an underrated superhero parody film basically no one saw because it landed in an awkward post Batman and Robin spot, and before X-Men.

[GalactikEdits]

Shreccus Maximus I was the greatest ogreman emperor, as he solved a famine by discovering that onions have layers.

[jessabun]

My three year old is obsessed with All Star right now, I’m very excited to introduce him to this version

[totallyinnocent]

DnD is going to be interesting when this comes up in the playlist...

[psyduckrules]

I may not know Latin professionally, but coupled with with the subtitles, I know it well enough to tell that this was professionally done by somebody that actually studied Latin and knows how to pronounce the words right.

[cnawan]

Thanks for making these vids. They go a long way to making the language feel alive, rather than some stilted phrases in a book. 5 minutes of bopping along and Latin feels no stranger than Portuguese to my ear. :)

[ivansolodyankin]

100% better than any AI could ever do, glad that there's still place on youtube where real skill and passion for music is alive.