"Racing on a courser and clad in gleaming mail. I shall answer none but he who bringeth me the grail." I cannot emphasise enough how genius these lyrics are!
For the longest time I wondered what made her medieval covers so special, and it's because she makes the songs so much her own, she doesn't just add a "thou" in with a few violins, she cleverly rewrites the line and instruments but she keeps the original meaning and improves them!
Fun fact, back in the days of Shakespeare, wit referred to a man's member. So "a wit that will thrill and excite" takes on a whole new level of meaning 😂
It's been years that the Fairy Godmother's version has been the best cover of this song. And after such a long time... It seems like it has finally met a worthy opponent.
"I shall answer none but he who bringeth me the Grail." This is why earlier she was looking for Gawain or Galahad, both Grail Knights depending on your source. Hildegard von Blingin: Come for the tunes, stay for the medieval memes.
She's gonna wait a while, answering to none. Actually finding the Grail ends in two ways, Arthurian-legend-wise: - getting fireballed into many weeks of recovery from your crippling wounds, should you prove unworthy - getting ascended straight into Heaven, body and Grail and all, otherwise So, bottom line... for this to happen to you, you have to be in Heaven already, which in her case has "dead" as a prerequisite! Still, good line
Mayhaps someone who is perfect, a pure paragon? Someone who, perchance, thou could ask any Tom, Dick or Stanley and they'd relay to thee whose team they would prefer to be on?
"I need a hero!" they cry mournfully, as they literally steal a knight's sword and shield and hitch a ride on a dragon, after surviving a journey worthy of song. Ladies, thou wert the heroes all along.
There’s something about your songs that make me giggle like a child at how cleverly you translate the lyrics to an old English style while simultaneously making me want to weep at the new weight the words carry in these versions. Your songs make me feel conflicted and I absolutely love it. Thank you.
Thank you, that is so sweet of you to say. 😂🙏 This one in particular was fun because Whitney and got to actually collaborate on the lyrics instead of it being me locked in a turret scratching my head for hours.
@@mitchellslate1249 Feel free to correct me is a polite way of expressing, I'm not entirely sure of my claim. If you don't understand its meaning, you have a serious lack of social skills.
Algor Rhythm is definitely a demon. Or a lich. If he was ever anything like a man all humanity has long since fled in the face of fae moods and inhuman logic.
I had thought to cast mine words into the voids of uncaring winds- never to be heard again by human mind. Yet I find that lady fate hath smil'd upon me. I thank ye; all that would pay pilgrimage to my prayer, and lend to them the nudge of your own attention. You have lent your power to this endeavor, and this victory is yours as much as mine. Prithee tell: have ye latch'd upon my words for the cadence of days lost, or the sentiment which I anticipated to fade into anonymity? Would ye have peaked such interest if I had said "commenting for the algorithm", as I nearly did indeed write? I feel as an imposter: I know not how words would be spoken so long ago- the difference between "hast" vs "have", "shall" vs "shalt", and many more elude me. Tis fun, and of much humor, to speak in such a manner, but does it not get tiresome to ye? I eagerly await your answers.
Me: Oh boy! Hildegard posted! Can't wait to see a funny medieval painting **Painting starts moving** Me: **spits out Mead and immediately calls the inquisition for witchcraft**
**starts writing medical treatise to justify the magic as natural to save the music** "It doth cure thy lonliness and thy Melancholy, which bringeth upon the temptation of the Devil, and hath set thyself to giving in, forsooth forsaking the Faith of thee in the blessings of the Sacrements..."
The Chaucer line was brilliant, but the last set of lyrics - "A knight, not a pawn, a true paragon, with armor and eyes shining bright", that's probably my favorite out of the whole tune. Buy I need to listen to it five or six more times to be sure.
Just when I thought Bardcore was dying, what with people mostly being back to work etc etc, the patron saint of the genre brings it once again to entirely new heights! Praise and blessings, my lady(s), praise and blessings eternal.
My issue with bardcore is most of it is surface level... "Let's just take a pop song and redo it with instruments" It doesn't sound like medieval music, it just sounds like a pop song done with weird instruments like "hey guys I redid the amogus theme with a kazoo". Music from this era was supposed to last and tell a story... But bardcore for the most part might as well be redoing songs like WAP or some shit ruining the feel Much of the genre is quite awful to listen to ngl...
@@elgatochurro And that's why I only listen to Hildegard's covers: she puts effort in making the covers feel authentic by modifying the lyrics to fit into medieval times both in orthography (like changing "you" with "thou") and in contents (like changing "dress" with "surcoat" in "Summertime Sadness")
Ok I expected the bardcore usual, just pure instrumental magic, but the incredible voice talent, lyric changes, and animation thrown in to boot? Wow. Wow. Wow.
@cowchipsbotme The first bardcore channel is Algal The Bard as far as I know. His System of a Down cover dates back to 2018. Both pioneers and very good channels though
I love the last bit, "A Knight, not a pawn; a true paragon with with armour and eyes shining bright - I need a hero!" And then the ladies were like, "Screw it. Let's be heroines ourselves and ride on the back of a dragon armed with a shield and sword!"
I feel bad for the knight because he looks like he returned from battle victorious only for the two maidens to take his sword and shield and stands there looking on.
And for that matter, I'd like to think that the dragon that the knight was fighting was actually the damsel's pet, trying to protect her from an intruder. And then add the damsel rushing the knight, armed with a mace to protect her dragon.
@@Sam-lb8xs In some interpretations that I have seen (and I am not sure whether this is correct or not) the dragon in medieval frescas (especially the one slain by saints) symbolyses female sexuality and sex drive, and how it should be slain for the betterment of the godly christian world, lol. So, the singers flying away on the dragon could symbolise them taking control over their own sexuality, if you chose to believe the above interpretation.
"Up where the dragons glide near heaven above Out on a storm tossed odyssey verily doth saintly champion ride toward me!" This gives me chills every time. The delivery of this lyrical poetry is just so damn good! ❤
As a medieval historian and fan since the beginning: You guys CRUSHED IT, this is so cool! :D The song is amazing as usual and I ADORE the manuscript inspired music video, it's so creative, huge props to everyone involved!
I can't get over how much I love this song. The original feels empowering, but this brings it to a level that is simply transcendent, to put it mildly. This song builds,. then bursts from your chest like the valkyries summoned to war. I wish it were longer.
My lords, my ladies, and everybody else here not sitting on a cushion! Today... today, you find yourselves equals. For you are all equally blessed. For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure of introducing to you to a knight, sired by knights. A knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne. I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem, praying to God, asking his forgiveness for the Saracen blood spilt by his sword. Next, he amazed me still further in Italy when he saved a fatherless beauty from the would-be ravishing of her dreadful Turkish uncle. In Greece he spent a year in silence just to better understand the sound of a whisper. And so without further gilding the lily and with no more ado, I give to you, the seeker of serenity, the protector of Italian virginity, the enforcer of our Lord God, the one, the only, Sir Ulllrrrich von Lichtenstein!
B R O this is so perfect for my D&D game we literally have a character named HIRO and we always play Holding out for a Hero when he does funny stuff THIS IS SO PERFECT. I love this so much
Holding Out for a Hero has been my favourite song since I heard it during the climax of Short Circuit 2, many *many* years ago now. Every cover has something I love about it, it's just an amazing song. This bardcore cover is no different, it's awesome 😁 and the animations were really neat too!
In addition to the cleverness of the lyrics, the beauty of the animation, and the great instrumentation and singing, I love the fact that the ladies turn out to be their own heroes by the end of the video. Really nice storytelling.
yes..yes..yes... approved by feminists and modern society. cant have those evil men being heros for a woman. yes we got it, u are independent etc etc. if u preacehd this stuff 50 years ago, i would get it but now it seems naive and juvenile.
I've loved Holding Out For A Hero ever since Shrek 2, and have several covers of it. I quite enjoyed your medieval bardic take on it. Especially that you changed the lyrics to fit the style and they work really well.
This also makes want bardcore covers of songs from musicals. (Because: Blank Space makes me think of Death Note, Death Note has a musical version (Wildhorn), some musicals (I think) could be improved on by way of bardcore.)
Twang Twang He Shot Me Down I think it would really suit her slightly melancholy voice. I don't know if you take requests, certainly you shouldn't from non-paying TH-cam randoms... 'Tis just my tuppence
Sound the bells, for our Queen has returned from her quest of forging the finest ballads a lowly peasant such as ourselves can be graced with!! Long live Hildegard!!
One of the best reinterpretations of this awesome song. The text, the voices and animations are all awesome. Stumbled upon this gem by pure luck and I'm so very happy I did. Thank you!
Listening to this again and I can't believe I didn't mention this before, but Lady von Blingin's silky muse voice paired with Ms Avalon's semi-dominant warrior-angel vibrato just **sighs** it sounds as if this collab is blessed my Saint Cecilia herself
After listening to the original song, I'm convinced that this rendition is superior, especially with the references to Galahad, Gawain, Chaucer, and the like... and just its enchanting delivery.
How can I convey my awe at the voices, the lyrics, and the animation combined? I cannot, emotions overwhelm me. You made a story, one to relisten to and re-watch. I admire how much effort was put into this, I could never made something so great. I'll settle for my menial craft and the privlidge to hear and see this art.
Each new offering of yours is more delightful than the last and this one was by far the best yet. The comment about Chaucer, the animation, the lyrics... all of it pure gold. And Whitney collaborating is just icing on a many-layered cake. Huzzah to you ladies!
I’ve been teaching middle school students about the medieval period and I’ve been playing one of these songs for them before every class, they then have to guess which song it is. I can’t wait to show them this next class. Awesome work.
I love that, even when the lyrics seem to be about finding a man, these 2 ladies seem quite fine going through several hardships and in the end have their own dragon steed :D
That duet is the most sublime thing that I heard in a while. One voice soft and crystal clear, while the other warm and strong... Ah! Good job, Hildegard and Whitney. I do look forward to hearing your future collaborations 🌚
It's brilliant how, rather than going all-out on every line, the choice to subdue some of the lines is brilliant. It allows the lyrics so much room to breath, rather than belting them all together. There's a place for that, even in this song, which is exactly what happens with the line 'Up where the dragons glide near heaven above', but at that point, the song has more than earned the heroics.
"Could I but afford my very own sword, I would not require his might." Followed by them robbing a knight and escaping into the distance aboard a dragon is 😘👌🏻
The details in the animation are brilliant! Case in point: "Through the wind and the chill and the rain The plague and the flood" -the fair damsels pass through the horde of rats and develop spots on their faces.
Had a similar experience this year. Was lucky enough to do Telling Tales after it as well, which is a modern inspiration of the Canterbury Tales thats pretty good as well.
The way your voices harmonize in the background, it was enchanting and mystical like sirens from mythology. Also the way the lyrics were rewritten, making you guys sound like oracles for heroes destined for greatness.
I know its been six months, I still love your music a lot and wish you made more song but! I started college today an in one of the book chapters of assigned reading at the bottom I saw this quote "DARE TO DECLARE WHO YOU ARE. IT IS NOT FAR FROM THE SHORES OF SILENCE TO THE BOUNDARIES OF SPEECH. THE PATH IS NOT LONG, BUT THE WAY IS DEEP. YOU MUST NOT ONLY WALK THERE, YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO LEAP. Hildegard Von Bingen" I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS A REAL PERSON! Needless to say I was very pleased by this.
Just the other day I was thinking about how long it’s been since your last video, and now I understand why it took so long! The animations in this are amazing and gorgeous! The musical arrangement and modified lyrics are, as always, so very well done. I fall in love with von Blingin’s voice every time I hear it, and that love burns hotter and more brightly with each song. Thank you for your high quality cover, and I applaud your ambitions to make each video better than the last.
'Twas pure joy to work with you on this, Hildegard! You’re a badass musician with the voice of an angel. Keep on blingin’!
Same to you Whitney! I don't think I'll ever get tired of watching little animated you pop out of the grail mid-belt!
u guys are amazing
*video is posted 10 minutes ago
*Comment from 9 hours ago
*EVIL SOURCERY*
@@Hildegardvonblingin Singing loudly is truly my natural state. :) Preferably while popping out of holy relics.
@@Hildegardvonblingin Gave me Monty Python and the Holy Grail vibes
13th century: illuminated manuscripts
21st century: *animated* manuscripts
BERNADETTE! Would you ever collab with Lady von Bingen?
*Y e s*
Yesyesyyeysye
YESSS
Lady Bangin’ Banner surely you will 😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
"Racing on a courser and clad in gleaming mail. I shall answer none but he who bringeth me the grail." I cannot emphasise enough how genius these lyrics are!
Thou hast, once more, raised the game 🙏
Thou hast. At least try to make it woro under a video that does it get it right.
@@Balequalm what is 'woro' ? ;)
Thank you! 🙏♥️
'Tis marvelous indeed
Don't you mean, raised the 'bard'? 😁
For the longest time I wondered what made her medieval covers so special, and it's because she makes the songs so much her own, she doesn't just add a "thou" in with a few violins, she cleverly rewrites the line and instruments but she keeps the original meaning and improves them!
So kind of you to say, thank you! A lot of thought goes into each one and I do try to add at least a dash of something new. ♥️
"A _KNIGHT,_ not a pawn; a true paragon"
Hot damn, that's a good line.
As they jump onto the back of a dragon....
Aaaand my surname literally means pawn in my language. :(
@@lordmarcusrax You can always legally change your name if you wanted, there's always hope to be the man you wanna be brother 🤝🏽
@@RaijinGod-Indra Or I can reach the other end of the chessboard and become a knight. Or even a queen, if I feel adventurous.
@@lordmarcusrax The queen part would require more thorough thought, definitely a dangerous path to walk but if it is what you truly want, go for it.
“A man of whom Chaucer would write” is a BRILLIANT LINE
Thank you! I was thinking "at least a few people will chuckle at this".
@@Hildegardvonblingin dare I say it was a line worthy of the jester Wyrd Alfred of the family Yankovic!
@@Hildegardvonblingin I loved that line! Genius,. 🍸😍💖
Agreed. I absolutely loved that one. Best line of a song full of great new lines. XD
@@rosebyanyname Hahaha, you absolutely get my style of humour.
Them - "Covers are never as good as the original."
Me - *Scoff* "Has thee never heard of fair lady Hildegard Von Blingn'?"
I like Gregorian's cover of "Heaven is A Place on Earth" better than Belinda Carlisle's original...
@@sagemcallister4822 *Havffsted þeeouiouoieauoiaaaeoiu
hath
Fun fact, back in the days of Shakespeare, wit referred to a man's member. So "a wit that will thrill and excite" takes on a whole new level of meaning 😂
In the hungarian version the lirycs aee just he must be good in the bed🤗
Yes, madam, that is in fact, my sword and I'm happy to see you - Random Knight, probably
A sharp wit sounds really painful.
This revelation is paramount.
Taking that into account, how do you interpret
"If I could afford/
My very own sword/
I would not require his might"?
Can we talk about how great the visuals have gotten?!
Thank you! I owe this video all to the team at OOF Animation who painstakingly brought the video to life.
You're so welcome! I love to see how far you have come! The sound, the quality, absolutely stunning!
We cannot talk about it. It is not allowed.
Not until we first speak of the incredible lyrics, which we shall do forthwith.
@@Hildegardvonblingin The animation really raised it to an elite level! Do they have a dedicated site or TH-cam channel we can visit?
"I can feel his approach like a fire in my blood"
"Fetch the leeches!"
Underrated comment 😂😂😂
Dying … 🤣🤣🤣
@@kurtisburtis Dying you say? Then it must be an issue with the humours! FETCH THE LEECHES!
@@utubrGaming there are ghosts in his blood.
D E A D 💀💀
It's been years that the Fairy Godmother's version has been the best cover of this song. And after such a long time... It seems like it has finally met a worthy opponent.
When Caleb Hyles exists? 🤔
@@NetherStray or Annapantsu 😩
This one is in an entire different genre to me.
Godmother will always be top tier, but this one fights for a different throne.
@@jadecoolness101 technically both are set in a medieval era... One is pure fantasy and this one is semi-fantasy.
Agreed. Loved Shrek just for that rendition. This one makes my heart flutter!
3:14 the way the ladies looked back at the knight they robbed and ditched when they sang "a knight, not a PAWN" get a good chuckle outta me 😂
HISTORICALLY ACCURATE SHREK
IKR??!?!
Not the gumdrop buttons!
MORE HEAT. LESS FOAM.
My fav Shrek 😂
Came here to ctrl+f this comment.
"I shall answer none but he who bringeth me the Grail." This is why earlier she was looking for Gawain or Galahad, both Grail Knights depending on your source. Hildegard von Blingin: Come for the tunes, stay for the medieval memes.
Also a very good cultural translation of the superman line.
@@aquila4460 Especially when you take into account the fact that traditionally, Gawain draws strength from the Sun.
She's gonna wait a while, answering to none. Actually finding the Grail ends in two ways, Arthurian-legend-wise:
- getting fireballed into many weeks of recovery from your crippling wounds, should you prove unworthy
- getting ascended straight into Heaven, body and Grail and all, otherwise
So, bottom line... for this to happen to you, you have to be in Heaven already, which in her case has "dead" as a prerequisite! Still, good line
@@abdulmasaiev9024 Which is why they're reaching out from somewhere just beyond the veil, I guess :P
_The Ballad of Sir John Quinque_
"A knight, not a pawn, a true paragon" is a fantastic line of which this has MANY
Mayhaps someone who is perfect, a pure paragon? Someone who, perchance, thou could ask any Tom, Dick or Stanley and they'd relay to thee whose team they would prefer to be on?
@@TheIronFridge Did a fridge just quote medieval Gaston to me??????
Yes! That was my favorite!
Ikr?! It's just so rhythmic to say out loud!
555th like pog
"Could I but afford my very own sword I would not require his might". That is amazing.
"I need a hero!" they cry mournfully, as they literally steal a knight's sword and shield and hitch a ride on a dragon, after surviving a journey worthy of song. Ladies, thou wert the heroes all along.
@@thatotherted thank you for the correction, I always forget that 'ye' is plural ;n;
@@thatotherted
I never knew it to begin with, that is nice to know.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Why do they NEED a hero? They seem to be doing a pretty damn good job by themselves.
@@niallblack2794 the true hero was the (girl)friends they became on the way
@@michaelreed7881 "and they were roommates!" 😱
There’s something about your songs that make me giggle like a child at how cleverly you translate the lyrics to an old English style while simultaneously making me want to weep at the new weight the words carry in these versions. Your songs make me feel conflicted and I absolutely love it. Thank you.
UMMMM ACTLUALLUYHDHF this is early modern English.
@@atheniansoldier811 old timey speak.
@@foxtoxic9722 Yes, ye old speak
Couldn’t have put it better myself!
Thank you, that is so sweet of you to say. 😂🙏 This one in particular was fun because Whitney and got to actually collaborate on the lyrics instead of it being me locked in a turret scratching my head for hours.
"There's nothing better than the Shrek version of Holding Out for a Hero"
Hildegard von Blingin': "Will thou holdest my ale!!!"
This should have been in Shrek!
They would also likely have had beer. So "boldest/ith my beer" would actually work."
@@Estarile I’m not an expert, but I believe ale is a type of beer. Anyone feel free to correct me if i’m wrong.
@@davidento9611 Wait, I am free to correct you, even if I am wrong, or there is still a three shilling charge in this pseudocorrection?
@@mitchellslate1249 Feel free to correct me is a polite way of expressing, I'm not entirely sure of my claim.
If you don't understand its meaning, you have a serious lack of social skills.
"A man of whom Chaucer will write"
"fetch the leeches"
Listening to this, (literally) chillin' inside my chambers and I'm dying here, amazing job.
Here I giveth words to that most mysterious of sorcerers: Algor Rhythm. May he bless this song to be heard throughout the lands and for all time!
Lmao you win the comment section
Algor Rhythm is definitely a demon. Or a lich. If he was ever anything like a man all humanity has long since fled in the face of fae moods and inhuman logic.
Praise be to Lord Rhythm! He who is master of coin and fate!
I had thought to cast mine words into the voids of uncaring winds- never to be heard again by human mind. Yet I find that lady fate hath smil'd upon me.
I thank ye; all that would pay pilgrimage to my prayer, and lend to them the nudge of your own attention. You have lent your power to this endeavor, and this victory is yours as much as mine.
Prithee tell: have ye latch'd upon my words for the cadence of days lost, or the sentiment which I anticipated to fade into anonymity? Would ye have peaked such interest if I had said "commenting for the algorithm", as I nearly did indeed write? I feel as an imposter: I know not how words would be spoken so long ago- the difference between "hast" vs "have", "shall" vs "shalt", and many more elude me. Tis fun, and of much humor, to speak in such a manner, but does it not get tiresome to ye? I eagerly await your answers.
I must admit I ever heard of him but as a Sarracen.
Al-Gorithm.
Me: Oh boy! Hildegard posted! Can't wait to see a funny medieval painting
**Painting starts moving**
Me: **spits out Mead and immediately calls the inquisition for witchcraft**
**starts gathering small sticks and dry grass for the tinder**
**starts writing medical treatise to justify the magic as natural to save the music** "It doth cure thy lonliness and thy Melancholy, which bringeth upon the temptation of the Devil, and hath set thyself to giving in, forsooth forsaking the Faith of thee in the blessings of the Sacrements..."
*gasp*
@@mitchellslate1249 "How compelling, now place your head on the stump please"
Thy snakes have been caught by thee
The Chaucer line was brilliant, but the last set of lyrics - "A knight, not a pawn, a true paragon, with armor and eyes shining bright", that's probably my favorite out of the whole tune.
Buy I need to listen to it five or six more times to be sure.
I want to like this comment... but that would break the 100 likes it has. it is a comment worth 100 likes, I agree 100%
HARK, THESE MAIDENS VOICES ARE THUS SO PURE AND CLEAR, THE VERY SCRIPTURES COMETH TO LIFE!!!!!
TRUELY BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Just when I thought Bardcore was dying, what with people mostly being back to work etc etc, the patron saint of the genre brings it once again to entirely new heights! Praise and blessings, my lady(s), praise and blessings eternal.
My issue with bardcore is most of it is surface level... "Let's just take a pop song and redo it with instruments"
It doesn't sound like medieval music, it just sounds like a pop song done with weird instruments like "hey guys I redid the amogus theme with a kazoo".
Music from this era was supposed to last and tell a story... But bardcore for the most part might as well be redoing songs like WAP or some shit ruining the feel
Much of the genre is quite awful to listen to ngl...
@@elgatochurro my good sir, byeeeeee
@@firiel2366 ?
@@elgatochurro it means 'i ain't got time for this, bai'.
@@elgatochurro And that's why I only listen to Hildegard's covers: she puts effort in making the covers feel authentic by modifying the lyrics to fit into medieval times both in orthography (like changing "you" with "thou") and in contents (like changing "dress" with "surcoat" in "Summertime Sadness")
Ok I expected the bardcore usual, just pure instrumental magic, but the incredible voice talent, lyric changes, and animation thrown in to boot? Wow. Wow. Wow.
I agree 💯😊
@cowchipsbotme The first bardcore channel is Algal The Bard as far as I know. His System of a Down cover dates back to 2018. Both pioneers and very good channels though
@@hydrogen2187 Don't forget Cornelius Link who seemed to really cause bardcore to pick up steam with his instrumental covers
@@hydrogen2187 Thank you for mentioning him! I have seen him on my feed and have been so impressed by him! Now I know why.
I know, it was a nice surprise!
Heavens.
How is it possible you have improved exponentially upon perfection?
I love the last bit, "A Knight, not a pawn; a true paragon with with armour and eyes shining bright - I need a hero!" And then the ladies were like, "Screw it. Let's be heroines ourselves and ride on the back of a dragon armed with a shield and sword!"
I think this song would suit Princess Fiona in Shrek - and she outdoes all 3 of Charlie's Angels!
I feel bad for the knight because he looks like he returned from battle victorious only for the two maidens to take his sword and shield and stands there looking on.
And for that matter, I'd like to think that the dragon that the knight was fighting was actually the damsel's pet, trying to protect her from an intruder. And then add the damsel rushing the knight, armed with a mace to protect her dragon.
@@Sam-lb8xs In some interpretations that I have seen (and I am not sure whether this is correct or not) the dragon in medieval frescas (especially the one slain by saints) symbolyses female sexuality and sex drive, and how it should be slain for the betterment of the godly christian world, lol. So, the singers flying away on the dragon could symbolise them taking control over their own sexuality, if you chose to believe the above interpretation.
@@TheGamer2001 I've definitely heard that interpretation, and I gladly endorse these ladies taking back what is rightfully theirs.
The return of the queen
Nay, the return of empress.
ALL HAIL!!
Long live! 👑
Lady of the Rings? :)
I clicked on this thinking it was joke…
It has never felt so good to be so wrong. We don’t even deserve a masterpiece such as this.
Return to the light side of the force, we need a hero!
Why is Darth Vader listening to medieval music? 😂 What is this sorcery?!
The force was with him.
Do you have headphones inside your helmet?
VADER? qu'est-ce que fuck?
The high note sung while emerging from the grail is pure medieval camp.
"Up where the dragons glide near heaven above
Out on a storm tossed odyssey
verily doth saintly champion ride toward me!"
This gives me chills every time. The delivery of this lyrical poetry is just so damn good! ❤
This was animated by a craftsman who cares deeply about their craft and it shows.
When quality is so prioritized, it really amazes. I couldn’t agree more. My hats off to the animator, this is a masterpiece.
Thy hundreth applaude
The animation elevated this to a whole new level, actual game changer! Loved every second of this!
Thank you so much good sir!
Right?! I was like oh please please let this end how I’m imagining it and it did!! Literally could not be more thrilled.
This is divine. The rewritten lyrics are stunningly good.
The animation is such a sweet surprise! Didn't know I needed this so much, thank you! 😊
As a medieval historian and fan since the beginning: You guys CRUSHED IT, this is so cool! :D The song is amazing as usual and I ADORE the manuscript inspired music video, it's so creative, huge props to everyone involved!
Ah!!! Thank you!! 🥰
By the Gods, A true masterpiece! Hats off to everyone involved with the making of this banger 🖤
It is very good, but I have to say that "The Girl from Ganymede" still pops into my head from time to time...
@@Brigand231 ❤❤❤
By the Gods!?! What kind of pagan tomfoolery is this?
@@Extinctanimals22 ignore him, he's probably a Baltic.
A new Saga for A new age and Chadian world, filled with love and compassion for everyone, under all meta and context.
I can't get over how much I love this song. The original feels empowering, but this brings it to a level that is simply transcendent, to put it mildly. This song builds,. then bursts from your chest like the valkyries summoned to war. I wish it were longer.
“A man of whom Chaucer will write.” Now that’s a hero.
Either a hero or a dork - probably no middle ground.
My lords, my ladies, and everybody else here not sitting on a cushion! Today... today, you find yourselves equals. For you are all equally blessed. For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure of introducing to you to a knight, sired by knights. A knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne. I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem, praying to God, asking his forgiveness for the Saracen blood spilt by his sword. Next, he amazed me still further in Italy when he saved a fatherless beauty from the would-be ravishing of her dreadful Turkish uncle. In Greece he spent a year in silence just to better understand the sound of a whisper. And so without further gilding the lily and with no more ado, I give to you, the seeker of serenity, the protector of Italian virginity, the enforcer of our Lord God, the one, the only, Sir Ulllrrrich von Lichtenstein!
@@mikewaters2126 _AND THE CROWD GOES _*_INSANE!_*
or a hilarious sex-pervert.
Chaucer, meanwhile: _Let itte behoove Thee, extendeth yon Eares and heareth yon The Taleth of A Baker of the Manie Fartes..._
B R O this is so perfect for my D&D game we literally have a character named HIRO and we always play Holding out for a Hero when he does funny stuff THIS IS SO PERFECT. I love this so much
Yesss! I wish you many 20s!
You have my sword! Ladies, this was an utter delight: your voices, the lyrics, the arrangement, the visualisation - verily, you've outdone yourselves!
Thank you kindly, Maid Marion! (Sorry, I couldn't resist)
@@Hildegardvonblingin 'tis fine, I've learned to live with the association. :)
@@AfonNoria I can imagine! But truly thank you for your comment. It made my day!
This was not a cover - this was a UPGRADE!!
You have my sword, my queen
And my axe!
And my bow
And my armour
And my trampoline!
... Wrong posse?
And my emotional support!
From original to Shrek 2 to here: this song just keeps getting done better!
I heard a modern cover of this medieval classic; didn't even come close
LOL
😄😄 Excellent!
Holding Out for a Hero has been my favourite song since I heard it during the climax of Short Circuit 2, many *many* years ago now. Every cover has something I love about it, it's just an amazing song.
This bardcore cover is no different, it's awesome 😁 and the animations were really neat too!
This is incredible, the words, arrangement and even the animation, just perfect! ❤️
I agree, this is excellent! 10 out of 10! It had me in tears.
Thanks so much!! 🥳
0:45 I'M DYING the way they just ran like "ok sis let's find you a hewoo "
"Where is gallant Gallahad..."
*Meanwhile, at certain bridge not too far away:*
"What... is your favorite color?"
"Blue! No..."
**Fading scream**
He was nearly not gallant or pure at Castle Anthrax (not a very nice name)
This has so many intricate historical references, right down to placing accents on pronounced "e"s like they used to do! Incredible in every way!
I don't need a hero, I need a friend to sing, dance and adventure with like these two ladies have. They even survived the plague together.
This was fantastic. “Fetch the leeches!” killed me.
Yeah, I saw that!
It almost killed them, too.
GORGEOUS!!!!!
Hey Onlyleigh! Awesome job with Rooster Teeth!
Gorgeous indeed, now I feel like an idiot sandwich.
Thank you Leigh! 🥰
I love how, by the end, they just decide to stop holding out and just become the heroes they need.
Really well done, lovely version of the classic!
Love your vids man!
what is this a crossover episode?
@@d512634 lol, maybe!
Ah! Sir! Please, a crossover!
Thanks so much! Love your channel! 🤩
"A man of whom Chaucer will write." That can go so many ways, most of them either raunchy or dubious. :D
Dear Sir, do you mean raunchy by the British or the American way? It's a new word for me and google give me two way different meanings 😂
@@immapokeyouwiththetruth1476 Yes.
He'll posibly kiss her nether eye and get his bottom roasted well.
@@RikFTK Prithee, I can only get so firm
Considering in the original song WHY she needs a hero, I'd say both apply.
In addition to the cleverness of the lyrics, the beauty of the animation, and the great instrumentation and singing, I love the fact that the ladies turn out to be their own heroes by the end of the video. Really nice storytelling.
Very well put!
was thinking the same! indeed!
yes..yes..yes... approved by feminists and modern society. cant have those evil men being heros for a woman. yes we got it, u are independent etc etc. if u preacehd this stuff 50 years ago, i would get it but now it seems naive and juvenile.
@@KuopioKallavesi aaaaaaaand HERE is the troll.
@@KuopioKallavesi ok boomer
I've loved Holding Out For A Hero ever since Shrek 2, and have several covers of it. I quite enjoyed your medieval bardic take on it. Especially that you changed the lyrics to fit the style and they work really well.
I was thinking about Shrek too! That was such an epic part.
I think my favourite line is
"Erelong at the witching hour
Within my revery"
Just gives me shivers
Agreed, just so good.
I love the storm-tossed Odyssey.
What does that line mean?
@@castleintheskyyy _What does that line mean?_
"Before long at midnight
In my dreams"
Haunting and just so good. Wordsmithery of the highest order.
“Blank Space” by Taylor Swift would be good for a Bardcore cover. “Magic, madness, heaven, sin,” “rose garden filled with thorns,” etc.
Yes, it's a poetic song
This also makes want bardcore covers of songs from musicals.
(Because: Blank Space makes me think of Death Note, Death Note has a musical version (Wildhorn), some musicals (I think) could be improved on by way of bardcore.)
Yes!
omg Blank Space Hildegard's version 😍
Twang Twang He Shot Me Down
I think it would really suit her slightly melancholy voice. I don't know if you take requests, certainly you shouldn't from non-paying TH-cam randoms...
'Tis just my tuppence
Sound the bells, for our Queen has returned from her quest of forging the finest ballads a lowly peasant such as ourselves can be graced with!! Long live Hildegard!!
One of the best reinterpretations of this awesome song. The text, the voices and animations are all awesome. Stumbled upon this gem by pure luck and I'm so very happy I did. Thank you!
Thank you so much for saying that! 🥰
This was outstanding in every way. The lyrics, the vocals, the composition and even the animation was a welcome surprise. Well done all around.
Listening to this again and I can't believe I didn't mention this before, but Lady von Blingin's silky muse voice paired with Ms Avalon's semi-dominant warrior-angel vibrato just **sighs** it sounds as if this collab is blessed my Saint Cecilia herself
After listening to the original song, I'm convinced that this rendition is superior, especially with the references to Galahad, Gawain, Chaucer, and the like... and just its enchanting delivery.
You... are oddly correct with all that.
I feel like after this, It Raineth Men would be an interesting one.
Seconded!
Good call! And the graphics/story-telling would be very interesting to see.
oh patron saint of bardcore, hear us.
How can I convey my awe at the voices, the lyrics, and the animation combined? I cannot, emotions overwhelm me.
You made a story, one to relisten to and re-watch.
I admire how much effort was put into this, I could never made something so great.
I'll settle for my menial craft and the privlidge to hear and see this art.
Each new offering of yours is more delightful than the last and this one was by far the best yet. The comment about Chaucer, the animation, the lyrics... all of it pure gold. And Whitney collaborating is just icing on a many-layered cake. Huzzah to you ladies!
Huzzah!
Thank you sir! 🙏🙏
Can't wait for a whole album of this to purchase.
Also, "You have my sword!"
And my axe!
And my bow!
But seriously, I have a sword if you need it.
@@katherineblackwater6717 hey! Put the axe down, buddy…..
(Reference to the mtv awards parody with Jack Black and Sarah Michelle Geller.)
And my staff
"Purchase..." You calling me?
I love the little animated ladies helping each other climb the mountain. This is exquisite.
Only 1420s kids will remember 😔
Mine own parents did get the augurer at which hour those gents hath heard me listening to what those gents hath called "devil music"
I’ve been teaching middle school students about the medieval period and I’ve been playing one of these songs for them before every class, they then have to guess which song it is. I can’t wait to show them this next class. Awesome work.
Well, this is massively impressive. You've set a new bar for your videos.
I love that, even when the lyrics seem to be about finding a man, these 2 ladies seem quite fine going through several hardships and in the end have their own dragon steed :D
Turns out the real heros were the friends they made along the way
@@AlwaysBolttheBird Specifically, the friends they made into armed, dragon-riding valkyries
Gotta have that feminist context!
Them leaping off the cliff had Thelma and Louise-vibes for me. Not sure if that was the intended reference, but cool nonetheless!
I feel like this deserves to be called its own song
Honestly what a clever and humorous way to cover modern songs into these medieval masterpieces. If i had to describe this in one word, "divine" it is.
What do you mean? This is _obviously_ the original.
That duet is the most sublime thing that I heard in a while. One voice soft and crystal clear, while the other warm and strong... Ah!
Good job, Hildegard and Whitney. I do look forward to hearing your future collaborations 🌚
I cried.
Stealing this for my DND game. A melancholy, uplifting moment.
Roll sleight of hand sir.
Roll Bravery!
If you're rolling some bardic inspiration and this isn't on your playlist, you've already failed.
It's brilliant how, rather than going all-out on every line, the choice to subdue some of the lines is brilliant. It allows the lyrics so much room to breath, rather than belting them all together. There's a place for that, even in this song, which is exactly what happens with the line 'Up where the dragons glide near heaven above', but at that point, the song has more than earned the heroics.
I'm literally speechless. A masterpiece the bards shall bequest for ages to come.
These voices are helping this day start right!!! Thank you for your hard work! Lady Whitney and Lady Hildy, you two are the best!!!
Thank you! Have a blessed day!
😊
"Could I but afford my very own sword, I would not require his might." Followed by them robbing a knight and escaping into the distance aboard a dragon is 😘👌🏻
The details in the animation are brilliant! Case in point: "Through the wind and the chill and the rain The plague and the flood" -the fair damsels pass through the horde of rats and develop spots on their faces.
Us: We need a hero
Hildegard Von Blingin' has entered the chat.
These amazing visuals heavily imply that you ladies do in fact NOT need a hero. I love it!
Whomst would have believed that the Knight Sir Shrek the Valiant would in a later age provide a novel rendition of this absolute banger 🙏
And now we need a bardcore version of "All-star"
Ummm, the video is pure gem! The song, the vocals, the music, the animation - GEM, I repeat!
“A man whom Chaucer would write”
I took a class last semester about Chaucer and it was super good!
Had a similar experience this year. Was lucky enough to do Telling Tales after it as well, which is a modern inspiration of the Canterbury Tales thats pretty good as well.
The way your voices harmonize in the background, it was enchanting and mystical like sirens from mythology. Also the way the lyrics were rewritten, making you guys sound like oracles for heroes destined for greatness.
I'd give it a 6/10. I prefer more of a bass to the song. If I can find any of the original Fame recordings with Valerie Landesberg from the specials
I know its been six months, I still love your music a lot and wish you made more song but! I started college today an in one of the book chapters of assigned reading at the bottom I saw this quote
"DARE TO DECLARE WHO YOU
ARE. IT IS NOT FAR FROM THE
SHORES OF SILENCE TO THE
BOUNDARIES OF SPEECH.
THE PATH IS NOT LONG, BUT
THE WAY IS DEEP. YOU MUST
NOT ONLY WALK THERE,
YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO LEAP.
Hildegard Von Bingen"
I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS A REAL PERSON! Needless to say I was very pleased by this.
Never gets old even on the 20th play for me! I love this instrumentation.
Just the other day I was thinking about how long it’s been since your last video, and now I understand why it took so long! The animations in this are amazing and gorgeous! The musical arrangement and modified lyrics are, as always, so very well done. I fall in love with von Blingin’s voice every time I hear it, and that love burns hotter and more brightly with each song. Thank you for your high quality cover, and I applaud your ambitions to make each video better than the last.
Many many thanks! 🙏
This is an absolute masterpiece but I was dying at "Fetch the leeches"!
Holy cannoli, I was not expecting a fully animated video, let alone a collaboration with THE Whitney Avalon!
This is absolutely amazing!
😉
most underrated music i ever heard their voices are absolute angel tier
I had seen a post about Hildegard von Bingen yesterday and was thinking it had been a while. This is brilliant! Love the cover and the animation!
Once heard this way, cannot be unheard. And the animation is frighteningly good!!
*"2021 Collaboration Of The Year"*
potential winner right here.
*Both the rendition and the nostalgic animation are on point & awesome!*
Love this music and animation. Still such priceless gem after so many years.