Did the Titanic’s Violinists keep playing while the ship sank?
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On the night of April 14th 1912, just 4 days after the Titanic had set off on its maiden voyage from the English port of Southampton, the ship struck an iceberg off the coast of south-east Canada and sank in less than three hours , with a loss of over 1,500 lives.
Wallace Hartley and his band members gallantly stayed on the deck, playing non stop music right to the very end in order to avoid panic among the many scared and bewildered passengers still onboard the sinking vessel.
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“Gentlemen...it has been a privilege playing with you tonight”
Thank you sir
hits me hard every time
The fate of this band lies on your shoulders, so whatever u do, don’t stop
I'm the uncultured one that first thought of Green Day in the simpsons movie.
May God be with us all
Titanic band members, good men they were, they played till the end.
Cheering people up to the end
Good men they were, played till the end they did
And facing their death with dignity.
They died the way they lived, as passionate musicians, God rest their souls 🙏
hidden in the sand
*Fun Fact:* The Japanese musician, Haruomi Hosono of the _Yellow Magic Orchestra_ band (the leading member), is the grandson of the only Japanese survivor of Titanic, Masabumi Hosono.
Sadly that man was made fun of beacuse it was not "honorable" that he tried to survive.
@@johnxina6327 is that japanese who dressed as women?
Was he not also the only Japanese passenger aboard the Titanic?
@@Maks_Oniszk I belive he snuck on a life boat.
Supposedly, he was dishonored for surviving and was mistaken as another Asian man who was Bangladeshi who moved everyone out of the way to survive the Titanic and was even more dishonored.
True chads never leave unfinished business, even in the face of death.
Amen
You mean lads
Amen. At least they went out on their own terms.
@@silverhawkscape2677 what do you mean are term
@@Legacy633 he means they died on their own accord and they died doing what they did best, music.
The fact that they knew they were going to die, and they still kept there cool, honestly deserves my respect, and I hope it does for you.
I guess when you accept the death is coming, there is nothing to fear anymore all that remains is that calm acceptance.
It doesn’t
And imagine them keeping their cool as passengers screamed around them nonstop! I’m a musician and I know that would be impossible for me
When the music stopped, The legend began....
Girls cry at “I’ll never let go”.
Men cry at “Gentlemen….it’s been a privilege playing with you tonight”.
Yeah that line hits like a truck
Or like a ship into an ice berg.
Legends cry when the guy hit the propeller.
@@soulassassin0g Cry from laughter maybe. Even as a kid that part made lmfao.
@@Dee-nonamnamrson8718
That's because you're a girl.
Its sad that they could've left the ship at that point, but decided to stay onboard to comfort the passengers during the sinking.
Brave people they were
@Noble Zealot1 my thoughts exactly 🤣
And just HOW could they have left the ship - when all the remaining boats were reserved for women and children?
To overcome survival instinct is very very difficult. You need very strong will to do that. Salute!
Like a fucking violin as your boat is sinking
Everyone: Scream and panicking
The Violinist: Enjoying the last playing of music before they die. (Truly respect for them)
Glad the musicians all died
@@davidbooth46ify hello internet funny man I wonder what other offensive for no reason thing you will say
@@davidbooth46ify stfu
@@davidbooth46ify who hurt you?
@@breadthatsred5815 how?
It's hard to imagine how it must've felt like coming to terms with the inevitable death in couple of hours and deciding that you're gonna go down doing what you love. Respect.
Yeah, I have a hard time coming to terms with getting needles, these guys had balls of steel
"Respect" Cringe.
@@davidbooth46ify true nonetheless
@@davidbooth46ify Yes. They deserve respect. Problem?
@@davidbooth46ify Does the edgy kid don't respect anyone?
Death: "It's time to go."
Titanic's band: "Did we play well?"
Death: "Yes." *looks around to the 1500 other people who stood with him* "You played beautifully."
perfect
😢😔
Death:...it is a long journey to make...perhaps an encore for the travel?
Lead Violinists: *smiles* "it would be my honor, sir."
@@shadowwriter329 from where did you get that quote?
@@joakimberg7897 I didn’t, I made that up on the spot after seeing the comment above. It felt right to be honest.
Gentlemen, it was an honor watching this with you tonight.
Thanks sir. It was an honor for me
It was an honor sharing 4 letters of your name as mine.
Likewise sir may we go down in history
May history remember us years from now
hey bruh it was in the morning not night bruh
i was in the french military when the costa concordia went down near the italian cost, we heard from the helicopter pilots of the italian navy and cost guard that the musicians on the ship also played while the ship was going down, playing "my heart will go on" untill they were rescued.
Damn. These musicians, man. :-O
Petit poney ? Es-tu tout gris et tout petit, petit poney ?
@@Briselance +999 points pour avoir eux la ref !
@@petitponeydu7727
Eh ouais, man ! Ancien marsouin, j'imagine ?
@OVERHAND je croit que je me rappel de toi aussi ! et oui je poste souvent dans les coms de la chaine de code rno, c'est marrant comme quoi même sur internet le monde est petit !
Imagine if they played that meme song instead 😂😂😂
Honestly that scene with the violinists hit me hard.. .
James is definitely good at getting drama to a whole other level, i watched it again after so many years and it still hit me as hard as it did the first time
thats cinema at its finest :(
6:34 what you gonna do? sink me?
Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote:
"Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?"
Me hearing that the violin was auction " It belongs in a museum!"
I was like "It belongs with the man"
I really love seeing indiana jones quotes in comments
Who cares
It does, now. It's at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It's lovely, I've seen it myself.
@@MercenaryOO7 That's what I'M saying!
I'm surprised, and saddened, to know it wasn't buried with the man....like, why WOULDN'T you do that??
Like my time in Holdfast: Nations at War, playing as the violinist, until the ship sinks, while everyone evacuates on a pinnace…
or some enemy adept sailor randomly climbs on board and thrusts his pike into your chest
🤣🤣 dude. This comment underrated AF
Today I learned Canadians say "sorry" so much that The Apology Act was passed in 2009, declaring that an apology can't be used as evidence of admission of guilt.
People would say "nobody cares" or "who asked", but I'm the one to say, that's a cool fact.
as a Canadian I can confirm we do say sorry after anything we do, even if it was good!
As a Canadian, I don’t know what’s say except; sorry. So sorry, eh. Sorry.
Meanwhile I learned before that Canada means "Settlement" or something along those lines.
huh, interesting
I'm a huge Titanic nerd eveeything about her from her construction to her demise is fascinating
Me too I am also crazy about this ship
Nice pfp
So you're a titanic nerd? Name every Titanic
Same here!
Oh, so you find all the deaths and suffering fascinating?
Playing an instrument is hard enough during normal conditions but this gentleman managed to keep calm and play in the middle of the chaos knowing their fate was already sealed
Respect 💯
Gentlemen, it has been a privilege making James Cameron's Titanic references with you today.
The replies you're going to be getting will be interesting
@@luismedina5792 making popcorn rn
@RDMrusher k
@RDMrusher I agree. Weird that modern feminism doesn't do anything about the inequality men face. They say feminism is about equality, but then only complain about women's issues.
19 hours and nothing interesting
“gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you”
Nearer my god to thee! Such a touching piece of music, Rest In Peace 😔❤️🪦
I absolutely love that music
Listen to songe d' autumn, compare them
Unpopular opinion: These guys played music to die for
: o
Unpopular Opinion: You idiot! The only iceberg for several miles and you had to hit it!
Bruh, too soon.
@Southron Reactionary damn.
Based
The scene in Titanic (1997) where the musicians play their last song is so heartbreaking and it's impossible not to cry.
To stand and still perform while everything around you falls apart is solid bravery. They now live beyond time and space.
This is truly braveness and courage of these violinist
Salute to these people.
“I guess we’re down to a quartet. Trio. Duet… _Solo…”_
Yohohoho
Dam bro that’s a sad thing to think about knowing that they played till the very end
You again?
Lmfao
Brook
Fun fact: when you hear the name of a liner like Carpathia or Lusitania that ends in “ia” it’s a Cunard line ship, and if it ends in “ic” then it’s a White Star liner
There is one exception: The Queen Mary. The legend is that the line's directors requested permission from King George V to name the ship after "Britain's greatest queen" - meaning Victoria, his grandmother - and he responded "her majesty will be delighted to hear it", meaning his wife, the Queen Consort Mary. They had no other choice...
Wow. That part of the movie “Titanic” was true. Sad none of them lived to play again
The one violinist did, he started the band Sugar Ray. You're welcome
its a privilege to play with you all
A huge amount of "Titanic" is surprisingly historically accurate. James Cameron poured a lot of work into that one. It's also the reason I got so much into history. :D
@@ouzi9122 He just wanted to crumble statues, and fly.
Rest in Peace to all casualties of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Thousands of noobs and players got infected during the sinking
@@NoobwithaBaseballBat cringe.
@@Eastwood007x *puts shotgun in mouth* I fucking hate roblox
@@NoobwithaBaseballBat kinda cringe bro
@@koinodiscoqueen I'm cringe and cancer
Rare to find people with such commitment and devotion to ones passion in the face of death.
And such a giving spirit that they not only managed to hold themselves together in the face of certain doom, but cared enough to try to comfort others with the time they had left.
After all these years the Titanic's swimming pool is still full of water.
Lol
That jokes almost as old as the titanic itself, impressive you found the ancient texts that held it.
So unoriginal.
@@c4ster.1 Shut.
@@OneAnarchistBoi communist.
Can you do a video about the Titanic's engineers? The ones who stayed down below decks to keep the power on, so everyone could see, and stay calmer. I think it would be a cool video.
They also stayed below to ensure the ship stayed level long enough to launch all the lifeboats.
Great idea except they all died. Lots of the stokers got out but the engineers stayed until the end.
@@c.j.cleveland7475 Yeah, I realized that a little while after making this comment, I just forgot about it.
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Step 1: skip the first 2 minutes
Step 2: Enjoy
The simple history incident
And they make it so you know exactly what to skip, these magnificient bastards!
Underrated comment
Thanks man.
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Captain: *goes down with the ship*
Hartley: *goes down with his violin*
2:28 Jack and Rose sitting on the bench.
Damn , nice catch
@Haziq R The Jarman his french friend
The film theorists are gonna be mad
I hope he's playing with his band in heaven
lmao
@@papaversomniferum2365 how's that funny?
Yes
@@anti-loganpaul7827 he laugh because the guy with anime pp mentioned "heaven"
Fun related fact: On May 4,1982, the HMS Sheffield sank. After the crew abandoned ship and were on the life rifts, they all started singing “Always look on the bright side of life” from Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
Reminds me of an old saying:
"The old died with deep brood, while the young perishes in laughter"
Crewman: "Only women and children in the lifeboats!"
Old bearded dude: "I identify as both"
I Bill Willamson a older bearded man Identify as a woman and a child....LIFEBOATS HERE I COME!!!
Imagine dying because of your gender, despite most of the boats only being half full
@@chaosXP3RT it's almost like being a gentleman has its obligations, along with its privileges.
@Black Box Painting don’t compare the two. Feminism wants equality whisky incels want something horrific
Wut?
These are the REAL gentlemen's death style, RIP for the musicicans
It was nice that simple history did a video on these fine fellows and also let's just take a moment to realize how improved and updated simple historys Titanic model has gotten.
The Titanic Violinists are the definition of dedication
These gents are the real MVPs! Being surrounded by all the chaos of people screaming and running around, to keep the relaxing music going strong till eventually you’ll meet your doom is courageous imo.
The band members who played in the Titanic would never be forgotten
I can imagine all great composers of History welcoming Titanic's band members at the musician's Hall of Heroes in heaven
That is a truly lovely thought. I hope you're right, they certainly deserved it. You always hear about & expect Captains bravely going down with their ships, but this was unique, & so amazing that they managed to not only hold themselves together, but actually cared enough to try to comfort others. I'm blown away by it.
❤
From Colne, Wallace's bust can be found next to the war memorial. His grave's up at the cemetery on Keighley Road, and there's a pub named after him.
Wallace Hartley fits the description of a hero. Let us also remember the other members of that band who stood alongside him that day:
- Theodore Ronald Brailey (Pianist)
- Roger Marie Bricoux (Cellist)
- John Law Hume (Violinist)
- Georges Alexandre Krins (Violinist)
- John Frederick Preston Clarke (Bassist)
- Percy Cornelius Taylor (Cellist)
- John Wesley Woodward (Cellist)
❤
Technically it has served as a great sea bound hotel. For fish.
Lots of complaints about tetanus and collapsing ceilings.
That one guy: "glub glub"*
*Translation: "Free Bird!"
Ah I see, more a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan than of classic violin music.
😂😂😂
Not even a disaster could stop these legends from playing the music.
Only one sport has ever been played on the moon.
A game of golf on the moon was recorded in 1971. Alan Shepard hit a golf ball on the surface of the moon.
Wanted to share some useless info :)
That hardly counts as actually playing the sport, in my opinion
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@@monochromeyoshi Apparently it's age restricted so I can't view the video, but I could see the thumbnail and as far as I can tell I agree with you
That's really cool. As a fan of space stuff, I bet the ball is probably still flying around somewhere. Lol
@@monochromeyoshi that escalated quickly.
“Gentlemen it’s been a great privilege playing with you tonight”
Playing music for the sea. Even with death facing them.
They don't make them like that anymore. May they rest in peace.
I like how he put jack and rose in the background
It's so respectful that these fellas were not even White Star Line employees and still they played music for the her terrified passengers. Then went down with the ship. Legends.
Wallace Hartley a man i never met whose death brings me tears. God bless your soul and those of your friends you all went down as legends. In the face of imminent death they continued to play. Unstoppable
What many people don’t know was the families of the eight band members actually received fines from White Star for the band members loosing their uniforms.
Wtf?! How is that the family fault? If anything it's their fault!
Damn thats just a slap in the face
They sure did. That part of the story always pisses me off.
UGH, that is just _heinous._ On one hand you see these brave men acting so honorably in the face of certain doom, thinking to try to comfort others in the time they had left.... On the other you have the sort of heartless greed that makes me a cynic.
6:43 God help me....the man died with his instrument...his tool of the spirit with him....
That is so poetic and beautiful...
2:16
Nice detail: Titanic only had three smokestacks, the fourth was just a huge ventelation system
"Did the Titanic’s Violinists keep playing while the ship sank?"
Those people who watched the Titanic Movie: **YES**
Rest in peace to those who died aboard.
Person: My job is harder than I thought.
Violinist: *are you sure about that?*
The number of lifeboats was so low because the aim of lifeboats in this ship was to rescue survivors from other wrecks. In fact, the original design of the ship onñy had 14 boats, whereas in the end, it got 20. Titanic had more than the required number of lifeboats.
@Tranhoang Long exactly. The legend of its unsikability are due to her older sister ship: the RMS Olympic. Both ships shared the same design.
The thing goes like this: in 1911 a British warship crashed into Olympic's bow. Warships back then were designed to be able to inflict some serious damage to other ships by ramming. Olympic only sufferd minor damages, being able to return to land and be repaired.
As you can imagine, if a ship fucking designed to sink other ships with its stern, didn't manage to sink an ocean liner, we are talking about a really robust liner. And thus, when the news of the accident spreaded and people knew that another ship like Olympic (but even more improved) was about to be launched, the expectation were high af.
Anyone else notice how the 4th smoke stack had little to no smoke coming out of it? It had no connection to the boilers and was instead connected to the kitchen as a simple vent fun fact
It was created because passengers might not have thought the engines were that good if there were only 3 funnels.
@@foxymetroid No? Funnels only indicate the number of boilers.
There is a misconception that the 4th smoke stack was just a massive hollow cylinder like disneyland castles. If you look closer, you an see all sorts of walkways, pipes going all the way down into the engine room all inside the 4th funnel.
Gentlemen, it has been a privilege honoring the musicians with you tonight.
I always enjoy at the end of these videos now when there's a few moments of quiet to remember the person or people who died. It's very kind of you guys and it really drives home the feelings of sacrifice. Well done.
This takes dedication to a whole other level
Bless each of them. A sacrifice made for the benefit and comfort of those they felt needed their music. No more nobler an end could be met.
Violinists: "Any requests?"
Passenger: "Can you play Don't Bring Me Down?"
"Gentlemen , It has been a privilege playing with you tonight"
Thats where legends cried
I like how the animation includes the 4th boiler not smoke like the real one
Imagine The musicians playing binks sake with the additued of " you don't get it but youre kids gonna love it'
Titanic inhabitants: * crying, screaming, and running off the boat*
The titanic violinist: *playing like theres no tomorrow *
@Haziq R The Jarman Ayer saying that they were asking for it
@Haziq R The Jarman in real life no one said “god can’t sink this ship” thats a myth only in the film they said that
The minute of silence broke my heart. :'(
“Gentlemen its been a privilege playing with you tonight”
These musicians deserves a higher pay for their Talent.
Girls: Why boys don't cry at the end of Titanic do boys have feelings
Boys: Depressed violinists keep playing until the end of their lives
What
Makes sense
Fun fact: the pool of The Titanic is still filled with water
Not it's not...
It's filled with sea water.
@@anoriginalname410 It always was lol
@@anoriginalname410 sea water + the pee of the panicked
@@anoriginalname410 sea water isn’t water? I should of known people were lying to me
@@supe4701 Can't tell if you're joking or not.
titanic was more or less the 9/11 of the 20th century, no single event before had garnered so much press attention
@Dave Smith that was the previous century
Utterly brave of them to continue playing in order to keep the passengers calm even in face of such a tragedy. May they and the others rest in peace.
Titanic: *sinks close to New York*
The violinist: *Sea of thieves intensifies*
fun fact. this actually made me tear up. what a man.
The captain was believed to have been last scene jumping into the water with Thomas Andrews
So far as I know, neither man's body was ever recovered. Andrews was definitely a hero though; he urged as many people to the lifeboats as he could, because having built the ship, he knew quite well how long they had - and a certain section of the passengers weren't taking the danger seriously.
It's small stories like these which makes this one of my favourite history channels
Me: watching simple history videos
Me: “This is the life.”
I remenbere the musicians from the movie Titanic, they were among the most memorable characters being like “we will certainly die, so lets do it in style.”
That awkward moment when alcoholism saved you from having to board Titanic.
Alcoholism also kinda saved Titanic's main baker, he survived two hours in the freezing water after getting drunk aboard the ship and was rescued by RMS Carpathia. Scientists still debate the exact details on how alcohol helped him that night.
@@carlosadriantinajerovelazc4338 I guess because it makes your inside body hot so then he freeze to death slower?
@@momotaro__ Alchohol actually makes your body temperature drop faster, it just gives the sensation of being hot as warmth goes away from your core and to your extremities. It's an anomaly how that man survived
@@timbrown3666 ah I see, alright then
The part when the water is rushing in and the two old people are holding each other on the cot. That always gets me.
How they did it in deire situations without panicing blows my mind. Well done simple history.
I never realized this had _actually_ happened. Jeez, it's really got me emotional. It's so profoundly sad & yet amazing at the same time. They faced certain doom & not only held _themselves_ together, but attempted to comfort others with their gift. As someone else said here in the comments, I hope they were welcomed to the afterlife by the greatest musicians/composers of history, they deserved it.
Rumors say, “She’s still on her maiden voyage” 🚢
Dang, this story seriously gets me every single time.
Titanic: the king of the unsolved misteries of the 20th century
i thought it was already solved? old tipe of iron, no good view made mistake and boom ice berg
@@VuurBarbaar wow
Its not a mystery and it also isnt unsolved. Wtf
@@bpdbhp1632 uhh, ok😥
Jp morgan......
2:31 Lmao jack and rose just casually chillin on the bench
"GET ON THE BOAT-"
"I HAVEN'T FINISHED THE SONG DAFT WENCH"
In honor to him for his bravery and his band, your animation is getting better simple history, keep it up
Fun fact! The last song they ever performed together was Cemetery Gates by Pantera
"Señores, a sido un gusto ver este anime con ustedes"