Why the 'Mona Lisa' is Famous, and Other Burning Questions

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  • @deenaqannan5274
    @deenaqannan5274 7 років тому +947

    I remember in 4th grade all the fourth grader thought we were so cool which our plastic recorders

  • @desu38
    @desu38 7 років тому +418

    Don't act all smug, Mona Lisa, you were right on my screen when you asked.

    • @horseenthusiast9903
      @horseenthusiast9903 7 років тому +1

      desu38 I was thinking of the painting “Helen of Troy”

    • @DancingBugBoi
      @DancingBugBoi 6 років тому +2

      I thought of the girl with the pearl erring I think that’s what’s it’s called

    • @DancingBugBoi
      @DancingBugBoi 6 років тому

      Yep, “The Girl in the Pearl Earring”

    • @agatheriopel8843
      @agatheriopel8843 6 років тому +2

      I thought of the scream but I wasnt even looking at the screen

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 6 років тому

      I think the Mona Lisa is a little big-headed TBH, at least in the forehead area.

  • @qqalaxyy
    @qqalaxyy 6 років тому +240

    My middle school took square dancing so seriously that after the painstakingly awkward and long 2 weeks of the PE unit, the whole school (of about 1,000 kids and teachers total) would gather in the gym and square dance for about 2 hrs and for a few years we had the Guinness World Record for most people square dancing at once and the plaque hung in the main hallway of our school

    • @brieason
      @brieason 6 років тому

      abby likes dragons Damn, thats alotta ppl!

    • @Liusila
      @Liusila 6 років тому

      abby likes dragons Are you from Asia?

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 6 років тому

      cool story bro

    • @mercivrii7825
      @mercivrii7825 6 років тому

      Did you go to Frank Augustus Miller Middle School?

    • @ilovedorlene
      @ilovedorlene 5 років тому

      I did it in elementary it was horrible

  • @DavidMcCoul
    @DavidMcCoul 6 років тому +125

    Actually da Vinci thought extremely highly of the Mona Lisa. According to one of his apprentices, he toiled over the painting for months, and, in true perfectionist form, he even repainted it entirely several times. He recognized it was a masterpiece and is said to have travelled with it for the rest of his life.

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 6 років тому +4

      in his wallet?

    • @JAG3003
      @JAG3003 5 років тому +2

      thank you mr mccoul, there is so much hidden in the mona lisa to say it was a passing thing and hardly interesting to him is insulting to the genius who painted it and made it that way, seriously great big story i love your videos but that was a very child like mistake. its been known for a long time just how much she meant to leonardo and as david mccoul has said he took her with him wherever he went to finish her and keep her safe, thats hardly a passing thought with no interest. why is it you think napoleon wanted her on his wall? why did it get a spot in the louvre? why was it that painting the italian man stole? dont be dense guys, shes important for so many other reason than what you have stated.

  • @maggielong8779
    @maggielong8779 6 років тому +154

    I remember when I was in elementary school, we were playing the three blind mice on the record.
    Mid song it sounded so bad I started laughing with the recorder still in my mouth so it sounded like this.... PHHHHHHHHHHHRRRHTHRHRHFHHE😂

  • @liaravid3643
    @liaravid3643 5 років тому +9

    I have to say, I played the recorder professionally for 6 years, and it's the most underrated instrument EVER. It's truly beautiful when made out of high quality wood. It really did lose its reputation when it was brought into American schools.

    • @lydiav8836
      @lydiav8836 5 років тому

      It can sound really good if its made of plastic, but not the cheap one piece fluets.

  • @mase5995
    @mase5995 6 років тому +68

    I remember that in the 6th grade we had to dance the waltz and my partner did not want to dance with me because he did not like me. (I don't know why, I never bothered him and was nice to him). Luckily the quiet kid in class danced with me and we did a good job and got a 100% in class while the kid who did not want to dance with me (and did not want to dance at all) failed.

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 6 років тому +2

      Was this in Vienna because I got through 17.5 years of public school without coming into contact with it.

    • @alexthetrashgod1047
      @alexthetrashgod1047 5 років тому +2

      I learned to waltz when I was seven years old because I got bored of watching SpongeBob

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 5 років тому

      @@alexthetrashgod1047
      After careful consideration I have decided that your comment is the best in the history of the internet.

    • @devon6236
      @devon6236 5 років тому

      @@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music True true

    • @kevine9474
      @kevine9474 3 роки тому

      Probably because he was in puberty.

  • @wiwaxia_real
    @wiwaxia_real 7 років тому +521

    Pablo Picasso
    Pablo Thiccasso

  • @haydenanderson2121
    @haydenanderson2121 7 років тому +291

    That da Vinci cosplay was hot

  • @chadgreene2607
    @chadgreene2607 7 років тому +862

    I freaking hate recorders

    • @root-beer
      @root-beer 6 років тому +18

      How dare you

    • @facefisted
      @facefisted 6 років тому +6

      Well then you must hate me a bit then.

    • @TRONDROM
      @TRONDROM 6 років тому +8

      I’m with you they SUCK

    • @mase5995
      @mase5995 6 років тому +8

      To be honest, it kind of annoyed me whenever we had to play them back in third grade. Though I had to buy my own and never used it again after the few weeks I had to learn it.

    • @justafranz
      @justafranz 6 років тому +1

      Lol I can actually play it OK (aka not squeaking)

  • @somer4213
    @somer4213 7 років тому +83

    Never seen a pink donut box, is it a phenomenon that only happens mostly on the west coast?

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 6 років тому +3

      In my entire life living in this country I've never met a Cambodian either.

    • @shortmanyoutubeshorts
      @shortmanyoutubeshorts 5 років тому +2

      I would not make donuts because i would eat them all lol

    • @shortmanyoutubeshorts
      @shortmanyoutubeshorts 5 років тому

      And same

    • @nemo558
      @nemo558 5 років тому +11

      i live in california and ive never seen donuts that WERENT in a pink box, i hadnt thought that it could be a west coast thing

    • @CSLucasEpic
      @CSLucasEpic 5 років тому +2

      Yes. California actually.

  • @Genevieve0880
    @Genevieve0880 4 роки тому +3

    Never square danced in school, and I'm kinda glad I never faced that type of embarrassment, but I remember my purple plastic recorder. We'd tie different colored strings at the bottom to show our progress. The color of recorder showed what group we were in. We were in 3rd grade when we did it, and then boom, we dropped recorders in 4th grade.

  • @chris-hayes
    @chris-hayes 7 років тому +33

    The recorder isn't that vile. I don't hate comic sans, it's just misused in excess, which would be the fault of the user, not the font. The recorder as described, is a great gateway tool into music. Also, the recorder can sound beautiful, there are musicians on UA-cam that play recorder, check them out. Those videos are literally filled with comments like "but I thought recorder couldn't sound good"

    • @yllom9667
      @yllom9667 6 років тому +1

      Chris Hayes comic sans is used so much because it’s the easiest font for people with dyslexia to read. Each letter is slightly different to the other, for instance b & d wouldn’t look the exact same flipped so it’s harder to mix the two up while reading. And you’re correct about recorders, my mom’s played all her life and she makes it sound nice.

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 6 років тому

      I recommend the ukulele vids on YT.

    • @KM-ld9ln
      @KM-ld9ln 5 років тому

      Chris Hayes bands often have flute players use a recorder for some pieces. Just like the occasional piccolo

    • @devon6236
      @devon6236 5 років тому

      So you're saying that the recorder is the comic sans of the instrument world.

  • @missinglink2197
    @missinglink2197 6 років тому +45

    We should honour our mothers every day!!!

  • @syn5n431
    @syn5n431 6 років тому +88

    just btw she had eyebrows but they faded away over the years

    • @pattheticc
      @pattheticc 6 років тому +9

      I've heard that women of that period used to shave eyebrows for beauty

    • @samuelthiex
      @samuelthiex 6 років тому +6

      she probably didnt have any brows since a big forehead was considered beautiful and therefore women shaved of their brows and plucked back their hairline

    • @danicag.1310
      @danicag.1310 6 років тому

      If only they would retire it so we could see it in all its original glory

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 6 років тому +1

      I heard she dyed her hair.

  • @unfortunatekai2743
    @unfortunatekai2743 7 років тому +49

    I can play heathens,pen-pineapple and more songs on recorder.

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist2 5 років тому +1

    I did the plastic recorder thing when I was young. I also remember doing some awkward square dancing in gym class. I didn't know anything about the doughnut pink boxes until seeing this. As we in the mid-west don't have anything like this. Thanks.

  • @marstopgo
    @marstopgo 6 років тому +19

    Narrator:Think Of A Famous Painting
    Me:The Starry Night
    Narrator:Your right You guesses me
    Me:Sorry I didn’t

    • @din0saurage
      @din0saurage 4 роки тому

      I thought of the same painting

  • @joeltheturtle7645
    @joeltheturtle7645 6 років тому +5

    The music teacher at my elementary school would give out recorders to the class to playing the concerts, the school only gave them to 5th graders, so when I was in 4th grade, I was so excited for 5th grade so I would get to play a recorder for the first time... Well... The school stopped giving recorders when I was in 4th grade, so I never got a chance, but now I'm in middle school, and I play the flute, so it's still pretty close

  • @hypercarspotters1227
    @hypercarspotters1227 5 років тому +13

    Me: wants to go to study and get a job, and i want to get rich
    School: HOT. CROSS. BUNS.

  • @lorevicmulig3935
    @lorevicmulig3935 5 років тому +19

    Them:guess what you just thinked of mona Lisa
    Me:nah,I thaught it was van goths painting starry night

    • @JAG3003
      @JAG3003 5 років тому +1

      strangely enough so was I, my favourite artist and painting you have good taste.

    • @soup7434
      @soup7434 5 років тому

      Van Gogh*

  • @lyndis9318
    @lyndis9318 7 років тому +23

    I went to school in the us specifically paramount, California and didn't have to play a recorder

    • @shamallama2146
      @shamallama2146 7 років тому +3

      Fairy tail lucky

    • @107Mirage
      @107Mirage 7 років тому

      Fairy tail I went to a private school in California and had to play the recorder throughout elementary school. Maybe it depends on the area?

    • @jaela1557
      @jaela1557 7 років тому

      Fairy tail WHICH ONE, i also go to a school in Paramount CA :O

    • @I_am_a_cat_
      @I_am_a_cat_ 7 років тому

      Yeah I never had to play one either. Choir was required in 6th grade tho

    • @lyndis9318
      @lyndis9318 7 років тому

      Cookies ! I currently go to paramount high

  • @gotsoymilk1466
    @gotsoymilk1466 7 років тому +38

    I feel smarter

  • @beautyg123aj5
    @beautyg123aj5 7 років тому +6

    I live in the middle east and I also had to use this exact recorder in third grade.

    • @sofijamil3734
      @sofijamil3734 7 років тому +2

      Tooturz I'm a from Germany and we all had this plastic Yamaha instrument from hell

  • @thaliacordero9596
    @thaliacordero9596 6 років тому +1

    6:43 so... I'm related to Anna Jarvis through my mom's mom's family and I've learned more about how she made mothers day than through my great grandma and grandma.

  • @Ada-on8yy
    @Ada-on8yy 4 роки тому +2

    We were forced to learn how to dance in 3rd grade school camp. After two rounds of learning square dancing and the flamenco, I hid under the tables in the hall with my friends.

  • @britann9539
    @britann9539 6 років тому

    You guys make some of the best content ive ever seen on the youtubez
    You should have 10 million subscribers like some of the other huge youtubers,

  • @maxziebell4013
    @maxziebell4013 7 років тому +3

    Love this Format...!!

  • @philip3375
    @philip3375 5 років тому +1

    Mom: What are you doing?
    Me: Nothing, just watching fully grown people deepthroat recorders.

  • @prelawnoob
    @prelawnoob 5 років тому +2

    Me: *See's a recorder*
    Also me: *instantly plays the Thomas The Dank Engine*

  • @chenzenzo
    @chenzenzo Рік тому

    Hugh was better known as Wavy Gravy, an absolute hippie icon, clown and wonderful person. I've known him since I was a baby and he's spent most of his adult life helping people learn to laugh and be kind to others. He's 86 now and still going strong. ❤

  • @xj53pq7
    @xj53pq7 7 років тому +105

    Why do these all sound like urban legends

    • @I_am_a_cat_
      @I_am_a_cat_ 7 років тому +11

      Tyler Clark do you even know what an urban legend is? Lmao

    • @MrBob-bj6kk
      @MrBob-bj6kk 5 років тому +1

      Cat they do though

    • @JAG3003
      @JAG3003 5 років тому

      because at least on of them (the mona lisa) is basically an opinion and one that has incorrect information in it so it sounds dubious because it is.

  • @DavidMcCoul
    @DavidMcCoul 6 років тому +2

    I didn’t know Santa Claus painted the Mona Lisa!! “The more you know” ;)

  • @lottavictoire1799
    @lottavictoire1799 7 років тому +28

    We had wood recorders 😎

    • @yllom9667
      @yllom9667 6 років тому +1

      Lotta Jochens we only got those once we proved we wouldn’t fuck up the plastic ones lol.. many failed

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 6 років тому

      Private school?

    • @hotdogkiller3905
      @hotdogkiller3905 4 роки тому +1

      Your class still probably still sucked lol

  • @smileforthetrash6192
    @smileforthetrash6192 6 років тому +12

    When you said guess a famous painting I guessed stare night

  • @heyjude8258
    @heyjude8258 6 років тому +1

    Using the recorder was the worst times for my music class, my bald arrogant teacher would get mad at you and shout if you made 1 mistake, and due to hate of students, he resigned a year later

  • @JoAnnChateau-Progress
    @JoAnnChateau-Progress 7 років тому

    I still remember it. This recorder was the precursor to me taking up the clarinet in 5th grade.

  • @JAG3003
    @JAG3003 5 років тому

    im very surprised to read the comments and see just how many people thought of van gogh - starry night. its always been a favourite of mine since a child as ive always like van gogh as we share a birthday (not the same year sadly) but its amazing to see how many people see that as more famous than the mona lisa, it's by far my favourite and im glad so many other people feel the same.

  • @biancaappleby3543
    @biancaappleby3543 5 років тому +5

    I got TRIGgReD when I saw the recorder in the flute case because, everyone that I know that play the recorder call it flute. As I flute player it's very weird........

  • @paulinah917
    @paulinah917 6 років тому +1

    The Mona Lisa was actually a portrait of a merchant mans wife but Da Vinci ended up liking the portrait so much he never gave them the painting and kept it until his death. She also wasn’t standing in front of mountains, he was just creative enough to put them in.

  • @evank3718
    @evank3718 5 років тому +3

    Come to think of it I have never seen a professional recorder player

  • @tbhidkfr
    @tbhidkfr 5 років тому

    I was born and raised in the USA. Been here my whole life. My school has never played the recorder.

  • @Anna-pq2gt
    @Anna-pq2gt 5 років тому +3

    The carpenter stole the Mona Lisa because he thought it was unfair that the painting is in France and not in Italy , because it was drawn in Italy by Leonardo Da Vinci. That’s why he stole it!

  • @ceruleantear1
    @ceruleantear1 6 років тому +2

    I'm confused why eating out on Mother's Day would upset the creator. Treating your mom to a delicious meal and spending time with her is a great way to show her you love and appreciate her. I admit the holiday is commercialized, but it's still just ways to show your appreciation. The overall idea of honoring your mother is still the main idea.

  • @Elizabeth-eb9il
    @Elizabeth-eb9il 6 років тому +2

    I always wanted to play the recorder because in elementary school we played xylophones and violins

  • @gabesanchez7627
    @gabesanchez7627 5 років тому

    This is the best. Ironic. And funniest thing I’ve seen in my recommendations

  • @maggiek.1231
    @maggiek.1231 5 років тому

    1:09 THAT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER😂😂❤️❤️

  • @user-hy3sg8hq8x
    @user-hy3sg8hq8x 5 років тому

    thanks ted

  • @bobobunns5742
    @bobobunns5742 7 років тому +29

    I’m a donkey who plays recorder

    • @I_am_a_cat_
      @I_am_a_cat_ 7 років тому

      Bobo Bunns you're a yellow duck

  • @umno3047
    @umno3047 5 років тому +1

    Idk why but I saw everything in the thumbnail as miniature stuff.

  • @rakryagn
    @rakryagn 6 років тому +1

    that Monalisa had so much sass i LIVED

  • @milkman1093
    @milkman1093 5 років тому +1

    In Canada we also have to play the recorder for our music grade

  • @larbor2609
    @larbor2609 5 років тому +1

    3:17 well sorry Mona Lisa but I was actually thinking of a starry night

  • @chetnutpro22
    @chetnutpro22 5 років тому +1

    My elementary school is called Woodstock

  • @gabriellevaugeois8579
    @gabriellevaugeois8579 6 років тому

    I'm in elementary school now and we have been playing it for 3 years

  • @darkdino3595
    @darkdino3595 6 років тому

    At Lease this Mona Lisa video is more better than the last one I watch

  • @miss_daisy4925
    @miss_daisy4925 5 років тому

    In my old school I had to play recorder but THANK GOD I haven't had to play it ever again

  • @fabiele1508
    @fabiele1508 5 років тому

    we also had to play that fluet in elementary school but nobody had one out of plastic.

  • @parzival8331
    @parzival8331 5 років тому +1

    I like the old donut boxes just plain pink for some reason it makes it look tasty.

  • @carlgrimeseyepatch27
    @carlgrimeseyepatch27 6 років тому

    I somehow was able to get out of learning the recorder (well)... we had these colorful, clear ones and i think i just pretended to play in music class lol

  • @lexusfranks8787
    @lexusfranks8787 5 років тому

    After we did recorders we did the violin and I can say that I wish we went back to recorders because the sound was like stepping on a cats tail on accident times 23, it was fun though.

  • @lotusphobia
    @lotusphobia 6 років тому +8

    Never had a pink dount box :I

  • @defne2718
    @defne2718 5 років тому

    i went to a british private school & we played recorders when we were in yr 3

  • @some_random_person9580
    @some_random_person9580 5 років тому +2

    I live in Canada, and we have to play the recorder in school

  • @KaizCh
    @KaizCh 6 років тому

    “Think about a famous painting”
    Me:” STARRY NIGHT”
    Video:” you probably thought about mona lisa”

  • @thaliacordero9596
    @thaliacordero9596 4 роки тому

    So I’m actually related to Anna Jarvis via my grandmother on my moms side... ironically we tend not to celebrate Mother’s Day too extravagantly

  • @lilyanderson7853
    @lilyanderson7853 6 років тому

    Hey, I'm pretty good at the recorder. And it did inspire me, I play a saxophone. I'm not good, but.

  • @Anna-pq2gt
    @Anna-pq2gt 5 років тому +1

    R.I.P for the ones who had headphones

  • @ezraz6950
    @ezraz6950 5 років тому

    all I remember from those recorder days is 0:06

  • @espositogregory
    @espositogregory 7 років тому

    "A sign of new donut times," I don't know why, but that just tickles me

  • @awkwardmoments1539
    @awkwardmoments1539 6 років тому

    I still somehow want a recorder now...

  • @1stnamelastname129
    @1stnamelastname129 5 років тому +1

    Ford encouraged square dancing. Even he knew you would have walk around a Ford to figure out what's wrong with it

  • @nickthenickel6278
    @nickthenickel6278 5 років тому

    All I remember from recorders was to not blow but to breath in to the flute

  • @MinttMeringue
    @MinttMeringue 5 років тому

    I'm fine with the recorder honestly. Dont hate it or anything. I played it in the 1st grade and later moved onto the saxophone in the 3rd grade that I still play to this day.

  • @romainsalmon7068
    @romainsalmon7068 6 років тому

    The no eyebrows thing got me dead😂😂😂

  • @bleepbloop_2
    @bleepbloop_2 2 роки тому

    in the uk we actually use recorders and do square dancing in primary, we never called it square dancing tho

  • @jasminenhi642
    @jasminenhi642 4 роки тому

    They made us do it in 4th grade, all crazy

  • @mareenshah3868
    @mareenshah3868 4 роки тому +2

    I didn’t know hippies ate granola

  • @__imhac__852
    @__imhac__852 5 років тому +1

    Video: "Think of a famous painting"
    Me: *Famous painting
    Video: "You chose The Mona Lisa"
    Me: "Huh?"

  • @perialis2970
    @perialis2970 5 років тому

    Go to japan and hear their playing recorders,
    Its epic

  • @blobfish-ck4nc
    @blobfish-ck4nc 4 роки тому

    Nobody:
    Napoleon: *i loOk FoRwArD tO sLeEpiNg WiTh YoU!!

  • @root-beer
    @root-beer 6 років тому

    We have recorders in other countries too

  • @margarbieadams8200
    @margarbieadams8200 6 років тому

    for 3 years in secondary school had to play that recorder in the Caribbean 😑😑😑😑😑

  • @wotntarnation3012
    @wotntarnation3012 5 років тому

    3:54
    "the things I've seen"
    [in French] «oh my God!»

  • @XxheymoonxX
    @XxheymoonxX 6 років тому

    I’m from Canada and all I can think about is a timmies donut box 😂😂😂 never seen a pink box.

  • @coolcatfire
    @coolcatfire 6 років тому

    At my elementary school we did recorder karate and it was fun

  • @hanoihero8168
    @hanoihero8168 5 років тому

    Recorders got me into Trombone.
    *_yay_*

  • @emirijay
    @emirijay 5 років тому

    I never learned to square dance and my state was marked that they do it?? I never heard of it until I was leaving elementary

  • @herrgodfrey9563
    @herrgodfrey9563 7 років тому +1

    Fucking hated square dancing. So did everyone else under the age of 60 in IL.

  • @iammayrose
    @iammayrose 7 років тому

    oh wow

  • @svs0629
    @svs0629 5 років тому

    I’ve never used a recorder and never heard one because when it was the school year that we would play the recorder I moved and to the school that I moved it was the year before

  • @WilliamJohnson-tf1ut
    @WilliamJohnson-tf1ut 6 років тому +1

    The Mona Lisa lost her smile
    And the painters hands are trembling now.

  • @woodlandlynx
    @woodlandlynx 4 роки тому

    The louvre guards didn't even notice that the painting was gone.... It took them several days to notice

  • @isadorablehope5688
    @isadorablehope5688 5 років тому

    In tennesssee there are no pink boxes, I don’t even think I’ve ever seen one in my life

  • @roifierstein9466
    @roifierstein9466 4 роки тому +1

    Am i the only one who has not heard of the pink donut box

  • @HomerWinslow
    @HomerWinslow 6 років тому

    When I was in school recorders were called Flute-A-Phones. Does anyone else remember that?

  • @georginahope4924
    @georginahope4924 5 років тому

    Recorder is the reason I got into playing piano

  • @hectorlorenzo7602
    @hectorlorenzo7602 5 років тому +1

    About the pink boxes krispy kreme doesnt have it pink i think

  • @manjitkochhar8237
    @manjitkochhar8237 5 років тому

    Recorder isn't only in the US only, also it's in Canada because i live in Canada and Ilay recorder

  • @UltraXena
    @UltraXena 6 років тому

    My school still uses recorders today