Amish Paradise Reaction
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- PSA this is supposed to be funny. In this video we watch the parody Amish Paradise, and Fannie gives her opinion and commentary on what is accurate and what isn't! Hope you enjoy! :)
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She didn't comment on feeding the chickens pizza so I'm going to assume that part is accurate, lol.
Obviously. Everyone loves pizza.
I have fed chickens cheese pizza. They thought it was alright.
@@Roddy556Yeah, but have you ever fed a TURTLE pizza???
Chickens love chicken
She also didn't comment on the children being called Amlettes, so I guess that's accurate too.
Just to say it, the sun dial watch was a pure joke. A lot of the horribly inaccurate parts were jokes. Most were jokes about Amish people, but the one where he had dread locks, that was to poke fun at Coolio who made the original song.
We know. We just thought itd be funny to see if it was accurate by any means to the amish lifestyle
@@TitusandFannie I have to admit, it was interesting to learn from you that Amish people take great pride in how humble they are. Very amusing.
@Titus and Fannie is a parody is meant as a joke lmao 🤣
While that tool may be colloquially called a sickle, it is actually a scythe. A sickle is a single handed implement that has more of a semi-circular shape, also known as a sickle shape, after the implement. Scythe blades more often have a much more shallow curve inwards to the cutting edge, which is always perpendicular to the haft, rather than parallel like a sickle.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk :3
I appreciate your information on the Difference between the Sickle and the Scythe, I never knew this and to find out at the age of 60 years old it's very interesting to Me.
Thank You!
It's an amusing song, but it's also interesting to hear this perspective on it. Thanks for sharing.
I'm sure anyone who is at all familiar with the Amish is aware that they aren't a rowdy partying sort of folk. Of course, that's the absurd humor to it. I think the "tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699" line (rather than "like it's 1999") is rather clever for more than just the 1999 reference, and absurd image of the Amish having a really wild party. Considering the schism of the Amish as a distinct group from the Anabaptists is cited to have been in 1693, if the Amish were going to party, it makes sense that it would be as though it was 1699. Fun with history! :D
Lol! Really? I got nothing from the Amish perspective from this reaction video. Just lame facts that I could've Googled. There was zero feedback of how watching this video made her feel emotionally.
This is one of my favorite weird Al's signs in fact when I hear that music I don't think a gangster paradise I think of Amish Paradise
The dreads were a joke, a reference to Coolio.
We know lol. Titus thought that that was a funny thing to bring up though
To be fair the dreads were a gag for coolio and not an Amish gag since it's supposed to make fun of rap a bit too. Cause obviously Amish don't refer to there friends as homies. Or I think they don't. Not a complaint just pointing out something missed since you asked. Great video btw!!! Keep em coming I absolutely loved it
This is hands down the best reaction I have seen to this song, your commentary is gold and very interesting to learn what parts of the song that are accurate! Keep up the good work!
Thanks
I used to work with the Amish on a construction crew. For as different as they are they are amazingly very similar.
Is it weird that when I see someone who is Amish, I just think of Abraham Lincoln?
That’s different 😂
I’ve seen a lot of reactions. But I have to say, I Iove her reaction, I am subscribing and liking!
Aww thanks so much :)
She flinched hard on Mennonite. I'm surprised she didn't pause the video for that.
Commenting on the name Ezequiel, I always thought it was a reference to the biblical figure, not that someone in their community was named that way.
I've heard of a few Amish and Mennonite men named Ezekiel in Lancaster County Pennsylvania being a Pennsylvanian myself. When it comes to last names Zook, Yoder and Stoltzfus are common among the Pennsylvania Amish Community.
Byler?
@@fanatical27 what?
@@FreddieHg37 sorry. It is a prevalent last name I have seen in Amish communities
@@fanatical27 Oh I see, that's OK, I looked it up and all that came up was info on Stranger Things ships and stuff like that, but I've never watched ST so I was confused…
Interesting reaction. This song made a lot of drama back in the 90s because coolio was offended that it turned a song about the black mans struggle into a joke. I always wondered what the Amish thought of it.
Weird Al got the permission from the record company, but they actually went against Coolio’s wishes. Coolio was upset about it initially, and Al sent a letter apologizing profusely, but never got a response back about it, nor did Coolio reject the royalties lol. But, Coolio has since said that it was stupid of him to refuse the parody bc Al only parodied great music. He even said that all the complaining against the parody just made him look dumb, like he couldn’t take a joke. He actually finds it funny now and regrets blasting it.
Coolio loved it afterwards, he understood is just a joke lol
@@NurKurt2706 so everyone cares how he feels but could care less about insulting an entire community. Funny.
@@Joseph-ny5rr To be fair, it's not like the Amish should be immune to lampooning, or that they're beyond reproach. There have just as many problems as any community, though its of a different sort.
He was like wearing full blown Sunday clothes for field work
This is definitely the most interesting reaction I've seen. I learned a lot I didn't know about Amish life. Thanks for posting. Just subscribed to your channel. Maybe consider reacting to other Amish influenced entertainment like Harrison Ford's Oscar nominated performance in Peter Weir's Witness. I feel like Witness might be a more accurate portrayal but I'm only speculating.
yeah same but we know its just a parody of amish culture
You two are marvelous! Might want to watch the original video, as you'll see where the hair and several scenes come from.
"Usually, you don't plough at 04:30 in the morning, but you do plough."
For some reason, I love this comment.
I plow at 4:30, even with the plain wife….
Dated a girl that lived very close to Amish country where I live. She said that the kids would sneak out and party pretty hard. It's odd bc as a kid growing up you rarely saw them, but it's fairly common to see them around stores in the suburbs now.
rumspringa
so all amish kids will go to hell, got it
Seem the idea of parody has gone over the heads of these two 😂
Yeah, bad idea reacting to a parody if your intention is just to ANALYZE it.
OTOH it is interesting to hear her take on it. I've long wondered what the Amish think of this song, and this is at least one (former) Amish perspective on it. Wish there were more Amish reactions to the song on UA-cam.
Agree!
it's really for people who sre curious about the amish lifestyle
These two are too young to even have heard of the original song.
I was under the impression that in some communities you can use electricity as long as you generate it yourself, such as with wind power.
There are Amish in my area (southeastern Virginia), I saw a mother with her children driving to a post office. The boy was the youngest, but all his sisters treated him like they would their father. It was years ago, I don't remember specifics but I could see it. She drove what looked like a 1970 Volkswagen van. Very humble and modest.
In my travels to Ohio, I encountered both new and old order. Old order always wore black, and new would wear light blue, and a little of their hair would show. I actually had a young lady new order wearing a company vest over her dress wait on us at a Burger King, but we also visited an old order restaurant where they do interact with the outside a little, and will answer questions.
Northern New York has Amish with their own school. I drove by one time the children were playing outside.
Amish people genuinely seem to be humble and honest.
With the most respect, thank you for this video. I am a total outsider and I want to learn more.
I grew up with weird al and I never thought of the other side of the song.
I liked subbed and all
@11:29 " Can Amish and their animals walk backwards in rewind style like that?" lol
Finally finally finally! Thank you so much for the detailed breakdown.
My biggest takeaway is that Weird Al put a lot of time into getting Amish culture ‘right.’
Yes he got it pretty accurate for the most part
@@TitusandFannie , especially feeding the chickens pizza.
@@TitusandFannie I'm not sure where Fannie is from or what Amish Order she was a member of, Weird Al Yankovic's parody of the Amish in this video is how he views the Pennsylvania Amish of Lancaster County that are incorrectly referred to as the "Pennsylvania Dutch".
As a person who lives in Central Pennsylvania have friends who are Mennonite and I'm aquatinted with a few Amish.
@@roya.cathcartjr.5042 They're not "incorrectly referred to as the Pennsylvania Dutch". The term "Dutch", as a historical term, once referred to any Germanic speaking population. Long before "Dutch" was an ethnonym for people from the Netherlands. The Pennsylvania Dutch, despite being mostly from Switzerland, referred to THEMSELVES as "Dutch", cognate to the modern "Deutsch".
2 things: 1 this was filmed in the 90s so stuff like the butter churn was probably how it was back then 2 odds are that the stuff that are inaccurate is just for the joke
I lived in southwest Michigan, and was a regular visitor to Shipshewana Indiana, which is an Amish community. It's not uncommon there for Amish houses to have a few solar panels. In asking about their purpose we were told that some of the families will have a few power tools, like a drill press or lathe, that they power with solar. I've also heard that in the Lancaster community some of them will use cell phones. (probably also charged by solar)
The original song came out when I was in Middle school. Then Weird AL blew it up again with this song. Amazing.
I really appreciate fannies reaction my fathers was the door from him he was raised by his grandparents in a midnight environment in Illinois and he explain to me how they lived although they weren’t like the Amish they wouldn’t really approve of us in the radio and they did not approve of going to war by my father enlisted and went to World War II and they were pretty non-approval about it although they didn’t when he came back from World War II they kind of didn’t say anything
But I really appreciate her commentary on it and give me some insight besides what my father is told me because they his grandparents who was raised by they were all German they mostly spoke German and they came from they were Swiss German and they went to church religiously and my father would pretend he was sick on Sunday so I could stay home from church and listen to the radio and listen to cowboy music he called it although I suspect it was actually not cowboy music it was actually
An early version of western swing which I just got into about three years ago
Its a funny parody of the song “gangsters paradise”
Hi guys I remember when he done video . Hes a comedian . Yes I did larf this off as I study Amish life . But Amish people would probably not find this funny thank you for bringing up the rights a wrongs love yah both❤❤
I'm curious about an Amish, or former Amish person's reaction to the Cinemax series Banshee. If you haven't heard of it, it's a very TV-MA show set in the town of Banshee, PA where the main villain is a man who left the Amish community and became a crime lord using a slaughterhouse and meat packing facility as a front. This video was pretty cool to see since Amish Paradise has been in my head for a few days.
Thank you for the aside information I really learned something new
Glad you got something from it!
Let us know if you have anymore questions we could answer
@@TitusandFannie thanks guys keep it up and stay safe 💯
Look like both Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg. Everybody always gets those two confused. Almost like Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney.
Cool to hear from an Amish person about this parody video.
Near where we live there is an Amish community they often times will build barns for the local farmers (paid of course) and they get it done in record time and they last forever the workmanship in Amish made anything is amazing it is built to last.
My buddy has an Amish built barn. He was amazed at the speed with which it went up. They were done the day they started. What really intrigued my buddy, though, was the fact that the Amish men who constructed the building, did so in complete silence. They never spoke to each other, but everyone knew what needed to be done, and when it needed to be done. None of them were waiting for another. All those guys just kept moving in silence, as one very efficient machine. He said that that it was very fascinating to watch.
I know the chorus touched a chord...pun intended.
Absolutely loved your reaction. Dude...you were such the gentleman being respectful getting and receiving her experienced comments. Thank you both for opening my eyes wider to the beautiful humanity that exists today.
Thank you for doing this, loved it! :) Weird Al was just in a video being asked how Amish react to this song, and finding you guys was the next obvious step. :)
The dreads were a play on the rappers who did the original gangsters paradise song😊 This reaction video was Fun!
hey, I live in NJ. My family and I frequently shop at an Amish Farmers market near the Pennsylvania border. Always have good food. Gotta stay away from that fudge counter tho. LOL
I used to work at Henry Dooley Zoo in Omaha and each summer every day There's Amish about 5 to 10 family's a day I always thought that was intriguing
They are an interesting people
Go Big Red!
There are carriages in the music video, but some days ago, I saw a report of a journalist on TV who was talking with Amish People travelling in a long-distance train.
The braided hair is a parody/shoutout of Coolio’s hair (he did the original song Gangstas Paradise)
Also, the video may have been uploaded in 2009 but the song was released back in 1996.
Weird Al parodied a lot of songs over the years (since the early to mid 80’s)
I think you are the second person I saw react to this song who is/was part of the Amish community however the other didn’t breakdown what was and wasn’t that accurate. That was cool getting that.
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Have you seen the original Gangster’s Paradise music video? There are a few references to it in this song that may clarify things for you. Like the braids, the guy sweating profusely, and the constant use of the word “fool”.
Lol you guys are cute, I specifically searched for this topic lol
And low key I like the Amish rules
For the ending scene Weird Al had to learn the song backwards and film the scene in reverse to get the people and animals to appear moving backwards
I appreciate your input in the true Amish lifestyle.
Always! :)
Thats why amish do t have moustaches too. They think moustaches represent officers in the military. Beards only in the amish
ok now I wanna get a absolutely ridiculous sized brim hat and just strut around some farmers markets with heavy Amish people. see if I cant start a arms race with hat brims
😂😂
I had an Amish man listening to the song ripple by the Gratefuldead, his toes were a tappin 💙
fanny i 've heard that the amish allow thir young people to leave the community for a year to decide whether they wish to remain a part of the community or away from it. are you in your year out?what was your reaction to experiencing technology for the first time?
Very few parents encourage their kids to go out into the world. That idea is dramatized by pop culture even though it does happen. I have fully left the Amish culture. My parents left when I was a young child. I was slowly introduced to technology but it’s still pretty fascinating to me and I love it! -Fannie
this song is about a Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise or at least that is who he was parodying
This was actually the first time I noticed they guy in one shot swinging a golf club in place of a scythe/sickle; I suspect no golf either!
In the UK we have "Plymouth Brethren's", who live under similar rules but are more lenient on the technology!
We have them in Australia and they seem to have a lot if money too,
There are some new world Amish in US. They use some technology. And might have phone sheds.
Sun dial watches hahaaha
THANK you! I've been wondering for years how Amish would react to, and consider this, and all the questions were asked.
Glad we could help
This a paredy of Gangsters paradice. Thus the dreds
Not sure if you read this comment, but he was taking "creative liberty" or simply didnt research it extensivly. the dread locks where reference to the original artist Colio
The amish men grow a beard once they marry. Lets you know theyre married. Im not Amish, but I live around them. So Ive learned some things. Some are stricter then others.
An Amish community doesn't live that far away from where I live here in Wisconsin
Where did you get 2009 from? Isn't it 1996?
This came out in like 96 or 97 by the way
I came here expecting a full straight up critique of the video tearing apart every little aspect and detail and I'm leaving fairly surprised of how accurately Weird Al really portrayed the Amish community, great video!!!
(I'm not at all familiar with Amish culture but here we have communities of Menonites who even come to town during this time of the year to sell bread, cheese, sometimes they are really and even sit down in benches and talk with people about the Bible and stuff like that -because of the Lent season, before Holly week, Easter Week and stuff- and that's like the most I know of them and that's the closest to Amish people I've encountered outside of airports where I've seen Amish people.
¡Greetings from Mexico!
We have amish and mennonites where I live in Ohio. We live just down the road from some.
@@sharoncrawford3042 I see, I think I had heard about it before but yeah, what I meant was that Amish people aren't common here, but yeah, I assume most of them are just nice hardworking people…
Is that tool actually called a sickle? I thought it was a scythe and a sickle was the 1 handed curved blade.
They do not pay social security because they do not draw it. Their houses are very plain, all white. Where I live they have no curtains or blinds on windows. No decorations in theyre yards.
Nice to hear about the accurate details about the Amish as well
Thanks
Did you watch the original "Gangsta's Paradise" video first? Some of the visuals in this video only make sense in contrast to that. It also explains some of the deliberate inaccuracies (as opposed to all the accidental ones), like the wrong hairstyle and cap on the woman in the chair: They wanted her blonde hair showing, to evoke the shots of Michelle Pfeiffer in the original video.
No we didn’t. We made this video to be funny but also serious as well
Hey guys, you two look like Elizabeth Moss and Mark Walhberg in their twentieth 😉
What do you think of what happened to Linda Stoltzfous ? How do the Amish handle this ?
One question - as someone who was raised Amish, is this video offensive [I understand that some people will be offended by anything - but, did Weird Al manage to make this without being actually offensive to Amish people] - I ask because this is a hard thing to navigate in parodies. My sister in law is Mennonite, which I realise is quite different but from a common source, and I know her reaction to this, but I have never heard what someone who is actually Amish has thought about it and that does interest me. [I have in-laws who have strong Amish connections but have very little direct experience with Amish communities and the two I have minor connection to are both viewed as rather literal communities.]
“Party in 1699” is a joke of old fashion life style romance. The Sun dial is also a joke about old lifestyle XD
Actually a jab at Prince "1999" since Prince has consistently denied permission for Al to parody any of his songs.
I enjoyed hearing Mark Wahlberg's perspective on this.
I've seen the Amish Paradise video many times but I never noticed the guy in the background playing golf@4:00.
Yeah we didn’t either and just went back and watched it😂
Next time I see You Guys, Ask me about Weird Al !!!
Yeah one bit of wisdom there is that just because someone outwardly claims to be a pacifist doesn't mean they won't suddenly change their mind if you come at them with a weapon or something.
Initially, Weird Al got the permission from the record company, but they actually went against Coolio’s wishes. Coolio was upset about it and would mention it quite a bit, and Al sent a letter apologizing profusely, but never got a response back about it, nor did Coolio reject the royalties lol. But, Coolio has since said that it was stupid of him to refuse the parody bc Al only parodied great music and realized it was an honor not mockery. He even said that all the complaining against the parody just made him look dumb, like he couldn’t take a joke. He actually finds it funny now and regrets blasting it. They have been friendly since the late 2000s. ☺️
I always wanted to make videos but I don't have an idea how to start
Just start. It's as easy as you make it. We just had to start and its hard work but if you commit you'll do well
you will plow the field if there is light out and thats that! i guess that depends on where you live in the world but still!
Met several Amish people named Ezekiel in Iowa Amish country.
That last part, we’re all crazy Mennonites living in Amish Paradise, what?
If I’m not mistaken in 1693 a fella by the name of Jacob almond got a following, broke away from the Mennonite moment believing that they were going to far along with the world. Any thoughts?
Overall it’s a decent video.
Thank you
the reason he had dreadlocks was he was doing a Coolio song, doolio wore the at the time and i think it was him being funny about it.
the line. no phone noe lights no motor car not a single luxory, like robinson caruso was as primitive as can be, i sactaully a line from teh Gilligan's island theme song that he utilized and made work in this
Lord its very hard to be humble when your as great as I am
OMG! You must be from Oklahoma? lol. Go Big Red! Good Luck and God Bless.
11:11 That's actually a scythe. Sickles are often smaller with one handle. Scythe's are longer and often have two handles like the one shown in the music video.
Ok, I thought I was dumb thinking it was a scythe after she said sickle. 🤣
I think this actually came out in 1999 lol
‘96 actually
Best reaction. She knows her Amish
This lady looks like Jody Foster! Nice review!
While the Amish don't have a lot of modern technology, don't think that they don't use it. Many communities have a public phone for emergencies, they will use gasoline engines to run things like hay balers, but they're pulled by horses. Many also work in factories, the company will pick them up and take them home in vans. The machines and tools being owned by the company doesn't violate their religious principals. The term "Amish made furniture" is often a misnomer, a LOT of that furniture is made in modern factories with modern tools, with Amish employees making them. Very little furnishings are made in a workshop on an Amish homestead. It's technically made by the "Amish", but not with hand tools like people think.
Overall, they are pretty decent people to deal with, I'd rather deal with most Amish or Mennonites than a lot of people. The young people also get a chance to decide if they want to live the Amish lifestyle or not, and can sample the "modern" lifestyle for a while before they have to commit to living in the Amish community.
Could an Amish person ever be arrested? Say they broke into another Amish’s house or an outsider broke into an Amish’s house. Would they call the police? Even maybe the bishop?
5:31
I've read that the Amish don't have mustaches because at the time of the church's founding mustaches were required by most European militaries, so by refusing to wear one they were telling the draftsmen to f off from their communities (considered conversion for a while while searching for a religion, eventually landed on Judaism).
Living in an amish society is not a paradise at all, the song is satirical lol 😆 hit us with the knowledge girl
That was a intelligent articulate insight into the Amish my father was a Mennonite in Indiana he’s 96 now I mean he was raised under Mennonites I don’t think you actually I just did all the pop culture references like party till it’s 1699 that’s in reference to prince his song let’s party till it’s 1999 so a lot of them pop culture references I think you missed but that’s cool I learned a lot
11:24 thats a scythe, a sickle is held with one hand.
Home h does a bus cost?
I love the song also do the Amish acknowledge the New Testament at all
Yes they do use it. They get the head covering stuff from 1 Peter
Growing up in Oklahoma, I was babysat by An Amish Family who Owned a dairy farm! My Parents would drive Them to Doctors appointments or Into the next town for groceries. So I have always found this song amusing, Yet incredibly satirical!😅
it was very interesting to SEE and hear Your Perspective!
Do you think this Parody would offend some, in the Amish community? Or do you think they would find it funny?
Thank you for your comment! I believe it would depend on the person but yes, there would be some offended at such an idea.
The only person I know of that wasn't cool with a Weird Al parody was Coolio. Ironically, the person who made Gangsta's Paradise. Every single other artist was completely fine with it. Kurt Cobain said that once Weird Al parodied their song "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Kurt said that he knew Nirvana "made it" as a successful ban. Micheal Jackson even gave Weird Al the address of the subway where "Bad" was performed.
the dreads are a reference to the original artist's (Coolio) hair style at the time of the original song.
The Ezekiel is a reference to the Biblical Ezekiel who is a full on nut job. ie if he would think you're nuts then you are verrrry nuts,
The sun dial is an intentional joke - the 'turning the other cheek' is also a joke because of the line before it (and it still rings true as a line) - the dreads are also a joke as the original artist who created the song that Weird Al is parodying also rocked a look like that for awhile and Weird Al made it more extreme - also note the 2nd to last scene was sung in reverse to lip sync it correctly, because if you notice all the animals are moving backwards. The 4:30 AM plowing is also meant to be humorous. The 'no phone, no lights, no motor cars' line is also a joke, as it is part of the theme song from a popular tv show called Gilligan's Island but it fit the description of the Amish perfectly. The churning butter scene is designed to be funny as he makes that motion faster after a lovely lady walks by. The scene where he has water pouring down his face parodies the original music video as the singer of the chorus has beads of sweat pouring down his face in several scenes.
You know what's crazy? I literally just found out Gangster's Paradise is a remake/rewrite of a Stevie Wonder song called Pasttimes Paradise and Stevie is the reason there's no profanity in Coolio's song. Blew my mind
@@DocHoliday251 I literally just found out too! Thanks!