Tik Tok - Ides of March Edition (A Julius Caesar (the play) fanvid and song parody)
A music video for the upcoming Ides of March!
Based on the song Tik Tok by Kesha with new lyrics and vocals by me. Audio editing by my partner.
(I know it's not the ides yet, but people play Christmas music for a month leading up to Christmas, so.)
Lyrics and artworks in the video under the cut (artist birth and death years where I could not find the year of creation).
Lyrics:
Wake up in the morning feeling hyped up from battle
No I haven't got a crown, but it ain't worth the hassle
Before I leave hear a warning from the cheering mass
I don't care, he's just a dreamer, so I leave him and pass
I'm talkin: just took out my foe, foe,
Got parades wherever I go, go
Bout time I got that throne, throne. [gasp I mean--]
On to the Senate on the Ides, Ides,
Hear the pleading of my wife, wife,
That's when it gets a little bit tricky…
[Chorus:]
Can't stop; you know the gods already made this story up
Three times, I've declined, and it's nearly the Ides
Tick Tock, on the clock, but the Senate don't stop, no
Whoa-oh oh oh, Whoa-oh oh oh
[Repeat Chorus]
Ain't got a care in the world, 'cause her dream's just a dream
And the omens that she's seen could be 'bout anything
Now the Senate's lining up, 'cause they heard I got swagger
Beggin' mercy for Publius--Wait. Is that a dagger?!
I'm talkin bout--errybody got a knife, knife
Even Brutus wants my life, life
Should'a listened to my wife, wife.
Now, now does Caesar lie so low, low,
But the people will still know, know
Of the fortune he brought Rome, Rome…
Fortune he brought
[Chorus x2]
Romans, We stabbed him but, you have to know
This was for Rome, not for power
I loved him but he had to go, a threat he posed to our freedom
Brutus, you stabbed me but, you'll see me soon
upon your doom at Philippi
You'll see me soon upon your doom, upon your doom
But the party don't start 'til Marc walks in.
[Chorus x2]
Artworks:
Brutus and Caesar's Ghost:
Brutus and the Ghost of Julius Caesar, Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911)
Brutus Disturbed By The Ghost Of Caesar, From Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene III, Henry Tresham (c.1751 – 17 June 1814)
Caesar's Death:
"Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 2, the Murder Scene", George Clint (1822)
Death of Caesar, March 15, 44 BC Painting by Vincenzo Camuccini (1798)
The Assassination of Julius Caesar, William Holmes Sullivan (1888)
The Murder of Caesar, Karl von Piloty (1865)
The Death of Julius Caesar, George Esten Cooke (1837)
The Death of Caesar, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1867
Assassination of Julius Caesar, Spanish School, (19th century)
The Assassination of Caesar, Heinrich Füger, 1818
The death of Caesar, Victor Honoré Janssens (1658-1736)
Woodcut manuscript, Johannes Zainer, c. 1474
Marc Antony:
Marc Antony Reading the Will of Caesar, William Hilton (1786-1839)
Marc Antony's Oration, William Holmes Sullivan (1836-1908)
Declining the throne:
Caesar refuses the Diadem, 1894
Antoine offre le diademe a cesar, 1810 Copper engraving
Roman Senate:
Cicero Denounces Catiline (1888), Cesare Maccari
Caesar going to the Senate on the Ides of March, Abel de Pujol (1785-1861)
The Roman Forum by Hodgkin (1800-1860)
Soothsayer:
Beware the Ides of March Soothsayer warning Julius Caesar of the Ides of March, 1858 Wood engraving
Caesar and the Soothsayer, Illustrator Unknown, Published 1880.
Caesar's Wife pleads with him:
Cowards die many deaths - Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)
Calpurnia, Caesar's wife admonishing Caesar, Abel de Pujol (1785-1861)
Triumphs of Caesar:
Julius Caesar, Andrea Mantegna, c. 1490
The Vase Bearers, Andrea Mantegna, c. 1490
Picture Bearers, Andrea Mantegna, c. 1490
Musicians, Andrea Mantegna, c. 1490
Corselet, Andrea Mantegna, c. 1490
A Roman Triumph, Rubens, c. 1630
Vercingetorix Throws Down his Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar, Lionel Royer (1899)
Caesar Crossing the Rubicon, Adolphe Yvon, 1876
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By Alexis Culotta
Cesare Maccari was born 9 May 1840 in Siena. He would grow up to become an award winning painter best known for his classically-inspired compositions.
Studying first at Siena’s Accademia di Belle Arti, Maccabi later continued his training in the Florentine studio of Luigi Mussini. As a testament to Maccari’s innate talent, while working in Florence he received several notable commissions as well as a scholarship to fund a period of study in Rome.
Once Maccari arrived in Rome in the 1860s, he would stay there for the majority of his career. Over the next decade, Maccari’s work was showcased in a number of prestigious venues and he was lauded with substantial commissions. From 1870 to 1873 he worked on a series of seven painted for the Chiesa del Santissimo Sudario dei Piemontesi in Rome, and in 1878 his painting, The Deposition of Pope Silvers by Antonina, wife of Belisarius, was a prize winner of the Turin Exposition that year.
The 1880s and 1890s witnessed Maccari’s work on a fresco cycle for Rome’s Palazzo Madama as well as a cupola cycle for the Basilica di Loreto; upon his return to Rome near the turn of the century, Maccari embarked on an ambitious fresco cycle for the Palazzo di Giustizia. Maccari died in Rome in 1919.
Further Reading:
De Gubernatis, Angelo. Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, pittori, scultori e architetti (Florence, 1889).
Leonardo da Vinci Painting the Mona Lisa, 1863.
Cicero Denounces Catiline, 1889. Palazzo Madama, Rome.
Justice with the Balance and the Sword Between Law and Strength, c. 1900. Palazzo di Giustizia, Rome.
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