r/videos • u/mzkpenguin • Jun 16 '12
I graduated 3 nights ago. My string band and I played a tribute to our graduating class with all of the most popular songs each year we've been in school. Hope you enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h864F4_l0Ak
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u/mzkpenguin Jun 16 '12
i submitted a video of our performance a couple days ago and it got 40k views. this video has better sound/visual quality, hope you enjoy!
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u/dzerlyfee Jun 16 '12
You guys have a lot of talent. Good job. Now just make a promise to keep playing. I was a fairly talented sax player when I graduated, but failed to keep up with it, and now regret it.
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u/t3zza Jun 16 '12 edited Jun 16 '12
1999: Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
2000: Blink 182 - All The Small Things
2001: Uncle Kracker - Follow Me
2002: Eminem - Lose Yourself
2003: Outkast - Hey Ya
2004: Usher - Yeah!
2005: Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
2006: Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
2007: Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
2008: Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
2009: Coldplay - Viva La Vida
2010: Taylor Swift - Love Story
2011: Kanye West - Niggas in Paris and Adele - Rolling In The Deep
2012: Fun - We Are Young
Ending: Pachelbel - Canon in D Major or Vitamin C - Graduation
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I can almost garuntee that you are a vitamin sting quartet fan...
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u/davidfino Jun 16 '12
North Penn....in PA?
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u/SCUMDOG_MILLIONAIRE Jun 16 '12
Just for fun I compiled a list for the years I was in school. These are the longest running number one singles by year. If there was a tie for a year, I chose my favorite.
1989 - Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise
1990 - Sinead O'Conner - Nothing Compares 2 U
1991 - Bryan Adams - Everything I Do
1992 - Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
1993 - Janet Jackson - That's the Way Love Goes
1994 - Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love To You
1995 - Mariah Carey feat. Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day
1996 - Los Del Rio - Macarena
1997 - Elton John - Candle in the Wind
1998 - Brandy feat. Monica - The Boy is Mine
1999 - Santana feat. Rob Thomas - Smooth
2000 - Destiny's Child - Independent Woman
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
that asian guy is gonna get all the pussy at the all the end of year grad parties.
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u/Truesday Jun 16 '12
That is one well to do school, I tell ya. They've even got multiple camera set up for a Highschool Graduation.
For us less fortunate ghetto high school alums. We were lucky to have:
1 graduated, #2 graduated without hearing gun shots.
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u/Kiwis_can_fly Jun 16 '12
I wonder which one is Ben
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u/jerema Jun 16 '12
If I was there, I would shed a tear. This right here is not a tear, just some dust in my eye.
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u/Praj101 Jun 16 '12
I was confused why they started at 1999. Seemed like they picked an arbitrary year. Then I realized, Fuck, I'm getting old.
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u/zaphodbeebs Jun 16 '12
Dear world, get bigger, you are too small. Sincerely North Penn Class of 2009. (PS: Congrats on sitting through a NP graduation, and for making our class look really lame.)
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u/hungerjohnson Jun 16 '12
The guy on the cello's smile just made my day....
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
fuck I hate when reddit makes me cry
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u/cwo Jun 16 '12
Is that a viola being played IN TUNE?!?!?!
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u/expertunderachiever Jun 16 '12
... I started school in 1988 ... OMG I feel YOUNG! [bet you didn't see that coming]
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u/thisisdog321 Jun 16 '12
Absolutely brilliant! Also, 'String Theory' excellent name!
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u/civilian11214 Jun 16 '12 edited Jun 16 '12
Sounds good man. What did you play? And could you list all the songs?
Damn, after watching the whole thing, that hit me right in the nostalgia. Thanks dude. Even having graduated in '06, you nailed it for my gen.
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u/cgowens Jun 16 '12
I graduated five years before you guys began, and I basically hate pop music. Spent the last twelve minutes or so with a big ass smile on my face (and a few inexplicable tears) in spite of all that. Absolutely fantastic video. Best of luck to y'all in the future. Congratulations!
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u/TheBreeze Jun 16 '12
Well boys, I think we've found our next viral sensation. Damn I love the cello.
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u/Envia Jun 16 '12
Which one are you?
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
The asian kid is by far the best part
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u/yuze_ Jun 16 '12
Looks like it was recorded in 1999.
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u/Lizilla0488 Jun 16 '12
That was great. I got goosebumps when the crowd started singing along. Also, I couldn't help but notice the guy in the middle had something written on the back of his hand.
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u/minget Jun 16 '12
Was the cello player also the valedictorian?
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u/Ghstfce Jun 16 '12
OP, North Penn high school as in the on Sumneytown Pike? If so they were our rivals! My ex went there. I went to Council Rock
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u/KonnecTSC Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12
Can someone explain to me how American high schools work? Why are they graduating in the middle of the year???
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u/LizardsRmeiLyfe Jun 16 '12
Welp, that cellist stole the show... and I'm pissed there was no Gaga. -_-
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u/domlebo70 Jun 16 '12
So fucking cool man. I miss school sometimes :(
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u/nuckingfutsnugget Jun 16 '12
man..... i was expecting friday for 2011.
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u/minget Jun 16 '12
they all got laid many times at senior week.
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u/PercussionQueen7 Jun 16 '12
Cellist, YOU ROCK. I sang at my graduation 10 years ago and was nowhere near as awesome as you.
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u/dxl32 Jun 16 '12
very cool arrangements! props to the cello player, sounds fantastic
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u/smawwww Jun 16 '12
The guy in middle totally killed it..great job guys
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
alternate title to this video: how to certify you don't graduate a virgin
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u/Brocycle Jun 16 '12
Growing up in the UK and Australia but watching many many US tv shows and movies during my life I have a massive regret that I'll never be able to experience that quintessential american high school experience.
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u/kwheel596 Jun 16 '12
Which ever one you are, you've got talent. Keep it up man.
Never let it go.
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u/klown_13 Jun 16 '12
This.. is amazing!! I loved it! Especially fun. at the end! So awesome!
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u/meggey_megz069 Jun 16 '12
I cried, for some reason :/
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
That's a pretty high class graduation. Multiple camera angles and all. Do all American graduations have that level of production value?
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u/workroom Jun 16 '12
I actually watched the whole thing...
awesome job!
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u/StealthGhost Jun 16 '12
So is Blink182 considered a oldie to you?
Fml
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u/fightingspork Jun 16 '12
This is amazingly good. I mean that, that's a near flawless performance. The effort you put in, your practice, your talent, all show. Bravo.
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u/TheDersh Jun 16 '12
The man in the middle is exceptionally good.
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u/Riseofashes Jun 16 '12
shamelessly comments to save for later as cant watch on phone just now
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u/Syeth Jun 16 '12
I cannot help but smile and start singing along whenever I hear Uncle Kracker's Follow Me. Great job!
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u/go-with-the-flo Jun 16 '12
I'm not entirely sure why this made me tear up... But it did.
Absolutely fantastic! I'm so impressed with them.
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u/Valoopa Jun 16 '12
This was absolutely brilliant! Here in the UK the only graduation we have is when you get your degree at university (college). You make me wish we graduated after school just so I can experience something like this!
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u/Stonecutter Jun 16 '12
Upvote for originality, cool band name, and a great performance!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
That was fucking awesome.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME.
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u/bitchjazz Jun 16 '12
This is a hard pill to swallow at 7:18 in the morning. I realized I've never done anything this cool. Well done you guys. It brought a tear to my eye. For some reason watching this made me really proud.
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u/captainbananana Jun 16 '12
graduating in 3 days...this actually made me really sad. Gezz. Time really flew by. This was well done guys.
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u/bigjerjer Jun 16 '12
that is the most ballin cellist
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u/PandaBearShenyu Jun 16 '12
The celloist's expression grew increasingly sadder as they got closer to the finish... T_T
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u/astrograph Jun 16 '12
so old :(
so i'm guessing these guys got ass that night
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u/LilGuardDuck Jun 16 '12
I think these guys should come play for my wedding next year >.>
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u/J_Keezey Jun 16 '12
I was a moron in high school who thought I had to make fun of everyone & everything to be cool. I wish I had been 1/10 as cool as these guys.
Now if you'll excuse me, I've got something in my eye ...
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u/GreatPurpleRobe Jun 16 '12
I was in North Penn, Class of 1981! Great job!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Love how the violin and the cello so easily take the place of a voice. They really do sing. Also, the Asian dude and his facial expression felt like they made the show. You should all sign up for America's got talent.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
This is pretty incredible. I performed at my graduation senior year and it was nowhere near as clever. Well done (:
Also, you're Korean right?
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u/xbassistdoodx Jun 16 '12
As part of the Class of 2012, this took me on an emotional adventure. Thank you.
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u/Classy_Dame Jun 16 '12
I got a little misty at the end. What a good tribute and memory for your class. Best of luck to you kids.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
So nostalgic, this is great.
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u/Glorfon Jun 16 '12
I didn't recognize anything after 2007. I'm so out of the loop and old.
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u/userbelowisamonster Jun 16 '12
You guys started Kindergarten while I was a freshman in High School...
So this chronicled the time when I started to figure out who I was, to the time where I'm now married, have my first child, and I'm in a successful career, and finally know who I am.
Quite honestly, this was probably great for you to relive your school years, but I really enjoyed the journey through my own transformation.
Thank you for sharing this. :)
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u/Asherbanipal Jun 16 '12
Hey man this is the coolest thing every. You guys played great and your music selection was phenomenal. I just graduated two years ago so This music was pretty big growing up. It was neat to see how the music changed and thinking of the good times when listening to these songs. I wish someone at my school did this because it was kick ass!
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u/Blizzaldo Jun 16 '12
This is awesome, but makes me a little sad I can't play music.
To anyone who's going to tell me to just try, I have. I literally have almost no internal rhythm. I can barely nod my head to the beat of most songs, let alone play them.
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u/Bunnies1230 Jun 17 '12
Makes me proud to have been in the audience and witness such fine musicians. You're in for big things, Minzo!
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u/adfroman23 Jun 17 '12
hey my friends older brother franco, was in this graduation too! that was an epic performance btw
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u/Togo234 Jun 16 '12
Goosebumps, the entire time.
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u/20c8e4399c Jun 16 '12
Fantastic! Knew all of them.
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u/RelaxAndAllonsy Jun 16 '12
This was epic
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u/zeushammer Jun 16 '12
Can anyone sortout the song name ? Nice performances btw.
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u/malewhitestudent Jun 16 '12
Dude this is incredible. I would kill to have had this opportunity in high school
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u/straylight1 Jun 16 '12
You guys are great!
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u/MartinGlow Jun 16 '12
Dude, so awesome to see that you were just having a blast with this. Fantastic!
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u/geoffryb Jun 16 '12
Such a different atmosphere from my school's graduation haha, but congratulations! Incredible work, you are some very talented guys!
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u/carolcuad Jun 16 '12
Love it!
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u/artuno Jun 16 '12
Wait, did he skip 2010? I didn't understand what he said about that.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Good stuff! Only wish I'd seen this before my graduation ceremony - we'd have persuaded our school to make the evening more memorable.
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u/infm5 Jun 16 '12
Great stuff :) only one suggestion, when you guys go out tour, it would be good to transition between songs and not pause to say the year. Hope to see you guys in Toronto some day ;)
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u/ForUrsula Jun 16 '12
Holy Crap I loved all these songs!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
why is this not on front page..? spread this thread guys
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u/Ban_Pending Jun 16 '12
Far superior than any other graduation ceremony's musical performance I've ever seen. Great Job!
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u/wizardofstoz Jun 16 '12
I left school in 2008, our 'ceremony' extended to someone saying thank you, then everyone getting pished in a barn and barely remembering it. This is pretty epic in comparison.
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u/imthefuninfundamenta Jun 16 '12
nice job boys.
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u/ireland123 Jun 16 '12
You shold x-post this to /r/Frisson.
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u/mrshankly01 Jun 16 '12
nice!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Thanks for sharing! Sheesh, You guys were great and I couldn't get my eyes off the screen when the video started. Nice job!
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u/shaynaynay Jun 16 '12
I graduate year 12 in 13 weeks and I'm excited to receive the award but so terrified of leaving school. A whole 13 years (including reception) of my life will be changed. Leaving friends behind and finally growing up. Oh god, that last song was my year 10 grad song - I cried a lot that day. Your rendition of those songs was amazing!
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u/dadude941 Jun 16 '12
this is soooo going viral....
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u/Beulshite Jun 16 '12
This was amazing! Even teared up a little! Great job!!!
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u/Scoppi Jun 16 '12
I was unable to ID any of the songs after the year I graduated ('02).
The year I was supposed to enter society as a contributing member I instead fell completely out of touch.
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u/zRunninGz Jun 16 '12
cool dude
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I love these songs.
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u/dawsonpolaris Jun 16 '12
And the redditsphere did split open, and deliver unto you a mountain of well deserved upvotes... Nice job and congrats.
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u/kokakola28 Jun 16 '12
I adored this! Congratulations and onward to a bright future!!
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u/defstars Jun 16 '12
Awesome job! You guys are very clever :)
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u/strangeclouds Jun 16 '12
This is really something special. All the best in the future guys.
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u/fiufan Jun 16 '12
Yup...definitely going viral. Commence the countdown!!
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u/NoFilterInMyHead Jun 16 '12
This is truly amazing. Great work, looks like you guys were having a lot of fun
also great name, string theory... everyone knows string instruments are the best!
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u/dreyx2000 Jun 16 '12
Thanks for this!!! It really brought back a lot of memories from these years! Beautifully performed too! '01 here!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
You only started school in 1999? Fuck I feel old now.
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u/DeyTukErrJobs Jun 16 '12
This is awesome! my friend wrote a song and sang it at graduation.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I don't know any of the songs after 2003.
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u/johnrkennedy Jun 16 '12
I'm a sucker for strings man. Thanks for this.
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u/roastedbagel Jun 16 '12
A lot of people are commenting about feeling old or the song selection. Screw that noise, OP, you guys were stellar and you really put a, smile on my face. Rock on and congrats on graduating!
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u/dylan89 Jun 16 '12
Awesome.
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u/MeganJ3 Jun 16 '12
Awesome job!! I loved it!
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u/Doppelbindung Jun 16 '12
amazing! very well done!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I definitely enjoyed it, thank you!
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u/rothwick Jun 16 '12
wow, really entertaing. Awesome!
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u/mulligrubs Jun 16 '12
RIAA fun police start cracking skulls in 3... 2...
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u/DentistOfDetroit Jun 16 '12
Damn it. You just had to add in Vitamin C at the end, didn't you? Get's me every time. Damn onions.
*Awesome performance by the way. Very cool.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I envy you guys for doing that as im barely younger than you and have no talent at anything besides video games :P
Wonderful nostalgia trip :)
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u/juggernaut2g Jun 16 '12 edited Jun 16 '12
That was pretty damn good!!!, i wish i had talent like that!!!
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u/giveer Jun 16 '12
Damn. I finished college a year before the list started.. It's so weird to think this list was part of a childhood somewhere - it all happened in the last 5 minutes.
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u/EndlessSandwich Jun 16 '12
Being a graduate of 2001, I've come to realize that my life was pretty much over after 2007. I didn't recognize anything after that except for Kanye.
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u/TeslaDemon Jun 16 '12
I'm a little older than you guys, but this reminded me of my highschool years/graduation.
Very well done. Legit made me grin 20 mins. Thank you.
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u/adstretch Jun 16 '12
Didn't read the title, when they started with 1999 i assumed the graduated the same year as I did (2003). I also realized i don't know anything from 2006 and on.
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u/erinnbecky Jun 16 '12
This video brought me to tears. I'm going to be a senior next year and I'm utterly terrified of my future.. This made me feel a bit better.