Five Year YouTube Anniversary!
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So… March 9th was my five year YouTube anniversary. This tribute was supposed to be FINISHED and uploaded by then, but due to multiple complications and setbacks that tend to occur when you attempt to throw a video together at the last minute, it was delayed. But that doesn’t make it any less special. It just means it doesn’t get to say it was uploaded on March 9th. :[
In racking my brain to come up with a song to use for this tribute video, I finally settled on Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire", and decided I would rewrite my own lyrics. That's when this originally-thought-to-be-small-project turned into a massive-overwhelming-task-of-tedious-frustration. But I prevailed! I am rather proud of my new lyrics, and I am glad I will now have this video to look back on years from now as a reminder of these treasured times.
(The song isn't entirely chronologically correct, but in a general sense, it is. Oh, and I really wanted to try to re-record the awful vocals I did for this, but I got sick this weekend, so that just did not happen. It is what it is. As always, I apologize for yet again making a video that involves me singing in it.)
If you get lost, click the Closed Caption option to follow along with the song on the video! (Thanks to my friend Jiming for syncing up the lyrics for me!!)
Or feel free to read along here:
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"Five Year YouTube Anniversary"
Lyrics by: Melanie Hall
Jerry Lewis, Animation, Patsy/Rings Spoof Combination.
Pip and Merry, Dean and Jerry, see them eat a bean.
Skip ahead a few more days, start my new Producers phase.
Smurfed and blue, Godfather too, Colgate Comedy scenes.
[music break]
Summer of 2006 turned the camera on for kicks.
Lip singin’, silly dancing, sure could use some acting tips.
‘Ducers Medley, 7 minutes. Dressed up, filmed it to present it.
Feelin’ groovy, Silent Movie, first of my NYC trips!
5 Year anniversary! My life situations, all my inspirations.
5 Year Anniversary! I have shared creations, bore humiliation.
Gary Beach on the phone, Andrew dancing all alone.
New vlog, new camera, Ken Dolls “Keep it Gay”.
Hasselhoff intoxicated! – Used my cat to re-create it.
Old tapes, old toys, take a dumb survey.
Florida vacation, “Springtime Remix Dance Sensation”
N-Y round 2 planning time, plea to see Young Frankenstein.
Frustrations, plan changes, ‘Member Jess, our vlog exchanges?
Halloween! Things between! Off to the Big App’ again!
Too many vids on YouTube!
Memories collected, help me stay connected.
Way too many vids on YouTube!
Can be played and played all day, they’ll never fade away.
‘Ducers gang in New York! Actin’ like a buncha dorks!
Hangin’ ’round the stage door! Nathan at the Barrymore!
Andrew does a Seinfeld quote! Home again, bad sore throat!
Singin’ in my Newley wig, Cagney and the Ballroom Blitz!
Makes Weird Noises 1-5, “Slapoff Smackoff” Jimmy jive.
Stupid laugh track sitcom show, Jimmy is a-Go-Go!
“Inappropriate Cell Phone”, Please “Leave Britney A-LONE!”
Happy Birthday Brookie Brooke! See my Charlie Chaplin nook!
5 Year Anniversary! Got a slight obsession, a need of expression.
5 Year Anniversary! Could I live without it? No, I highly doubt it.
2 years down to Disneyland, characters marching with the band.
Musical Chairs, Celebrate!, brand new kitten vlog update.
Grassy, Squishy, Party, Sweet, Rowdy, Smokey, “Nach’o Cheese!”
Lovely Jorgé, I befriended. Claim by Comcast — Got suspended!
They were wrong! Got it fixed! Back to Hatter music vids!
Castle shows! Trololos! Once more to New York I go!
5 Year Anniversary! Like an inventory of my own life story.
5 Year Anniversary! An incredible journey since the site’s been turning.
To the airport on the bus, Grassy points at “George Lucas!”
Dapper Dans, Peter Pan, leprechaun, “Uh, your mom.”
Conga dancing in the street, tried but you can’t stop the beat.
Rum Tum Hatter, Humbug Hatter, Single Hatters, pancake batter.
Yet another third strike claim, Warner Brothers is to blame!
Wait and wait, reinstate, wave good bye to Celebrate!
Rydell’s Awkward Musical — Bobby liked it! — Fans were cruel!
Facebook/YouTube comment wars! Like I care much anymore!
5 years worth of vids on YouTube!
Lots of pointless fluff, but there is some good stuff.
Lots and lots-a vids on YouTube!
Hope that when I’m gone they will still play on,
and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on…
Happy Birthday to my YouTube!
Thank you everybody who has stuck beside me.
Happy Birthday to my YouTube!
[Incoherent "doo be bop bop, whoa whoa yeah yeah" ramblings...]
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Video by Melanie:
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See all these vids and more in their entirety on my channel:
http://www.youtube.com/igvmyslf1000pts
**Oh geez Louise. D: Stupid typo. In the credits, it’s supposed to be “Public Enemy”, NOT that 2009 Johnny Depp movie fail “Public Enemies”. BAH. I hate myself.**
Duration : 0:4:49
This is the first …
God I wish we had you in New England.
This is the first video of yours I’ve seen.. and I just watched it five times back-to-back. What an introduction!
@weker1
I did enjoy it though. In whatever you decide to do for your 5 years, IF you decide to do something, just have fun. That’s all that matters.
Hey! Happy …
@weker1
Hey! Happy early 5 year! Lol, if you wanna steal my idea, I say GO FOR IT. It was quite mentally labor-intensive, so best of luck to you if you do.
@weker1
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your loyalty of sticking by me all these years. Hehe, I agree that we need more “zany dated Mel”! And hopefully we will with this next project I’ve got on my mind. I’m hoping to make somewhat of a sequel to my recent Awkward Made-For-Internet Movie, but it’s currently in the pre-pre-pre-PRE-production stages, lol, so don’t hold your breath for it anytime SOON. It’s going to be a HUGE undertaking, but I’m looking forward to it.
Thank you …
@weker1
Thank you Matt!
@weker1 Update, …
@weker1 Update, Just Realized it is my five Year on Aug 20, I joined on that date in, 2006, Holy Crap, Now you have raised the bar I’m gonna have to make a five year video too…I may Steal your Idea! lol
Ever Since I …
Ever Since I mentioned That I always Think of This channel and then you post a new video, I suddenly Don’t Notice it and the a month later notice This Video, I loved it, I think I have followed you for at least 3 of those 5 and I wish you at least another five Cause we need more Zany dated Mel Please!
Also I say all the time But I am a Broken Record, More Skits in the Next five years please!
@igvmyslf1000pts …
@igvmyslf1000pts Okay i’ll say Hi to you!yay!! =)
@piratelover71
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Hey, if you ever see me there, don’t hesitate to come say hi!
@piratelover71
You have brought …
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You have brought the world so much joy with all your youtube vids… All of them! Haha, you crack me up, keep ‘em coming!!
I’m going to need to meet you at Disneyland sometime to get YOUR autograph! (Right next to Grasshopper’s!
@huitzi21
Omg I’m …
@huitzi21
Omg I’m going tomorrow too!! O_O I’m hoping to get there about when Musical Chairs is starting. Come say hi if you see me!
Great video I love …
Great video I love it!! Happy 5 years on YouTube!!!
@igvmyslf1000pts …
@igvmyslf1000pts Girl Your editing is great..I love it!!!Really i hope to editing things as good as you!Keep the Videos coming cause there FANTASTIC !!!!
Your Number 1 fan….haha
I hope to see you there at Disneyland one of these days..I’m going tomorrow.
I give you one …
I give you one billion points
@TheMarchStudios
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@TheMarchStudios
Lmao! Yes I do indeedy do believe that is a slight hint of a nod to Swingin’ School at the end there!! For some reason that’s always my go-to song when I’m “whoa-whoaing” and “yeah-yeahing”. What does it have to do with my 5 years on YouTube… ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
@TheMarchStudios
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OH YEAH RIGHT, and I swear this is just APPLEJUICE that I’M drinking right now…… (no,actually it’s NyQuil..)
@TheMarchStudios
@TheMarchStudios
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@TheMarchStudios
:] :] *HUGS* This makes me so happy to hear. Such an incredible story of fate. It’s amazing to me to look back on how we come across things, or people in our lives, and how the consequence of one tiny action has the power to change everything forever. And more often than not, something I love just by chance leads me to a NEW interest I never saw coming, and it just makes everything that much more special to you. Like it’s all connected in some personal way that’s important.
@TheMarchStudios
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@TheMarchStudios
Lol, but omg. I had a long list of all my vids, and before I ultimately decided on this song, I was just playing around with it, going thru, trying to come up with rhymes, seeing if I could fit anything to the beat of the music, and the instant “Pip and Merry, Dean and Jerry” clicked in my head, I was like, SO proud of myself, lmao, and I just KNEW I had to write this song.
…Then I spent many long hours crying at my computer over the huge mistake I had made.
@TheMarchStudios
Weird Al better watch out for Weird Mel! (wut.) I’d like to think that listening to him all my life has had some sort of effect on the creative aspect of my life. I’m sure it has in some respect, whether I realize it or not. I always secretly enjoy amusing myself by changing the lyrics to songs I love. (or making up my own when I can’t remember them. Or don’t really know what they’re saying..)
I …
@TheMarchStudios
I take being compared to Weird Al as the highest form of compliment.
@TheMarchStudios
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@TheMarchStudios
TELL ME ABOUT IT. I had nightmares about getting this song written. Not even joking. I swear, I’d be laying in my bed at night, unable to sleep bc I’d have words swirling through my head trying to come up with lyric ideas. And then I’d wake up early bc I subconsciously had this antsy feeling that I NEEDED to get this video done. Omg. My stupid body is always doing that when I’m working on a project. It’s like, overly-excited for some reason so I can’t get a decent sleep. WHY.
@huitzi21
It’s …
@huitzi21
It’s called Pinnacle, and it’s what I’ve used since the very beginning of my editing days. I REALLLLY need to learn a more advanced program though. I’m very limited with what I can do with it. :[
YAY! I cannot TELL …
YAY! I cannot TELL you Mel how honored I am to be in this video! lol
Oh, and HIGH-FIVE …
Oh, and HIGH-FIVE for using the incoherent doo-bee-bops! And lol, do I detect a hint of Swingin’ School thrown in there at the end?
And ya know… I …
And ya know… I personally think the vocals are just fine. Maybe you got sick because really you weren’t MEANT to re-record them.
Aww Mel, 2:57… I …
Aww Mel, 2:57… I really do feel so honored and special you included my clip for this. :] :]
Lmao, and speaking of my vid. I’ve had that up, for like over a year… and only NOW realize just how incredibly tipsy I look. I SWEAR that was just coffee…
Gosh… this really …
Gosh… this really brings back memories. Me running around You-Tube looking for Jerry Lewis vids, totally oblivious to the fact our lives would soon collide. Finding some old Colgate Comedy Hour clips that just HAPPENED to be uploaded by you. And the related videos to the side were of the Mad Hatter… and then after watching those, I went to your channel and discovered James Cagney. Ahh, the wonderful joy of reminiscing…
Mel, you are …
Mel, you are undoubtedly the next Weird Al! It is often so very difficult to re-write lyrics, and choosing “We Didn’t Start the Fire” well, you were given a load to re-write! The final result of your utter-overwhelming-frustrating task was simply brilliant. :]