Poor Jack, in LATIN! Nightmare Before Christmas (lyrics: Stefano Vittori) Songs in Latin

[@schatjepatatje767]

this man is solo-carrying the Latin learning community

[@ScorpioMartianus]

That’s very kind of you to say, but the teachers out there who not only make great content, but teach the students in the classroom, are extraordinary individuals and are doing more work than I could ever dream of. But if I’m playing my part in teaching a bit of Latin then I am glad.

[@Romanophonie]

@@ScorpioMartianus You’re too humble! Tuae operae optimae et pulcherrimae sunt, Luciī ❤🎃!

[@luminescentpearl4126]

@@schatjepatatje767 Do you mind giving links to said pdfs? I am also early in learning Latin and could use the help!

[@luminescentpearl4126]

@@schatjepatatje767 Gratias tibi!

[@krazykookie23]

I LOVE your Nightmare Before Christmas covers! They just sound so great in Latin and are sung beautifully!

[@weirdlanguageguy]

I'm glad I have this playlist saved so I can listen early - I love your nightmare before Christmas songs!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

lol yup, that’s the trick!

[@holyone1542]

that MI at 2:07 sounds just like the American voice actor for jack, you have knocked it out of the park with this one.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks very much!

[@hoangkimviet8545]

It makes me think that there are some dead Romans who revive and sing in our period.

[@deedelefilosoof1483]

2x

[@justoliver77]

Thank You Luke for doing another Nightmare before Christmas in Latin again!

[@malinpetersson4182]

Nooo Luke 😅 I've practiced Mundus pateat throughout October and now I MUST learn this as well in... seven days?! 🤣 Joking aside - I liked this one a lot! Thank you for providing songs in Latin!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

It’s a team effort! Thanks for watching and sharing

[@videomaestro9566]

WOW! This Song is GORGEOUS in Latin! Jack sounds so smooth and the emotions are certainly here

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks! I appreciate the compliment

[@samuelesirizzottiz6461]

Then should you try to listen Oogie boogie song in latin, there yes are chills

[@aceriverpirate9795]

This fits so well it scares me.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks! Please share it

[@thunderwazp7653]

A fantastic cover as usual!

[@MusaPedestris]

Wooow!! Dear, I’m so proud! Gratulor vobis, Luci mi, Stefano, Chris! Luci, ut semper, pulcherrimus cantus! Stephane Rvmak, amores, furior versione tua! Look at that translation! Not only word by word (verbum ex verbo), but also the culture (or how can I express that? I'm too enthusiastic, can't express myself very well :D): "Here Lies Poor Old Jack" = "Quantus artifex iacet!" (citation of Nero) - this is SO COOL!! And here: "And at least I left some stories they can tell, I did" - "tamen ausīs excidisse magnīs glōria est!" YOU CITE OVID'S PHAETHON!!! ❤ It's the inscription on Phaethon's grave, after he litterally touched the sky (like Jack! - "And for a moment, why, I even touched the sky") and fell down and died: "Hic situs est Phaethon, currus auriga paterni. Quem si non tenuit magnis tamen excidit ausus" So Stefano also "translated" parts of the story into examples of Latin literature (as he always does). Cooool... I have to watch the movie some time ... EUGE, GRATULOR! :)

[@RVMAK]

Gratias, amore :-)

[@well_weathered]

Had to share this too my adult children who loved to sing this. I honestly can't recall if they ever did sing this in front of an audience but this will challenge them.

[@emilsmikulis]

Thanks for this, I loved it, was singing all along, great way to practice Latin!

[@aristsav6833]

Another fantastic cover

[@adikrish6926]

I love your work :)

[@lilangeldreams2846]

I love how you even declined the "haha" in "hahahae" ! (Wait, should it be declined or was it just a joke x) ? )

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks. That’s how “haha” is spelled in Latin “hahae”

[@MusaPedestris]

"tamen ausīs excidisse magnīs glōria est!" -> ❤🙂 "Hic situs est Phaethon, currus auriga paterni. Quem si non tenuit magnis tamen excidit ausus" (Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2,327 f.) Such a beautiful idea!!

[@emilyvogt66]

Bravo - I just subscribed! 👏

[@MissterClown]

You are so theatrical... i love it

[@LuciusLaw-k1z]

This is the best gift for Halloween!!! Btw I'd appreciate it if you could could make a cover or a comment about the Scaramouche boss theme of the Genshin Impact since its lyrics was Latin and I wonder if it was written correctly or not( sorry for bothering you)

[@eugeniocamporato8427]

Amazing. Greetings from Italy

[@thewitek498]

This is gold

[@DavidAmster]

Pulcherrime!! Bravo!!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Grātiās!

[@irenelapreziosa]

Meravigliosa ❤ Bravissimi tutti!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

👻 🐶❤️

[@deedelefilosoof1483]

Si

[@classicalsheetmusic1986]

Yesss, another song in Latin! 😃

[@plakette26]

Gosh, I LOVE love love your interpretation of this song!!!!!! It's mind-blowing how accurate, perfect and emotional *on point* you can sing. It's exactly congruent with the mimic art. Kudos!!!! I swear Jack sounds EXACTLY like you (If Not, he has to! 😂) Brilliant!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks very much! I haven’t heard him in German; I’d have to find it

[@modmaker7617]

Just get the license from Disney to dub all of Nightmare Before Christmas into Latin already.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

If you have a way to do this, please make it happen for us

[@johanbautista199]

My native language is Spanish, a language that descends directly from Latin and it is incredible how I can easily distinguish several words.

[@hg7299]

ah, a good latin song in the morning

[@CastChaos]

One of the most beautiful things I ever heard is Jack lamenting in Latin.

[@deedelefilosoof1483]

quae pulchra musica. greetings 🤝

[@fraternitas5117]

OPTIME HORRIBILES!

[@juliocesarpintoribera359]

Superb!

[@phoenixfilms6460]

Did anyone else see the "Apocolocynthosis Natalica"? Very fitting name

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Glad you liked it

[@naturalmystic3287]

Vere bona performantia tua, ego solo macaronicum latinum loqueo. Salvete ex Padua :)

[@karldoring9887]

"lyrics by reddidit" - I really enjoy details like this.

[@meropemerope6096]

Thank you :D ♡

[@daleleandertoller2836]

WOW !! You were Fantasic !

[@jeengee498]

Hello, I'm Thai and I LOVE Latin! Are there any Latin lessons I can take online? I would love to understand all of these! 😄😄

[@ScorpioMartianus]

There are! Go to AncientLanguage.com

[@samuelesirizzottiz6461]

@ScorpioMartianus the next year will it be up to the song of the Oogie Boogie?

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Sooner than that. Stay subscribed and turn on that bell!

[@carlareque2732]

Pulchre cantas, gractias tibi ago

[@holeymoley712]

Do Invader Zim next lmao

[@kalemerabasileia10]

❤️💀

[@discipulusromae]

Optime!

[@ivarhellraiser]

👌👌👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@davideleazar5721]

🎃💀

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

Now we need some anime in Latin

[@vindexrc3131]

Tandem!

[@theprincessofthedarkside]

❤❤❤👏🇵🇹

[@fraternitas5117]

the Ecclesiastical bits could be thrown out for a better sounding version xD

[@OccultemTe]

Nomen "Apocolocynthosis" optima est. Id vehementer aptat!

[@MusaPedestris]

Nonne? Rvmak meus hoc excogitavit!! Perplacet! 😀

[@LordHayabusa85]

Shouldn’t it be Sanctus or Sancti Clausus? Or Santa?

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Not here. The characters from Halloween Town mishear his name as “Sandy Claws,” like a crab or a lobster. Thus “Sea Closed” in Stefano’s translation, Thalatta Clausus

[@RVMAK]

Atta Clausus is an important personality of the Roman history of V c. BCE, who led the Sabinian immigration to Rome. The names of the main characters of this history are all deformations of names of personalities of the Roman history (Titus Taphius = Titus Tatius, Gn. Domitius Ululo = Gn. Domitius Corbulo, etc). "Atta Clausus" becomes "Thalatta Clausus" because of "sandy" in "Sandy Claws", to preserve the link to the sea :-)

[@debizancio307]

Parece una suerte de cantó gregoriano

[@feliperodriguesclaffnne8151]

Fuit valde bonus Lucas professor. Lucas Professor, cum in Reconstitutis Latinis loqueris: Facilius nobis est oratores Lusitani intelligere quae dicis. Tametsi intellexi te adhuc difficultatem habere in sermone Latino restituto, sicut es Anglicus.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

I don’t understand what you’re talking about. I don’t have difficulties in pronouncing Latin in the Classical pronunciation. Did you read the notes on screen? They clearly tell you that the pronunciation of the character changes through the song as his mood changes.

[@feliperodriguesclaffnne8151]

@@ScorpioMartianus Sim Professor Luke eu entendir, mas eu estou a falar que os dígrafos: "Ce e Ci, em Latim Clássico tem o som da Letra K, e não o som do Tch como no Italiano". Foi isto que eu quis dizer.

[@glo_bin]

Of course the skeleton knows Latin, it's a dead language