Talk:Song of Christian
He kind of sounds like Conker from Conker's Bad Fur Day.~User:gourmetpickle
The F in English
There's some confusion over what F Chris is referring to. Some believe that he got an F for this video (though how could he get an F for a video where he's complaining about getting an F for?) but based on the fact that (after listening to it again), he talks about how he started out with an A and the teacher kept going "lower and lower" with his grade, it seems to suggest that Chris is complaining about his cumulative grade in English and thought he'd throw in his bitching at the end since his English teacher would have to see it. --Champthom 02:06, 3 October 2009 (CEST)
I think it's just referring to the poetry assignment. It might be his arrogance to assume that the assignment was worth an A, and then in the teacher's evaluation of it, she lowered that deserved grade all the way to an F. It being the cumulative grade in English does make sense, but if Song of Christian 2 was also made in mid-May, it would be too early to get a final grade. Although it's possible that he found out via an early warning notice or something.
I also find it unlikely that this video was for the class. I just always thought of it as him playing around with his camera, talking about various things relevant to him. However, if it were for class, it would most likely be only the first video; the second one only talks about the poem kind of as an afterthought. He makes reference to presumably his English teacher, with a name that is unclear, but starts with a B. In any event, it's different from the name (if it were a name) he said in the 'indecipherable mutter' soon before the reading of the poem. Pitifuladultlife 15:25, 11 October 2010 (PDT)
I think it is highly unlikely that Chris had a video camera to play around with at age 16. Chris has a lot of disposable income now because of his tugboat, but before he turned 18 his parents were probably keeping it all, and we know he didn't have a job. Chris was likely issued a camera by his school to make this video. Also remember that this was before youtube, so Chris didn't have the expectation that everyone in the world watches every video he makes. If he made this in the privacy of his own home for his own edification, then why is he referring to the teacher as 'you' and speaking as if she can hear him. Hazard 20:21, 20 December 2010 (PST)
"I talk well"
Transcribing is a son of a bitch when this guy shoots out something three words in advance, and has to backtrack. And anyway, say, uh, sh-should, uh, or should I say this old-fashioned ah... He's a fuckin' dyslexic Foghorn Leghorn! Chris also uses language to infer that his audience should already know all about him. I'm assuming that in these pre-internet days he would blab incessantly about himself to kids and teachers.
The mumble after the poem's introduction sounds like "Here it is, Miss Snow[?]". Perhaps grudgingly addressing a teacher under his breath? Mall Conductor Bear 06:59, 17 May 2009 (CEST)
I wonder who this video was made for?
I wonder who this video was made for? It wayyy predates Chris's YouTube adventures, and he can't possibly have thought of creating this sort of self-promotional DVDs at that time. It's pretty clear why he included it on the DVD (since the idea was probably to cram in every piece of video featuring him, ever), but who did he, at the time it was filmed, think this video was made for? Did he just pick up a camera and think "I shall create 'The Christian Chandler Show' in my image"? If he just wanted to rant about the poem not getting enough respect, why film it? ...just a few questions that probably never get really good answers. --Wwwwolf 16:47, 7 June 2009 (CEST)
- I think the standard interpretation is that this was made for a class project, though it's possible he made it for himself. However, the fact he asks people not to laugh, that he addresses his English teacher, etc. seems to suggest that it was for his class. --Champthom 02:03, 3 October 2009 (CEST)
Transcribed the second video.
Now I'm going to go stick my dick in the toaster. It will be less painful than trying to figure out what this fat fuck was saying... AnalCactus 01:25, 28 July 2009 (CEST)
- Good luck, there's a lot of stuff in the second video that I've been wondering about, particularly some of the things he says while raging on his English teacher--Super Fighting Robot Megaman!
01:26, 28 July 2009 (CEST)
Just want to point out one mistake. I am 99 percent sure that in the second video he says "yeah I call that Cool. Yeah.... (trying to sound like a badass)." Kind of a more self-congratulatory thing (maybe for choosing to call it "cool") Instead of "Thats what I call cool" Great job but I wanted to point that out." User:815Ssox
I think the line "AND YOU MADE IT BURN" is actually him saying, "And you, Mr/Mrs. (Enternamehere)," which might grant us useless knowledge about his English teacher's name. So far, it sounds like Mrs. Burt or Byrd or something like that. --Mr Flylice 18:02, 4 January 2013 (PST)
Tone
Why do you think that his voice sounds so far removed from his typical nasal monotone? Was it just that he had more energy at 16 (because he wasn't such a lazy fattie)? Less emotional baggage from all the crap that happened to him after high school? Semicolon 02:12, 18 August 2009 (CEST)
Plagiarism?
Call me uncultured(I'm from Kentucky so it's probably correct), but what poem did Chris steal from? --OFSheep 03:08, 19 October 2009 (CEST)
- The poems are named right bellow the transcript of the "Song of Christian" in part 1. Griffintown 18:04, 20 October 2009 (CEST)
Best Buy vs. Best Products
I know Christian has terrible pronunciation, but I really don't think he's saying Best Buy in the video. I think he's talking about the defunct department store Best Products. If you listen to the video again, I think it's obvious that he's not mispronouncing the word buy, but is fumbling saying the word products. I know it's minor, but at least part of the story makes more sense. --ThaFNFreak 15:50, 5 November 2010 (PDT)
- Yeah, he's definitely saying Best Products. Also, it probably doesn't matter too much given Chris's slippery memory, but Best Buy didn't exist in 1982 and their store in Charlottesville looks like it opened in the 2000s. Apostrophe 12:46, 7 November 2010 (PST)
- I also edited out the factual error about Best Buy, since it's no longer relevant. --ThaFNFreak 20:16, 13 November 2010 (PST)
Voice
Christian's voice is not very different.... I mean, it has a fuller and more transcribable tone but saying that it's that much different as to be a combo of James Earl Jones and Captain Beefheart is just.... Odd. It's basically a more conscious version of his normal voice, like he actually cared or was aware of how he sounded during the recordings that eventually went away due to his lack of people to talk to and practice the use of his voice with.