Joe Cheung - French Revolution (Music Video)

This is a final project we did for our art history class at UCSD. Its a song about the French Revolution and its just full of random stuff we tried to relate to the information. =D Produced by Joe Cheung Vu Hoang Shaun Nguyen Victor Pham Directed and edited by Joe Cheung Song written and Performed by Joe Cheung Director of Photography Vu Hoang Verse 1: It all started in 1789 Let me tell you we were going through rough times Suppressed by Louis XVI And suppressed by the Ancient Regime Nobility and clergy chillin just living it up In opposition on the bottom there was us Poor and broken suffering under the kings reign We all knew that this was the time for change The third estate coming together was the key Time for movement time for National Assembly King Louis showed us no support So we kept if real, held it down on the tennis court Radical ideas called for a solution Swore an oath to give France a constitution Setting new goals to aim And set forth to never look back from where we came Chorus: Oh why, must we fight over control of this land? I want to be free, to live in equality, and give a kind of peace to France. Verse 2: We knew that Louis was running against our cause So in Bastille we broke in and we went off Destroying everyone and everything in sight This began the mark of a ten year fight We stormed Bastille, but we still got no participation To help resolve this economic situation What must we have to do? To get you realize and see the truth The oath proposed by the Legislative Assembly Said that France would be a constitutional monarchy But then after our first meeting Govern went to chaos and we lost three things 1.The war left us with a ruined economy 2.The legislation stopped the monarchy 3.The infamous Louis XVI We lost him to the invention of the guillotine [CHORUS] Verse 3: Now by this time France was running out of control This was when the Jacobins started to grab hold Prosecution was dread Cause thousands of innocent people were getting beheaded These two dudes Jacques Herbet & Roux They convinced the convention of their political views Engaged in a dispute with the Girodins Who didnt believe in the republic motion In 94 Robespierre life got put to an end The Thermidorians took over & wanted revenge On most of the Jacobins who Contributed to the reign of terror a year prior to In the final years of the French Revolution The Directory was created by the constitution And in France there was peace So Just for now I will live in ease