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The sea-song trend has been simmering on social media for a while, before boiling over just now and since before the start of the pandemic. This "Drunken Sailor
by leoc 6y ago
The sea-song trend has been simmering on social media for a while, before boiling over just now and since before the start of the pandemic. This "Drunken Sailor" video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwOHnr3xVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwOHnr3xVE got a fair bit of attention in about 2019. One or two professional groups have also been having some success. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjC9HMlysmA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjC9HMlysmA Assassin's Creed IV does seem likely to have been the starting point.
- jimnotgym 6y agoThere is also a group called The Fisherman's Friends from Port Isaac in Cornwall UK. They had a hit record and a film made about them (typical British dramatised RomCom). I think this made a lot of people conscious of the sea shanty. https://thefishermansfriends.com/ https://thefishermansfriends.com/