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Drunken Sailor – Public Domain Sea Shanty
- mamon 6y agoLOL This song reached Poland in the early 20 century, and it is known here by the title "Morskie opowieści" (Marine Tales) - we've got creative, so there are something like 500 different verses recorded. I remember singing that a lot on my high school/college parties :)
- app4soft 6y ago> This song reached Poland in the early 20 century Ukrainian Cossacks sings such songs since XVII century sailing in the Black Sea ;) [0] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1350811772245172228 https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1350811772245172228
- ryan-allen 6y ago2021 is the year of the Sea Shanty!
- adzm 6y agoI welcome this.
- pantalaimon 6y agoOnly for so long until Rust is taking over.
- girvo 6y agoRuneScape has been on this for a while!
- app4soft 6y agoApproved by Elon Musk.[0] [0] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1349466269121179653 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1349466269121179653
- thesuperbigfrog 6y ago"Soon may the Wellerman come" remix: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zDTaeqUEWNQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zDTaeqUEWNQ
- app4soft 6y agoAnd The Irish Rovers just few hours ago premiered their "The Wellerman" lyrics video, filmed in New Zealand, in 1977.[0,1] [0] https://twitter.com/TheIrishRovers/status/1350893920473923585 https://twitter.com/TheIrishRovers/status/135089392047392358... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhYPCb4RQDc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhYPCb4RQDc
- arminiusreturns 6y agoI was into sea shantiea before they were cool! /s Seriously though, my favorite: Johhny Depps collab sea shanty albums with many famous artists: Rogues Gallery 1 and 2. They went under the radar but I really like hearing new takes, and I want Bonos "A Dying Sailor to his Shipmates" played at my wake. Frission every time I hear it.
- llimos 6y agoReminds me of this: https://twitter.com/peterswellman/status/1276883249369882625?lang=en https://twitter.com/peterswellman/status/1276883249369882625... Possibly the world's greatest ever news report.
- pcdoodle 6y agoBrilliant!
- phpnode 6y agoI'm wondering how many people are working on Sea Shanty Tech right now
- app4soft 6y agoA lot! FTR, I just re-rendered this Sea Shanty MIDI file into looped video[0] with a 240BPM (original is 120BPM) using MuseScore 3.6[1] app. Enjoy the song and sing along! ;) [0] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1350904572450123778 https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1350904572450123778 [1] https://musescore.org/en/3.6 https://musescore.org/en/3.6
- danielmg 6y agoBlockchain where the proof-of-work is shanties.
- tomcam 6y agoSome much much better versions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X8T1MonrPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X8T1MonrPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_RWtdm81WU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_RWtdm81WU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkJtHXfRH74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkJtHXfRH74 Warning: incredibly sexist lyrics in one of the verses
- felixr 6y agoI don't think was posted because of its sound quality, but because it was implemented using an OPL2 aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_YM3812 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_YM3812
- app4soft 6y ago> sound quality To be clear, there also MMPZ & MIDI (score) files available, so you may do anything to "improve" quality by editing it with LMMS or MuseScore apps, even by fully replacing instruments or much deeper mixing ;)
- app4soft 6y ago> Some much much better versions Just open MIDI file in MuseScore (or MMPZ file in LMMS) and improve it ;) I just played[0] with speeding it from 120BPM to 240BPM. And here is lyrics video[1] composed with famous Ukrainian animation "How the Cossacks cooked kulish"[2,3] [0] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1350904572450123778 https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1350904572450123778 [1] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1350932615889616898 https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1350932615889616898 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKpolq7-8yM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKpolq7-8yM [3] https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%88_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8 https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B...
- crumbshot 6y agoThose were much, much more enjoyable to listen to. Another better one, synthesized rather than recorded: https://youtu.be/idXYwYgcFEs https://youtu.be/idXYwYgcFEs (Cylob)
- kmstout 6y agoWhat shall we do with a wayward pointer What shall we do with a wayward pointer What shall we do with a wayward pointer Early in the morning?
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- mckirk 6y agoGod damn! Exception raised God damn! Exception raised God damn these exceptions raised Early in the morning
- bagels 6y agoAll the comments seem to be aware of some context that this fits in to. Anyone care to share?
- fuball63 6y agoI keep seeing references to sea shanties everywhere, but I haven't been able to figure out why either.
- ryanar 6y agoTikTok had a video go viral: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-delights-of-sea-chantey-tiktok https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-delig...
- app4soft 6y agoI may NOT agree that it came from TikTok (as said on December 2020) On May 5, 2020 "Wellerman" Sea Shanty by The Longest Johns posted on YouTube[0] (now has 6.5M views). And only after that, few month later TikTok users starts to sing along to Wellerman. FTR, On May 5, 2020 also few other Sea Shanties from The Longest Johns's «Between Wind and Water» (2018) album, uploaded on YouTube: "Santiana"[1], "Off to Sea"[2], "Spanish Ladies"[3], "Haul Away Joe"[4], "General Taylor"[5], "Mingulay Boat Song"[6], "Banks of Newfoundland"[7], "Sugar in the Hold"[8], "Wild Mountain Thyme"[9]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KO7cofMJH0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KO7cofMJH0 [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4gLEBGSkE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4gLEBGSkE [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-OJtDapSuA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-OJtDapSuA [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24O3dtse-94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24O3dtse-94 [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dIA6H9vLKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dIA6H9vLKU [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mVWlZqxM4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mVWlZqxM4k [6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7OkqjVFmFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7OkqjVFmFA [7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qhmblFEL4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qhmblFEL4 [8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVmmxbNm33Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVmmxbNm33Y [9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6v6R5pD7A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6v6R5pD7A
- sstephant 6y agoI loved the darker 'dishonored' version
- vternop 6y agoDrunken Whaler. Here it is as used in a trailer for the game: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rUtX8pFl6Wc https://youtube.com/watch?v=rUtX8pFl6Wc Two great action stealth games came out in 2012 that share many similarities (or perhaps, their Thief legacy): Dishonored and Mark of the Ninja. The latter is by far the best gameplay wise; Dishonored has unsurpassed world-building. Sometimes I idly think of just modding Dishonored's setting and visual design into Mark of the Ninja. By the way, they are both now available DRM-free.
- app4soft 6y ago> By the way, they are both now available DRM-free. Source?
- vternop 6y agoThey are both available from e.g. GOG, which sells DRM-free games. I'm not going to link to e-commerce sites in a thread about public domain music, sorry. Here's an official statement, if you like, regarding Dishonored: https://twitter.com/gogcom/status/1229435857213575173 https://twitter.com/gogcom/status/1229435857213575173 Mark of the Ninja: https://twitter.com/klei/status/1009866739172007936 https://twitter.com/klei/status/1009866739172007936
- app4soft 6y agoThanks!
- app4soft 6y ago> Drunken Whaler. Here it is as used in a trailer for the game: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rUtX8pFl6Wc https://youtube.com/watch?v=rUtX8pFl6Wc Just shortened it to fit Twitter 2:20 time limit, pulling out fragments with no lyrics.[0] [0] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1351125588292067329 https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1351125588292067329
- axaxs 6y agoNot sure where all the shanty love on HN has come from, but I'm loving it. Obligated to share my favorite, a youtube classic of sorts by this point: https://youtu.be/49FWp7WLYKw https://youtu.be/49FWp7WLYKw
- ryanar 6y agoShanty love came from a TikTok viral video: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-delights-of-sea-chantey-tiktok https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-delig...
- app4soft 6y agoTo be clear, firstly it came from YouTube to TikTok, see my comment[0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25814759#25816838 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25814759#25816838
- DavidWoof 6y agoEvery time I see that clip I feel obliged to point out the green shirt guy who shows up around 1:50 on the far left singing the harmony. He's essential to the richness of the sound of the chorus. Which always leaves me wondering how common this would have been in the 1800s. Back in the days when listening to music at home meant playing it, was your average group of scalawags always going to have a few people who sang in the church choir as kids and knew things like oblique harmony?
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- ryanar 6y agoLeave her Johnny was one of my favorites from the Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Soundtrack. https://youtu.be/Lfbg251D378 https://youtu.be/Lfbg251D378
- Igelau 6y agoThat's a great version of it. I'm also pretty partial to the Stan Rogers one.
- bwood 6y agoOne of my favorite sea shanties: Jack was Every Inch a Sailor [0] I play this on my ukulele while my kids dance and sing along. For an endless supply of sea shanties, look up Newfoundland folk music. Also an honorable mention: Heave Away [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeGXzZki-s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeGXzZki-s [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhdC0Mbqak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhdC0Mbqak
- lqet 6y agoUpon the isle of Newfoundland there lived a sailor boy He was a handsome sailor lad, his father's pride and joy He was born on board his father's ship on a dark and stormy morn And he helped the crew harpoon a whale on the day that he was born
- bwood 6y agoAnother good one: Barrett's Privateers [2] [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwzRkjn86w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwzRkjn86w
- alejohausner 6y agoMy favourite. I suspect there are some historical inaccuracies, since most of the privateers who preyed on American shipping worked during the war of 1812, not the revolutionary war, but it's such a great song. Such enthusiasm, such bitterness! Stan Rogers at his best.
- Thlom 6y agoI might be biased, but I really like the one the crew on Statsraad Lehmkuhl sings when the ship sails into it's home port of Bergen [0]. I believe it's based on the old shanty "South Australia" but they've changed the lyrics to be about "the coast of Norway". [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RALnF8RtITs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RALnF8RtITs
- gabereiser 6y agoWhat do we do with an internet fad? What do we do with an internet fad? What do we do with an internet fad? Early in the morning? We upvote of course... love the shanties.
- quadrangle 6y agosuper picky, but your words either require an awkard mellisma on "fad" or the wrong accent: interNET because of the substitute of SAILor for NETfad. Sometimes there's no easy solution to such puzzles. Best I got (which is not great) is: what do we do with a trendy fad post?
- gabereiser 6y agoI definitely took liberties with extending fad to be two syllables covering the last two notes. It’s tricky and quickly becomes an ear worm.
- blt 6y agoa.k.a. Sea Shanty 1
- jjackson21 6y agolock him in the galley till he gets sober
- accounted 6y agoThe original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl-HPIu5kcs&t=29s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl-HPIu5kcs&t=29s
- m463 6y agoPlaying back the midi tune reminds me on Monkey Island
- lxe 6y agoAh it has infected hacker news too.
- peterohler 6y agoOne of my favorites as a kid. Of course it was on a 33 1/3 LP.