@@GoingOffTopic You know he was on BBC3 radio yesterday, right? I actually speak Scots (I have a half-sister that speaks Scots) and I am so thrilled to see this getting the attention it is. Would love to see you interview him.
Sea shanties are perfect for right now - songs about loneliness, longing for friends and family, and for the day when the journey is done and we are all reunited.
Also, the idea that the hardship we're going through, we're going through together (see also a sci-fi version of a shanty from Warframe "We all lift together").
As a long time singer of sea shanties I’m bemused but delighted by this sudden explosion of interest in what used to be a very niche part of the folk music scene.
I'm a more general long-time folk singer (do love a good shanty, though as a soprano they're not the best fit for my voice 😂). I love how many younger people there are in the folk scene in big cities, but visiting regional folk clubs it's still the domain of an older crowd. I think anything that gets more people into traditional music is a good thing :)
I remember a few months ago my friends would flame me for playing some shanties in my car lol. Now everyones like "bro have you heard these things called shanties?" Yeah bro like 2 years ago lmao. Glad it's getting some respec though
Definitely one of my favourite groups, particularly the quality of some of their newer videos. I never thought they'd blow up as much as they have in the last few years
Definitely one of my favourite groups, particularly the quality of some of their newer videos. I never thought they'd blow up as much as they have in the last few years
It's almost too beautiful. It puts a lump in my throat, makes my chest swell, and fills me with a longing for a place time that are not mine to claim. It feels like having access to something ancient and pure.
As a teen from a fishing community I’m so happy to know that beyond our little fishing communities on this little island people like our culture and songs. Personally my favourite songs are South Australia or Bones in the ocean. A traditional one for my community is Twa Recruiting sergeants which is a traditional Scottish folk song but has been developed into a shanty after the First World War by many of the men who returned to my village. A fun fact to those who like shanties is that the Anthem of Cornwall is a sea shanty.
tbh, this was the entire impetus for the video. i wanted to hear each voice alone and hear the progression. once i listened to it, i figured others might want to listen to it too. glad you enjoyed!
Great intro to the topic, you covered it well! What I love about shanties is that they are songs and tales of the working class. Sailors lived hard lives and all their experiences and emotions can be found in shanties. Its a window into another time and place, but shanties are still very relatable.
"Its a window into another time and place, but shanties are still very relatable." that's a great line. and doubly-true while being a year-deep into a pandemic!
please keep making stuff like this about current trends on tik tok or interesting science headlines! i think this channel has so much potential to grow - looking forward to seeing your growth ☺️
and you precisely summed up the channel in your first sentence. 🙂 i'm really interested in curiosities/trends on the internet & exciting stories about the future. very glad you're along for the ride! 🚀
I wish they'd sing "Bound for South Australia"...The Progues have done and it goes off...Love a Good Bush Dance to that...No wonder Australia has that Wild Colonial past...Unfortunately we have lost it a bit...The kids are pretty Americanised here..Hopefully this may revive our Heritage...I've recently come across "Peat and Diesel"...the Song "Western Isles"..They're A Scottish Band👍
Reading this thread as the vid has 300k + is pretty funny, but agreed. This video deserves well over a million. Subscribed 👍🏻 the production is incredible WELL DONE
its so weird how it seemingly caught on over night. I've been aware of seashanties and listened to them time to time but never imagined that it would be this big lol
I just discovered your channel, and really enjoyed the quick way you moved through the topic, but gave enough information it would be easy to dig in further. Looking forward to your futures posts!
This was a great video - I'm going to check out more of your channel! Well researched, edited and presented. Thanks! I've become obsessed with the shanties like many lately, have always loved vocal harmony.
and now: sitting at 1350 subs. not huge for youtube, I know, but a hell of a lot better than the 81 subs I had this time last week. 😬 thanks so much for the encouragement and sub! i'll keep working and grinding to keep growing.
Dude... I have been listening to sea shanties for years and years (an influence from my parents, who always loved vacations in Brittanny or Normandy and got to knew some french shanties in various concerts there [we are french ^^])! My heart is warmer to see that people start to really listen to shanties ^^ !
For me growing up, these shanty's were still a big part of my youth. (When i was 4 weeks old, my parents took me sailing already) In these days i work at a classic sailingyard, where we still use these songs to pull and hoist. (And also to have more fun in the work we do). Altho i'm a dutchman, the english got engrained, due the fact alot of english shanty's find there origin in with dutch words. Hold fast for example, is a relative from the dutch: 'houd vast' (it mean's, don't let go of the rope or your fellow sailor might get hurt)
After spending a great deal of my teen days listen secretly to sea shantys I find out that this is taking over the internet :) I am 30 now and this makes me so happy
One of the main actual tools of Sea shantys working for hard labor was the drummer, they would usually place a single man at the head of the boat that would drum and usually would sing the cadence, but not always.
There's a channel called The Longest Johns that does almost exclusively sea shanty's. Recently they did a community project where they got over 500 people to submit videos of them singing leave her johnny. If you want to know what that sounds like I recommend you give it a watch.
Sea Shanties are so popular because 1) they are easy to sing, so just about ANYONE can sing along, 2) they are primal and touch us deeply in a place where many modern people never really feel, and 3) they are wholesome (well, some ARE pretty raunchy, but in a wholesome way...) Sea Shanties represent everything that is missing in modern 21st century urban life--hard honest work, cooperation (instead of selfishness or self-absorbtion), comradery, preserving history in a story-song (instead of re-writing, criticizing, and tearing it down), and people all pulling together toward a common goal (hailing a line, or building an awesome harmony). Sea Shanties are the vaccine against the cancer of modern life. They are the precise opposite of "Woke Culture"--not in that they are insensitive, or "problematic", or culturally exclusive, but precisely that they don't care what, who, or how you are--Shanties are for EVERYONE, with no special set-asides, carve-outs, or privilege. If you can carry a basic tune, you can participate in the ShantyLife. Unlike formal Acapella, or Barbershop, Shanty is simple--simple progressions, simple tunes, simple lyrics, simple rhythms--and therefore almost universally accessible. Shanty is for EVERYONE--young, old, male, female, whatever--anybody who can even remotely carry a tune can participate. Sea Shanties may be what actually saves us from all the divisiveness, selfishness, and exclusionary thinking of modern life, because they bring people together in fun, in emotional expression, and in a common effort that is based purely on enjoying the company--and co-participation of others...
Sèan Dahger is the artist who got the Ubisoft contract for 3, 4 and Rogue shanties, as well as some other music. He has a series where he covers a shanty a week with his crew, and explains some of the history of it. Check him out.
And now masakoX (the voice of TFS Goku) is making sea shanties parody covers, he covered wellerman first and recently made drunken saiyan (drunken sailor). It's really bringing people together and it's actually is making more!!
right?? incredible in a complimenting harmony. on a bass-related note: Morris Robinson is absolutely incredible to listen to solo: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x7l66RXbOnM.html
Although it’s online there are groups that have established signings at bars, clubs, and festivals for decades. the longest johns, the dreadnoughts, salty dog shanties are some more recent groups who sing popular shanties. Maritime festivals also have shanties. And if you want, make a group get together and just sing your hearts out.
Nice to hear some of the songs by the great Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers being sung. His original song 'Barrett's Privateers' would be a wonderful tiktok collborative! Check out his music; some of the best maritime folk songs you will ever hear!
