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Well, shiver me timbers...

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous [BG]' started by Michedelic, Jan 16, 2021.


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  1. Jan 16, 2021 #1
    Michedelic

    Michedelic MId-Century Modern

    Jun 18, 2013
    Yucca Valley/Joshua Tree
    I can’t say that I saw this coming...
    Sea shanties are your soundtrack of 2021. Seriously — CNN
    ...even with being in the auxiliary of a punky celtic/ska band that has been throwing this sort of thing into their musical gumbo for quite some time. Who knew? It remains to be seen if this brings a new lease on life for old time sailing balladry, or if it will be fad of the season, sort of like how bluegrass had its 15 minutes in the wake of Oh Brother, Were Art Thou? But of course, the Sex Pistols(well, Steve Jones) was all over this a long time ago....


    You all remember the swing revival? Maybe rock will be cool again in 2029.
     
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  5. Jan 16, 2021 #2
    Staredge

    Staredge

    Aug 7, 2010
    Damascus, MD
    It’ll all be good......until the songs about the slave ships pop up.
     
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  10. Jan 17, 2021 #3
    bholder

    bholder Affable Sociopath Supporting Member

    Sep 2, 2001
    Vestal, NY
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    For once, I was ahead of the curve... :) I was shocked when "The Wellerman" came up in my twitter general feed the other day, love that tune long time....
     
  14. Jan 17, 2021 #4
    bholder

    bholder Affable Sociopath Supporting Member

    Sep 2, 2001
    Vestal, NY
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    Not a true sea shanty work song (created after the fact "in the style of"), but here I am messing about with The Mingulay Boat Song:
     
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    bholder

    bholder Affable Sociopath Supporting Member

    Sep 2, 2001
    Vestal, NY
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  22. Jan 17, 2021 #6
    bholder

    bholder Affable Sociopath Supporting Member

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    The version currently raging on TikTok is pretty good too:
     
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  26. Jan 17, 2021 #7
    bholder

    bholder Affable Sociopath Supporting Member

    Sep 2, 2001
    Vestal, NY
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    I think Gordon Bok's version is my favorite though:
     
  31. Jan 17, 2021 #8
    ahc

    ahc

    Jul 31, 2009
    No. Virginia
    Shanty Rock - the new Yacht Rock ???
     
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  35. Jan 17, 2021 #9
    bholder

    bholder Affable Sociopath Supporting Member

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    not so new...



    :D
     
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  39. Jan 17, 2021 #10
    cnltb

    cnltb

    May 28, 2005
    Perhaps they already have without people noticing.
    Not a bad thing, necessarily, I think as music has a very long history - 'looking' at historic events.
     
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  43. Jan 17, 2021 #11
    ficelles

    ficelles

    Feb 28, 2010
    Devon, England
    People are still singing "Brown Sugar"...
     
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  47. Jan 17, 2021 #12
    bholder

    bholder Affable Sociopath Supporting Member

    Sep 2, 2001
    Vestal, NY
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    If we were to try to expunge the impacts of slavery from our musical heritage, "American music" styles from jazz to blues to modern pop would suddenly cease to exist.

    (On the other hand, "Brown Sugar" is still cringe-worthy, as much as I love the tune, yeah, I could never perform it in public!)
     
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  51. Jan 17, 2021 #13
    Relsom

    Relsom Supporting Member

    Nov 23, 2013
    The Old Dominion
    You didn't see it on Netflix?...
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    Not really a shanty, but still one of my all time favorites...
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  55. Jan 17, 2021 #14
    Splash7

    Splash7 The Determined Bass Player Supporting Member

    Sep 18, 2019
    Texas
    I always liked this one. ;)
     
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  59. Jan 17, 2021 #15
    ficelles

    ficelles

    Feb 28, 2010
    Devon, England
    I just thought, didn't Tubular Bells end with a sea shanty? That makes them prog so it's ok to play one surrounded by banks of keyboards while wearing a cape.
     
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  64. Jan 17, 2021 #16
    chriss

    chriss

    Apr 27, 2007
     
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  68. Jan 17, 2021 #17
    mikeoso

    mikeoso Acoustic Curmudgeon

    Feb 14, 2014
    eastern Iowa
    Those of us of a "certain age" and US raising learned a ton of these in elementary school from those little red songbooks.









    Then they showed up again during the Great Folk Scare
     
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  72. Jan 17, 2021 #18
    Killing Floor

    Killing Floor Supporting Member

    Feb 7, 2020
    Austin, TX
    Sharp’nin my spear.
     
  76. Jan 17, 2021 #19
    g-dude

    g-dude

    Apr 20, 2018
    Hiding under my desk
    More like Proto Yacht Rock.
     
  80. Jan 17, 2021 #20
    Quinn Roberts

    Quinn Roberts

    Oct 30, 2017
    West Virginia
    I was wondering why I kept seeing compilations of these songs come up. Brought another great album by Hal Willner to mind though so I can't complain.
     
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