In terms of sea shanties, and I'll be the first to say for a 40 year old my taste in music is.... Eclectic to say the last, but there is a recording out of the 60s that is the quintessential collection of sea shanties and it is absolutely amazing.
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So you're just going to causally mention a quintessential collection of sea shanties without giving any details?
Sorry I didn't really feel like doing the leg work but here you go.
I swear to God I have this vinyl somewhere in my house but I haven't seen it in years and haven't listened to it in years.
But it is quite quite good if you are able to find a digitized copy of it somewhere or the original which is extremely hard to find nowadays.
Looks like there's one for sale on that website!
Maybe so but I don't trust sites like that. Many of them are scams.
There once was a ship that put to sea, the name of the ship was the Billy of Tea...
now we are ready to head for the horn
Now listen to me. I know it might not be a sea shanty but The rocky road to dublin grabbed me real good, what do ye lads say aboot that? A real stomper if ye ask me!
Certified banger, glad sinners brought it to the masses! I wasn't the only one singing it last St. Pat's!
Maybe switch to a different language, and see if that changes things up. Still a lot of sailing and stabbing though
Let me sing you a song boys of fire and flame
Come me boys and heave with me, let's get of this cursed sea
Give me a spade and I'll give you a hole
See the crowd swing and sway while you're treading the air-
I have suicidal transgenders and suicidal vocaloids (who are also occasionally transgender). Does that help?
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now...
A letter of ~~mark~~ marque came from the king
To the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen
GOD DAMN THEM ALL
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier,
the last of Barrett's privateers.
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One time in high school this girl came up to our lunch table and said "isn't it funny how white people have no culture?" so I looked at the only other white guy at the table and sang the first line to this song, and then he sang back. We had never even discussed it before, lucky guess that he knew it. Everyone else asked wtf that was and I said "oh you wouldn't understand, it's a white people thing".
It's not that white people have no culture,
It's that everything that originated from a predominantly white cultures get labeled either as "colonizer culture" or as a "white supremacist dogwhistle."
Also, if anyone claims that something is a "white culture thing," then suddenly they're racist.
If you don't believe me, just show up to a multiculturalism group and try to celebrate Irish culture or mention being proud of your irish heritage. They'll assume that makes you a white supremacist and chase you out.
It's not that white people have no culture,
It's that everything that originated from a predominantly white cultures get labeled either as "colonizer culture" or as a "white supremacist dogwhistle."
Also, if anyone claims that something is a "white culture thing," then suddenly they're racist.
If you don't believe me, just show up to a multiculturalism group and try to celebrate Irish culture or mention being proud of your irish heritage. They'll assume that makes you a white supremacist and chase you out.
Tires of sea shanties? Might I suggest some land shanties instead?
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-GQcUzZkJlnZVM46fmDlG01Iznbr2ItE
The internet saw one guy’s YouTube video of him doing a 4-part arrangement of Wellerman and now everyfuckingbody thinks they love sea shanties.
I liked sea shanties before they were cool
Started for me with Muppet Treasure Island, then reinforced with Assassin's Creed Black Flag.
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I miss me lass
No lie, singing shanties with my wife while we're cleaning the kitchen... makes the cleaning wayyy more fun
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