sea shanties...
sweetestremedy asked me for some sea shanties and the like, and since I haven't done an Age of Sail related post in ages (sorry about that!), I decided to share the songs with you all. They're only my favourites, not all the songs I have, of course. If you're interested in anything else, I can look if I have it and upload it. So feel free to poke me for more music!
I do realize that those are not exclusively sea shanties but also songs related to sailing and drinking, but that's part of being a sailor, isn't it? ;) Also, there are a couple of pirate songs, because really, you can't just ignore pirates.
Stan Rogers: "White Squall" [A song about how quickly a young man's life can end when out at sea. Very sad.]
Great Big Sea: "Captain Kidd" [This song adapts the ballad Captain Kidd wrote about himself.]
Piet Veerman: "Sailing Home" [A song about long nights out at sea and the moment when suddenly, land is in sight.]
The Corsairs: "Down Among the Dead Men" [A drinking song, performed by a choir. Awesome harmonies.]
Oysterband: "Blood Red Roses" [Makes me think of young couples in the Age of Sail.]
Great Big Sea: "Tim Finnegan's Wake" [Very funny song about a funeral that wasn't really one.]
The Men of the Robert Shaw Choir: "Blow the Man Down" [A shanty performed by a great choir.]
Stan Rogers: "Barrett's Privateers" [Another great song by Stan Rogers about a group of privateers.]
Great Big Sea: "The Night Pat Murphy Died" [Hilarious song about a group of men celebrating the death of someone they didn't really like.]
Loreena McKennitt: "Dante's Prayer" [This song has been used for many fanvids and it's wonderful.]
The Chieftains: "British Grenadiers" [The song that's playing when Lord Edrington of "Hornblower" appears.]
Brad Johner: "Last Saskatchewan Pirate" [A funny song about a modern pirate in Canada.]
The Corsairs: "Yo Ho Ho (And a Bottle of Rum)" [The song that probably inspired the title of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest".]
Stan Rogers: "Free in the Harbour" [Another sad song about men going to sea to hunt whales.]
Oysterband: "Sail on By" [This song was used for a Hornblower fanvid and always makes me smile.]
The Man of the Robert Shaw Choir: "What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor" [One of the most famous sea shanties, I guess.]
Gaelic Storm: "The Leaving of Liverpool" [Thoughts of a young man when he joins a ship's crew and leaves his sweetheart behind.]
Band of H. M. Royal Marines: "Heart of Oak" [Probably the anthem of the British Royal Navy in the Age of Sail.]
Great Big Sea: "Rand and Roar (Spanish Ladies)" [The Canadian version of a very famous sea shanty.]
Oscar Brand: "We Set Sail" [A bawdy sea shanty about a quite incompetent crew and strange cargo.]
Edward Elgar: "Rule Britannia" [Forget "God Save the Queen." This is the real British national anthem.]
The Jolly Rogers: "The Devil's Son" [A song about the life and death of Blackbeard.]
Jerry Bryant & the Starboard Mess: "The Battle of the Nile" [A song summarizing the events of Lord Nelson's battle of the Nile in 1798]
Great Big Sea: "Last Shanty" [A song complaining about the modernization of sailing and the end of tall ships.]
Comments are most welcome! :)
I do realize that those are not exclusively sea shanties but also songs related to sailing and drinking, but that's part of being a sailor, isn't it? ;) Also, there are a couple of pirate songs, because really, you can't just ignore pirates.
Stan Rogers: "White Squall" [A song about how quickly a young man's life can end when out at sea. Very sad.]
Great Big Sea: "Captain Kidd" [This song adapts the ballad Captain Kidd wrote about himself.]
Piet Veerman: "Sailing Home" [A song about long nights out at sea and the moment when suddenly, land is in sight.]
The Corsairs: "Down Among the Dead Men" [A drinking song, performed by a choir. Awesome harmonies.]
Oysterband: "Blood Red Roses" [Makes me think of young couples in the Age of Sail.]
Great Big Sea: "Tim Finnegan's Wake" [Very funny song about a funeral that wasn't really one.]
The Men of the Robert Shaw Choir: "Blow the Man Down" [A shanty performed by a great choir.]
Stan Rogers: "Barrett's Privateers" [Another great song by Stan Rogers about a group of privateers.]
Great Big Sea: "The Night Pat Murphy Died" [Hilarious song about a group of men celebrating the death of someone they didn't really like.]
Loreena McKennitt: "Dante's Prayer" [This song has been used for many fanvids and it's wonderful.]
The Chieftains: "British Grenadiers" [The song that's playing when Lord Edrington of "Hornblower" appears.]
Brad Johner: "Last Saskatchewan Pirate" [A funny song about a modern pirate in Canada.]
The Corsairs: "Yo Ho Ho (And a Bottle of Rum)" [The song that probably inspired the title of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest".]
Stan Rogers: "Free in the Harbour" [Another sad song about men going to sea to hunt whales.]
Oysterband: "Sail on By" [This song was used for a Hornblower fanvid and always makes me smile.]
The Man of the Robert Shaw Choir: "What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor" [One of the most famous sea shanties, I guess.]
Gaelic Storm: "The Leaving of Liverpool" [Thoughts of a young man when he joins a ship's crew and leaves his sweetheart behind.]
Band of H. M. Royal Marines: "Heart of Oak" [Probably the anthem of the British Royal Navy in the Age of Sail.]
Great Big Sea: "Rand and Roar (Spanish Ladies)" [The Canadian version of a very famous sea shanty.]
Oscar Brand: "We Set Sail" [A bawdy sea shanty about a quite incompetent crew and strange cargo.]
Edward Elgar: "Rule Britannia" [Forget "God Save the Queen." This is the real British national anthem.]
The Jolly Rogers: "The Devil's Son" [A song about the life and death of Blackbeard.]
Jerry Bryant & the Starboard Mess: "The Battle of the Nile" [A song summarizing the events of Lord Nelson's battle of the Nile in 1798]
Great Big Sea: "Last Shanty" [A song complaining about the modernization of sailing and the end of tall ships.]
Comments are most welcome! :)