Pirate music
So, we've talked about reggae music, and about pirate movies... but what about pirate music? There's quite a bit of it out there! Such as...
Movie music
Traditional songs
Pirate music is of course closely related to traditional (Irish) folk songs, and sometimes the line between both is a bit blurred... anyway, some nice examples:
Pirate rock
This is apparently hard to get right, judging by the first example:
Pirate music for kids
And last but not least...
Pirate hip hop
Yes, it does exist. Proof here:
Well, that's it for me... do you lads 'n' lasses have any cool pirate music to share?
Movie music
- Masters and Commanders is a nice collection of pirate movie music
- Pirates of the Silver Screen, another cool collection of pirate movie music
- Korngold: The Sea Hawk / Deception - even more swashbuckling movie music goodness!
- Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance - not exactly movie music per se, but certainly swashbuckling
Traditional songs
Pirate music is of course closely related to traditional (Irish) folk songs, and sometimes the line between both is a bit blurred... anyway, some nice examples:
- Skip Henderson - one of his tracks was used in one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies!
- The Brobdingnagian Bards make all sorts of cool Celtic music - not necessarily pirate stuff, but highly recommended nonetheless!
- Captain Black Jack Murphy is actually one of the aforementioned Bards, and this is a CD full of pirate songs
- Rant & Roar - sea shanties! yay!
- Heather Alexander's got a lovely voice with which she sings songs of the sea
- Stan Rogers - more folk music than pirate music, but oh my, is it good
- Roy Metté: more pirate music!
- Rogue's Gallery is interesting, because it has famous artists singing sea shanties... maybe not very good though :P
Pirate rock
This is apparently hard to get right, judging by the first example:
- The Pirates Charles
- Brine & Bastards do pirate rock a bit better
- But the best are... The Real McKenzies; not technically pirate rock I guess, but close enough, and awesome!
Pirate music for kids
- Toucan Pirates are brilliant, especially with instrumental music
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Swashbuckling Sea Songs - this is actually not half bad, even if you're not a kid (same goes for Toucan Pirates, by the way)
- Of course They Might Be Giants have tried their hand at pirate music too, although I'm not sure if that was such a good idea
And last but not least...
Pirate hip hop
Yes, it does exist. Proof here:
Well, that's it for me... do you lads 'n' lasses have any cool pirate music to share?
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I always think of The Decemberists' 'The Mariner's Revenge Song' as having quite a pirate-y feel to it. It's probably the most pirate-y 'pop' song I know. The accordion and the way he sings really seal the deal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaNV7eCU2R0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWtm_aoAuyo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoh67mT1K4E
The ONLY good pirate rock band I've heard.
but it's about illegal downloading...
http://www.myspace.com/ytcrackerisking
Note: I am not advocating that anybody download any digital files illegally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7FYKJ4HRf4
Oh man, that's great... and why haven't I heard about THIS before??!!
Out of all the ones I've heard from that list, Alestorm and Battleheart are the only ones that felt piratey, and played good metal. Strangely enough, they are in fact the same band.:p
I saw Alestorm a couple of months ago. People linking arms and doing jigs in circle pits and when they met in walls of death.
http://open.spotify.com/album/0aiNqYaAzh6Iy2MZvblZhW
We set out for the sea with icicles in our beards
Where the wind bit like dog's teeth
And the sea swept our ship like the hand of a god who had been enraged
So we carried our dead to the shore
And that left nine more
There was violence in the air tonight
When the ship split in half
We lost two to the brine a and the seawater swilled across the floor
And the captain lives no more
For he sleeps on the ocean floor
The old bastard was as big as a bear
And his coffin was made of a redwood's trunk
His appetite never thinned
His belly was as wide as two barrels of gin
Cut the engine
Tie it off to the post
Heave away at my call listen well
One and all
We'll be rid of this scourge
When his body goes overboard
He'd been in irons for seventy days
Fed just gunpowder to fuel his rage
Screamed bloody murder and tore at his chains
We made him this way
We were left on that isle with a skeleton crew
Made of dead men and sinners
Hell bound through and through
Then it was he who came to our shore and he left no more
Ahahah. Oh my goodness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NW29q6C4Do Flogging Molly - Salty Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP2dAf3D-VY Relient K - The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh4W5RRjhyc Alestorm - Nancy the Tavern Wench
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plfVQV-klZo - Seven Deadly Sins
I...kind of figured those were a given.
I got round to listening to that recently. My god, I've never heard an orchestral score so compressed.:(
Muppets Treasure Island owns it.:D
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Some great pirate songs there!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvUbbYX9BMs Professional Pirate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RisL9l8HzmM Shiver My Timbers
http://www.myspace.com/runningwildmusic
Apparently they just broke up tho...
Also i'm planning on writing something silly called "Redneck Buccaneers", i guess it won't be end up sooo piratey but i'm kinda proud of this stupid title :eek:
Radio Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVutq9A7p5s
Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTtMiatw-zI&feature=related
DJ Plocx: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psqNhvHioPg
Dancers Inc: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xeDOUwOobQ
Love it! :cool: