Songbird

Good morning! Do you know what today is?

It's the last day of your January!

So... to recap: first we had dubstep, then we had weird songs, and then we had sea shanties. I figured for the last day of your January, I'd give you something that combines all three.

That's right! A weird dubstep shanty!

My FL Dubstepish version of an old sea shanty - Drunken Sailor - YouTube

It's dubstep(-ish) and it's a sea shanty, and I think those two things together automatically qualify it as weird.

But since that song's kinda crappy, here's a good song to make up for it:

Stan Rogers - Mary Ellen Carter - YouTube

I hope I helped your January go by a bit quicker... or at least more enjoyably.

It can be used as a light-duty serving tray, or as an oversized frisbee... and I've heard that some people drum with them, the weirdos.

Good morning...ish!

It's a fine day here that I think deserves a fine Newfoundland shanty, so here you go:

Great Big Sea - Excursion Around the Bay - YouTube



... and I think I'm going to be asking for a bodhran for my birthday.

I think "tragesty" will be my word of the day.

I'll start using it once I figure out whether it's good or bad.

Heh... you verbed "steeple".

Yeah, good point. When you own the company, you'll need to know what your minions are capable of.

That's good, then.

I know no Javascript. I did C++ in school, and that programming course was all that I needed to reassure me that I made the right choice by not taking computer science.

I agree, Songbirdo.

(or should that be Songbirda?)

BTW - I agree with you: there aren't enough work songs these days. And I have a project for you: to come up with a shanty that matches the rhythm of a modern task. Coding and debugging, maybe?

Really?

I thought about saying something about that as a sort of introduction, but I didn't want to presume to teach the music expert about music.

Good morning!

For a change, I thought I'd do something other than these not-quite-a-shanty-but-I'll-call-it-a-shanty-anyway songs and give you a real, proper shanty:

Sea Shanties: Haul Away For Rosie - YouTube

... with, for some reason, anime-style pencil drawings.

I actually kinda like this one... the song and the drawings.

Good morning! Your shanty for the day:

Great Big Sea Lukey Video - YouTube

Yeah... I'd say it counts as a shanty.

Oh - and another song... not really a shanty, but I think you'll like it. It's kind of a love song to Newfoundland: Cape St. Mary's, The Irish Descendants, North Texas Irish Festival, Dallas - YouTube

Since I know you don't have enough messages on your profile as it is...

I got to thinking: if you're getting into Irish music, here's a good song to get your kids into it, too:

The Irish Rovers - The Rattling Bog, 3 of 11 - YouTube

It's one I really liked to sing along to when I was little.

BTW: at precisely 9:40 pm on Saturday, you will be 90% of the way through your January.

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"hey birdy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Yeah, that sounds like stuff I should be doing, too.

Tomorrow I'm getting an oil change for Genevieve (BTW: did I mention my car's name is now Genevieve? ) and spending the afternoon swinging a sword around. Sunday I plan to flop.

That's if this cold doesn't get any worse. If it does, I may have an all-flopping weekend.

You?

I just had a look - Wikipedia makes it sound like the song was originally American. Neat. - reminds me of Moby Dick.

Good morning (barely... for you. It's already afternoon here)! Something in a shanty, perhaps?

I think this one's kinda neat. You don't hear many minor key shanties.

Stan Rogers - Rolling Down To Old Maui - YouTube

BTW: along with Irish stuff, I recommend that you get into Stan Roger's music.