The Folding Dutchman

January 20, 2021 1:05 PM

While sea shanties and experiencing joy are in vogue, perhaps you would like to see The Longest Johns, recently famous as seed crystal of The Wellerman phenomenon on TikTok, making the video for their recent song Hoist Up The Thing.
posted by mhoye (8 comments total)

Have loved sea shanties my whole life. OMG I'M TRENDY
posted by Melismata at 1:45 PM on January 20, 2021 [4 favorites]

I wonder if Assassin's Creed including sea shanties in a few games awhile back is partially responsible for the current popularity.
posted by postel's law at 1:50 PM on January 20, 2021 [3 favorites]

That's such a fun video. I admit that I bought an album from The Longest Johns purely because of the Wellerman thing and it's great! Singing sea shanties with your kids is fun.
posted by fever-trees at 4:00 PM on January 20, 2021 [1 favorite]

Adam Neely has a video about the phenomenon,

And for totally unrelated for reals reasons, I also just found out this week about pirate metal band Alestorm.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 5:27 PM on January 20, 2021

Love the Johns! Their recording of “Spanish Ladies” is one of my go-to Feel Good Songs.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 5:29 PM on January 20, 2021

This is one of my favorite shanties...now if we could only sing it on location.
posted by Agent_X_ at 6:03 PM on January 20, 2021 [1 favorite]

why aren't we calling the tiktok trend "e-shanties"
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 8:35 PM on January 20, 2021 [5 favorites]

As a fan of Carbon Leaf and Great Big Sea, I'm happy that the sea shanty meme has brought me a new band!
posted by PussKillian at 1:07 PM on January 21, 2021