Songs about sailing / the sea !

[mallyboppa]

Not that one though
I'll Start

[Audiogen]

Son Of A Son Of A Sailor · Jimmy Buffett

[neonspectraltoast]

Mentions a ship, and for some reason strikes me as seaworthy.

[mallyboppa]

[Jessica]

lol I like this one

[Jessica]

[mallyboppa]

This might just be my best thread ( I love the songs of J Brel ) So

[Audiogen]

I'm your Captain / Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad

[Coldwater]

Sailing by Christopher Cross (1980)

[mallyboppa]

This I fucking love this song ) Reperata and the Delrons

[Coldwater]

Here's an old classic

Drunken Sailor

What shall we do with a drunken sailor
What shall we do with a drunken sailor
What shall we do with a drunken sailor
Early in the morning!

Hurray and up she rises
Hurray and up she rises
Hurray and up she rises
Early in the morning oh well

Put him in the bed with the captain's daughter
Put him in the bed with the captain's daughter
Put him in the bed with the captain's daughter
Early in the morning

Hurray and up she rises
Hurray and up she rises
Hurray and up she rises
Early in the morning

[mallyboppa]

Oh yeah !

[mallyboppa]

[Din Djarin]

This might just be my best thread ( I love the songs of J Brel ) So

Jacques Brel is in a league of his own! Covers/tributes rarely do him justice

[Din Djarin]

[WritersPanic]

I've always liked this song. Seems to have a LOT of verses, but it's been squeezed down to like 3 minutes because progress I guess.

I like this version as opposed to the traditional.

This is an interesting version as well. Especially when she gets to "shave his balls with a rusty razor"

And this one is from a game, and it's a drunken whaler.

The evolution of this tune is really incredible. It's from the early 18th century, claimed by Ireland. Having been a sailor I know very well how easily I could be assumed to be drunk on dry land after as little as 2 weeks at sea. Your equilibrium attempts to predict the direction of the next wave. As long as the ship is on a steady course, you can begin to feel the rhythm of the ocean.

If you're doing a lot of maneuvers for "training" (and to watch the reservists or midshipmen hurl 3 meals a day), you'll be whacked by a doorway or bulkhead with some regularity. There were times I wish I had a helmet. Steel doesn't "give". When you're back on dry land, your whole body is still programmed with the waves. So you're walking along, and the earth takes a roll to port! Your arms go out instantly, drawing even more attention to your obvious condition. Yet another totally sober drunken sailor.

Air crews with long back to back missions probably suffer something similar. Except the flight attendants, they're actually drunk.