What is The Oldest Song?

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10 жыл бұрын

In which Hank sings the oldest song we know of...the Seikilos Epitaph. Most songs from this period were written with only the lyrics, but the Seikilos Epitaph, buried as part of a funeral, contained an unmistakable chord chart. And so, 2000 years later, I can still sing it for you.
Here the Seikilos song on the lyre...possibly a little bit more likely of an interpretation. • Video
And here's Hurrian Hymn #6, the oldest piece you're ever likely to hear, though it's incomplete. • The Oldest Known Melod...
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@vsokme 7 жыл бұрын

The literal translation is as follows: As long as you live shine, don't let yourself by wholly sad, life lasts for a while, the time demands the end.

@2Zemog 10 жыл бұрын

The feel when your song becomes famous 3000 years after you die.

@SonofSethoitae 9 жыл бұрын

2000*

@2Zemog 9 жыл бұрын

***** Oop, my mistake. Thanks.

@joshuawells8227 9 жыл бұрын

Bury a song with my wife they said, you'll become famous they said...........

@georgekoul 6 жыл бұрын

actually 2200 years after

@yvanvolders6420 9 ай бұрын

That´s not the Hurrian Hymn but the Seikilos Epitaph (and that is the oldest complete song ;-) )

@AwSamWeston 10 жыл бұрын

I would SO buy the "Hank Green version" of this song. That was fun to hear, the way he played it.

@gibrannicholau3447 10 жыл бұрын

Don't worry Hank, no one today knows what ancient greek sounds like

@Neonb88 10 жыл бұрын

Just listen to an ancient Greek. I recommended 80 or over

@OOchriOO 10 жыл бұрын

Let's just say that there are different theories on how it sounded and Hank used one of the less probable ones :D

@samuelmelcher333 4 жыл бұрын

OOchriOO I know this is years later, but that is just absolutely the best possible way you could have put that

@soundlyawake 10 жыл бұрын

IT'S LIKE TIME TRAVEL FOR OUR EARS

@TheGuyWhoIsSitting 10 жыл бұрын

This was like a VSauce video in fast forward.

@fonzleclay 10 жыл бұрын

I like you :D

@randyturtlefly7 10 жыл бұрын

You're my favorite.

@anubis2814 10 жыл бұрын

So ancient Greeks were actually a cool 90's band?

@stargazer209 10 жыл бұрын

the ancient greeks would make a really good band name.

@anubis2814 10 жыл бұрын

Lol true

@rusted_ursa 10 жыл бұрын

stargazer209 *boots up Rock Band 2 Wii* Done.

@iannewton3820 9 жыл бұрын

No sir; the 90's band is a very late version of band singing ideas thousands of years old as if they had just realized them.

@gemalinney9174 7 жыл бұрын

High chair for me

@vlogbrothers 10 жыл бұрын

In which ***** sings the oldest song we know of...the Seikilos Epitaph. Most songs from this period were written with only the lyrics, but the Seikilos Epitaph, buried as part of a funeral, contained an unmistakable chord chart. And so, 2000 years later, I can still sing it for you. Here the Seikilos song on the lyre...possibly a little bit more likely of an interpretation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xERit... And here's Hurrian Hymn #6, the oldest piece you're ever likely to hear, though it's incomplete. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpxN2... And here's where you can buy my album: Explicit: dftba.com/product/1803 Clean: dftba.com/product/1802 What is The Oldest Song?

@ljmichaels1666 10 жыл бұрын

The oldest rock song is "I took you for granite."

@RobertMisner 10 жыл бұрын

The URLs in the post are cut off with ellipses. I cannot click them to see the things in the links. I am sad now.

@nerdfighter5725 10 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if Hank just really loves singing, or if he likes to taunt John with his singing abilities, or if it's both.

@MrUniversityplace 10 жыл бұрын

what is the chord chart?

@MrUniversityplace 10 жыл бұрын

what is the chord progression

@coastersplus 10 жыл бұрын

"We're only here until we're gone" #sodeep

@AdamTheAlien 10 жыл бұрын

As far as first complete songs known to humanity go, that's a pretty darn spiffy one.

@iamaproboss 10 жыл бұрын

It sounds like the oldest song in the world is something that could be on the radio today.. Wow..

@IkeOkerekeNews 7 жыл бұрын

iamaproboss Well, more like the lyrics and general notes of it, but true.

@thejerrymobile 10 жыл бұрын

I think you took some liberties with that one... :P

@HollowGolem 6 жыл бұрын

As someone who teaches Classics, and knows enough Ancient Greek to have read the New Testament and a bunch of Erastophanes, the pronunciation was painful, but it wasn't actually AS bad as some modern people trying to pronounce ancient Greek.

@melissaarcher1898 10 жыл бұрын

I know that Hank made it sound a but more "modern", but I love the fact that the oldest song that we know of with lyrics doesn't sound too much different from some music today. The theme and the melody just show that even though our lives were radically different from theirs, human nature will almost always remain the same.

@vlogbrothers 10 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I mean, learning it and figuring out how to arrange it was really weird because it doesn't follow most of our normal rules of music. But I shaved some edges off and figured out the chord progression (a very common progression) and suddenly it sounded like it could've been written yesterday. I feel a little bad for taking liberties but, y'know, it's music...cover songs are always interpretations.

@nadiact-ie5hy 10 жыл бұрын

***** Don't feel badly. You're kind of like Bach, taking a Renaissance chorale tune and arranging it in a tonal context (not quite). Thank you for talking about ancient music. Sometimes people act like music began in the 1950s or something.

@RoyalKnightVIII 7 жыл бұрын

+vlogbrothers liberties? we'll isn't that the way of music? will out cover more ancient songs ;)? what about I dreamt me a dream?

@Hecatonicosachoron 7 жыл бұрын

What makes it least "alien" is that it is transcribed in the diatonic genus. There are fragments of pieces which are enharmonic and would be microtonal by our standards and they sound quite strange. Take for example the Orestes stasimon, which is probably older.

@KevinRoddy 3 жыл бұрын

@@vlogbrothers Some folks go so far as to label The Seikilos Epitaph as the oldest melody in the Mixolydian mode, because it alternates between the fifth and fourth of the scale - I play with it frequently in Eb on the harp....

@kat_the_mouse 8 жыл бұрын

every time i hear the Greek song I completely lose my shit. I bawl like a baby, and I have absolutely no idea why. today I watched this again and I started crying even before he started playing the song. why??!?!

@mouseyboy666 8 жыл бұрын

+Shannon F Its not that bad is it?

@robertsandee3349 8 жыл бұрын

+Shannon F I don't know what it is either, but I'm guessing it's about timelessness or realising that their whole culture and everyone from that time has been dead for centuries/millennia. It has the same effect on me haha.

@stephanietanner6338 8 жыл бұрын

+urbex and tea I think it gets to me because it makes me think of my Dad. 'We're only here until we're gone' catches me every time.

@valkyriemaiden9593 8 жыл бұрын

I cry every time I listen to this song, because it makes me feel so connected to all the people who have lived. It's a message we hear over and over again. Carpe Diem Yolo. It makes me think about the man and how much he must have loved this woman to have this song written and put in her grave. Our lives go fast but they are such a gift, and it's important to dance while we have the chance.

@buddylight2871 6 жыл бұрын

It hits me in the feels too. I assume because I'm past my prime and my mortality is very salient in my mind.

@marydoodles 10 жыл бұрын

Best graduation song to date. Or ever, really.

@basscendo 10 жыл бұрын

@AnzuMiruku 10 жыл бұрын

Hank Green killed that song... and in the good way! Woooo! =D

@millieme6224 10 жыл бұрын

Killed a song...written to a dead woman...oh the irony.

@danheidel 10 жыл бұрын

Hank, why must you continue to neglect and ignore the blinding sing-a-majig musical genius of your brother?

@MrDylan2125 10 жыл бұрын

There's a really good reason for that.

@danheidel 10 жыл бұрын

I know, jealousy is an ugly emotion but Hank, rise above it! I know John will be playing to sold out stadiums and swimming in his platinum record while you're reduced to busking in the rain but do it for your brother man!

@MrInvisibleJ 10 жыл бұрын

YOLO, if used in the right context, which is not as an excuse to be stupid, can be surprisingly deep

@Sssadow 10 жыл бұрын

You're books are in color order. I love it.

@Doomsday-yo7lh 10 жыл бұрын

*Your

@geekgroupie42 10 жыл бұрын

"we were singing oldies, they were newies then..."

@kkonstantinosss2 10 жыл бұрын

I'm Greek and while most people horribly mispronounce Greek what hank sang was very good.

@KravenErgeist 10 жыл бұрын

Question: Will your rendition of the Seikilos Epitaph be on any upcoming albums?

@foreverwantingpie 10 жыл бұрын

That's the thing about time, it demands to be paid. Your voice sounds deep and awesome by the way.

@aliceainsley 10 жыл бұрын

'Takes its toll' and 'demands to be paid' are both idioms, and they mean the same thing. I don't see how this is a poor translation.

@liamhughes3177 10 жыл бұрын

That's the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.

@minergmaingx2000 10 жыл бұрын

Liam Hughes TFIOS!

@CalTheGal 10 жыл бұрын

I love u for this comment

@foreverwantingpie 10 жыл бұрын

Calista Tan I love you too, stranger

@myrtolefk 10 жыл бұрын

wow this is really something!!!! i'm greek and we did ancient greek in school and i can literally understand this!!! (i mean your pronunciation isn't the best but in ancient greek neither would mine. i mean there are people that mispronounce my name now!!) and yeah this is awesome!

@shadk89 10 жыл бұрын

mugglebornprincess1? Don't sound that hard.

@RenWonders 10 жыл бұрын

Well, probably only hard for people who don't know anything about Harry Potter there for don't know how to pronounce muggle, but I'm sure she means her birth name either way lol. xD

@myrtolefk 10 жыл бұрын

ShadY Knight i mean my real name .... (which is myrto and people from other countries usually pronounce it like myrt-a ...)

@RenWonders 10 жыл бұрын

Oh is it pronounced like mItrO sorry bad explination......but I'm from America, dont know if I'm pronouncing it right :P

@shadk89 10 жыл бұрын

mugglebornprincess1 I was just joking around. :) Myrto is a cool name btw.

@JennaBeelack 10 жыл бұрын

genuinely impressed by how much Hank's voice has improved over the years though. It's making me miss Song Wednesday!!

@allicatstrike11 10 жыл бұрын

I know maybe it's not every nerdfighter's cup of tea... but I really do love Singing Hank :) I pre-ordered your album the day you tweeted about it and I absolutely can't wait!!

@sexyscientist 10 жыл бұрын

I also love singing Hank but, the Hank part not the song part. ;)

@mitzirocker7026 10 жыл бұрын

It's kinda amazing how much it sounds like something I would listen to if I found it on KZfaq and was in the right mood.

@VMLM3 10 жыл бұрын

Only on vlogbrothers do you get to listen to the oldest songs in the history of humanity... This is amazing xD. EDIT: Ok, maybe not ONLY on vlogbrothers... but I bet it's the only place you'll find a punk rock cover of Seikilos... _is it_ a punk rock cover? I don't know.

@matthewellertson5083 10 жыл бұрын

Definitely! That was ska punk as fuck!

@Nonamearisto 10 жыл бұрын

Civ 5 has this exact song, with a lyre.

@NelliButt 10 жыл бұрын

That was amazing Hank.

@ZoggFromBetelgeuse 10 жыл бұрын

Does Warner/Chappell claim copyright for every use of the Seikilos Epitaph, as they do with the Happy Birthday song? ,)

@briem2598 10 жыл бұрын

I love how he's all like "Sorry if my Ancient Geek is a little rusty". ITS ANCIENT GREEK! YOU JUST SANG A SONG FROM ABOUT 200 BC IN ANCIENT GREEK! WHO CARES IF ITS RUSTY, ITS AWESOME! :D

@wholcikedme 10 жыл бұрын

Imagining Leonidas and the Spartans singing :)

@tenkenroo 10 жыл бұрын

They probably would have.

@georgekoul 6 жыл бұрын

It would funny but not possible.this song written somewhere 250-280 after the battle of Thermopylae.but probably they will singing the same kind of music cause it was the same back then with not many changes. Even today the traditional greek music has many elements from the ancient.I mean,if you are greek and heard this song its reminds many other modern songs

@BokuwaFdesu 10 жыл бұрын

"Time demands to be paid" is such an amazing line, it's gonna end up in my book for sure!

@Jaclyn_Lizzi 10 жыл бұрын

What's your book about?

@BokuwaFdesu 10 жыл бұрын

A story of Fate, where two lovers walk the long journey of learning just what it means to decide. An ancient legend reminds them all that not just destiny has chains that bind.

@Jaclyn_Lizzi 10 жыл бұрын

BokuwaFdesu Were you making a partial rhyme, or was that on accident?

@crazygirl21ily 10 жыл бұрын

Hank, I love you!

@courtneymower5 10 жыл бұрын

Hurrian Hymn number 6 is beautiful, so haunting. Thanks for sharing it with us, constantly learning things and expanding the way I think is one of the reasons I love your channel so much

@Jamie-ht1hd 4 жыл бұрын

Just found out about this song today and then came across your video... I was absolutely not prepared for that cover and it might be the best thing I’ve ever heard

@DynamiA3 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, Hank! I can't believe I found this before you, haha-five years ago. I was in seventh grade, wondering why I was becoming incredibly apathetic to pretty much everything. Then I heard the hymn and started weeping. I don't know why. Maybe I was amazed that it was so old, maybe because it touched my soul or whatever makes a human. I remember putting my head down, closing my eyes and just feeling it. And I remember being really happy that my family was out, because that would have been embarrassing... and really hard to explain. "No, mom, nothing's wrong. My deepest essence of self was just moved by an incredibility beautiful song that likely touched thousands of people thousands of years ago... What's for dinner?"

@spottytongue 10 жыл бұрын

Maybe in 3,500 years time, people will sing Friday or Wrecking Ball and marvel at their lyrics.

@wishing2fly 10 жыл бұрын

but probably marvel in a different way....

@spottytongue 10 жыл бұрын

wishing2fly "Wow, life was so simple back then...all they sung about was how excited they were for the weekend!"

@marksusskind1260 6 жыл бұрын

How about Strange Charm or Mother Pheasant Plucker?

@TheDanishGuyReviews 4 жыл бұрын

"Let's play a traditional Earth ballad!" *Toxic by Britney Spears blasts throughout the station* ~ Doctor Who, End of the World

@adan3598 2 жыл бұрын

definitely not

@river750777 10 жыл бұрын

Man that was awesome... I-I think this is my new jam. Thats kind of strange.

@prodbybexy 10 жыл бұрын

0:37 BURRNNNNNNNN

@Liamv4696 10 жыл бұрын

1am saturday morning here in Western Australia... so much for 'good morning it's friday' xD

@chefkendranguyen 10 жыл бұрын

That chair dance tho...loved it, Hank! lol

@Qoght 10 жыл бұрын

Your interpretation of this song is stuck in my head... I need to feed my ears with more of it...

@emilya.3308 10 жыл бұрын

I WOULD NEVER HAVE GUESSED THAT HANK COULD SING LIKE THIS

@VamLoveAndKisses 10 жыл бұрын

Scrolling through the comments on this video gives me hope for society! There's a civilized, intellectual conversation going on and no one has even insulted anyone else yet! Nerdfighteria FTW!

@DanThePropMan 10 жыл бұрын

Key word: "yet". :P

@VamLoveAndKisses 10 жыл бұрын

Well it is the internet, we can only hope!

@MinecrafTFlipFlop 10 жыл бұрын

the song is awsome lol i like your version cant stop listening to it

@lostusaslambus 10 жыл бұрын

How did I not know how great of a singer you were?! That was a pleasure to listen to!

@witchesofus 10 жыл бұрын

I am so, so excited for the new album. What we've heard so far sounds great!

@ACETeacherGillette 10 жыл бұрын

I got chills and this little bubble formed in my throat wow yes MUSIC MAN MUSIC WOOOOOOOOOO

@armalvior 8 жыл бұрын

I would mark my tombstone with these words when it's time for me to rest in eternity.

@michaellopez4746 Жыл бұрын

This is cool. I love this song and listen to it every day. It's cool how you made this rendition.

@player2748 6 жыл бұрын

Hank, 4 years later this is still my favorite vlogbrothers video. I keep coming back to it to be reminded how small I am and yet how important my actions can be to someone else who is just as small as me. You said in this video that your album wouldn’t be significant, but this video was significant to me. We may all be very small pieces in a near infinite history, but this video reminds me that even a short song can make all the difference years and centuries later :)

@Aaron7075 10 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes! I love when Hank Sings!

@MrMasterNorris 10 жыл бұрын

You got really into that. I like it

@terralynn9 10 жыл бұрын

This is so cool. I spent about an hour researching and listening to different interpretations of both songs you mentioned.

@THESLOWDEATHHOOKS 10 жыл бұрын

music throwbackthursday lol.

@theoriginalnetsirk 10 жыл бұрын

That actually sounds really good. Sad to think of the songs we'll never get to hear due to lack of recording.

@TheLastProzacNation 10 жыл бұрын

oh wow ancient music was really good

@Glassandcandy 10 жыл бұрын

except that's not at all what it actually sounds like.

@TheLastProzacNation 10 жыл бұрын

Jonmichael Platt I was more into the original than hank's version although hank's was pretty good too. there's a link in the description where you can listen to the songs in their more authentic version.

@Glassandcandy 10 жыл бұрын

ok good, because i think if people don't check out that version then they're going to be really miss informed about how ancient music actually sounds. (plus, Hank's pronunciation of Ionic greek is pretty sub-par, basing the sounds more off of modern greek mixed with anglicized greek rather than the classical pronunciation.)

@TheLastProzacNation 10 жыл бұрын

Jonmichael Platt hank said himself that his is a modernized version and that his ancient greek skills are "rusty" but yeah,you've got to listen to the "original" version too.

@leslieisepic 10 жыл бұрын

This was awesome and it really shows yet again how talented at music you really are, Hank.

@SgtJet3 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you Hank for a great rendition of this! I just about died when I saw the video title "What is the Oldest Song," hoping that you would talk about this, but I never dreamed you'd play it! Thank you!

@VamLoveAndKisses 10 жыл бұрын

Just a bit of info for those who care, some of the earliest written out songs were plainchant. God would 'speak' to Monks and priests and they would write out what he told them in Neume, a type of early notation not too far removed from the one we are familiar with today. This would then be sung by the monks. That's just about the only thing I remember from my degree. lol

@nadiact-ie5hy 10 жыл бұрын

Hi, just to add that the system of neumes (which people would be familiar with if they've ever seen Catholic illuminated chant manuscripts) were not used until the Middle Ages. The epitaph was written in Greek letters with dashes and dots. There's a picture on wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaph_of_Seikilos

@Thomas-er8xg 7 жыл бұрын

As a studier of Attic Greek, that's fairly good

@ptolemystoned 7 жыл бұрын

Are you a Johnnie? (if that doesn't mean anything to you, don't worry about it, dude)

@dropkickfever8366 7 жыл бұрын

Dr Burnett "Attic Greek" nice job bro.

@Karmacide 7 жыл бұрын

Dr Burnett I'm interested into your religion.

@SummerLeppanen 10 жыл бұрын

Hank, every snippet of your new album that I hear makes me more excited. I'M SO EXCITED.

@billthemaxster 10 жыл бұрын

Probably the best vlogbrothers video in a long time, it was fascinating to listen to the worlds oldest song, really hit me in the feels!

@eliaskounelis545 7 жыл бұрын

And this is how the glorious ancient Greek Poetry turns to country remix thing...

@a.z.fellco.1704 7 жыл бұрын

yep

@Mya-Scene Жыл бұрын

Has it really been 8 years? In the intervening period, I developed actual marketable skills, started to do a gender transition (ongoing), made a host of wonderful friends, and found my joy. Those ancient Sumerians actually got it right. You only live once, and I'm happy with the life I've had.

@ChappyMonster 3 ай бұрын

Its been 9 years now, hows the transition going?

@rainydaylady6596 4 күн бұрын

Congratulations!

@sonmihae-joo6286 10 жыл бұрын

This is officially my favourite song ! :D Thank you for this :)

@rubymimosa 10 жыл бұрын

LOVE, love love everything about this song! I don't know why I felt so much on this one!! I (from doing community theatre and the energy loop of stage to audience & back, repeat) can only imagine how powerful this would be with you live. Emote on Hank!

@MangoMotors 10 жыл бұрын

Wow. Brotherly burn. John, are you going to take that from hank? Show him how great of a singer you are.

@secretagentshady180 10 жыл бұрын

Lol

@marksusskind1260 6 жыл бұрын

John is OK. He'd need to practice. Maybe his children will eventually join choir or chorus or glee club or whatever the kidlets are calling it these days.

@AUnicorn666 6 жыл бұрын

kidlets? i don't think that is a word

@nadiact-ie5hy 10 жыл бұрын

I've watched this video three times now, and I just can't get over the fact that HANK IS SINGING THE FRIKKIN EPITAPH OF SEIKILOS!!! omgkjskdjhfiuewihkjdshfkjahsdkjh!

@jtsbbsps8000 10 жыл бұрын

this is the best i've ever heard your voice - sounded AMAZING!!!

@stiefmegan 10 жыл бұрын

I love your enthusiasm with your rendition.

@DevastateOrionVII 10 жыл бұрын

Dude can i just, can i have your life ?

@vlogbrothers 10 жыл бұрын

I know, right?

@dariuso2657 10 жыл бұрын

Lol

@LegionOfWeirdos 10 жыл бұрын

When he sang at first he sounded like that guy from The Crash Test Dummies.

@theoriginalnetsirk 10 жыл бұрын

mmmm...mmmm..mmmm....

@Isaaclichtenstein 6 жыл бұрын

I think this is my favorite Vlogbrother's video ever. I keep coming back to it.

@Isaaclichtenstein 2 жыл бұрын

Back again.

@ReadingAce 10 жыл бұрын

Oh Hank, you come up with the most random yet amazing ideas. I applaud you for that. This was awesome.

@bajojohn 10 жыл бұрын

I caught about half of the Greek.

@donaburns7912 10 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed.

@Zackyzic 10 жыл бұрын

Which greek did you catch? What was his name?

@DFox-kv9pi 9 жыл бұрын

@zackyzic. I want to know what he did with the other half of him.

@efafe4972 8 жыл бұрын

i like how he translated part of it. so noice

@melhale8244 10 жыл бұрын

AHH I am a Musical Archaeologist and it makes me SO EXCITED that you covered this topic Hank! I'm studying ancient soundscapes/ archaeoacoustics and translating old Egyptian and Roman musical notations from papyrus onto a modern stave.

@hallieeramos 8 жыл бұрын

Hank...you are simply amazing. I'm serious, this is amazing and brilliant and your voice sounds so fantastic. I just - gah- I can't even put it into words.

@TeaBooksAndTazmyn 10 жыл бұрын

Somebody now has to make John Green sing O.O

@ItTakesII 10 жыл бұрын

he has sung a few times in videos and every time promised never to sing again. -julian

@TeaBooksAndTazmyn 10 жыл бұрын

which videos :O where can I find this?

@sadiecowan9413 10 жыл бұрын

BritChick101 Pretty much any of the Wimbley Wombley videos on hankgames. He sings every time someone scores a goal.

@BenWeinerRVA 10 жыл бұрын

December 31, 2007.

@MrKevin75 10 жыл бұрын

Just wait until Ya Bamba scores another goal.

@Puggle64 10 жыл бұрын

You're not a real fan until you've listened to Hurrian Hymns 1 - 5

@timothyhicks3643 2 жыл бұрын

Gah, I love the Seikilos epitaph so much; after so many years this is still one of my favorite videos on vlogbrothers!

@jsherer9616 10 жыл бұрын

That was SO AWESOME!!! Great job, man!!!

@earthpcCHClS 10 жыл бұрын

wow really good singing hank im suprized

@haleffect9011 10 жыл бұрын

Love it, even the ancients agree to the cult of YOLO XD

@ralizon 10 жыл бұрын

This video is proof there needs to be a "Love" button. That sounded amazing, the lyrics were stellar. Thank you both for the service you provide to the world, especially the internet. Thank you and Don't Forget to be Awesome.

@elisabelle01 10 жыл бұрын

Ok so this is the first song that is in my Musical History and Literature textbook and I really love your version of it, Hank! The recording of it is actually much slower and has a different accompaniment! I honestly wish you were one of our teachers!!!

@ushiuni82 10 жыл бұрын

I really hope John sings us a song for his next video.

@Spiltcocoamix 9 жыл бұрын

Someone probably wrote this already but the funny thing is that the 'Yolo' message of this song wasn't even the earliest yolo. In Gilgamesh, there's this barmaid who tries to help Gilgamesh get over the death of Enkidu (his partner in bromance). Who, as you'd have it, got killed when Gilgamesh rejected and insulted a goddess. Actually, speaking of Greece-Mesopotamia comparisons, most of what we find funny about Grecian mythology funny was even more hilarious in Mesopotamia. If you can believe it, the pantheon was even more petty than Olympus. For example, did you know that the first draft of humanity was wiped out because they were too loud and the gods couldn't sleep? Or that we only got brought back because the gods realized that without us they'd have to do their own work? Ah, memories One of the reasons I enjoyed history.

@musicalgirl1388 7 жыл бұрын

This is really amazing. Good job, Hank! I am feeling incredibly inspired.

@denirs4895 10 жыл бұрын

I love every one of your videos Hank! You and John are amazing.

@CallumLerigo 10 жыл бұрын

I just realised I'm a little disappointed that in no place does it shout FIRST! :(

@elibodin1406 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is just amazing. I have listened to it like five times now and it is just sooo good.

@Katelyn3666 4 жыл бұрын

Something about the simplicity of this is beautiful and I love the way Hank sings this.

@kikideee94 10 жыл бұрын

I love this video, probably because I'm a musician and I'm studying ethnomusicology. It is the best. I am curious though how you decided what chords to put with the melody, as they had very different modes back then? Or was it on the chord chart?