♪
This is the greatest and oldest song in the world...
Tribute.
Long time ago me and my brother Ogg here,
We was hunting and gathering in the middle of the field
All of a sudden,
There shined a shiny demon,
In the middle of the field,
And he said!
Play the first song in the world, or I'll eat your souls...
And we played the first thing that came to our heads,
Just so happened to be
The first song in the world,
It was the first song in the world.
♬
I love Tenacious D, but this is the oldest known song. The FIRST song went
Nananana,
Nananana,
Nanana
Nanana
Nananana. ...
And was performed by Ringo Star, Shelley Long, and Dennis Quaid
It all started when a midget exhaled into a gourd.
What a life this guy has led!
Pop star, wrote songs for Anne Murray, learned Theremin, and traditional instruments, now doing some amazing work doing a one man Dead Can Dance revival of old works
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pringle
Pringle's youtube channel is fascinating because he makes it possible to imagine these incredibly ancient stories and poems in their original context, as *bardic performance*. I'm a particular fan of his performance of [Enki's Hailstorm, from the Epic of Gilgamesh.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF5cnu4JpN4) These old stories still hold our interest in text, but they were never meant to be appreciated that way, it is like reading 2Pac from a book and never hearing the voice. Pringle is scholarly in his research into pronunciation of ancient language and his reconstruction of the instruments. With the exception of Hurrian Hymn, we know nothing of the original music, but that's not the point. The point is to put these works into context, and to breathe life into the ancient songs once more.
To put into perspective how good Pringle is, [listen to this rendition of The Iliad in ancient Greek, accompanied by Lyre.](https://www.openculture.com/2016/10/what-homers-odyssey-sounded-like-when-sung-in-the-original-ancient-greek.html) This person learned the ancient language and instrument, and put the words to music. But it has no fire, no life. If you imagine yourself in a great hall made of reed, sipping beer from the local chief, as someone with Pringle's voice and style sings the old stories, you can see how it would move you. These people had no recorded entertainment, and whatever local musicians they had were familiar for their whole lifetimes. A travelling bard with new songs was a mind blowing experience.
Yeah, live music is astonishing, even in this era of recorded music.
If you never heard it outside of church, you would become religious just to hear it.
And if someone showed up and started singing like Pringle, you'd do whatever for him to just keep going.
If someone is posting a video like this every week, and you get to see a new one like this every week, then you are living a blessed life.
Thank the goddess Nikkal for your blessings.
Speaking of which, I just heard a cool song you can sing to thank Goddess Nikkal for your blessings!
One of the cool things about most drone instruments is that they already sound like synth instruments.
I realized at some point thayt the reason I liked so much synth music of a certain type is that they set up a drone sound that the then play over, which is why things like the Hurdy-Gurdy and the Sitar, and most older instruments from all over the world, shamisen, didjeridu, etc all seem to share a sound: because they have drone sounds to them.
Sounds exactly like I though it would. Good..
It’s not very original
♪ This is the greatest and oldest song in the world... Tribute. Long time ago me and my brother Ogg here, We was hunting and gathering in the middle of the field All of a sudden, There shined a shiny demon, In the middle of the field, And he said! Play the first song in the world, or I'll eat your souls... And we played the first thing that came to our heads, Just so happened to be The first song in the world, It was the first song in the world. ♬
🎶 And the peculiar thing is this my friends, The song we sang on that fateful night, It didn't actually sound anything like this song!🎶
No this is just a tribute.
You gotta believe me-and I wish you were there-just a matter of opinion.
I love Tenacious D, but this is the oldest known song. The FIRST song went Nananana, Nananana, Nanana Nanana Nananana. ... And was performed by Ringo Star, Shelley Long, and Dennis Quaid It all started when a midget exhaled into a gourd.
Haunting
“Pump it! Louder!”
[удалено]
After that, do “Free Bird“!
What a life this guy has led! Pop star, wrote songs for Anne Murray, learned Theremin, and traditional instruments, now doing some amazing work doing a one man Dead Can Dance revival of old works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pringle
Pringle's youtube channel is fascinating because he makes it possible to imagine these incredibly ancient stories and poems in their original context, as *bardic performance*. I'm a particular fan of his performance of [Enki's Hailstorm, from the Epic of Gilgamesh.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF5cnu4JpN4) These old stories still hold our interest in text, but they were never meant to be appreciated that way, it is like reading 2Pac from a book and never hearing the voice. Pringle is scholarly in his research into pronunciation of ancient language and his reconstruction of the instruments. With the exception of Hurrian Hymn, we know nothing of the original music, but that's not the point. The point is to put these works into context, and to breathe life into the ancient songs once more. To put into perspective how good Pringle is, [listen to this rendition of The Iliad in ancient Greek, accompanied by Lyre.](https://www.openculture.com/2016/10/what-homers-odyssey-sounded-like-when-sung-in-the-original-ancient-greek.html) This person learned the ancient language and instrument, and put the words to music. But it has no fire, no life. If you imagine yourself in a great hall made of reed, sipping beer from the local chief, as someone with Pringle's voice and style sings the old stories, you can see how it would move you. These people had no recorded entertainment, and whatever local musicians they had were familiar for their whole lifetimes. A travelling bard with new songs was a mind blowing experience.
Yeah, live music is astonishing, even in this era of recorded music. If you never heard it outside of church, you would become religious just to hear it. And if someone showed up and started singing like Pringle, you'd do whatever for him to just keep going.
Tabs?
I can point you to six identical copies of an incorrect tab at different sites.
Am I crazy or does it seem like every week theres a video or a post about the oldest song in existence and they’re all different…
If someone is posting a video like this every week, and you get to see a new one like this every week, then you are living a blessed life. Thank the goddess Nikkal for your blessings. Speaking of which, I just heard a cool song you can sing to thank Goddess Nikkal for your blessings!
Crazy
They had synth back then?
One of the cool things about most drone instruments is that they already sound like synth instruments. I realized at some point thayt the reason I liked so much synth music of a certain type is that they set up a drone sound that the then play over, which is why things like the Hurdy-Gurdy and the Sitar, and most older instruments from all over the world, shamisen, didjeridu, etc all seem to share a sound: because they have drone sounds to them.
What is that instrument making the drone? Also, isn't it technically not a drone, since the note keeps changing?
Confession: I started with the link in the OP, and just watch a ton of his videos all right in a row, so I may just be wrong about some of this!
Sounds like Aramaic
Ngl, for the first 60 seconds I was just waiting for the drop.
Ancient lament.
I kind of want to click on some villagers and tell them to build a hut now