ALESTORM - The Last Saskatchewan Pirate (Official Video)

[@ericfrehlich8800]

I imagine some people who see this might not know that this song is a cover from the Canadian band The Arrogant Worms. It's been adopted as a folk song in our province, however

[@ScottWalde]

Some might argue it's our provincial anthem. Okay, "some" is me.

[@aerr9582]

I was going to say exactly this, The arrogant worms are an amazingly underrated band! Great to see a band like Alestorm cover this song!

[@TrailofAsh]

Pretty sure it was Captain Tractor?

[@ellipsis...1986]

@@ScottWalde it goes with the national anthem also by The Arrogant Worms: Rocks and Trees

[@ferretyluv]

@@TrailofAshCaptain Tractor actually covered The Arrogant Worms.

[@Rancid-Jane]

Here in Saskatchewan, this song makes onto every wedding and graduation playlist.

[@captainbeard3323]

As it should

[@matheussanthiago9685]

As it damn should

[@BizzaroSephy]

As is tradition

[@sweepist]

if you know anyone is Saskatchewan in need of a spare groomsmen I'll do it for a pint .

[@Vladimir.A.K]

Это же классно👍

[@TsugaC]

Candian pirates always say please and thank you while plundering your swag.

[@rokuhokage4958]

Yes, sorry a-boot that eh!

[@YllwNinja82]

Sorry for robbin ya bud, Trudeau's really fuckin us with the Carbon Taxes eh...

[@lacijuhos7613]

Except when they rob natives. But we don't talk about that.

[@davememelandcanada6722]

Can't believe you forgot the eh in Canadian.

[@liam.da.ghostboy]

Please, thank you and sorry, eh

[@kingnick710]

Lmao! As a Canadian I'm shocked they even discovered this song, yet alone did an awesome cover of it! Cheers eh bud!

[@Krageesh]

Wait.This wasn't a song by the Longest Johns?

[@widdershins5383]

@@Krageesharrogant worms, longest John’s…same vein lol

[@glfc2112]

Better not drink Pissner. That is unless you like drinking piss in a can.

[@GeneraI_Motors]

They also did Barrett's Privateers, another Canadian banger :)

[@barendgarvelink]

Netherlands here, have known this song for over 20 years. The Live Bait CD did the rounds when I was in university. Arrogant Worms have had a longer reach than you might imagine. Quality stuff.

[@Weffle_]

I cannot describe how fast I clicked on this, song is too good

[@Holiday_Decor_Reviews2010]

Same

[@xXlamikXx]

#metoo

[@theearthrexden]

My click was 45times the speed of light

[@yourimitro438]

Same! 👏🙏🤘

[@High_Caliber]

Yep yep.

[@SecretIdentityStudio]

I love how the video segments were clearly not filmed anywhere near Saskatchewan.

[@patrickbennett7002]

Only the parts without mountains LOL

[@HOSER922]

I don't know, Alberta is pretty near Saskatchewan, and some of the footage was from definitely from here. The pirate ship is in West Edmonton Mall, and some of the concert footage around 2:35 is from the Edmonton show. I can even sort of see myself in the background.

[@Smallerexia]

​@HOSER922 I'm so upset I didn't know they were I'm edmonton. I definitely would have tried to go see them 😭

[@arcturus960]

South Western Alberta is a good distance from Saskatchewan

[@patrickbennett7002]

@@arcturus960 it's not that far, Saskatchewan is literally the next province going east

[@ToraTiger78]

Blessed be those who know The Arrogant Worms. :)

[@chrisrauschning7376]

The songs been around a long time, and surprisingly covered fairly often. Longest John's have a version and apparently common in the UK and Ireland

[@keithiverson6687]

Getting flashbacks from high school in Saskatchewan during the 90’s

[@kevinramsey417]

Me like Hockey!

[@BlairdBlaird]

@@chrisrauschning7376 The Arrogant Worms have been around 33 years, and The Last Saskatchewan Pirate is the first track of their first album so... yes?

[@timmartin8088]

This is a very popular song in FILK circles, along with half of all the songs The Arrogant Worms every wrote :)

[@myselph1761]

As someone who's been an avid Arrogant worms fan since I was 6, I never in a million years expected a metal cover for a song over 30 years old

[@TrevorJamesMcNeil]

Me either but they are a comedy Pirate Metal band so it makes a lot of sense.

[@MacOriginalGamer]

The giant rubber duck is the real hero here!

[@brettpuetz]

The mountain and lake at the beginning of the video is Salmon Arm B.C. my home town. I drove 6 hours to Calgary to see them. I talked to Eliot after the show and we talked about the town :)

[@NimhLabs]

I knew that could not have been Saskatchewan at the start. To much vertical

[@Robhicks]

My hometown as well!! 😅

[@HOSER922]

Last time I drove through Salmon Arm, somebody had graffitied a salmon with arms on the sign on the highway. Got a good laugh out of it.

[@robertcorbin464]

Is that anywhere near canoe beach or is that at the foot of the town proper? Haven't been there since 2011 but I love the place!

[@brettpuetz]

@@robertcorbin464 the shots are from along the wharf area right by downtown and along the foreshore trail along the lake. which is so awesome because i mentioned those places to them the night before!

[@DaleyKreations]

For non-Canadians - the joke is that Saskatchewan is flatter than flat and utterly landlocked with no large bodies of water to speak of (at least compared to all the other provinces)

[@MrRedgrin]

And yet it has a naval base!

[@ambiarock590]

They also made a song about Uzbekistan, one of two doubly landlocked countries in the world (it is landlocked itself and all of its neighbors are also landlocked). Lichtenstein is the other one.

[@bogganalseryd2324]

Well earth is flat so that tracks

[@Lunarcheese72]

No large bodies, but fun fact: We've got 100,000 lakes. which combined have more surface area than any of the great lakes except Superior. You can sail in circles in a new lake every day for the rest of your life and not even come close to boating all of them, but you're more than likely to have naval pirating supremacy on a bunch by way of being the only boat there.

[@CourageTheCowardlyDog266]

And even further.. There isn't even so much as a river in Regina 🤣

[@MacTheBurger]

I believe this also makes them honorary Canadians as well.

[@Markhayday-h4i]

They still need to kiss the cod, too

[@NEEDbacon]

Given they're Scottish, after enough Canadian Club in them, they're good to go.

[@catnipnapkin3329]

I've been messaging Chris' personal IG account every week since 2009 pleading with him to make a cover of this song. I'm so happy right now :)

[@lockdown2341]

Careful this guys a hero.

[@tonicwine]

That's a bit Rapey special.

[@ragnarawker]

Worked a road crew in Saskatchewan in 2005 and this was our go to drinking song. We flew the jolly roger all summer on our micro-surfacing machine but our pirate days were over when the river started to freeze.

[@brandonspears6996]

This song makes me happy, and I'm from Ontario

[@quercusquercus532]

Same. Just sayin', there's an Edwardian schooner in Kingston that's absolutely loaded with precious antiques. The pipers playing "Bonnie Dundee" at the grand opening were clever foreshadowing.

[@brucebeamish-r7w]

ME TOO bro!

[@matheussanthiago9685]

I'm from Brazil, and it makes me happy

[@MetalHealth44]

Saskatchewanian here. This song always confused me as a kid. We aint really got no “mighty shores” around here. Still, amazing to see you guys cover it. Ya’ll gotta come back to stoon some time. I couldn’t make it last time ya stopped by. Been a big fan of yours ever since Back Through Time! Keep up the great work! We here in SK don’t get acknowledged often so whenever a band as cool as Alestorm does something like this it becomes the talk of the town!

[@utubrGaming]

The whole idea of a pirate in land locked Saskatchewan is part of the ironic humour of the song. The Jolly Roger in Regina is the pub there.

[@samuelmellars7855]

Ah, you see there *used* to be mighty shores in Saskatchewan. However, the Arrogant Worms, led by Captain Tractor, pulled off on of the most impressive bits of piracy I've even heard of, and stole the whole damn shoreline! Some people say that they took the shoreline overseas and buried it in Norway, which is why their coast is all wiggly like that. More shore than land you see, so it folded up in on itself and made the fjords. Personally, I think they probably went and hid the Saskatchewan shoreline on an island, planning on randsoming it back or selling it off to the highest bidder, but then found that it was so much weight the island sank, and it's lost forever.

[@KarltheKrazyone]

There are some mighty shores during flood season! I moved long ago, but last week described my travel history as "a country song" grew up in Sask, graduated, moved to alberta, met a girl, moved international. Just remember, last one out, hit the lights.

[@HasPotatoAim]

It makes a lot more sense when you're familiar with The Arrogant Worms. I recommend checking out Carrot Juice is Murder.

[@Deseko]

I can smell Louis Pub just reading that lol

[@tandrageraedts]

Omg I can't believe Alestorm covered The Arrogant Worms!!! This is the best thing ever!

[@bigred738]

The back of my head is in this video for 48 frames. Still one of the coolest things to happen to me.

[@JoshuaOdionson]

I'm not sure what I expected with this, but it's still perfectly Alestorm.

[@ifer1280]

Covering the Arrogant Worms?!? That's a deep cut, and I love it!

[@Schizm82]

so cool they covered this

[@blue95m3]

Its a good day when a new pirate song is released!!

[@HarveyAndToddTheWraith]

Actually this song is out for some time, the video is new

[@josephupchurch7138]

American here, and a big fan of Canada and Alestorm. Well done, boys. You and Derina Harvey have done the Arrogant Worms proud with excellent covers of a truly badass song 🤘❤️

[@GentleGiantJoe]

As a canadian born man, this song gives me so much joy. Much love Alestorm.

[@dragoncz453]

2:59 I have no idea why he is wearing a sweatshirt with the national emblem of the Czech Republic, but as a Czech I am glad that I noticed it.

[@DrakeHardy]

HOLY SHIT YES!!! As a person from Saskatchewan, this song was my whole existence growing up and hearing you guys rock it is incredible!!!

[@Pedruvisk]

REGINAS SONG! Miss you guys in Brazil! ❤

[@NoheartNS]

that was awesome got to break out "Farewell To Nova Scotia" next

[@SQWERLY]

Huh huh…. Regina…. This is by far one of my all time favorites from Alestorm. Its literally perfect

[@DrAgNZRX]

It's so good they didn't even need to write it lol. But yeah, it's a great cover of a classic Canadian folk song.

[@SQWERLY]

@@DrAgNZRX damn i didnt know it was a cover. Its much better than the original though at least

[@digitaljanus]

​@@DrAgNZRX Right, a classic folk song from a 1990s comedy band. 🤣

[@DrAgNZRX]

@@SQWERLY hey, no problem. It's still a great song, and it's even more fun to hear songs like this live when you don't expect them.

[@DrAgNZRX]

@@digitaljanus I'm guessing you're not from here, but this song is bigger than you would expect if you were born outside the Canadian border 😆

[@JTSNIDER]

I love that this is recorded in Saskatchewan. But when the line that mentioned Moose Jaw came thru should’ve cut to the band standing in front of Mac the Moose!

[@2005HemiMagnum]

TBH I expected there to be some footage from Sask but there isn't aside for a few clips from the show in Saskatoon. Missed opportunity not showing the South Saskatchewan in Saskatoon or anything in Regina

[@Kadaver6]

It also looked like most of the clips were from Midway Music hall, isn’t that in Edmonton? Or am I a silly goose?

[@carsonwiebe1634]

​@@Kadaver6There's clips from all over Canada. I recognized at least Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver

[@bjornstacy9590]

I'm actually surprised it took yall this long to cover this song, I love it!

[@gyurmagyuri6440]

Alestorm never disappoints🤘🔥

[@NickFrustration]

im not even from saskatchewan, but my little canadian heart is still made all the happier by hearing this.

[@andrij.demianczuk]

As a Canadian who grew up on Captain Tractor and later the Arrogant Worms my heart is so full of joy right now ❤ This band of Scots did us proud!

[@jmfdm1]

From the USA and old enough to remember the Captain Tractor version on MTV's 120 minutes. Back in the before times when that show and Dr. Demento on the radio were the only places one could find the glorious and strange from home.

[@Somtaw420]

Wild, just today I was thinking "it would be great if Alestorm or Dread Crew of Oddwood covered this song." Turns out I was just late to the parrty.

[@kurohone]

This is so cool. The Worms and Captain Tractor were big names back here 25-30 years ago, so seeing a multinational band give them this respect is awesome.

[@DarkenSeyreth]

Never imagined that I would ever hear Alestorm cover this song, but here we are and it's fucking perfect!

[@stevepaul9452]

Pirate metal at 5am. This is a good way to start a Saturday

[@findango]

Canadian here. I'm very familiar with this tune, and a big cheers to the band for covering it.

[@RichEmbury]

Loved the original Arrogant worms and Captain Tractor cover version too. Us Saskatchewanians love it. This one was great to hear as well. Nice shots of Vancouver. Not many mountains in Saskatchewan or shores in Regina, but I guess you could sail down the South Saskatchewan river and go right through the middle of Saskatoon at least. The south and north Saskatchewan river system is important around here. Such a funny song and great choice for a cover.

[@TheGibbletz]

You just made Saskatchewan awesome man

[@amandaclairmont4259]

I love this song. I was pumped to hear it live in Winnipeg and I shouted myself hoarse.

[@Marley7919]

Dreamt of hearing this one and Wellerman performed by Alestorm for ages. Thank you, guys, for making my little dreams come true

[@metalsoulsweeper1]

Living in Saskatoon makes this song just a little more epic 😎

[@PleThorAMusic1]

A true classic

[@KINGPOOPS]

I'm so happy Alestorm covered this song. It's a classic here in Canada.

[@imahimfan]

Was at the Ballroom for this, SO HAPPY they placed this, sang along the entire song!!!

[@hippomantube]

An arrogant worms cover? in 2024? I have CDs of theirs from when I was a kid this is wild to me.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

God I miss CDs

[@cstuart5638]

0:36, sounds like the beginning of a Phineas and Ferb song.

[@EBThisThat]

I’m always a sucker for pirate shanties. This one rocks my timbers !

[@kinleylafrance765]

Come to the East Coast of Canada please!!! 🇨🇦

[@lockdown2341]

YES PLEASE

[@Tylendal242]

I've wanted this song for years! Finally it's here!

[@chasewighton4064]

I’ve been dying to see Alestorm cover this song for a literal decade at this point and the day has FINALLY come! Huzzah!

[@leahgodlien9856]

As a Saskatchewan born and bred!!! I’m absolutely over the moon with happiness that yall covered this!!!

[@jsipple31]

2:59 so cool!

[@camohawk6703]

I'm from Kansas in America and love they covered this song.

[@yankeerebel5577]

Alestorm needs to play at the Summer music fest in Quebec City! I think the band would love the vibe and location and the metal fans there are legendary.

[@rybalcaenable]

Thanks for the show and I made the music video!

[@devospice]

I was so excited when I heard they were covering this song and they freakin' NAILED IT! Love it!

[@saltycupcakes]

This is one of the few times i took my phone out at a concert. Somehow an american pirate band made me feel more canadian than other things lately. Real smile that day. Fuckin eh fellas!

[@MrMin0taur]

American ?

[@saltycupcakes]

@MrMin0taur fair critique, my bad and I knew better than that. Thank you for the correction. My apologies.

[@ExtravagentGentleman]

I did not see an arrogant worms cover happening, but it certainly makes a hell of a lot of sense. Well done!

[@HazerGore1185]

I’m one of the countless laid off in tech, and this is my song right now.

[@SgtStuka]

A massive hit of Nostalgia! I sung this song nearly constantly as a wee tike, the Arrogant Worms were my fave band as a child. Now as an Adult, one of my fave bands is covering this childhood classic of mine, To say I am rocking out hard is an understatement!

[@Robhicks]

I love that you filmed a bunch in my hometown, Salmon Arm!!

[@metaldelve5634]

Seeing this song in Saskatoon at the Coors Event Centre was AWESOME! The place went nuts. I think the Arrogant Worms now need to do a live version with "Captain Yar."

[@sundevilrock]

Captain Yarrface (Rumahoy)

[@metaldelve5634]

@@sundevilrock I was thinking of the lyrics, not the person. In the Alestorm version they replace "Tractor Jack" with "Captain Yarr," so I thought it would be funny if the Arrogant worms did that sometime live. Although, I do also love the idea of Captain Yarrface joining the Arrogant worms on stage. That would be fun.

[@TalenLee]

You can't just cover a childhood fave song and assume I'm going to mark out like an immense tool for it, Alestorm. I mean you can, and I did, but you can't *assume* it, right?

[@TerminidHiveMind]

we have an english version, a canadian version, now we need a nordic version

[@femoman]

It's a ho, hey, hi, hey! Farmers bar your doors, When you see the viking longship Sailing down the mighty fjords!

[@TerminidHiveMind]

@@femoman i love it

[@AdrianLeeMagill]

I remember this song thirty five years ago. Man, it's good to know it's eternal.

[@MrRiftman]

I've had Last Saskatchewan Pirate stuck in my head for the last several days. And now we have this beauty..... Thank you!

[@nealboutin105]

Alestorm mix humour and metal to put on an awesome live show. It was fantastic to hear this song in Saskatoon! I looked for their pirate ship on the shore the day of the concert, unfortunately I couldn’t find it, but I did get gas at the Co-op.

[@Draken0023]

YEAAAAAH!!! The Arrogant Worms are awesome! Been looking a copy of the Semi-Conducted DVD for years

[@EightPointedStar]

This song popped just in my head out of nowhere and I'm happy to see that it's very much alive! I only know The Arrogant Worms version and I thought it had faded into obscurity

[@brandino97yyc]

Knowing the lyrics to the song covers or original should be part of the Canadian citizenship test requirements

[@darthnihilus1608]

I always appreciate these Behind-The-Scenes videos. It shows all the hard work others put in

[@jordanwhite1547]

Ahoy from the west coast of BC!

[@Axemang]

A Canadian comedy classic! Gonna need to cover Gordon Lightfoot next!

[@wheezystick]

Song was awesome! I saw your show in Edmonton. You guys rock and that pirate ship in your video is actually mine.

[@BOG0690]

Thanks for doing this Alestorm! Lotta Scotts in Saskatchewan 😊

[@Grussky_40]

Oh CANNON-da! 🇨🇦🏴‍☠️

[@Jbewell1991]

Cover or not i love alestorm. Canada i love you guys and you made an awesome song that an awesome band covered. All of Canada can come to America and ill buy each one of you a beer. It's only neighborly to do so.

[@digitalmouse3314]

I love this I am so sad I missed you guys when you came here I love this song this song made me a lifelong metalhead, I loved this song as kid so much, Ih ad a Cd of canadian metal artists making kids songs it was awesome. I am from Saskatchewan live in Alberta now. This cover made my day and year better after missing you guys.

[@MIA7Xthies]

Long time Alestorm fan from Saskatchewan. So pumped

[@mariontheseagull6390]

The bois ❤

[@robertmaxa6631]

I think the "Arrogant Worms" would approve. Very nice cover. I inadvertently stumbled across your music last year, when I was on a road trip, with my cousin. I heard " F#cked With an Anchor". I loved it.

[@phant00m1]

I had my first Alestorm concert in Birmingham this year and I gotta say I can't remember the last time I was smilin this much. You guys delivered an EPIC show. I wish you guys a good time on Rockmaraton in Hungary. Pálinka for everyone!

[@Araararauna7]

at this point there is nothing that surprises me from you guys

[@SteveElOtaku]

As a Canadian, seeing this pop up on my Spotify was a pleasant surprise. Was a fan of the Arrogant Worms growing up, and this cover's incredible.

[@StephG26]

I really have to wonder at how this even exists, but it gives me great joy that it does.

[@Joshybeast.starwars]

OH MY GOSH THE NOSTALGIA. I used to catch the arrogant Worms whenever they came to town. Thank you for this awesome cover.

[@koopaking1959]

i love this song!!!

[@corkhead0]

I was at the show shown at 2:35! It was a Friday night and I was pretty wasted. Great time!

[@kidcthulhufortney1320]

I stumbled across this in the algorithm and was so happy to see my favorite Arrogant Worms song by Alestorm (yes, I I know it was Captain Tractor first, but I only ever heard the Worms version

[@lyndawilson1409]

love the original and love this cover....🍻 from Australia

[@LlamaBobby]

For Americans who aren’t aware: Saskatchewan is like Delaware…you often forget it exists, you can’t say an interesting thing about it, and you have zero desire to go there

[@BJGvideos]

I imagine every decent-sized country has an area like that

[@benedettochiola2384]

Like Molise for Italy

[@mnorris790]

Nah it's like Nebraska. Farms.

[@jackwilliamtaylor5656]

Ah, I see. Canada’s own Aberdeen (the only interesting thing about Aberdeen is that it’s very grey)

[@Tuidjy]

When you say Delaware to me, I think "speed tickets". I used to work in South Carolina while my then-just-girlfriend was still at MIT. The drive took me through Delaware - just a short stretch, but a truly shitty one. Speed traps, cameras, enforcement of stupidly low limits... I think they even outlawed radar detectors and allow unmarked police cruisers to pull you over. Note that my drive took me through other states (Virginia, for starters) that enforce speed limits more harshly than what I am used to (California, South Carolina, Arizona, etc.) But 28 years later, I still remember Delaware as one of the worst. Having a red Supra with California plates did not help.

[@scrapdaddy13]

OMG, THIS IS AWESOME!!! Who better to cover this song than the awesome pirate metal band Alestorm!!! You guys rock!!!

[@chriswainwrght9157]

I am Canadian and I live in Alberta so I know this song

[@TheOneRealTom]

The video quality of this piece is amazing. ^^"

[@Warhammerguy2]

I’m so sad that I missed the show in Calgary. But I’m so glad so many people got to enjoy it!

[@chrisrauschning7376]

That's unfortunate, because it was a real good one.

[@DiegoMartinez-hd4gn]

It's weird but this song gives me some kind of hope and happiness in this sh.itty economic times. I'm gonne be a pirate 😊