David Rovics - Black Flag Flying

[@TeamJella]

In a world without gold we may have been heroes

[@CrypticCreedGaming]

But now we are legends

[@SavedSnake]

WE HAVE NO COUNTRY BUT THE SEA....WE FIGHT FOR NO ONE BUT OUR CLASS.

[@thecaptain596]

We’re gonna kick some captains ass

[@dontaylor7315]

The truth is they didn't give a rat's ass for any class; "We fight for no one but ourselves" would be more honest. Good song though.

[@SavedSnake]

@@dontaylor7315 thats what it says .....fight for no one but our class.........ourselves....

[@dontaylor7315]

@@SavedSnake I just wanted to clear up any ambiguities as to whether pirates were spreading their loot around among the poor, as opposed to keeping it. They had no social agenda and weren't on a class-warfare mission, that's all I meant.

[@SavedSnake]

@@dontaylor7315 not all pirates ..are ..or ..were ...the same...

[@allitterazioneforzata1063]

Come all you sailors near and far You honest men know who you are All of you who'd dare be free Combine with us upon the sea Together we will drink a toast Ride the wind on down the coast See the merchant ship to board Raise a jar and swing a sword Watch to see the merchant captain crying When they see the black flag flying The war with Spain is over now No more Jack over the bow We fight for no one but our class We're gonna kick some captain's ass All you who'd live before you die Come give an honest life a try Sail beneath the skull and bones Pay no heed to crowns and thrones No more greedy princes lying When you come sail with the black flag flying No more whips and no more chains To live free or die is what remains If life is too short either way You might as well live free today All for one and one for all We'll board the ship and make the call Join us, all you good men And have your liberty again Watch the crew now leave their captain frying As they come sail with the black flag flying. Here's to Fly and Roberts, brave and true And Mary Kelly's gallant crew It seems to me the world is ours Watch as the mighty Navy cowers We have no nation but the sea No creed but that we will live free We'll loot and burn all that we can That's run by a dishonest man Their end is near and there is no denying When they see the black flag flying If I could predict the future then I would But all I know is this is good 1720 is the year And there is nothing left to fear We may live or we may die Perhaps our destiny is nigh I don't know what the end may hold But I know these ships are filled with gold That was stolen from the poor as we lay dying So let us sail with the black flag flying.

[@Thenowhereman42]

Damn, David Rovics got in something mainstream?

[@josxiko]

Right? I ain't complaining. Maybe they'll check out his other stuff too!

[@mc.a9920]

let the black flag rise hell yeahhh

[@dixievfd55]

When the enemy actually shows up for a port battle in Naval Action in proper ships.

[@alphapennsylvania9439]

Up the provos he also sings

[@SN-xk2rl]

But they took the queens shillling - 20 years ago. PIRA is a pensioners club now, if they aren't on payroll at Stormont.

[@AReservoirDog]

Tbh id have loved to be a Pirate

[@milascave2]

I doubt it. It may have been the best options for some, but it was, for the most part, a dangerous, dirty life full of sea sickness, bad food, scurvy, and of course, random acts of. Violence. Oh, and sodomy. Lot of that. And not always in the way that you might like it.

[@gergelybuza6856]

well you still can be one, just the old type, and it's much more dangerous

[@FreedomSCARS]

Elongated muskrat could walk the space plank

[@void8617]

DOWN WITH THE JACK, UP WITH THE ROGER!

[@jajamicham8126]

Epic song

[@DanDowell]

Sounds like a union song to me.

[@mustardtoast8328]

the singer is a communist and a lot of pirates lived in communistic ways so it all checks out

[@Streetw1s3r]

​@@mustardtoast8328 Kind of but not really. Pirates were more anarchist, which is basically to live freely without rulers or with self governance. And self governance they did as each ship had their own set of laws, in Nassau there wasn't any governance they only had to abide by the "pirates code" which each crew had their own but other than that was a pure anarchist society. The idea of Libertalia was more anarcho-communist but it's just a myth and likely never actually existed.

[@coasternerd4106]

@@Streetw1s3r anarchism is a derivative ideology of communism

[@franklinmonachelli6138]

Hoist The Colors! Time To Take Back The Sea Ya Scervy Dogs! Arrr Who's With Me

[@SavedSnake]

Franklin Monachelli I!!!

[@SavedSnake]

Franklin Monachelli im with you if your with me brother!!

[@puggamer3353]

I

[@burnitdown5828]

Yo Ho Yo ho A pirates life for me!!!

[@SansRedGoddess]

One of the best TV Show

[@APiratesLife]

The absolute best. It's a shame they ended it. :(

[@SansRedGoddess]

A Pirate's Life I don't rly think that it will end like this bcs there is a book about "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson. It's Flint's treasure. And old Silver is going to find it. I don't wanna spoiler u more, read it. In TV-Show i saw one thing, Jack Rackham is rising his black flag. In my opinion, that means something. Btw i think it is possible to cast new series.

[@APiratesLife]

Probably. And they were promoting the show as "the build up to Treasure Island", so who knows... Maybe they are secretly making a Treasure Island series.

[@robey2516]

What's the tv show? I wanna see the carnage

[@APiratesLife]

Crimson Carnage Black Sails.

[@rustyshacklford6873]

Raise the black. Anarchy or Death. This beautiful social movement will come again. Even more militant and powerful than before.

[@edwardblackbeardteach6439]

at raise the black flag we lisa headshot said to you you sould do this song

[@timmycorini]

PIRATE CHAIN TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH $ARRR BUY AND HOLD

[@gamecarnival2024]

Great song but damnit now i know Jack sails with Teach! 😅

[@dontaylor7315]

I know about Ann Bonney and Mary Read but who's Mary Kelly?

[@dontaylor7315]

"Social movement?" Well there's a grain of truth in that. The captain was elected, the crew could depose him and elect a new one, and every crew member signed on for a share of the profits. This structure originated in the Caribbean in the 1600s with the buccaneers. Buccaneers, aka the Brethren of the Coast, weren't pirates but privateers - they were commissioned by the French, English or Dutch government to disrupt Spanish shipping. They flew a red flag to signify that they had official status - French sailors jokingly called it the "jolie rouge" ("pretty red") and English sailors pronounced it "jolly Roger." After various international treaties put an end to privateering many of the Brethren exchanged the red flag for a black one and went free-lance, buccaneers no longer but pirates instead.

[@Kijnn]

There is a case to be made that Caribbean pirates were an early form of Anarcho-Socialists.

[@wolfmastergaming9530]

yo ho hoist the colors and take back the sea with me

[@anakinskywalker1344]

Black Sails☠💙

[@egcism]

Change pfp pls

[@anakinskywalker1344]

@@egcism You want me to change my avatar? Sorry my English I from Russia.

[@egcism]

@@anakinskywalker1344 Yes please, the confederate flag has some very racist connotations

[@ethanwillis7369]

@@egcism 1. No it really isn't. 2. Many slaves were POWs that got captured by african Kings. 3. The War of northern aggression was over state's rights.

[@egcism]

@@ethanwillis7369 1. Yes, it has 2. True, but this practice was greatly exacerbated due to european and american colonialists' decision to participate in the triangular trade 3. No, it wasn't

[@7th7andwich]

>pirate music >is copyrighted ok

[@vernichtung8054]

The singer himself David Rovics, promotes people sharing his music and downloading it for free to spread the political message and promote his work, but not all of it is self-published, and a lot of it is commercially distributed.

[@7th7andwich]

@@vernichtung8054 I just find the juxtapositions created by modernity to be funny / ironic sometimes.

[@TeamJella]

Plottwist - he copyrights it so that it can be pirated.

[@APiratesLife]

All of you who dare be free, like my page and follow my feed... facebook.com/APyratesLife

[@TheIroncladResearcher]

what game or movie is that?

is Black Sails, is a serie

[@MrLuchenkov]

It's a song by our comrade David Rovics, who's the most underrated American folk singer/writer. He deserves to be much more well known but his songs are often too radical for any mainstream radio. An excerpt of this song was played on Black Sails, the tv show, though. There's hope. You should definitely check his whole catalogue.

[@FreedomSCARS]

Jury nullification just gonna leave this here

[@rosemawn5600]

What's the movie from this video?

[@captainradzinsky]

"Black Sails" the Series, all of them

[@robnewman6101]

BOOOO!!

[@edwardblackbeardteach6439]

you did it ot is way betrer then the other one o told you

[@APiratesLife]

lol... Thanks? xD

[@M808B_Scorpion]

This ones a little tipsy

[@RVGmetallicasaw]

A bit commie but still good. I could imagine a captain using the whole "fight for your class" stuff for recruitment.

[@jgroth3906]

"A bit commie" lol it's a David Rovics song.

[@CaptainLongbone]

it whuld woek on me if I couldn't recruit a crew for myself usually I have my ship under my control sense the guy who was steeling her all the time, is dead (not by my hands)

[@georgelegallymad7274]

no enough commie comrade . revolution, redistribution, retribution

[@JacktheRah]

Pirates were literally socialists. They took from the rich. Had direct democracy. Had health care. They cared about each other. And also helped poor people. Maybe not like modern socialists but still. They had socialist tendencies.

[@josxiko]

"a bit commie" bet yer ass it is! 🏴‍☠️