Home Free "Sea Shanty Medley" REACTION Video | first time hearing this acapella group

[@annebiebrich9155]

Sea Shanty "medley "....medley is more than 1 song that smoothly transition into the next song

[@denise_landry]

Glad you caught Adam doing the castanets - not everyone does! Thanks ladies - always enjoy your Home Free reactions. 😆🍟

[@melaniephilmalee4650]

not only that, but simultaneously the sounds of the ship hitting waves... bruh.

[@denisbryce8746]

More awesome performances by the lads are, Folsom Prison Blues, Hopelessly Hoping & Brothers In Arms. Absolutely Fair Dunkum, Brilliant.

[@scottdarden3091]

Home Free likes to have fun ☺️ Like All About That Bass 😜

[@jesseheiman1806]

Sea shanties were songs that sailors would sing back in the day to help the work and day go by easier. Wellerman was a sea shanty that became popular through Tic Tok during the pandemic. There are 5 more songs that Home Free has also added to this medley. Tm had the most fun during this video. He rented the entire Jack Sparrow costume and went over to his brother-in-law's house (I believe) because he had an old fishing boat and stood in it to video it. The song was pieced together by Chance. It was filmed during the pandemic, which is why the guys filmed it in pieces and put it together in studio. It does show some of the playfulness of the guys. Other songs that show off the group's silly side are "Champagne Tast on a Beer Budget" and "All About That Bass" just to name a couple. I have not heard a single Home Free song that I did not like, so you can pick almost any of their songs to react to. But one you have to try is their cover of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Helplessly Hoping". A fairly short song, but really shows off each of their singing talents.

[@shadowbannedmel]

It’s fun to watch vocal coaches react to Helplessly Hoping.

[@bradclifton5248]

Sea shanties didn't just help them work but to work in time. Hauling on time, together to achieve perfect efficiency and safety.

[@Whistor]

@@bradclifton5248 You are spot on. The rhythmic beat of a shanty coordinated effort, most specifically when heaving around on the anchor windlass (hauling up an anchor without power had to be a PAIN!) or mooring or sail lines. Only once in my career did I ever use this technique and that was when our small boat cradle lost its engine and we had to hand crank the boat back into position and I sang to my guys (and one gal) who had to lift it by pure strength. But it was more for morale than anything. Another example is the work songs of old prison crews, same need and result.

[@scottdarden3091]

Nevermind, I think you ladies are ready for Mayday!!! You're going to love it ☺️

[@richardcobb4287]

Mayday is just so outstanding by Home Free. Just amazing.

[@scottdarden3091]

@@richardcobb4287 yes it is, and I think they are ready.

[@annehffry3284]

Another “quarantine” video that’s fun is Meet in the Middle. It was filmed kind of like this one, on cellphones and with some creative editing.

[@DanielFrost21]

Ladies, 2 other songs from these guys I'd recommend are 1) Mayday and 2) God Bless the Broken Road.

[@annehffry3284]

You may have heard the Wellerman part on Tiktok. Home Free’s version went viral and there are tons of Tiktoks using their sound.

[@ericpotter4657]

Chance brought this project to Home Free. The rest of the were skeptical at first but he convinced them to do it. I glad he did. This has been one of their most watch videos. Castanets is the instrument your are trying to think of. Adam ability to create sounds is amazing and can not be matched. Austin was a musical theater major in college and his acting improvisations shows up in videos like these. Great reaction. You ladies have a blessed day.

[@CardiacCat]

LOL.. I knew when you were telling mom how good it was going to be that you were going to be caught off guard also. This is a fun one.

[@generationgapreacts]

Was not expecting the other “medley” songs to be added in! Super great one!

[@sumelar]

@@generationgapreacts A medley is a bunch of songs strung together, it's never just one song. Was really confused at your intro, did you just think this was wellerman?

[@foxman1546]

Sea shanties were sung when hauling on ropes or turning the capstan to keep in rhythm physically.

[@callie3396]

The TikTok Sea Shanty dance is based off this song. Adam Chance's voice, the beginning of the song, has been heard over a billion times in all the versions on Tik Tok.

[@johnupholz512]

My 2 year old grandson loves hearing this by Home Free. It is a fun song.

[@tinasmith2183]

You need to react to their version of "Listen to the Music", a Doobie Brothers song. I think you would enjoy. it. Thanks

[@shadowbannedmel]

Seconding people recommending more of the Quarentine Edition songs. The Meet in the Middle video is so fun! I also enjoy Down to the Honkytonk.

[@donaldsmith283]

That's the 1st time I've ever heard that song. Thank you for playing it. I loved it Hello from Maryland.

[@belinda9696]

If you like Chance's voice He lead sings in "Can't Outrun You", "I'm Yours", "Born In The USA" ( He does play guitar in Born In The USA like Bruce Springsteen always had his so it's acapella + guitar I guess lol!)

[@melissacoorston3121]

Your next new "favorite one" would be "Listen to the Music". Incredible beatboxing by Adam.

[@chrisbergdorf8586]

Please try HOW GREAT THOU ART..you lady will be blown away

[@minneyruth]

They're so fun 😊🤘🤠🤘

[@patrickhumphreys5851]

Chance had wanted to do this for a while and his buddies agreed and yes this was during the lockdown from 3 different states and in their own homes. Great reaction ladies.

[@realamerican5813]

I HIGHLY recommend their version of "RING OF FIRE" I've never let you girls down yet! 😉

[@kylesummers1565]

It's actually a big compilation of sea shanties. Peace, Love Sistas!!

[@stephanginther9051]

This was, well a medley of all the most popular sea shanty songs that spread on ticktok a couple years ago. Now, sea shanties are a whole genre in of themselves. A couple of those songs are literally ancient, Drunken Sailor was sung at least as far back as 1830. Sea shanties were sung by sailors when doing work that required people to work together in a rhythm. If they weren't catchy they didn't work so most of them are pretty fun.

[@dgpatter]

From their quarantine songs, you might enjoy Down to the Honkytonk as it shows their home life. Amberly wasn’t in Austin’s bubble, and Adam’s wife is camera shy, but the rest of wives, girlfriends, and kids appear.

[@ryanellsworth7246]

All of their lock down songs are awesome! Quarantine, Never Gonna Give You Up and Meet in the Middle are worth watching. And of course GBTUSA is the best!

[@milomurphy9178]

Chance had to convince the other guys to do this. He has done a couple of other Sea Shanty songs on his friends' channel The Hound and The Fox, a full length The Wellerman and an original song A Whistling Lad.

[@jeffsmith266]

One of my favorites of Home Free is a song written by Austin Brown after a break up. The song is called “Love me like that”. It’s a great song and it’s one of the hardest to tell it’s all vocal. A must listen!!

[@timburks3806]

Want to see just how good chance is? Go do Helplessly Hoping. You will love it.

[@stefanmodigh6312]

Everybody could see that you enjoyed this. Home Free will never disapoint you. AND you have just started to react to them . There is so much to listen to. I can recommend ”How great thou art”. 👍👍👍🇸🇪😎💕

[@ericclayton6287]

Many shanties were designed to make everybody do an action at the same time, such as pull an oar or line. They were sung slower and many crews had a shanty master

[@generationgapreacts]

Oh wow that’s really cool!

[@dagmar.6954]

How good are these guys? The fun & energy in this is infectious. This was done during quarantine so none of the guys were even together. The editing of this was great & was done in the Tik Tok style. Love all the guys parts, with Tim's rumbling bass underlying it all. And Adam's beatboxing is phenomenal as always including sea swells & castanets. Amazing how he increased the tempo from one song to another.

[@hammertime615]

if u wanna check out their best mash up of songs review "The Butts Remix"...combining songs involving ...you guessed it... bums. It is so funny but a very good example of their talent. It is older, before Chance, but Chris Rupp, Adam's brother and founding member, is involved.

[@shadowbannedmel]

So good!

[@jwernerschultz]

Love your reactions! Home Free does so many fantastic songs. Check out Adam Rupps (drum solo) video. Also check out (Bless the broken road)

[@cindyknudson2715]

Isn't it FABULOUS!!?? I can't help feeling upbeat and energized by the end of it. Gotta play it again! Next time you hear see if you notice the waves breaking against the bow of the Santiana. I didn't at first either. I just "felt" the motion and the wind and spray on my face 😁

[@billwieland8497]

Another song Chance has the lead on, and produced the video for, is *I Can't Outrun You.* OH, and, it's one of my favorites too, so, ... I'm a little bias!

[@babyfry4775]

This was so much fun during Covid. It was Chance’s idea as he’s a fan of sea shanties. Adam was doing “castanets”. Amazing! Yeah Tim’s bass is amazing too. One thing you need - headphones unless you have earbuds but I can’t tell. Headphones really make a difference. If you like Chance, try I Can’t Outrun You and Helplessly Hoping. Great reaction!

[@Eric_L_Laney]

Wow! They’re so creative in the way they use their voices. And then, the castanets sound! So very good! Speaking of them being funny, they have a few very funny videos out there.

[@Nellywoman197602]

If you guys really like the group then you REALLY should see them in concert!! I saw them back in May and absolutely LOVED THEM ❤❤❤❤!! It was so much fun!! I love your reactions!! Have a great weekend!

[@williamcapp448]

If you like Chance, you might want to check out some of his solo work as well. He does a great cover of Wayfaring Stranger which he recorded with the Fox and the Hound vocal duo.

[@richb313]

A really fun medley that has introduced millions of people to these guys.

[@stephanginther9051]

Rob and Chance both lead a bit less often that Austin and Tim but here are a couple examples of songs they each lead. Chance leads in 'Some Girls Do' and 'Sold', Rob Leads in their cover of 'End of the Road' from Boys To Men and their original song, 'Why Not'.

[@glowormrdr6183]

They do whatever they do so well. It's nice that they came together as pals as well as performers. It comes through and it's why the fans are so devoted.

[@glennspreeman1634]

you're thinking of castanets. what do you suppose Tim's neighbors thought of his performance??

[@wolfe6220]

Not only was Adam keeping the beat and doing the castanets, but he was doing the sound of the waves hitting the hull of the ship. I don't know where you ladies are located, but if you liked these sea shanties, you might enjoy going to a local Renaissance faire. They are usually set in the 1600's, but the performers and their costumes, the fun comedy and musical performers, the food, the atmosphere and the shopping... It's so much fun! There's always guaranteed to be pirates there, singing sea shanties, as well as funny pub songs. And guests are encouraged to dress the part too (you can usually rent costumes at faires if you don't have your own), so if you've ever wanted to be a wench, queen or a pirate, your dreams can come true!

[@gilliandrysdale5306]

no matter how many times I hear this it still gets me it’s amazing and I can’t not keep time with them ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@timdodd5564]

You should check out Adam Rupp drum solo, he is amazing.

[@cowboy1165]

And if you listen to them with "headphones" it will be your favorite all over again. Did you hear the waves crashing against the ship as the song was playing? Great reaction ladies.

[@kmwwrench]

Castanets?! Really, Adam? Oh, yeah. I saw them in concert just before Christmas and his drum solo absolutely floored me. Unbelievable.

[@karinfichtner7479]

That was all Chance's idea. He had to talk the others into it. Now it's a fan fave at concerts. It's their encore at the last two shows I went to. You'll notice Tim didn't move much; he was standing in a boat.😄

[@k.ashbrook-zu6yi]

I don't know if you ladies have seen home frees rendition of how great thou art, but you have got to see it, it will blow your socks off.😊

[@CindyNavarro]

When the Wellerman Song first became popular, my 5 y/o great-granddaughter loved it. But she almost always sang, "The name of the ship was a BLT." 🥪🤣 All of the great-grandkids (& me) love HF's Sea Shanty Medley. The kids already loved to dress as pirates, so this song was frequently playing in the background while the kids played.

[@deborahdennehy9937]

I really loved it too, it's so great on video!! The whole band are just brilliant to me!! 💝💝💝

[@davidphillips4476]

Your comments pretty much hit right on Home Free, they are so much fun. I love their story time with Tim segments. Favorite song "When a Man Loves a Woman" or Blue Ain't Your Color"

[@melissakay6143]

I love that Chance sounds so good and it was his idea to put this together ❤️. Tim is bass-ing out in this and all the beatboxing is crazy by Adam! Rob is having a blast, you can tell! And Austin goes nuts toward the end. Just good ole Home Free fun -- thanks for reacting to them again!

[@medithchristian6011]

Listen to Home Free's cover of Meet in the Middle.

[@glennspreeman1634]

absolutely owe yourselves listening to Tim and Peter Hollens doing "Misty Mountains". truly epic!!!

[@elizabethgould1198]

We home fries love our home free

[@allisonlopez5089]

You have brought back wonderful memories. I used to listen to sea shanties when I was really young, to young to go to school, but could run the record player. Thanks for sharing this.

[@mettesrensen6116]

Fun fact you are just like most of us fries our favorite HF song is the one playing now but in a minute or two it´s the next one we listen to , love from a danish fry

[@dalepettiner5036]

Yes, they did do this during the COVID lockdown. During that time, they released a new recording almost every other week. There are some imaginative videos and great music.

[@richardkawucha1232]

In the early days of sail, few sailors (other than a ship's officers) knew how to read/write. Sea shanties were an important part of their life.

[@cowboy1165]

If you type in "Sea Shanty Dance" there is a tic-toc craze to Home Free's song. Try it and see.

[@macedindu829]

"It's like a pirate, sailor kind of medley." It's sea shanties! Its in the title, lul! Sea shanties are a ton of fun, and Home Free really did them justice with this medley.

[@cattsunn]

You would enjoy their From the Vault showing behind the scenes. There are many

[@stanrock2225]

So good

[@leftalone4264]

This particular mash-up of all the songs is the original. You'll eventually get used to Home Free splicing multiple songs together.

[@nancyholter5646]

And if you aren't familiar with the various songs, you might not know they are mashups because they are done so well.

[@shadowbannedmel]

There was a video game (Assassin’s Creed - Black Flag) that had the sheet music for sea shanties blowing around. If you caught one, your crew would sing it the next time you set sail! This brings back so many happy memories.

[@Zentrix-24]

I loved the original which went viril on youtube and homefree more than lives up to the original and more. Great harmony and effects making it really fun and moving.

[@texadian339]

One of the best things about reacting to Home Free (at least on YT) is that they RARELY try to block your reaction - in fact, sometimes they'll actually message a reactor and tell them what they (ie HF) think you should react to! I'm basically saying...best YT/social media/fan - pleaser band EVER!!!

[@generationgapreacts]

They are so amazing!

[@whyme7996]

It's a medley of sea shanties...Sea shanties were used by sailors to keep time while hauling lines and such. They aren't necessarily "pirate" songs. Pirates were and are vile thieving and murdering abusers.

[@michaelslack4937]

All the more reason to be a Privateer...

[@jankreps5115]

They’ve done so many banana happy songs on the way! Listen to crazy life where they are all Lego characters; Love Train; Tim’s original “champagne taste on a beer budget”; “Thinking out loud/ Let’s get it on”. medley; “Guilty pleasures”; & their live onstage performance of “Your Man”!! I love your reactions!! Can’t wait for your next one!

[@simeonlilov]

If you want to see Home Free having fun, watch "Can't Stop The Feeling". One of their first songs with Adam Chance and you'll love him!

[@anitawright7169]

I love this song! They had a lot of fun with this. Love your reactions!

[@johnshea9526]

How about home free, butt's remix you will love it.

[@kylefrandsen2665]

The sound Adam Rupp is making was castanets. Another great video these guys brought us during COVID. There was/is a TikTok trend of people using this as background music for a dance.

[@AarondHewett]

Beautiful ladies listening to awesome music !!! Thank y'all

[@GoodOldGamer]

You can't go wrong with Home Free. I've never heard a bad song from them.

[@MommaBird52]

Chance actually brought this to the group. I think Wellerman is covered on his channel. Have you ever listened to Helplessly Hoping? Chance and Rob sound like one voice.

[@marshac7738]

The HF guys showing their creativity once again: the TikTok format to manage their separation during quarantine ❣️🎼🥰🎶❤️ Tim staying so still to keep from falling out of the boat he's standing in--it makes me laugh because every time I see him in this I think of the animated pirate dolls in Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean. 😆 And those castanets!! Adam Rupp's percussion and sound effects are second to none!! 🥰

[@Lobo53]

You, ladies, need to watch there "in the valt", the behind the scenes in making there videos. You really see just how funny and guffy they are.

[@leftalone4264]

I imagine an exchange going like this; Home Free: Adam? Can you do castinets for the next song? Adam: Uh, I suppose. Give me a few days.

[@marlahudgins7038]

.Let's talk about Rob's mustache.. LOL, love it.. We see you Austin!

[@barrywood7322]

If you like chance, two songs you should listen to are Cover Me Up and Some Girls Do

[@dgpatter]

Agreed, but if you do Cover Me Up, keep it running after fade to black!

[@TheStorm123abc]

you might also like a group called voiceplay, they get in character and dress up in alot of their videos and are good friends with homefree

[@elvwood]

So much fun indeed! If you like this type of music, you could try the Longest Johns (English) or the Dreadnaughts (Canadian), they do a lot of this sort of thing. TLJ even did a community version of Wellerman during lockdown which I am singing in (along with thousands of others)!

[@civlwrbuf]

This became a TikTok viral sensation. People filmed themselves dancing to the first few seconds of Chance singing the Wellerman song.

[@Cat-fi4ie]

Chance is my favorite. They're all AWESOME but there's just something about his voice. He leads the cover of Yours, he also has his own channel with some songs without Home Free you should check it out. Austin and Tim also have solos on their own channels

[@edwardmedbery9294]

I love watching the two of you reacting to Home Free. Please react to their cover of “In the Blood”. I truly believe you will love it and it is such a powerful song.

[@chilcootchicks4968]

I love the quality of your sound. The wave spray sound from Adam was more pronounced in your react. Nice.

[@richardmayville7738]

got to love homefree :)

[@BillReacts-s5b]

I just love your reactions. Have you done the Butts Remix yet?

[@beadwright]

Adam not only did the castanets, he did a crashing waves sound too. He is so talented. Chance has been catching heck because of his Z shirt. Even though this came out before the war in Ukraine.

[@garyballard179]

The five shanties in this medley are: 1) The Wellerman 2) Drunken Sailor 3) Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her 4) Cape Cod Girls 5) Santiana I'd like to suggest one of my favorite versions of Santiana, but it's a little bit...rough. But, one of the singers from that version has a cleaner (and somewhat of a viral sensation itself) duet that you might have heard snippets or covers of before: Payton Parrish and Miracle Of Sound - Valhalla Calling kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnial56Vebqta8k

[@stephanginther9051]

The Clancy Brothers do a pretty good version of Santiano

[@garyballard179]

@@stephanginther9051 That's sorta the problem - it's "pretty good," not "great."

[@kimking6036]

Here's some more fun songs from Home Free. Brother, House Party, Quarantine, Between a rock and a heartache. Other songs, Catch me if you can, Dreamer ft. Texas hill, Understand To make you feel my love and Listen to the music

[@singlechristiancowboy]

MORE!!! Sometime, y'all gotta react to Adam Rupp's "drum solo".

[@carladams5891]

The next medleys to check out are the Country Fried Pop Medley and the Butt's remix!! Also when you get to know the guys better, check out some of their solo stuff. The cherry on top would be Austin and Rob (beard guy) singing Nessun Dorma!

[@hoosierlady3085]

Notice how the tempo gets faster & faster.....

[@scotty2307]

You probably already know, but these videos where they are in separate little screens were done during COVID when they could not be together. It is amazing to me that they can coordinate so well remotely. If you want to hear Rob pull out the stops, you have to react to their version of Boys to Men, End of the Road. He pulls the funk right up out of his toenails. He really is a fantastic singer by himself. Yes Adams castanets are amazing. There is a reactor who is also a beatboxer, and he has commented on how clean and perfect Robs snare drum sound is also. He is arguably the best in the business.

[@scotty2307]

One of the things about Home Free is that they don't take themselves too seriously. They are happy to be clowns for the audience. They are also self promoted as far as I know, and probably better off for it.

[@garrycreech956]

You have fun girls.