'John Paul Jones is a Pirate' but you just saw him sink a first rate with a rowboat

[@fistofice]

Now my biggest vid, nice! Wonder what I should do with my channel long term….

[@JackWhite52]

This really deserves more views 🇺🇸

[@nathanm7438]

Master and commander music but your main sail just folded in a rainy battle . . . PLEASE

[@fistofice]

@@nathanm7438 hmmm

[@ryancannataro7340]

@@JackWhite52 MORE VEIWS AND MORE SUBSCRIBED FOR HIS CHANNEL

[@fyr3st0rm65]

Give more shanties

[@princeimrahil6557]

This song is the earliest known example of what would later be known as "coping and seething"

[@twinzzlers]

Oh there were copes well on before

[@chefboyardee2223]

The entirety of the Aeneid is a cope for Rome not being like the big kids in the East.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

They never did catch john paul jones. our pirate

[@shuhratkessikbayev8886]

British: John Paul Jones is a pirate! Americans: You're just mad he's not YOUR pirate.

[@dolphingoreeaccount7395]

Lol

[@eefthebeef3047]

🎶Sir Francis Drake is a pirate!🎶

[@urmum3773]

@@eefthebeef3047 Doesn't have the same ring to it.

[@stoptfg295]

I mean, by the military doctrine of the time, the way the Americans fought made them all pirates and scallawags. I'm proud to be their descendant.

[@b.elzebub9252]

@@stoptfg295 It was actually pretty standard doctrine for all sea-faring nations of the time to have 'Privateers' pillage enemy shipping as much as they could. Which was basically state-sanctioned piracy against a particular nation.

[@leej8570]

Fun fact, when he wanted to kidnap some nobody earl in Scotland, when Jones found that he was away he instead conducted negotiations with his wife and son, legitimately. And after being presented a small token of silver, the crew wanted to burn and pillage to which Jones let them take exactly 1 gold plate with their crest from the palace, and he later bought it and just gave it back. The only pirate to buy his own loot to give it back.

[@ppstorm_]

this is neither fun nor a fact, also nobody cares

[@cablethelarryguy5811]

@@ppstorm_ What'd side of the bed did you wake up on?

[@ppstorm_]

@@cablethelarryguy5811 im just telling the truth, which is the nicest thing a stranger on the internet can do for you

[@cablethelarryguy5811]

@@ppstorm_ how is it the truth if it's an opinion? Even if it isn't true, it being fun or something that "nobody cares" about are both opinions.

[@alltheframes9015]

@@ppstorm_ Well sir, you are wrong at least in one thing, and very likely in the whole of your sentence. He did state a fact: John Paul Jones *did* do that. Whether you find it fun or not is of no consequence. I find it, as many people would, fun. And I happen to care. So get that negative and intentionally inflammatory buttocks out of here, and stop claiming that you are being blunt for the sake of being nice, which you are obviously not.

[@cottermcg123]

scottish handsome and absolutly insane. A true american

[@cyberus1438]

We need to bring it back

[@egunter25]

Badass crypt too

[@Pixelsoldier5888]

I'll go get Calypso

[@EdensRemorse]

add child molester and yeah, murican through and through...

[@CustodianHadrian]

And then he left to serve in the Russian navy.

[@IIAOPSW]

Remember this as the day you almost caught CAPTAIN John Paul Jones.

[@zrspangle]

Commodore John Paul Jones*

[@Killerbee4712]

@@zrspangle It's lord now... actually

[@nediak2944]

Many people say JPJ was a pirate, several folks of the Early US say JPJ was just a fightin’ man, a fightin man was he

[@fistofice]

Oooohhh he sailed to the west and he sailed to the east to set America free

[@nickfulton8173]

What some don't seem to get is that both is true

[@generalplasmi]

A johnny horton man

[@yaboi5932]

​@@fistofice When JohnPaul was a Captain in the US Naval Band A fightin' for the glory and the freedom of our land He made those British captains wish that they were on dry land He sent their mighty vessels to the bottom of the sea He took their bags of treasure and he sank their chests of Tea He gave his blood for all free men and his life for liberty

[@andrewryan4417]

@@nickfulton8173 One man's freedom fighter, is another man's terrorist after all.

[@Darkblender5]

"I have yet begun to fight!" - John Paul Jones' response to receiving a demand to surrender as his ship was burning. He went on to win the battle.

[@theorphanedpotato1879]

"Of course he did, because why the fuck not?" - God when planning this madman's life

[@chrisd2051]

@@theorphanedpotato1879 love that idea

[@deeznoots6241]

His ship wasn’t just burning it was sinking, and it did sink fully after the battle

[@Mecceldorf]

A true sea of thieves player.

[@sbdnsngdsnsns31312]

He actually said “I have not yet begun to fight” when the British (who had a much superior vessel) asked him to surrender before the fight started. While his ship was sinking, they asked him again and he responded “I may sink, but I’ll be damned if I strike” (strike being a colloquialism for surrendering)

[@tgs9034]

"Every officer in our Navy should know by heart the deeds of John Paul Jones." - Theodore Roosevelt, 1906

[@kenlandon6130]

I don't know about ALL of them lol.

[@classifiedad1]

@@kenlandon6130 All the deeds he did while he was serving the Americans. Okay, SOME of the deeds. Let's just say there's a reason why he didn't get along with anyone, and the only reason why anyone tolerated him for any length of time was because he knew his shit.

[@kenlandon6130]

@@classifiedad1 Hopefully, cause he did some pretty messed up stuff with the Russians.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

​@@classifiedad1his battle with the victory vs sarapis went into the history books. Absolutely insane

[@nothanks9503]

I had to write a paper in military school I just happened to pick John Paul Jones after briefly looking through my options and I crushed that assignment easiest guy to write a paper on ever

[@lindaeasley5606]

He was officially pardoned in 1999 by the town of Whitehaven ,England . When you do such things in a time of war on behalf of a nation ,it's not piracy ,it's cunning Naval manuevers

[@fistofice]

he did use pirate and Viking tactics while bouncing around the British isles if it works, it works

[@Juliuscaesar0315]

@@fistofice believe me, it worked, I was the rowboat

[@fistofice]

@@Juliuscaesar0315 a true american hero

[@RabidPancakeDisorder]

@@fistofice He's an American hero, his tactics literally were hundreds of years of pirates' work in the Caribbean Sea, African coasts, Indian sea, Japan Sea, and more revived in his warfare. His line of work needs to be brought back

[@nairsheasterling9457]

@@RabidPancakeDisorder It is. They're just in countries like Somalia.

[@FelipeJaquez]

"Britannia rules the wa-" *"WHEN JOHN PAUL JONES WAS A LITTLE BOY!"*

[@Araknisdeathicos]

Someone needs to make that into the sparrow and the crow meme

[@mikey4188]

@nate higgers Nach 'speak' atá i gceist agat?

[@YaboicoltSU]

"He pointed to the sea!"

[@captainxbox7322]

and the navy comes back 10xS more ships

[@RabidPancakeDisorder]

JPJ is one of the few successful pirates after the 1730's. He even had his own flag made by the Dutch so that they could help him. His national ensign was destroyed at sea and so the Dutch just made one for him because they couldn't let him into port with an enisgn

[@prind142]

Pirate?!? You mean American hero right? We used to hang pictures of him in every single ship.

[@RabidPancakeDisorder]

@@prind142 He's both. Technically a pirate to the Br*tish, but is a privateer to the Americans. A privateer is a licensed pirate, literally what he was and why I love him for it

[@charlescoulon7336]

@@prind142 some of us still do

[@thebighurt2495]

@@RabidPancakeDisorder Since Privateers were legally authorized, they were entitled to POW status upon capture, as if they were uniformed military. So, he *was* a Pirate. A legal one. On a more boring note, since they weren't doing anything Navies weren't, you could also could really just call them Ocean Mercenaries, putting them on the same level as those Hessians the Continental Army fought. "Ocean Mercenary" isn't very sexy, though.

[@thebighurt2495]

Since that flag was officially approved by the Dutch government as an American Naval ensign, does that mean it counts as a legal US Flag?

[@kostasgalanis4589]

L+get plundered + no wenches

[@josephsmith7856]

No wenches? :(

[@Kiroisawesome05]

+ ye have scurvy

[@felt389]

+ additional dysentary

[@DaL33T5]

+ 13 colony loss

[@tacticalturtlez4906]

“I have yet to begin to fight.”

[@radicalgremlin6440]

Yes a true madlad. You know you won when your ships damaged you have get the guy you best to take you back to shore.

[@connormclernon26]

@@radicalgremlin6440 to add context, his “Allies” were firing at everyone including his own ship, the other American elements which were notionally under his command were deeply insubordinate leading to the aforementioned shooting at his ship, his ship was being pummeled into oblivion by a more powerful purpose built warship, and some junior officer who regained consciousness saw that the flag had been shot away and that the Bonhomme Richard was sinking and yelled that the colors were down. This being a universal symbol of surrender for the time, the British Captain called over, asking if he intended to surrender. So in context, it’s less badass statement (though it certainly was) and more frustrated annoyance at the situation

[@prind142]

@@connormclernon26 Considering he was on a sinking ship and he won the battle after that I'd call it pretty badass

[@kabob0077]

I love how the song and the title, picture, and background audio tell two different stories. The song is the British gearing up to go after JBJ, getting the crew prepared and looking forward to the task ahead while listing everything John Paul Jones has done and is doing... Meanwhile, everything else says JPJ just did the impossible, destroying the largest and most heavily armed type of ship for the time with a fucking Rowboat, and probably is killing the rest of the flotilla while he's at it as the crew of the British vessel lose their nerve in the face of a man who seemingly cannot be stopped.

[@kabob0077]

*JPJ

[@dravenocklost4253]

Real life main character in a video game. God how we have fallen. :( It's like We settled down with a naggy baggy bitchy wife and are just depressed and low energy.

[@dustinnabil798]

@@dravenocklost4253 To be fair, he's one of a kind man, a legend. It's not like people from the past don't have depression and naggy wifes. Those people are simply forgotten, leaving us with the great and the mighty.

[@dravenocklost4253]

@@dustinnabil798 You arent wrong but still, as a people the revolutionaries AND frontiersmen bred a very hardy and adventurous people. We have since tamed this land and "settled down".

[@doctorrandomiise2532]

I can't find any account of him destroying a first-rate, let alone with a rowboat. Where did you get this information?

[@thedanger8919]

'Leave her Johnny' but you've docked on a Bristol pier and your crew are calling for you to leave your old ship

[@huntclanhunt9697]

Leave her Johnny but your an american who just got pressed into British naval service while crossing the Atlantic.

[@urmum3773]

@@huntclanhunt9697 Based

[@ssilent8202]

@@huntclanhunt9697 what

[@huntclanhunt9697]

@@ssilent8202 1812 reference. You had to be there.

[@ssilent8202]

oh wait I think I remember what you are talking about

[@themonteaglenavy8513]

He may have been a pirate, but he was OUR pirate.

[@psychomammoth9640]

I do enjoy the thoughts that go through a man seeing such horrors, what goofy and strange turns the mind goes to when in such combat

[@fistofice]

I like your funny words comment man!

[@kiddkuru]

Murders homicide niggas traumatized

[@alexhansen9875]

It just occurred to me that the whole “set feet, row” thing is because this song is being sung by british survivors rowing a lifeboat after their ship was sunk by John Paul Jones

[@saberwarlord7784]

im glad the longest johns are getting the respect they deserve, they make hella good covers

[@BBeowulf]

Way too tarty. It’s the Reddit version of shanties. Shanties should sound rough with some bass to their voices. They shouldn’t be sang so choir-like. Admittedly this one sounds a little bit better than the rest I’ve heard them do.

[@skeletonking2501]

@@BBeowulf what you think about the Dreadnoughts?

[@BBeowulf]

@@skeletonking2501 I’m not sure I’ve heard them before I’ll check them out later though so thanks for the recommendation

[@saberwarlord7784]

To each their own, dunno what you mean by “choir like”. Most of their stuff is pretty gruff, keep in mind songs are indeed meant to have a melody, but like I said, to each their own.

[@BBeowulf]

@@saberwarlord7784 when I hear them I don’t think drunk, rough sailors bellowing their shanties in unison on the high seas… which is how shanties should sound. Search “David Coffin - Roll the Old Chariot”, that’s what shanty singers should sound like. I just think neckbearded hipsters in fedoras sipping a soy latte. No energy, no gruffness to their voices, just a studio polished version that loses everything that makes shanties so great in the first place.

[@joshuabessire9169]

The two best known sailors of the Russian navy both spoke with a Scottish accent: JPJ and Marco Ramius.

[@biggiouschinnus7489]

LOL

[@rotekampfflieger-dr.I]

based and red october pilled

[@jop4833]

The best pedophile officer of the Russian navy

[@TeddyLee-y9x]

Just don't look up what he did in Russia

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

"John Paul Jones was a fightin' man, a fightin' man was he. He sailed to the East and sailed to the West and he helped set America free." ~ Johnny Horton

[@Southern_Crusader]

God bless John Paul Jones, one of the most inspiring figures in the American Revolution.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Indeed!

[@lagoonman427]

he raped people

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

He raped a 10 year old girl

[@painvillegaming4119]

The American Revolution really excelled in the larger-than-life personalities

[@MrWrongoStarr]

Just never look up what he got up to after the revolution

[@wartburgphilology]

*adds to gym playlist*

[@cam4636]

Use the rowing machine

[@nikotmt1739]

i always listen to this while doing squats this shit hits so hard lol

[@dclass4778]

This man was incredibly smart, deadly and pretty much carried the entire newborn US navy.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

They wanted to capture john paul jones 😂

[@kinocorner976]

You wonder how this man sailed with such massive iron balls.

[@DinoJake]

JPJ wasn't *just* a pirate. He was an *American* pirate!

[@saulgoodman4141]

WHEN JOHN PAUL JONES WAS A LITTLE BOY, HE WANDERED TO THE SEA

[@chaosXP3RT]

*Brits:* "John Paul Jones is a Pirate!" *Americans:* "Yeah and he's badass!" *Brits:* "I made this song called Yankee Doodle to make fun of you!" *Americans:* "I like it! Thanks!" *Brits:* "You're just a bunch of savages! We beat Napoleon!" *Americans:* "We fired once more and they began a-running down to the Gulf of Mexico!~🎶"

[@FallafelWaffel]

Wait till they see the alligator artillery

[@theangryotaku3361]

@@FallafelWaffel let us remember this poor soldier, they say he lost his mind after the battle and hasnt kept it together since

[@sovietunion7643]

ironic the british of all people complaining about piracy and terrorism tactics. ask Copenhagen how many times the british have bombed the crap out of them

[@jsmart6430]

Gaul I love being an American

[@scottfree6479]

"Malding across the Atlantic" a new Album by the crew of HMS Butthurt

[@sterlingwilkes3240]

Ok, im laffin

[@RhodesianFur]

John Paul Jones was a fightin' man, a fightin' man was he He sailed to the East and he sailed to the West And he helped set America free

[@peanutmoose9591]

This song is a great example of the fuck around and find out song.

[@greasythegreaser9433]

John Paul Jones is a pirate No loyalty does he possess Keep it up we'll catch the pirate And sink him along with the rest Born the son of a Scot, he was Born the son of the Scot But cut a man down in his prime, he did So away to Virginia he got John Paul Jones is a pirate No loyalty does is possess Keep it up we'll catch the pirate And sink him along with the rest Raise the flag of the yanks he did, Raise the flag of the yanks They hailed him as a hero, they did And hoisted him through the ranks John Paul Jones is a pirate No loyalty does he possess Keep it up we'll catch the pirate And sink him along with the rest Sailed at the head of the French, he did Sailed at the head of the French But they swindled him out of his cash, they did So away from the all he did wrench John Paul Jones is a pirate No loyalty does he possess Keep it up we'll catch the pirate And sink him along with the rest Now he's kicking up storms in the Black Sea, he is Kicking up storms in the Black Sea Fighting the Turks for the Russian Queen 'Cause she pays him much more the Yankee John Paul Jones is pirate No loyalty does he possess Keep it up we'll catch the pirate And sink him along with the rest John Paul Jones is a pirate He may be just a chancer at best Keep it up we'll catch the pirate And sink him along with the rest

[@prind142]

Sounds like some redcoat shit

[@Amann0407]

@@prind142 it totally is a british navy propaganda song, because he was handsome, scottish, and absolutely insane. The Father of the American Navy

[@urmum3773]

@@Amann0407 John Paul Jones is a pirate!

[@Amann0407]

@@urmum3773 he might be the worst pirate you ever heard of, but you have heard of him

[@jakew7982]

@@prind142 Why would the British Army sing about a privateer?

[@noneofyourbusiness9489]

A British cope song.

[@Dearborn2213]

we were all pirates and traitors until we won

[@Kevin_Levrone505]

*freedom fighters

[@Shade_tree_garage01]

@@Kevin_Levrone505 wrong we were traitors and shit lol

[@ornat9145]

@@Kevin_Levrone505 what's a pirate matey, ye, I do believe we can callem freedom fighter, warriors even

[@combativeThinker]

And we can be again. Nay, we must!

[@Kevin_Levrone505]

@@combativeThinker nigga go take a shower

[@nerdherd1819]

JPJ, a true badass. It's a shame. The song here claims that he has no loyalty, but it was- in the end -America that abandoned him. God rest his soul in time, but for now the US Navy keeps it alive!

[@stoptfg295]

America abandoned him remarkably similarly to how she treated Benedict Arnold. It's interesting to see how one is remembered a hero and the other a traitor, when both were very harshly snubbed by command in such a similar way.

[@nerdherd1819]

@@stoptfg295, the difference is in their actions, innit? JPJ went to Russia for work, not to get at America. JPJ never fought against America.

[@david-468]

@@nerdherd1819 yeah that is a huge difference that the guy your replying to seems to forget, JPJ went to a “neutral” soon to be allied nation with the United States, Benedict Arnold on the other hand left for the active enemy of the United States

[@stoptfg295]

@@david-468 @Nerd Herd (wonder if KZbin will let me string replies like this) Yeah, you got me there. I think I jump so quickly to defend Arnold because he's remembered as an out and out traitor, instead of someone who was massively beneficial to the United States efforts and yet constantly fucked over by the Continental Congress. Though his choice of wife also definitely motivated him to turn Redcoat, lol.

[@david-468]

@@stoptfg295 I’ll be honest I don’t know a lot about Arnold, specifically his contributions to the continental congress maybe now you’re convincing me I’m wrong lol

[@timesnewlogan2032]

He almost torched the British fleet in port… but his boys went to the tavern and got drunk, instead.

[@zephlodwick1009]

I know this song is meant to make fun of him, but it makes this John Paul Jones guy look awesome.

[@fistofice]

i dont see it as slander or insult, most of what is said in the lyrics is factually correct more-so from the perspective of the British but yes

[@chaosXP3RT]

Yankee Doodle Dandy was the same thing. The British made it to make fun of the Americans. The Americans liked it so much, they started singing it

[@elicarlson7682]

I’m going to see the longest Johns soon

[@Jse0607]

Better to be a pirate than to sail for the crown

[@h3069]

just don't ask him what he did in April 1789

[@bumperbonnie5721]

The Karl Malone of sailors

[@coolmanbig8664]

just makes him even cooler 🤑

[@imperialofficer6185]

If you guys keep on the grind, you too can become Scottish, handsome, and absolutely insane

[@suakeli]

Jumbo Jones sounds like a hefty fellow

[@camerapasteurize7215]

*John Paul Jones after sinking a 114-gun ship crewed by 300 men with a leaky tub and a cap gun:* "When does the warm up end?"

[@dravenocklost4253]

He fades in like a regretful ghost who tried to capture John Paul Jones

[@punklover99]

He's not just any pirate, he's our pirate

[@bosun4271]

This is incredible Thank you

[@Project_Prescott]

for a project in 6th grade I did JPJ, everyone said I shouldn't have but being I am obsessed with naval stuff I ended up having one of the best posters and got an A+ on it

[@Southern_Crusader]

"I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!"

[@BonesCapone]

Some British Captain after having demolished JPJ's ship during an engagement, shouting at him over the flames: "Do you surrender?" JPJ, realizing the only way back to free shores is through that Captain: "Surrender? I haven't started fighting!" JPJ later: "Should've taken your own offer, mate."

[@Papageno1986]

"I have not yet begun to fight!" Is the quote

[@1ronFa1con]

The duel between Bonhomme Richard and Serapis was just epic literally to the bitter end and of course “I have not yet begun to fight” came from it

[@lavatacoburrito9410]

I love that you somehow twisted the meaning of the song from: "Annoyed British sailors in their escaping in their rowboat after John Paul Jones sank their ship" into "People watching John Paul Jones commandeer a rowboat and sink a first rate."

[@Farm_Emo]

“JP Jones was a fighting man! A fighting man was he!”

[@Rytonic69]

JPJ is singing his own song as he bends the Royal Navy over and blasts them a new porthole

[@robk6551]

This track was my alarm for a long time. I never once overslept.

[@ironcaptainurrienpelles6964]

Hell yeah man, great job!

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

Had no idea the bassist of led zeppelin was do badass.

[@Frost5al]

John Paul Jones was playing GTA 1776 and everyone else was an NPC

[@tickticktickBOOOOM]

He was more of a mercenary than a pirate.

[@willowpeacock9526]

I think he was for real a privateer at one point, so basically a domesticated pirate

[@fistofice]

I didn’t make the song dude…. Blame the British

[@komradekile]

that's called a privateer

[@fistofice]

@@komradekile I think that would be a more appropriate term but I’m also not too sure that Jones is any of these things…. He was part of official militaries but also worked where the money flowed Interesting guy

[@komradekile]

@@fistofice true, an amazing guy ni matter what title one wants to ascribe him

[@MarquisLeary34]

Jones: Oh please, do go on....

[@YourAverageMop]

He has to be the *worst* pirate I have ever heard of.

[@skeletonipepperoni2654]

Ah, but youve heard of him?

[@tickticktickBOOOOM]

@@skeletonipepperoni2654 I knew what I'd see before I clicked show reply.

[@emmanueltrejo4226]

This is so goood! It’s on repeat at least once a week

[@armalite5.56]

Skill issue red coats

[@jakobofcincy]

John Paul Jones is about the only bastard who you could say sunk an 80 gun ship of the line with a rowboat and I wouldn't doubt you one bit... that bastard did not know fear, you could have 3 large warships and a dozen smaller ones compared to his sloop and instead of retreating he would probably just steal your ship...

[@capello5688]

“They hate me cause they ain’t me.” -John Paul Jones, probably

[@StoryTeller796]

I will say that I would like to pay my respects by saying that I like this video a lot. This is so cool! Second, this is a great song for me to use when my character gets hunted down by the villains like Emperor Belos, all of the Marvel and DC villains, and some Nintendo villains and other Nintendo villains. Just, the villains who would be mad at him for taking advantage of their psychology and just for being a "Public Enemy Number 1" for committing "Crimes against them" ranging from minor time wasting by keeping them around in a whole slew of "pointless and extremely long" puzzles just to tell them or give them what they want and even then not even doing that, just teasing them with what they want just to keep them around just to annoy them, all the way up to "Actually burning down entire factories or superweapons and full-on vandalism and major property damage". =) I may not be sinking entire ships with a plucky Rowboat, but I sure am sinking entire fleets of logic using nothing more than my own twisted, nonsensical and compulsively obsessive logic that constantly reaches out towards the truth and protects it from those who would seek to corrupt it and instead provides that truth to them in a way where they have to accept it in order to quickly get what they want. Which is that they are wrong, or at the very least in serious need of broadening their point of view.

[@theatagamer90]

JPJ wasn't a pirate, he was a warfare entrepreneur. Or a mercenary. Very little difference between the three.

[@fistofice]

privateer would be the term i think

[@TimeCircleBlue]

@@fistofice correct.

[@agroulesupermarinespitfire4209]

He was a gentleman of fortune !

[@Mrkabrat]

"I prefer 'business man specialized in warfare', sounds better at meetings"

[@marley7868]

they did in fact never catch the pirate

[@mcfarofinha134]

JPJ has a personal deal with Davie Jones. JPJ sends him some limeys, and Davie Jones escorts his rowboat to safety

[@georgeofhamilton]

I like the obvious _Black Sails_ soundtrack in the background.

[@fistofice]

Soundtrack? Only music is the song but there is a movie clip used in the background sound

[@georgeofhamilton]

@@fistofice Yeah, but there’s some music in the _Black Sails_ clip you used. It’s that tense music with a lot of strings.

[@fistofice]

@@georgeofhamilton ah ok Don’t think it’s prominent tho

[@secretarit1]

I love this man

[@antimatterofficial196]

That damn John Paul Jones....I'LL GET YOU SOMEDAY!

[@swyjix]

My grapeshot does not care under which flag it fires

[@kaijaspersen2089]

What a legend, rest in peace John Paul Jones. We will carry on your legacy

[@PixelTheMushroom]

John Paul Jones was a true badass. So I find it almost cruel that the song here claims that he has no loyalty when it was actually America that betrayed him.

[@Callsign_Bear]

British Navy propaganda song. The man was born in Scotland, fought in the American Revolution, and was absolutely nuttier than squirrel shit. The Father of The American Navy

[@popebiscuit3443]

It was a combination of things. America sold or scrapped it's Navy because that shit is extremely expensive to maintain and the new state couldn't bear the cost, in addition several American captains conspired to deny him a promotion. Basically the same thing happened to him in Russia. At sea he was unstoppable but on land most people couldn't stand to talk to him due to his personality.

[@StoryTeller796]

@@popebiscuit3443 What kind of personality did he have?

[@majorhatchback]

@@StoryTeller796 the worst kind, a narcissist

[@popebiscuit3443]

@@StoryTeller796 In the documentary I watched the word used to describe him in France and Russia was apparently "boring". One Frenchman remarked that all he ever wanted to talk about was himself and did not hide his boredom when the topic was inevitably changed. John Paul Jones was without a doubt an unparalleled sailor and naval tactician, however like all humans he was indeed flawed.

[@CommentWithnoContent]

Early prototype of the "Imperial Infrantryman's Uplifting Primer" in action.

[@fistofice]

imperial guard is the best human faction change my mind

[@lameking2839]

Good edit man

[@i_will_not_elaborate]

I'm not normally into horoscopes but the fact that JPJ was a Cancer is hilarious

[@fistofice]

bruh 💀

[@theduxabides9274]

Tfw you're a pre-teen girl and the Captain has you in his sights

[@Nugnugnug]

He fought in the rain and he fought in the sun and he fought in the moonlight too He fought with his knife and he fought with his gun and he fought till his blood ran through Well John Paul Jones was a fightin' man, a fightin' man was he He sailed to the east and he sailed to the west and he helped set America free.

[@darthcalyx8986]

honestly I bet if you gave him enough whisky he could probably take on a first rate

[@Codycallway2006]

prob win against 5 if he did

[@elicarlson7682]

THE LONGEST JOHNS

[@justinspengler1945]

Father of the United States Navy in many's opinion

[@randomai464]

Father of the United States Navy according to the United States Navy lol

[@howardbaxter2514]

Only by the very opinions that matter, AKA the US Navy.

[@justinspengler1945]

8404

[@thelaststraightguy990]

That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen...

[@Meyr3356]

So it would seem.

[@skylerthompson8652]

This video makes much more sense if you imagine it's the american crew singing the song mockingly. Kinda like how yankee doodle was originally meant to insult the americans but ended up being adopted by them instead.

[@fistofice]

also like "Keep your rifle by your side" kinda yeah also imagine being a british sailor in the royal navy and hearing some Americans or JPJ crew sing their own anti-JPJ song while blowing them the fuck up

[@duglife2230]

John Paul Jones, the James Doolittle of the American Revolution.

[@ryancannataro7340]

he is like me I'm Scottish and i love America. godbless the USA

[@fistofice]

but are you the maddest lad of the sea? well I guess you have some goals!

[@ryancannataro7340]

i do have big goals and i have benn on a boat for 3 days

[@Alernategem]

literally everyone else: haha fun Ppstorm: i hate my life

[@docwhiskey996]

Fun fact, JPJ was loyal, to slaying bodies. Dude loved to fight.

[@FallafelWaffel]

I like this 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@hornet370]

“The Red Army is the strongest but your officer was shot in the head and your platoon is pinned and encircled by Finnish soldiers.”

[@dolphingoreeaccount7395]

And Simon Haha is somewhere nearby

[@dolphingoreeaccount7395]

It autocorrected,I meant to say Simo Hayha

[@williamsherman1942]

British Captain: Your ship is on fire, it’s going to sink. Surrender! John Paul Jones: I have yet begun to fight!

[@HunterSentinel]

Ya know, if the song wasn’t tarnishing the name of one of America’s greatest heroes I’d love it, but otherwise it’s just a good historic song with really good sound.

[@fistofice]

well its made by brits what can you expect na but its not so wrong when you look into the history of the man Longest Johns are damn good too

[@scottydu81]

I think it’s a good British anti-American song!

[@MrWrongoStarr]

He tarnished his own name, look up what he did in Russia

[@DeathMonkeys]

“…So it would seem…”

[@ryancannataro7340]

USA USA USA USA USA

[@AReservoirDog]

more like a naval mercenary

[@TheManWithoutAName1120]

Where is the background audio from?

[@fistofice]

Multiple places Some movie scene and a couple audio recreations If I can track them all back down I’ll site them

[@TheManWithoutAName1120]

@@fistofice You don't have to I was just curious if it was just 1 source that I could put as ambience, beautifully put together though well done mate

[@fistofice]

@@TheManWithoutAName1120 I just searched something like “1700s naval audio” There’s some good background sound videos out there

[@gbgbgb1832]

No matter what you think about him as a pirate, the bassline in the Lemon Song it's fucking great and that's enough for me

[@carminepatitucci1294]

what is the chant?? does anybody know?. sounds like seffi bro?

[@callmekarter]

John Paul Jones is a Pirate - The Longest Johns

[@AgentHax]

It’s “Set feet, row!”

[@shinw0]

Set,feet,row

[@ΜουΒου]

Selfie grow selfie grow selfie grow

[@christopherkraemer4023]

@Qagmez 7668 bruh

[@Mikalent]

The title reminds me of a game called Naval Action, way back in the earlier builds. The first ship you get is a Cutter with a total of 6, 4pd cannons, but you where small, quick, and maneuverable. Because there was no limits on who you could attack, the most feared ship in the game was that small cutter, because you could easily get to the stern of a first rate, and with proper aiming, could bypass the armor to deal damage to the hull directly. It got so bad the devs patched it, and to this day, you cannot attack another player if you are in a basic cutter.

[@Bluesonofman]

What if JPJ invaded London and captured the King?

[@eefthebeef3047]

And take him back to the colonies to have a word.

[@Bluesonofman]

@@eefthebeef3047 It probably be to Paris as there be to much of a risk