The Oldest (Known) Song of All Time

[@pirimoretukariri6256]

It's sucks that KZbin only recommended this 4000years later

[@erikruder3360]

@смерть приходит за мной okay but do you have anything to back that up

[@equinox2553]

@смерть приходит за мной are you sure ?

[@instantinople3796]

@смерть приходит за мной r/woooosshhh

[@piccoloatburgerking]

@смерть приходит за мной Boi if you don't...

[@piccoloatburgerking]

@смерть приходит за мной Well there you go then, you found the problem.

[@goofygoober2382]

I remember getting this song on my Istone

[@fatimamouhandiz365]

😅😅😅👌🏻

[@willmorrison1022]

Okay, I'm standing up and clapping. That was good.

[@320_allstar]

Lmao

[@whocares8567]

Underrated comment

[@ljroth2193]

@@geoshaasyahadzan8548 Ancient equivalent of an iphone.

[@TimMcGrawonGoogle]

"I only like their earlier stuff." "There is no earlier stuff."

[@AyubuKK]

😂

[@nubianking7097]

LOL

[@scarletbard6511]

@Muddobber McCrablice Let a person be themselves, my friend.

[@Christian-pg6yy]

LOL

[@edwardbullerwell672]

Needs more cow-bell

[@lizziebutdiff698]

I'm 6500 years old and its nice to have younger people still listen to these classics

[@rusleysiapno5630]

Uhh I don’t think your 6500 years old that’s impossible!

[@immantubertv9484]

Its just a joke….

[@Memories_in_Chains]

@@rusleysiapno5630joke flew right over your head

[@Retro-qy6tu]

@@rusleysiapno5630it’s called a joke mate.

[@restethics]

Oh, it's you. Hmmm... We are, now are we?

[@miravidovic591]

its so fascinating knowing that we can listen to a song that's 4000 years old

[@LeChristVraiDieu]

Yes!!!!! It s a miracle spectaculaire!

[@PA-1000]

@Rishav Das Bagchi U couldn't have never made that technology in your food damn life someone smarter than u did...

[@PA-1000]

"Could"

[@glasslicker2829]

@@PA-1000 you jealous? Well the “we” in Rishav’s comment could’ve meant the human race back then, and the technology “we” [humans] have today to decipher such old music. So don’t get personally pissed for no reason.

[@PA-1000]

@@glasslicker2829 No I'm not jealous just saying I'm just said that because it's like he taking all the credit even though if we didn't have intelligent human beings we wouldn't be here today.

[@kenbistro7358]

Gave me goosebumps listening to this again, its been a few thousand years since i last heard it...

[@RigTags]

Your grandma wasn't even born

[@mmgg1671]

@@RigTags no shit sherlock

[@metyous3976]

@@RigTagsdude his ancestors where probably nomadic hunters when this was written…

[@self109]

Classics always return..

[@PacMan888]

@@metyous3976 they wasn’t even picking yet by then

[@anonanon2749]

Oh you’re a fan of Hurrians? Name 3 of their hymns.

[@ramireza6026]

Lolllll

[@ramireza6026]

Fake fan 😂

[@DragonRazor9283]

Hurrian hymn no. 5, Hurrian hymn no. 4, and my personal favorite Hurrian hymn no. 2

[@bravomike4734]

What's a hurrian?

[@magilunedecelestia]

Hurrian 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 so far 😂

[@Hanes_Cymru-742h]

Classic! Nostalgia is UNREAL!! Only 1400BC kids will know 😂

[@PlasmaSlimeStudio]

Ikr! This song was 🔥 back then and still is. Timeless!

[@banmanashah]

Y’all must be ancient souls. LOL

[@johnnyjohnny-cg7np]

What a hilarious and original joke

[@Mystic_Dreamers]

Bro ikr

[@micaha1037]

Foreals! It gives me memories of when we used to play Pok-A-Tok! Boy what a time with some real slappers🔥🔥

[@AyubuKK]

Imagine all of the lost music of the ancient world. Kinda tragic.

[@amandaquezada2854]

So much is lost to the river of time. It really is heartbreaking...

[@johndouglas5856]

Yeah, who knows what the great library of Alexandria contained, music-wise!

[@fixman88]

99% of all the knowledge mankind has ever obtained has been lost over time.

[@Trallalinda08]

@SANSKAR GUPTA gs0801cs181071 hi and Merry Christmas to you - I would like to know more about these ancient songs of India .. where could I hope to hear some do you suppose?

[@LoveLightLiberty6868]

Let's listen to this one before we jump to conclusions

[@OutOfInk]

Everybody gangsta until king of Ugrarit copyright claim the vid 😂😂😂

[@folacantube]

😂😂😂😂 this should be a top comment

[@contalovtv5670]

Underrated comment.

[@tryagaintmrw]

LMFAOOO

[@ohyeahgamer3736]

For real

[@MsXenyy1]

Lmfaoo

[@silvestercabading6128]

The narrator failed to mention that it topped the billboard 100, spotify and itunes in 2500 BCE

[@HangandHung]

and won album of the year,song of the year and 500 grammys😩🙌we stan

[@Nazuldx95]

Lmfao

[@esto85]

One of the top songs ever played in taverns across the known worlds

[@uribe_ramon]

The billboard of Bedrock radio on the Flintstones 😂

[@asadkevin2432]

, 😂😂

[@rnnyhoff]

Song takes you back to a time that we can envision with music. It is an eerie feeling of time travel to realize that over three millennia ago, people shared this together. Thank you for this engrossing video.

[@juliabe408]

It really is. Somehow one really feels a connection to ancient times through even these attempts of reconstruction of this song. It's something powerful and magical.

[@barelyawake868]

Not gonna lie. The Hurrrians were better when they were underground. Hate the fact that their most known song was able to stand the test of time

[@Anw4rr10r]

I've been a big Hurrians fan ever since the release of their 1400 (BCE) album, Ugarit. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when No. 6 came out in 1403, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. They've been compared to Lipit Ishtar, but I think Hurrians have a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

[@vampiradeathrockerbatxq762]

@@Anw4rr10r I love noth of your guys comments. They are just the best. How do you guys not have more likes on these. They should at the top of the comment section. Well at least I personally found these to be the best jokes in the this whole comment section

[@ghrndez]

@@vampiradeathrockerbatxq762 (:

[@vampiradeathrockerbatxq762]

@@ghrndez cool smile face dude or chick

[@ghrndez]

@@vampiradeathrockerbatxq762 How dare you assume my species I am offended

[@JamieR1988]

Then; Not enough space on tablet. Now; Not enough space on tablet.

[@leapeace1201]

@#$%^! technology glitches. my tablet is cracked too!

[@AfroAsiaticLanguages]

I roared with laughter, you deserve a place in paradise. Most original comment ever. 😹

[@jr.fidelcastro8890]

Plot twist: The first tablet was made up by stone. And pressed 2 kgs!

[@scillaburton2965]

A universally human problem 😭

[@gardo135]

Lol that’s so true

[@jeremiahnoar7504]

"I'm in to 50s music" "Oh like the Platters?" "1950BC"

[@kimmy7056]

😂

[@finlay.s3813]

It’s humbling to think that one day, when the fragments of humanity try to reconstruct our civilisation after the apocalyptic nuclear winter, Mambo No.5 will be our Hurrian Hymn No.6

[@AViewCado69420]

I wish it was rick Ashley never gonna give you up, so we can rickroll future humanities descendants

[@lilelly16]

Or Party Rock Anthem, to the greatest confusion of future historians

[@noras.9774]

😂😂

[@BeniPali]

You better would choose Mambo No.5.7, the last update Mr.Bega made, sleeping with Jessica and :)flirting with Alice after he left from Jane! :)

[@mleimacrohon79]

Lol!

[@davidfelton6966]

I'm actually preparing an essay on ancient music for my Ancient Cultures. I've been going through your channel and I love your videos. I hope your channel keeps growing and more people find your content, it's really good.

[@hochelaga]

Hey! Thank you, much appreciated. And best of luck with your essay :)

[@YescanautaCastro]

Hey man, i'm making a podcast about ancient music, can I contact you to get some insights about your research?

[@artsnjunk]

Did you get an A+?

[@Kodeb8]

I don't know why I get really emotional when I think about the people who lived in these ancient times. It doesn't matter how far back you go, humans were always the same. These people from over a thousand years ago were still enjoying music just like we do!

[@matthewbreytenbach4483]

I can understand that, listening to the hymn always makes me sad about all the lost and forgotten things that were made in the past. And the people who made them.

[@AMcDub0708]

History has always been akin to a spiritual experience for me.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

Sometimes I can almost sense their presence, feel them walking among us. That woman's voice sounds like a fragment of music that's been in my head for years.

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

I adore this sentiment, and I feel the same way. It's part of why I love Celtic music so much. It's the sound of a culture living and thriving when most believe it to be barely surviving.

[@alejandrop.s.3942]

If you think about it from an arithmetic stance, it's really probable that you (and I, and each one) descend from people who composed, sang, danced or simply enjoyed those songs back in the days.

[@shangobunni5]

My first concert! Saw them with my mom when I was 14. I have always loved the Hurrians. ❤

[@beefandbarley]

Bragger

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

must be a thousand year old vampire

[@badideagenerator2315]

@@xXxSkyViperxXx you mean 3436 years old

[@jakephreel]

Were you also Jesus' 2nd grade teacher?

[@judipierry549]

Boomer

[@PlasmaSlimeStudio]

This was my generation. The good ol’ days! I miss it so much. It’s been so long since me and my friends used to listen to this back in middle school. Wish I could go back… 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@leeksoy]

4000 years from now: the “WAP” was a traditional song for mating in the ancient civilizations across Earth.

[@shristi9648]

Best. Comment. Ever🤣🤣🤣

[@MrArtVein]

I was looking for this comment lol. It is technically a mating song, not? Girls dance to it and guys see them and seek to procreate

[@STPickrell]

A minority of scholars believe Barry White, after he caused the breakup of the Beatles, was involved in ancient mating rituals. But yes, the "WAP" was a traditional song.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

I wonder if archeologists will also think plastic Santa fragments are evidence of a powerful deity worshiped in the ancient world, lol?

[@bluesSGL]

A rain dance

[@trashgamedev5730]

Genz kids won't ever know what true music is, I remember roaming the streets of Mesopotamia. Anybody remember lil Anubis?

[@chichikent]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I do

[@mikehunt4341]

Yung Methuselah

[@HudaHamond]

ah yes lil Anubis. takes me back :)

[@thenightsmelody2173]

Yes!!!

[@thedumbanimator25]

еј брат, јас сум роден во 1000 година пр.н.е. с still уште не можам да верувам како технологијата е напредна

[@aaronwright5243]

Only 1400 BCE kids will remember how that lyre really slapped.

[@nubianking7097]

LOL

[@tafftuth]

😂 😂 😂 😂

[@theorem220]

it was a hit song back then

[@Farweasel]

I know quite a few slappers who're liars if that helps?

[@therealzilch]

Actually, that's a good point. I build and play lyres, and I can tell you, that there's a lot that can be slapped out of them.

[@vantwinkle5516]

That second rendition made me tear up and my body response from head to toe was instant. Thanks for sharing.

[@Chillerll]

You like Hurrian Hymns? Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Hurrian Hymn No. 6 came out in 1400 BCE, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole hymn has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the song a big boost. They have been compared to the Sumer, but I think the Hurrians have a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

[@bongjesus5218]

Based

[@Nkluer]

Amazing

[@quinnzykir]

HEY PAUL🪓

[@thedappermagician6905]

It's pretty hip to be a Caananite

[@esmineldraaybara6975]

Impressive, very nice. Lets see Paul Allen's musical hymns

[@PresidentFotis]

"I was born in the wrong generation, Hurrian music is so much better than the shit people call music nowadays."

[@strawhat128]

You won't be able to watch anime tho

[@RevhanRD2003]

@@strawhat128 Ahahaha

[@prithiviflippinvoodoo4852]

Unironically, kinda true lol 😂👌

[@LynxRhyme]

Lol

[@bramyehezkiel5532]

True

[@Unknown-fw9qy]

It has been 3400 years ago already?? No way! It was like yesterday this came out! Time flies...

[@felixandersen3815]

HERE I AM!🎶 Rock me like Hurrian!🎵

[@valerieann2751]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rojanaryan3230]

Good..

[@channel5980]

Good taste

[@DoccyStars]

Well that was God's song afterall

[@oOIIIMIIIOo]

Rock me like > a < Hurrian...Please get it right. 😉😁💚

[@lastprophet9904]

I had a front seat in their first concert. Paid two chickens and one white stone.

[@arbiterskiss6692]

I got it by paying with someone else's two chickens and white stone. Some professions are timeless.

[@lastprophet9904]

@@arbiterskiss6692 good ol days. i saw you headbanging .

[@hailrussia37]

Aw man. I missed the concert.

[@krdiaz8026]

I was at the back. Paid one pomegranate.

[@sophiebophiex]

I was there two. Paid with some grain and a stone.

[@philipvalenzuela4969]

I was 16 when i first watched the Hurrians live.. they played Hymn no.3 and its awesomely great. best day ever!

[@johncostigan6160]

All of these musical examples sound very thoughtful, carefully laid out, and surprisingly listenable these thousands of years later. Remarkable.

[@The5thGen]

Song was streamed 10 billion times. Artist received $20.

[@jose740376]

Royalty laws were a bitch back then

[@jamesjohngarner]

What if, due to 4000 years of inflation, the average Hurrian earned 3c a year?

[@deanronson6331]

Ten if it's Spotify.

[@Sennmut]

What was that in shekels?

[@deanronson6331]

@@Sennmut A pound of antisemitic flesh.

[@REX-gq6ur]

*"If iT is tHe olDeSt WhY is It nO.6?"*

[@electrichorizonproductions5412]

If you spent less time on those whacky letters and more time on actually listening then you wouldn't be asking this stupid question

[@REX-gq6ur]

@@electrichorizonproductions5412 I put "" so its clearly not me that posted it wdym.

[@dashady1367]

Electric Horizon Productions, sir the “wacky letters” and the quotations are meant to be a joke as the comment is being a joke

[@electrichorizonproductions5412]

Well my bad then.

[@0yokes0]

this whole exchange has me cracking up.

[@bullshihtology8088]

Met the lead fluter of Hurrian in one their concerts. Such a nice guy.

[@MurarichSiberian]

I've bought some his bone flutes also! Sound is good... But smells some sh+t

[@ge2623]

He had a long life too. Lived to the ripe old age of 32.

[@mikekolokowsky]

Why did he have a flute made of lead?

[@tiasara5967]

I slept with that guy at stonehengefest.

[@Mystic_Dreamers]

Ah damn you lucky

[@G...a-n3e]

I'm old enough to remember this song when it was first released. You couldn't walk through a single street without hearing it.

[@WolfofBende]

I remember this song winning a Grammy back in the days. Watching Hebat and Sauska present the award got me in my feelings.

[@ge2623]

Remember when Will Smith slapped Sauska in the face?

[@The_Copper_Element_Itself]

It is so sad Lil Euphoriontonesis lost the samifinals with his string instrument prototype 😢

[@averageknucklehead]

Y'all remember Fuba's diss track?

[@kamelhaj6850]

But their acceptance speech was so long! They'd still be talking today if they didn't cut them off.

[@taylorrenee4880]

Nice Google work

[@beestorm7609]

i played this out loud, and the old gods opened a hole in my floor and stole my cat. 10/10 bone flutes

[@nubianking7097]

LOL

[@beckyhayob1557]

🤣

[@cultvult580]

@@beckyhayob1557 ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

[@GrifoStelle]

@@cultvult580 ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthugha Fomalhaut n’gha-ghaa naf’lthagn

[@320_allstar]

Lmao

[@kayakat1869]

Man, the Hurrians older work is great, but near the end they sold out.

[@cameronvanzant1755]

Smh tryna reach that cannanite fanbase

[@velozio]

I was low-key glad the Sea Peoples put an end to the work, the Hurrians reeeeealy dragged it out with this one.

[@fightme4136]

Bunch of sellouts

[@ChiquitaSpeaks]

Fareeaal . They forgot where they came from.

[@REX-gq6ur]

they turned into souless corporate by the end so sad

[@Eizal0610]

My friend Gilgamesh showed me this banger. Rest in peace my friend 😢

[@chchcherryb0mb]

Enkidu? Is that you?

[@abhinavchauhan7864]

He is like 2k years older than this

[@ivonnecaradenacho3726]

0%sex 0% autotune 100% talent Kids these days would never understand

Hard to be more kid than u

[@gabrielgabro6797]

Damn man. Your unusually old

[@doggodoggo3000]

There are loads of talented musicians these days. More than ever.

[@sikenyson8562]

Why tf is no one in the reply section understanding the joke

[@gabrielgabro6797]

@@sikenyson8562 I do get the joke and I'm joking too🤦🤦

[@414MrMilwaukee]

I remember being a DJ and playing this at the club back in the days

[@ryujinzzz6050]

No tuning, no length and duration. *_Sounds just like guitar tab_*

[@seir323]

I THOUGHT THIS EXACTLY, thank you!! Haha, it's basically tabs for a song we don't know on an instrument that no longer exists. But at the time, that's all you'd need.

[@1stRateSerrvice]

Except tabs have tuning

[@amwolfmusic]

@@seir323 the instrument still exists, and many people still play it

[@KasumiRINA]

@@seir323 any string instrument can be played the same, it's that we don't know how they tuned it and what rhythm was used.

[@TimothyNyota]

@@1stRateSerrvice the tuning only makes sense to someone who knows what the ledger or scale is

[@jebsievers]

What a gift that you both made and shared this. Thanks.

[@kinda5510]

Very happy to see another video about this and my city. I lived 5min away of the ruins of Ugarit and roamed it every now and then admiring its history, it made me interested in learning history and art as a child. The nostalgia is real.

[@Azr721]

I'm not Syrian but I remember the last time I visited Syria and the region of Huran I was 13 years old. All my love and prayers for that beautiful place and hopefully I go back there one day. 🙏🏻❤️

[@stillhere1425]

How cool and enviable.

[@seaman83]

صار بدها قعدة مشاوي سمك من عند أبوسعيد

[@aslkhjbasijt785]

Do you know why they were able to compose it so early? They were Hurrian.

[@kasvinimuniandy4178]

Hehehehehehe

[@deborahsolinski9366]

Best dad joke for this thread award goes to you

[@mariuspoppFM]

Security will escort you at the door

[@judithann7193]

Groan.

[@Davidtiles]

omg😂 best dad joke

[@wilsoncrocker]

from back when rock actually rolled & metal was really heavy...

[@SansAI0]

Very funny on this 11/11/22…

[@katekatey279]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍

[@ColtraneTaylor]

If this is an original comment then great, otherwise .... boo hiss.

[@SzilviaJuszko]

Thank for this amazing summary! Really liked the interpretation, too.

[@mariorobotnik8090]

The neanderthals have been real quiet since this dropped.

[@cerridianempire1653]

they were overrated

[@plant5875]

More like the mammoths

[@robertelliottlang7031]

Jealous I bet!

[@florentinthomas7677]

Lmaooo

[@iremfrat7771]

This was a very interesting topic. And as a Turkish living in the close approximity to the recovered relic, it surprised me how similar it was the rhythm to the traditional music listened in the area. It survived thousands of years. 🎵

[@iremfrat7771]

@Der Porkmeister It doesn't matter. I meant the music stayed in that area regardless of the people coming and going.

[@tigranispiryan4865]

Thats because you stole your music and instruments from Armenians. Hurrians are Armenians!

[@iremfrat7771]

@@tigranispiryan4865 Sure

[@tahsinozgur8694]

@@tigranispiryan4865 Irrevelant and needlessly antagonistic remark!

[@tigranispiryan4865]

@Inaam Ulhaq bro what haha? They are Armenian. Jews didn’t even exist back then. U can even search up where the Hurrians are from. ARMENIA.

[@einsjam]

So Hurrians were making Nokia ringtones 4000 years back. Interesting.

[@nubianking7097]

LOL

[@kaleesanomada5748]

Bwahahahahaha

[@Jj-pm5yv]

😂😂🤣

[@generalmanager384]

Shit then and shit now

[@SG-bk6be]

Exactly my first feeling! So, for those really interested int the 1st known song, a tentative of reproduce it begins at 3'16

[@rogerbec5766]

Don't know who that woman is singing but her voice is enchanting to the utmost. Wish I had her complete song even al cappella.

[@fightme4136]

Everyone be bumping to this while pulling up in their chariots

[@SharttyWaffle]

Actually chariots weren't invented then. People most likely rode on horses and llamas

[@potatolord3202]

aCkTualLy

[@SharttyWaffle]

@@potatolord3202 ok potato lord

[@littleredpony6868]

@@SharttyWaffle just too bad the lived in the part of the world where they didn’t now about llamas

[@nubianking7097]

Wah ha ha haa!

[@randomcommenter5266]

I am a time traveler. I traveled back in 5000BCE and left a musical tab written in a clay tablet. The tab is going to rick roll every person who tries to decipher the song.

[@2-dsynctium773]

You monster

[@cyberdazer7415]

Oh fu-

[@harleysanders4982]

lol ok

[@oliviasambo1251]

Huh??

[@bjmccann1]

They ACTUALLY played it? Those fools! The doors of the Grand Mausoleum of Ur have been reopened! Now, HE walks among us!!!

[@calico.5588]

idiots... now we're all gonna die

[@lucifer2b666]

Dagoth Ur? Or a separate thing we're referring to here? I'm a little confused.

[@merseyviking]

I, for one, welcome our ancient overlords.

[@bjmccann1]

@@merseyviking LOL!

[@bjmccann1]

@@lucifer2b666 The ancient Sumerian city that was located in what is now Iraq. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur

[@sushifiggy]

I've been preforming musical instruments and singing all of my life and at 64, I am just hearing of this. It's beautiful, gives me something new that is very old for me to play around with 😊

[@elcompagenito3250]

Imagine if one day we discover a stone tablet older than all the song mentioned, and it takes us 10 years to translate it and its just a rick roll that a time traveler made. Edit: damm this blew up

[@zwicky1818]

lmfaoo good one.

[@adude8424]

i would be proud

[@TheRealSuperRabbid]

Thankfully, I have a time machine. Time to make the greatest rick roll in the universe.

[@jwhitehead51]

@@TheRealSuperRabbid [e-mail]

[@somethingwithbungalows]

@@jwhitehead51 w why

[@richard-fy2mu]

In my years studying ancient history, why are we surprised by their abilities to create great beauty. Compare ancient music and dance to many folk dance and music now and there is more in common across time. Thank you for chance to see this.

[@joelail6741]

Spot on! The more of this type of information I discover, the more it hits me that we really are all the same.

[@purplehaze2358]

This song is nearly 3-and-a-half thousand years old and it's still a little bit of a banger.

[@kkuznetsov2424]

"a little bit"

[@Rizky06]

Sounds a lot like "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" 🤔🎶

[@cesaroV898]

Seems like our tastes did not change that Much

[@redstone51]

Thank you very much for posting this amazing history lesson on music!!! FASCINATING!!!❤🙏👌

[@tannerboyle6540]

While all the other kids are listening to cardi b and travis scott, I only listen to the oldies like this. I was born in the wrong generation.

[@wouldyoulikesomewiessedtea8757]

Smæ, they'll never understand.

[@laelandyohan4512]

why does this scream "I'm not like other girls"

[@wouldyoulikesomewiessedtea8757]

I'm not like other generations

[@R1DER420]

😭😥

[@Tristan-n5f]

Franku taught us well

[@shaddjimenez4524]

*i WaS BoRn iN ThE wRoNg GeNeRaTiOn* in all seriousness, music is one of my passions and this is an extremely interesting topic/video.

[@jgil1966]

me af

[@albatross1688]

That it is. I figured music from this far back would be primitive by today's standards. If anything, mainstream music has gotten more primitive. It goes to show that you don't need epic sound booths to produce a great tune.

[@angelieavenie5741]

I was born in the wrong generator.

[@natsume5372]

Time flies so fast, I remember listening to this 3400 years ago.

[@YazinZ_7392]

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[@YazinZ_7392]

Stop commenting this comment

[@YazinZ_7392]

I see it everywhere and people think they are funny

[@Quitumbe954]

@@YazinZ_7392 it is funny every time

[@YazinZ_7392]

@@Quitumbe954 ok if u say 😐

[@ge2623]

Since this is a song that I like a lot, per KZbin comment rules I am obligated to say how underrated it is, ask who is listening to this in 2022 and thank the cameraman for going back 4,000 yrs. to film it.

[@lightyagami1752]

And I am obligated under the same rules to tell you that time-travelling cameramen don't exist, which then obligates someone else to reply to me with an obligatory "r/whooosh". Then someone else is obligated to ask "what song is playing?ktx v much", which then obligates someone else to reply "Darude: Sandstorm". Finally, seeing my reply, someone else will be obligated to remark that they see it's not my first day on the Internet. And I am obligated to not respond to that.

[@awesome346]

Jesus loves you!!

[@lightyagami1752]

@@awesome346 Jesus loves me, this I know. Because KZbin wackos tell me so!

[@zuzuspetals9281]

I’m obligated to tell you this was a recording and not video of the hymn therefore you need to thank the sound man. Ancient Unions can be quite territorial so give credit where credit is due.

[@ge2623]

@@zuzuspetals9281 Go it. 😁

[@ahmedmahon2022]

My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather used to have this on vinyl. I found it in his cave over in Sumeria when I was sorting through a few of his things.

[@stephaniehowell1109]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏

[@TaxingIsThieving]

Too many greats

[@tjcassidy2694]

Mine had it on clay tablets.

[@WeekndWarriorrr]

This is amazing, but it got me thinking. A bird's song is even older. If you've ever heard a bird sing you've heard an ancient song.

[@chadhill8776]

Brahmin chants in India are based on bird song. They are usually not allowed to be recorded, but someone did and the closest analysis is they are based on bird song.

[@AMcDub0708]

That’s deep

[@basenjipoppy]

That's beautiful.

[@linbat6148]

Excellent point!!!

[@jacks7382]

This is noted by the romantic poet John Keats in "Ode to a Nightingale"

[@hollowjack8711]

This song was one of the best ones. I remember when me and Anubis were playing in the sand, listening to this tune. Ahh those good times...

[@Zelurpio]

Ay that makes us mutual friends, I hung out with Anubis all the time, he grew up so fast, I'm glad he didn't get made fun of for his head!

[@johnambrose5957]

Thank you for this interesting topic.

[@grandpaashes4532]

I'm from your biblical angel vid I Hope your other content also blow up

[@jamesmc4080]

same

[@namesurname624]

same

[@rabadons_deathcap]

Same

[@jinkhazama9168]

Me too

[@Ashravenn]

Same

[@audreydimmel6674]

This is fascinating! I always wonder about the stories that ancient peoples told each other, the art they created, the songs they played. To think how much of it has been lost to time breaks my heart. Whenever we find things like this, I think we are obligated to preserve and protect it. Thanks for sharing the Hurrian Hymn, hochelaga! I have now subscribed.

[@jasongannon7088]

Read homers oddessy it's the longest running joke recorded in history. The ending is gold

[@ViolettaD1485]

​@@jasongannon7088explain, please.

[@argonaut4981]

Its really interesting that the second I heard Drumbrill's version of the song, i felt chills because there was something in that I felt was just true. Like I was going back in time. Also his song's singer sounds like modern Arabic singer's and the inflections that they have and that makes sense to me, since the ancient traditions of a region are often hidden in plain site embedded in that country's contemporary culture - hidden, but weaved throughout it.

[@windingroad9678]

It's too good, Robert Plant could redo it.

[@Replicanna]

If you like the sud and tempo, I can recommend a group: radio tarifa

[@goosemann2389]

last time i heard this was 3400 years ago, hearing it now the nostalgia is real

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

Thank you for posting this. I love historical things like this. Truly amazing.

[@tonypujals]

The artist known as Hurrian ... the "one hit wonder" of ancient times.

[@dukenukem3dgaming]

I played this and Gilgamesh was summoned as my servant wtf

[@johnsamuel1999]

a man of culture

[@AbadyonYT]

And did a tiktok dance and left

[@bobobsen]

@@johnsamuel1999 wrong culture but an effort was made

[@audreydimmel6674]

The real question: did you also get Enkudu?

[@Neko-san]

Zasshu!

[@monstermanthegreat]

We don't search for old songs, we search for old memories❤🤣

[@gensoumusic2145]

Can someone explain to me how exactly this is Hurrian? I mean, they're certainly taking their sweet time with the next hymn.

[@isaluz7859]

*SLOW CLAP*

[@bigmoniesponge]

Outstanding Comment, have a like good sir.

[@LecherousLizard]

How about you see yourself out, OP?

[@thamyris8953]

I am sobbing at the dad joke radiating off this comment but I will like this nonetheless

[@hailrussia37]

@NXVi I REALLY hope this is sarcasam

[@changobango9001]

Ahhh yes, hymn no. 6. Me and the boys in the scribes department would have Ushtan the Court Musician blast this over and over while we worked on Hammurabi's Code. Good times. 😁

[@zerzavy]

“U still listen to him?” “Nah he fell off after the Hurricane Hymn no.6”

[@antichristobama9127]

😂😂😂

[@jasmins.6465]

Your picture 😂😂😂😂

[@nubianking7097]

LOL

[@TheOneXeption]

The group Heilung has actually done their own version of the song on their latest album Drif, titled "Nikkal". It quite beautiful.

[@frostyfrances4700]

I love Heilung. Long may they reign.

[@Memories_in_Chains]

Fun fact: Heilung means healing in German

[@Sarah.Riedel]

It seems obvious that the melody was meant to be played in a pentatonic mode of some kind as is so common among ancient musical systems like this, idk why the first attempt just crammed the notes into a standard Western heptatonic scale

[@AriaFromMahabre]

That's the 50's for you.

[@jamiel6005]

the West assumes it’s the default :/

[@echodelta9]

I hear mostly harmonic scale. But then I play harmonic flute which has no finger holes but plays most notes by nature-physics. That's where it started!

[@leapeace1201]

What makes you say that? Their math was based on 12, and circles, not on five/ten.

[@Sarah.Riedel]

@@echodelta9 that's really interesting, I played the flute for many years but never heard of something like that, I suppose it works on overtones or something?

[@joycejames8461]

This is not the oldest song in the world, no, this is just a tribute.

[@jennifer9047]

Cage, is that you?

[@peggygilmour8905]

It's just a cover.

[@mael6513]

Finally I have found my brethren.

[@ourfinalpeace]

Couldn't remember the oldest song in the world

[@madgodsheogorath3982]

Yes

[@francescocuffari2859]

That moment when you realize that this song is 4000 years old and still feels like a new fresh one.

[@bobnewton1064]

Yeah kinda reminds me of that Katy perry song

[@derycktrahair8108]

It's like the TAB system for guitar, shows fingering but not the bigger picture. Thanks for posting it. It shows that Musos always wanted to pass on knowlege to other players. The more we know the better the playing, & more jobs for all of us.

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I love how it's so old that the reconstruction isn't entirely correct.

[@sanjivjhangiani3243]

So, these are just covers?

[@letsgofishing5238]

it's so old that the reconstruction are entirely incorrect. Such a pointless video, we don't know the pitch nor the duration of each note.

[@franl155]

I love finding out new things - or, in this case, very old things. Thanks for this! PS I'm glad you said "oldest known" - seen so many vids, oldest this, or that, and I think, no, it's only the oldest so far discovered.

[@lilliangarza4954]

This is wonderful, thank you for putting this video together. This only solidifies my belief that music was among the first inventions of humans. 💗🎶

[@garystein7883]

Nice comment, how are you doing?

[@dadaji_69]

I remember , 3400 yrs ago, I was working in my field with 20 children when a bullock cart played this song. We danced together and was living our best life.

[@GamingMonster444]

This is very interesting!! Keep up the great content!

[@tonypatrizzio4180]

I have ancient ancestor who’s band “ Trojan Horse “ actually opened up for the Hurrians at the Athens amphitheater.

[@MrArtVein]

Underrated comment

[@MrArtVein]

I have an ancient ancestor who went by the name Trojan Horse, he was a prostitute and favored lambskins

[@simpleBetter]

😲🥺🤩😝

[@paullheureux189]

...so you know that Trojan is Slang for Trans-Jordanians of the Tribe of Judah?

[@claytonlowry1280]

Man ..like I didn't have the bread for a ticket dude ..bummer ..isold some gourds I found and got enuff to buy their greatest hits ..✌

[@ivoryowl]

I think there's something special to not knowing how the original actually sounded like. That way people can interpret it in their own way, making music that would have probably been made at the time, in an attempt to recreate the original. That being said, it's sad to see so much knowledge lost to time... Time erodes everything, even old favorites, legends and myths.

[@lyndabuckland7433]

I know. We used to have "Gods on Chariots of Fire" come visit us n we LOVED IT and now we have "Aliens on UFO's" and we have MASS PANIC. 😂😂😂😂 Funny how a few thousand yrs changes things.😅😊

[@SterlingSimmons22]

I remember cranking this up in a past life, if you’re wondering, yes we did have speakers and sound systems back then. History has just been hidden from us

[@robinberman2717]

"Who's listening in 1400BC? "- Comment left on the tablet in the comments section, when it was written.

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

It is interesting that people knew that Christ was going to come 14 centuries later.

[@Green-Lyon]

Found archived on the internet's, "Way, WAAAAY Back Machine"

[@1mikon]

Beautiful. Gives me goosebumps to hear what our ancestors would have sung or heard.

[@marettuccia]

I'm only 49 years old and I really love this song. I feel sorry my co-middled aged friends don't appreciate this music.

[@rianhammod9233]

dear hear : ninawa music

[@413.]

"only"

[@illegalsmirf]

49 is seriously old

[@danielatamasdelazuri7648]

@@illegalsmirf what???

[@ChandlerWhite-wk5pp]

​@@danielatamasdelazuri7648don't fret, you are still attractive

[@NocturnalDoom]

Thank you ☺️ lovely music and great info. ♥️

[@geraltmiral4482]

Somebody wrote this 3.4k years ago and thought, this is it a banger for centuries

[@trevorgoodchild8266]

These guys still release more frequently than Tool though.

[@JayHendricksWorld]

Okay, that one is out of the park! :D

[@geckovonparsley8200]

that got a genuine laugh out of me x'3

[@thespookybuilding]

😂😂

[@nubianking7097]

:-)

[@adueso3287]

Props to the person who recorded this thousands of years ago 🤩❤️

[@robertoyamakata6672]

Thank you very much. This is marvellous.

[@weirdsailorman4070]

That disturbing moment when a ancient incomplete song and music piece have more melody, harmony and actual structure then some genres of today.

[@agffans5725]

here is the Oldest Nordic non-religious Song : kzbin.info/www/bejne/gprFmIJ5abd9jNU Here performed at the opening of Aarhus as the European Capital of Culture in 2017 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hl7VqXVjh7WgkJI

[@weirdsailorman4070]

@@agffans5725 Thank you for sharing, I will check it out now.