The Wellermen- Hoist The Colours (Official Lyric Video)

[@ron234halt]

It's exhilarating to finally hear the whole version of this song, instead of just verse 2 in a KZbin short!

[@hannekehoekstra1458]

Amen!

[@meganlodon]

There's a 12 and 10 year old video with the full version somewhere on KZbin. I don't remember which I first listened to, or if they are the same, though.

[@jessiehurtado-v8z]

Yes!!

[@khansolo.69]

What is the song about Any back side story ???

[@meganlodon]

@@khansolo.69 The song was written for _Pirates of the Caribbean 3_ to tell the tale of the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones, and the Pirate Court. Below is my analysis (I did this years ago). *The Chorus:* _Yo ho, haul together_ _Hoist the colors high_ _Heave ho, thieves and beggars_ _Never shall we die_ The chorus is sung numerous times within the song. It's basically telling the pirates, full of thieves and beggers, to get ready to set sail. The lyrics here are obvious in meaning. *First verse:* _The King and his men_ _stole the Queen from her bed_ _and bound her in her bones_ The King was the Pirate King at that time, and while his identity is unknown, I believe him to be Jones himself (my own little theory). The King's men refers to the Brethren Court. The Queen is Calypso, her bed is the sea, and binding her in her bones refers to binding her to her human form. _the seas be ours and by the powers_ _where we will we'll roam_ The seas literally belong to the pirates due to having power over Calypso. *Second verse:* _Now some have died_ _and some are alive_ _and others sail on sea_ This is a reference to the chorus of the song, which mention the pirates as thieves and beggars. This part of the verse is obvious in meaning. _with the keys to the cage_ _and the Devil to pay_ The "keys" to the cage are the nine Pieces of Eight, which were used to bind Calypso. The Devil refers to Davy Jones himself since he's the one that told the Brethren Court how to bind her; he's also a devil of sorts, or what I like to call, an ocean-bound Hades. _we lay to Fiddler's Green._ Fiddler's Green is an after-life of paradise for sailors where a fiddle never stops playing, but in the POTC universe, it is a tavern located in Davy Jones' locker. It might have a fiddle playing inside to fit the narrative. *Third verse:* _The bell has been raised_ _From it's watery grave..._ _Do you hear it's sepulchral tone?_ _A call to all_ _Pay head the squall_ _And turn your sails to home!_ This entire verse may refer to the scene of POTC where the pirates sing their song, and the Brethren Court is summoned to join together. A "all pirates unite" type of moment.

[@Panacea4you]

National anthem of oceans 🌊

[@adamscowcroft8248]

North Sea only mate

[@coolkid006]

*HEEVE HOOO* 🫡⚓🌊

[@kentworch]

Naw not a national anthem. It's the tune of the sea. Far beyond anything humans could or ever will do. Behold the power of the sea, as it is far beyond human comprehension.

[@JustinHall-je1vk]

I agree but also North Sea national anthem

[@kareememenike1480]

National anthem of 🦜 pirates

[@isaacmiller1280]

I'm still amazed with the low bass singer in this, he does so good at singing low low, without loosing tone or sustainment.

[@yolandaz2706]

I agree!!! I am amazed someone has a voice that can reach such low notes!!😃

[@Greybeard73652]

They have big balls lol😮😊

[@Kellett781]

This recording was done by Bobby Bass and a few other bass singer KZbin content creators.

[@Lilyjeanbolt]

Paul Robeson

[@moneywelder]

There are like 5 men singing different parts of the song. I'm a bass and love singing along with this song 🎵

[@schrtzseid9209]

The vocals is like God is coming anytime soon. Kudos to these beautiful voices of Men.

[@TowMater603]

Did you assume their gender ? hahahahaha

[@schrtzseid9209]

Hahahaahah should I address the as They/them?@@TowMater603

[@Ne_Ne_Vova_UA]

​@@TowMater603 there's only 2 genders.

[@bebeka_]

​@@TowMater603да, очевидно, это люди мужского пола. Вопросы?

[@TowMater603]

@@bebeka_Yeah i don't speak symbols. English you fool !

[@SlickNick98]

Ultimate respect for the sheer power of mother nature and the men that traverse these dangerous oceans

[@Liminal_Maze]

The voices are exceptionals 😮 They don't reach down to the basement but to the deepest inner core of the earth. What a beautiful song.

[@oksanadidur4597]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@mirt-mirt]

Octavism

[@codyrodriguez1056]

Such a beautiful song we woulda been pirates let’s be real boys

[@tripical]

Y’all be putting this on the aux in the car?

[@CaroKannDummy]

The power of bass singers right here!!!

[@erinamos7498]

I wish I had subwoofers to use listening to this.. I'd probably feel tones like here in the walls and all around me

[@Alexarya22]

The tone of the voices, it is just perfect and connect to your inner soul somehow.

[@isaquebezerra4629]

Mexe com a essência

[@mirt-mirt]

It is the octavists who sing so low, if you want to hear more

[@joemidnight2404]

This song is hauntingly beautiful.

[@sparky_boomstick]

This is some of the best music on the face of the planet.

[@hereandnow990]

Yes, and the mysty mountain too from "Hobbit"

[@setterhound7765]

ol fortuna from da old spice ad when i was a kiiid. that rocks deep

[@Violet_Skzgirl]

agreed

[@gustavojoserodriguez7475]

Caribbean from Puerto Rico.. Hoist the colours high 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

[@WarDog793]

The Wellermen are just about the best group to perform this song. Just yesterday I received their CD and spent most of today listening to it. I thank you from the bottom of my soul you made it available. The Wellermen are without peer in acapella performing. Their harmony, vocal intonation and clarity of their voices are so superb it almost brings me to tears listening to them. They recorded a great selection of songs on the album, many I'd never heard before but will want to listen to again and again.

[@mikeferruzza6915]

Search up peyton perrish on this song

[@WarDog793]

@@mikeferruzza6915 Thank you! Hmmm, would his style be called Norse metal? I bookmarked his channel for later viewing. Got more mundane things to do today before that.😠 Life calls...

[@michaelmarciniak8627]

Love the norse kick to the song.

[@WilliamCelandine]

It doesn't have one

[@ashleycunningham8484]

I'm obsessed with this song!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@jesuseduardo5658]

Me too. Impresive voices....

[@execatty]

Agreed can't stop listening

[@ashtonflowers186]

Same

[@hahuho1]

こんなにドラマチックな一曲はないよ 素晴らし過ぎる

[@jk22222sd]

This is easily one of my favorite songs!!! So happy to have found it on a KZbin short!!

[@maggyme2201]

wow, love this version of the song. Your voices are incredible!

[@thehouseofgames8066]

My bones may never stop feeling the reverberations of that heavenly bass and I could live off of the feeling

[@golden_gaming2137]

This song hits on a different frequency than other music. It’s soo soothing

[@giltiger]

Their voices just hit to the SOUL... Anyone who served anytime in a ship (war or merchant) at a rough ocean real experience, simply can not ignore this song... I JUST CANT!!!

[@lifeofhinakhan4377]

Leaving my comment here, so anyone like it will get in my feed and i will not forget this song

[@mrscalifdreamer]

I didn't even realize I was hardly breathing until the end of the song! All I can say is just...WOW!!!!

[@haileypearson6867]

You reminded me to breathe thanks lol

[@Thatonebeans]

Oh god now I have to manually breathe

[@jueiyinchu5499]

Me too 😮

[@Chelseachrystal2013]

They’re going on tour!!!!

[@tripical]

Do y’all listen to this in your car on the aux?

[@giannis_tsolis]

By far the most atmospheric song ever

[@Eiihime]

This is one of the most beautiful things humanity has ever come together to create. Those deep voices just somehow have the ability to touch something that´s deep, deep in us all, deeper than the sea the voices are singing about... magical.

[@mirt-mirt]

Try octavists they have deep voices.

[@CaroKannDummy]

@@mirt-mirtbass has the deepest of voices

[@mirt-mirt]

Octavists are really low bases

[@mirt-mirt]

Like C1 range

[@HamsterTycoon]

The king and his men stole the queen from her bed And bound her in her bones The seas be ours beyond the powers Where we will, we'll roam [Chorus] Yo, ho, all hands Hoist the colours high Heave ho, thieves and beggars Never shall we die Yo, ho, haul together Hoist the colours high Heave ho, thieves and beggars Never shall we die Yo, ho, haul together Hoist the colours high Heave ho, thieves and beggars Never shall we die

[@kentworch]

I absolutely love the deep vocals here.

[@mirt-mirt]

It's a type of singing called octavism.

[@CharlieKarp-dj4lv]

i love this song

[@cadenjordan-zu2vl]

yall know the meaning of the song right? the meaning of the song is A dangerous song to be singing...for any who are ignorant of its meaning." The song Hoist the Colours told the tale of the binding of Calypso (Marilyn's real mother) by the Pirate King and the first Brethren Court. It was also used as the method of summoning the Court to stand together in the pirates' most dire need.

[@JaydenTanner-v1h]

It don't matter what it means it it a good song

[@cadenjordan-zu2vl]

@@JaydenTanner-v1h i know i like the song too

[@Kutte666]

it does matter ... thx for mention the background of it

[@asma12679]

Why it’s dangerous to be singing ?

[@wyattearp911]

​careful with the word "ignorant". Thats definitely uncalled for

[@Tracy_R]

When I started seeing videos the water and the boats and the sound of your all's voices, put tears in my eyes. I seriously would never get on those boats. You guys are awesome❤

[@GrantKingMusic]

That should be 'Fiddler's Green,' the afterlife where good sailors go.

[@roflchiefmcjoflchief1791]

"Feed the scream" is pretty metal tho You are correct, btw

[@hadeez2651]

Sea men have my forever respect. Putting up an sometimes unwinnable fight against nature just so we puny humans can do a little bit better..

[@Travis.Crotte]

I litterally got goosebumps from this song. It really penetrated my soul. Its shows how talented you guys, are. Thank you

[@spoonfullofdeath]

I bet it did

[@miraclenichols4332]

OMG just a haunting & beautiful rendition of this song! Had to look it up!!! This song 🎵 is crazy in my brain!!!! Love love love it!!! Thank you!!!

[@IronSladN]

This song is actually like really good, it’s powerful and broad. I get goosebumps. 🔥🔥🔥

[@BuyoganExtendedStories]

This song reminds me of Pirates and Vikings. Truly an epic music ❤❤❤

[@christophertmunro4503]

The best part of ocean history told in one song!!!!

[@mallariculp3551]

The footage is spectacular!

[@WolfeTone66]

Magical voices, bravo..👏👏

[@strikeforcealpha9343]

Never shall we die!

[@bagos11]

God's world is beautiful. We as humans find it scary, but it shows a glimpse of God's wisdom and power. Another kind of beauty.

[@michaeldebidart]

1:36 the lyric is “we lay to Fiddler’s Green” not “we lay to feed the scream”

[@Nonyabizznezz2]

It's so hauntingly beautiful! It calls to my spirit.

[@philb707]

This song is the epitome of the ocean

[@jerrystvchannel]

National anthem of the sea ⛵🌊

[@jfriar]

Makes my hair stand on end! Bravo! 😊

[@catherinerosa-baker2937]

I agree a Navy accompaniment to this song or just ships at sea to this song. I just heard it for the first time today I didn't know it went to the movie parts of the Caribbean this is such a haunting beautiful song and it honors all the Shipmates out there and ones that love to see I'm going through many videos and I can't believe there's not one out there that just has ships the ocean and their song that you can hear. . The Wellerman are the best. I love it

[@csmith3243]

A song that feels like the end is soon

[@ASavageEye]

Because that is exactly when it is supposed to be sung..at the end of it all when you are at your most desperate and in need of great aid. Pirates of the Caribbean made great use of it and the history of the song.

[@Cat-no8ts]

Incredible voices! Love it.

[@amalbolot2217]

What beautiful vocals

[@RickyMoss]

The voices are so deep. I think it's actually the ocean itself singing

[@mirt-mirt]

Try octavism

[@donnythomson1417]

I started out singing, with my parents, when I was 5 . I've always loved different kinds of music. When I heard The Wellermen sing this song, I was super impressed. I also don't need to get music from 'shorts' or 'tictac' videos, my playlist is broad.

[@chingmakjank9962]

This masterpiece gives me goosebumps. Love from Nagaland.

[@hepaticanobilis9700]

Love from Sweden.

[@murkymurk8305]

no oceans lol

[@verra7425]

Голоса глубокие, как глубины океанов, такая мощь и сила, что страшно, перед стихиями люди просто беспомощны.

[@lawrencequave7361]

When I was maybe 3 or 4 years old (74 years ago) I heard this song for the very first time. The only words I understood were, "Yo ho. All hands. Hoist tha ... tha" in a very deep male voice. After that, I hummed along as best I could. Even at that young age, to me it was a foreboding song that belonged to the horrors (sharks, giant squid, and otherwise ugly sea creatures) of the deep. When I was ten or so and would go fishing with my dad and something ominous would begin to happen, I would break out singing those few words I knew, and would continue humming. That's all I ever knew about the song until now. "Yo ho ..."

[@AprilReigns18]

Hmm. Those creatures probably find us hideous as well.

[@cancanturco]

I loved this music

[@John2verse5]

The waters command "Holy Respect" (fear of GOD) !!! First 10 seconds = underwater earthquake

[@vishnukumari1689]

Deep+scary+beauty= touch the soul❤

[@HueManna]

That ending is epic!

[@hepaticanobilis9700]

Sooo gooood!

[@yepitsme3336]

I could watch this video and listen to this masterpiece all day looooong.... yo ho....

[@bhavanii900yt]

From India, it's really heart touching....

[@unnamedracer9757]

Can’t wait to listen to this in my car on the way to work tomorrow, get the bass bumpin.

[@unnamedracer9757]

I was right, it’s awesome every time

[@eugeniogiordanoorsini1961]

My duck in the bathtub became a Kraken

[@RaccAttacc01]

You missed the opportunity to say it became a Quacken

[@AlexKS1992]

Release the Quacken

[@Arashikage-Snake-Eyes]

beware of the Quacken 🦆

[@desireejohnson716]

I'm just here for the lyrics and his voice or their voices. 😂thanks sea videos❤

[@DumbCup]

This makes me want to construct a steel colossus and travel across endless blue void for months on end

[@Cosmickaiju-808]

Under the steely gaze of the Northern Lights, the vast expanse unfurls. No gentle caress of waves here, but a churn of endless grey, a canvas whipped by howling winds. Icy fingers grip at the lone vessel, testing its resolve against the unrelenting surge. This is no playground for the faint of heart, but a proving ground for the leviathans of the deep. Here, behemoths clad in barnacles pierce the churning surface, their mournful calls echoing across the desolate expanse. Jagged cliffs, sentinels of ages past, stand defiant against the endless assault, their peaks shrouded in an ethereal mist. The very air vibrates with a raw, untamed energy, a constant challenge to those who dare enter its domain. Only the hardiest souls, the veterans forged in the crucible of a thousand storms, would dare navigate these unforgiving waters. Their vessels, testaments to generations of hard-won knowledge, creak and groan under the relentless assault, each creak a story etched in salt and spray. Yet, within their weathered hulls burns an unwavering determination, a spirit that mirrors the untamed wilderness they navigate. For those who seek solace in the familiar embrace of calm shores, this is a realm best left unexplored. But for those who yearn for a challenge that tests the very limits of their mettle, the Northern Sea beckons with a siren song, a promise of adventure etched in ice and brine. So raise your sails, brave hearts, and set course for the untamed north, for only there can true legends be forged.

[@theashen2019]

Dude do you write novels or something? Cus that’s pretty cool.

[@Cosmickaiju-808]

@@theashen2019 well I am writing a Sci Fi story

[@theashen2019]

Cool, dose it have a name I can look out for?@@Cosmickaiju-808

[@favouro6344]

You'll most likely come to your demise

[@emmiellamas-cruz3842]

What a beautiful song...

[@XxBrutus1989xX]

As a fisherman for a long time, north sea or not. I'm not stupid or crazy enough to f*ck with what hides beneath to go for a dip, it doesn't take sea monsters. Rip tides, certain types of waves. Nope! Im on the boat, you play with the fishes.

[@SanjaySam-e6r]

This Song is something one cannot ignore and it reminds the dangers of Sea journey..... The voice of singers is unique, dangerous and real.... Outstanding job done.......

[@groshenarlam]

First time i listen to this and i loved it! Thiw guy has talent

[@shuhratkessikbayev8886]

The ocean is the mother of all life, and lest we don't take care of her, her strength, her might, her tightly kept secrets will be demonstrated to all as she reclaims whats hers.

[@99cham1]

Amen brother

[@osirisfiorentino8526]

Great !!

[@jamesnelson5741]

Chills activated.

[@_Yours_Forever_]

I love this, it's a great ambience to my writing, and overall a great song

[@favieranne466]

Oh la la, ces belles voix graves, c'est magnifique. Cette chanson est envoûtante. Merci les Wellermen 🙏

[@forestranger5408]

This song is amazing. Closed my eyes and imagined that I was on the tall ships and the whole crew was singing this song. My voice is deep but these guys are next level great job 👏🏼👏🏼

[@nastyuhen]

Мощно! 💪🔥 Потрясающие голоса!

[@luiz.henricque]

2:14 the way that the guy realizes the wave's size and runs-

[@shipuaccountingworld4591]

Awesome song

[@derDepp]

The anthem of ocean

[@Violet_Skzgirl]

there voice are very powerful and it literally this song is always stuck in my head like you can never get it out of my head goood job it literally my fav ❤

[@tomekkaminski2677]

I just found it and have to go down and listen this in car :)

[@michellehawk282]

Still remember when i first heard this in the Pirates of the Caribbean. Hans Zimmer was a genius for creating this one, fits so amazingly with the pirate theme.

[@Luminoussound2024]

What a epic memerising masterpiece Lyric video 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@hollywoodpineapple8337]

That last clip was INSANE with the guy right there as the ship rolls in lolz...

[@maxgo9106]

much respect to the crew of this ships!

[@theresamelvin60]

Brilliant song love the tones❤

[@SethMichel-wd2ln]

This is actually amazing

[@jfriar]

Encore! Encore! 😊

[@hishamfouad841]

I love this

[@almeshkg]

same

[@GeekNArtist]

I love how you arranged the scary oceanic visuals to suit this dramatic song.

[@Flummeryman]

Yo ho, all hands, hoist the colors high, heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die

[@GreenRoom.-oz1tk]

Jesus!!! 🔥🔥🔥🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@brasaepenta2002]

we takin Poseidon out the Mariana trench with this one 💪 🔱

[@KingJim97]

After a few watches i find myself singing along to this version. Thanks for doing the full version of this as well btw ❤

[@sabinaahmedova7161]

Очень люблю эту композицию. Когда слушаешь ее ,кажется,что углубляешься вглубь.👏👏👏👏👏

[@Annamaria-px7od]

Singing, himm is fantastic, wonderful, exciting, beautiful music Canti, inni, fantastici emozionanti, musica meravigliosa . Parole terribili!! 🎶❤️🎶 Greeting from Italy

[@rosaliedaubney4049]

Fantastic song. And that deep deep bass 👍Watching the power of the sea. Think of the Atlantic convoys ? OMG

[@SirMoribund]

Good gosh that's low. love it.

[@user-tf1tn8vq9y]

How many of them watched North Sea videos and came here to listen music

[@Neona338]

🤚

[@chadchemersin3658]

Yep, me.

[@deejayolis]

Hhhereeee

[@lootsnuthouse9462]

Me😂

[@sankarnathan7064]

Me too

[@Nonyabizznezz2]

Literally ever thing they sing is simply amazing. Like this type music? Watch the movie fisherman friends. So good!!!

[@DeLayneJoseph1104]

Love the music! Thank you for the movie recommendation. I will definitely try to find it.

[@coolkid006]

lol not me following alone 🤣 one of the only rare instances where my deep voice is useful 😂😂