The Evolution of Diggy Diggy Hole

HOLY SHIT, Thank you all SO MUCH for now 690,000+ views. Nice
UPDATE: Well, it reached 1 mil views. Between everything I have going on right now in life, I want to get to work on a sequel to this video, compiling every version I can find. But my life is already stacked, so I can only get to it when I have the time.
This is something I would never have imagined would happen to one of my videos.
So much love for all of you!!!
I thought for 100k views I would finally make a thumbnail for this video instead of using the automatic one, just to celebrate.
This is a compilation of how Diggy Diggy hole became what we know today.
All Videos are linked below
I DO NOT own any of them, this is a compilation series only.
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Minecraft - "Shadow of Israphel" Part 8: Diggy Diggy Hole
• Diggy Diggy Hole
Full Video:
• Minecraft - "Shadow of...
Posted:
February 3, 2011
YOGSCAST Lewis & Simon:
/ @yogscast
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Dwarf Hole (Diggy Diggy Hole)
• Minecraft - ♪ Dwarf Ho...
Posted:
August 15, 2011
YOGSCAST Lewis & Simon:
/ @yogscast
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Diggy Diggy Hole
• ♪ Diggy Diggy Hole
Posted:
July 11, 2014
YOGSCAST Lewis & Simon:
/ @yogscast
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Diggy Diggy Hole (Offical Video)
• WIND ROSE - Diggy Digg...
Posted:
June 6, 2019
Wind Rose (Napalm Pecords upload):
/ napalmrecords

[@TheScienceNerd100]

The sequel to this video will begin production soon, I didn't realize how fast this video would hit 1 mil. Between my full time job and sleep, I don't have too much time to work on it. But I will begin making the video soon. And yes, I will include the Dance Remix and the Longest Johns cover in the updated one. Because so many people are saying it, I am not adding the Diggy Diggy Hole Danve remix. Due to the music video will prob get the video age restricted and I don't want that on a video when the bulk of it is just normal sfw songs showing the evolution of a meme. If you want to see the Dance Remix, here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ-lp3iamdZqpNk

[@snoopypeanuts9160]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ-lp3iamdZqpNk

[@luckyluke3254]

Fair enough Though adding it would make it complete...

[@thebanananacam]

It is not a meme, it is a legend.

[@zandardouble0798]

You can't forget stabby stabby souls by literallyNoOne

[@Magic__7]

why did know one tell me about this what am i even paying you people for

[@L.J.Kommer]

From a joke, to a meme, to a power metal song. The internet is weird.

[@Spacey_key]

indeed

[@kuramakuramagolden5298]

truly

[@dragonmaster613]

This is the true power of the Internet! Rejoice in its glory!

[@MajesticDemonLord]

When you truly understand Power Metal, you realise that this is merely a logical progression...

[@Hellsong89]

@@MajesticDemonLord Some of more cynical would say that its more of metal bands running out of ideas, but yeah this song begged for metal cover, but i still like the animation version and the the first version aint bad at all.

[@MrPatchy248]

I wonder if Simon realizes the cultural impact he's had from that quick joke

[@LordBaldur]

He does and apparently they love the Wind Rose cover.

[@Naesil89]

I mean if I had to guess it was Simon also who wrote the lyrics for the actual finished song also. So yes he knows.

[@TheFluorescentNinja]

@@Naesil89 Also sang the lead vocals.

[@HanzTheODST]

Bro inspired a power metal band to cover it which is crazy

[@MDG-mykys]

He knows that that's his only legacy lol

[@alchemist3661]

"What's your favorite kind of music?" "Bardcore" "You mean hardcore?" "Nope"

[@xenogorwraithblade2538]

That reminds me, I haven't checked Hildegard Von Bingin's channel in awhile.

[@Titopaivag3]

@@xenogorwraithblade2538 Tis truly lovely how the fine maiden Hildergard became a synonim to barcore

[@judahariesaquino5199]

When feasts happens and their legendary words: Dig holes, eat in feasts, get drunken, repeat.

[@XtreemAlan]

It’s an underrated genre

[@promocode3176]

Beardcore*

[@jebgutz6540]

"I am an elf and i am hugging a Tree, huggy huggy tree, huggy huggy tree" - some guy in the comment section in Wind Rose's Version

[@harkatmold]

Wow hahaha 😂

[@g0lgrim1]

@@harkatmold I am an Ent and i am the tree, i am the tree, the elf was hugging me!

[@thecoloradokid5418]

@@g0lgrim1 I am groot, Im a tree, Im a tree, Rocket was hugging me

[@chillycatman-4791]

@@thecoloradokid5418 *Snaps fingers* Bye-bye Groot ;)

[@stantrien8106]

"Buildy Buildy Tower"

[@jayfuri5835]

Do not cite the deep magics to me witch, I was there when it was written

[@zenmanlovesgames9906]

Illiterate Cactus Stunning Meme Usage!

[@jetpackdog3427]

*Hell yes*

[@koprotheka6055]

Lol

[@Prefusify]

Illiterate Cactus I see your a man of culture too.

[@zayermaster]

Beautiful

[@robertkendzie3]

So like the dwarves to take a song that was meant to mock them and turn it into an anthem about how absolutely epic they are.

[@user-nz2vk9rq6y]

Bassically waht happened with americans and Yankee doodle.

[@danieloceansmith3156]

Yup

[@lordnul1708]

@@user-nz2vk9rq6y indeed. There are other examples, but the two do stand out.

[@obi-wank-enobi]

Pretty much americans

[@DISTurbedwaffle918]

So basically what everyone does when England makes a song about them?

[@audungevik6725]

"We need a song, something funny, light hearted. And up beat." Well, that went kind of sideways...

[@citrus.ailuri]

Well, upbeat's still there.

[@garfieldatfreddys5381]

@@citrus.ailuri It's also still funny and light-hearted TBH. I think maybe Audun meant to highlight how this epic song started out as a simple joke in a minecraft video.

[@citrus.ailuri]

@@garfieldatfreddys5381 You have a point. Still pretty amazing just how much it's evolved over time

[@blackjack7654]

Now that we have the dance remix of the meter version it's gone full circle

[@jediknightking]

Wind rose actually said that they wanted to do the perfect dwarf song. But they soon realized that the Yogscast had beat them to it.

[@Grimmrog]

indeed, but I admit disneys heigh ho is not bad either, the lyrics fit very much to the typical dwarf behavior of digging for not much of a reason than digging.

[@jediknightking]

@@Grimmrog oh I agree.

[@sologamer3122]

​@Grimmrog true, but metal is so much more fitting for Dwarven culture.

[@PierceArner]

Alternate title: *The Origin of Dwarven Metal*

[@kerlongsjorlejov1945]

Than you'd have to look back at WindRose. Those guys got a longer history than just this video.

[@murloc1696]

We have a goblin metal band (Nekrogoblikon) and now a dwarf metal band (wind rose) what else? Dragon jazz?

[@kerlongsjorlejov1945]

@@murloc1696 Give it time. There will come one.

[@saveusbloodymess]

@@murloc1696 There are several troll metal bands(Finntroll, Litvintroll, Troll Bends Fir, Trollfest, Trollgasm, FolkNTroll), I think Powerwolf is werewolf metal, and countless pirate metal bands.

[@meemdic8682]

the triforce charmander *jazz music starts*

[@sauceboitest_monster_1srev650]

somebody : *literally mines a hole in minceraft while singing a joke song with just a few words* everyone: fuk yea

[@M3rk420]

beamts

[@cibrig8719]

"somebody"

[@inihccecb1924]

@@cibrig8719 the nerve

[@DXNE_XIII]

Mince

[@queencyrys6309]

And with that statement you have made me feel my crushing age. Holy shit, it is literally unfathomable to me that someone could be into minecraft and not intimately know the name of the yogscast. My time has passed and i must rejoin the earth

[@GiantButterKnife]

I first heard the Wind Rose version on a random Spotify power metal playlist. It was a good 6-12 months before I learned its true origins as a cover.

[@russellmiller5457]

Same

[@chriswanes5046]

@@russellmiller5457 I just went through this exact process.

[@JoshMcSwain]

Same

[@426shelby426]

And here I am trying to convince some1 that this sing has other origins the deep rocks

[@trixiebewitched]

I grew up with the 1st 3 iterations of diggy diggy hole. The power metal version was unknown to me until last month and i laughed my ass off seeing it become a legit metal song

[@Jaeeden]

The beauty of the internet: turning a small snippet of a bunch of friends making a joke song into a meme then into a fucking metal song.

[@jacksnexus2616]

I am... [ ] a man [ ] a woman [X] a dwarf And I am.... [ ] looking for a man [ ] looking for a woman [X] digging a hole

[@sleekotter1109]

I fucking lost it here dude, thanks man.

[@creepalotl8841]

Diggy diggy hole

[@waldowaggins1330]

69th like, nice

[@renbirbattorney8105]

Engineer*

[@rocifier]

and it still takes you to the same listings no matter what you choose

[@hydrahunter4629]

Some friends and I preformed this at a talent show once, with actual instruments, and we easily won the talent show. Proudest day of my life

[@moistbender148]

[Everyone liked that]

[@rockythewolf5190]

Its a shame i dont believe you since ive seem comments like this on plenty of songs and arent even on the creators channel like this. Im sorrry i just cant. I get it you could just be trying to be nice but still therecare too many

[@jacobwilson8579]

That is just amazing like seriously well done

[@TristanDoingGood]

It's all down hill from here

[@OrionBright]

@@rockythewolf5190 maybe its because people actually are performing music at talent shows? ever thought about that?

[@zakjplays4505]

The fact that wind rose used the yogcast vocals as back up is amazing they really did care about this masterpiece

[@ryanconners3048]

"suckled from a teat of stone" is still the best line ever

[@JaelinBezel]

I think it is teat of snow

[@quanlinglingjrchicken3946]

@@JaelinBezel it’s stone

[@Dreamfillah]

'The earth is our cradle; the mountain shall become our tomb' goes way too hard

[@quanlinglingjrchicken3946]

@@Dreamfillah I am a dwarf and I am digging a hole

[@jarrodsteers8991]

That is some humble background. I bet those Minecraft players never thought their small song would shine like a diamond in the rough.

[@Sanquinity]

Not just any minecraft players. It could be said that their series was one of "the big ones" that helped make minecraft so popular in the beginning. I remember watching the series while playing myself after I had just bought the game. Good times. :)

[@gungagaslayer9216]

THOSE Minecraft players have names, peasant!!!

[@Sanquinity]

@@gungagaslayer9216 Well duh, Simon and Lewis. I watched their let's play series back in the day and it got me to buy the game and play it myself while continuing to watch their series.

[@gungagaslayer9216]

@Sanquinity Whoopsy Daisy I didn’t meant you I forgot to @...

[@Sanquinity]

@@gungagaslayer9216 Oh okay. :P

[@Trackman71]

The Wind Rose Version Just makes a joke song into a badass song.

[@mallusaih]

They are a heavy metal band of course they will

[@liosdrkblood]

I remember seeing they dropped this song and my only thought was "wait... the fucking yogscast song!? Does Simon know about this!?"

[@Just_A_Dude]

@@mallusaih Indeed. You can't parody Metal, for metal is self-aware of its own silliness, so a parody of Metal is just more Metal. Just look at DethKlok.

[@geedub88]

I saw Wind Rose in October. When they played this, the crowd went nuts. One of my mates said that the night had peaked. We still had Beast in Black, and Gloryhammer to get through.

[@liosdrkblood]

@@geedub88 that had to have been an awesome show

[@Rowrin]

Man, you know you're old when there are videos out there documenting and explaining things you have watched happen.

[@cyprio_]

i´m not even old and watched it happen 😭

[@albertlofling7310]

​@@cyprio_ sorry, we dont make the rules, you must now go into retirement

[@katyusha9561]

bro, this song and other minecraft songs were my childhood, and im not even 20 yet

[@mrfigaloopierre9610]

if this song is all that remains of humanity, it was all worth it

[@TheArtisticDragonStudio]

The future civilisations would believe that we were badass dwarves. Nice.

[@fyrefly6479]

Everyone's forgetting about the fact that choirs sang this to raise 400,000$ to give cows, goats, and bees to Africa.

[@danieloceansmith3156]

.... some how I doubt the bees part...

[@angelafwuffycuddles5806]

Bees are important for aggriculture but are risky to handle...

[@kerstinhansch7687]

And with bees you can make Honey, and Honey you use for making mead whitch truely every dwarf loves

[@danielauen7790]

Im gonna need a link to that. For, you know, science.

[@samanthavanscoder9536]

@@angelafwuffycuddles5806 I know lots of people who do it as a side gig so it can't be that bad

[@TNinja0]

"Oh, history of the evolution of a great piece? Sure, I'll look." "Wait, Minecraft is HOW OLD!?"

[@DGcontext]

10 years- (I think you may know that but I'm saying it anyways lol)

[@Ryan-jk6mg]

I was there when it was free and it was glorious

[@AvlinJavin]

My hubby started playing it again after a few years. It's the only game I EVER encoutered, that got more expensive with time. Now you're paying 30 bucks for the normal starter pack.

[@lertik3898]

@@AvlinJavin That's surprising, there's a lot of game whose price increases with each update, especially when they are sold during beta/alpha

[@baconwizard]

@@AvlinJavin i think you can still get it for 15 on a sale, depending where you buy it, the sales might be regular

[@fishpop]

The fact that the Wind Rose version exists is amazing. A dumb internet song covered by a legit band.

[@AdamMclardy]

It’s almost the other way around. Wind Rose exists because of this song

[@papasheev5252]

@@AdamMclardythat’s not true, they literally have music released before they did that cover lol

[@antmess9789]

​@papasheev5252 And yet, I've heard when they perform, people mock boo them if they leave the stage without performing this song. They are primarily known for this song alone. So he wasn't wrong. They exist because of this cover.

[@papasheev5252]

@@antmess9789I mean, he legitimately is wrong. There is no interpretation here. Wind rose already existed before they covered this song. Just because it made them more well known doesn't mean they wouldn't have existed if they didn't cover the song lol.

[@DuskyGypsy]

I sometimes throw hella crazy ragers at my house. Some years ago I nearly got fired from my own party because drunk me *really* wanted to listen to Diggy Hole. On loop. I kept sneaking off with the remote and putting it on again, think I made my poor friends listen to Diggy Hole at least 12 times that night. This still gets brought up like 5 years later.

[@SupersuMC]

You must be too much fun at parties. XD

[@aidang7278]

You have taught me a piece of KZbin history. Thank you.

[@PeterPlaysgamez]

no it’s minecraft history

[@decimation9780]

Mining and Crafting Playz Can’t it be both?

[@PeterPlaysgamez]

Sure

[@N0RZC]

I destroyed it I made it 301

[@thatredpyro6890]

6:19 where men cried

[@commandogaming2274]

“We can never dig too deep” *Bedrock would like to know your location*

[@eisenmann_d]

_Balrog entered the world_

[@john02222]

Creative easy

[@mr_fahrenheight1728]

Y:3

[@zandardouble0798]

Scicraft would like to know your location

[@Kenionatus]

As a Dwarf Fortress player, this has a certain irony to it. :) Digging deep is Fun, after all.

[@celarc99]

And now Clamavi De Profundis, one of the most renown fantasy music orchestras on KZbin, has made their remix. What a legend.

[@king_tutankhamun]

they’re my favorite rendition of this song 10000%

[@iamtheyeti6663]

"We can never dig too deep!!" *laughs in balrog*

[@Hivedragon]

That what I was thinking XD

[@Alizudo]

THAT'S THE JOOOKE

[@nakotakao90]

hold my ale

[@steve_broxi]

"fly you fools"

[@vardmardrhrolfskogr9009]

Laughs in drow

[@someoneawesome8717]

This song inspired a part of my D&D campaign with a mining town where the dwarves were renowned for their singing voices as music kept them in tempo for their work (my character's people) and you don't realize how much you need a dwarf bard until you have to play without one. May the character afterlife welcome L'orella Songstone with raised voices and lots of mead!

[@anahongow5801]

Me and my party are currently toying with the idea of making an entire metal band of dwarf bards. Their axes/pickaxes double as their guitars. And the drummer drums with battle hammers.

[@dennyzeroco9452]

How about a dwarf that sings sea shanties?

[@someoneawesome8717]

@@dennyzeroco9452 that could be cool, if it weren't for the fact that most dwarves live in landlocked regions and are as buoyant as cannonballs

[@Kwynn_productions]

Damn that's such a good character idea man, and great backstory!

[@dancingcarapace]

This is actually a very logical reason for singing in the mines. That’s why Sea Shanties and Slave Music was sung. Each song was used for a specific task (such as breaching the topsails, cleaning the deck, those kinds of things)

[@vidard9863]

That first one was amazing, not as polished as the others, but it created so much out of so little.

[@Snoupity]

It's what I'm thinking too

[@ghxstleader485]

Not to mention catchy. I find myself singing it without having heard it in years.

[@Sanquinity]

The first one was basically a fan creation done for free. The second one was the team actually having a song written, going to a studio, properly recording the song. And the last one was a professional metal band covering the song. It's like the song keeps evolving. :P

[@john02222]

@@Chrome2105 then one day probably a religion of some sort and I would probably follow it to be real

[@v.k.p.7174]

Its like relativity theory and the fat man. Like the V-2 rocket, and the Apollo program. Like the creation of Valve, and the creation of Half-life. Its straight up history.

[@DrPonner]

According to my mum, this song isn’t realistic because dwarves would never say “diggy diggy”

[@timothyr.cyphers6939]

Digging digging? Digged digged? Digs digs? Dig and dig? ...

[@rosesnviolets7444]

Minecraft also isn’t realistic because cows aren’t made of cubes but look where we are now

[@DrPonner]

@@rosesnviolets7444 my mum doesnt play minecraft

[@rosesnviolets7444]

@@DrPonner but surely she’d know the basic premise, right?

[@jackb.2245]

Well not with THAT attitude!

[@alexabplanalp4455]

That metal cover was the greatest gift to come from all of this

[@ikathesquid0921]

now the true question is: are you a dwarf that is digging a hole?

[@TheScienceNerd100]

maybe

[@johnjunkersfeld2964]

It turns out, the true Dwarves were the Holes we dig along the way.

[@lithorielle]

@@johnjunkersfeld2964 That's pretty deep...

[@doctorchaotic3415]

@@johnjunkersfeld2964 im actually 15 and this is deep

[@andreaseverin1346]

@@lithorielle Not really, a hole the size of a dwarf wouln't even reach 5 feet

[@konvict63]

I would just like to add some lore to the evolution of this meme/song. The guy who sang the original diggy diggy hole song in the first video used a ‘welsh’ accent. Wales is a mountainous part of the United Kingdom where historically the men would work as coal miners, so if you are British and want to impersonate a dwarf you would naturally use a ‘welsh’ accent.

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

And yet all D&D dwarves are Scottish

[@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479]

@@HistoritorJimaldus that's because scottish sounds manly and almost inaudible, scotland was also colonised by vikings... who had the first dwarf types as mountain spirits who craft and mine, basically dwarves are scottish, scandinavian and welsh in nature

[@thestabbybrit4798]

For whatever reason, the Welsh accent became associated with Elves, especially Wood Elves, which may also explain why Scottish became Dwarfish.

[@Gothicktouch]

Hellowww I'm from WAAAYYYYEEELLLLSSSSS

[@Strafely]

Correct, I can do a brilliant dwarf voice by doing a welsh accent as I’m British!

[@mephostopheles3752]

Oh my god, Diggy Diggy Hole turns 10 years old in four days. Jesus Christ.

[@wingedfish1175]

As much as I love the wind rose version as it's bought a whole lot of new fans I still prefer the more orchestral animated version it's just has this melancholy vibe near the end I love

[@dallaswalters2365]

Ah, the ancient texts! After all these years, I have finally discovered them.

[@daimyoo1904]

I was there. so young. old youtube I never experienced mainly because I let my older brothers do it for me because I didn’t know how to use computer

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

lol so true

[@resukio1395]

@@daimyoo1904 I remember I played this all the time on full volume in any public place I was. I was 5 years old and I must have been a pain to deal with. 🤣

[@john02222]

@@resukio1395 na just spreading the master pice

[@codyyoung5946]

We were all there when the deep magic was written

[@shadowlucario7125]

The best part is that with each new version it is less and less a joke and more and more just an amazing song.

[@noahperkins4716]

Now there is the Longest Johns cover which is just peak music

[@shadowlucario7125]

@@noahperkins4716 yuuuuup

[@Dragnsayr-ik7xg]

I just love the context of all this, people went to such lengths to recreate and remake a small tune that was sung about digging up some dirt and actually got it to the same status as some legendary things

[@alaric5521]

I love the evolution from a little joke from a KZbinr from to a meme song to a badass animated song to a banger of a mettle song and it started with "I am a dwarf an I'm digging a hole" in a a low quality mincraft video with lower quality audio

[@vicentesilvah.9880]

"This is ridiculous" If only they knew that it would become a masterpiece of legends

[@kerlongsjorlejov1945]

The fact it went from an upbeat line went to the breakthrough of a Dwarfen Metal Band. This is just great.

[@Agent719]

I didn't know this song existed 13 minutes ago... now I absolutely love it.

[@brycevo]

I remember being there when the Yogs first forged this song. We never knew how big it would be. Hail to Honeydew and Bless Blue Xephos.

[@sadlobster1]

I wonder how surprised YOGCast was when they learned that their little joke evolved into such a big thing later on

[@GolyenHighway]

They made a reaction to it with a few members.

[@wordbearer8202]

@@GolyenHighway link?

[@GolyenHighway]

@@wordbearer8202 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b52rgWR6f9-ZaK8

[@concept5631]

@@GolyenHighway Link?

[@GolyenHighway]

@@concept5631 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b52rgWR6f9-ZaK8

[@comradecody5872]

Never do I think anyone, any generation had a song that grew up as they did. The Shadow of Israphel video came out when I was still in elementary. Then came those fan 2D and 3D animations a little while later to an official song. Funny enough, as I was entering Middle school. Now there’s a beautiful and badass metal cover released as I’m in high school... this has seriously grew up with me and many MANY others. And I love that O so much

[@highestalmond7558]

Yo same, like exact same

[@rociorobalo6445]

Same! First elementary, then high school, now I'm in the university and realizing I have known the song for so long and that it has come such a long way is madness

[@Sanquinity]

I didn't grow up with the song (I was 24 back then) but it's still amazing to see a jokey song in a game to have some fun slowly evolve and become a proper metal song in the end. :D

[@shapedinthedark8144]

Literally the exact same

[@icyytriveta5382]

Same dude I feel you it’s so weird to say these but Minecraft has probably impacted so many more lives then people would like to admit

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

One short joke spawned the most epic form of rock ever made: Dwarven Rock. Seriously, check out wind rose's other works. I personally enjoy "Drunken Dwarves".

[@daikansanchez7674]

I prefer "Wolf's Call" and "Mine! Mine! Mine!", the epicness and emotion in those two songs are... really deep;)

[@dirkwillemdikland6180]

saw windrose live last saturday they ended the show with diggy hole, it was freaking amazing the whole crowd was chanting.

[@sethbrisby9312]

"We can never dig too deep" that's what the dwarves of Khazad-Dûm thought too...

[@Alizudo]

That's The Joke

[@sarahgraves6759]

Also the ones in... Every fortress I've ever designed in THAT game.

[@masonbarber871]

@@sarahgraves6759 Because digging deep is Fun right? (I assume you're talking about dwarf fortress)

[@sarahgraves6759]

@@masonbarber871 lol! Oh yeah! All the friends I've made down there over the years! xD

[@benjaminstiles]

My thought exactly!

[@darcidious99]

The most beautiful part about this meme *ahem* i mean, masterpiece' s evolution is that with each advancement it has a more dwarvish sound to it every iteration to it. It's not often a song can be remade and improved upon without damaging it, but this song has truly set itself apart.

[@honeydew256]

Austin Henderson exactly, they went from saying once to repeating it many times over, then they made it an 2D animation with real lyrics that people sang a-lot to. Finally we’ve got this badass metal cover where they kick it up like 20 levels of dwarvish. It’s always amazing to see people just taking one tiny thing and turning it into a “hole” new thing.

[@yuithekitsune]

ARPGA Code it’s not a pretty poe- song but it is pretty “deep”

[@honeydew256]

Flipperfire113 The flaming seal really “digging” deep for that “gold”

[@darcidious99]

You guys should really "mine" your own business

[@Clatgineer]

Very few songs are in this club, most of them are undertale however

[@RaventailBlacktalon]

This proves what I've always known - Power metal just makes everything that much more amazing

[@sirrliv]

Now we need an updated 2023 version that includes The Longest Johns Community Collaboration version. Returns to tradition and brought the Yogscast themselves to tears. Absolutely beautiful how this silly little song has become such a KZbin touchstone.

[@diogogarcia9061]

This deserves a special spot in KZbin heaven

[@redwoodeagle15]

But It's not dead yet.

[@Zoinkin89]

Goldinho Gordo no it shall never die

[@CoozyBTW]

@@Zoinkin89 It has an Infinite amount of Totems of undying

[@diogogarcia9061]

@@Zoinkin89 thanks for correcting me friend Truer, have never been spoken

[@doctorchaotic3415]

Not only in Heaven In Valhalla aswell brothers

[@jums8224]

"Some lighthearted and up-beat..." old dwarf geezer : I AM A DWARF AND IM DIGGING A HOLE

[@NarVorty]

Good lord, I can remember watching SOI when it was current and still being uploaded, then kind of fading out of watching the yogscast after I graduated. Had no idea "diggy diggy hole" was turned into a seriously badass metal song Thanks, youtube random recommendations! And thanks OP for making the video cataloguing the changes the song has seen! :D

[@nukedpyro]

Insane to think were old enough to remember when these videos were fresh and waiting for the next episode. Blast from a past im very happy to remember clearly

[@braders790boop]

The lyrics for the proper song are actually good and flow well. thats what suprisess me the most and why I keep listening to it. Is because its genuinely a good song in its own right.

[@Seaprimate]

The most dwarvenly epic dwarf song to ever mine its way through the internet.

[@hmdragon1638]

god i remember watching the first three when they originally came out. man this brought back some great memories, thank you.

[@theliteralicecreamman]

The pride the song induces increases with each edition, it's like an anthem, and I'm a midget, not a dwarf.

[@lukethepotatoking]

It's amazing how people made a song out of a 46 second video. Imagination goes above and beyond

[@endurovro]

It’s amazing how people made music albums out of Morshu, a character that only has two lines of dialogue in the Legend of Zelda game he came from.

[@alwest4472]

@@endurovro hmmm, come back when you’re a little more mmmmm wealthy

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

Creativity unrestricted by corporate greed

[@Crimson-charcoal]

I made a joke and my best friend didn’t get it. I had to send him this to explain. Thank you for making it so much easier

[@UN-fi5wh]

Just 13 minutes of explanationxdd

[@Nuka0420]

Nah ah, 12 minutes and 59 seconds

[@davidec.4021]

Yeah, i always looked like Charlie from It’s Always Sunny explaining this sending 5 links to videos chronologically

[@adenkyramud5005]

Said it to you under that reaction, and I'll say it again. You did a great job and absolutely did this classic justice

[@connortremblay1259]

Oh god, I remember all of these individually in there time. But to see everything compiled like this is like a nostalgia punch to the throat.

[@hardentsergent4964]

Wind rose cover acctualy sounds so good

[@UNSCPILOT]

And looks amazing

[@ankhale1033]

Still the original ( I mean the Diggy Diggy Hold) still the best

[@howardbaxter2514]

Worth noting that the metal community is very familiar with each other, KZbin, and the KZbin community. Look at Sabaton, DragonForce, and Wind Rose. They all interact heavily with KZbinrs and each other.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Yeah. Normally not a metal head (outside of Sabaton because history) but I enjoyed it.

[@thatwolfinyourbackyard6011]

So you mean it shouldn't be good? I mean, you literally just said it actually sounds good. (Yes, i do not care if this was a year ago)

[@Cosmokatze]

This kind of thing makes me want to create a Dwarf in D&D

[@FoxBro2005]

I thought just the same and I think i am going to make a dwarf for my opcoming dnd sesion

[@realjameskii]

@@FoxBro2005 can I ask how it went

[@FoxBro2005]

@@realjameskii i need to start

[@realjameskii]

@@FoxBro2005 ah acceptable, im gonna leave these replies until someone mentions me

[@JoshMcSwain]

I made my next character off this song, figured it was time

[@exidy-yt]

I've never wanted to start a new round of Dwarf Fortress so hard in my LIFE!! Thanks for compiling this. :-) I had never heard the original Minecraft stream that inspired 'diggy diggy hole' so I especially appreciate it.

[@alexconn7473]

Went from being an absolutely hilarious joke to the most awesome thing on earth this thing has come a long way

[@flameoguy3804]

You can tell what generation of Minecraft player you are by which one you're familiar with.

[@drtarran678]

I am familiar with the one from 2011, i feel old

[@UNSCPILOT]

Yup, familiar with all of them, been playing since the Beta, watching this makes me want to return yet again

[@drtarran678]

@@UNSCPILOT last time I played java was in beta 1.8.1

[@thischannelisdead.1219]

I'm familiar with 2011

[@mikedanielespeja6128]

I have watched Minecraft since 2011 but only got around to playing it at 2017.

[@Funkeman]

This is how you properly evolve something. Just got the Wind Rose in my random metal playlist on youtube music and I can't stop listen to it. Never heard it before today.

[@bwcbiz]

Thanks for capturing this bit of internet and Minecraft history... I knew about the original Let's play, but some of the fan versions had slipped past me before they went pro.

[@ChefStache]

It's interesting that this came from Minecraft. I would have imagined it came from dwarf fortress

[@airmanon7213]

Me too! I seriously thought it was a Dwarf Fortress song when I first heard of it from a friend!

[@daikansanchez7674]

The Internet works in mysterious ways...

[@kamilnowakowski3917]

Butterfly Effect in action : from loose shitpost into million views metal song and classic

[@sergeqs22]

'time traveler: said "minecraft" on the street. dwarwen metal: exist

[@tylorfox783]

“We can never dig too deep” *Durin’s Bane would like to know your location*

[@siliciaveerah9327]

The dark elves, deep gnomes, and other creatures of the Underdark want to know your location

[@alexbates8251]

To think the original clip is 10 years old in a few days and I still remember watching the shadow of israphel video the day it came out

[@maryhannah8391]

I know. It baffles me still. My brother likes to sing this when I play minecraft but he never knew where it originated.

[@jesuschrist138]

The first big music video is what you'd listen to when drunk off your ass in a server with your buddies, yet the wind rose cover sounds like a marching tune for a fantasy army

[@borpothewizard]

JESUS?!

[@vivienne6703]

Holy shit it's Jesus Christ!

[@rosesnviolets7444]

This is somehow not the last place I’d expect Jesus to comment

[@alwest4472]

Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ?

[@winter1353]

From a simple joke to a metal music. Upgrades people, upgrades

[@GiantButterKnife]

That's not too odd. I'd wager most of Alestorm and Gloryhammer's songs started as a joke.

[@LUNITICWILL]

@@GiantButterKnife fight for the king, for the hammer, and the ring!....

[@zday6790]

@@LUNITICWILL FIGHT FOR THE ANCIENT STORY! FIGHT TILL WE DIE IN THE BATTLE IN THE SKY!

[@manicseacucumbers4194]

@@zday6790 *_FOR THE POWER AND THE GLORY_*

[@EclipsedEquinox]

Thats a reference i havent heard in a while.

[@Samael78]

I was playing a pirate themed mini golf and they had a pirate instrumental version of this song playing as we went round the holes. It was epic and weird at the same time.

[@azefarma3993]

Nostalgia hit so hard, now I feel old.

[@AliasUndercover]

This got out of hand. I love it when that happens.

[@bigchannel1320]

2011: Yeaaaaa! I am a dwarf! 2014: Brothers of the mine rejoice! Sing, sing, sing with me. 2019: *audible anxiety while also crying inside*

[@Insanonaga]

big channel In a good way I hope? Lol

[@Nobody-jd4fn]

2020 : isolation, *_insanity_*

[@codyyoung5946]

@@Nobody-jd4fn Do not go insane brother! Though times are tough Dwarves power through their mines each and every day, ad we too can power through these dark times! Though we may be unable to see each other we are still side bye side in spirit!

[@Nobody-jd4fn]

@@codyyoung5946 you should tell somebody that

[@bobthebox2993]

The gameplay video was the only piece of the puzzle I was missing, thanks for this video, very informative!

[@MrBerten1]

Honestly this brought me back to some good memories of my childhood. Thanks for the refresher.

[@decrepitmanlet652]

“Diggy diggy hole” *i haven’t heard that sentence in a long time.*

[@Ik7rus]

I will tell my kids thats an anicent treasure of early days of internet.

[@Rusty-oe7mf]

this song should should be in a museum

[@victor_.]

Yes, it should should

[@blahthebiste7924]

*Destroys your weapon and draws 2 cards*

[@brennanvilcheck9469]

@@blahthebiste7924 *Plays Mystical Space Typhoon, preventing you from drawing 2 cards*

[@blahthebiste7924]

@@brennanvilcheck9469 That's not a hearthstone card

[@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479]

Tachnically it already is since we see the kid read about it lmao

[@eleegeant_dergenter]

*_The Fan Animation will always be in my soul_*

[@GameCaveJason]

Man I miss SOI. Such a fun time for minecraft and KZbin. This gave me chills to hear it all again.

[@pozgaming4665]

Can I just bring your attention to how PERFECT that lockstep is in the animated song?

[@smileysatanson3404]

4:03 me and the bois in minecraft vs 8:45 me and my bröthers of metal in minecraft

[@ScurvyBoi]

Is that a motherfucking Brothers of Metal Reference?11!?!?

[@smileysatanson3404]

​@@ScurvyBoi lol just something i wrote

[@alexdoorn234]

@@smileysatanson3404 ah Brothers of Metal is also a band.

[@smileysatanson3404]

@@alexdoorn234 cool

[@kriegscommissarmccraw4205]

Broothers of metal?

[@Oogasra]

One Simple concept of two guys joking around in a Minecraft Campaign has evolved. It's amazing to see how far this cute little song came.

[@animewaifu9264]

Thank you for bringing back good memories my guy you made everyone's day today

[@someguyontheinternet8769]

Both the oficial yogscast one and the metal cover of it sound epic but in different ways

[@thehumblecustodian3804]

Do I know how diggy diggy hole was created? DO I KNOW HOW? I WAS THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED

[@variantgalaxy]

"Do not cite the deep music to me, Dwarf. I was there when it was written."

[@tedarcher9120]

The immortal one, behold!

[@Lurvy1963]

The two later versions of Diggy Diggy Hole had me humming that tune all day and night. Turned what was a lacklustre song to begin with and made it into a theme for fantasy movies and board games involving dwarves. They gave the song more respectability in later years. Very interesting history.

[@flareside259]

Each rendition just got better and better.

[@lukemaxeiner2178]

No one:... Boys locker room:

[@milaan_tm]

D I G G Y D I G G Y H O L E

[@yanderebeef5450]

The thing is, your spot on accurate!

[@stump9644]

PRINCIPAL! THEY'RE TRYING TO ESCAPE! Let them. There is nothing we can do now.

[@jacobgutwill7802]

At the Same moment i I saw your comment they screamed: BROTHERS OF THE MINE REJOICE

[@michaelwellman2036]

COME ON BROTHERS SING WITH ME

[@tincanmaniac1931]

The drummer was amazing on the metal cover

[@hugoping7666]

Thank you, you answered ALL my questions. And more.

[@o0Avalon0o]

Thank you. 🥲 I'm going to play this every time I have to dig out the garden or snow. Very motivational.