Wasteland 3 Soundtrack - Sea Shanty ("Gilligan's Island" Theme Song Cover)

[@superezekill5688]

As a kid growing up in the 90s they were always playing shows like Gilligans Island, Happy Days, Leverne & Shirley, etc. so of course the theme songs were burned into my cortex. Fantastic shows even though I always saw them as shows for old people at the time. Still great to watch, especially when there was nothing else on TV. A couple of years ago I was playing Wasteland 3 and as I was driving around in the Kodiak this track came on the radio. By around the 0:26 mark a huge confused smile started to form on my face even though I didn't know why yet. I started to sing along like i was possessed not knowing where I knew the song from. It took me a few more seconds to remember where this was from. This made me so happy and sad at the same time. Bittersweet because the memories it brought were good but then my happiness and excitement turned to sadness as I realized I had no one to share this with. I lost all of my family a few years before so I carry these memories in silence. That combined with the tragic tone of the game and loss of our world to nuclear war with A.I. really got to me. Just like the fictional characters in the game, wandering the wasteland alone, surviving, and suddenly getting a brief glimpse of life before the dark times. I had to look this up and get the track.

[@inevitableanarchy4203]

Its so funny (and frankly believable) that the iconic TV show stood the test of time and managed to live on as a sea shanty in the post-apocalyptic future.

[@ivancar555]

Sort of like Red Samson and how God's Militia came to be.

[@SuperODST1]

The Postman, the novel, has a detail like this. When people tell stories of the old days they recount ad jingles and theme songs!

[@ZorrodeLaMancha]

For all ye young-ins out there, this is Gilligan’s Island theme song (an “ancient”, b&w TV show) classed up as a sea shanty. I thought it’d be a riot if it was ever done & sure enough, lo & behold this talented group took up the endeavor! Great job!

[@taylorstratford9717]

I was on the Over Map and this song started. And as soon as I registered the lyrics, the Kodiak immediately went into park and I just listened.

[@ThaFashionAssassin]

Same. Then I looked it up here and listened again

[@ludicrous2213]

Same. Didn't want it to get stopped by a random encounter.

[@quhan7664]

The feeling when you drive the Kodiak while listening to this. The feeling of loneliness, the feeling of the wasteland, the feel of hope and despair at the same time.

[@artierosesmithie9191]

WOW! So haunting with that picture, and the music is similar to The Wreck Of The Edmond Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.

[@nathanielhinz4946]

it makes sense for the post apocalyptic setting. In A way the people of the wasteland have been castaway from civilization too.

[@scleralp]

wow! what an unbelievable track.

[@gutspraygore]

The intro to Gilligan's Island was a sea shanty. But they are clearly channeling the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald which is not a sea shanty. It's weird hearing the two mashed together.

[@Phentari]

Yeah, that opening is nearly a direct quote.

[@HandOfThemis]

I disagree about that. We have plenty of modern "shanties" that are technically not sea shanties, but are still considered such. The vibe is more important now than the technical terminology, and this fits in fine. As does The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald imo. If "Northwest Passage" and "Barrett's Privateers" are considered modern shanties, I don't see why Edmund Fitzgerald isn't.

[@gutspraygore]

@@HandOfThemis That's fair. I'm not one to be pedantic. Btw, I looked up both those songs you mentioned and if I'm on a crew and if that doesn't get me singing along then call the police because I've been kidnapped and that person is not me.

[@HandOfThemis]

@@gutspraygore Stan Rogers is a world treasure; he died WAY too young sadly. Died in an airport fire saving random people, like the gigachad that he was. Northwest Passage always wets my eyes a bit, not sure why exactly. It's a pretty upbeat but simultaneously mournful song. I love it.

[@TheOnlyMasterChef]

How did this never play on my play-through? What other songs did I miss? This is art.

[@tefnut777]

Do you have Cult of the Holy Detonation DLC? When I loaded my ongoing campaign after purchasing the DLC this song started playing on the world map right after a radio call serving as DLC quest starter. I'm not sure when and where it triggers when you play a new campaign with Cult of the Holy Detonation purchased. Check out my WL3 music playlist if you want, I believe I added to it all songs from the game kzbin.info/aero/PLgmgN1_TIm6CeUbRErHh29nITFSoigeL3

[@TheOnlyMasterChef]

That's probably it then, I haven't gone through and done any of the DLCs yet. Didn't know they were adding music too, neat.

[@HandOfThemis]

I know I'm late, but I have NEVER heard this song in the game ever. I love the music in the game, and this is the first time i've heard it.

[@I-Am-He.]

The last song Wasteland 3 needs for a cover is “Suicide is painless”, the mash theme song

[@ExhiledGod2]

Oh my god...

[@InternetSupervillain]

Fuck! Thank you! Every single time I look for a song from a video game...it's that one song that NO other person has in the official ODST list.

[@taylorstratford9717]

Do you mean "Light of Aiden"?

[@LargeDrink58]

This shit made me crack up when it came on in game

[@dannyzimmerman5965]

Hate it or like it no matter what you say about wasteland 3 the music is some of the best I had ever heard in any video game. And if you say music in wasteland 3 is bad than God damn it I sure as fuck do not respect your opinions.

[@taylorstratford9717]

I was hooked when you fight the Dorseys on the dam.

[@masterninjamt6497]

Call that a uhhhh 3 mile island tour

[@kadapho]

This is heckin awesome

[@radixreuel7631]

I just found a barnacle under my armpit 💦

[@bradleyrozanski1549]

Thought it was the edmund fitzgerald song cause of the intro.

[@DarthNicky]

the influence is definitely there

[@shawngraham3598]

EPIC~

[@radixreuel7631]

HARDCORE AWESOME 💦

[@johannaglatz2540]

❤❤❤its sooo beutiful

[@furr6019]

Thank you! Do you know if there is a full version of the song from the release trailer for the add-on?

[@tefnut777]

You can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYC3g4F5js9-aqs

[@furr6019]

Thank you (Спасибо!)

[@williambrennan104]

The "each week" stanza implies that the author knows the show was fictional?

[@G1ingy]

Do these people even know what an island even is now? Or heck what oceans even are anymore.

[@Icanhasautomaticcheeseburger]

Sounds like a Hobbit song sung by the dwarves...

[@Zeta235-U]

pimentinha

[@adambadam4870]

2:27 Is that Amish Paradise?

[@lgmmrm]

Yes. Yes it is.

[@georgethakur]

This is the theme to a TV show from the '60's, I suppose Amish Paradise is making a reference to that line