History's Oldest Song Modernized for 2020
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Guitarist/Songwriter/Samurai Born in the Manitoba prefecture of Canada, samuraiguitarist, honed his discipline under the study of the country's most powerful musical sensei. Bred on rock, raised on the blues, trained in jazz, samuraiguitarist creates incredibly innovative videos that showcase his talents on the guitar.
samuraiguitarist turns sumerianguitarist
Funny.
Hahahaha Good one!
It's a Hurrian inscription, not a Sumerian one.
@@ratatatuff HurrianGuitarist
@@relyksdjoser6429 Now that you say it, I guess the OP just used "sumerian" to make it an alliteration to "samurai". But well ^^
Imagine him getting copyright stricken by Sony for some fricking reason
Already happened
@@Laeshen what?
@@byazura9824 sony copywrote a 1500 year old melody
@@Laeshen please tell me you have a source?
That would suck
"I am a big harp"
"You are not a big harp"
"Are you calling me a Lyre"
Jan Brüggemann this comment is my life now
If this were reddit I'd give you a gold
This is too good
why does this sound like a line from hot fuzz?!
Hmm I've always pronounced it "lee-ruh". How is it actually pronounced?
Imagine if the tablet was inscribed "Here's wonderwall"
And during Wonderwall the Full House theme plays during the middle of it
A Neil Ciecierega fan - a man of culture
Well thank you
or through the fire and the flames
It's then accompanied by the intro of "Smoke on Water"
Imagine finding out how it was supposed to sound and it turns out to be the melody of never gonna give you up
Max Goß a 3,400 year old Rick Roll would be quite the achievement.
@@KMA-sm4oh i dont think anyone would be mad
The actual tune goes:
"I like you! You like me! Here's some crop, please don't eat me!"
Best rock roll
How does that one go
I’m surprised that the earliest known melody wasn’t 0-3-5
Smoke on the Water is in G, Bruiser! I'm getting so sick of seeing ppl drop this shorthand all over the comments like they're clever.🙄
@@lueysixty-six7300 oh no, I think that went 0-3-3-5-5-8-7-8-7-5-5-3-3 ;-)
@@tommytomthms5 HAHAHAHAHA!! 👏You're so clever, and funny too!
@@lueysixty-six7300 don't know what you mean, I regularly tune to G Standard
Luey Sixty-six I’m a musician....have a sense of humour
The generation before the person who wrote this original piece of music, are going to complain and say that their cavemen music was better than this
Soooo true
Hey i have seen you somewhere.
The chest beating and grunting was much better back in the cave I grew up in.
Just not enough feel as there was in the caves man
Filthy Frank has a great caveman tune.
can you imagine how many Amorite-Canaanite girls you could have by playing that song at the Agarit Acropolis? dudeee!!!
Omg those Canaanite girls are craaazy😎
@@JaMeshuggah sorry yall minoa is where its attt. we on an island and shit
??! What are these words...
They would lay with you so hard
Forgetful y’all got a minotaur, you have bigger problems than anyone
As an archaeology student, i'll make sure to use "monkey human" in any future papers i write haha. Great video!
just fyi, Darwinian evolution is a theory. Change of kinds evolution has never been empirically observed. Only adaptation has been observed.
@@Sanctifires look up the difference between Theory and Hypothesis.
@@Sanctifires Ben Mason Hey thanks, man! I'm €50k deep into my education, but boy did you manage to convince me all of it is wrong..
All jokes aside, you might want to look deeper into what the word "theory" means and how it's applied in a scientific context..
Ben Mason also it has been observed with bacteria, and even fish.
Good luck with your shovel bumming for CRM ;)
I remember those guys playing in Pompeii
It was fire.
I heard Van Halen performed Eruption at that show.
They really brought the house down
That night was LIT
Ha
I think was there actually. It was a while ago tho so idk
Hurrian #1: How many lyre players does it take to change a light bulb?
Hurrian #2: A what?
Milbrandt underrated joke
Hurrian #3: he said “a light bulb”. LISTEN
Hurrian #4 *in Sumerian: wtf are these weirdos saying? IS THAT THE LANGUAGE OF GODS?!
cool I was 1k like and I'm a high af so it's even more
😂😂😂 a good laugh!!!!
Imagine the composer materializing out of thin air, saying "You're playing it wrong, peasant" and disappearing
"nice phrasing..asshole"
*de-composer
Like an SCP lmao
😂
9 string instruments in the first human civilizations? Djent really is the oldest art form.
But could they play Smoke on the water?
Steevie T lived more than nine lives.
Little did we know, the world’s oldest melody is
0-00-0-000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0-000-00
Dude we all think they played light hearted type stuff or yk etc. But what if (since they had 9 string stuff etc. Djent) what if they were really metalheads?! I mean alot of old civilizations were cannibals and stuff. Is it really that far fetched to believe that they could have invented metal
"art form"
Sammy G uses a time machine to bring the writer of this song to the present. He then starts pouring his soul into his guitar, trying to do the song justice, to impress this kindred spirit, this brother in music.
The song writer watches on, transfixed.
Sammy G finally finishes, a single bead of sweat rolling down to his brow, brought on by the sheer musical energy he poured into playing. He then looks up at the song writer, hoping their souls understood eachother through the millennia.
The song writer starts screaming in sheer terror of Sammy G's magic noise box.
I'm going to bed now.
underated fanfic
As a historian: yes!
As a musician: also yes!
As a person: I love your humor.
I’d like to think that historians and musicians are also people
@@user-pi8fn6wm9j please tell my government that in a way they'd understand! 🙏
People still playing your music 3400 years later
Talk about a timeless classic
Heh
*somewhere in Indonesia*
Yo wtf is that giant eyeball in the sky
😂
I don't get the joke.
can someone please explain the joke? i don’t get it...
They're suggesting it's some ancient ritual to summon an otherworldly creature, e.g. the eye of cthulu from terraria
No pussy music in the blue torpedo
Absolutely nuts to think that a dude wrote a piece of music in a clay table, and his tune would end up being transmitted to 500k random people all across the globe, by a Canadian samurai with a bun, through a communication platform he couldn't even conceive by that time, 3400 fucking years after
Imagine what the guy who wrote Hurrian Hymn no. 6 would have felt if he knew people were still playing his song 5400 years in the future
5400 years in the future, the piece was writtien in 3400 BC
Evermore Shores Give or take. I reckon his first question would be, “Where are my back royalties?”
"damn, they old as hell"
@@donquesewilliamswilliams3497 .......dude....0 AD Till now has been 2020 years right? give or take, 3400 + 2000 is whaat?? riiight...5400
@@FUBARGunpla no scientist dated it wrong
It’s a lot easier for me to sacrifice sheep nowadays.
Kids these days don’t know how easy they have it when sacrificing goats
Today, we can just buy sheep from the supermarket.
That was really deeply touching to connect with a totally different old human culture and honour them & their music by sharing it with our current ears and passing on their legacy.
its almost 100% guaranteed not the correct melody lol
@@dankhill6851considering its played on a 6 string guitar it's pretty obvious it's not but still sounds good
@@dankhill6851 Either way it is still an interpretation of a song written so damn long ago.
Just think about the fact that who ever wrote that song probably wasn't expecting that thousands of years later his piece would be featured on something called a youtube.
More than likely it's the original Stairway To Heaven...
Or Jimmy Page stole Stairway from here
jimmy page really copied off this iconic piece 😔
WRONG! first lick kinda~ ROUNDABOUT!!!
Ironically, the Mesopotamian ziggurat was a stairway to heaven.
@@lryoung3655 An inspired reply...Awesome !!!
It's rumored that Hurrian sold his soul to Zoser at the crossroad of the Tigris and Euphrates.
...so, Basra?
@@E4439Qv5 maybe..
But the Hurrians are a group of people not a specific person
Only c. 1400 B.C.E. kids know this slapping track
Boomer bassists.
What a bop
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@@Aya_02571 Classic
@@Aya_02571 Basically a jumpscare.
Samurai Neely
That was gorgeous man.
You're gorgeous, Mike❤️
Absolutely lost it when he said “Bronze Age banger”
As we wonder what exactly they heard on the lyre, we can now wonder what they would think of sammy g’s Strat with the delay on it. Probably blow their mind a bit.
Sorcery!!!
Salty Dog exactly isn’t that funny
That was actually one of the greatest songs I have ever heard. I don't quite know why, but there's something about it that is just so beautiful.
Check out the Durutti Column. Similar sound and feel. Hopefully you'll like it.
If you believe that humans go somewhere after we die, then it's impossible not to imagine that whoever wrote this song 3400 years ago, is overjoyed that their song is remembered and replayed even today. I think the message here, is that you should never be afraid to express yourself creatively, you don't know if the archaeologists and historians of the future will uncover something you made.
Dude you have some of the most interesting concepts for videos! Lol. Hilarious but also legitimately fascinating.
More interesting than instruments with more strings on it than what is typically on said instrument? I dont think so, this dude didn't even acknowledge that memes exist.
Bilb Ono. Whatever you say. I’m not even sure how that’s relevant but it sounded negative.
Several thousand years from now, a team of musicologists and archaeologists finds out that this was exactly how it was supposed to played. Down to the model of guitar and amp.
i suppose play it in the spring outside over your garden, when things start growing like gangbusters you'll know you have the right variation
Wow! Your rendition of the hymn is simply beautiful! The goddess will surely bless you for your loving recreation of her sacred music. Thanks for sharing your composition/performance talent with all of us who are only gifted with the ability to hear deeply.
If history has taught me anything, is that the invidual who wrote the melody most certainly got told how the music of the older times was much more real and emotional than this new crap
Selene Moon One of my favorite quotes talks about the upcoming generation lacks morals, taste and responsibility. It’s my favorite because it’s from Socrates and from thousands of years ago but sounds exactly like how middle aged folks talk about the youth today.
Couldn't agree more, Selene Moon
Just Some Guy without a Mustache THERE U ARE AGAIN
I’m sure Hurrian Hymn no. 5 was way better!
Bruh
i used to listen to this piece when it first came out, my granddad used to say that no one will care about this music
now, 3400 years later and we are still jamming to this
2:53 Jethro Tull, of course
What a laugh!
Rouverius
Time travel?
@@AB-ou8ve No, everyone knows Jethro Tull is timeless. ;)
Imagine how the author of this melody would have felt if he/she would have known their music would have been played thousands of years later. How awesome! Great video.
"The Moon Goddess is appeased."
The total world human population at the time the tablet was made was around 50 million people spread out everywhere. The city of Ugarit was 7500 people. The largest cities in the world were Uruk and Thebes with only 10x that population. This video has more views than a person of that time could possibly conceive of.
This is a really prolific video. As a musical historian, I salute ye for this one!
I was already aware of the Hurrian Hymn, but this blew my mind. My son is learning about Sumeria, so I figured I'd show him the lyre version. Then I spotted your video, so we played it. When you pulled out the electric, I found it so beautiful that I felt moved by the music. Then I thought, my God, am I feeling feelings that haven't been felt in 3500 years? Well done, sir.
Music consortium mafiosa: Attempts copyright claim
Sammmy G: Hold my Sumarian beer
As a history nerd & aspiring archaeologist/museum curator, thanks for showcasing this! Michael Levy & Ensemble de Organographia have also "covered" (reconstructed) this song. PS. FEAR THE SEA PEOPLE!
I really really REALLY wanna hear the synthwave version.
Beautiful. The way that old song is played picks up all the styles, per my ear, from Roman times, to medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical, and modern folk.
I am Syrian and I'm proud that my old grandfathers used to make music, glad you made it remembered by making a video about it, thank you.
Syria (Mesopotamia, more broadly) is one of the cradles of civilisation, with so much history and culture to be proud of. I truly hope that Syria and all of Mesopotamia finds peace and can forge a new identity which embraces its tremendous historical legacy whilst being diverse and inclusive of all faiths and ethnic groups.
@@bjfincher773 I hope so to bro
I think Syria was ruled by the Indo-Aryan Mitanni back then
@@pabslondon I really don't really know about it that much, but good info to know anyways about my old ancesters, thanks
@@hadiiiiii6_9iiiiiiiii45 they're not your ancestors
I've been so stressed lately and that piece felt like it cut my heart rate in half. Very nice.
OH MAN, this is incredible. Please consider the Delphic Paean, the one that's "only" 2200 years old or so!
F'in Delphins and their war hymns...
I've heard so many different versions I'd say this is beautiful I heard a little bit of your soul in there this melody brings it out
this could be a song in the next Zelda game
This is one of the best videos I’ve seen on your channel!! Super interesting and informative
As Dave from Boyinaband said a few years ago, in the oldest piece of music ever composed, people wanted Nickel back
Your arrangement sounds like something Animals As Leaders could turn into a full-fledged multiinstrumental track.
We dont know the tempo either, so that means it could be wayyyy faster than this.
This has been the most in depth explanation I’ve heard so far. Thank you for taking the time to research the limited information we have on this song. You’ve explained why so many videos I’ve found playing it sound so different. Maybe someone had gotten it right, and in playing one of these, my tomatoes will boom this year! :) Again, thank you for this presentation and your interpretation.
I love how the chords fit with the electric guitar
it almost sounds like a modern rock
to me
Radiohead
It's an ancient rock tho...
I love your analogy of the poissible begining of music its actually quite insightful. Thanks man
Where are the "I was born in the wrong "generation kids now ??
2090, complaining that they were born in the wrong generation
Right here buddy
Beautiful beautiful take, Samourai Guitarist! Your version really travels through time, I felt in touch with every musician since 1200bc until now.
What a wonderful thought that an artist can be given new life through reinterpretation of their art after so many years! Of course, they'd think you were a witch or a god...but still...super cool.
That was absolutely beautiful… I would love to hear an arrangement involving bass, percussion, and keyboard. My mind is swimming with ideas…
That was hypnotic; I almost crashed my car listening to it; amazing!!!!where can I download
Your complete melody actually sounds some calming, at the beginning anyways. Awesome video, keep it up!
You say it was the goddess of orchards? Well, riddle me this- since playing that corrupted version of the hymn, have you received even a single ancient apple from an ancient apple orchard? I thought not.
Chuck Wettish I think your reply is a lot more negative than his comment which was clearly a joke (which I thought was pretty funny btw)
@Chuck Wettish i was making a joke, yeah. He said in the video he didn't think he'd been cursed by any ancient goddesses, and i was just pointing out that a goddess of orchards probably wouldn't do much to affect him in everyday life
@Chuck Wettish no worries :) it's hard to read tone and sarcasm and that on the internet, i understand
This is really, really cool. Thank you.
Recorded on a tablet and I listen to it on a tablet. My my! Times have changed 😎
Thank you, Mesopotamian Guitarist, for helping to reignite my excitement for my beloved instrument after a bit of a hiatus. Watching your videos- and some of the other great YT guitarists like Bradley Hall- has taught me so much so quickly! My progress is truly through the roof, and I’ve got you to thank for it!
That digitally recreated clay tablet looks like the note Gary the snail left Spongebob when he ran away from home
This is maybe my favorite thing I've heard you play on your channel. Excellent video! Thank you for sharing!
"Hopefully that appeaisis the goddess."
The goddess niccal: this human....
I like him.
Tired Bro there is no godess nikkal there was fallen angels who led to deception the REAL GOD JESUS GOT ANGRY AND THEN FLOODED THE WHOLE EARTH in 1557 100 years after this tune was written and played! YHVH JESUS IS A JEALOUS GOD HIS FIRST COMMAND THOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GOD BEFORE ME !
This gives me might and delight(meadow, the shelter series, ect games) and I am living for it. I wish it had a separate vid so I could loop it.
The impression of the Kilmer Melody definitely channelled Beethoven's ODE TO JOY Choral.
Quite Good!!!
Wow... can't unhear that now. Thanks.
@@alecmullaney7957 👍 Cool! My Pleasure!
Thanks for all the amazing content man. I love hearing you play. It's a highlight of the day.
Covers are never as good as the original. :D
This is the earliest I have been to a video. Awesome video btw I love it. And the shout out to the humans who managed to keep these songs written somewhere
I like tha Bronze Age Banger man.. they should throw-back on this sound.. I know it will work with the right beat
It's an absolutely beautiful interpretation. Moving and mysterious. You have a great sense of phrasing
It sounds quite nice but like all covers, it doesn't beat the original.
Absolutely excellent work Sir! Your interpretation was wonderful. I had to close my eyes and listen to it again.
I'd love to hear that reggea dub version
So beautiful. My dog Anubis loves this song so I play it so she can sleep.
This version makes her excited so I'll have to go back to Levy or the midi synth one but
It's my favorite.
Swedish House Mafia - One uses that melody exactly. Sounds like we've got ourselves another lawsuit boys!
They wouldnt like the old sumerian laws... An eye for an eye.... So what would the modern day equivelant be? "You stole my music, now I have the right to steal yours"...?
@@sparklingshadows2200 Not trying to be rude but read what he wrote again
"One of the more interesting cases in copyright law was the 2020 case of Hurrian Hymnn Mafia vs Swedish House Mafia"
I know this is like 4 years old - but do you have a video of the complete version with just the song to play on repeat?? It's so beautiful
if I'm not mistaken, the twelve tone scale hadn't even been invented at that time. They would have been using a 10 tone scale, or something even stranger, which would make it barely recognizable as music to our modern ears, and harmonies would be almost impossible.
I think they knew of it just to change chords they would have to retune the strings of their instruments. Being able to play different octaves without tuning didnt come about until the medieval renaissance 14 or 15 hundreds with the piano.
@@danielnuckolls2416 Medieval and Renaissance are different periods. Also the Piano wasn't invented till the late Baroque period
Great video! I actually thought there may not be a video this week and was surprised to see how bummed out it made me...Thanks for keeping the videos coming - look forward to them like I do my favourite TV show (back when binge-watching wasn't possible....and back when I actually owned a TV)...
It turns out that he now slowly loses 1/4 mm of his fingers every year.....
The Gods back then were brutal...
Nice take on the melody.
Very well researched too!
Everyone gangsta till they play this alone and accidentally summon Kāmunah the Hurrian sun god
Yes ! I need that type of movie made !
Honestly, might as well at this point in life.
I find your interpretation simply beautiful. Thank you!
Ancient dead guy in 2020:
That's my banger boy!
You make awesome vids, and your version truly moved me .
6:02 sounds great 😭
This actually sounded so beautiful. I want Samuraiguitarist to make a longer version of the hymn in his style.
Some teenagers: “OH MY GOD OLD MUSIC WAS BETTER I WISH I COULD LIVE 3400 YEARS AGO!!”
Legend has it that the You Tube copyright algorithm went into an endless loop while parsing this video and will not break out of it for at least 3000 years.
Sheet Music please. Thank you. It was beautiful.
Thanks for that bit of history and your very interesting narrative. I did note that as you played your interpretation, there were many passages that would lead us to melodies of songs that we are familiar with today.
The simplest version sounds like a basic "folk" melody. But what you did with it is beautiful! I hope your orchards are fruitful!
This is my favorite video of yours, great job!
Damn that sounds gorgeous, I thought you were just going to make it Djent
Seriously, out of all the guitar content creators, I think you might be the most creative. Only you can come up with a video like this!