Abney Park - Æther Shanty

[PavloveLock]

Dear sir,

I happen to enjoy this wonderful repesentation of music currently resonation from my sound oscilators, causing me to move my head back and forth in joy. ._o (<- Representation of a face with a monacle)

Truly yours,

Moénette Kyra

[LikeAMacho]

The lead singer kinda sounds like brenden fraiser c(=

[GorilladactylRex]

I really hate the comments that are saying crap about the dislike bar. I mean, everyone's entitled to their own opinions, and if they don't like this song for whatever reason, they can express such as the dislike button. Many people say bad things about songs because of the wrong reasons, but bad composition or just not their style is reason enough to want to dislike something. I love Abney Park, but some people don't, and if we really do hate people showing their opinions, aren't we worse?

[plopmopo]

@GorilladactylRex True Words! 

[hunterserg10]

captain reichert achoj



[hunterserg10]

opening of my history teacher...

[adamdent911]

This song is so gay :L

[Sarchale]

@adamdent911 And fuck you to you, too.

[sam12D12]

@adamdent911 how can something be gay if its not a person i think you meant camp dumb shit and its not camp anyway so afuckyou :D

[CaptBorisLightning]

Raise the sails and shovel the coal! Abney Park is on and you'd better believe we're headed for the skies!

[YumYumDandilions]

I love the voice of Captain Robert! It's so unique! Amazing! <3

[ShadowtigerIsReborn]

Very interesting music!

[ZaquiaStorm]

@VaktovianSilver Ah, well... You win some, you lose some. :/

[Samrobertsish]

I'm originally from Three Rivers, MI, but live in Riverside, CA.

[FritzPowa]

i want an airship for x-mas, mommy!!!

[ZaquiaStorm]

GOD I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!

[Samrobertsish]

Actually, I don't drink, but if I did, I'd prefer mead.

[Samrobertsish]

I hate beer, MrGammerman111, but other than that, I'm in full agreeement!

[elany27]

@Samrobertsish Prefer rum? =D

[ZaquiaStorm]

@elany27 Rum is good. :D

[Keeper123455]

Just stumbled upon this song in my favourites... forgot how much I love this band. Wish they'd come to Edmonton, haha.

[ZaquiaStorm]

@Keeper123455 I'd love for them to come to my corner of Germany. :D

[Samrobertsish]

@ZaquiaStorm A fellow child of the Fatherland, I take it?

[ZaquiaStorm]

@Samrobertsish Unfortunately, no, I'm only here for the American Military...which makes me feel like an ass. But I do love being here, and in all seriousness wish I were born in Europe.

[DevonWhorton]

@gamblerofate No worries. With that kind of stupidity, I'm sure natural selection will take care of them. ;D

[ArchangelAzrael13]

LOL! *Grabs my Cutlass, Ale and goggles, leaping onto the airship!* This is one of my faves by Abney Park.

[TakuunX]

Ah, My fellow Shipmates! It seems we have once again been dragged onto a journey! Don your clothes and lets begin our adventure!

[xXExilarXx]

..Im horrified.. I just found out im steampunk...>.>

[raynsung]

@xXExilarXx Welcome aboard!

[XxCrusnik06xX]

@xXExilarXx never thought you would be , huh... neither did i

[ZYR47]

seeing these guys tonight, woooo

[Bacon1792]

Awesome

!!

[387Dima]

STEAMPUNK!

[raynsung]

It's funny how the top two comments are by the same guy.

[caspian1993]

Abney park sounds like the theme to Mortal Engines, if Mortal engines was a show rather than a book.

[Evelle30]

Avast, ye scurvy dogs! Where be me rum! Looooove this :)

[ktcal8]

Every time i listen to them, i think they are speeking french for the first few lyrics. X_X think i would learn

[MelOneHalf]

@ktcal8 Captain Robert has one weird accent

[pireninja]

@MelOneHalf Its pirate :)

[ktcal8]

@Kenko87

Ey! But what if their fingers come out o' the bullet holes??!!

[Bjoern9002]

hat ohrwurm character but sounds good =)

[GargoyleZoo]

SHOOT 'EM! CUT OUT THEIR TOUNGUES! SHOOT THEM AND CUT OUT THEIR TOUNGUES AND THEN SHOOT THEIR TOUNGUES!

[Delmeus]

-arms self with flintlock and cuttless- >.> point me in the direction of the dislikers.

[SunnyWithGreenEyes]

@Delmeus I second that motion! call me partner we'll kill them all!

[Delmeus]

@SunnyWithGreenEyes Let's make sure not a single one lives >3

[SunnyWithGreenEyes]

@Delmeus i agree with this statement! can i like this more than once? lol

[Delmeus]

@SunnyWithGreenEyes Ye are more then welcome to XD

[DrunkenAirshipPilot]

2 people must live in shanties

[ToxicStarTheKilljoy]

Alright, I've got my blunderbuss. Who's ready to kill idiots!

[ShadowWolfX1]

No, I am Spartacus.

[XaleManix]

To everyone who is asking, my engineer may have hit the dislike button in his rush to fix our number four boiler, which halfway exploded ten thousand miles ago, and my arm's aching, back's breaking, leg's aching neck...

[aether020685]

the 1 dislike was from someone who wasn't paying attention to their pointer's position... or maybe Michael J Fox

[IdeasComingSoon]

Alright, who disliked this? *pulls out cutlass*

[boz1965]

@IdeasComingSoon: AAARRRRRH! You cal that a cutlass, eh? THIS is a cutlass - *pulling out a light sabre*

[TheDrWeirdo]

@boz1965 Screw yer cutlassesesses... *Hic* I be havin' a blunderbuss!!

[TheUnworthyMafioso]

@IdeasComingSoon YARRR! WE BE CUTTIN' DEM INFIDELS!!!

[PobratymOleksa]

Paranoid captain is here.

[TBAWriter]

@PobratymOleksa It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you.

[janyek007]

Harp tabs anyone?????? Plz!

[janyek007]

Harp tabs anyone?????? Plz!

[ThePinksi]

One person is mentally challenged and doesn't like this song.

[asdf1234567889]

@ThePinksi I am though, but I love it, too =)

[ZaquiaStorm]

@ThePinksi Five people, now. D:

[CutaaLesiaio312]

lÔl_Í_fêèl_sÕ_lÕñëlÿ_tõÐÃÿ

[BolinFoto]

If it weren't for the shitty vocals I could get in to Abney park.....

Not everything has to sound like a woman in labour.

[RedMage360]

@BolinFoto You have clearly never heard a woman in labour

[hehe479]

@BolinFoto *draws cutlass and cocks pistol* Are you sure you wouldnt like to rephrase that?

[TheExplodingPumpkin]

Is this danish I mean "Æ"

[ParadoxJester]

@TheExplodingPumpkin "Æ" is just how the word looks because the title is all in capitals. The word is normally spelled like "æther".

The band is from Seattle, Washington I believe.

[ZaquiaStorm]

@ParadoxJester No way!! I'm from Washington, myself! *is super excited now*

[TBAWriter]

@TheExplodingPumpkin "Aether" is an older way to spell "ether." Also, the ae used to be fused together even in English. I think the title is meant to evoke the older feeling.

[lostabyss]

@TBAWriter it may just be the english spelling though, not simply older. such as colour and magick. damn us americans and ruining all cool spellings.

[WarlordofSatrae]

@lostabyss i still spell it as colour and magick and im american =/

[lostabyss]

@WarlordofSatrae i do occasionally, depends on what i'm writing for though. whether i'm actually writing, typing a search query, or doing an essay. all depends on the contet of the situation.

[IdleSwineMATT001]

@lostabyss The English spelling of "magic" is not "magick".

[lostabyss]

@IdleSwineMATT001 ye olde english spelling

[MrGamerman111]

Grab a beer, get on the airship and have a good time!

[ElenaAdanwen]

Song is not bad, not bad at all. Maybe Captain Robert should get pneumonia more often. He was "sick as a dog" during most of this album.

[90geekgirl06]

@ElenaAdanwen Woah, seriously?? Goddamn, that's dedication.

[ElenaAdanwen]

@90geekgirl06 Ya I found out from watching this interview with him. tag this on the end of the dot com /watch?v=shM5ELrpO7I

[MonkeeMafia]

Thumbs down if you love steampunk =D

[Stormcat1]

@MonkeeMafia HEAD ASPLODE!!!

[TheJinxrr]

I write for a pirate-based webcomic, and this album has become my background music for when I work. Abney Park are easily among my all time favorite bands.

[90geekgirl06]

I've heard people complain about his voice, but I really like it. I don't know what the hell they're talking about.

[lightfinder100]

6_6

[tnx79]

I'm 55 and I'm so into this. Great music and fun video. Trust me I'm the most uncool person any of y'all know. Now to find myself some clothes

[Thorunge]

@tnx79 Trust me, I've seen quite a lot of Steampunk people with actual grey or white hair (didn't ask them for their exact age, but you get my drift). As long as you give your clothing some thought (meaning not just getting some gears and glueing them to your suit), I'm sure you'll do fine :)

Minor tip, if you have a rugged or leathery face, you might want to go for an engineer or other 'low class' proffessions, and if your face looks smooth and/or dignified, you'd better go for 'upper class'.

[RoscoesRiffs]

For some Steampunk Theme fun, open a "New Tab" and play the zombie-shooter game, "13 Days in Hell" while you listen to this mix. What a trip!

[archer1949]

They are coming to Spokane next month! Can't wait!

[KunoichiBlackRose]

Saw them on Saturday at a steampunk con...they were SO AWESOME.

[loveyouatdusk]

@KunoichiBlackRose

lucky bitch.

[KunoichiBlackRose]

@loveyouatdusk

Aren't I just? :-D

[SabbeleuDesigns]

@KunoichiBlackRose

I saw them last Fri. @ Mythic Faire's Time Traveler's Ball. They were indeed AWESOME, and super nice mingling with fans.

[Saugnine]

wooo awesome song! seing them in 7 days at Mythic faire! gonna be a blast!

[NazhooCS]

With all the people who likes Abney Park, why don't we make an army? we're a lot!

[JasanQuinn]

@NazhooCS Because as Abney Park fans, we're all a bunch of self-serving Sky Pirates who are all about as inclined to work together as a herd of cats. At best, you just have to paint something up as a really good target and hope we all agree.

[Delmeus]

@JasanQuinn Here here!

[IamGreg73]

@JasanQuinn How's the sky? Blue a bright enough target for ye? All ye who venture for the skies, join arms for the time! Let us all pool our knowledge and construct these ships! Message me, I shall create a community of to-be airship pilots! Apart, we may take years to construct our ships by measurements alone! But together...We might just make it to dawn.

[dejavuman22]

@JasanQuinn That pretty much sums it up, doesn't it? lol

[TRuTube22]

@NazhooCS that would make it cool duder. This cant become cool. If it did, it wouldnt be cool anymore. We would have a whole bunch of fist pumping neo victorians gelling their hair into spikes and fitting their tanning beds with brass and other steam punk creativity.

[dndmatt]

I really want harmonica tabs for this song..im going to try to figure it out myself but i suck at playing by ear...

[LordPutnaj]

If only the rest of the album was as amazing as this song.

[MaxwellDaring]

That means that my life is complete. HUZAH!! *dies in a blaze of glory*

[PatrickLohKamp]

GOD These guys ( and gals ! ) Live ??

You cannot live a complete life until you've seen this crew live.

It's One of the most amazing and moving gigs ever.

[LilacGris]

@PatrickLohKamp I'm going to see them in 2 months! The days can't past faste enough.

[JasanQuinn]

All good songs have a moral to teach. In this case, the moral is "when your ship is crewed by cut-throats and backstabbers, when your supplies are running out, when you're all but becalmed and when you're probably about to be blown up or burned alive, you can STILL produce a more entertaining song than Justin Beiber".

[liljohnnotbigjohn]

@JasanQuinn damn that was funny.

[VintageBeauty1313]

@JasanQuinn AWESOME!!! thanks for making me laugh my butt off!!

[CrackThoseClaws]

@JasanQuinn

Your comment was so good at first, I was already laughing. Then everything was ruined by that typical Justin Bieber "joke". Thumbs down, go eat a zeppelin and explode.

[ZaquiaStorm]

@JasanQuinn Seriously, I side with @CrackThoseClaws, here. Good comment, completely ruined by a stupid Justin Bieber comment. Not everything in life has to include him or how stupid he is. In fact, if we would all just ignore the little twatwaffle, he might just disappear. Jokes on him aren't even funny anymore; they're old and unoriginal, and completely unnecessary, like beating a dead horse.

[farathdrow]

@ZaquiaStorm not to mention before bieber was the jonas brothers, then nsync. and etc. nevermind the endless amount of chuck norris jokes.

[ZaquiaStorm]

@farathdrow What this world is coming to... I have no hope for humanity left.

[Dionysius8421]

Difference between Alestorm and Abney Park:

Alestorm has the song "Wolves of the Sea".

Abney Park has the song "Airship Pirates".

ONE IS ON WATER. ONE IS IN AIR. BOTH ARE AWESOME. END OF STORY.

Also, Deep Purple has a song called "Highway Star" and another one called "Space Truckin'". The true all-terrain band, eh?

[YoujiNoTsuki]

This is my daily kept with booze and song, I dig it!

[Phantomsbreath]

@AlexakaTorsken 3/4 time for the WIN!

[RandomRealist]

Wtf is up with all the Kanye wests? "IMMA LET YOU FINISH BUT ALESTORM IS THE BEST PIRATE BAND OF ALL TIME!" then support THEIR band on THEIR videos, wtf are you doing here? lmao.

[drkstrpr]

@RandomRealist I don't think it's so much a Kanye West thing as this: The two are obviously related. Where Alestorm dealt with ships on seas and pirates of the water, Abney Park has air-ships and sky-pirates. If you've listened and enjoyed one, you very well may have listened to and enjoyed the other. They're both great bands.

[evomination]

Eh, its interesting, but Alestorm is better.

[Wishmaster616]

@evomination Alestorm is metal, this one here's Steampunk. And from a point of creativity and musical skill, Abney Park is waaaay better. ;)

[robothedgehog]

@Wishmaster616 they are both great bands who have totaly diffrent aproaches and cant really be compared alestorm wins hand down in traditonal sea shanties BUT these guys arnt traditional and are by themselves unbeatiblle in steampunk catagory depends on what mood your in on any given day either hard core or tech/traditional both are awesome

[anticonny]

@evomination

lol wut?

[ninnariaein]

holy crap that was amazing

[charvelgtrs]

Reminds me of Jethro Tull

[owar771]

@charvelgtrs as odd as it is, I find myself agreeing with you a bit.

[Astowhy]

The Wrong Side is also a very good Song by Abney Park (AP)

[stechioman]

@Astowhy also sleep isabella, she, this dark and twisty road, the secret life of doctor calgari, virus...etc all lost horizons is a masterpiece...

[AspergirlSithstress]

This is definitely my 2nd favourite Abney song, 1st of course is Airship Pirates

GO ABNEY PARK!!!

I see it this way, a story: 1st comes Building Steam when he leaves town and builds a ship. Then Airship Pirates, when his ship has a crew and he's starting to go downhil lin his dangerous lifestyle. Lastly, you see where it all went when you listen to this one. Oh boy! A trilogy!

[f4ustuss]

This is so awesome and they are releasing a new album on 15th of october. I am SOOOOO looking forward to it. Can't wait. :D

[Exone112]

ARGH!

Gonna drink Captain Morgan to this song tonight! AYE!

[NintenVixen]

This reminds me of life at Dyess. Anyone from the base will get that reference.

[LeapingLeptons42]

kinda like a sequel song to "airship pirate"

[myboytheharp]

@LeapingLeptons42 i prefer this, i never realy liked airhsip pirates, even though i like almost all of abney parks stuff

[whowantsabighug]

Abney Park is the only band i put volume up to full on.

[GatzTdaMax]

Awesome!

[bloodlust122535]

Killer song and as said b4 a great drinkin song  Hoorah!!

[uberari]

@bloodlust122535 *slams his glass of rum against yours and sings along with you* MY ARMS ACHING, BACKS BREAKING, LEGS, ACHING NECK!

[phasedrake]

This truely is a kick ass song

<3

[beatboxingbears]

its totally a drinking song! any song can be one as long as you drink to it!

[Darken1178]

@beatboxingbears Then let us pour the drinks!

[Po3tikDeth]

@beatboxingbears Though depending on what song you choose, your friends may end up giving you an intervention =D

[theninjaweirdo]

sounds kinda like a drinkin song

[whowantsabighug]

@theninjaweirdo it's based on sea shanties, so its similar

[ExpertVillageWILLY]

thanks

[Blackmoonstory]

Captain Robert - Captain ¬.¬U

Nathaniel - wrenchman/engineer

Kristina - Comunications

Dan - Gunner

Jody & Finn - google wipers??

Me encanta esta banda !!!!

[Biverix]

@Blackmoonstory goggle not google ;)

[feh2]

@Blackmoonstory

Thanks for the Unnecessary Rolecall. Dickhead.

[McCoy8842]

@Blackmoonstory I think you mixed Nathaniel and Daniel up. Nathan would make for the craziest gunner

[DerDenning]

i just noticed the new album.. i was lurking for it to come, but i missed the release :D

looks like my steampunk-addiction has a comeback now O.o

[ObsesseDxWiDxIT]

okay, i LOVE these guys. I have for like two years, but i've yet to figure out everyones roll aboard the H.M.S Ophelia. Obviously Captian Robert's the captain, but what role does everyone else play? Gah! I NEED TO KNOW!

[JigokuShojo1331]

lol i'm freakin' addicted to this song. ^_^

it's the perfect mix of rock, techno, and pirate. XD