"Jolly Sailor Bold." was originally from Pirates of the Caribbean (but is older than that, I believe because only part of the song was actually sung in the movie, and there are many variations of it). The song is what one of the mermaids uses to trick the sailor into coming to her, when she intends to drown him.
And this is my take on it:
You can also listen to it here
I always create backstories for songs I am singing or listening to. For this one I came up with a backstory about a siren named Oceana, who poses as a merchant's daughter and uses the alias "Maria" to lure sailors to her rocks. Oceana is also the character behind the song, The Waves Come Crushing. In creating the character, Oceana, I decided to go for a more Greek bird-like siren, and gave her feathers all over her body and scales under her eyes.
I also plan to film a music video for the song, hopefully once I finish the three video projects I am currently working on. But for now I wanted you to get the musical sound of it and your own visualization, because I know I visualize things when I listen to music.
A funny story behind recording this song is that I recorded it in my bathroom (my bathroom has good acoustics), and I was pretending to be a siren there, trying to lure sailors to my rocks....er...my bathroom sink, but rocks, totally rocks.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Would you rather be a siren or a sailor? Have you seen Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides?
-Quinley
Goodness you are multi-talented.
ReplyDeleteI would much, much rather be a siren than a sailor - which probably says nothing good about me.
Thank you so much. :)
DeleteBeing a siren would be cool though, even if you do drown sailors. At least you would have a beautiful singing voice. ;)
-Quinley
Ooh I LOVE this song! My favorite part of On stranger Tides was that whole mermaid scene. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds really cool. I just recently realized that Greek sirens were like that and not just like mermaids that sing. almost more like harpies maybe (in appearance anyway)?
I think I'd rather be a siren, too. To live underwater... and hopefully the have a cool society under there (minus the occasional killing part lol).
Thank you! That scene is cool, I agree. :)
DeleteSirens went through several different forms over the centuries, though I have seen many represented as Harpie-like creatures. There's actually a good Monstrum episode about sirens, if you're interested. :)
Oh that would be cool.
-Quinley
You have such a lovely voice!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Skye. :)
Delete-Quinley