[HN Gopher] Bardcore
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Bardcore
Author : ogogmad
Score : 143 points
Date : 2020-09-02 18:37 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| _Microft wrote:
| Y.M.C.A.:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl7zqpZBVrc
|
| X-Files theme, discovered in a medley:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8GFh7Fz5M&t=278s
|
| 30 seconds in, Gangsta's Paradise sounds like Anno 1502
| background music.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dywM446-vcE
| fito wrote:
| This is the one great thing that has come out from this cursed
| year.
| chroem- wrote:
| Finally, something to go with my pirate metal.
| 082349872349872 wrote:
| thanks for the genre tip!
|
| drum & bugle metal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3c5rNFLew
|
| too far inland to be pirates?
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGko10RIGtY
| ygra wrote:
| I guess Versengold is more folk than metal.
| chrisjarvis wrote:
| that second song is dope. in regards to the genre of pirate
| metal this is my understanding to be one of the more popular
| bands (and a very fun song):
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f55CqLc6IR0
| apocalyptic0n3 wrote:
| I'm partial to Storm Seeker, which is more traditional folk
| metal combined with pirate metal. Their lyrics aren't
| really humorous, either.
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCnttPJHt6s
| Laremere wrote:
| See also: The show Westworld's soundtrack. The show is set in
| western themed park in the near future, and contains several
| excellent remixes of others songs in a western style.
| rbanffy wrote:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvAEMz64O9c&feature=youtu.be
|
| You're welcome.
| tsimionescu wrote:
| Have been listening obsessively to this a few weeks ago,
| absolutely lovely (especially if you know modern french and can
| marvel at the pronunciation differences).
|
| For anyone else curious about that part of it, an interesting
| little video [0] shows the evolution of French and its
| ancestors' phonetics from (reconstructed) Proto Indo-european
| to modern French.
|
| It's fascinating to see especially how French spelling almost
| stopped evolving somewhere around Old French, while
| pronunciation changed dramatically.
|
| [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD--OdhdJfg
| formerly_proven wrote:
| https://www.youtube.com/c/AlgaltheBard/videos
|
| https://www.youtube.com/user/9freakydarling9 (Hildegard von
| Blingin')
| zeristor wrote:
| Pumped up kicks 1066 A.D Cover in Old English (Anglo Saxon)
| Bardcore
|
| https://youtube.com/watch?v=JcKqhDFhNHI
| ogogmad wrote:
| A few songs sung in Middle English: https://www.youtube.com/r
| esults?search_query=bardcore+middle...
|
| One commenter described it as sounding like English with
| Dutch pronunciation.
| rbanffy wrote:
| It's not Bardcore unless it's sung in period-correct
| languages ;-)
| notahacker wrote:
| The slightly more recognisable late medieval English is
| more fun to play with for laughs e.g. 'I am but a girl,
| smaller than thee / Allowest me not from thy sight'
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwFQnLwLyec and the 'and
| she calleth a horse' line in this :D
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKNi0Pk43c
| lxe wrote:
| Interesting that this trend is on wikipedia. Talk discussion
| about deletion and notability:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bardcore
| gpvos wrote:
| Fitting musicke for these times of ye plague.
| therockspush wrote:
| This is great.
|
| I can picture a group of medieval brutes sharpening their blades
| around a fire listening to the toxicity version, getting amped up
| before a castle raid.
| lhoff wrote:
| I really like the "THE REAL SLIM SHADY" Cover from Beedle the
| Bardcore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3okjFDo2aSU
|
| EDIT: "WITHOUT ME" ist also great
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiV7hwfLXGE
| kbenson wrote:
| Oh, that top comment[1] for the slim shady one is epic. I want
| to see that performed now.
|
| 1:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3okjFDo2aSU&lc=UgxGPmAFigFUR...
| dschuessler wrote:
| The one that made me smile the most is:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkpxEezTu4s
|
| The main melody and these cliche medieval chords are a fit made
| in heaven.
|
| I find that most of the stuff on YouTube lacks this kind of
| cleverness though.
| est31 wrote:
| My favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxbufWzX1NA
|
| I really like the bass.
|
| The pirates of the Caribbean theme fits really nicely as well:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95M9UsQS2HI
|
| Probably helps that the original music was made for and
| recorded on classical instruments.
|
| If you like vocals in ancient english:
| https://www.youtube.com/user/9freakydarling9
| hannasanarion wrote:
| Hildegard von Blingin doesn't do "ancient english", that's
| early modern English, c. 16th century. This account is the
| only one I have found using early medieval dialects:
| https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbVcb9puAsOhXBT2_XPFf-A
| est31 wrote:
| I used the term "ancient" as an indication that it was
| older than the contemporary english because I didn't know
| which category it fell into, whether it was old english,
| middle english, or, as you say, early modern english.
| Thanks for naming the right category.
| notahacker wrote:
| Just a shame there were no vocals for the almost-period-
| appropriate lyrics, (and they were a lot less inspired by
| medieval myths than some of the other English metal songs of
| the time)
|
| No lyrics for the 'bardcore' versions of Stairway either:
| perhaps they could borrow them from this Gregorian chant
| version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKn5lydAZ6k
| bitwize wrote:
| Bardcore is arguably traceable to the "What Is Love?" meme which
| originated in 2005 on YTMND, based on a 1996 Saturday Night Live
| skit. It consisted of a short, repeated loop taken from the skit
| of the three "Roxbury Guys" (90s lounge lizards, basically)
| bobbing their heads to Haddaway's "What Is Love?" in their car.
| Endless variants and edits of the loop were made -- one of the
| most memorable being "What Doth Love Be?" which features a
| medieval-instrumentation version of the Haddaway riff and a
| Bayeux Tapestry style art work of three men in a boat:
|
| https://youtu.be/3uHz0KdIbhY
|
| Of course, the song "What Is Love?" on its own makes an excellent
| bardcore candidate:
|
| https://youtu.be/Kbj4bulZX2Y
| Shared404 wrote:
| This can make decent ambience for D&D, before the game starts at
| least. Sometimes in game as well in a tavern or some such place.
| mattkevan wrote:
| Hildegard von Blingin' is pretty good too.
|
| https://m.youtube.com/user/9freakydarling9
|
| Plus their name is unreasonably funny.
| spelunker wrote:
| Those vocals wow!
| shoo wrote:
| Forty Six & 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rauFQHnfDLc
| chrisjarvis wrote:
| related and similarly fun is the rather esoteric genre of "wizard
| disco". https://bandcamp.com/tag/wizard-disco
| eruleman wrote:
| Hildegard von Blingin's cover of Bad Romance is the anthem of
| Bardcore:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2zpbcW-h-c
| zeitg3ist wrote:
| Thanks, now I know what the play on my next remote D&D session!
| tda wrote:
| Thank you HN for pointing me to this! It still exists on the
| internet of 2020, innocent creative brilliance with a nice dose
| of humor, not spoiled by commercial interests. This almost feels
| like the internet of yore
| breakfastduck wrote:
| Isn't it just!
|
| Clear serious commitment on those making sure language is
| authentic.
|
| Hearing some of the instrumental covers makes me fantasize
| about all the 'bands' of musicians & the songs they'd play
| live, never to be written down & back before music could be
| recorded.
|
| I would love to imagine a group playing a song not quite unlike
| this in a tavern & people going wild...
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5d8bnvO2JQ (System of a Down -
| Toxicity - Medieval Style - Bardcore)
| natcombs wrote:
| After watching this video, I now get why this exists. That
| was pretty cool
| est31 wrote:
| Well, there are ads on those videos, so it's not that they
| don't get anything from it. But for most, it's probably not
| enough to make a living.
|
| PS: how do you feel about memes? They seem to fit into that
| niche that you describe.
| aidenn0 wrote:
| Almost certainly the ad revenue goes towards the authors of
| the original song, due to how music licensing works.
| _Microft wrote:
| The inevitable:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP1QJguEJJc
| hugh4life wrote:
| No mention of Stary Olsa?
|
| Death in Rome does neofolk covers of pop songs.
| ccffpphh wrote:
| My favorite of this style is honestly Nothing Else Matters by
| Algal.
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCUx9nOt9u8
|
| He does a great job, plays the instruments on video too.
| SigmundA wrote:
| Youtube linked this from that video, wow:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTCiuTUaEvs
| arthurcolle wrote:
| I love the Scala & Kolacny Brothers cover of this one too,
| featured in Zero Dark Thirty.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SABPBly90Nk
| kbenson wrote:
| It would honestly be really cool to encounter this (or
| something like it) unexpectedly in some fantasy type movie. One
| of my favorite things of the new Westworld series was the
| Player piano openings of more recent hits.
| bashmelek wrote:
| As enjoyable as this is, I still can't help but to worry that
| it's another imitation of something historical or traditional
| eclipsing the actual thing it is meant to pay homage to. Let's
| not forget the original, else we run the risk of forgetting, and
| the closest thing becomes and imitation of an imitation. I'll
| search medieval music and so often I find modern, original,
| creations. It can be great and sometimes I'm in the mood for it,
| but I want us to have as a culture a memory of our older arts.
| jonny_eh wrote:
| > I'll search medieval music and so often I find modern,
| original, creations
|
| While that can be frustrating, you're still far closer to
| finding what you want than in the pre-internet age.
| breakfastduck wrote:
| That's more a search / trending issue I think.
|
| Absolutely the best way to remember things through history and
| keep them alive is to keep making them.
|
| The commitment some of these artists are showing to ensure the
| language & pronunciation is as accurate as possible is
| astounding. Really, this is a hell of a way to get kids
| interested in old languages when they're being taught at
| school.
|
| Rather a cynical view you're taking I think.
| bitwize wrote:
| A few years ago, there was a Westerner who got together with
| a couple of Japanese craftsmen and started producing ukiyo-e
| -- Japanese woodblock prints -- of Super Mario, Link, Samus,
| and other video game characters rendered in a traditional
| style with the hope of reviving interest in the style.
|
| It turns out that ukiyo-e's popularity waxed and waned over
| two centuries, with art audiences getting bored of it until
| some new artist found a way to make the medium contemporary
| and relevant again with new subject matter. So, far from
| trivializing a great Japanese tradition by associating it
| with material from his vidya, he was keeping it alive the
| exact same way Japanese artists kept it alive over the
| centuries.
| breakfastduck wrote:
| That's a great example.
|
| Most great art takes from the past, I don't see any reason
| why music shouldn't take inspiration from styles or
| instruments from the medieval periods (or any other!)
| bashmelek wrote:
| My experiences with searching for older music precede this
| trend, a few years back I researched bardic tradition and
| that lead to me exploring traditional Welsh music and it
| really opened my mind to how much is out there. The internet
| helps enormously but even still things take digging, and get
| lost.
|
| I hope that this style trending does lead to a renewed
| interest and appreciation of medieval music and history. It's
| a matter of how the seeds fall, so to speak. Many might just
| enjoy these modern takes, but then there are those who will
| take it further to learn about the old source.
| ljp_206 wrote:
| I have also recently learned about "dungeon synth," which was a
| pleasant surprise. Plenty of compilations and examples if you do
| a YouTube search.
| aasasd wrote:
| From just the name, I feel like it should resemble Burzum's
| prison years.
| aasasd wrote:
| Well, I mean, if you were on youtube in the past few months and
| outside of the default suggestion trashpile, I can't imagine how
| you'd manage to evade this phenomenon.
| freeone3000 wrote:
| By having tuned home pages? I never see music suggested to me
| on YouTube (assumably because I don't listen to music on
| YouTube)
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