THE OLDEST SONG IN THE WORLD

Музыка

This song to the Hurrian goddess Nikkal, is the oldest piece of music for which we have both the words and the accompanying musical notes. The work was written on clay tablets around 3500 years ago, and was discovered by archaeologists in the 1950’s in the ruins of the ancient city of Ugarit.
The tablets, which are written in the Hurrian language using Sumerian cuneiform script, have been studied for years by a number of eminent scholars, and several theories have been advanced as to how the music should be interpreted. In my opinion, the most thorough and convincing interpretation (and by far the most musical), is that offered by archaeomusicologist, Dr. Richard J. Dumbrill, and that is the one which you hear in this video.
The long-necked lute you see me playing is a cross between the Turkish baglama and the Persian setar. I made this instrument myself as an experiment. It has four strings but the bass notes are a double course. It is tuned F-C-F. Lutes of this type have been played since the most ancient times throughout Mesopotamia and Anatolia.
The pipes you hear are replicas of the 5000 year old silver pipes discovered in the Sumerian city of Ur in the 1920’s. These are reed instruments but since I cannot play wind instruments and sing at the same time, I sampled the pipes and I am playing them by means of a pedal keyboard, similar to the kind of pedalboard used by organists. My left foot controls the lower register pipe, and my right foot the higher register. Players of these instruments used the technique known as “circular breathing”, which is still used today for wind instruments like the Armenian duduk, and the Australian didgeridoo. This song was performed live, in a single pass. Nothing was added or overdubbed.
The text of the song is not well understood because the Hurrian language has not been thoroughly studied and the original tablet has bits missing. The goddess Nikkal, like most lunar deities, was associated with fertility and childbirth. Here is a very rough idea of what experts believe is being sung by the singer. I have tried to make this poetic rather than literal.
I have made offerings to the goddess
That she will open her heart in love,
And that my sins will be forgiven.
May my jars of sweet sesame oil please her,
That she may look kindly upon us,
And make us fruitful.
Like the sprouting fields of grain,
May women bring forth with their husbands
And may those who are yet virgins
One day be blessed with children.

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  • @zalogiannis
    @zalogiannis Жыл бұрын

    Dude is carrying the bronze age community

  • @mortalclown3812

    @mortalclown3812

    Жыл бұрын

    😂 Beautifully put. Beyond the epic sound, something reaching cosmic consciousness' itself... Vibes out of time, out of turn. Wonder what tales they told the children then.

  • @jamesedmonds7519

    @jamesedmonds7519

    9 ай бұрын

    They're too busy eating avocado on toast to make music.

  • @as-above-so-below-

    @as-above-so-below-

    9 ай бұрын

    We will never forget what the Sea People did that fateful day 𐏈𐎠𐎡𐎬𐎩𐎫𐎥𐎹𐏁𐏂𐎿𐎾𐎾𐎿𐎱w𐎱𐎠 🗿🗿🗿

  • @ShahanshahShahin

    @ShahanshahShahin

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@as-above-so-below-that's actually the Achaemenid Persian Cuneiform version you've used here

  • @as-above-so-below-

    @as-above-so-below-

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ShahanshahShahin Yeah, I know, the first sight I went to only had that and not the original Cuneiform script

  • @Ejacquantumbreeeeze
    @Ejacquantumbreeeeze3 жыл бұрын

    Biggest tune of 1480 BC. Who's still listening in 2020?

  • @danielawesome36

    @danielawesome36

    3 жыл бұрын

    I remember me and my camel banging our heads to this song when it just came out... We were young back then... Good times.

  • @user-fl7zn2tn9q

    @user-fl7zn2tn9q

    3 жыл бұрын

    These comments man I just can't

  • @jmcdermot1604

    @jmcdermot1604

    3 жыл бұрын

    Who’s listening? Everyone here, at least.

  • @jmcdermot1604

    @jmcdermot1604

    3 жыл бұрын

    Everyone here is listening, at least. Or...

  • @larrycadle2258

    @larrycadle2258

    3 жыл бұрын

    Love this!

  • @amhenotepakkardius5504
    @amhenotepakkardius55042 жыл бұрын

    I recall this. Centuries ago I was sitting outside the walls of the big city of Uruk one moonlit night, drunk staring into the distance where the river Euphrates ran into the darkness of the horizon. My friend Unnnak Lil started singing this. And I joined in. We heard some dogs howling along with this. That was fun. Now in my hundred and fifty first rebirth, I still retain those memories. How time flies . Thank you singer.

  • @PotionsMaster666

    @PotionsMaster666

    2 жыл бұрын

    😭

  • @ADAM-tx4nv

    @ADAM-tx4nv

    2 жыл бұрын

    I remember you you filthy drunk! Damn teenagers, always ruining a old man’s sleep, I could not shut my eyes that day.

  • @narendranathkar5243

    @narendranathkar5243

    2 жыл бұрын

    that time i was siiting behind you. i also enjoyed. those days :)

  • @amhenotepakkardius5504

    @amhenotepakkardius5504

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@narendranathkar5243 Long time no see HA HA, ..

  • @merlepettry9048

    @merlepettry9048

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember when I was ma zhu a god of lightning thunder an the ocean I remember becoming human an going back over deep sadness now I be been here again multiple lives an need to go back again an can't remember how only that I was ma zhu but this music resonates with me in ways I can't explain

  • @xPoemi
    @xPoemi3 жыл бұрын

    Just the thought that people 3'500 years ago sang the same song is utterly amazing.

  • @SoggySandwich80

    @SoggySandwich80

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s what they think it sounded like, we have no way of knowing what exactly it sounded like

  • @f10nn02

    @f10nn02

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Straight brown Male this is the oldest song that was written down basically. They found ancient tablets that had lyrics on them and also the melody of the song. After some interpreting they knew what notes to play but it wasn’t clear what tuning the instrument should be in or how long some of the notes were meant to be played for so they had to get creative

  • @christophersanders3252

    @christophersanders3252

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SoggySandwich80 No way that you know of.

  • @kidglort3781

    @kidglort3781

    2 жыл бұрын

    For reals.

  • @ophois9265
    @ophois92653 жыл бұрын

    I am going to download this song on my clay tablet.

  • @rhondaeverett8284

    @rhondaeverett8284

    3 жыл бұрын

    👍😂

  • @tanyapineda7212

    @tanyapineda7212

    3 жыл бұрын

    Heh heh good one.

  • @siddharthabanerjee6155

    @siddharthabanerjee6155

    3 жыл бұрын

    69th like from me 🙃

  • @user-gw1dr7rt9b

    @user-gw1dr7rt9b

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣😂👍

  • @shaunnickalls453

    @shaunnickalls453

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂🍷

  • @James-vm2cl
    @James-vm2cl3 жыл бұрын

    Good cover but man you should have seen it played live in Mesopotamia.

  • @fatinfarahnaz5469

    @fatinfarahnaz5469

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wish i can reverse the time back to that ancient kingdom. Really wanna hear this song 😂

  • @jadsalhani

    @jadsalhani

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha yes, but Ugarit, not Mesopotamia

  • @mateofoscoli6374

    @mateofoscoli6374

    3 жыл бұрын

    That pit was dusty. I think I got stoned.

  • @dholley51492

    @dholley51492

    3 жыл бұрын

    I saw gilgamesh in uruk before he really got popular.

  • @otterpop5551

    @otterpop5551

    3 жыл бұрын

    It used to be more refined than they would have you believe. You can still hear it played in the authentic version that was first heard by man long before they say it was even created, travel to sacred subterranean shrines and wait for the musicians to come play the songs they carry down through their families as a sort of legacy.

  • @kominbunsri2278
    @kominbunsri2278 Жыл бұрын

    After 3,500 year , finally we got remastered version

  • @morganhess6876
    @morganhess6876Ай бұрын

    4000 years later, this still holds up. And I really mean that.

  • @skrowmedia
    @skrowmedia3 жыл бұрын

    No seriously, let's talk about how insanely good his voice is.

  • @zaimkarii1756

    @zaimkarii1756

    3 жыл бұрын

    He survive 3500 years

  • @BrunoNeureiter

    @BrunoNeureiter

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Unknown Jetson ok boomer

  • @BrunoNeureiter

    @BrunoNeureiter

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Unknown Jetson you're dense and ignorant, that's why

  • @jackknife4547

    @jackknife4547

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BrunoNeureiter you just described everyone under the age of 35

  • @BrunoNeureiter

    @BrunoNeureiter

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jackknife4547 wow hold your guns cowboy

  • @poncho.4127
    @poncho.41273 жыл бұрын

    Imagine being the guy to write such a banger it's played for thousands of years.

  • @spiqk

    @spiqk

    3 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/aa2Fq5SmhbudgsY.html

  • @AlIguana

    @AlIguana

    3 жыл бұрын

    (or woman). Being nitpicky, the city this tablet was found in was destroyed around 1200 bce, and the tablet was found in the 1950s. so it literally hasn't been played for 3000 years... and that's what makes it all the more amazing. But that they wrote it down so we *can* play a version if it 3500 year later is just mind-blowing

  • @daunhidupwa8768

    @daunhidupwa8768

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@spiqk Stop spaming!

  • @bruhpppoopoo8268

    @bruhpppoopoo8268

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AlIguana a woman wouldn't have made this

  • @molybdomancer195

    @molybdomancer195

    9 ай бұрын

    @@bruhpppoopoo8268really? Evidence for your assertion or I call BS

  • @blueshit199
    @blueshit199 Жыл бұрын

    it ain't an ancient song without the "OoOoOoOoOoOo!" in it, absolutely love it!

  • @YuiFunami
    @YuiFunami Жыл бұрын

    peter pringle be single handidly reviving interest in 3500 year old music

  • @lilya9644
    @lilya96443 жыл бұрын

    “So, what music do you like” Me: “40’s” “Oh so, 1940’s!” Me: “no just 40”

  • @rami_ferreyra

    @rami_ferreyra

    3 жыл бұрын

    this comment will have many likes

  • @danendraaryadewa5455

    @danendraaryadewa5455

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is 1400 bc mind you, not even 40

  • @RRRIBEYE

    @RRRIBEYE

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rami_ferreyra Guy way down below said it 1st. He said "90s" and the other guy "1990s?" 1st guy "No. 90s." So yeah...only 98.999% plagiarized.

  • @melliecolesg231

    @melliecolesg231

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RRRIBEYE Plagiarized AND historically inaccurate.

  • @Baraodojaguary

    @Baraodojaguary

    3 жыл бұрын

    1940s is nice too

  • @clutch5011
    @clutch50113 жыл бұрын

    Only 1400 bce kids will remember

  • @user-nv9wo8jx9x

    @user-nv9wo8jx9x

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well you are correct I remember this song my parents used to play it and before that we used to listen to the wind!!!

  • @justinmorgan2126
    @justinmorgan21262 жыл бұрын

    Oldest song we know of, and it's not exactly banging rocks together. Makes one wonder what other wonderous music and lyrics have been lost to us, never to be heard again.

  • @malidadoedaughterofearth4174

    @malidadoedaughterofearth4174

    2 жыл бұрын

    3500 years is not much in our species' history. We have been were human much, much, much longer.

  • @Parco_Molo
    @Parco_Molo Жыл бұрын

    Waited 4500 years for this drop

  • @deacon6453
    @deacon64533 жыл бұрын

    I remember back in 1448 BC when me and my crew, “The Sons Of Teshub” used to crank this riding our chariots against through Amurru and Nuhashe. #Mittaniforever #Carcemishstands #CurseEgypt #Thutmosethebastard

  • @RossWasTaken

    @RossWasTaken

    3 жыл бұрын

    Brings back good memories

  • @purdysanchez

    @purdysanchez

    3 жыл бұрын

    Stolen joke but I still got to upvote

  • @Archibald_von_Munch

    @Archibald_von_Munch

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are my new hero!

  • @realballfondler

    @realballfondler

    3 жыл бұрын

    great comment

  • @differentone_p

    @differentone_p

    3 жыл бұрын

    kusa

  • @elirabadi2816
    @elirabadi28163 жыл бұрын

    i remember listening to this on my i-stone

  • @Sdude123.

    @Sdude123.

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CP-ns5ed I'm sure it will blow up

  • @xfodude8511
    @xfodude85113 жыл бұрын

    When he said, "OooooOOOOoOOoOOOoOoOOooOohhhhHHHHhhhhh," I really felt that.

  • @user-fg6dj1uz8b
    @user-fg6dj1uz8b3 жыл бұрын

    Man such a nostalgic feeling, only true homies know how it was to dance to this banger at the hanging gardens.

  • @notmexd1522

    @notmexd1522

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good old days

  • @AveTrainOnDaTrack
    @AveTrainOnDaTrack3 жыл бұрын

    They used to play this song 24/7 on Gilgamix FM radio back in the day

  • @01adikanarendra43

    @01adikanarendra43

    3 жыл бұрын

    hahah

  • @pattierichards7391

    @pattierichards7391

    2 жыл бұрын

    Smartass lol

  • @hopekee
    @hopekee3 ай бұрын

    Sung by people who have long since turned to dust, their names unknown... forgotten through the drift of time except for this song that once slid of the edges of their lips. As in thousands of years we will also be forgotten.

  • @Nitrogenoxidegorillas
    @Nitrogenoxidegorillas Жыл бұрын

    When he said 𒀕𒀖𒀗𒀙𒀨𒀮𒀱𒀼𒀾𒁃𒁜𒁦 it really stuck with me❤😂

  • @TheAugust8

    @TheAugust8

    Жыл бұрын

    Only 1500BC-kids can understand this.

  • @AHMAD..77

    @AHMAD..77

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@wonderwoman133if you are serious Then it's not a language but a font Saying as kid from 1500 bc

  • @mopromiseland3481
    @mopromiseland34812 жыл бұрын

    I was born and riesed in Ugarit. Itś Pleasure to hear this piece pf art again from you. I feel the soul of My Granddad, who worked for years with the frensh archaeologist Prof. Cloude Shaeffer, would be happy and pleased in his grave.

  • @tigranispiryan4865

    @tigranispiryan4865

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hurrians were Armenian. Not Arab

  • @pattiannepascual

    @pattiannepascual

    Жыл бұрын

    Ugarit still exists???

  • @yegga66
    @yegga663 жыл бұрын

    there are rumors, this song was in the top 40 hits for 14 weeks

  • @larswesterhausen7262

    @larswesterhausen7262

    3 жыл бұрын

    14 centuries even.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache3 жыл бұрын

    I can't understand the lyrics, but I can feel the song. His voice is amazing.

  • @velyurong9513

    @velyurong9513

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh my God, and you are here, too! We have a very much similar feed

  • @ozymandio5050

    @ozymandio5050

    3 жыл бұрын

    We meet again

  • @jazzram_

    @jazzram_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Family reunion

  • @mgreen2541

    @mgreen2541

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, that's how music works

  • @markaruski
    @markaruski3 жыл бұрын

    Who's still listening 3420 years later?

  • @mellow5123

    @mellow5123

    3 жыл бұрын

    I guess we are. Couldn't even get enough of it then...

  • @sammurphy5573

    @sammurphy5573

    3 жыл бұрын

    MeeeeeeeeEe Eee eee eee eee eeeEEEEEEeeEeeeEEEEEee😉

  • @TheLordTravis
    @TheLordTravis2 жыл бұрын

    Me: "Hey pass the aux " :Friend: " You better not play that old stuff " :Me: plays this song

  • @CompleteHearsay

    @CompleteHearsay

    2 жыл бұрын

    BAHAHA

  • @prod.sabimaru2736
    @prod.sabimaru27363 жыл бұрын

    Parents in 1400 BCE be like: you kids listen to this shit?

  • @andmicbro1

    @andmicbro1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Turn that noise down damnit! kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKh32tivaLyZctY.html

  • @OuterRimPride

    @OuterRimPride

    3 жыл бұрын

    Back in my day we listened to the wind.

  • @sabijokeyt4343

    @sabijokeyt4343

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@andmicbro1 bro is that a ip address puller

  • @BushcraftingBogan

    @BushcraftingBogan

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great. Next you’ll be dressing like a monotheist!

  • @fazergazer
    @fazergazer3 жыл бұрын

    Let the night Be filled with the scent of papyrus Let the day Be filled with the aroma of oranges Come taste the fruit of the land Let the waters carry our boats Let the waters carry out spirit Let the rains wash over the land Birth comes with the rains The cycle begins again

  • @philipfortygin7660
    @philipfortygin76603 жыл бұрын

    I remember being a kid helping my dad sell barley in the market place of Uruk, and a drunken now homeless bard singing this bop. Back then I thought it was annoying, now it's litty!! Instant nostalgia.

  • @feartheoldblood
    @feartheoldblood Жыл бұрын

    Thus the deserts were gifted theme songs.

  • @marshmelows

    @marshmelows

    Жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @offenseliontv8803
    @offenseliontv88033 жыл бұрын

    Teenagers now bragging abt listening to 70s music is I listen to that 1400 bc shit is slapping

  • @DavidMartinez-vn8kt
    @DavidMartinez-vn8kt3 жыл бұрын

    Only 1500 BC kids remember.

  • @noracola5285
    @noracola528511 ай бұрын

    Todays kids will never understand that feeling when you bring home your freshly fired clay tablet and break out your oud and pipes to jam to the latest hits with your friends. Wish we could go back.

  • @bar540

    @bar540

    7 ай бұрын

    You can go back, I will say here

  • @averagealienSD
    @averagealienSD3 жыл бұрын

    Can u imagine the hype when this banger first came out?

  • @nocturnaljoe9543

    @nocturnaljoe9543

    3 жыл бұрын

    Must have been blastin out of every teenagers room.

  • @DOOD559
    @DOOD5593 жыл бұрын

    I remember when this came out.

  • @garymingy8671

    @garymingy8671

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think I remember when Hendricks got his hands on dis ...

  • @uhhhyeag20
    @uhhhyeag203 жыл бұрын

    I just wanted to let you know that I absolutely adore those ancient songs. Its truly an honor to have someone like you on this platform.

  • @ryanbraud2813
    @ryanbraud28132 жыл бұрын

    Shoutout to the homie that recorded this 3000 years ago

  • @TheBootyman94
    @TheBootyman943 жыл бұрын

    Omg I'll never forget the year this came out. Famin and sickness plagued the lands..I guess some things never change

  • @GeneratorOfDarkness
    @GeneratorOfDarkness3 жыл бұрын

    I'm listening to the original clay disc press

  • @TheRealMightyHokie

    @TheRealMightyHokie

    3 жыл бұрын

    One like?!?!?! This was an actual laugh out loud comment.

  • @skankmancody
    @skankmancody3 жыл бұрын

    when he said ÅÅıÅııı˝ı©∫∫©∫˝ıı∫∆åÔÔÎÎÎÔÔÔÔÔøØ؈ˆˆˆˆÁÁÁˇˇıııÔ˝ÔÔ˝Ô˝Ô˝ÓÔÓ I felt that

  • @FauxReal.
    @FauxReal. Жыл бұрын

    We making it out of Uruk with this one !!!!

  • @koootoshidayo
    @koootoshidayo3 жыл бұрын

    No, i'm not crying, it just the euphrates and tigris flowing from my eyes

  • @28diefee
    @28diefee3 жыл бұрын

    I remember at that times, when we ate bread and had some beer talking about Gilga and his gans.

  • @dwvcollection

    @dwvcollection

    3 жыл бұрын

    i almost got decapitated once, that madlad

  • @srknoguz

    @srknoguz

    3 жыл бұрын

    🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

  • @srknoguz

    @srknoguz

    3 жыл бұрын

    🇹🇷

  • @luthiervandros

    @luthiervandros

    3 жыл бұрын

    What about Gilga and his mesh?

  • @k3tarnin
    @k3tarnin3 жыл бұрын

    Brings back the time when I helped my mate dissect his slave's liver to divine the whereabouts of his missing bronze sword. Good times

  • @MemberHomei

    @MemberHomei

    3 жыл бұрын

    You would’ve been the slave. Are you today a rich factory owner? No. A salaried worker? Yes. You would’ve been the slave.

  • @jalalazizi1069

    @jalalazizi1069

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MemberHomei Yikes, who pissed in your porridge this morning? (you're still right though).

  • @nufahmaulida979

    @nufahmaulida979

    3 жыл бұрын

    Damn i just lost my wallet, whose liver do i need to sacrifice now?

  • @xarsx1
    @xarsx1 Жыл бұрын

    Even classical music feels like a new gen hip hop if compared to this song

  • @lindabaron4584

    @lindabaron4584

    Жыл бұрын

    😂 but seriously, it's a good point!

  • @jesserichardson8116

    @jesserichardson8116

    Жыл бұрын

    Classical during its early days was basically Metallica in the 1980s. Loud, bombastic, expressive, and absolutely not what your grandmother thought you should be listening to. It's all got a lot more in common than you think lol

  • @josephrodriguez7891
    @josephrodriguez78913 жыл бұрын

    Peter Pringle needs to be protected at all costs.

  • @Muchyza2
    @Muchyza23 жыл бұрын

    Oldest song or not, this man's academic interpretation definitely,. well to me, captures the spiritual nature of song in those times.. I can listen to this for hours. Very impressed!!

  • @barbaricvm0

    @barbaricvm0

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was just about to say this, be it true or not, Peter Pringle is a absolute artist od showing the true ambient and magic of the song, the time period.

  • @FedeMayhemile.
    @FedeMayhemile.3 жыл бұрын

    It seems like that one song Serj Tankian listens to every morning, stereotypically speaking.

  • @Nergal_Slayer

    @Nergal_Slayer

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why the hell does that make so much sense?

  • @FedeMayhemile.

    @FedeMayhemile.

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Nergal_Slayer He's Armenian and SOAD's sound is in part influenced by that side of the planet's music, so, this sounds simillar to that style, might be the probable reason.

  • @steveschroeder4130
    @steveschroeder41302 ай бұрын

    He’s singing, “We are never ever getting back together….”

  • @KaanKarasancak
    @KaanKarasancak Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Mr Pringe for recreating this piece of music. I live in Turkey and I can clearly say that it is very similar to Turkish, Persian, Armenian and Arabic ethnic music. It is astonishing to hear how the Hurrians, a civilization that lived 3500 years ago, used the same melodies and emotions we use today. After listening to this, I can clearly say that we humans do not create the melodies. Geography itself creates the music. We just listen and play.

  • @goomic

    @goomic

    Жыл бұрын

    That's so interesting, do you know where can i learn more in the subject? Cheers!

  • @robertforsythe3280

    @robertforsythe3280

    Жыл бұрын

    So who knows except the creator and our savior how many lives our souls have lived only The Holy Ghost. Ponder the veil as it has its purpose. Our Savior coined the word Days for the number. Today almost all are in darkness. There was a day that worshiped birds of the sky and fish of the sea as it was not understood how these creatures flew or swam in the seas.

  • @Uttrediay

    @Uttrediay

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised if he hasn't studied Mesopotamian music and allowed it to influence his interpretation. I'm a big fan of Mesopotamian, Turkish and other music in the region and I agree that there is a similarity.

  • @robertforsythe3280

    @robertforsythe3280

    11 ай бұрын

    I even ponder if he (his soul) lived in the past long ago and sang the music then , today this thought has been taken from the mind of most. We do live in end times just look around and at the sky and all the events that surround. @@Uttrediay

  • @giocosovelasco
    @giocosovelasco3 жыл бұрын

    A certified hood classic

  • @GabrielDipo

    @GabrielDipo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nag-Hood Classic

  • @samdj4586
    @samdj45863 жыл бұрын

    i was expecting to start playing smoke on the water

  • @ratbones620
    @ratbones6202 жыл бұрын

    I find things like this absolutely fascinating. I wish ancient music was more studied so we could piece together even more songs!

  • @teymurj2966
    @teymurj2966 Жыл бұрын

    This is the best song to sell low-grade copper too.

  • @buttquack
    @buttquack3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a progressive death metal song opening.

  • @rudowakening3638

    @rudowakening3638

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s really a Candlemass song

  • @abcd-dk5zp
    @abcd-dk5zp3 жыл бұрын

    It would be more accurate to say: "The most ancient song that we know."

  • @kingsleyoziegbe9322

    @kingsleyoziegbe9322

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly, I just thought the same thing

  • @MelancoliaI
    @MelancoliaI Жыл бұрын

    Peter is the best and rarest limited edition of Pringles, flavored with unbelievably ancient music

  • @85Funkadelic
    @85Funkadelic2 жыл бұрын

    Why do the old songs fill me with such melancholy? They reach deep into your soul and touch the ancient places within us.

  • @bannedfordays.5101

    @bannedfordays.5101

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorrow for what is lost, but that's just what I think.

  • @wendysalter

    @wendysalter

    Жыл бұрын

    Songs of those times were prayers

  • @user-mw4sl8vh6q
    @user-mw4sl8vh6q3 жыл бұрын

    I dont know why is this in my recommended, but I dont regret it

  • @derk486
    @derk4863 жыл бұрын

    It's my sleepover, i get to choose the music

  • @leshommesdupilly
    @leshommesdupilly4 ай бұрын

    Our most sacred songs and prayers will become intergalactic shitpost in a few millennia

  • @iaiband
    @iaiband4 ай бұрын

    When my boomer coworkers say they only like the oldies I put this on for them

  • @robloxmaster4545
    @robloxmaster45453 жыл бұрын

    *nostalgia intensifies*

  • @alexandreroudaut3418
    @alexandreroudaut34183 жыл бұрын

    The algorythm has brought us once again and for my greatest pleasure

  • @justicebeske5704
    @justicebeske57043 жыл бұрын

    It's great to have people like him keeping us from forgetting our past. If you're reading this, you are a hero to history lovers everywhere.

  • @drazzle6267
    @drazzle62672 жыл бұрын

    When this first came out i had the lyrics on my tablet!!

  • @realhawaii5o
    @realhawaii5o3 жыл бұрын

    Winner of the Proto-Indo-European Song Contest

  • @yunusderki

    @yunusderki

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hurrian not a indo-european language

  • @e.fontanot3809

    @e.fontanot3809

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Of Ancient semithic

  • @yunusderki

    @yunusderki

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@e.fontanot3809 actually not. Hurrian is a isolated language and related with the Urartian.

  • @mealsonwheels4970
    @mealsonwheels49703 жыл бұрын

    just here waiting for the DMCA claim from some 1500 B.C record label

  • @wendysalter
    @wendysalter Жыл бұрын

    If it is a close copy of the original, I won't worry about details, this version is very moving and enjoyable. I can imagine those women of old Syria sitting out under the peach-coloured moon singing this song quietly and praying for healthy happy children and blessings on the mothers with her gift of sesame oil. Just beautiful. Thank you.

  • @sickfvckkkkk

    @sickfvckkkkk

    Жыл бұрын

    To think Islam threw away the beautiful pagan religions that produced this

  • @tsweet777

    @tsweet777

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sickfvckkkkk as a syrian, i agree so much with ur comment. islamisation has been well.... hell.

  • @sickfvckkkkk

    @sickfvckkkkk

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tsweet777 It's awful watching pagan cultures get entirely wiped out, both in the west and the east. Losing Mesopotamian mythology is especially painful though, it is one of the oldest traditions and deserves to be remembered at the very least for the rich history it contextualizes.

  • @Swashbuckler9x
    @Swashbuckler9x3 жыл бұрын

    I just listened to this on acid, and you have no idea what just happened in this entire room. We must find older scriptures, this can't be it.

  • @alabasterindigo
    @alabasterindigo3 жыл бұрын

    This: “oldest song in the world” Neanderthal who played bone flute: *me unga*

  • @maileloren

    @maileloren

    3 жыл бұрын

    😭😭

  • @supersandwich8967

    @supersandwich8967

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @supersandwich8967

    @supersandwich8967

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @delmataekingdom9230

    @delmataekingdom9230

    3 жыл бұрын

    this is the oldest written song that is complete

  • @glorioushotwingsjr5080

    @glorioushotwingsjr5080

    3 жыл бұрын

    Caveman on Twitter

  • @poetsrear
    @poetsrear3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine the godly rejoice of Nikkal, when this song played again for the first time after thousands of years!

  • @Underbottom.Sandydown
    @Underbottom.Sandydown Жыл бұрын

    Couldn't remember the oldest song in the world, no - this is just a tribute

  • @VernonRead-om5im
    @VernonRead-om5im2 ай бұрын

    This is a remarkable song. And, Peter Pringle, you did a remarkable job interpreting it.

  • @namelessislandband
    @namelessislandband3 жыл бұрын

    wow, there was already a color camera in those days!

  • @Robostoph
    @Robostoph3 жыл бұрын

    Any three thousand year olds still listening in 2020?

  • @lucifugerofocale5847
    @lucifugerofocale58472 жыл бұрын

    only hurrian kids would remember

  • @sizaromo

    @sizaromo

    2 жыл бұрын

    I remembee cuz im a hurrian kurdisc boi our music is the same like this

  • @stelioshristofi3356
    @stelioshristofi33562 жыл бұрын

    Why is this recommended after 3423 years

  • @DifferentSaturner

    @DifferentSaturner

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because of slow internet connexion! (Fri 29 Apr 2022 22h55)

  • @katekatey279

    @katekatey279

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @katekatey279

    @katekatey279

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DifferentSaturner 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @DifferentSaturner

    @DifferentSaturner

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@katekatey279 LOL

  • @tonguesoffire7561
    @tonguesoffire75613 жыл бұрын

    I was hoping he was going to play smoke on the water

  • @countprogon

    @countprogon

    3 жыл бұрын

    0350365 BC

  • @megajuanph11
    @megajuanph113 жыл бұрын

    KZread 3500 years ago was amazing,

  • @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs
    @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs Жыл бұрын

    2023 B.C. sending DMs through clay tablets

  • @acegambit54
    @acegambit543 жыл бұрын

    I remeber when this hit came out

  • @vito345678
    @vito3456783 жыл бұрын

    I like this song, but their earlier works are way better

  • @5._Asian
    @5._Asian2 жыл бұрын

    HELP MY FURNITURE IS FLOATING

  • @eylon1967
    @eylon19672 жыл бұрын

    only those born in the 1,500's B.C will remember hearing this at familly dinner

  • @thesamman

    @thesamman

    2 жыл бұрын

    facts

  • @knuckledusterwwii7971

    @knuckledusterwwii7971

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah those temple mass dinners were a bitch

  • @Volaths
    @Volaths3 жыл бұрын

    Me and the boys 1400 bce in the tavern enjoying a nice cup of Ninkasi Beer and this banger starts playing. Life is sweet for a moment.

  • @ceoofracistnigga5768
    @ceoofracistnigga57683 жыл бұрын

    Only 1400 B.C.E kid will remember this banger

  • @vivioprea4046
    @vivioprea4046 Жыл бұрын

    This man has a very distinct kind of charisma. And talent. It’s like I’m being transported back to the times this song was written in.

  • @loren8888

    @loren8888

    Жыл бұрын

    I closed my eyes and it felt like the past was calling out to me- very spiritual music!

  • @chieromancer
    @chieromancer3 жыл бұрын

    I'm feeling more fertile already.

  • @lukecasey2830
    @lukecasey28303 жыл бұрын

    Back in the days of 1500 BC, me and the boys would jam to this in my homecity of Ugarit

  • @_ratsoup1348

    @_ratsoup1348

    3 жыл бұрын

    ah, those were the good old days

  • @jud1114
    @jud11143 жыл бұрын

    May recommendation unite us again next 10 years

  • @ricardoarthur8522

    @ricardoarthur8522

    3 жыл бұрын

    Of course it will

  • @ricardoarthur8522

    @ricardoarthur8522

    3 жыл бұрын

    Of course it will

  • @ricardoarthur8522

    @ricardoarthur8522

    3 жыл бұрын

    Of course it will

  • @jukethebox6879

    @jukethebox6879

    3 жыл бұрын

    Of course it will

  • @user-jh4gr1pq1w
    @user-jh4gr1pq1w3 жыл бұрын

    A human life is about 100 years long. Music is inmortal and lives ages.

  • @azbeaux
    @azbeaux6 ай бұрын

    Sent chills running through me. I know this may not be exact, but the thought of ancient people singing these emotionally charged notes is humbling.

  • @augustdenger8231
    @augustdenger82313 жыл бұрын

    Hi everyone! See you all on whatever video brings us together next

  • @oswisso1196

    @oswisso1196

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lets find out

  • @totemnihil6099

    @totemnihil6099

    3 жыл бұрын

    Im glad to know the algorith has decide thousand of us are probably gonna click on this vid

  • @___xyz___

    @___xyz___

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why don't you just tell me?

  • @whoasked409

    @whoasked409

    3 жыл бұрын

    No thanks, you smell kind of rank.

  • @darkpuppetlordful
    @darkpuppetlordful3 жыл бұрын

    Peter Pringle blessing us with more ancient bread. A glory it is

  • @JustInTimeWorlds
    @JustInTimeWorlds3 жыл бұрын

    As a student of history, I feel like the KZread algorithm has smiled on me today. This is the most amazing KZread channel I never knew about.

  • @AllTrickss
    @AllTrickss2 жыл бұрын

    only true 1400s BCE kids remember when this banger dropped

  • @DoomGaming999

    @DoomGaming999

    2 жыл бұрын

    Heck yeah. When me and the boiz went to the club and heard this banger😎

  • @Shoujoulover

    @Shoujoulover

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was rulling Egypt at that time

  • @Shoujoulover

    @Shoujoulover

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Occasional Commenter Yeah

  • @FreePalestine8096
    @FreePalestine80963 жыл бұрын

    Oldie but goodie

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