...The Oldest Known Melody c.1400 BC!
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- This unique video, features my first of 2 arrangements for solo lyre, of the 3400 year old "Hurrian Hymn no.6", which was discovered in Ugarit in Syria in the early 1950s, and was preserved for 3400 years on a clay tablet, written in the Cuniform text of the ancient Hurrian language - The Hurrian Hymn (catalogued as Text H6) was discovered in Ugarit, Syria, in the early 1950s, and was preserved for 3400 years on a clay tablet, written in the Cuniform text of the ancient Hurrian language - except from a few earlier Sumarian fragmentary instructional musical texts from c.1950 BCE (Musical Instructions for Lipit-Ishtar, King of Justice) the Hurrian Hymn it is the oldest written song yet known, in History!
Although about 29 musical texts were discovered at Ugarit, only this text, (text H6), was in a sufficient state of preservation to allow for modern academic musical reconstruction.
In short, the Cuneiform text clearly indicated specific names for lyre strings, and their respective musical intervals -- a sort of "Guitar tablature", for lyre!
Although discovered in modern day Syria, the Hurrians were not Syrian -- they came from modern day Anatolia. The Hurrian Hymn actually dates to the very end of the Hurrian civilisation (c.1400BCE) . The Hurrian civilization dates back to at least 3000 BCE. It is an incredible thought, that just maybe, the musical texts found at Ugarit, preserved precious sacred Hurrian music which may have already been thousands of years old, prior to their inscription for posterity, on the clay tablets found at Ugarit!
My arrangement here, is based on the that the original transcription of the melody, as interpreted by Prof. Richard Dumbrill. Here is a link to his book, "The Archeomusicology of the Near East": bit.ly/d3aovp
It is played here, on a modern evocation of the ancient Kinnor Lyre from neighbouring Israel; an instrument almost tonally identical to the wooden asymmetric-shaped lyres played throughout the Middle East at this amazingly distant time...when the Pharaoh's still ruled ancient Egypt.
A photograph of the actual clay tablet on which the Hurrian Hymn was inscribed, can be seen here:
www.phoenicia.o...
The melody is one of several academic interpretations, derived from the ambiguous Cuneiform text of the Hurrian language in which it was written. Although many of the meanings of the Hurrian language are now lost in the mists of time, it can be established that the fragmentary Hurrian Hymn which has been found on these precious clay tablets are dedicated to Nikkal; the wife of the moon god.
There are several such interpretations of this melody, but to me, the fabulous interpretation just somehow sounds the most "authentic". Below is a link to the sheet music, as arranged by Clint Goss:
www.flutekey.co...
In my arrangement of the Hurrian Hymn, I have attempted to illustrate an interesting diversity of ancient lyre playing techniques, ranging from the use of "block and strum" improvisation at the end, glissando's, trills & tremolos, and alternating between harp-like tones in the left hand produced by finger-plucked strings, and guitar-like tones in the right hand, produced by use of the plectrum.
I have arranged the melody in the style of a "Theme and Variations" - I first quote the unadorned melody in the first section, followed by the different lyre techniques described above in the repeat, & also featuring improvisatory passages at the end of the performance. My arrangement of the melody is much slower than this actual specific academic interpretation of the melody- I wanted the improvisations in the variations on the theme to stand out, and to better illustrate the use of lyre techniques by a more rubato approach to the melody.
The purpose of the accompanying slide show was to give a sense of historical perspective to the age of the Hurrian Hymn, by painting a brief picture of the rest of the ancient world (for example, images of ancient Egypt etc) at about 1400 BC - at least a century or more before the birth of Tutankhamun, for instance!
For full details about my albums of lyre music, and the fascinating ancient historical background, please visit my official website:
www.ancientlyre...
This topped the clay tablet charts for 11 weeks.
11 millenia*
You're no Lyre. 😜
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's actually good one man!!! It even beat Gilgamesh Tale
Yeah, unfortunately. I’ve always had a hard time accepting mainstream music, now and then.
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My girlfriend introduced this to me on a mixstone she gave to me. She died in an Assyrian raid 😥 RIP Ummi-Waqrat, I paid so much for you 🙏
'Mixstone?' 😂
Lol
𒅋𒌓𒋧𒊏𒊏𒊒𒋾𒂊𒆷𒁴🙏
How much silver/barley/cattle did you give for her?
This here Son of l-nasir deserved his wife murdered for he paid me for this daughter of mine in bad copper and rotten millet
Before some dorks stumble upon a gold mine of old musics, this used to be underground, then suddenly it went mainstream. A true hidden gem.
I guess it lends a whole new meaning to the term "undeground music."
I remember when it was still underground. Have been a true fan since the beginning.
Seriously, guys. I'm the only one who thinks this band should drop a new album this year?
kennywarp I heard that they started to write new stuff! OMG I am so damn excited!! Hopefully it’s better than the last album
kennywarp ikr, they havent made that many recent ones.
Girly girl gamer 1234567 wooosh
Whooshhh
@@oof2210 Tbh the last album was shit I hope they'll make a redemption
Saw them do this live in 1397BC near the old rock formation. Literally the craziest concert I've ever seen. They haven't been the same since they lost the lyre player.
Its usually the bodhran player that kicks it first
Your a big lyre😂😁
Yeah.. that night, fucking drunk asshole with a spear was right there when the lyre player decide to crowd serf. kind of nasty. Made for a cool effect though.
@@rolldog82 r/wooosh
thats impossible you werent alive at the time
Me and the squad used to jam to this while chillin' on a chariot ride man I miss those days but we all turn 3400 some day, right?
I missed out on so much! I gotta start hangin' out with ya'lls more! Quit sayin lil sister don't ya dance!
I used to go on late night rides a on a camel and blast this shit
And it sounds so good on the ClubMan.
Brings back memories.
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those were the good ol days, I remember walking in Rome before it fell
There's an eery beauty to hearing the thoughts and emotions of people long gone encoded in music.
LoquaciousApe little do you know that it's a song about how his wife tripped and fell down the world's tallest cliff. She's still falling to this day.
I absolutely love this song.
I remember when I first listened to this on my iStone 7.
lel
fake
Dud how old even are you.......... I'm curious...
honestly you think that was ages away, i got a hold of the nokia stick when it was new
HILARIOUS! I am so stealing that joke
I remember hearing this banger in Egypt when I was traveling. Then, I returned to Babylon. This was in 1347 BC. Later, after several centuries, Egypt was mired in endless wars and began lose. It was sad because the country that created this banger started to die. To everyone who lives in Egypt, I thank you for such a masterpiece
@ayhamkimo4488He didn't claim it was created in Egypt... but that he had heard it in Egypt.
All these kids in my school listening to all this mainstream shit like Mozart and Beethoven. Smh, I listen to this Hurrian music man. I was born in the wrong generation
your born in 26262626266262bc
Did you just say Mozart is shit?
When you said mainstream i've think that you meant techno or hip hop and there you go "they listen like Mozart and Beethoven", i mean if they listen to that at all for just a little while they are great, don't you think?
how can you guys be this stupid? XD
If you just said mozart and beethoven is shit, well then...
When the drummer left this band, I was heart broken.
Honestly 😭
The drummer didn't leave the band, the band left him
Well clearly they did really good without the drummer.
I heard that the singer was down with strep at the time of recording, sending positively! Recover soon!
Anyone hear when their new albums gonna drop?
@@ThunderAppeal 😂
How come no one is mentioning that metal rift at the end? That is legitimately sick
Billboard Hot 100, 1400 BC: 1. Hurrian Hymn #6 2. Love Me Dune 3. Mrs. Brown, You've got a Lovely Dromedary 4. Sandal in the Wind 5. A Stone-Ager in Love 6. Hit the Road Jackel 7. He Stopped Loving Ur Today 8. Goats Can't Buy Me Love 9. Dawning of the Age of the Abacus/ Let the Sun god in 10. It's Five O'sundial Somewhere
44fastgun best comment ever
Sandal in the wind 😆👍
Too bad people never gave enough credit to Jane's got a bow, Smells like summerian spirit, urukian rhapsody, cobbleway to hell, babylonification, stairway to eridu, Assyrian's paradise, clay you like a sandstorm and cher's Believe. Great hits, although they didnt make it the top 10 that millenium.
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You are VERY funny! Sandal in the Wind particularly!
I am only 2400 years old and I love this song.
There's no way that you are 2400 years old. Humans only live up to 80 years old. If you loved listening to this song in 1400 BCE, you would be dead by now.
@@randomvideos8722 are you dumb? he is just joking nobody can be 2400 years old 🙄
@@randomvideos8722 I agree
@@randomvideos8722 ye
@@randomvideos8722 - that’s thy joke
My favourite part is teng teng tuyeng
... Really REALLY GO TO THE CORNER!
Lol
Haha me either
Lol 🎵🤣
This is fucking me up, like some guy made this 3400 years ago and then here we are listening to it now on a device the original owner could not comprehend and many of us in locations the composer never knew existed.
Rainbows871 Awesome isn't it?
***** haha
+Mr. Gaunt lol, you tried to start shit and you just got ignored with your irrelevant trolling
***** Where?
+Marie Lemieux Secular and Pagan are synonymous. It was just called secular before Christianity coined the term "pagan"
Only 1400 BC. Kids will remember 😩🙌🏼
Your name is very cleaver.
Britney 😂
I do yes
Yeah in Syria
@Jesse Powell r/woooosh
I remember this one. It's from a group called the BCeatles.
Simmer1983 lol
foh. the Beatles are absolute trash.
The beatles are garbage pop music. Listen to Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran instead.
cringe at the people in here thinking their musical tastes matter to anybody else
@@goldenstateofmind1298 gucci gucci gang fanboy spotted
This is surprisingly metal for something so old! 5:15 Imagine what they would have played if they had distorted guitars!
that was improvized by the author. ffs read the description.
PPFFRPPST! Whaaat?
I`ll try not to hold that against the composer
@@damyr it's briefly mentioned once in one of 13 paragraphs, and at the end of all places. you can't expect everyone who listens to a youtube music video to read through that much music theory bullshit lingo before getting bored
@@whatsthedealwithairlinefood24 I mean if you just listen to it it's obviously modern and totally different from the rest of the piece
This is just a cover. The original is WAY better.
I remember back in 3999BC when me and my friends went to the concert in Urkesh. The best part about it was that I got my clay tablet signed by Artashumara, the Lyre Player. Good Times 👍.
I will try traveling back in time
I remember you.
You came through my Stargate at Eridu in 4200BC.
YOU SAID YOU WERE ONLY STAYING A FEW DAYS????
(201 Years later...🙄)
You should see them live. It will leave you petrified.
Denialater777 or crucified?
Siddharth Karlekar ikr lol 😂
am i too late to get tickets
The last recorded appearance was in sodom
This video has some of the best comments ever on RUclips. Very little fighting and name-calling, with a lot of comedy.
I know I scrolled mad far to find your comment
-Why? You wanna be starting somthing, you dork?!!
😉
Mitchell Baxter I noticed it too. Brilliant comments, one after another. And, so far, no death threats whatsoever. Remarkable!
Yeah, it's all as real as The Spinal Tap! It's all fake news...
Johnny K Fuck you mate
😁😋😘👍
It's 2020, and this is still a banger.
2023, and this is still a banger.
2025 and still a banger
2042 and still banger
2090 and still hitting hard😂
4827 and it hits harder with Jupiter Lord Cargimilius the 24th hitting the griddy in the concert with his buddy Jupinquavious II. Absolutely fire and gas like Jupiter.
Still can't believe they broke up
Who broke up?
DS XC I blame Yoko for their brake up, even though John made a come back with Gilgamesh.
They were a great band, when Yoko started dating Gilgamesh it was over. Truth was kids hated carrying around those bronze records, a 45rpm would weigh 50lbs.
Lol they ded
DS XC lololol
I'm 2 years old I wish I was born in the wrong generation. This Is when music used to be good. Unlike this pop crap kids listen to like like Beethoven or Mozart
+Dakota Andrus
>i wish i was born in the wrong generation
>kop tek
+Dakota Andrus For a 2 year-old you type like an adult lololol
Kaylasa JaguarStar
lmaoooooooo
+Dakota Andrus I am a sperm and I don't listen to Bieber I listen to Sumerians playing dem instrumentz!
+Dakota Andrus They are probably already shattered into pieces, with this much war and destruction going on in Syria
I've been listening to them since I first saw them on Anatolian Masters (thank you, Pyramid Broadcasting Service). That was when Neil was with them. He still occasionally pulls this out at concerts!
5:00 first rock and roll moment of history
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Aden Mayfair 🤘
Aden Mayfair 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
🤘fact
Sorry I'm new to the fan base, I heard their live concerts are wild!
Tatiana Garcia Yeah dude, we sacrafice a goat!
YE WE SMASH ROCKS ON EACH OTHERS HEADS
+Galaxy Kitten lol
Yeah, I came all the way from what the Roman newcomers would later on call Germania to see it.
Tatiana Garcia yeah they were really wild concerts they had the band is banned in the United States after Ozzie stoneworth sacrifice the fan to a bat.
1400 BC Nostalgia 😩👌👌👌 This along with Hurrian hymn was my go-to song while farming in the fertile crescent. Farming songs used to be the top genre back then. 100 beads/100 beads.
This isnt Hurrian hymn?
The music in video IS HURRIAN HYMN
Me: yo pass the aux
Friend:you better not play trash
Me: *Plays this*
People born after 1400BC just can't appreciate good music. Everything since then is weak.
Well, i disagree music after the 90s are weak. Remember? We got Beethoven and MJ before 90s end
Wasnt beethoven a dog.. :/
Heopful are you kidding me? Or you just dislike Beethoven?
Heopful you know what? You should study real history, The Beethoven I am talking about is Ludwig Van Beethoven. The Gentleman who written lots of lovely classical music. And this is him.
www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=beethoven
+Ludwig Van Beethoven & Michael Jackson look I don't even need to read that. If he was any sort of self-respecting musician, worth his salt.. he wouldn't be naming himself after Beethoven the actor(dog). smh "Artists" cant make it on their own these days and need to make it seem like their part of someone else's crew, fml why can't people stop trying to please the public and just be themselves??
Perfect music for a long chariot ride in the moonlight. With that special someone, of course.
I was born in the wrong generation. I'm 13 and I really like this music.
Music was lot better than music nowadays for sure, but life was alot harder back then for sure even rich people had alot more limits and mid wealth people nowadays had alot more stuff than. But if you had the oppurtinity to travel back in time make sure to grab your medicine, bottle of water, toilet paper and stay away from the sick people back then lol.
Whaaa?!
EEGAH no unerstand.
Sun Rabbit no understand.
@@SunRabbit Are you having a stroke?
@@veroist_ Ever seen the movie Eegah? It's not that good, but MST3K did a wonderful treatment on it.
They got too mainstream after this song
0% twerk
0% dollar notes
0% auto tune
100% real good music
delete that right now
@@neptuniamonnaanarchus no
@problem? yes i eat bricks
@@neptuniamonnaanarchusno bro
@@Mateus-Silva1234 twerked to this joyous tune many have
Bet it won the Grammy that year
heylinspongesprite there probably wasn't that much competition
I think they won the Rocky, the Stony, or the Pharaoh award. I don’t quite remember.
Hi Sans The Skeleton, I’m Chara 🕳_🕳
EpicDina Who the hell is Chara?
It's pretty incredible that the result of millions of years of evolution and thousands of years of human ingenuity has resulted in insulting strangers over the internet.
Welcome to Murikkka. Troll Homeland
Actually the earth isn't even 10,000 years old. You should look up Ron Wyatt's discoveries. Also you should get a bible. Ron Wyatt found Noah's arc, Sodom and Gomorrah, and even the Red Sea crossing! God's word is the truth!
Піднімається Вогонь Stop scaring the children
Best comment ever
Humans have existed for tens of thousands of years but we still get hung up on minor differences between us. We been stupid a long time.
I always loved old music. It started from music back in the 1980s then i reaching towards the 1950s to 1920s music then i wondered what ancient music from the beginning would have sounded like. Thankfully this preserved piece survived for 3400 years where it was just waiting to be played once again.
Takes me back. Dang I miss this good music. Used to rock out to this with my man King Tut. 😩🤘
Wow... I will try to visit him one day
Meh, I like their older stuff better
Plus, they're just ripping off those other guys....what were their names again?
I laughed at this far more than I should've
Sophomore slump for sure.
john fru ahahahahahahha
the lead guy already left
Ironically, the guy at the record company passed on them, saying that lyre music was on it's way out.
I preferred their older stuff
now that was funny
now that was a copy-pasted and generally unoriginal comment
Juliette Hacking i saw this same comment
I saw them when they were still playing in their Mom's cave.
Hahaha
This was the ringtone for my abacus
You have an abacus? Lucky. All I have is a piece of flint.
@@RoxNoAnne Wait you have a flint..... I only have is a stick
Wait, you guys have sticks?
Best comment ever lol
Best seller since 1300bc
Luke Sylvester hahahhaha
I saw this live
Tough crowd though
It was awsum
did you really? how was it?
Of course. It is hard to see if one is dead.
This song has become so commercial. Pitchfork gave it a 7.5/10 too, which is so lame. The person who wrote this sold out a long time ago.
The comments section is exactly as I thought it would be, I'm actually kinda proud.
Yup, they've sold out. Next thing you know, this'll be in a McDonald's commercial. Great hook though.
TalkShowHost - well, my track "Ode to Ancient Rome" has already been used in the new 2018 Mars M&M's TV ad...currently going across the entire USA & Canada:
ruclips.net/video/Lz46SIKY8hA/видео.html
I wonder what Orpheus would make if this?!
Was better when it was underground right?? But then archaeologists dug it out and made it lame.
Damn it really starts to rock out at the end.
Fred Potter Larry king danced to this in his prom
They got even better after the bass player joined the band. Of course, they had to wait a bit until bass instruments were invented....
shredding was invented before christ
the end was improvised... as mentioned in description.
I remember playing on my Antikyterra computer when sailling with my minoan crew to Kemet.
that's actually pretty good...shows there were talented musicians long before we ever came along
I was born 1300 bc but i hate the music of 1300bc, the music of 1400bc was much better, am i normal?
yes youre perfectly normal
1300 bc kids listen to such shitty music. Everything was so much better in 1400 bc
Im Putting You On The Oldest People Alive Record Books
takes me back
lol
This is me and my Persian homie Xerxes' jam. Miss the good ol days.
this is aight, but the live unplugged version from their album "the stoned age" has soooo much more raw emotion and soul... guess you just had to be there... they really were the original rock stars... this was recorded before protools existed, hell they just barely had tools when this existed....
ok im done
They used sticks
Who else saw this live? The crowd was lit.
Their braziers were lit, too.
yeah it was a good sacrifice to the gods
Yeah 5900 years ago was so lit 🔥
🪔🪔🪔🪔🪔 FREE BIRD!!!!!
They came in on there camels
The history of this song is amazing, and the sound of the music is very haunting. I'm amazed.
Man this takes me back. I remember seeing them live. This whole album is a masterpiece. Kids these days don’t know real music.
reggeton is older it comes directly from chimpance
Played backwards sounds like a voice chanting " Tut is dead , Tut is dead "
raf 1 wow
How do you do play it backwards?
@@Stephenp503 carve the melodies on the tablet then put is upside down.
Imagine that sound at a time when there were no cell phones, televisions or radios. It was certainly seen as surprising, generating extreme feelings of calm or ecstasy. And indeed it still does today. Hugs.
So amazing! To be able to connect to 3400 years old music. Bravo,Bravo, Bravo!
Gene, to touch our musical roots is a very profound experience for all music lovers. This ancient melody lays the foundation for all music to come! What I love about you is that you are an "old soul" that exudes sensitivity and kindness, which also shines very brightly through your own beautiful musical creations! Best to you!! ~Jackie
Thank's for the share....Wishing you all the best Gene with your career..
very nice!!!
wow this brings back so many memories... I remember my prom back then, I was 18. nostalgic, sigh. I wish the kids these days would stop listening to junk and listen to some REAL music like this.
Tell me what is "real" music, some say classical is real music other says rock is real music, but you say this is real music. Tell me what makes you think that there is such a thing as real music? there is no such thing as real music other that the music that feel real to the individual person
back when prom meant group orgy. good times
I remember hearing this song at a concert in Ugarit when I was a teen 3200 years ago. I even got the lyre player to sign my music slab! I eventually sold the slab to a Babylonian merchant for 5 talents of gold. I also learned how to play the song and performed in front of a crowd in Canaan. I remember those days quite fondly.
The sound of this piece is utterly mesmerizing.. I find it so soothing, fascinating.. I adore history, and travel.. knowing it's the oldest melody we know of makes it that much more amazing.. thanks so much for the historical write-up also.. I'm reading while listening, of course, and I just feel so much like I'm somewhere else.. imagining the feel of another place and time is incredible.. actually being somewhere else is better of course, but right now, this is all I have.. it's like a little mini vacation every time I hear this.. We're fortunate to have people with talents and expertise like yours that can show us things like this..
7 years later i couldn't agree more
*Yeah. To think that people whom the Romans deemed archaic also had their lives and hobbies and loves and dreams, all 3600 years ago... 3600 years does not seem like much when you say it, after all, Earth has 4000000000, but just remember that those were before Christ, before Rome, before China, technically before anything we jave written evidence of. And yet humans that lived back then were genetically identical to us.*
This was the best single the band created. Hurrian Hymm Number 7 was alright but after that it just got sloppy. Won't be buying their new album, that's for sure.
Yea, they got too much into opium.
I personally thought it was genius
*facepalm* oh for fuck sake...
Anna Mozatee honestly they were in dire need for a new bass player. He really doesn’t feel right in their tbh
Some cool shit! I'm a musician who plays modern string instruments like electric guitar and bass that probably evolved from the lyre but there's something soothing about this ancient melody played on a lyre. Thanks to the musician who recorded it. I'm curious to hear some of the other ancient melodies on your album.
I think the next album is scheduled for release on February 9th 5419.
who's still listening in 2017
Still listening in 2018!!
@rob b 2018/10/19
Still listening in n December 2018 eight days until Christmas.
Feb 9th, 12019
Nahhh 2019
this proves that Rock n' Roll is timeless.
Ancient Rock n' Roll.
The original version has lyrics using this melody, there is a fragment in cuneiform that talks about raids, looting and taking women hostage. One line reads “ tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1999 B.C.“
Greatest concert ever! Everyone was naked and were bashing their heads together to these sick beats. Good times :*)
1400 B.C. Nostalgia.
Like if you feel it too .
at least its better than modern music
• Joe Random • yep i remember those days walking in the desert with my camel filled with with goods on its back
yeah this is my favorite song XP
Better than (post)modernity.
@@abdulkarimyahya8064 Oh dude for sure, long live the ancient world
You are crazier than hell, I was rocking to this on my walkman in 1380! And YES, this guy DID eat the bat live in the cave that day!
Does it have copyright?
Probably not.
The record does have copyright! Not the melody, but the way its interpreted.
Many famous tunes of the more modern era are of an unknown origin and are credited as (Traditional) on recordings.
House of the Rising Sun is an example.
copyright ends 75 years after the death of the writer or performer. I think it's been longer than that
Michael Jackson owned the copyright until his death. Now it belongs to his estate.
needs more cowbell
OMG YEs
Hugh Jass or spider sound
Hugh Jass Blast beats too.
LOL yesssss
Hugh Jass and lil wayne
That sounds suspiciously like Stairway to Heaven.
I can't believe they stole the song from Led Zeppelin!
@@glanni it’s from a BC year dumbass
@@you3868 L
Lol
@@you3868 😂
I cannot thank you enough for posting this. Its a great idea and wonderful to listen while imagining what it was like 3400 years ago.
I can picture a crotchety old man hearing this 1400 years ago and being all like, "Damn kids and their confounded new age fads! Why, in my day we didn't have music! If you wanted to hear someone sing you had to travel fifty miles to hear a man make noises with his throat!"
+your nan the guy obviously believes jesus was just born this year...
+your nan T'was a joke.
Lol that was funny
ThatZommy I'm fucking fuming if there's incorrect maths
this song wakes something in me, thank you so much for the experience! stay blessed
Quick! Hide it before the rappers find it, and butcher it with crappy remixes!
Too late! They already have:
ruclips.net/video/ckXz8MB-6bA/видео.html
Oh god. Why
:D damn
Why, man. Why
The G.O.A.T comment
This is REAL music. Only B.C. kids remember this.
What if that is my initials...
way off but lol
nice job
ya, but please email your guesses to me
Oh god, the memories.
Wow, amazing! I am amazed at both the sheer amount of work and skill you put into creating this interpretation and at how pleasing and complex the tune is. If only we could bring some ancient Hurrians here and play this for them, then have them return the favor.
Glad you appreciate it! The important word here, is 'interpretation' - anyone who claims to be able to perfectly 'reconstruct' one of the few surviving ancient notated melodies so far discovered is making a false claim, for even in the case where we have the complete notation intact (such as the 2000 year old ancient Greek Seikilos melody), there are no instructions to say how the melody was actually arranged during live performance - this requires the magic of timeless musical imagination (tempered by the possibilities and limitations of the recreated instruments themselves), in order to breath new musical soul into something which otherwise, be nothing more than a dessicated, dry academic exercise...
I was there when this was written.
All the disc copies were sold out on the first day of release
It's first time I listen to this song in this life but I listened to it in my past life thank you I finally find it after all those thousands years thanks to bring memories back
I'm so sick of all this manufactured "lyre" crap, how can you even call this music? I remember when they made songs by actually beating their chests and bashing rocks together. That was REAL music.
Yeah, that good old "rock" music. But you forgot the grunting and
dancing around the fire, and the occasional human sacrifice afterwards.
Now those were the days.
Thats true. Just disposable manpower in building pyramids, and feeding them beer. This is true by the way. It was a source of nutrition.
Womb Raider 😂
What a dope meme my fine-faced friend. I was grunting with agony at that fresh as dope. I get that womb means STD in LSD land. Don't get me raped plz. Vote my mum 2k16
lmao!!!! yea, this is way better than that beehives crap
is this on itune?
It sure is! Track 2 from my 2009 album, "An Ancient Lyre":
itunes.apple.com/us/album/an-ancient-lyre/id338195640
I'm calling you a lyre.
algini12 God damnit...
goddammit
it was a fucking joke
nope, itomb.
Art can be so timeless, clearly this piece would not be out of place in our times ... which is astonishing.
I'm sorry but this is real music.
Only BC kids remember this.
Says the 13 year old with a selfie for her profile pic
I'm 16..and it was a joke referring to when people say "So and so is real music, only 80's/90's kids remember it" and because this is the oldest melody, it's a joke around that.
CiaraPhelan Dont worry, some people arent smart enough to sense sarcasm. You are great & funny. I was soooooo going there, until I saw you already had. ;)
congrats on stealing my comment bro, especially cause you managed to get more likes than I did.
david silvestre I didn't see your comment?
Last time I heard this, I had it blasting in my chariot.
Beautifully performed, Michael; and I loved the history lesson that accompanied it to place the song within its proper timeline! Thanks for gracing us with your talents. Shalom. Mary
The 1650BC music sucked. The 1600BCs were where it was at!
***** Yeah AD goes backwards and BC goes backwards
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I heard they are getting back together for one more farewell tour! Howard Jones is the opening act.
where's the clean version this is so inappropriate.
I thoroughly enjoy all the tongue in cheek comments and quips, y'all beat me to it! But I must say, this is a gift and a blessing to me today to hear and see this video today. I stumbled across this completely by random, just after US Airstrikes in Syria, and knowing that many ancient relics in the middle east have been destroyed as of late. IDK if RUclips's algorithm pushed this to the top of peoples feeds for reasons of current events, but it's wonderful for this old guitar player to hear from ancient musicians this morning!
THIS IS CRAP. I remember when they made music by banging rocks together and screaming. Now THAT was art.
EDIT: If "AOOOGAAA" by the Groongungs isn't the best song idk what is
Gruglings these days dont appreciate original rock music. Grug's dad was best rock-clacker in cave
Ya I like that really old band that stuck with the two stick melody
that was definitely rock of ages! These kids just don't get it! 🎶🎶🎶🪔light up1
I likes the throwing stones. the rolling stones went downhill.
i agree, i also prefer their early Days rather than this
The comments section for this video is brilliant
I remember listening to this while waiting for my friend coming back from egypt with papyrus, and damn those shredding though...
Who was there to see it performed live back in 1400BC it was fire🔥🔥
I was there remember?
@@maryamwilliams5368 we weer best friends in 1421 bc, then we met at the best concert ever
@@MendosaMax oh yeaaaaa
how many weeks this stayed on the top of the Hurrian Top 40?
dude I got so sad when Tulankalees left the band and started making his own albums
(not gonna lie tho, His third album Hebrew Headshake was BOMB)
anyone else sad that he left? ;-;
started to get pretty black metal by the end.
+Faeden I was thinking part of it had a doom metal vibe, but that end does remind me a bit of black metal.
A bit frost bitten
Sounds Grungey, like Alice In Chains.