'The Sea Shanty Seems Like The Strangest Possible Pick For This Year's New, Hot Music Trend, But As A Longtime Sea Shanty Fan What Can I Say, I'm The Type Who Read Horatio Hornblower Novels In High School , I'm Here To Tell You That Sea Shanties Make So Much Sense For This Moment, Right Now. They're Songs With Simple, Blunt Rhythms, Meant To Be Easy To Learn And Easy To Sing Along With While Doing The Hard Physical Work Of Sailing A Large Fishing Vessel. One Person Is The Song Leader, Setting The Pace And Singing The Verses, But The Engine Of The Song Is In The Repeating Chorus That Everyone Sings Together Over And Over Again. They Are Unifying, Survivalist Songs, Designed To Transform A Huge Group Of People Into One Collective Body, All Working Together To Keep The Ship Afloat. Um, It Mak | Memes