Some task you have set for yourself there matey.
So far, so good. :-)
Not so sure of having the modern day version of The Village People as a chorus, but at least the person in the helmet was a laugh :-)(-:

Thanks, man, I appreciate your checking it out. ha ha, yeah of course we are being a bit silly...and they were being a bit shy...I'd primed them with a bit of Laphroaig...in general it's near impossible for me to do all these "straight".

On a slightly more serious note, one of my goals as stated is to basically respect what I consider to be basic characteristics of chanteys. Although of course it will vary from person to person, I see certain features as potentially variable while others should not be messed with too much -- not as any blind obedience to "tradition," but because those things are what make it what chanteys what they are. So at the same time I want to be flexible with the potentially variable aspects, so that the form can have relevance to the present.

That's why I'd rather have the Village People :) singing sincerely as a chorus than the same old warbly biddies that are sometimes native to the established "folk music scene"...and introduce them to something they normally aren't exposed to....without compromising and making it non-chantey pop music. well, it's an attempt, but so far I've had some success reaching different audiences.