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In honor of my favorite season ... One of my favorite Christmas songs.

 

Said the king to the people ev'rywhere

Listen to what I say!

Pray for peace, people ev'rywhere

Listen to what I say!

 

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I'm a snob when it comes to Christmas music.

 

As far as I am concerned, there are only three valid Christmas songs:

 

1) The Messiah - Handel. (ALL of it!)

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/data/27/link/255/Messiah15-His_yoke-Hallelujah.mp3

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/pcorecordings

 

2) Rudolphus Rubrinasus - St. Bartholemew's Choir.

http://stbarts.whisperaudio.com/rudolph_rubrinasus.mp3

http://stbarts.whisperaudio.com/

 

3) Linus & Lucy (Theme to Charlie Brown's Christmas) - Vince Guarldi.

http://wilstar.com/midi/lucylins.htm

 

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Worker ... You should consider expanding your list!

 

Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!

O night divine, the night when Christ was Born;

O night, O holy night, O night divine!

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Veni, veni Emmanuel -- Gregorian chant... In the original Latin, of course!

 

Veni, veni Emmanuel;

Captivum solve Israel,

Qui gemit in exilio,

Privatus Dei Filio.

 

Refrain

Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,

Nascetur pro te, Israel!

 

Veni, veni, O Oriens;

Solare nos adveniens,

Noctis depelle nebulas,

Dirasque noctis tenebras.

Refrain

 

Veni, Clavis Davidica!

Regna reclude caelica;

Fac iter tutum superum,

Et claude vias inferum.

Refrain

 

Veni, veni Adonai!

Qui populo in Sinai,

Legem dedisti vertice,

In maiestate gloriae.

Refrain

 

You could sing the English translation but the rhymes don't come out as nice.

 

O come, O come, Emmanuel

And ransom captive Israel

That mourns in lonely exile here

Until the Son of God appear

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

 

O come, Thou Day-star, come and cheer

Our spirits by Thine advent here

Disperse the gloomy clouds of night

And death's dark shadows put to flight.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

 

O come, Thou Key of David, come,

And open wide our heavenly home;

Make safe the way that leads to Thee,

And close the path to misery.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

 

O come to lead us Adonai,

Who to the tribes on height of Sinai

In ancient times did'st give the Law,

In cloud, and majesty and awe.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

 

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free

Thine own from Satan's tyranny

From depths of Hell Thy people save

And give them victory o'er the grave

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

 

(Hint: Don't just look at the rhymes. Check the differences in rhythm and cadence.)

 

Technically, this isn't a Christmas hymn. It's for Advent.

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Nice song!

 

But, no, it is not a chant. Chants are antiphonal. Angels We Have Heard/In Excelsis Deo is not antiphonal.

 

Listen carefully to both songs. Hear how Veni Emmanuel is sung by two groups of voices where the relationship between the notes is always the same? Angels/Gloria is sung in multi-part harmony.

 

Doesn't matter what musical form it was written in. It's still a good song!

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Another favorite ... Which Kenny sang during his 2006 Christmas tour (which I saw in suburban Chicago).

 

 

Please, celebrate me home,

Give me a number,

Please, celebrate me home

Play me one more song,

That Ill always remember,

I can recall,

Whenever I find myself too all alone,

I can make believe Ive never gone,

I never know where I belong,

Sing me home.

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I've got to be honest, I've never liked her work, but this is not bad at all. The lyric is superior to her many other songs (although I suspect that has a lot to do with Diane Warren).

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=yCTREMF22R8

 

I've been a fan since she released "Cuts Both Ways". I still remember the chills I felt when she performed "Coming Out of the Dark"live on the American Music Awards in 1991 -- Her first public performance since her 1990 tour bus accident.

 

"Coming Out of the Dark" is one of my favorite songs. I seem to be a sucker for any pop song that includes a choir. Must be my Baptist roots.

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I love youtube ... One of my favorite songs from the 60's (sung on one of my favorite shows of the 00's) ...

 

But how do you thank someone, who has taken you from crayons to perfume?

It isn't easy, but I'll try,

If you wanted the sky I would write across the sky in letters,

That would soar a thousand feet high,

To Sir, with Love

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjkNsHij19c

 

Good things do come to those who wait!

 

I've been looking for this video for the past few months ... And someone posted it right before Christmas ... Yippee ...

 

How long must we wait to change

This world bound in chains that we live in

To know what it is to forgive,

And be forgiven?

It's been too many years of taking now.

Isn't it time to stop somehow?

Air that's too angry to breathe, water our children can't drink

You've heard it hundreds of times

You say you're aware, believe, and you care, but...

Do you care enough

To talk with Conviction of the Heart?

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=3RDGnXEHUO4&feature=related

 

We're getting older the world's getting colder

For the life of me I don't know the reason why

Maybe it's livin' making us give in

Hearts rolling in taken back on the tide

We're balanced together ocean upon the sky

 

The ladies performed a couple of Heart songs tonight on Idol. Put me in the mood to hear this one ... One of Heart's best ...

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Alternative: Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Mogwai, Seabear, God is an Astronaut, Stars, Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Sufjan Stevens, Ben Folds

 

Electronic/Noise: Justice, Danger, Ladytron, Daft Punk, Simian Mobile Disco, Uffie, Feads, Krazy Baldhead, Mr. Oizo

 

DJ: Diplo, Mr. Phipson, Oks, Ill Phil, RJD2

 

Rap: Atmosphere, Brother Ali, 9th Wonder, 2Pac, Figureheads, Hoose (My Slam Poet Friend) Cannibal Ox, Aceyalone, Freestyle Fellowship

 

(I'm a music man..... and thats probably only .5% of the artists I like haha)

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