I like moody, minor-key hymns and carols, and also obscure European ones. A lot.
The YouTube videos here are clunky and messing with my pristine design esthetic, so I'll just list, then show. Ok?
1. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
We used this one this past Sunday. Creeptastic, but also has a nice expectancy which I suppose is what Advent, anyway, is all about.
2. In the Bleak Midwinter
This one has an actually uplifting major resolution, but the title! Yes!
3. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
I challenge you to not like this one. It's been my favorite for many years.
4. Coventry Carol
My dad has always liked the version of this that was on "A Very Special Christmas, volume ONE" - by Allison Moyet of Yaz and Erasure. I adore my daddy; that recording was one of the only songs we ever both liked.
5.Fum, Fum, Fum
This version is technically great but the one time I sang it, in English, it was fun to sing "on December 5 and 20". Trips off the tongue, doesn't it?
1 comment:
While I adore "O Holy Night," I do get tired of the same ole, same ole Christmas carols. I've never heard some of your favorites. Thank you for sharing. I'm going to try to download them to my .mp3 player.
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