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My Favorite Christmas Music Explained: Oh Holy Night
One of the things I love most about the Christmas season is the music. No other holiday supplies us with such rich and varied music performed by skilled musicians, as well as beautiful pieces mangled by people who should be prohibited by international treaty from ever singing them.
My favorite Christmas song, and the one most often rendered mediocre by otherwise talented singers, is O Holy Night. I've heard, I'd guess, two dozen different versions of this song and all but two of them leave me cold. Even when done by Josh Groban or Celtic Woman who are as close to technically perfect musicians as you will ever hear, the renditions always lack the "oomph" that make the song a masterpiece.
So what's lacking? When the song falls flat, It always happens at the words "Fall on your knees", when the chords turn distinctly minor and the emotional impact of the song ratchets up a couple notches. Most singers drive into that section with power and emotion, but they always hold back for the later "O night divine" part where they hope to hit the really high note and get the big ovation for their vocal skill. But when they hold back there, they rob the song of emotion right when it's most demanded.
Consider the lyrics: Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angels' voices! Those aren't requests but commands and they should sound like commands. You should feel the abrupt change to the minor key and the majesty of the lyrics as if you were one of the shepherds to whom the choir of angels appeared. If you do not have to resist the impulse to do just what the song demands, then the singer hasn't done their job. But after that, the song changes to a triumphant major chord on "Oh night divine", which should fill you with as much rapture as the former section had filled you with awe. Again, if it doesn't, the singer blew it.
Only two versions I've ever heard get that physical reaction from me that I believe the song requires. One is by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and the other is the finest rendition of the song I've ever heard, by Luciano Pavarotti. When you listen to the TSO version, pay attention to how the guitarists don't cheat the downbeat chord changes with their flourishes. They're savvy enough to know what is important in the song and what's just showing off. Pavarotti is just…perfect. He leaves nothing behind when he is done singing. You have gotten his best effort.
Below the jump, Oh Holy Night – the two best versions I know. Keep a copy of the lyrics nearby when you listen and follow along. Put yourself in the place of the shepherds. Imagine yourself on that quiet hill late at night when suddenly, in a blazing and thunderous minor chord, the angelic choir cleaves the sky in two and announces the birth of the King. Can you remain unmoved? Not with these renditions of the song.
And if you don't like the rock and roll of TSO, here's their orchestra backing Michael Crawford – yes that Michael Crawford – singing the same song later in the program. His voice starts out light, but he fills it up very nicely. That's how it should be done.
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You have all heard me go on and on (and on and on and on) about Blogshop. Well, I was wondering if any fellow Hawaii bloggers would be interested in attending this amazing 2-day Photoshop bootcamp.
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The battle for 8th place. I feel like we have a lot more to play for than they do. And who knows if the team even wants to fight for Dana. Here's to a 3-2 Cyclone victory! (I don't want them to totally lie down and give Rhoads any ideas that Messingham has turned a corner)
Pumped for this one. Last week was fun. Hopefully that feeling carries over to this week for the players too.
Cy has balls of steel.
It feels like three possibilities: * Iowa State builds on KU drubbing and brings a positive conclusion to a disappointing season with close-shaved win (something like 34-28). * Similar to Texas/TCU coulda-shoulda, loss by 4 to 10 points, despite late chances to get the W. * Loss by a margin larger than would appear to make sense (17 to 28 points).
Let's get this one boys. It's GAMEDAY!!!
Haven't been this pumped for a football game since the UNI game. I really want the Riot Bowl to be something in the future.
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The Riot Bowl needs a trophy.
Go get it, guys! Let's end this season on a positive note!
Big game here folks, two disappointing teams playing to get out of this season. Hope our boys win but this is the kind if game you just hope nobody gets hurt.
I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints, so I said to the Lord, You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. During the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me? Because, says the Lord, Sandpeople always ride single-file, to hide their numbers.
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MySQL is looking to restrict access to the source code for its GPLd MySQL Enterprise Server product.
The Enterprise source code will no longer be available on the previous server at ftp.mysql.com, says MySQL Vice President in his blog. MySQL will be moving the sources to enterprise.mysql.com and thus restricting availability to paying customers.
This step comes just a year after the enterprise split the commercial and free versions of the database. The code for the Enterprise Server and Community Edition will still be released under the GNU General Public License v2 (GPL). "The rationale is to underline the positioning goal of "Community Server for community users, Enterprise Server for paying users"", Arnö explains, going on to state that this does not constitute a departure from Open Source: "it does conform to the GPL, something that we've verified with the FSF to eliminate any doubt". GPLv2 states that users who receive binaries can insist on the source code of a program being made available to them.
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