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Post by frankiegth on Dec 22, 2008 19:59:43 GMT
Oh come all ye faithful.
Hark the hearald angels sing.
I'm sure they top my list. I remember going to church one christmas eve full of "cough" christmas cheer and belting Oh come all ye faithful in true Hucknall town terrace volume. ;D
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Post by amberaleman on Dec 22, 2008 23:00:02 GMT
As a confirmed atheist I'm not a great fan of Christmas carols - but will confess to a soft spot for God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Have I put the comma in the rigt place, Sal?  ) and The Holly & the Ivy. |
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Dec 22, 2008 23:07:35 GMT
Oh come all ye faithful followed by Ding Dong Merrily on high. Did something similar to frankie in the 2nd year at college - some of the miserable bastard teachers said that they didn't want us doing our carol singing (I say singing...) as it caused some students to miss a lesson. (as if we've never missed one with a hangover before) A handful of the maths students along with the 'head of maths' did our own carol service on the last day of term up and down the corridors annoying the miserable ******ers.  We finished with Oh come all ye faithful in terrace chant mode |
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Post by Meadow on Dec 23, 2008 0:16:24 GMT
I love Oh Come All Ye Faithful. As a frustrated singer (tone perfect but a very weak voice) I love belting them out as best I can and join in the soprano/alto descants with gusto.
As a practising but weak Christian, I try to get along to church on a regular basis. Very frustrated at missing our carol service this year due to my son being ill.
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Dec 23, 2008 15:59:59 GMT
I've always liked 'Once in royal David's City', not 100% sure why that one in particular, i just like the song.
I've noticed it gets used a lot as the opening song at carol services, often with the first verse being a solo.
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Dec 23, 2008 21:46:03 GMT
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen As I read these words, the Brian Setzer Orchestra (blues guitar + big band swing from the ex-Stray Cats man) version is blearing through my headphones. If I have to put up with Christmas mush it might as well be an alternative take on the classics! |
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Post by bh on Dec 24, 2008 2:17:45 GMT
I'm with Giggy here, 'Once In Royal Davids' City' The reason I say that is that when ever I hear it start (as Giggy said as a solo, which usually means sung by the best singer) the hairs stand up on the back of my neck!!  Only usually here it on the telly though now a days!!  Hope the nipper gets better Meadow, looks of bugs going round the South West London area at the moment!! |
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Post by Meadow on Dec 24, 2008 11:00:41 GMT
I'm with Giggy here, 'Once In Royal Davids' City' The reason I say that is that when ever I hear it start (as Giggy said as a solo, which usually means sung by the best singer) the hairs stand up on the back of my neck!! Only usually here it on the telly though now a days!! Hope the nipper gets better Meadow, looks of bugs going round the South West London area at the moment!! Thanks bh, I wish it was just a bug. Unfortuantely it's an eye injury and he's on IV antibiotics in hospital. The eye itself is OK though - just some deep cuts in the eyelids. |
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Post by robotsmfc on Dec 24, 2008 20:08:24 GMT
Blimey, sounds quite painful Was it a cat scratch or something |
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Post by Meadow on Dec 24, 2008 21:39:59 GMT
Blimey, sounds quite painful Was it a cat scratch or something Nah, typical childhood shenanigans. Probably playing Star Wars or some similar game. He got a sizable stick in the eye. |
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Post by thevicar on Dec 25, 2008 20:34:53 GMT
Sorry to hear about the sprog meadow, hope it hasn't totally ruined your Christmas?
I can't argue with anyone who votes for Hark or Adeste Fidelis (o come all ye faithful). Hark has the better descant, O Come is slightly more fun. I think Hark wins when I'm sober and O Come when I'm drunk (so Sunday carol service hark is best, Christmas Eve midnight service O Com eis best!).
Once in Royal and its solo are the traditional start to the carol service on the Sunday before Christmas (a.k.a the Nine Lessons and Carols) - its a terrifying experience singing it 'cos its unaccompanied in one of the busiest services in the church calendar. I made the organists life a nightmare when I sang it as we hadn't practiced it beforehand - he gave me the first three notes on the organ and I started on the last note which is (I think) a third up so the poor guy had to transpose the whole thing up a third on sight (no tht easiest thing to do). Fortunately no on ein the congregation noticed that the carol had suddenly got a lot higher! At that church we sang the service round the church lighting the place with candles as we went - meaning Once In Royal was sung in pitch darkness - poor congregation couldn't see the words on their service sheets and the choir had to memorise the whole thing.
Sadly the current place doesn't hold with traditional music and finds choirs confusing, more fool them.
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Post by Meadow on Dec 25, 2008 21:13:31 GMT
I love the Christmas Eve service, unfortunately the only church that holds one within walking distance (ie when we've had a couple of drinkies) is RC and it's a bit confusing for me. Spent most of the day in the hospital, but they gave sprog a pass to attend church this morning. THEN things got interesting. Visits from opthalmology, MaxFax and ENT. Sprog had an op to drain the wound, and in the process, they found a FO big piece of wood lodged beside the eyeball  Anyway, he's much happier now. Didn't want to wake up, but then I whispered the magic words 'Dr Who', and he was awake like a flash. OH has given me a pass for tomorrow afternoon, so I can go to Fisher. |
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Post by Sultan of Cannock- SRFC on Dec 26, 2008 8:05:16 GMT
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Post by ambersalamander on Dec 26, 2008 18:08:21 GMT
I quite like Silent Night, which is a bugger to sing when you're drunk. I'm an out-and-out atheist so I don't always believe in what I sing, but carols are fun. And yes, AA, you did place the comma correctly!
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Post by ojiveojive on Dec 26, 2008 19:31:51 GMT
I fuckin' hate carol services as when I was at my local grammar school, in the 60s (you know, the bugger that won the restoration tv prog a few years ago), every year we had to walk about a mile and a half to the parish church in crappy rain, without our macs, to partake in an hour and a half of enforced bullshite carolling. The only effing Christmas song I like is the Shane and Kirsty rendition or the BB King one from the Christmas cd. Actually, Elvis' 'Blue Christmas' nearly always brings a tear to my eye, too, but then, really, I'm a sentimental old bugger !!! Incidentally, I pissed myself laughing at the video of George Michael getting off with some female during the replaying of the 'Last Christmas' video recently - oh how times have changed!!! |
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) and The Holly & the Ivy.
Only usually here it on the telly though now a days!! 
