This Christmas Carol Will Leave You Smiling
The Agitator has few traditions at this point. But here is one of them.
To get into a mirthful holiday mood, listen to this remarkable rendition of O Holy Night.
[Just click directly on the arrow icon or song title. Allow a few moments to activate your media player and download … it’s worth it. Don’t forget to turn your audio on.]
The Agitator Guarantee: This performance will leave you smiling well into the New Year, or we’ll refund your Agitator subscription fee. But you must listen to the entire performance.
Happy Holidays!
Roger and Tom
5 responses to “This Christmas Carol Will Leave You Smiling”
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OK, I listened to that rendition of O, Holy Night, and I guess I didn’t get it. I listened to the whole thing. Was it just a test to see if you could get your readers to do something foolish just because you told us to? Or, was it sung by someone with a disability, and it’s a lesson that everybody praises God in their own unique style? Please let me in on the joke.
Thanks!
I appreciate that you intended to spread a little holiday cheer with this. But to those of us who consider religious carols, well, sacred, this is the equivalent of Roseanne Barr singing the national anthem: offensive. I’m no Bible thumper, but please, next time, stick to the secular carols.
Gaaaack!
I’m not smiling, I’m cringing – worse than fingernails on a blackboard.
This kind of thing is truly one of the WORST side effects of modern technology. In earlier times a musical travesty like this would have stayed in the shower or at the worst someone’s office holiday party mis-using the kids’ kareoke machine.
And your point was…?
When I was in a boy’s choir, my favorite carol was O Holy Night. But I could never do it justice. That’s why I — and I suspect most others who have attempted the carol — get such a chuckle out of this fellow’s attempt. It puts me in a good mood … that’s why I posted it. No point to be made.
And forewarned is forearmed, I’ll post it again next Christmas!
Can’t wait to hear it again next Christmas!