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monday last week, i had to renew some prescriptions, and while i was heading to target, i finally got tired of my audiobooks, and decided to buy some CDs of some classics. the conversation at the pharmacy counter went like this:
( many many youtube links behind here )
just a quick linkspam
Apr. 9th, 2014 05:31 pmi love a cappela groups, and better if they're hilarious. a couple day's ago, courtesy of sally, i discovered the Spooky Men's Chorale, which lead me to want to visit Australia for the first time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ELWSknej1A
that's a link to the Chorale on a local game show, and it gives a good indication of just how good they are as a singing group, and at adapting arrangements. i love a man who can sing well. carry on, Chorale, carry on.
-bs, singing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ELWSknej1A
that's a link to the Chorale on a local game show, and it gives a good indication of just how good they are as a singing group, and at adapting arrangements. i love a man who can sing well. carry on, Chorale, carry on.
-bs, singing
KJV vs S&G
Jan. 27th, 2009 06:53 am
so, i was listening to simon & garfunkel on the way to work this morning, and singing along, of course. i notice i like the songs that have a juxtaposition of contretemp ideas in them best. like the lullaby about the atom bomb, the version of scarborough fair with the descant about death. 'blessed' came on, and i was thinking about the beatitudes, which it quite heavily references. so i was searched for the lyrics to show y'all the differences between the song and the original (according the KJV Bible, in this case, which i happen to prefer for the beautiful language).
here's the original (Matthew 5:3-12):
and the song:
-bs
