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YouTube: Josh Groban sings "O Holy Night" .... yes, hear the angel voices
YouTube ^ | 12-2007

Posted on 12/12/2007 9:13:10 PM PST by doug from upland

O HOLY NIGHT by Josh Groban

Forget the shopping and how hectic it is at this time of the year. Remember why we rejoice and the reason for the season. Leave politics alone for about five minutes and enjoy this. Every year at Christmas Mass, this brings me to tears. This is glorious, even with crappy computer speakers.



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KEYWORDS: christmas; joshgroban; oholynight
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To: La Enchiladita

I guess I didn’t pay attention. Doh.


61 posted on 12/13/2007 10:28:27 AM PST by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: najida
Now when I hear “what a GREAT singer” someone is, it means that they sing really LOUD, make a lot of warbling yells and jump around a lot.

Celine Dion comes to mind. Nice instrument. But she defines oversinging. fff from beginning to end. (For Celine fans, I know not everything is triple fortissimo all way thru. But there's just way too much hoorah and jumping around in everything she does--just because you can execute a fancy lick doesn't mean you should all the time.)

It's so refreshing to hear Groban just sing. There's plenty of dynamic; but it's appropriate to the song. So by the time you get to "fall on your knees . . ." the verse actually has a climax. It's because he left himself somewhere to go in the beginning.

62 posted on 12/13/2007 10:38:51 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: ModelBreaker
It's so refreshing to hear Groban just sing. There's plenty of dynamic; but it's appropriate to the song. So by the time you get to "fall on your knees . . ." the verse actually has a climax. It's because he left himself somewhere to go in the beginning.

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Exactly right.

63 posted on 12/13/2007 10:40:46 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: ModelBreaker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Co7IzOyhw

This woman had the most beautiful voice ever. She died way too young. Seriously, I weep anytime I hear anything by her.

Anyhow, she’s my standard, so when someone says ‘they’re great’ I think “yeah, but are they Ofra?”


64 posted on 12/13/2007 10:43:39 AM PST by najida (Will you dance at my birthday party?)
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To: doug from upland

Magnificent. Thanks for posting!


65 posted on 12/13/2007 10:53:54 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Scrape the bottom, vote for Rodham!)
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To: hoyaloya

Yes, I love his “I’ll be home for Christmas” and it is for the troops - YOU WILL CRY!


66 posted on 12/13/2007 10:56:19 AM PST by princess leah
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To: doug from upland
Hi Doug.....I realize you have a connection to this guy thru your daughter and he's very good for a kid, but O Holy Night needs to be sung with FEELING and ADORATION, and I didn't hear any emotion in his voice for the glory tha IS the song....

Jack Jones on the All-Star Merry Christmas CD is better....and Fr. John Shiavone on Christmas With Friends CD is even better. This is my FAVORITE song of all time, so I'm critical.

67 posted on 12/13/2007 10:57:05 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: All

Not quite as uplifting, but Karate Chimp is mildly amusing.


68 posted on 12/13/2007 10:58:23 AM PST by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: Ann Archy

okay :)


69 posted on 12/13/2007 10:59:29 AM PST by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: najida
This woman had the most beautiful voice ever. She died way too young. Seriously, I weep anytime I hear anything by her.

I've never heard her before. Beautiful voice. Was that concert at the Hollywood Bowl? How did she die?

70 posted on 12/13/2007 11:17:45 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: doug from upland

I also like Lee Greenwood’s O Holy Night, have it on CD but cannot find a YouTube.


71 posted on 12/13/2007 11:26:56 AM PST by La Enchiladita (Ave Maria Gratia Plena)
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To: ModelBreaker

First off, check out some of her other music.

She’s Yeminite Jew and I believe her family walked from Yemen (one of her songs “D’asa” is about that walk and it again, makes me cry).

As for her death....

Straight from wiki—

On 15 July 1997 Haza married businessman Doron Ashkenazi. They had no children together. Ashkenazi died on Saturday, April 7, 2001, of an overdose of crystallized cocaine.

He was suspected of having infected Haza with the HIV virus (via himself). His family did an autopsy test after his death but refused to reveal the results.

Ofra Haza died at the age of 42 on the 23rd February 2000 – the cause being widely reported as organ failure or pneumonia, reportedly arising from HIV/AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) complications.

Her family declined to confirm or deny these reports, however, stating that it was Haza’s wish that the matter should remain private. There was considerable media interest into the circumstances of her death.
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Other statement was that she got HIV from a transfusion after a plane crash in the late ‘80s.

Honestly, what makes her death SO suspicious is that she was so near death when her husband finally took her to the hospital. She even one day sooner and she would have survived.

So lots of her fans feel he murdered her and got away with it.


72 posted on 12/13/2007 11:28:45 AM PST by najida (Will you dance at my birthday party?)
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To: JZelle
"Charlotte Church was good until she lost her mind."

What? I never heard that. Guess I could do a 'google'.

73 posted on 12/13/2007 11:33:39 AM PST by yorkie ( For God so loved the world........................ that He didn't send a committee.)
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To: yorkie

Well, she didn’t exactly lose her mind but she kinda turned into a Britney.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1486846,00.html


74 posted on 12/13/2007 12:10:30 PM PST by JZelle
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To: La Enchiladita

Thank you! Josh has a new song “Thankful”. It is just beautiful.

Have a Joyous Christmas! Groban’s wonderful voice is really uplifting for the Christmas season.


75 posted on 12/13/2007 1:00:30 PM PST by dforest (Duncan Hunter is the best hope we have on both fronts.)
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To: doug from upland
Thank you for the link to the Jussi Bjorling performance. That's a keeper.

For an amazing and sincere performance, listen to Matt Lysgaard - O Holy Night - acoustic Xmas performance. He sings it the way I remember it from my childhood, soaring on the high notes, hitting all the notes at the right time. If only he had bothered to learn the second verse, it would have been even better.

76 posted on 12/13/2007 1:14:24 PM PST by giotto
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To: indylindy
Dedicated to 'indylindy':

Josh Groban - Thankful

I could not find one of Josh actually singing this beautiful song - but this link has some wonderful snapshots of him!

77 posted on 12/13/2007 1:21:50 PM PST by yorkie ( For God so loved the world........................ that He didn't send a committee.)
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To: JZelle

Very interesting - thank you.

I hope “Hannah Montana” doesn’t turn out like that!


78 posted on 12/13/2007 1:39:16 PM PST by yorkie ( For God so loved the world........................ that He didn't send a committee.)
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To: hoyaloya

Thank you for this.


79 posted on 12/13/2007 2:18:13 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Ave Maria Gratia Plena)
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To: yorkie

Geesh yorkie, I am beside myself for the fact you have sent me this beautiful song. I am a music lover. I love all kinds. If I were to die tomorrow, I would go out listening to beautiful music.

Josh has a voice that brings me to tears!

You are a-ok! Thank you.


80 posted on 12/13/2007 2:30:16 PM PST by dforest (Duncan Hunter is the best hope we have on both fronts.)
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