Christmas Carol -It's a Knockout (Finished --> Hark the Herald Angels Sing wins)

[Corki]

The Grand Final

 

 

 

O Come All Ye Faithful

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qi6-_91P7c

 

 

vs.

 

 

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=shr4O1qGXB4

 

 

 

Voting ends Sunday 4th January 2009 at 8pm (GMT) when I return to London as I am unsure of my net access over the Christmas holidays.

[Corki]

3rd/4th Play-Off

 

 

 

Once In a Royal David's City

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5U4rcll9oUU

 

 

vs.

 

 

O Little Town of Bethlehem

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n94bkmOa5to

 

 

 

Voting ends Sunday 4th January 2009 at 8pm (GMT) when I return to London as I am unsure of my net access over the Christmas holidays.

[Corki]

The M-G votes as follows:

 

The Grand Final: O Come All Ye Faithful

 

3rd/4th Play-off: I like both, so this is a bloody difficult choice. But Once in a Royal David's City just edges it.

[Daetirion]

You had to make me choose didnt ya  :P

 

Well i guess ill go with Hark the Herald Angels Sing and O Little Town of Bethlehem

 

Great competition, its been quite fun

[Loreina]

I'll go with the two "O's"!  "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem".

[twinflower]

i'm in for Hark and the O little town!!

 

*nods* has been great fun!!!

 

 

and i think O Holy Night does qualify as a carol...have sang it in church and caroling...not just as a solo!

[Auld Manriva]

I gotta stick with Hark The Herald.......

 

Not that any who know me would guess (being the devout Heathen I am) but I was raised a Wesleyan... A Methodist ... And John Wesleys' brother Charley (my own brother is a Charles) wrote a somber and solemn song back in 1739. A hundred years later a dude named Cummings adapted music by Mendelssohn to Chucks tune and that's how I heard and loved it as a kid in my little Methodist Church. What better words to hail the birth of a King.

Hark the herald angels sing

"Glory to the newborn King!

Peace on earth and mercy mild

God and sinners reconciled"

Joyful, all ye nations rise

Join the triumph of the skies

With the angelic host proclaim:

"Christ is born in Bethlehem"

Hark! The herald angels sing

"Glory to the newborn King!"

(plus its my favorite carol to satirize as Twinnie and Tay know too well along with Deck The Halls)

 

As for the third and fourth place ... O' Little Town of Bethlehem gets my vote .. Even though it was a hotbed of dissension against Herod and not most westerners image of a sleepy snow covered village in a quiet star lit valley, it's still a lovely song.

[Samuraiflip05]

I got nothing that deep and meaningful, so I'll just vote.  ;)

 

Hark the Herald Angels Sing and O Little Town of Bethlehem

 

 

[Loreina]

 

Not that any who know me would guess but I was raised a Weslyan... A Methodist ... And John Wesleys' brother Charley (my own brother is a Charles) wrote a somber and solemn song back in 1739. A hundred years later a dude named Cummings adapted music by Mendelssohn to Chucks tune and thats how I heard and loved it as a kid in my little Methodist Church. What better words to hail the birth of a King.

 

*nods*  Charles Wesley wrote some very good hymns.  :)

 

Merry Christmas everyone! Thanks for the music Corki! Are you planning a top songs of 2008 for the New Year?

[Corki]

And the final results are as follows:

 

Winning by 4 votes to 2 (and making me very, very upset), Hark the Herald Angels Sing beats O Come All Ye Faithful to win the inaugral "Christmas Carol - It's a Knockout).

 

And taking third place, it is O Little Town of Bethlehem, which beat Once in a Royal David's City by 5 votes to 1.

 

Thanks to everyone who voted and took part!

[Corki]

Merry Christmas everyone! Thanks for the music Corki! Are you planning a top songs of 2008 for the New Year?

And the answer is 'yes'. I've sort of ignored the radio for 2008, but I will use the chart of the biggest selling singles for 2008 in the UK for this event. It will probably start tomorrow, and I am toying if it will be an one or two week competition at the moment. Also, expect similar weekly threads like this for individual artists as well.