The Sneeze wrote:The holidays are built on tradition, which means it's time for us to gather around the yule log and listen to that insane rendition of O Holy Night.
It has been a year, and it remains as beautifully horrible as I remember. (Here it is, presented in magical streaming whatever-it-is that makes it work.)
What I love about it is just when you think it couldn't possibly get any worse, it does. By a lot. And it does this more than once, building to the most glorious mess I've ever heard. I smile every time I hear it.
It is still not known if this recording is terrible on purpose, but amazingly the consensus is that it is a legitimate attempt. The singer still hasn't been identified, but I did receive this email last year which might fill in a few of the blanks...Here's the mention of it on NPR's "Annoying Music" from 2002 (with no info on the singer, either).Steve,
I received a copy of that song at least 2, maybe 3 Christmas seasons ago after hearing it at our youth group meeting.
My friend Chris said that he received the song from the good folks at CIY (Christ In Youth). CIY is an organization that puts on huge youth conferences on college campuses, usually over the summer.
Chris is on one of their leadership committees and the story goes that that recording was circulated amongst the committee after it had been submitted as an audition tape. CIY typically has singing or talent night (at least I remember they used to) and this recording is a serious audition tape. No joke. It's serious.
I play that song every year for my high school students to lighten them up before they take their Fall semester exams. I have heard that mp3 circulate from time to time, most notably hearing it on NPR's Annoying Music Minute a couple of years ago. Now it is truly famous, thanks Steve.
Jeremiah
Perhaps it's better left a Christmas mystery. But if you have any further insight, the COMMENT BOARD IS OPEN.
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