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“But not all Christians have been pleased with this Nativity tune. As the song resurfaces each Christmastide, so do the enthusiastic complaints regarding its sappiness and its condescension toward Mary.” - CToday

Discussion

Fri, 12/21/18

I wasn’t accusing Scott, either. :^) Blessings, and Merry, contemplative, meditative, Christmas.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

Fri, 12/21/18

Tyler, you titled your post of the video “Vader Did You Know” as “Better,” but really? I grant you it is a humorous parody (I can appreciate it on that level). But the original song exalts Christ (whether you care for the song or not), so I don’t see how a Star Wars parody could be reasonably conceived as “Better.” I hope that your title of “Better” was meant as sarcastic, which sarcasm can be lost in writing.

Scott Smith, Ph.D.

The goal now, the destiny to come, holiness like God—
Gen 1:27, Lev 19:2, 1 Pet 1:15-16

Fri, 12/21/18

I listened to the Pentatonix rendition on the CToday link, and I hated that rendition of it. :-)

Scott Smith, Ph.D.

The goal now, the destiny to come, holiness like God—
Gen 1:27, Lev 19:2, 1 Pet 1:15-16

Fri, 12/21/18

[ScottS]

I listened to the Pentatonix rendition on the CToday link, and I hated that rendition of it. Smile

It’s Pentatonix. It wouldn’t matter what they were singing. But, of course, that’s true for most of these a cappella renditions that are so popular these days (possible exception: Straight, No Chaser and their 12 days of Christmas). IM(not so)HO :)

Lee

Fri, 12/21/18

You’ve caught me - I secretly uphold the deity of Darth Vader.

Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.

Fri, 12/21/18

Sanam, an Indian/Bollywood pop band. And CeeLo Green. And one in Polish! And Reba! Reba really does contemplative well.

I’ll spare you the thrash metal ones I found. Suffice it to say that the lyrical style did not lend itself to meditation. There are other places where great guitar work can be enjoyed.

Personally, I like what Pentatonix did with it—it’s pretty good for people who don’t necessarily believe the Christmas story. Not a huge fan of their contratenor that mixes it up with Kirstin Maldonado, though until you realize it’s a guy, it works musically. I’d personally love to see more fundamentalists looking at various arrangements and asking themselves “what works here, lyrically, musically, and such?”

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.