Christmas Carols
Dec. 26th, 2008 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marbleglove
Christmas is a time of joy and family and presents and what not. And I do enjoy it a great deal. The religious backdrop is one of joy and family and presents, too, God having created a family and a redemption and a lot of gifts being given every which way.
However, I'd like to draw your attention to the actual events of the nativity, which were: a poor family has a child they can't actually afford and certainly didn't plan for. Three kings arrive and give the family gifts with the understanding that this infant is going to grow up and do great things. Shepherds are being confronted by hosts of angels. And within the next few years hundreds, possibly thousands, of young children will be slaughtered in the name of King Harod.
Thus, without at all negating the time of joy, family, and presents that I have and am enjoying right now, I'd like some of the Christmas carols to be re-recorded.
There are plenty of Christmas carols that deal with shepherds being told by angels not to worry but to celebrate. I'd like a hard death metal version of that. Something where it's clear why the shepherds' first reaction would be to cringe away. Think: hosts (that's a lot) of angels (these are the type known to carry flaming swords and smite whole cities) all celebrating and singing (this would be loud and not really controlled.)
But the Christmas carol that's actually my favorite and the one that I want re-done the most is "We Three Kings of Orient Are." It would need four singers: one for each king and one for the star in the chorus. Currently I'm thinking Evanescense to sing "star of holy beauty bright" high and clear and piercing. Then maybe Gavin Friday to describe his gift of mryh as a "bitter perfume, breathes a life of gathering gloom". I'm less sure who I'd want giving frankincense to give it the sense of opium visions that are somewhat implied, or to give gold to an infant "king forever, ceasing never" to give it the proper sense of shackles.
Thus, my thoughts on Christmas carols.
Happy Holidays everyone!
However, I'd like to draw your attention to the actual events of the nativity, which were: a poor family has a child they can't actually afford and certainly didn't plan for. Three kings arrive and give the family gifts with the understanding that this infant is going to grow up and do great things. Shepherds are being confronted by hosts of angels. And within the next few years hundreds, possibly thousands, of young children will be slaughtered in the name of King Harod.
Thus, without at all negating the time of joy, family, and presents that I have and am enjoying right now, I'd like some of the Christmas carols to be re-recorded.
There are plenty of Christmas carols that deal with shepherds being told by angels not to worry but to celebrate. I'd like a hard death metal version of that. Something where it's clear why the shepherds' first reaction would be to cringe away. Think: hosts (that's a lot) of angels (these are the type known to carry flaming swords and smite whole cities) all celebrating and singing (this would be loud and not really controlled.)
But the Christmas carol that's actually my favorite and the one that I want re-done the most is "We Three Kings of Orient Are." It would need four singers: one for each king and one for the star in the chorus. Currently I'm thinking Evanescense to sing "star of holy beauty bright" high and clear and piercing. Then maybe Gavin Friday to describe his gift of mryh as a "bitter perfume, breathes a life of gathering gloom". I'm less sure who I'd want giving frankincense to give it the sense of opium visions that are somewhat implied, or to give gold to an infant "king forever, ceasing never" to give it the proper sense of shackles.
Thus, my thoughts on Christmas carols.
Happy Holidays everyone!
