A rather horrid version of O Holy Night

[AJB4]

1)Worst = Sarah Brightman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOJhznxKKU8

Don't get me wrong, she's good, but this? http://i.imdb.com/Photos/CMSIcons/emoticons/basic2/no.gif

I'd actually rank her version up there with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlk8bTyFvYo

Third, I'd place Christina Aguilera's version on my worst-of O Holy Night lists because, she's another excellent singer but why did she resort to making a complete melismatic mess of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOt_TZOckpE

[MoNiCa4316]

I don't see what's so terrible about it, lol...have you ever been to opera? ;) it's not my favourite version of O Holy Night, but it's better than #2, which made me laugh by the way ^_^
As for Christina Aguilera, I don't like how she sang it as a pop song; I mean it's a hymn!

I think my favourite versions are..by Josh Groban and Celine Dion :thumbsup:

[rainbowbright]

:eek: to #2.
Was he serious?:D :D :D
not only was the rhythm horrid and non- existant, it sounded like he was strangling a cat

Christina's could have been beautiful

My absolutely favorite version is when it's sung by a tenor.

[Shubunkin]

I liked #1, #2 I could have done without, and #3 would be toleratable without all of the waoha, waoha, wahohas. :(

[Philothei]

I liked #1 and #3....the one Sarah Brightman sung it operatically...while Agulera did a ...gospel kind of twist....still very good try... she has a beautiful voice, but I think she tries to be hip...and that is why she sang it that way.....

#2 was a parody....and I listerned very little since he was totally off....blah
God bless,
Philothei

[AJB4]

I don't see what's so terrible about it, lol...have you ever been to opera? ;) it's not my favourite version of O Holy Night, but it's better than #2, which made me laugh by the way ^_^
As for Christina Aguilera, I don't like how she sang it as a pop song; I mean it's a hymn!

I think my favourite versions are..by Josh Groban and Celine Dion :thumbsup:
I've never been to an opera, no.

She was perfectly on the notes each time, it's just in between the facial expressions and about half-way through onwards, she's unintelligible, I just thought it was horrible LOL.

I think the 'pop' version of O Holy Night I like best is by Mariah Carey (the high note is like, whoa!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlwuMZxBy9U

[JuvenalyMartinka]

*insert baptist choir here*

[Shubunkin]

I've never been to an opera, no.

She was perfectly on the notes each time, it's just in between the facial expressions and about half-way through onwards, she's unintelligible, I just thought it was horrible LOL.

I think the 'pop' version of O Holy Night I like best is by Mariah Carey (the high note is like, whoa!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlwuMZxBy9U
Small improvement over #3, but still not as grand as #1. Sorry, I think this classic song deserves a classic singer, and not a gospel-type of singer. :o

[rainbowbright]

okay, I hadn't watched #2 all the way through. My dd and I just watched it and were cracking up. lol

[Tsarina]

Christina Aguilera has an amazing voice, but she sang this hymn to poppy and should've done it a little more soft.

[Tsarina]

The most horrible video for this hymn is this one: LOL!

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQZd9xMYmJQ (http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQZd9xMYmJQ)

[Shubunkin]

The most horrible video for this hymn is this one: LOL!

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQZd9xMYmJQ (http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQZd9xMYmJQ)
Yep, that's horrid. :(

[nutroll]

Wow! Thanks for the laughs. I love that the first one uses the old split-screen-I'm-singing-to-a-ghost-like-image-of-myself trick. And she did get completely incomprehensible through most of it. But the second one was pure gold. It never ceases to amaze me how someone with such a horrible voice can sing with such confidence. I'm a pretty decent singer (or so I've been told) and I have very little confidence singing in front of people. If I had that much confidence, I'd probably be a really good singer. The third one is just bleh.

[Tonks]

#2 makes me want to stick a fork in my ear.