Battle of the Bands Results and Christmas Fun!

Before I move on, gotta post the results for Battle of the Bands. If you voted later, then you know that this wasn't even close. Piano Guys got 15 votes, Celtic Woman got 4 votes, and Dire Straits got one vote.

Are you scratching your head right now? Yeah, me too. I think someone was messing with me. Not sure what the message was... too much Dire Straits in these battles? Not enough Dire Straits? Too much eggnog? Not to worry. It's all good.

I loved The Piano Guys take on We Three Kings, like the majority of you. I also liked, though not as much, the version by Celtic Woman. So, I would've been okay with the vote no matter how it went down.

I'm singing a duet at the church's Christmas Eve service, so I will try to download that to YouTube and upload it here. Look for it between Christmas and the 1st. On the 1st, the year will begin another installment of Battle of the Bands!!!

I will probably still be posting (fairly) regularly over at TV Junction Function with holiday clips as I find them. I started out that search before I posted this bit. So, I leave you with some Christmas funny that I found... Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

BATTLE OF THE BANDS TAKE 8

It's the 15th of the month and that means that it is time for another installation of Battle of The Bands.  If this is new to you, each one of these battles pits the same song sung by different artists against the other.  Battles are happening today on several blogs including Far Away Series, FERRET-FACED FASCIST FRIENDS, and Tossing It Out.  Comments on these blogs might garner you a prize.  DiscConnected is also hosting a battle, like me, without a prize.  We're just in it for the fun!  For more information on the prizes visit FERRET-FACED FASCIST FRIENDS as all of the details are there.


Stephen (FFFF) indicated some time ago that he had a whole bunch of Christmas music on his list.  Of course, that caused my brain to start thinking about Christmas music.  I adore Christmas music.  Hearing it brings back memories of my mom wrapping presents in our living room on a card table hauled out special for the occasion.  Every evening she was in there wrapping and Christmas albums played on the record player.  Yeah, I said record player.  So, hearing Christmas music always transports me to that room with the wood stove burning, my mom wrapping, and the music playing.  And don't get me started on the Christmas tree.  I was one of those kids who would lie under it and look up at the lights.  I simply love everything about Christmas.

So, I am starting early with the Christmas tunes so that I can run them through the holidays.  And I know some folks already have their tree up.  I have seen pics on Facebook.  So, I am not the only one swept away by the holiday spirit.

First up on my Christmas roster is the song Carol of the Bells.  Normally, I go to wikipedia and give you the down and dirty on the song.... who wrote it, recorded it, blah blah blah.  Not today.  I am going to just ASSUME you know it.  I will tell you that my original match-up was going to be Mannheim Steamroller vs. someone else (I didn't have anyone definitive in mind), so I hit YouTube.  And that is when it got INTERESTING.  Why?  I found both of these versions, which I'd never heard before and loved both of them!  I am going to have a tough time with the voting.  However, I want to hear which one is your favorite and WHY, so post your vote (with explanation) in the comments.

Carol of the Bells (for 12 cellos) by The Piano Guys (ironically, no piano in this song, just cello....):



versus


Carol of the Bells by Pentatonix (an a capella version):


You may have noticed that the first one slipped in and out of God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman. Surprisingly, I didn't mind. So, which one of these tickled your fancy? Please tell me... at length.