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iampunha

A Christmas music rant

May 30, 2008 03:28

No, the stuff isn't yet filling the airwaves down here, but I had a hankering for some Christmas music tonight (this morning), so I went to see what YouTube had to offer ( Read more... )

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jananaphone May 30 2008, 11:00:54 UTC

I have no idea what songs you're talking about, but you should know better than to expect any semblance of intelligence from Youtube users.

Altos: ... eh, nobody really cares much about you anyway.
:(

iampunha May 30 2008, 19:27:41 UTC

Actually, a handful of YouTube offerings aren't bad.

(Lo How a Rose and Still, Still, Still)

antikythera May 30 2008, 13:17:55 UTC

Oi. Nobody pays much attention to the altos until they're not there and the soprano part sounds boring by itself. ;)

bravesfan425 May 30 2008, 14:40:08 UTC

It's not even July - even I wait until then to listen to Christmas music (although I didn't take the cds out of my car until Lent... so maybe we're even :P)!!!

If I were home I could send you good sound files of those pieces (although I have Still, Still, Still in English - still pretty, it's a Norman Luboff arrangement and he's pretty awesome). Let me know if you want them so you're not at the mercy of youtube!

fachverwirrt May 30 2008, 15:20:41 UTC

5) schtihl, schtihl, schtihl is schtihl not right. schteel, more.

I'm not sure what you're saying here. Are you trying to say that the German word "still" should be pronounced with a long "ee" (as in "steel")? 'Cause it's not: it's a short "ih" as in, well, "still".

iampunha May 30 2008, 19:27:06 UTC

You mean my mother lied to me?

fachverwirrt May 30 2008, 19:32:27 UTC

I can't speak for every German dialect, but at least in Hochdeutsch, it's a short "ih". Generally, when one sings in German, one sings in Hochdeutsch. It's quite possible that she simply speaks a different dialect.

(And I note that I read "lied" as [lit] as in German for song...)

iampunha May 31 2008, 06:52:55 UTC

I don't know what dialect she grew up on, but if it's any help, she lived on German military bases as a kid, so they might not have been teaching her singing German.

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jayjaybear May 31 2008, 02:22:28 UTC

You expect sopranos to share a spotlight? Seriously? I thought that was against the laws of nature...

How do you kill a soprano?
Glue a mirror to the bottom of the pool.

iampunha May 31 2008, 06:56:32 UTC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyuOIYCERc4&feature=related

You're welcome:)