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See media help. " God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen," also known as " God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen," is an English traditional Christmas carol. It is in the Roxburghe Collection (iii. 452), and is listed as no. 394 in the Roud Folk Song Index. It is also known as " Tidings of Comfort and Joy," and by other variant incipits.
Professional ratings. Barenaked for the Holidays is a holiday-themed studio album released by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies on October 5, 2004. The album includes Christmas and Hanukkah songs as well as "Auld Lang Syne", which is traditionally sung on New Year's Eve. There are also several songs that are simply about the winter season.
The traditional song "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" is performed as a duet by the Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan. [12] Following is a string of original songs, including "Bizarre Christmas Incident" by Ben Folds, "What a Year for a New Year" by Dan Wilson and Neil Finn's "Sweet Secret Peace".
The album includes all twelve tracks from McLachlan's 2006 Christmas album, Wintersong and five other Christmas songs. "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen / We Three Kings" was recorded backstage by Barenaked Ladies and McLachlan using one mic and done in one take at Planetfest in December 1996 for US radio station WPLT. [2]
The First Movement, sedate in style and modelled closely on the Choral Preludes of Bach, treats the old tune we sing to O come, all ye faithful. The Second Movement, the Scherzo, alternates between slow and fast treatments of the carol-tune God rest you merry, gentlemen. The Third Movement, the composer says, is 'the real corn of the Symphony ...
"Green Christmas" is a Christmas song by the Barenaked Ladies from the soundtrack for the 2000 film How The Grinch Stole Christmas!. [1] [2] It was later re-recorded as a studio acoustic version for the Christmas compilation Maybe This Christmas Too? in 2003, [3] and re-recorded again for the band's own holiday album, Barenaked for the Holidays, released in 2004. [4]
15. "The First Noel" by Brett Eldredge. "The First Noel" describes the experience of, and anticipation felt by, the shepherds and the wise men on the night that Jesus was born. 16. "God Rest Ye ...
The Joy of Christmas. The Joy of Christmas is a Christmas album featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, along with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Richard P. Condie directed the choir. Originally released by Columbia Masterworks in October 1963, the 50+ minutes album, unusually long for its time for one LP, was released ...