There oughta be a law...

[pat]

... against vocalists attempting songs which are beyond their vocal abilities or emotional maturity level.


I am not a traditionalist when it comes to holiday music: I like all sorts, and I don't mind "contemporary" versions. That said...

Avril Lavigne covered "O Holy Night." **shudder**

(In the spirit of open mindedness, I actually, listened to about 30 seconds of it on iTunes.)

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Haven't found Avril's version. In her stead, I'll be lecturing Jessica Simpson, who I am enduring at this particular moment.

I'm of two minds. The first is that everyone in Christendom should sing O Holy Night -- it should be the national anthem of the Church Universal. The second is that everyone, when they're singing it, needs to recognize that attempting to "own" something that was given for the glorification of the Lord doesn't usually work out. If you have the proper talents to sing, then the song sings itself -- just try to stay out of its way.

To me, Josh Groban owns the song. He doesn't sing any notes that aren't there, and he includes the second verse that I like even though there are a few lines that for whatever historical reason don't scan at all. Although I must confess to a fondness for the version done by Eric Cartman in which Kyle stuck him with a cattle prod every time he got a word wrong.