I can’t honestly say that I always — or even ever — wanted to know what would happen if David Bowie and Bing Crosby worked together. But some producers had the daft-sounding idea and it turned out very well indeed:
Remarkable backstory here.
An Unusual But Successful Christmas Music Pairing
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MikeMaltz says
Just saw the Chicago A Capella last night, singing among other songs, a mashup of Messiah and Jingle Bells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jci6yQ7t8W4. Wonderful!!
EdWhitney says
Seizing the opportunity to link to a link to a procession for the Feast of Epiphany, I cannot resist commenting on the way that the visual composer shows his/her love of faces of all kinds, grownups, children, and animals-and connecting them to a wonderfully rendered ancient melody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olGkKtMxgFI Marche des Rois for 6 January 2013 at Aix en Provence .