Filipino gays perform updated Christmas carols for Catholic Bishops

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  1. Love it, hope it got great publicity in the Philippines media.

    Its a seasonal version of glittering!

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  2. It certainly makes a hell of a lot more sense than singing the unbearably fatuous “Jingle Bells” in a country that has never seen snow, let alone a sleigh!

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  3. ROFLMAO…
    if the photo you used for the article is any indication, that *IS* a very unusual rendition of “Jingle Bells”…
    Please, at least try to use a vocal score for that sort of image. That image is patently impossible to sing. (btw, it’s from a violin part)

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    1. Yes, it’d be a stretch even for the young Emma Kirkby (specially the double-stopping).

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  4. OK, the verse fits with the melody, but the chorus? I’ve tried five times and I’m afraid I can’t get that chorus to fit the melody in any sensible manner!

    If you’re going to write alternative lyrics, then you have to do it WELL!

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    1. it works if you think of “lesbian” as two syllables: lez-byan

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    2. You sung it in Filipino language?

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  5. GingerlyColors  16 Dec 2011, 6:44am  Report
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    Jingle Bells is a secular Christmas Carol which invokes the non-religious aspect of Christmas, Santa Claus and his sleigh rather and Jesus Christ. Therefore I do not believe that the Bishops will be bothered by the re-writing of this song.
    Anyway I’m sure that the Catholic Church in the Philippines have bigger fish to fry such as the fact that the islands are a child sex tourist destination.

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  6. Jock S. Trap  19 Dec 2011, 9:34am  Report
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    If it raises publicity then it is worth while. The Philipines need to make sure all people are protected from discrimination.

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  7. many filipinos are open-minded about lgbt issues but there still are narrow-minded homophobic freaks in the Philippines.

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