A jaw-droppingly beautiful Christmas carol
from ... The Monkees?
Posted By: ladydawgfan, 12/25/2021 10:35:33 AM
Perhaps I'm the last person to know about this, but have you ever heard this Christmas carol? [Video] It's extraordinary. The pitch and harmony are flawless, and according to the twitter commentators below the tweet, the unexpected group that did it, the 1960s pop rock band, The Monkees, did it in one take. It's a 1556 Spanish Christmas carol called Ríu Ríu Chíu, sung in old Spanish, heavily religious in tone, with apparently some Catalan words in its lyrics. Native Spanish speakers on Twitter say the accent is pitch perfect, and it does sound natural.
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It's extraordinary. The pitch and harmony are flawless, and according to the twitter commentators below the tweet, the unexpected group that did it, the 1960s pop rock band, The Monkees, did it in one take.
It's a 1556 Spanish Christmas carol called Ríu Ríu Chíu, sung in old Spanish, heavily religious in tone, with apparently some Catalan words in its lyrics. Native Spanish speakers on Twitter say the accent is pitch perfect, and it does sound natural.
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Absolutely beautiful!! And unexpected as well. Merry Christmas to all of my fellow LDotters and also to the staff and the Hostess with the Mostess, our lovely Lucianne!!