O Come O Come Emmanuel - Sufjan Stevens

[hanshoso]

I wish christmas was everyday!

[nomesbirdy]

Sufjan I flipping love you!

[jpatrickdowns]

Lovely.

[whittierc]

The most beautiful version of this song I've ever heard.

[SUPERGRASS1000]

I'm an atheist but I love this song ;)

[samsung889]

@SUPERGRASS1000 lmao thats like a serial killer working for PETA

[tobysfig]

I'm a strong atheist, but I can still appreciate this for being a beautiful song. One of the best things about Judeo-Christianity is it's musical tradition, as well as some of the moral teachings.

[vearheart42]

@tobysfig "Good music transcends all physical limits

It's more than something that you hear, it's something that you feel

When the author and experience and passion is real" You can't a more truful statement then that.

[karenjacquelinekaren]

Amazing.



[keenoled]

Perfect mood for a Christmas on the northern hemisphere, all minor key and darkness. So beautiful. :)

[Lorielgreenleaf]

So utterly simple, haunting and beautiful.

[sandrinepi]

I love this song, and especially this version of it. He really captures the longing for salvation beautifully. So melancholy!

[jhr459]

@sandrinepi - I am a devout Christian, but my grandmother was Jewish and I did go to temple a lot as a younger man and this song has always touched my Jewish soul - it is such a Hebraic Christian song.

[HopeWithPandora]

It is so soothing... thanks : )



[CoffeeCupGoodness]

This version has a kind of 'hippie' feel to it...usually I would mean that as a bad thing, but with this version, I like it!

[Elaine264]

another version of this beautiful song. I liked it at the first time.

[TheSonglvr]

Well said, mansfield.

[mayabelle1107]

A splendor in squalor... Sufjan encapsulates moments like few artists before him. Moments are a dime a dozen and he creates moments frozen in time. Well played senor, thank you.

[mansfield1721]

This is not a christmas Carol but an Advent Carol it should never be sung during Christmastide. It is about the Children of Israel in Salvery longing for Messiah. It tell us Spiritual Israel about our salvery to sin and our freedom through Christ's death on the Cross. The Connection then; Christmas is the gateway to Good Friday and Easter and freedom from sin and death. "in this world you will have trouble. Fear not I have overcome the World"

[charleslow88]

@mansfield1721 it thus speaks of our joy when celebrating the birth and coming of Christ to rescue us from our captivity. =)

[Theboywholivedlives]

I sang this years ago in my church choir. I still remember that moment, the Christmas mass, everyone quiet, then our voices ringing out into the vastness of the universe itself. I will never, ever, forget that.

[EmilyBethBergmann]

I love the unique strumming pattern he has in all of his music. Passionate and captivating.

[VictorLepanto]

Of all the hymns of Christmas, this is my favorite. It is about longing. An infinite longing in the human heart that nothing on Earth can satisfy. You know the beloved for which you yearn is real & that He is the source of all your happiness. Yet He is nowhere to be found in this world. It is an exquisite agony.

[thegeorgiakitty]

i prefered it better before but im not saying its bad its really good but the original reminds me of the struggle i went through

[knitterhead]

I love this picture... was it not taken in the wardrobe???

[fillXinXblankXstares]

Loved this song to start, but wow...

[knightofavalon86]

This is awesome. I've always loved this song (I actually got here from a latin rendition of it) and the way he's taken this hymn and made it "down home-y" without reducing the awesome is great.

[pkdukesnides1]

y cant he make more songs like this instead of his new electric style. i remember the first song i heard by him was the lord god bird and i loved the sound and the lyrics y do people have to go with the flow. sufjan is great cause he is unique but there is to much techno and electric sounds these days. i think what made him great was his unique sounds

[delaisla333]

is that a native american wind pipe in the beginning?? ...well whatever it is sounds fantastic

[benningtonc7]

@delaisla333 Probably just a flute, but very beautiful. Probably wooden.

[westichick]

@delaisla333 I used to play this in an ensemble with a bass recorder. The sound was very similar.

[JSCWhistler]

@delaisla333

Those are recorders (also called blockflute, flute a bec, etc.). Tis' what came before the wooden flute that was also came before the modern Boehm system flute. Perfect sound for this song. Love Sufjan's arrangements...

[1thing2do]

This song is beautiful.

Also, you guys should check out The Perennials. They are a new band and they are really great. You can find them by searching "theperennialsarewe" on youtube.

[Jhannahfication]

awesome!!!!!!!! 

[MarthaH605]

Really beautiful.

[AvantGrapes]

I'd really like to get the Christmas CD with all of the hymns. I have Illinois and it's amazing. Praise the Lord!

[szabadon1]

Veni, veni Emmanuel (Zoltán Kodály) 

[szabadon1]

Kodály Zoltán ( hungarian ) : Veni veni Emmanuel

[7cujo7]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[jerryrigging]

thank you for this post

[JSCWhistler]

Love, love, love, love this! Banjos and recorders are definitely make this epically awesome!

[ZephyrNights]

This hasn't changed my view on religious music- for the most part, its awful. Sufjan just happens to be an amazing exception.

[imonec00lcat]

What an amazing song. Praise Jesus for all he did to save us from our sins. He is so good. Amen

[katiemckay]

I'm not Christian, in fact I find religion pretty awful in most cases, but this is a beautiful rendition of this song anyway :)

[clarinchi]

chords please anybody? i really want to play this song for xmas!

[Pamathey]

The more times I hear this, the more I like it. Not keen on the banjo, but the melody alterations are really catchy.

[AbigailAndI]

chills :)

[lolbf2]

NO ONE does this song better that August Burns Red ! Metal ftw :D

[RikTheMix]

Absolutely brilliant version. It captures the spirit of the song beautifully and is a welcome change from the traditional choral versions. Lovely stuff - bring on CHRISTmas.

[1ndabag]

Great Advent song.  Enjoy the season all my fellow Christians!

[preachitgirl]

FAVORITE rendition of my already favorite Christmas song. Thanks for uploading. I Love Sufjan.

[somemexican5]

This has always been my favrite Christmas song, but Sufjan just made it waaaaay better.

[kittycather]

Awesome, thank you, are you a Latter Day Saint?

[volcomark1412]

@kittycather i am a latter day saint, and i love sufjan.

[TheSamuelGui]

@volcomark1412 Hey, same here, to both.

[greenaddyplus3]

Wow! This is an amazing version of this song! Absolutely beautiful voice!

[MstrOfAPerfectTragdy]

The August Burns Red version is the best! check it.

[jesusdrummer4913]

@MstrOfAPerfectTragdy YES YES YES!!

[belisafinotar]

I enjoyed it , thanks

[SharineONeill]

Good morning from Austria! This is WONDERFUL my dear and a pleasure to watch!!! I´m glad WorshipGuitar43 shared it to me. Thank you. 5 glittering ***** and Love and Light Sharine

[WorshipGuitar43]

very beautiful !!!!!!!!!

i love it

SHAOLOM

[WorshipGuitar43]

wow - is this a beautiful interpretation

HALLELUJA - God Bless You - 5 ✱ ✰ ✯ ✰ ✱

Your Ernesto....

[dorawinifredz]

God with us

[Ericman2043]

Merry Christmas!

[darth1994]

im not very religous but i really love it.. sufjan stevens is going to change my religious opinion.. he's just genious.

[britishtwiggy]

@darth1994 thats so great!

[SomethingCklever]

@darth1994 That's a win :)

[mayabelle1107]

@darth1994 the great thing is you don't have to believe that something that created every atom in this universe, science will be the answer.... Be well.

[davidagreen]

I love this song done by Stevens. Thank you. It reminds me of some Iron and Wine and some Neil Young tunes, too. Great stuff!

[teamjonas123]

great. but no one does it better than the guy at my church!

[veronikaB1990]

Can Sufjan Stevens mess any song up? goodness.

beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

[thedrtaylor]

great rendition

[SanJuaquinLady]

really great

[nodlon20]

Very beautiful! Love it!

[GavinMc80]

This is a killer rendition.

[GymnasticsISlife96]

so beautiful and celtic sounding

[JSCWhistler]

@GymnasticsISlife96

Not Celtic, trust me... Maybe folk, but entirely Sufjan Stevens, and entirely AMAZING.

[ettins10]

this version is awesome

[JNieckarz]

Wow! Raised Catholic, I know this hymn/tune very well. Again, Sufjan...amazing!

[lachum6]

U2 used this old hymne for their song 'white as snow' on their latest recor 'no line on the horizon'

[Nawelka]

just LOVE it !!!

[xXxDKWNxXx]

Legendary.....

[mydancingbear]

He is the most amazing singer. <3

[drumc88]

omg this is an awesome somg.

[Bablagum]

I already loved this song, wow, Sufjan absolutely makes it even more beautiful!

[doggywhity]

a great great version I ever heard that is amazing and woderful song that I ever heard in youtube..excelent song and very good song ever...im canaan

[doggywhity]

that was a great version on your song!

[tibiasuckness]

Beautiful :)

[blizzfoolmusic]

this is easialy the best version of this song ever recorded. by far!. amazing!

[silentsniper77]

...wow loved it

[FiliaRegis83]

so beautiful I love it!

[gwydionswift]

Amazing.

[justinasparx]

FAVORITE.

[cjarchow]

great version of a great song!