Haunting melody. Lyrics great. Wish this was hear on the radio during the CHRISTMAS season instead of the overload of pagan songs of Frosty, winterwonderland, etc. etc.
There is no need for the foulness, lets just enjoy the music...Happy Holidays People no matter how you celebrate it because pagan or not, we (or at least I do) celebrate for the birth of our Lord and Savior!
I had no idea that "Very Special Christmas" was a benefit for Special Olympics. That's awesome! And thank you so much for including the lyrics! Definitely one of the best Christmas songs ever!
My word don't say "don't belive in God", so please don't miss understandme. My words only say "you no need to any other to belive in God. Just belive in that you think God is saying to you, not in the peoples that says you have to do anything because 'God says...'. No body can say to any other one about what says or things God, because no body can talk in the name of God." That's all my words say. Slán go foill agus go n-éirí an t-ádh leat!
Catholics... Your religion was used for a group of people to manipulate their brothers. Why? To obtain any kind proffit. God is anywhere; with us, our friends, all the world... It doesn't matter about their names, finally the religion don't comes from God, but from the men. Don't make a war on the name of God, beacuse God never say yo "do the war". The humanself says "go to a crusade" and you finally decide if you really wanna go to kill your brothers. Religion is not any more a reason for a war
I was entranced by this quiet special song so many years ago. I taped the video off some special that was on TV. It is a true rarity and such a beautifully done video- it really holds up like an artistic and spiritual moment at the same time. Go 13th century songs! How amazing to think people enjoyed this over 800 years ago. It gives you goosebumps.
Dear Athiests...I have spent 12 years in post graduate education as a scientist and I am a devout Catholic. I have felt the Holy Spirit (which was about as subtle as a punch in the head). Jesus IS, just as he was predicted countless times in the Old Testament. Look into it, if you think yourselves so clever.... for once, you won't be let down.
@MrAbuliam the old testament is brutal and talks about a heartless and relentless god...please stop trying to shove your beliefs down our throats and lets not turn this comment section into an argument about religion...just enjoy the damn song and let me believe what i want
@robytzu97 Lol you just turned the comment section into an arguement about religon with your post. This is a comment section where people post what they like, and this is a song about the Archangel Gabriel of course there's going to be Christians on here posting. He was very nice about it and never "shoved" his beliefs down anyone's throat, merely spoke from his heart. You don't have to agree with it. Please be respectful to all beliefs and have a nice day. =)
@robytzu97 If you do not believe in Jesus Christ then please take down your CHRISTmas tree and return your presents...for this is a HOLYIDAY for CHRISTIANS. Don't cheapen it with your crap....it is not happy fucking holiday, not happy fucking chanunkah, it is CHRISTMAS, a MASS for Jesus Christ the Son of God....DOUCHEBAG!!!!!
@MrAbuliam oh so just because i don't believe in your deity i'm a senseless douchebag that doesn't deserve a holiday...judaism is older than christianity..you're a massive hypocrite and intolerant piece of shit...your book says to respect everyone else but what do i know ? i've only been a christian...all my life...you piece of shit...everyone has the right to be with their family and share some fucking presents...and i don't have a shitmas tree..that's for kids
@MrAbuliam Thanks for the vile and nastiness under such a beautiful song... Christmas began as a pagan holiday idgit... Educate yourself before you open your mouth or use the keyboard plz
@MrAbuliam Celts used Christmas trees before Christians.Yule had a pre-Christian meaning-O.E. geola "Christmas Day,Christmastide,"from O.N. jol,a heathen feast later taken over by Christianity & O.E. (Anglian) cognate giuli was the Anglo-Saxons' name for a 2 month midwinter season corresponding to Roman Dec & Jan.Trees or gifts celebrate the season in many religions.Get over yourself.The Sun god is born on Dec 21 & the son of Jehovah on the 25th (which is wrong as the actual date is unknown)
@robytzu97 I agree. I'm not an atheist but i don't believe in christ, either. However, it's songs like this, still capturing what should be the part of Christmas people remember, that I can enjoy and respect.
@MonkeyBallistiX christmas is about spending time with your loved ones and sharing ( even if you have little to none) with them...not about buying expensive gifts and expecting something in return or about singing carols and going to church
Ask me about one of the Legacies of Larry King Show....and I would tell you ito\'s this song. That's where I first heard this song rendered by Sting at Xmas 2009! Thanks Larry, Thanks Sting...for bringing me this far with this song...and I am still hanging on to it! Will never let go!
i remember on MTV europe in early 90ties, this was frequent video in xmas time, i wouldn't know today that it exists - it's not on tv and radio unfortunately
This was a b-side on a sting single...i have always loved this version....but no!!!! she is NOT a most HIGHLY FLAVOURED LADY.....normal tasting apparently! lolol
i love this song, its so haunting and beautiful. reminds me of when i was a kid in catholic school at midnight mass - used to be in this huge gothic church, gorgeous stained glass windows -
@ChristineES44 Same here Christine! We were Christmas shopping in a store in Vegas [off the strip of course] and it came over the speakers... HAD to have it, but it wasn't available at the time. :(
Holy freaking Moly=I never even knew this promo exisited and this version of Gabriel's Message has been one of my fave Sting tracks since the dawn of time.
sorry for my english i'm french but as you it is the first tracks i have !! russians and this single was the B face of !! the "vinyl" is used how many i''ve learn it !!!
this video still kinda creeps me out... spooky... the original version is pretty sinister, much more than the way he does it now on "if on a winter's night"...
dude im serious. i mean i get the lyrics and all but what do they symbolize?
its common that sometimes lyrics can mean alot of things. for instance, a song called "godzilla" by blue oyster cult is a song that talks entirely about godzilla but all it is meaning is about getting high
Not in this case. If you read the info panel on the right, it's a mediaeval carol about the Archangel Gabriel informing Mary that she's pregnant with the Messiah. It's very literal.
@snidelywhiplash Yes. Back in the days when this song was written, literacy was only for the rich. If you wanted to pass on news and social ttraditions, you had to do it orally. And since stuff like - oh...FLOORS were also for only the rich, the only place you could get together under one roof was the church.
Henceforth, songs like this weren't meant to be "interpreted." They were Sunday school for the pre-Reanaissance common man.
@TheDemonwolf14 that had nothing to do with my argument to why i was asking what this song is about. can you read into conversations? if not then no wonder...
@uberm0nster1 -- Oh my God. Can the history of Western Civilization fit into the remaining 400 characters? Seriously, people should be outraged that an adult can ask that question. Failure of family, culture, schools.
I really like this version of the song. Sting's is unusual among the many versions out there in that he keeps it minor key all the way through, instead of bringing up a major-key chorus tone at "all hail said he" and the repeat of those bars throughout the song. The electronic drums make the overall effect strange and haunting. Sting's voice also sounds really pure and strong, not like on his new version of the song, in which he sounds husky and...smug. Weird video though, like most of his.
@littlescratchykitty It seems like here he's channeling the position of Gabriel as the angel of birth and death. He, being Gabriel, stands in shadow as the dancing souls of the children he will send out to be born play in safety under his watch. Then, towards the end, he is given an order from a messenger, looks up into the light and gives us the eerie stare. It's very appropriate to both carol and the angel-- I agree about the redo. Far too proud.
@littlescratchykitty Also, with the percussion-- I think it's supposed to give the feeling of both dirge or execution march (the heavier, slow tempo) as well as the frantic beat of a newborn's heart (the higher, more electronic sound). Again, I think he's really trying hard to make the song 'sound' like Gabriel in the original. The latter version just doesn't have this depth.
@littlescratchykitty Also, after his message is received we hear a clock start ticking -- which could either be the countdown to the birth of Emmanuel or the countdown to the Apocalypse, where Gabriel will sound his trumpet. Both fit the carol, the time in which it was sung and the album it was available as the "B" side to. Every time I listen to this I am convinced of the mastery Sting used to compose it-- and his other version continues to pale in comparison.
@littlescratchykitty I agree entirely, with every word you said. I used to dislike this video, but I think I just had to grow older to appreciate its simplicity.
I think it must have been a very cheap video in terms of costs, but it is really beautiful, much more beautiful than lots of expensive videos...
I totally agree! I completely fell in love with the whole "Very Special Xmas" 1987 CD, ALLOT of my favorites are on it. And when Sting did his fantastic "Winter" CD, one of my critiques is "Gabriel". I feel the 1987 version is WAY WAY WAY better. The mood, the haunting vocals,and the pure emotion in his voice makes the track amazing. The 2009 version, is well bland and lacking in comparison, IMO
They played a lot of this on MTV back when they PLAYED music, at least around Christmas. Funny, this is actually an Annunciation carol, not Christmas at all. I love it, love all these Renaissance carols. Was pleasantly surprised at Sting's taste.
This is the best version of this song, although North Country Chorus did a great job of in tonight. I had to look up the song because the people I was with didn't know Sting had a version. I always loved the drums in it too...best on the album. I remember when Keith designed the cover.
Sting's version of Gabriels Message is great. But I always heard it as an instrumental only version. How many singers did covers for gabriels message.
@Fudgebegood idk why, well I guess cuz saying pedo, but whatever, if it was Michael Jackson bet they wouldn't of. figures >.> That's m story & I'm sticking to it. lol
In the Bible, the angels have no human sexual features, they just 'appear' in human form. Jesus referred to them as 'being neither male nor female, and they do not marry", so Male or Female as we know it do not apply to them.
If I may: Jesus was referring to us as humans and to the elevation to heavenly beings. As it relates to the gender of angels, in Genesis there is an account of the angels finding women attractive and having offspring with them known as Nephilim, but i encourage you to check it out for yourself
That verse in Genesis has puzzled better scholars than myself down through the ages, and is very cryptic. The fact remains that Jesus said we will "be like the angels" in that we will be non-gendered, as I read it, so that He was saying, in effect, that angels are non-gender specific. Who knows? The debate will go on forever, I guess.
I was pleasantly surprised to find this in the Episcopal hymnal, #265! SO if anyone wants their choir to sing it, bring it to the attention of the choir director. :-)
@PamandJim1000 This is rather unfriendly. A lot of people put commends on YouTube, for whom Engelish isn't their native language (like myself). It's alright to judge our mistakes, but in that case I do hope you won't make any mistakes in our languages either.
@Yrrats , hi there, yours was one of the most respectful and thoughtful comments on youtube :) Keep up the good style of discussion! Btw, I enjoy leaving comments in other languages, and it would never occur to me to judge anyone on their mastery of the language... (Though sloppiness is another thing :) )
@PamandJim1000 'Spelt' is the correct spelling of the past and past participle of 'spell' in British English. Maybe YOU should do your school work before you start playing on YouTube?!
Ahoy trivia fans-this was the b-side to the 1985 7inch single Russians. Superb version , I have the single in question, if anyone wants it I'll swap it for a plump turkey
such an amazing voice
MJLU280 1 week ago
only xmas song i like
msap420 2 weeks ago
this was the best on that album
vegamaximus01 2 weeks ago
Haunting melody. Lyrics great. Wish this was hear on the radio during the CHRISTMAS season instead of the overload of pagan songs of Frosty, winterwonderland, etc. etc.
mrtootiebird 1 month ago
Sting rocks! I missed this song during the 90's & early 2000's until I found it again here. Merry Christmas!
Craigmeister1 1 month ago
I love looking at the angel babies...so sweet.
amberfwn 1 month ago
Best Christmas song and video ever.
amberfwn 1 month ago
Such a beautiful song, It always makes me cry.
Merry Christmas!
tippytoes22 1 month ago 2
Merry Christmas all! Beautiful song.
akrotirifry9 1 month ago
One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. Never thought to look on here for it!
Thanks so much for posting this!
solitude2112 1 month ago
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor...”
(Isaiah 9:6, NIV)
<3
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morninggloryone 1 month ago 2
Amen! Awesome song.
Willow216p 1 month ago
There is no need for the foulness, lets just enjoy the music...Happy Holidays People no matter how you celebrate it because pagan or not, we (or at least I do) celebrate for the birth of our Lord and Savior!
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KristyKandiko 1 month ago
I had no idea that "Very Special Christmas" was a benefit for Special Olympics. That's awesome! And thank you so much for including the lyrics! Definitely one of the best Christmas songs ever!
bloofan06 1 month ago
My favorite Christmas Song
Beshflorin 1 month ago
Glooorrrria...cant get this out of my mind. this is the song that sets the season for me.
taradash1 1 month ago
Always a fav Christmas song of mine. Sting is beyond wonderful on this!
ghyter12 1 month ago
Sting is so powerful with deep songs.
duranduran8485 1 month ago
BEST XMAS SONG/VID!!...SO GOTHY (in the true sense)!
zeta1ret 1 month ago
Short but very sweet!
10ismyno 1 month ago
One of my favorite Christmas songs. So very beautiful!
msreganna1 1 month ago
LOve love, so beautiful.
Bajekitty 1 month ago
Take out that awful drum synth, and you'd really have something.
redredshoes 1 month ago
@redredshoes Hey, it was 1987. Whaddya want?
snidelywhiplash 1 month ago 5
I just heard this on classical 96.3 tonight...I just had to find it... very moving!
.Stings voice is amazingly heavenly here...Wonderful!
byheavenlyhosts 1 month ago 2
I thought this was a "new" song by him, why with things like "Songs From The Labrynth"(sp)m etc.
Looks as though I was wrong. . . .
DralionProductions 1 month ago
I thought Christmas was a special time for peace. Oh, well,...silly old me.
jamalshookup 2 months ago
I love the sound but can do without the helicopter in the background
richm444 2 months ago
Hail Mary, Most Highly Favored Lady !!!
LyndaHudson 2 months ago 2
My word don't say "don't belive in God", so please don't miss understandme. My words only say "you no need to any other to belive in God. Just belive in that you think God is saying to you, not in the peoples that says you have to do anything because 'God says...'. No body can say to any other one about what says or things God, because no body can talk in the name of God." That's all my words say. Slán go foill agus go n-éirí an t-ádh leat!
Aghastancred 2 months ago
Catholics... Your religion was used for a group of people to manipulate their brothers. Why? To obtain any kind proffit. God is anywhere; with us, our friends, all the world... It doesn't matter about their names, finally the religion don't comes from God, but from the men. Don't make a war on the name of God, beacuse God never say yo "do the war". The humanself says "go to a crusade" and you finally decide if you really wanna go to kill your brothers. Religion is not any more a reason for a war
Aghastancred 2 months ago
I was entranced by this quiet special song so many years ago. I taped the video off some special that was on TV. It is a true rarity and such a beautifully done video- it really holds up like an artistic and spiritual moment at the same time. Go 13th century songs! How amazing to think people enjoyed this over 800 years ago. It gives you goosebumps.
333polkadot 2 months ago 2
sting is 1000 times cooler than bono. This proves it.
plumbersteve 2 months ago
Dear Athiests...I have spent 12 years in post graduate education as a scientist and I am a devout Catholic. I have felt the Holy Spirit (which was about as subtle as a punch in the head). Jesus IS, just as he was predicted countless times in the Old Testament. Look into it, if you think yourselves so clever.... for once, you won't be let down.
MrAbuliam 2 months ago 5
@MrAbuliam the old testament is brutal and talks about a heartless and relentless god...please stop trying to shove your beliefs down our throats and lets not turn this comment section into an argument about religion...just enjoy the damn song and let me believe what i want
robytzu97 2 months ago 5
@robytzu97 the old testament talks about a holy God who is loving and forgiving but who can't be be with unholy people.
ruchi750 2 months ago
@robytzu97 Lol you just turned the comment section into an arguement about religon with your post. This is a comment section where people post what they like, and this is a song about the Archangel Gabriel of course there's going to be Christians on here posting. He was very nice about it and never "shoved" his beliefs down anyone's throat, merely spoke from his heart. You don't have to agree with it. Please be respectful to all beliefs and have a nice day. =)
xloveXghoulx 1 month ago
@xloveXghoulx yes mother :))
robytzu97 1 month ago
@robytzu97 *pats head* good boy
xloveXghoulx 1 month ago
@robytzu97 If you do not believe in Jesus Christ then please take down your CHRISTmas tree and return your presents...for this is a HOLYIDAY for CHRISTIANS. Don't cheapen it with your crap....it is not happy fucking holiday, not happy fucking chanunkah, it is CHRISTMAS, a MASS for Jesus Christ the Son of God....DOUCHEBAG!!!!!
MrAbuliam 1 month ago
@MrAbuliam oh so just because i don't believe in your deity i'm a senseless douchebag that doesn't deserve a holiday...judaism is older than christianity..you're a massive hypocrite and intolerant piece of shit...your book says to respect everyone else but what do i know ? i've only been a christian...all my life...you piece of shit...everyone has the right to be with their family and share some fucking presents...and i don't have a shitmas tree..that's for kids
robytzu97 1 month ago
@MrAbuliam Please research the origin of Christmas. Thank you.
krenos45 1 month ago
@MrAbuliam Thanks for the vile and nastiness under such a beautiful song... Christmas began as a pagan holiday idgit... Educate yourself before you open your mouth or use the keyboard plz
KristyKandiko 1 month ago
@MrAbuliam Celts used Christmas trees before Christians.Yule had a pre-Christian meaning-O.E. geola "Christmas Day,Christmastide,"from O.N. jol,a heathen feast later taken over by Christianity & O.E. (Anglian) cognate giuli was the Anglo-Saxons' name for a 2 month midwinter season corresponding to Roman Dec & Jan.Trees or gifts celebrate the season in many religions.Get over yourself.The Sun god is born on Dec 21 & the son of Jehovah on the 25th (which is wrong as the actual date is unknown)
smsswensondarling 1 month ago
Best version by Sting. I think it is the strong virile voice which gives it such clout.
trashtarta 2 months ago
i'm an atheist and i love this song
robytzu97 2 months ago
@robytzu97 I agree. I'm not an atheist but i don't believe in christ, either. However, it's songs like this, still capturing what should be the part of Christmas people remember, that I can enjoy and respect.
MonkeyBallistiX 2 months ago
@MonkeyBallistiX christmas is about spending time with your loved ones and sharing ( even if you have little to none) with them...not about buying expensive gifts and expecting something in return or about singing carols and going to church
robytzu97 2 months ago
love this song
christopherdjkriss57 4 months ago
Ask me about one of the Legacies of Larry King Show....and I would tell you ito\'s this song. That's where I first heard this song rendered by Sting at Xmas 2009! Thanks Larry, Thanks Sting...for bringing me this far with this song...and I am still hanging on to it! Will never let go!
MichaelO
REDBEAST100 6 months ago
I love playing this at Christmas time....its beautiful.
th25tina 7 months ago 2
Gloria in excelsis deo
praetorianus72 8 months ago
love it
fraya5 9 months ago
Elmegy
holdsarkany 11 months ago
Lol at the kid who doesn't know what it's about... Epic song this is my favourite Christmas song I sing it every year in choir!
Spitfyre1011 11 months ago
The only song that's Christmas-y that I can listen to at ANY time of the year.
TheOfficialRoseEmran 1 year ago 32
Beautiful song.
TheOfficialRoseEmran 1 year ago 2
Very powerful. Sting never goes traditional. Love it.
thomast1985 1 year ago 3
I sooo love this song :)
Bajekitty 1 year ago 2
this is a beautiful song I love it : )
nicholeee13 1 year ago 2
i remember on MTV europe in early 90ties, this was frequent video in xmas time, i wouldn't know today that it exists - it's not on tv and radio unfortunately
rnk1977 1 year ago
@rnk1977 that would be because MTV doesnt play music anymore. =(
toksik34 1 year ago
@toksik34
How about MTV2?
douro20 7 months ago
My name is gabriel :) plz thumbs me down
TheRockerMad 1 year ago
It's really more about the Annunciation, but seems to have morphed into a Christmas song
andyj16628 1 year ago 3
This was a b-side on a sting single...i have always loved this version....but no!!!! she is NOT a most HIGHLY FLAVOURED LADY.....normal tasting apparently! lolol
dalymc 1 year ago
nice christmas song
MagdalenaFz 1 year ago
AMAZING. very haunting.. but catchy and musically wonderfull
al3xb777 1 year ago 3
best song ever!!!!!! i didnt think that sing could sing like that!!!!!!
harusohma153 1 year ago
Haunting and utterly beautiful ^_^
Dragavon777 1 year ago
Yes, this video almost borders on questionable. But his rendition is SO much prettier than any other we've heard!
PamandJim1000 1 year ago
i love this song, its so haunting and beautiful. reminds me of when i was a kid in catholic school at midnight mass - used to be in this huge gothic church, gorgeous stained glass windows -
geminiboy99 1 year ago 2
I just love how the light reveals his face for the first time @ 1:49 way cool
Zacman123 1 year ago
@Zacman123 I like how the hands of the angel gently touch his head before the illumination begins.
jademm 5 months ago
good version right tempo and sings the words as written
bolivianex 1 year ago
I never knew this song even had a video. I've loved it since 1987, when I first heard it.
ChristineES44 1 year ago
@ChristineES44 Same here Christine! We were Christmas shopping in a store in Vegas [off the strip of course] and it came over the speakers... HAD to have it, but it wasn't available at the time. :(
PamandJim1000 1 year ago
Awesome!
SgtRock57 1 year ago
Thank you for uploading this!! I can't find this version of the song ANYWHERE...just the slower one, without the drums....so beautiful!
TheRedHoodie 1 year ago
loved this! havent heard it it a while :)
xaicheena1 1 year ago
don't love.
thatcherpoe 1 year ago
This music is incredible. Stings is a real talent!
MarioLorentz23Art 1 year ago
That's awesome music. Sting is a great talent.
MarioLorentz23Art 1 year ago
Im singing this to try and get the solo part for my schools chior perfomance
Really beautiful song ^-^
sammysoso136 1 year ago
13th century!!!
apententakel 1 year ago
6 unlike... dont understand! that is a great song!
MauriceOlive 1 year ago
wonderful.
klheitz 1 year ago
This is probably my favorite Christmas song cover done by a rock band.
those brilliant cannons never get old
savageFTW 1 year ago
The angel of the Lord Declared unto Mary, and she conceived by the Holy Spirit....
My favorite prayer.
Gorgeous tribute to the Mother of God.
Good job Sting.
mariagianna624 1 year ago
the angel gabriel from heaven came...
his wings as drift as snow, his eyes.. as flame
name in the father.
and in the son.
and in the holy spirit.
thankyou gabriel,
hope i do the rest before..
~peace
thomas :)
ilovelifeandwomen 1 year ago
amen i say amen
ilovelifeandwomen 1 year ago
It's the first time I listen to this song .. its really Wonderfuuuul !!
xMentalxDisorderx 1 year ago
Holy freaking Moly=I never even knew this promo exisited and this version of Gabriel's Message has been one of my fave Sting tracks since the dawn of time.
THANK YOU for posting :D
Grimalkin777 2 years ago 6
sorry for my english i'm french but as you it is the first tracks i have !! russians and this single was the B face of !! the "vinyl" is used how many i''ve learn it !!!
adoreanne 1 year ago
Yes me too- loved it as the vinyl B side of "Russians" and love "Russians " too.
Both remind me so much of being at school at the time and Christmas.
In fact playing the vinyl version is one of my Christmas tradtions to this day.
Sting was-is -and will always be amazing to me :D
Grimalkin777 1 year ago
this video still kinda creeps me out... spooky... the original version is pretty sinister, much more than the way he does it now on "if on a winter's night"...
cortinex 2 years ago
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whats this song about?
uberm0nster1 2 years ago
Are you serious? You can't be - you must be trolling, right?
snidelywhiplash 2 years ago 20
dude im serious. i mean i get the lyrics and all but what do they symbolize?
its common that sometimes lyrics can mean alot of things. for instance, a song called "godzilla" by blue oyster cult is a song that talks entirely about godzilla but all it is meaning is about getting high
uberm0nster1 2 years ago
Not in this case. If you read the info panel on the right, it's a mediaeval carol about the Archangel Gabriel informing Mary that she's pregnant with the Messiah. It's very literal.
snidelywhiplash 2 years ago 26
ohhhh okay. sometimes its hard to tell when lyrics are literal. well thats cool. sounds like something sting would sing sometime or another
uberm0nster1 2 years ago
@snidelywhiplash Yes. Back in the days when this song was written, literacy was only for the rich. If you wanted to pass on news and social ttraditions, you had to do it orally. And since stuff like - oh...FLOORS were also for only the rich, the only place you could get together under one roof was the church.
Henceforth, songs like this weren't meant to be "interpreted." They were Sunday school for the pre-Reanaissance common man.
SNight322 10 months ago
@uberm0nster1 Godzilla not about getting high, it's about King Kong
LocoRico89 1 year ago
@LocoRico89 clearly you dont listen to enough of their music
uberm0nster1 1 year ago
@uberm0nster1 Sarcasm goes a long way
LocoRico89 1 year ago
@LocoRico89 only if you make it noticeable
uberm0nster1 1 year ago
@uberm0nster1 u christian??? if not the no wonder... :P
TheDemonwolf14 1 year ago
@TheDemonwolf14 that had nothing to do with my argument to why i was asking what this song is about. can you read into conversations? if not then no wonder...
uberm0nster1 1 year ago
@uberm0nster1 hehe i was jk good lord no one ever take me for joking o well sorry... :(
TheDemonwolf14 1 year ago
@TheDemonwolf14 ahhh sorry man, im a little uneasy. people these days, yknow? no hard feelings!
uberm0nster1 1 year ago
@uberm0nster1 sok btw im a girl but i can go for dude not man lol
TheDemonwolf14 1 year ago
@TheDemonwolf14 ahhhh im on a bad streak :| sorry! hahaha
uberm0nster1 1 year ago
@uberm0nster1 lol sok
TheDemonwolf14 1 year ago
@uberm0nster1 -- Oh my God. Can the history of Western Civilization fit into the remaining 400 characters? Seriously, people should be outraged that an adult can ask that question. Failure of family, culture, schools.
jlbinindiana 1 year ago
@jlbinindiana i love how people like you bitch and moan about someone asking about a SONG. for god's sakes, get a life
uberm0nster1 1 year ago
@uberm0nster1 , You have a point. A bit of an overreaction on my part.
jlbinindiana 1 year ago
@jlbinindiana water under the bridge, my friend. lets agree to disagree and just enjoy good music, eh?
uberm0nster1 1 year ago
@uberm0nster1 i like it yaaaaay i love this song you?
TheDemonwolf14 1 year ago
@TheDemonwolf14 dude this song is freaking awesome, much like just about all rock
uberm0nster1 1 year ago
@uberm0nster1 i"ve always like his songs he was the first singer i heard when i listen to music :D
TheDemonwolf14 1 year ago
@TheDemonwolf14 well you, ma'am, are officially cool in my book :DD
uberm0nster1 1 year ago
@uberm0nster1 yaaay :D
TheDemonwolf14 1 year ago
Muzike thjesht e mrekullueshme!
MrLek1969 2 years ago
I really like this version of the song. Sting's is unusual among the many versions out there in that he keeps it minor key all the way through, instead of bringing up a major-key chorus tone at "all hail said he" and the repeat of those bars throughout the song. The electronic drums make the overall effect strange and haunting. Sting's voice also sounds really pure and strong, not like on his new version of the song, in which he sounds husky and...smug. Weird video though, like most of his.
littlescratchykitty 2 years ago 31
@littlescratchykitty , I agree with every aspect of what you've said!
actressinny 2 years ago
@littlescratchykitty It seems like here he's channeling the position of Gabriel as the angel of birth and death. He, being Gabriel, stands in shadow as the dancing souls of the children he will send out to be born play in safety under his watch. Then, towards the end, he is given an order from a messenger, looks up into the light and gives us the eerie stare. It's very appropriate to both carol and the angel-- I agree about the redo. Far too proud.
Xebelan 1 year ago
@littlescratchykitty Also, with the percussion-- I think it's supposed to give the feeling of both dirge or execution march (the heavier, slow tempo) as well as the frantic beat of a newborn's heart (the higher, more electronic sound). Again, I think he's really trying hard to make the song 'sound' like Gabriel in the original. The latter version just doesn't have this depth.
Xebelan 1 year ago
@littlescratchykitty Also, after his message is received we hear a clock start ticking -- which could either be the countdown to the birth of Emmanuel or the countdown to the Apocalypse, where Gabriel will sound his trumpet. Both fit the carol, the time in which it was sung and the album it was available as the "B" side to. Every time I listen to this I am convinced of the mastery Sting used to compose it-- and his other version continues to pale in comparison.
Xebelan 1 year ago
@littlescratchykitty I agree entirely, with every word you said. I used to dislike this video, but I think I just had to grow older to appreciate its simplicity.
I think it must have been a very cheap video in terms of costs, but it is really beautiful, much more beautiful than lots of expensive videos...
vitekpiglet 1 year ago
@littlescratchykitty
I totally agree! I completely fell in love with the whole "Very Special Xmas" 1987 CD, ALLOT of my favorites are on it. And when Sting did his fantastic "Winter" CD, one of my critiques is "Gabriel". I feel the 1987 version is WAY WAY WAY better. The mood, the haunting vocals,and the pure emotion in his voice makes the track amazing. The 2009 version, is well bland and lacking in comparison, IMO
EveDonovan 10 months ago
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miajnorway 2 years ago
They played a lot of this on MTV back when they PLAYED music, at least around Christmas. Funny, this is actually an Annunciation carol, not Christmas at all. I love it, love all these Renaissance carols. Was pleasantly surprised at Sting's taste.
BelindaKyle 2 years ago
ober geil
scherzoooo 2 years ago
ŚWIĘTA WOJNA....
gwardia muzycznych kochanych aniołów...
dziękuję.....:-))))
ewka1901 2 years ago
Round 1:55 he looks like Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange. "Happy 'olidays, my droogies. I bid you peace and a bit of the old ultraviolent."
Happy holidays, everyone.
KevServo 2 years ago
That is HILARIOUS and you are so right! LMAO
findeluz 2 years ago
merry christmas from japan.
masayo1228 2 years ago
Heavenly ...soulful...and pure....
TBaracuda1 2 years ago 3
to jest piękne:) It' s beautiful !!
Polland loves this song;)
JackyQ163 2 years ago
I've got goosebumps, literally!
PoppyCake1 2 years ago 2
One of those songs that just sends chills down your spine...
3impersonators 2 years ago
wonderful
janeismyname100 2 years ago
Beautiful!
LyndaHudson 2 years ago
Great video
Have a very special Christmas
Thanksu
Cheers
sinbarrerassoyasi 2 years ago 2
Love this song! Love your username too!! I remember Snidely. Thanks for the post.
oohyllab 2 years ago
This is the best version of this song, although North Country Chorus did a great job of in tonight. I had to look up the song because the people I was with didn't know Sting had a version. I always loved the drums in it too...best on the album. I remember when Keith designed the cover.
mrfosterrox 2 years ago 3
Sting's version of Gabriels Message is great. But I always heard it as an instrumental only version. How many singers did covers for gabriels message.
dinfg6 2 years ago
please see my original music on video "This Christmas Eve" at meyersonfire channel. jjmeyers, composer
meyersonfire 2 years ago
great song for christmas, i though of sting when i heard it in church
yourmomiskool69 2 years ago
The first "A Very Special Christmas" is so classic. I love this song. I'm glad it's here. I hope everyone has a Very Special Christmas.
smillernewmom 2 years ago 2
Oh and my names Gloria and my birthday is 2 days after Jesus' celebrated day of birth. X)
FangnclawX 2 years ago
how is that bad u got all those thumbs down
Fudgebegood 2 years ago
@Fudgebegood idk why, well I guess cuz saying pedo, but whatever, if it was Michael Jackson bet they wouldn't of. figures >.> That's m story & I'm sticking to it. lol
FangnclawX 2 years ago
I always loved this song. I think the beat of the drums are perfect. someone said gabriel was feminine, i think he was. im gonna do some reseach.
Violnplayr23 2 years ago 5
In the Bible, the angels have no human sexual features, they just 'appear' in human form. Jesus referred to them as 'being neither male nor female, and they do not marry", so Male or Female as we know it do not apply to them.
libraryjim59 2 years ago 2
If I may: Jesus was referring to us as humans and to the elevation to heavenly beings. As it relates to the gender of angels, in Genesis there is an account of the angels finding women attractive and having offspring with them known as Nephilim, but i encourage you to check it out for yourself
mosax4u2 2 years ago
That verse in Genesis has puzzled better scholars than myself down through the ages, and is very cryptic. The fact remains that Jesus said we will "be like the angels" in that we will be non-gendered, as I read it, so that He was saying, in effect, that angels are non-gender specific. Who knows? The debate will go on forever, I guess.
libraryjim59 2 years ago
One Sting's best Christmas songs ever. Thanks for posting it!
jettwonder 2 years ago 4
I love this and I remember it when it came out I think I taped it. It's kind of creepy in a way.
Lamia7609 2 years ago
Yeah I like it, but it also look pedo in a way, tho I realize it's not.
FangnclawX 2 years ago
I was pleasantly surprised to find this in the Episcopal hymnal, #265! SO if anyone wants their choir to sing it, bring it to the attention of the choir director. :-)
Merry Christmas!
libraryjim59 2 years ago
you spelt emmanuel wrong
thechokervip 2 years ago
Not really. Either spelling is considered acceptable. Thanks for watching, though!
snidelywhiplash 2 years ago 8
one of my fav Christmas songs from "a very special Christmas" Thank you!
zestyguy87 2 years ago
sorry i forgot it had more than 1 spelling
thechokervip 2 years ago
@thechokervip you spelled spelled wrong
and no spelling of Emmanuel is correct unless its capitalized
IRIBARRENS 1 year ago
@thechokervip
You spelled spelt wrong! LOL "Spelt" means something completely different. Do your school work before you play on YouTube.
PamandJim1000 1 year ago
@PamandJim1000 This is rather unfriendly. A lot of people put commends on YouTube, for whom Engelish isn't their native language (like myself). It's alright to judge our mistakes, but in that case I do hope you won't make any mistakes in our languages either.
Yrrats 1 year ago 34
@Yrrats I understand what you are intending........FUCK the critics........:)!
floBflo2020 1 year ago
@Yrrats , hi there, yours was one of the most respectful and thoughtful comments on youtube :) Keep up the good style of discussion! Btw, I enjoy leaving comments in other languages, and it would never occur to me to judge anyone on their mastery of the language... (Though sloppiness is another thing :) )
onefleetingsmile 1 month ago
@onefleetingsmile Like 'Engelish';-) Thank you.
Yrrats 1 month ago
@Yrrats i didn't read the other posts, but i will count myself as a lazy english-only reader, as i didn't even catch that
aj71169 1 month ago
@PamandJim1000 'Spelt' is the correct spelling of the past and past participle of 'spell' in British English. Maybe YOU should do your school work before you start playing on YouTube?!
bettiwettiwoo 1 year ago 3
Ahoy trivia fans-this was the b-side to the 1985 7inch single Russians. Superb version , I have the single in question, if anyone wants it I'll swap it for a plump turkey
66hoopick66 2 years ago
I just got the shivers after watching this.
Beautiful.
TirelireDeTitane 2 years ago 2
Nothing. I repeat nothing can beat this version of this song.Absolutely outstanding in any way.
ERKA76 2 years ago