Secular Carol - O Early Life

This was a Tag video started by James (DasAmericanAtheist) and linked to me by WineIsYourFriend to rewrite our favorite xmas carol into a secular song. Of course, I pick one of the hardest songs to sing for an Alto :P

http://www.youtube.com/user/WineisyourFriend

I hope you don't suffer too much with this. I gave you some pretty pictures to look at and distract you from my dodgy upper register.

THANK YOU SeenAndNotSeen for arranging the GarageBand accompaniment for me!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/SeenAndNotSeen

Happy Holidays to all!

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Lyrics:

Oh, from the night
And stars that brightly shine on
What is the start of our time here on Earth.
Long lay the world of rock and sulfur pilings.
Yet it appeared, microscopic at first.
A spark and jolt;
Amino Acids joining
The proteins make a new and glorious form

All of our genes
From here, at natures dawning,

Oh life in time
Shall become the life we know
Oh life. Oh early life without design.

Truly this shows that the ape is our brother
We are made from DNA piece by piece.
Chains form and break just to make yet another,
The RNA replicating in me.
4 billion years of evolutions making.
With such a start we all should stand amazed

New life is born, and ever replicating.
This life with time started all we see and know
This life of mine had no greater design.

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[lazyperfectionist1]

The ape is not our brother. It's our family. We're apes as well.

[BornWithoutReligion]

I know that, but I needed the rhyme :P

[AncientAtheist]

Never have I been prouder to have been one of your first subscribers! Awesome, Emily!

And... your voice is actually much better than it seemed on BlogTV. :D

Sorry!

[BornWithoutReligion]

yeah, that's why 10 takes and adding reverb will do (^.~)

[AncientAtheist]

Stop being so fucking honest! LOL! Anyway, so what? I'm pretty sure all of the singers we hear on the radio get even more "help" than you gave yourself. Good job.

[BornWithoutReligion]

Thanks ^.^

[KingHeathen]

Pretty good rewrite...but all I can hear is Cartman's version.

[YouLoseInc]

loved it!

[FreeKicksPFC]

thumbs up if you were so intreged what the red thing was gonna do at 1:00

[Oiyuki]

I am so teaching this to my family.

[lazyperfectionist1]

Calling one's brother by the name of one's family opens the door for confusion. If you walk into a room during a family get-together and you want to talk to your brother, are you call your entire family's name, or just his?

[incubus022]

Isn't kind of a picky distinction being that a brother would be family? I share your view, but it's semantics my friend.

[AtheistCitizen]

happy yule

[lazyperfectionist1]

Oh. Well then...

[ghostofdayinperson]

And one day they will play this at grocery stores, and G.O.D. will be pleased.

PS: that little dear is the best present ever.