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barrel of the kells (2), harmony assistant (15), carol of the bells (6), bagpipes (11), drakonis (55), ukraine (6), bells (42), shchedryk (4)
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My wife's and my favorite holiday tune turned out to be the same... "Carol of the Bells". For a few years I went on an internet quest (mp3.com) and found various renditions of "Carol of the Bells" (heavy metal, Salsa, jazz, a capella, trance, etc.) and each year I'd give my wife a CD of a bunch of the best variations I'd found. On the third and final year (2002), I not only had a bunch of versions, I also had written my own Bach-like arrangement (entitled "Belle Fugue", posted here on Macjams), and a performance I recorded of her famous jazz-pianist father doing his own jazzy interpretation. But the opening track of the CD was this silly little skit I did with myself and her son (doing the horribly fake Irish accent.) The skit "explained" why the CD that particular year was entitled "Barrel of the Kells". But the funniest part was the actual piece of music played, and what it was played on.
Update: by popular demand, I have written out the full version of this song as well.
Hardware:
My trusty old 120Mhz Powermac 8500, RIP.
Software:
music written & performed note-by-note, bend-by-bend, on Harmony Assistant. Audio recording/editing/mixing done in SoundEdit Pro
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drak &mdash 12/24/05 - 01:08:48 PM
hahahaha!!! &mdash 12/24/05 - 01:12:46 PM
very funny - now let's talk about those accents!!! thank you for sharing
xxx from me and the bear [ Reply to This ]
Ha Ha &mdash 12/24/05 - 02:55:07 PM
Love the skit. &mdash 12/24/05 - 03:21:20 PM
harharhar &mdash 12/24/05 - 05:19:36 PM
Very funny! &mdash 12/24/05 - 10:52:38 PM
Or is that very punny?
But I really wanted to hear the rest of Carol of the Bells on the
bagpipes! [ Reply to This ]
Funny as all get out &mdash 12/25/05 - 09:04:43 PM
Too Funny! &mdash 12/27/05 - 08:06:26 AM
Drakonis, you crack me up! I think S's accent sounds more Scottish
than Irish, but hey, it sounds betther than any fake accent I can do.
Nice jazzy feel, and I like the album cover art. Creative and fun! [ Reply to This ]
Accent &mdash 12/27/05 - 10:35:01 PM
I was thinking the accent was more Indian ... but I do wish I could have heard the entire Bagpipe version of the song..... Fun Christmas Cheer Drakonis ! [ Reply to This ]
Made me laugh this morning... &mdash 12/29/05 - 12:07:40 PM
Couldn't really figure out if that was Indian accent or Irish or something.
This is laugh-out-loud funny. My only complaint is it is too short. Hope
you make a full comedy-skit of this intro. [ Reply to This ]
wow &mdash 12/30/05 - 04:23:34 PM
haha. this is great. i'm ammused. thank you. my school is the scots and they always do horrible accents on our videos. [ Reply to This ]
nice accent! &mdash 12/30/05 - 05:12:19 PM
Yes a little cheesy but so entertaining! :D Carol of the Bells would sound
really great with bagpipes! [ Reply to This ]
This is funny &mdash 01/02/06 - 06:01:11 PM
I wish it were longer. I'd really like to hear Barrel of the Kells - er, I mean
Carol of the Bells on Bagpipes at the end. Now THAT would be something
a little out of the ordinary. I have no idea what a proper Scottish accent
really sounds like, so this was fine to me. [ Reply to This ]
Deserves a Guinness! &mdash 01/03/06 - 07:44:00 PM
Nicely done! Love the "accent". Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
Great stuff,
Aaron [ Reply to This ]
Teehee &mdash 01/08/06 - 04:10:48 PM
yup, funny &mdash 12/04/06 - 11:23:16 AM
and one of my favorite tunes too. I like to play along to this song on guitar Trans-Siberian Orchestra style.
anyway, enjoyed. [ Reply to This ]
Does humor belong in music? &mdash 12/04/06 - 01:42:55 PM
right then &mdash 12/09/07 - 03:16:41 PM
Barrel of the Kells - Intro by drakonis &mdash 05/26/08 - 08:45:57 AM
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Thanks for the skit
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