Jerusalem

[Byron In Exile]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pow30OecSkg

 

[Noor]

Love singing the chorus but the set makes me think of Spinal Tap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZfTTICDOWY

"Oh, Jerusalem of gold, and of light and of bronze,
I am the lute for all your songs."

 

[RobDownSouth]

Hey that's the theme for the Chariots of Fire breakfast cereal commercial!

 

[slave_]

HUGE *SIGH*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vxlX5wyEQs

 

[slave_]

Classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TbiIEpZJ8

 

[slave_]

For Byron...

I was trying to find a clip of Eric Idle where he read the first lines of "Jerusalem". I couldn't find it, but I came across this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsHk9WC7fnQ

 

[Noor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ULIw0Zgaw

 

[kotori]

There's nothing like the sound of an English boys' choir.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Here's thee mighty FALL's version, if the house band of the apocalypse were a rockabilly/surf combo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkZhh_7Px00

 

[phrodeau]

For Byron...

I was trying to find a clip of Eric Idle where he read the first lines of "Jerusalem". I couldn't find it, but I came across this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsHk9WC7fnQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24SP6fEXmTs&t=1m13s

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cStEeF0XI_4&t=12m6s

 

[Noor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24SP6fEXmTs&t=1m13s

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cStEeF0XI_4&t=12m6s

Last one is very silly, I like silly!

 

[RobDownSouth]

There's nothing like the sound of an English boys' choir.

Agreed, but hearing thousands of folks sing Jerusalem as the traditional show closer for Last Night of the Proms is awesome, too.

 

[kotori]

Agreed, but hearing thousands of folks sing Jerusalem as the traditional show closer for Last Night of the Proms is awesome, too.

Now you know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.

Agreed. I also watch the "Land of Hope and Glory" one.