Welcome to "Anything TOP FIVE". This is a blog which
brings you the top five in any category. We realize that this is a very big
venture because it's a big, big world so your input is vital. If you want to
know what the TOP FIVE is in any category, let us know in the comments below
and we'll do our best to find out what the TOP FIVE are.
Since we are starting this site during the Christmas season we are
sharing (according to popularity on YouTube) the TOP FIVE versions of Joy to
the World for you.
As I'm writing this I'm thinking how this "first" article has to do with the Christmas season and how another "first" had to do with Christmas. (I will share that after I tell you more about Joy to the World).
This way you can do a quick sampler of each and settle on the one
that you like the best.
Kenneth Osbeck relates the story of this
beloved hymn turned Christmas favorite best.
As one of the most joyous
of all Christmas hymns, this carol omits references to shepherds, angelic
choruses, and wise men. It emphasizes instead the reverent but ecstatic joy
that Christ's birth brought to humanity.
Osbeck
continues. "Joy to the World" is a paraphrase of the last part of
Psalm 98:
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud
noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. . . . Let the floods clap their hands: let
the hills be joyful together before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth:
with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity (vv.
4-9).
The text was originally
titled "The Messiah's Coming and Kingdom" when it first appeared in a
hymnal of 1719 by Isaac Watts. The music for this popular carol is thought to
have been adapted by Lowell Mason, an American church musician… READ MORE.
Here are what we found to be the TOP FIVE musical
renditions of Joy to the World based on views by YouTubers:
#4 mariah carey - Joy To The World - Merry Christmas
with 1,085,403 views by XanderGiffy
We look forward to giving you more TOP FIVE for many years to come. May you have a blessed Christmas. Oh, and the other "first"? Have you ever wondered now with all the texting that we do on our phones, "What was the first text message"? The first text message (I've been told) was "Merry Christmas".
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