Flash Mob Strikes

[Don Wassall]

It has over 5,700,000 YouTube views currently. Enjoy:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVEEdited by: Don Wassall

 

[Highlander]

Quite different from the flash mobs in the Center City District area in Philly,

. I wonder what the difference is?

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Fun!

 

[Westside]

Don, that was quite inspirational. An overt statement to all that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus Christ. It almost brought a tear to my eye. Thanks for sharing.

The Zionist, CMs, MSM, atheists and other assorted miscreants must be shocked and pissed that at its core, that America is still a Christian Nation which hopefully is awaking from its stupor.

 

[PhillyBirds]

My mother sings in a few of these choral "flash mob" videos. There are other good ones in Macy's and the Reading Terminal Market. She showed them all to me a bunch of times.

 

[Andrew Lynch]

I'm surprised there were no security guards sent in to stop them.

 

[chris371]

Really beautiful.

 

[jaxvid]

That really moved me and I have no idea why.

 

[FootballDad]

Good to see you back, jaxvid. I was wondering if something bad had befallen you. And yes, the video is heartwarming.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Wow. Now THAT is singing!

Excellent rendition of George Frideric Handel's masterpiece.

 

[The Hock]

Beautiful.

 

[LabMan]

Heartwarming!,great news about so many youtube viewings!

 

[Don Wassall]

It's gotten another three and a half million views on YouTube just since I posted it here.

 

[screamingeagle]

Actually, the Messiah was written for Easter. Easter is the most important holyday in the church calender. Somehow this became a Christmas song.
Good music is always very moving.

 

[Tired old White]

I just hope this video does not result in any of these musicians being arrested for a hate crime.

 

[Electric Slide]

TOW, let's not worry about that... Sometimes we feel we're more constrained than we really are. Creative, innovate and passionate people will always find a way to break through any real or perceived obstacles, like Peyton Hillis!

 

[Tired old White]

I really not all that worried. But then again with the insane way the criminal justice system operates that my be a real possibility. But I did make the post as a sarcastic joke. My family and I were cited last summer for playing folk music in a public park for disturbing the Peace. Seems some of the other patrons complained that they could not hear their I pod.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Tired old White, I'll add that to the list of reasons why I can't stand iPods. I don't like people walking around with cell phones glued to their ears either. You can't even try to communicate with most people listening to iPods. They are often totally clueless about what is going on around them, and they usually seem ticked that you would interrupt their listening to say good morning or ask them a question. It reminds me of one of the original meanings of the word idiot, that being a self-centered (private) individual.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Tired old White, I'll add that to the list of reasons why I can't stand iPods. I don't like people walking around with cell phones glued to their ears either. You can't even try to communicate with most people listening to iPods. They are often totally clueless about what is going on around them, and they usually seem ticked that you would interrupt their listening to say good morning or ask them a question. It reminds me of one of the original meanings of the word idiot, that being a self-centered (private) individual. 

Col.Reb, one of my pet peeves is these mugs walking about with the bluetooth ear piece yapping away. One of my buddies sports that goofy looking earpiece & I always bust his chops about it. It strikes me as very "douchebagistic".

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Tired old White, I'll add that to the list of reasons why I can't stand iPods. I don't like people walking around with cell phones glued to their ears either. You can't even try to communicate with most people listening to iPods. They are often totally clueless about what is going on around them, and they usually seem ticked that you would interrupt their listening to say good morning or ask them a question. It reminds me of one of the original meanings of the word idiot, that being a self-centered (private) individual.

Col.Reb, one of my pet peeves is these mugs walking about with the bluetooth ear piece yapping away. One of my buddies sports that goofy looking earpiece & I always bust his chops about it. It strikes me as very "douchebagistic".

Dixie, I agree about the blewtoof. They really do look stupid, but even more so when the wearer is using it. I've found that most people who use them talk overly loud while doing so, as if they won't be heard by the person on the other end otherwise.

"douchebagistic" That's a good one!

 

[Observer]

That really moved me and I have no idea why.

As I watched the video, I pondered the question of why I, a grown man who is not known for losing his composure, was crying like a baby, and why so many others reacted the same way, both in the food court itself and among the viewers who left comments. Why was this video of an old work of Christian polyphony reaching and moving tens of millions of people, a distinction normally enjoyed by the banal expressions of popular culture?

The first and most obvious answer is that the sheer beauty and reverence of the piece has been moving people to tears since it was first composed...

It was moving to see such beautiful people, from every generation... perform this great work with joy and reverence, but even more moving was its capacity to transform a food court, a trite symbol of our increasingly debased consumer culture, with the glorious praise of God. For a moment that day in November, the militant secularity of modern society fell mute in the face of something it could never produce, nor begin to fathom, a beautiful voice from its repudiated past, insisting on truths that will never die...

...I wept also for the lost world of my childhood. Although the culture of the 1970s, already reeling from the upheavals of the 1960s, was only a pale reflection of the Christian society that preceded it, many elements of that lost civilization were still intact. The Hallelujah Chorus and other similar works were simply taken for granted, an affirmation of a commitment to a Christian culture that permeated the United States, Canada, and much of the western world. But the America I was born into has been swept away, and the Hallelujah Chorus is now a revolutionary act, a defiant gesture in the face of a cynical, "post-Christian"Â￾ society.

Victory at the food court

A COMMENT, in the context of this website: Even in what is an otherwise very perceptive article, it is interesting to see the depth of the brainwashing in this comment that I edited out "It was moving to see such beautiful people, from every generation and racial background".

Now, I agree that it can be beautiful to see people from every generation and racial background working together in harmony. But this statement by the author of the article does not match well with the video in front of his own eyes. I do believe there is indeed a racial component to this video, but it is instead that of a group of people who look almost like they could be blood relatives of the composer, Handel; such as to bring to mind the the question: "who is this angelic tribe, who could have produced such a work?"