It wasn't Judy (IIRC, she was pretty darn young when the movie was filmed, so she sounds more or less exactly like she did as Dorothy on the soundtrack).
They seemed to have both versions of the bridge on the recording they used, which is odd.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Supernatural 1: Saving People, Hunting Things - the Family Business
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DebetEsse - Dec 13, 2007 5:46:48 pm PST #4949 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Amy - Dec 13, 2007 5:47:09 pm PST #4950 of 10002
Because books.
I thought it sounded like Rosemary Clooney, but I'll admit I wasn't paying a lot of attention.
Gee, maybe I should watch it again! Right now! My life is full of hardships.
Theresa - Dec 13, 2007 5:50:49 pm PST #4951 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
I thought it sounded like Rosemary Clooney
That is what I thought at first listen. According to wiki, it could have been anyone singing any version.
quester - Dec 13, 2007 5:57:36 pm PST #4952 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I thought it sounded like older Judy, like she must have recorded it again much later.
Juliebird - Dec 13, 2007 5:58:29 pm PST #4953 of 10002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Okay, is meadow sweet - rue? And is that why you make wreaths out of holly? (Doesn't holly protect from evil?)
Meadow Sweet, Thalictrum rochbrunianium, is also known as Meadow Rue, I do believe, but there's some other plant that is supposed to protect from evil, but it's lost in my head with all the other lore I ever learned (Celtic, mostly. Don't know if it applies to this ep as I have to catch the repeat due to TV scheduling conflicts in my house. Tivo is *so* on my X-mas list).
Amy - Dec 13, 2007 5:58:53 pm PST #4954 of 10002
Because books.
I just got how Sam says Uncle Bobby gave him the amulet to give to John, and said it was "real special." Hmmm.
Morgana - Dec 13, 2007 5:59:15 pm PST #4955 of 10002
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I seem to remember reading an article that said when the song was first written the original lyrics were cosidered too much of a downer, so the altered verse was inserted to brighten it up. Honestly, most of the time when I hear the music for that song start up I cringe, because there are so many godawful versions of it out there. (For instance, the one used on the "Bones" Christmas episode made me want to insert an icepick through my ear.)
Hey look -- I garnered a new tagline from the episode. But it's not particularly holidayish, so I guess I should keep looking.
quester - Dec 13, 2007 6:00:11 pm PST #4956 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Ooh, I missed that! I was wondering where he got it.
sumi - Dec 13, 2007 6:05:25 pm PST #4957 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
That's right! I'd forgotten and was disappointed thinking it was an ordinary trinket.
Excellent. I hope this means that we'll find out what makes it so special.
Theresa - Dec 13, 2007 6:19:09 pm PST #4958 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Nice little article that makes the song very appropriate for the show.
"For the now-famous scene in which Garland and her little sister, a 7-year-old Margaret O'Brien, are despondent over the prospect of moving away from their cherished home, he wrote an initial set of lyrics that were almost comically depressing. Among the never-recorded couplets — which he now describes as ''hysterically lugubrious'' — were lines like: ''Have yourself a merry little Christmas/It may be your last.... Faithful friends who were dear to us/Will be near to us no more.''
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Excellent. I hope this means that we'll find out what makes it so special.
Coming from Bobby, I am thinking powerful protection. And now it is infused with Brother love of Wee!Sam. I bet that at least doubles its evil repellent power.