# Messiahs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messiahs/643267>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 7, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messiahs/643267 "2012-12-07T03:36:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messiahs/643267/1 "2012-12-07T03:36:06Z")

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I love Handel’s _Messiah,_ from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s overwrought version to Higginbottom’s recording of Handel’s 1751 version with boy trebels and male altos as God, though not usually Handel, intended. But I have a special place in my heart for more-modern interpretations, like The Roches’ a capella [Hallelujah Chorus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEtSkJDA61g) and their “For Unto Us a Child is Born” with its synthesized Fripperies. I’ve tried _Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration_ but found it too '80s and too African-American Churchish for my tastes. While it’s unlikely that Robert Fripp will assemble his friends, if he still has any, to do a full Prog Rock _Messiah_, I’d like hear other versions of bits of **Messiah** , at least. Any suggestions?