“Silent Night”
by The Happy Hour Band
2002 song
Sky Saxon, with Djin Aquarian and their Happy Hour Band recorded a version of the Christmas classic "Silent Night" around late 1999, which was included in their 2003 CD Happy Now.
It’s an informal recording; the band warms into the song as its members chat and encourage one another. There are bells and a backing female chorus, and Sky gets down to the singing.
Later verses seem to be written especially by the band, turning their attention to saving animals, as was Sky’s lyrical wont; still later, the band just rambles through the music in an endearingly low-fi way. Sky then ad-libs some lyrics about meeting some people who “looked like they might have been from the Bible”.
"Silent Night" was likely recorded right around Christmas, as it has an actual festive feel to it — it may have been an informal one-off, but that captures the spirit of Christmas as much as any musical performance, doesn’t it? Good spirits abound on this track.
Silent night, holy night
Save the trees
Save the glorious seas
All the animals pray to you
