Chris Hadfield Keeps Being the Best, Covers “Across the Universe” With the Wexford Gleeks

Canadian astronaut, musician, and our collective geek crush Chris Hadfield appeared on CBC News Toronto recently, and part of his appearance was a performance of the Beatles classic “Across the Universe” with the Wexford Gleeks. The choir tries to force some Christmas music into it to fit with a “Sounds of the Season” theme, but enjoy it anyway.

The Wexford Gleeks have performed with Hadfield before almost a year ago. Along with The Barenaked Ladies, Hadfield and the Gleeks performed Hadfield’s original song “I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing?)” The best part? Hadfield was in space at the time, joining the other musicians via satellite.

(via WexWalter on YouTube)

Meanwhile in related links

• Watch the performance of “I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing?)
• A few days ago Hadfield did an AMA on Reddit, here are the highlights
• Hadfield joined Conan O’Brien to talk about his new book, and space underwear

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