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tpryan
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Tim Ryan's Christmas Music item
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Nov 29 16:35 UTC 1997 |
It's Christmas Time again. And again it is time to enjoy
Christmas music. I enjoy Christmas music. I have a rather large collection
of it, from Rock & Roll Christmas, to all sorts of Christmas humor, to
Country, instrumental, and older-times Christmas music (the 'YOur Hit
Parade Days').
Got any Christmas favorites? Been out to the stores to buy
any this year? Any you could live without?
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mcnally
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response 1 of 108:
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Nov 29 16:57 UTC 1997 |
I'm not much of a Christmas-music person.. Singing carols with the
family is fun but listening to recordings of them doesn't evoke the
same holiday spirit. I enjoy Vince Guaraldi's music for "A Charlie
Brown Christmas" and George Winston's "December" in moderate doses..
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omni
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response 2 of 108:
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Nov 29 17:56 UTC 1997 |
I would rather listen to 400 hours of Pachebels canon, played at 110db over
ambient than be subjected to christmas carols, over and over and over again.
I only have one favorite carol. O holy night. Played once.
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orinoco
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response 3 of 108:
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Nov 29 22:06 UTC 1997 |
With the exception of Carol of the Bells, and some of the Baroque church
music, I can't stand Christmas music either.
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tpryan
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response 4 of 108:
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Nov 29 22:09 UTC 1997 |
With posting an item like this on a BBS for some years now,
it's amazing how the 'hate Christmas music' responses always seem
to be the first.
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ivynymph
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response 5 of 108:
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Nov 30 06:07 UTC 1997 |
I too am annoyed by X-mas music, particularly because of its
cheesiness, overabundance, mixture of horrid and peaceful messages,
and cheeriness.
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other
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response 6 of 108:
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Nov 30 06:38 UTC 1997 |
i'm mostly annoyed by the general assumption that everyone wants to hear this
music exclusively (during the season).
there are a few christmas tunes i particularly like, however. tori amos'
little drummer boy... sarah mclachlan's cover of xtc's dear god <smirk>...
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mcnally
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response 7 of 108:
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Nov 30 06:43 UTC 1997 |
Well, I used to like Christmas music and I still like singing carols
with my family, perhaps one day if I have kids I'll enjoy passing the
songs along to them.. But really I've been overexposed to Christmas
music in settings that really don't have much connection, IMHO, to
the better parts of Christmas, and at times it almost seems like the
ever-present vapid and inoffensive versions of beloved traditional songs
blend into a maddening droning that starts at 12:00:01 AM the day after
Thanksgiving and continues until Christmas day, inundating the unwilling
with offensively insincere holiday wishes for so long as the unfortunate
victim lingers within earshot of any place where commerce might occur.
If I can rewrite my definition to exclude the above from the catgory of
"Christmas music" then, sure, I love Christmas music.. Favorite carols:
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", "Adeste Fideles", "Angels We Have Heard
on High", and "Good king Wenceslas" (when I can remember more than the
first verse..) Least favorite: Frosty, Rudolph, and their ilk..
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aruba
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response 8 of 108:
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Nov 30 13:37 UTC 1997 |
My favorite carol has always been Joy to the World. It's the only song I can
begin to play on the piano.
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kvv
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response 9 of 108:
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Nov 30 14:21 UTC 1997 |
For all of you who truly hate Christmas music, may I suggest the Pogue's
"Fairytale of (in?) New York. Unlike any christmas song you've ever heard;
its a song sung by a couple who seem to really hate each other and love each
other at the same timem (and isn't that what christmas in America is all
about?) Anyway, check it out. The catchy Irish music combined with the twisted
lyrics still sends chills down my spine when I hear it . . .
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beeswing
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response 10 of 108:
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Nov 30 18:20 UTC 1997 |
Two words: Manheim Steamroller.
There is a song by Paul McCartney, "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime",
which I love. I may hear it on the radio twice during the season. Also, the
rock station here plays the Cheech & Chong Christmas diatribe, which is
hilarious. Donde esta Santa Claus, the guy with the hair on his jaws?
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krj
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response 11 of 108:
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Nov 30 18:35 UTC 1997 |
((( Fall Agora #111 <---> Music #103 )))
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ivynymph
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response 12 of 108:
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Nov 30 18:45 UTC 1997 |
I admit that I have the Cheech and Chong X-mas thing on tape. It was
my brother's, and he left it here long ago... it's very odd... talks about
what Santa and his elves do and basically mocks all that cheesy X-mas stuff.
I kinda like it.... I think it also talks about Santa and his "magic dust".
The John Lennon Collection has a song called "Happy Xmas (The war is over)"
on it...I like that one... especially the following lines:
"So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun"
Okay, so it's not so cheery and the message is a bit different than the
typical...that's why I like it...
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bruin
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response 13 of 108:
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Nov 30 19:37 UTC 1997 |
Just a few minutes ago, I heard "The Chipmunk Song" by David Seville and the
Chipmunks for the first of what might be several times this year.
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omni
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response 14 of 108:
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Nov 30 20:21 UTC 1997 |
Dr. Demento will usually have some wacky carols like The Singing Dogs and
Cheech and Chong's Santa and his ol lady. Still want the Jingle Cats CD.
I'm not evil, I'm just twisted.
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bruin
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response 15 of 108:
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Nov 30 23:21 UTC 1997 |
RE #14 Dr. Demento will have a Christmas theme for his next three shows
(December 7, 14, & 21).
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omni
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response 16 of 108:
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Dec 1 00:50 UTC 1997 |
cool. btw, do you have the new url for the website. The old one doesn't work
any longer.
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orinoco
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response 17 of 108:
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Dec 1 02:11 UTC 1997 |
(Where could I find that version of 'little drummer boy' by Tori Amos?)
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tpryan
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response 18 of 108:
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Dec 1 03:47 UTC 1997 |
It's the Cheech and Chong bit that I can only take about
once a year. Other than that, It gets old, real fast. But then
again I don't like to hear narrative comedy as often as I like to
hear musical comedy. Also, because, when I talk about funny
Christmas stuff, that Cheech & Chong thing is the first out of
someone's mouth, and about all they know. Few know of gems
like Stan Freberg's "Green Chri$tma$". I could easily make
four 90minute tapes of Christmas comedy. I already have two
made, icluding tunes made at Michigan Technological University.
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beeswing
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response 19 of 108:
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Dec 1 04:20 UTC 1997 |
Oooh and also the McKenzie Brother's 12 Days of Christmas! "On the first day of
Christmas my true love gave to me... a beer!"
Thank you. And welcome to day 12.
My fave Christmas hymn is "Angels We Have Heard On High". Just the lyrics stir
me. "Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly sining o'er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
Gloria, in exelsis deo!"
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void
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response 20 of 108:
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Dec 1 05:02 UTC 1997 |
my favorite xmas carols/songs are "carol of the bells" (instrumental
versions particularly) and jethro tull's "a christmas song."
i'll hold off on my usual "i despise xmas" diatribe as long as i
can this year.
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mziemba
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response 21 of 108:
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Dec 1 07:01 UTC 1997 |
I like music, and I've always enjoyed the holidays, and I don't get much of
a chance to celebrate them, these days, so the charm hasn't worn off on me,
completely.
Hands down, my favorite Christmas album is _Yuletunes_, a 1991 Black Vinyl
Records compilation of off-beat original holiday rock ditties from artists
like Matthew Sweet, Material Issue, Shoes, Marti Jones and Don Dixon, and
Spooner. The best thing about this album is that it has a lot of
unexpected treats, like a charming song about sticky yellow goo done by
one guy from Shoes and (I can only assume) his little kid.
Next to that, I like A&M's _Soul Christmas_, with plenty of greats like
Otis Redding, The Drifters, and Carla Thomas.
And, another favorite is the Boris Karloff narration of Dr. Seuss's _How
the Grinch Stole Christmas_.
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mziemba
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response 22 of 108:
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Dec 1 07:08 UTC 1997 |
Oh, and another really nice one I like to listen to is Palestrina's _Missa
Assumpta est Maria_ done by the Tallis Scholars -- a wonderful choral
Rennaissance piece.
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void
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response 23 of 108:
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Dec 1 07:10 UTC 1997 |
oh, and i forgot...i'd love to get a recording of the david
bowie/bing crosby version of "the little drummer boy."
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iczer
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response 24 of 108:
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Dec 1 12:34 UTC 1997 |
being so uncomfortably close to the U.P., I think I might choke someone the
next time I hear "Grandma Got Ran Over By a Reindeer" X-mas humor at its hick
worst. I do like choir sung carols though, like O Holy Night And O little Town
of Bethlehem.
(iczer wonders how many x-mas carols start with "O")
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