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gypsi
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response 3 of 67:
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Dec 17 02:29 UTC 1999 |
Oops...forgot "Carol of the Bells".
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beeswing
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response 4 of 67:
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Dec 17 02:46 UTC 1999 |
"Angels We Have Heard on High" is a fave. I just dig the lyrics. And..
oh, shoot. I can't remember the title, but it has the "O Night Divine"
chorus in it.
But the best of all time: "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto" by
James Brown. Hell yeah!!!
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cb311
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response 5 of 67:
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Dec 17 03:36 UTC 1999 |
has anyone listened to the Bob Rivers Twisted Christmas CD's?
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flem
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response 6 of 67:
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Dec 17 03:54 UTC 1999 |
Sounds like I need to do some shopping. :)
Aside from the Messiah (which is at best only arguably Christmas music)
and Captain Kangaroo's Nutcracker Suite (which I would be vastly
surprised if anyone else here has heard), hmm. Carol of the Bells,
though I haven't heard a good version in a long, long time. The Boars
Head, ditto. Lots of old, obscure carols that I only know because my
father somehow manages to find recordings of obscure Christmas music
around this time of year. This is the one time of year when he has any
talent whatsoever for procuring decent music.
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beeswing
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response 7 of 67:
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Dec 17 04:17 UTC 1999 |
Oooh! John Denver and the Muppets Sing Christmas!!!
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scg
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response 8 of 67:
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Dec 17 04:57 UTC 1999 |
I haven't heard Tom Lehrer's Christmas Carol in years, but I remember it as
being extremely funny. It was a hodgepodge of parodies of various different
carols. http://gunther.simplenet.com/v/data/achristm.htm
In terms of real Christmas carols, I tend to like a lot of the classical ones,
but cringe at the muzakized versions of them that are getting played all over
the place this time of year. I also seem to be developing a real distaste
for such dumbed down carols as Frosty the Snowman, and Santa Clause is Coming.
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gypsi
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Dec 17 05:10 UTC 1999 |
You may want to add a "...To Town" to that, Steve. It sounds a
bit...well...Lehrer-ish. =)
There was a song at Meijer tonight annoying the beejeezus out of me.
Something about a stupid snowflake tapping at her window. I almost shot the
damn speakers.
Greg F. - I have a copy of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir doing "Carol of the
Bells" in mp3 format. Want it?
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hematite
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response 10 of 67:
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Dec 17 06:20 UTC 1999 |
There's this version of "Go tell it on the Mountain" sung by
(presumably) a gospel choir with a very deep bass singing the melody. I
absolutely adore it. And on this same tape (Made before I was born,
copied off of records, shock!) the same group sings "There's a star in
the East on Christmas Morn" that I also love.
Along with 'Carol of the Bells' and...other stuff that I can't think of
when running on 5 hours of sleep and a headache.
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eeyore
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response 11 of 67:
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Dec 17 07:37 UTC 1999 |
Actually, this year I got ahold of a REALLY good Christmas cd....it was $5,
and part of the money went to Toys for Tots. It had classic vocalists....Ella
Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, and sever ofthers that I cannot
remember in my sleepiness. It's realy good. :) Oh...Mahalia Jackson is
another one. :)
And I'm really appalled that nobody has mentioned the Chipmunks. :)
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md
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response 12 of 67:
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Dec 17 14:28 UTC 1999 |
Coventry Carol.
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drewmike
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response 13 of 67:
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Dec 17 17:17 UTC 1999 |
Total guess, Sarah: "Here Comes Susie Snowflake". I'm pretty sure that
Rosemarie Clooney sang a version, though I'm not sure if it's the
definitive one.
I had heard somewhere that Jimmie Boyd, who sang "I Saw Mommy Kissing
Santa Claus" ended up in the cast of The Electric Company. Just like
Violet Beauregard.
(No, I don't mean he *ended* up there. You know what I mean.)
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krj
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response 14 of 67:
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Dec 17 18:00 UTC 1999 |
((( Fall 1999 Agora #183 <---> Music #218 )))
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gypsi
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response 15 of 67:
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Dec 17 18:29 UTC 1999 |
Yes, that's it, drewmike. I hate that song. Everytime she sang, "Tap tap
tap" I wanted to shoot shoot shoot the speakers.
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gnat
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Dec 17 21:35 UTC 1999 |
As far as I'm concerned, the only Christmas song worth listening to is
"Fairy-Tale of New York," by the Pogues. "It was Christmas Eve, babe,
in the drunk tank..." :)
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mcnally
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response 17 of 67:
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Dec 17 22:51 UTC 1999 |
It's certainly a good remedy for overexposure to more traditional
Christmas-music sentiment..
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remmers
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response 18 of 67:
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Dec 17 23:53 UTC 1999 |
I'm partial to Walt Kelly's "Deck Us All with Boston Charlie".
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tpryan
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response 19 of 67:
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Dec 18 00:39 UTC 1999 |
re18: How about the Cryptkeeper's version of "Deck the Hall with
parts of Charlie"?
I've listened to about 3 feet of Christmas CDs thusfar this
year. Some got a second spin thru the CD player, including the
Cheiftans, Tom Paxton, Peter, Paul & Mary, Leon Redbone, and
some others.
I have all three of the Bob Rivers Chirstmas CDs, and three
more of his other twisted tunes.
My best discovery after the fact was "Peace" by The
Rotary Connection, a Chicago group if I recall. The voice you
recognize most prominetly is Minnie Ripperton.
Ringo Star put out a Christmas CD this year. His version
of "Little Drummer Boy" (dhuh!) and "Christmas dance should be getting
radio airplay, but are not.
I do get a chuckle out of Black Flag's [bleep] Christmas.
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jep
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response 20 of 67:
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Dec 18 03:56 UTC 1999 |
I like a lot of the versions of "Little Drummer Boy" I've heard.
There's a song called "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree" by some
hard-voiced woman. I don't know who it is, but I wish I did; I'd like
to buy the album. Can anyone help?
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jep
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response 21 of 67:
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Dec 18 03:57 UTC 1999 |
Heh. Forgot there's the Web these days. Is the singer I'm thinking of
Brenda Lee?
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gypsi
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response 22 of 67:
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Dec 18 07:45 UTC 1999 |
I really like the Dave Matthews Band's "Christmas Song". I heard it for the
first time tonight, and it's really sweet.
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beeswing
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response 23 of 67:
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Dec 18 15:29 UTC 1999 |
Another fave, John Lennon's "So this i Christmas". Melissa Etheridge
also did a live version of this, and it rocks.
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beeswing
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response 24 of 67:
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Dec 18 15:29 UTC 1999 |
...oops. lost an "s" somewhere
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orinoco
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response 25 of 67:
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Dec 18 15:39 UTC 1999 |
Although "I Christmas" would fit in quite nicely with his famous claim that
he was more famous than Jesus....
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gnat
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response 26 of 67:
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Dec 18 17:59 UTC 1999 |
My friend Sara and I are doing a Christmas radio marathon on WCBN,
from 8pm on Christmas Eve to 6am on Christmas morning. We're going
to be playing a lot of holiday music, so this item is really helpful.
Keep 'em coming!
I heard of a Kinks song called "Father Christmas (Please Give Us
Money)." Has anyone else heard this? What record is it on?
Another cynical Christmas song: Martin Newell's "Christmas in Suburbia."
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danr
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response 27 of 67:
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Dec 18 18:13 UTC 1999 |
For humorous Christmas songs, I've always liked "Gramma Got Run Over by a
Reindeer."
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