response 35 of 67:

Dec 20 04:31 UTC 1999

I've heard the same thing.  A friend of mine has the cd, and the liner notes
for that song list a non-Boris name, but I wouldn't recognize the name of the
guy who does Tony the Tiger if it jumped up and bit me.  

response 37 of 67:

Dec 20 21:31 UTC 1999

re. #31 - thanks for the info!
re. #33 - damn, I forgot all about the Tom Waits song.  Thanks!

We're going to try and get the Grinch soundtrack, and a co-worker said
he's going to burn "A Lonely Jew on Christmas" onto a CD for us.  We
also have some indie-pop Christmas and Hanukah compilations at the
station that we're going to play.  

response 39 of 67:

Dec 21 13:33 UTC 1999

I've always liked "Jingle Bell Rock" but I never hear it... And for church
type songs I've always liked "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" and "Oh Come
All Ye Faithful."

I really like the Southpark Christmas Album... Specially the "Merry
F'kn Christmas" by that teacher guy, and "I saw Three Ships" by Shelly...

response 41 of 67:

Dec 21 14:06 UTC 1999

Sarah- well, first I would have to get an album of Christmas music...
which I don't currently have... And none of my dad's multitudinous cds
has Jingle Bell Rock on it... <sighs dramatically>

response 43 of 67:

Dec 21 15:01 UTC 1999

Aw, Jingle Bell Rock is a great song.  C'mon, everybody sing!:

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowin' and blowin' and bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun...

response 45 of 67:

Dec 21 15:27 UTC 1999

"O Come Emmanuel"... Feh.  A good song, I suppose, but my family sang it 
at least once a day, every day for a month, every year while I was 
growing up.  I'm a little tired of it, at least of singing it.  I 
suppose a good small-choral arrangement of it would strike my fancy, 
but...

response 47 of 67:

Dec 21 17:10 UTC 1999

Oh, come now. Don't be so harsh. I heard she spills her cans in that 
Civil War movie.

response 49 of 67:

Dec 21 18:51 UTC 1999

"spills her cans". heh.

She was described in Jane magazine as a "whiny coffee house wench". :)

response 51 of 67:

Dec 21 20:54 UTC 1999

I long ago decided that I'd never want to be her boyfriend. I couldn't 
endure all the poetry.

But the cans might be the deal-maker for me in deciding whether to see 
the movie.

response 53 of 67:

Dec 22 01:42 UTC 1999

Jonathan Edwards?? As in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?  Heck,
I didn't even know he was still alive, let alone putting out albums!

Are Jewel's cans recyclable?

response 55 of 67:

Dec 23 15:42 UTC 1999

Everytime Jewel comes on the TV screen or whatnot, my neighbor chines in with:
"Awwwww...who made the pretty girl cry?"

Note to self: See civil war movie with Jewel....

response 57 of 67:

Dec 23 21:28 UTC 1999

resp:6  No.  Although the Messiah is traditionally performed at 
Christmas, there is enough material in there that portions of it could 
be done (and have been) for Easter cantatas.

resp:8  Although I love little kids, too many of them have just ruined a 
lot of carols for me-- or at least to the point that I don't like 
singing a lot of them.  The ones you mentioned, Steve, I think are gems, 
but the kids forget the majority of the words.

Another case in point-- most kids forget the intro to "Rudolph the Red 
Nosed Reindeer."

resp:40 resp:45  "Veni, Veni, Immanuel" started out as a Gregorian
chant  written in 12th century France.  I'm sure you might find it more 
refreshing if you sang it in the original Latin.  If you don't have the 
lyrics, they are easy to find on Mannheim Steamroller's _A Fresh Aire 
Christmas_, along with a fabulous version of "Carol of the Bells," which  is
Ukranian, by the way.

Some of my favorites are a little more obscure: while "Silver Bells" is 
well-known, "Los Peces en el Rio" is not.  I never did learn the lyrics, 
but my youngest sister did and shared them with us.  (Spanish is quickly 
becoming the second language of my family).

Others are more light-hearted: Jorge Jorgeson's "Yingle Bells" and 
"Santa Claus at the PTA" are other faves :)