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makare
Yeah I chose not to fight since someone posted one of my two least favorite Christmas songs. lol. Bound to happen I guess.
[Question] What is your favorite Christmas song?
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We know.
I worked at a shopping mall that catered to rich clientele over the holiday season. We were forced to listen to nothing but Christmas music from November 1st until December 24th. I used to love Christmas tunes but now I can't stand it.
That being said, I can tolerate "The Boar's Head Carol" the best. It usually makes me crave bacon.
That being said, I can tolerate "The Boar's Head Carol" the best. It usually makes me crave bacon.
I don't hate Christmas music as a rule, what I hate about it that there are so few different Christmas songs, and radio stations and stores don't just mix them in with non-seasonal music but play them 24hrs a day, that you wind up hearing 6* different versions of the same 5* songs 4* times each every damn day for two straight months. If they'd just put them into rotation with non-seasonal music, and maybe play some of the more unique songs instead of 10 different renditions of the Little Drummer Boy in a 6* hour period, I could stand it.
*Numbers pulled from my ass
*Numbers pulled from my ass
I love it because I loved playing it in high school wind ensemble! <3 I was on clarinet and it was just *FUN*! One of the trumpet players even did a perfect horse noise. XD Ah, good times. <3
Tangentially - is it true that clarinet players will usually refuse to eat anything with bamboo shoots in it?
This is going to sound soooo bad... I actually enjoyed sucking on the reeds. /shrug
And I don't usually eat anything with bamboo shoots in it, not because I refuse, but because they just never make an appearance in my food.
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makare
I am often ashamed to admit this but my favorite version of Sleigh Ride is the Hilary Duff version. I know....
It's so damn catchy.
It's so damn catchy.
Fair enough. I was discussing recipes with a friend of mine, I was talking about this stir-fry dish of mine which includes water chestnuts and bamboo shoots, and she said, "I can't eat anything with bamboo shoots in it." She explained that she had played clarinet in high school, and biting into a bamboo shoot was like chomping on a reed, to her. So when you mentioned playing the clarinet, I wondered.
Enjoy that catchy Duff-ness to the fullest Makare! Mine is one that most outside of the Philadelphia area have probably not heard. And some back story for anyone interested.
“Christmas On The Block” by Alan Mann, from 1983.
“Christmas On The Block” by Alan Mann, from 1983.
This song was released only as a 7” single by a small indie label, and it is now very hard to find. However, the miracle of YouTube enables you and me to hear the song and watch its video right here and now.
Alan Mann was a musician based in the Philadelphia, PA area who was little-known outside of that region. But he did gain wider fame during the Christmas seasons in the mid-1980’s, when the then-young MTV network would air the video for “Christmas On The Block”. It’s a moving, one-of-a-kind song inspired by the people who then lived in a group house for the blind in the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby. Each year, the residents of that home would decorate a Christmas tree that would be displayed in front of the house. Even though the blind residents could not see the lights and colors themselves, they still showed their holiday spirit by making this tree look pretty for others to see. Mann was so moved by this annual gesture that he wrote and recorded this song about it, and had this video filmed outside of the house.
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makare
Right? darn her!Heaven help me, that is catchy!
ElJuski
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Okay, I'll go with this as my new favorite Christmas song.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/electric-six-covers-youre-a-mean-one-mr-grinch,65430/
http://www.avclub.com/articles/electric-six-covers-youre-a-mean-one-mr-grinch,65430/
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At the very least, I think we can all agree that The Christmas Shoes is the worst of the worst.
figmentPez
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Each year the local Christian radio station plays Christmas music non-stop from just after Thanksgiving until Christmas. I like to listen, because I love Christmas music, but they play the Christmas Shoes way too much. So I was happy last year when I had their new sub-channel to listen to, that was playing less pop stuff. I was happy listening to more rock, R&B, rap, etc. Christmas stuff until.. a cover of the Christmas Shoes! What the hell is wrong with that band? I didn't even listen long enough to figure out who made such an abomination, but I was sorely disappointed. I had really hoped to make it through an entire Christmas season without hearing that awful song.
Not my favorite, but I do like this one:
My current favorite is Good King Wenceslas as performed by downhere, but the versions on Youtube aren't as good as the one on their album.
Not my favorite, but I do like this one:
My current favorite is Good King Wenceslas as performed by downhere, but the versions on Youtube aren't as good as the one on their album.
figmentPez
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Not my favorite, but I do like "O Come Let Us Adore Him". Attached is the version my church recorded a while back (about 7 years, I think). I had to put it in a .zip because it wouldn't let me upload an .ogg file.
figmentPez
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I've switched over to ripping my music to FLAC now, but I've yet to re-rip everything.
A year late to the party, but...
This song always reminds me of Christmas Eve dinner with my parents when I was growing up.
Also,
This song always reminds me of Christmas Eve dinner with my parents when I was growing up.
Also,
GasBandit
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My choices have not changed.
I sang this in church on Christmas Eve right after my grandfather died. My voice is no where near as beautiful as hers, but I did a good job for singing it a capella.
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