Never did like this one:
José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
I happen to love that piece. I am not a trained musician so my opinion is just that, an opinion, but in my opinion it should be sung as a solo by a POWERFUL baritone. I've heard it done that way and I've never since heard it done another way that I thought came even close to comparing. My .02 on that topic.![]()
But I'm with Rusty. I may make light of Christmas music I don't particularly care for, but I'm not about to let it wreck my mood.
There is a little bit of sauce to be found in the genre.Songs that make me mute the station as fast as my hand can hit the button:
Jingle Bells by the barking dogs
Santa Baby
Blue Christmas by Porky Pig
There are others that were fine the first 100-200 times I heard them, but now I mostly hit mute.
For real Christmas music, I turn on the local Christian music station.
Having sung in an Anglican (Episcopal) cathedral choir for 30 years (alas, no more) we sang a lot of those, one of my Christmas favorites being various arrangements of "In Dulci Jubilo", in this case in both original languages, German & Latin:
Michael Praetorius >>In dulci jubilo<< | Gaechinger Cantorey | Hans-Christoph Rademann - YouTube
I try to be considerate and not play "Run Rudolph Run" before Thanksgiving.
A long time ago my mother had an electric santa that walked while playing some inane x-mas song. It disappeared, but a photograph was later discovered that showed the exact moment a m-80 went off on it's back side. Smoke, a little red fur and on to a Happy New Year!
Once you hear I'm a Christmas Tree by Wild Man Fisher and Dr. Demento, you'll appreciate all the others!![]()
similarly ... Missus Venom and I were discussing Oh Holy Night. and how she's never really found a rendition she liked, even after all her years as a church choir director.
That is not an easy carol to perform given it's range and dynamics.
In an SATB harmonized arrangement, dynamics suffer. Due projection and expression will clash with the harmony. Thus it is sacrificed for the overall aesthetic.
What, no Alvin and the Chipmunks singing 'Christmas Don't Be Late?!' Blasphemy, I say!
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) (Remastered 1999) - YouTube
Or The McKenzie Brothers...
The Twelve Days Of Christmas - YouTube
I was looking at list of favorite Christmas songs and 'Run Rudolph Run" was on all of them.![]()
Give that kid a Randal Knife.
Bekeart
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