Never did like this one:
José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
WHAT CHRISTMAS SONGS DO YOU HATE?
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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.
Exactly... It should come in soft and gentle and end with a smoking crater where the audience used to be and someone asking the vocalist if everything is okay at home.
If this is not achieved, you need to try harder
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There is a little bit of sauce to be found in the genre.
One of my fondest memories was from our work with the highschool choir we had for a few years.
Two female vocalists. One good, and the other an ethereal goddess on an improv high harmony.
It was weapons grade
Amy Grant - Breath Of Heaven (Mary's Song) (Lyric Video) - YouTube
MOST ALL OF THEM............Bing Crosby males me want to BARF!!!!
Changing gears.
We sang this at my HS graduation. Took almost two decades to sink in.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rf3WK_IJ1g[/ame]
We sang this at my HS graduation. Took almost two decades to sink in.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rf3WK_IJ1g[/ame]
One of my favorite versions of O Holy Night is this one - even if one of the young ladies was singing a bit off pitch some of the time. I think it's the orchestration that gets me.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgxSzVhNUTk[/ame]
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgxSzVhNUTk[/ame]
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LOVE this!
We used to do this with a music group who's leader was music minister at a Lutheran Church. He was a great musicologist and dug up a lot of Renaissanse/Baroque type pieces. He had us sing at their Christmas services and it was SO beautiful I'll remember them forever.
We used to do this with a music group who's leader was music minister at a Lutheran Church. He was a great musicologist and dug up a lot of Renaissanse/Baroque type pieces. He had us sing at their Christmas services and it was SO beautiful I'll remember them forever.
That was on about 10 lists...
I was looking at list of favorite Christmas songs and 'Run Rudolph Run" was on all of them.
I was looking at list of favorite Christmas songs and 'Run Rudolph Run" was on all of them.
M-80s were very....
M-80s were extremely useful implements. They could only be used once, but being M-80s that was all it took.
M-80s were extremely useful implements. They could only be used once, but being M-80s that was all it took.
Oh, I've gotta find that one....
I'm a BIG Wild Man Fisher Fan. "My Name is Larry" is a favorite.
Once you hear I'm a Christmas Tree by Wild Man Fisher and Dr. Demento, you'll appreciate all the others!
I'm a BIG Wild Man Fisher Fan. "My Name is Larry" is a favorite.
O Holy Night
The best rendition I've heard was my fellow tenor in the choir that sang O Holy Night as a solo every Christmas Eve. Sincerity at its best.
The best rendition I've heard was my fellow tenor in the choir that sang O Holy Night as a solo every Christmas Eve. Sincerity at its best.
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The McKenzies reminded me of a song I heard on the CBC radio in the 70s called the 12 Ukranian Days of Christmas. (In Western Canada Ukrainian jokes were told in the same way Polish jokes were told in the US). The only verse I remember was the 7th day: 7 4X2 slabs for maybe to make chicken coop to keep ducks in.
No offense considering the current situation in Ukraine.
Another parody of the 12 days that turns up on our local classical station annually is in the form of a thank you letter to the "True Love" on the first day that turns into cease and desist notices from the lady's attorney during the second week. Hilarious
Mr. Hankey's Christmas.......
Does this ring a bell with anybody?
Does this ring a bell with anybody?
Well, I guess I'm a child at heart. There are no Christmas songs I hate. I love the Christmas season and all that's associated with it. It has tremendous meaning to me; the real meaning. Christmas music, decorated trees, family, staying up late on Christmas Eve, little joyful kids on Christmas morning, a feast. It's all good. I get a little bit sad when it's over.
I was looking at list of favorite Christmas songs and 'Run Rudolph Run" was on all of them.
It really is my favorite Christmas song. I was just delaying playing Christmas music on the jukebox until after Thanksgiving.
Little Drummer Boy
Little Drummer Boy
Give that kid a Randal Knife.
Bekeart
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Little Drummer Boy
Give that kid a Randal Knife.
Bekeart
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South Pacific
My Dad always disliked Bing Crosby's "White Christmas ". He said it was played over and over and over on the radio for the troops entertainment. Problem was New Guinea and the Philippines weren't very Christmas-like that time of year.
My Dad always disliked Bing Crosby's "White Christmas ". He said it was played over and over and over on the radio for the troops entertainment. Problem was New Guinea and the Philippines weren't very Christmas-like that time of year.
When an "artist" makes up their own arrangement.
As if they know how to make it better.
Oft done to our National Anthem.
