[78-L] The Christmas Songs

[Cary Ginell]

That's Simeone. Don't monkey around with spelling...

I like Roger Miller's "Old Toy Trains," Clarence Williams' "Christmas Night in Harlem" and Michelle "Evil Gal" Wilson's "All I Want for Christmas Is a Five Pound Box of Money."

Cary Ginell

> From: bowiebks at isomedia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:25:00 -0800
> Subject: [78-L] The Christmas Songs
> 
> 
> > Assimilation? You want true horror, listen to Neil Diamond's atrocious 
> > mangling
> > of "The Little Drummer Boy" (a song whose original version still turns up 
> > on
> > 78). I suggest playing that one full blast in all warring countries.
> >
> > dl
> 
> 
> Yow...talk about the "horrors of war."  Playing that record would be a 
> lose-lose situation for both sides...or maybe win-win.    They'd all lay 
> down arms in order to plug their ears.
> 
> I think I hear that Hairy Simian Choir record of the song more each year 
> than any other seasonal tune.  I'd enjoy it if it hadn't been beaten into my 
> brain so often for so long.
> 
> I don't really have an Xmas  fave,  but one which is dear to me is the Judy 
> Garland movie version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."  The song 
> and her interpretation capture more of the spirit of the Holidays than any 
> other piece of music.
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
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