[78-L] The Christmas Songs

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That version, from the movie, of "Have Yourself" is great.

For me, it's "If We Make It Through December" by Merle Haggard. Faron Young does a nice version too. Or maybe Buck Owens's "Blue Christmas Lights". Or Kirsty MacColl and Shane McGowan battling over "Fairytale of New York". Hey, her dad Ewan made 78s, I think, for Topic Records, so it's almost on topic.

Bob Dylan's got a Christmas record out this year. It's pretty good in places, but jeez, his voice sounds like raking leaves on a gravel walk nowadays. He makes Tom Waits sound like Joan Sutherland.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:25:00 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
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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