[78-L] Chad Mitchell record

[Taylor Bowie]

Thanks to dl for the reminder of that delightful Chad Mitchell record about 
the toy...it sort of skates at the edge of being cutesy but I find it 
impossible to resist...it captures something about the enthusiasms of kids 
and that sure carries over to the Holiday season.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] The Christmas Songs


> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>> 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
>>
> Whoa..that's the wrist slasher version, isn't it? Yeah, appropriate in 
> these
> miserable times as well. Me, I still like the Hairy Simian original 
> recording,
> not the remake on Kapp. And I'm amazed to hear how often contemporary
> performers feel they have to add the verse to "White Christmas" (and then 
> drag
> it out like a funeral dirge). Izzy dropped it for a good reason.
>
> Another fave..The Marvelous Toy..Chad Mitchell Trio (NOBODY except me ever
> played this as a Christmas song)
>
>
> To hell with:
>
> The Jackson 5's Santy Claus is Coming to Town (He is! He really is!)
> I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (by ANYBODY)
> The Nutcracker Suite (at any time, by anyone, whether it's Fred Waring or
> Leopold Stokowski)
>
> dl
>
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