[78-L] The Christmas Songs

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Five pounds of US pennies is $9.05. 2.5 grams apiece.



----- 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 3:36:41 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [78-L] The Christmas Songs

Cary,  Don't go ape on me now!  I prefer the image of "hairy simian" to 
"Harry Simeone."

With my luck,  my five-pound box of money would be all pennies.  Wonder how 
much five pounds of pennies are worth?

Taylor (master of idle speculation)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] The Christmas Songs


>
> 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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