[78-L] Chad Mitchell record

[Cary Ginell]

A great song, written by Tom Paxton.

Cary Ginell

> From: bowiebks at isomedia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:43:50 -0800
> Subject: [78-L] Chad Mitchell record
> 
> 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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