[78-L] Danny Boy - a Christmas tune? Really?

[David Lennick]

As someone who's worked in radio broadcasting and programming since 1965 and 
has produced a few thousand reissues (CD and for online libraries) of good 
vintage recordings, I'm appalled at the absolute crap that has come out over 
the years and which probably still sells and which also gets programmed on 
music subscription channels. I'm sure some of it must come from "Stars Sing 
Their Asses Off At Christmas" compilations, which have some vague context and 
significance when you know who the performers are but which are just torture 
when thrown into a music mix. Today I was assaulted by some female singing 
"Sleigh Ride", totally off key. If I had to guess, I'd say it was someone like 
Drew Barrymore (who is also homely, a bad actress and an inarticulate moron and 
will someone please tell me when her contract ends with TCM?).

Danny Boy is just fine as London Derriere when played by Sir Hamilton Harty and 
the Halle Orchestra. Back to 78s.

dl

On 12/23/2012 2:45 PM, Graham Newton wrote:
> On 12/22/2012 9:05 PM, Philip Carli wrote:
>
>> "Danny Boy" is a lyric by Fred Weatherly that he applied to an old Irish
>> melody his sister alerted him to, sometime in the 1890s, I think.
>
> Danny Boy and Greensleeves are two of the songs I would like banished for the
> rest of time.
>
> And while they're at it they can blow up the pipes in Danny!
>
>
>
> ... Graham Newton  (and a Bah, Humbug to you also!)
>