Administrators Eric Posted December 23, 2021 Administrators Share Posted December 23, 2021 Jingle Hells Bells came out in 1993. How have I never heard it before now? Anyway, that was NOT the last good Christmas song. What is your choice for the last real classic of a Christmas song? FWIW, it is worth a frogmarch to the exit door if any of you say 'Do They Know It's Christmas'. For my part, it's not my favorite Christmas song, but it was the last decent one made that comes to mind. For extra points, your favorite Christmas song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Administrators Eric Posted December 23, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted December 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, tous said: She always creeped me out a little, as a kid. It was like watching a skeleton sing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmx--WjeN7o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 The logo on her shirt is different than everyone else's. So they brought in a ringer, to hype-up their school. (and she performed for the Transiberian Orchestra) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Eric said: She always creeped me out a little, as a kid. It was like watching a skeleton sing. I have yet to understand why so many of those in the entertainment industry self-destruct and die well before their time. I played in a bunch of bands and never had the urge to become a heroin addict or drink a fifth of Jack Daniels bourbon every night, nor did my band mates. But, we were only doing it part time to pay for our real goals in life and because we enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted December 23, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted December 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, tous said: I have yet to understand why so many of those in the entertainment industry self-destruct and die well before their time. I played in a bunch of bands and never had the urge to become a heroin addict or drink a fifth of Jack Daniels bourbon every night, nor did my band mates. But, we were only doing it part time to pay for our real goals in life and because we enjoyed it. I think that really creative people are inherently more unstable than the average person and are more prone to spin off the track. Artistic expression is often a compulsion. A safety valve releasing an excess of something bottled up inside someone. I haven't met a lot of truly creative types that were content, well-adjusted people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Gene Autry wrote and/or performed a goodly number of Christmas songs. Some still show up regularly on radio play lists. Of more recent Christmas songs, I currently like “Mary Did You Know” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Two Christmas songs that I really hate are John Lennon's So This Is Christmas and Geldof's Do They Know It's Christmas. Neither are about peace on Earth, good will toward men or a Christian celebration. They are hippie Marxist protest songs reminding America's working and middle class that we're all racist and greedy. I would ask the saintly that participated in Band Aid in 1984, why are there still poor people in Africa 40 year later? Maybe gathering some wealthy British popular music entertainers to make an MTV video didn't solve the problem. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Eric said: I think that really creative people are inherently more unstable than the average person and are more prone to spin off the track. Artistic expression is often a compulsion. A safety valve releasing an excess of something bottled up inside someone. I haven't met a lot of truly creative types that were content, well-adjusted people. Is that somehow inherent in their psychological makeup or do they perhaps fall prey to behaving like they believe creative people are supposed to behave? Is it self-delusion to conform to an artificial lifestyle? Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse? We must also consider that many, many folk were and are just as creative, achieved the same success, and remained pretty stable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Best Christmas song ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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