Members Anderton Posted December 17, 2008 Members Share Posted December 17, 2008 I dunno, they don't do anything for me. Seems kinda weird, y'know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 ... just like "Cristian Death Metal" and others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted December 17, 2008 Members Share Posted December 17, 2008 I do very much like what Phil Spector did with his stable of singers in 1963.... The Ronettes, The Chiffons, Darlene Love, et.al. But things like Mannheim Steamroller and that strange orchestra from Germany (or France?) that does hard-rocking versions of Xmas carols... those don't do too much for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted December 17, 2008 Members Share Posted December 17, 2008 Emmy Lou Harris produced a wonderful Xmas album back in the 70s. http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Album-Stable-Emmylou-Harris/dp/B000002KLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 I dunno, they don't do anything for me. Seems kinda weird, y'know? Not even The Boss doing "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gearmike Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 I'm much more into stuff like Run DMC's Christmas in Hollis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 I'm on the fence on this one. Let's just say it should top the original. The usual standard for doing standards. Dig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 [YOUTUBE]De47fjH6RKY[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 It gets better: nNSrXoo9YpM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amplayer Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 I dunno, they don't do anything for me. Seems kinda weird, y'know? Fully agreed. Every time I hear one I just wonder why they bother. The tunes don't really rock, and they don't add to the Christmas spirit IMHO. I guess there are plenty that like it though because every year we get bombarded with the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 It gets better: sorry - it just got worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 But things like Mannheim Steamroller and that strange orchestra from Germany (or France?) that does hard-rocking versions of Xmas carols... those don't do too much for me... I think you're like the only one. Everyone else can't seem to get enough of it. People go nuts over Trans Siberian Orchestra. I walked out of the commons area of the mall today and into a store. The mall had one version of White Christmas playing, the store had another. I could walk in and out of the store to do a compare/contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockViolin Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 I dunno, they don't do anything for me. Seems kinda weird, y'know? Mostly. Though I once heard a metal version of "The Sugar Plum Fairie" from The Nutcracker that seemed altogether appropriate. It got old like anything else after a while. But at first it was right on time. Can't remember who that was... wasn't TSO, though they have it by now probably. Dee da dee dee duka dee duka dee Dee Dee daku dee dudee dadee da. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lee Flier Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 Yeah, they usually suck. I like the more traditional Christmas carols done by choirs and orchestras and stuff. Every once in awhile there's a good rock Christmas song... but usually... not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members awfulcase Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 They are like peppermint candy canes. Nobody likes them, and yet every Christmas they're omnipresent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 sorry - it just got worse. Sorry my sarcasm didn't make it through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spokenward Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 I do very much like what Phil Spector did with his stable of singers in 1963.... The Ronettes, The Chiffons, Darlene Love, et.al. Darlene Love continues this in a Letterman tradition - this is from 1995[YOUTUBE]Mbzhrjz_gVc[/YOUTUBE] Youtube has them from several years. The Spector original is under 3 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbach Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 I don't mean to sound like a scrooge here, but I generally get sick of Christmas carols period. Well actually, I don't mind sounding like a scrooge at all. It's one of my favorite things. It all started back when my daughter was about eight and I decided I was through crawling on the roof to put up lights. She looked at me and said she was going to move in with the neighbors if I was going to be a scrooge. I've been a scrooge ever since and she still lives at home. Damn. Once you have kids you can't get rid of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thrashy Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 The worst is the "New Christmas songs" "Last Christmas I gave you my heart....."Barf, puke, gag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted December 18, 2008 Moderators Share Posted December 18, 2008 How about an emaciated Bowie, coming down off a 3 week coke high, singing with Bing 'round the fire? THAT'S CHRISTMAS!!! "If we get through this alive Bing... I'll show you a white Christmas!" I agree about the Spector stuff. Great. Never liked Da Boss doing Santa. Mannheim Yawnroller, I'll pass as well. Siberian Nap Orchestrators too. I do like Please Come Home For Christmas (thanks Taylor Davis for reminding me) as done by Johnny Winter or Jerry Reed. And even Maria Carey's homage to Spector from a few years back was actually pretty good. Not a Carey fan but I liked the nod from her. But anything with heavy guitars? No way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pink floyd cramer Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 Yeah, they usually suck. yes they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 I dunno, they don't do anything for me. Seems kinda weird, y'know? After having seen them twice -- and actually the first time around was enough -- I really learned to hate the one-trick pony Dickies. But, that said, I still have a soft spot for their version of "Silent Night." Sometimes a song is just so wrong... it's right. I'll have to agree with Lee on Bowie/Bing... it's totally irresistible to me. If they could have only got Klaus Nomi in there, too, doing back ups... With regard to Mannheim Steamroller... I always had a grudging respect for his chutzpah and sound commercial sense. Here was a guy who sounded like me when I try to pick out some half-remembered but yet overly familiar (how's that work?) melody but miss it by many reharmonization points and he turned it into a very remunerative cottage industry, churning out album after album after album of cheezy synth music that sounded like familiar Christmas carols until you listened a little closer, allowing him to grab full songwriting rights. It was a little like when I used to wander through the mall during an "art show," marvelling at the high prices on very low art and thinking to myself -- I could have painted that cheezy ocean sunset and be asking way too much for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 Yeah, they usually suck. I like the more traditional Christmas carols done by choirs and orchestras and stuff.Every once in awhile there's a good rock Christmas song... but usually... not so much. I do believe the Beatles had a good Christmas song..now I'll try to think of a second good rock Christmas song..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................oh well, gotta go, shopping to do. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 I love this and I don't care who knows it! It's Cliff Richard's version of 'O little town of Bethlehem'. Just makes me feel all Christmassy [YOUTUBE]KhuF5-Ege-Y[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 David Hasslehoff should do a Christmas album. The previous clip made me very uneasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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