03-12-2003 01:11									#1
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There is some Christmas music which is really dear to me and I don't want to see such horrible things next to it. But I think there is some stuff worth a dishonorable mention. For me it is:

- Silent Night
- Jingle Bells

Both are far too popular for their quality and have the sticky, over-sweet air which replaces true emotions.

(Btw. It's a real fun to imagine Silent Night combined with the "Plimplim - Plimplim" of Strauß' "Schöne blaue Donau" - Blue Danube Waltz or whatever it is called in English ).

	03-12-2003 01:26									#2
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Any crap gimmick song ("Grandma Got Runover by a Reindeer" comes to mind).

	03-12-2003 01:45									#3
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I love em all

including Grandma.

I even like the song- these are a few of my favourite things- it sounds like it was done by AC/DC- great lyrics .

And don't forget Cheech and Chongs bit about magic dust. Though that isn't really a song.

	03-12-2003 01:46									#4
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Google Christmas Truce 1914, and see if you still think Silent Night is a sappy song.

	03-12-2003 01:52									#5
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The Twelve Days of Christmas. Simply obnoxious.

	03-12-2003 02:11									#6
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from counterglow

http://www.playingsafely.co.uk/12st...as/12-STIs.html

Jon Miller

	03-12-2003 02:12									#7
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anything with dogs barking in it

	03-12-2003 13:02									#8
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I don't know which one is the worst song, but the most funny is this one:

Feliz Navidad, prospero anyo y felicidad,
I wish to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart.

There no other words in this song, and the guy repeats them over and over and over again ad infinitum.

	03-12-2003 13:51									#9
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Anything by Bing Crosby....Or Kelly Ripa, John Tesh, Kathy Lee Gifford or any of the other truly annoying celebs who do the cheesy end of the year song albums.

	03-12-2003 13:59									#10
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OFFICIAL LYRICS FOR FELIZ NAVIDAD:

quote: =============== Feliz Navidad =============== Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Ano y Felicidad. Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Ano y Felicidad. I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of my heart. Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Ano y Felicidad. Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Ano y Felicidad. I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of my heart.

Anyway, I hate most christmas music.

	03-12-2003 14:06									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar Prospero Ano

This means "prosperous anus"

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I'm too lazy to correct it. I'll leave it be

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quote: Originally posted by The Vagabond I don't know which one is the worst song, but the most funny is this one: Feliz Navidad, prospero anyo y felicidad, I wish to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart. There no other words in this song, and the guy repeats them over and over and over again ad infinitum.

Hey, the guy is blind so give him a break. He probably doesn't know any other words.

	03-12-2003 17:38									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Japher anything with dogs barking in it

Actually, Mozart's father Leopold wrote a piece called "A Musical Sleighride" which features a barking dog. It's a somewhat charming piece, if rather banal.

	03-12-2003 17:41									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Sikander Hey, the guy is blind so give him a break. He probably doesn't know any other words.

But that's no excuse to make bad music..

	03-12-2003 17:53									#16
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Bach was blind in his later years, after all!

	03-12-2003 18:28									#17
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Don't forget Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder

And beethoven was deaf... now, you cannot beat that

	03-12-2003 19:32									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Adalbertus - Silent Night - Jingle Bells Both are far too popular for their quality and have the sticky, over-sweet air which replaces true emotions.

Jingle Bells is technically not a Christmas song. One of the few good things about it though is that it is such a simple tune that celebrities don't bother to record it.

Silent Night can be beautiful if it is performed as it was intended to be - simply with just a guitar for accompaniment.

In general, I can't stand overly embellished Christmas music. The worst holiday tune for me is The Christmas Song - you know: "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...". Not a great song to begin with yet every version I've heard kills it with crap syncopation or too much jazzy pitch.

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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov The Twelve Days of Christmas. Simply obnoxious.

You Scrooge! For a guy who performs in opera, it sounds like you haven't spent nearly enough time singing drunk. "12 Days" is one of the great drunken sing-a-long songs of all time, and the very best drunken sing-a-long carol.

"Jingle Bells," on the other hand, sets my teeth on edge.

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Alcohol spoils a community of festive spirit by turning it into a mob of impulsion
Alcohol makes Fools out of Gentlemen.

Needless to say that I have nothing against the 'choose your poison' thing, but if you try to poison ME then you may be poisoned yourself.
Stupid bloody culture of alcohol - The world needs more sane, rational thinkers and less (ugh) foolish drunkards

Do these fools fail to see the retards they transmogrify into? Do they want to live their lives with such foolish fun over wise and thoughtful action? Well they can kill themselves any way they please - and if they interfere with my thoughtful action I will be obliged to help them die.

(BTW I'm an intellectualist living in a College Dorm - forgive me if I'm a tad homicidal)
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I'm also against the commercialisation of Christmas.
I'm against religious holidays in general
And I'm also against the nescesity to meet family

But in the sense that Christmas contains Friendship and Generousity I am in support.

	03-12-2003 20:06									#21
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looks like somebody got carded at the liquor store last night...

	03-12-2003 20:10									#22
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Either that or went to a bad Frat party.

	03-12-2003 20:27									#23
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Twelve Days of Christmas cause its so hard to remember what comes on what day.

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.
I just am so tired of that one!

Those dogs barking Jingle Bells.


Anything recorded by the Chipmunks.

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quote: Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly You Scrooge! For a guy who performs in opera, it sounds like you haven't spent nearly enough time singing drunk. "12 Days" is one of the great drunken sing-a-long songs of all time, and the very best drunken sing-a-long carol.

I'm not talking about the vagaries of live performance, I'm talking about just the quality of the song itself.

It's monotonous tripe, lacking in any musical merit. It's also only fun if done with creative text changes. For instance, when divided up into a sing-a-long some years ago, two friends and I were in charge of 3 French Hens. Naturally, we changed the verses to other French items, beginning with fries and toast, and ending with what you can imagine was surprising bawdiness coming from three teenage boys in the company of adults, six of whom were our parents.

Certainly, that was fun. But it owed little to the actual quality of the song itself.

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quote: Actually, Mozart's father Leopold wrote a piece called "A Musical Sleighride" which features a barking dog. It's a somewhat charming piece, if rather banal.

Really?... Leopold was a basterd though, from they way he was made out to be in the movie...

Deck the Halls is boring.

	03-12-2003 22:05									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Japher Really?... Leopold was a basterd though, from they way he was made out to be in the movie...

Actually, I didn't think the movie portrayed him too badly, especially if you keep in mind 18th century values and familial relationships.

Still, it is a dramatic exaggeration, just as the "rivalry" between Salieri and Mozart was (Salieri certainly had nothing to do with Mozart's death. Blame Mozart's wife for feeding him undercooked pork). It's clear from letters between Leopold and his son that the two loved each other very much, and that Leopold, while intimately concerned with his son's well-being, was hardly an ogre. He did drive the young Mozart too hard and, in essence, paraded him around Europe as a performing monkey--but there's no evidence Mozart was miserable for it. On the contrary, his letters to his sister and cousin show him to be quite thrilled with the travel and experiences.

If you ever want a treat, read some of the letters Mozart wrote to his cousin. They are a hoot, full of raunchy scatalogical humor and some dizzying wordplay.

	03-12-2003 22:12									#27
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H-C-C-O-H <--- Evil chemical of doom!
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Spoils Christmas for those that resists its evil power!
(Causes more loss of wealth than Scrooge)

	03-12-2003 22:14									#28
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Thank god Winston Churchill was a drunkard, otherwise Europe might be property of the Third Reich now.

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Excuse my ignorance, but:
#1 what is the relation between the topic in question and alcohol

#2 why WC being a drunkard saved europe from TTR? He was so drunk he didn't understand to be terrified or what?

	03-12-2003 22:49									#30
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quote: Originally posted by aaglo #2 why WC being a drunkard saved europe from TTR? He was so drunk he didn't understand to be terrified or what?

Drinking lowers inhibitions, and Sir Winston's waging of the war was certainly not inhibited.

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