[Magdalen] Oldies but Goodies.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

Several persons (cleaning lady, TV repairman, plumber, etc.) have  carried
apps playing seasonal holiday music this past week.  I notice that  with 
only
a few exceptions, the songs are the standards by mostly male crooners  -
Crosby, Como, Williams, Sinatra, Mathis, etc., often backed up by  SATB
vocal groups.  Though there are apparently such as rock and other  
contemporary
Christmas vocals, that's not what most people seem to be interested  in.
Ditto music for the restaurants I've used recently.
 
I suspect that what passes for current and contemporary vocal music
is not well suited to expressing anything to do with the Christmas  holiday
season, and a contributing feature may well be the quality of voices
available., i.e., these voices used to shouting over heavy rhythm  sections
and guitars aren't suitable for recording Christmas music.
 
Others may have a completely different slant on this phenomenon.  
 
 
David S.