[Magdalen] Oldies but Goodies.tior

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, I realized the Christmas season was in full yesterday when I stopped at a convenience store for a cup of coffee. The song playing over the indoor/outdoor speakers was "Grandma got run over by a reindeer"!
Still waiting for "Shotgun Shells on the Christmas Tree," though. Haven't heard it yet this season!

> On Dec 10, 2014, at 11:52 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Others may have a completely different slant on this phenomenon.  
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> David S.