[Magdalen] Oldies but Goodies.tior

[Susan Hagen]

Still waiting for "Shotgun Shells on the Christmas Tree," though.
Haven't heard it yet this season!

Seriously?  That's sick!

Susan

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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.



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