[Magdalen] Oldies but Goodies.tior

[Charles Wohlers]

Shotgun shells may be fat tubular & red, but the back end of them is shiny 
metal.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Grace Cangialosi
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 4:17 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Oldies but Goodies.tior

Hey, I didn't write it! Maybe they used a combination...

> On Dec 11, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> In my experience, shotgun shells are fat tubular and red.  Rifle 
> cartridges are brass and shiney.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>> On 12/10/2014 9:47 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> Seriously, and in a strange way it's a sweet little song--I think it's by 
>> Robin and Linda Williams. The singer is remembering a childhood of 
>> poverty with no money for Christmas ornaments. But shotgun shells are 
>> shiny gold and copper and sparkle when they're hung on a Christmas 
>> tree... (I'm assuming they were empty!)
>>
>> Only in the country...
>>
>>> On Dec 10, 2014, at 7:58 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 
>>>>> rooners  -
>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay
>>> bills, do laundry.
>> .
>