jamesg1213
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Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
..or do they? In the '70's it was de riguer, but it seems to me that 'big name' acts stopped bringing out Christmas songs sometime in the '80's..or have I just missed them since then? (Cliff Richard doesn't count btw...my rules  )
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 12:27:16
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Bieber did some - Ceelo just did one - covers mind you. What's the rules again? I'm confused
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 12:28:44
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Bieber did some - Ceelo just did one - covers mind you. What's the rules again? I'm confused
Rule No. 1 - Ignore Cliff Richard. That's it. Want me to explain it again?
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 12:31:21
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I think it's finally dawned on everyone that there will be never be a better Christmas song than Slade's "Merry Christmas Everybody" and so there's no point even trying.
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 12:33:07
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did someone mention Slade? 
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 12:34:06
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Well, there will almost definitely never be another Christmas Carol ... but there may be a Holiday Song appear every now and again.
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 12:37:50
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did someone mention Slade?
I always thought Noddy Holder looked like a perfect cross between Robert Plant and Screaming Lord Sutch.
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 12:38:28
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Bieber did some - Ceelo just did one - covers mind you. What's the rules again? I'm confused
you say that like it's unusual. 
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 12:44:30
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 12:49:48
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Fa la la la... oh nevermind.
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 13:05:45
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Little gems like this used to pop up out of the blue..I don't see Dream Theater or Porcupine Tree doing anything like this; Run With the Fox
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 13:31:35
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People still do 'em but, with today's idiotic politically correct attitudes, nobody wants to hear 'em.
"I'm dreaming of a white, yet racially neutral, Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter Solstice/Mid-December..."
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 13:32:41
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Deck the halls with Buddy Holly.
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 13:41:31
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People still do 'em but, with today's idiotic politically correct attitudes, nobody wants to hear 'em.
"I'm dreaming of a white, yet racially neutral, Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter Solstice/Mid-December..."
Wasn't that originally written by Guy Chapman before they had to change his name to 'Person Personperson' because his real name came across as sexist?
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 15:29:53
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I still have a Christmas collection that I roll out. Phil Spectors' Christmas album, the Beatles BBC Christmas stuff, assorted Christmas tunes on the Very Merry Christmas series that started in the 80's. Of course I always play a little Elvis and Bing Crosby just to balance it all out.
I've no desire to hear a Christmas album from Chris Brown or any hip hop band. No sir, I just can't go there.
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 15:37:45
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I miss the Spike Jones album my Mom used to have...
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 16:23:21
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Elvis Presley's Christmas album is still one of my all time favorite albums (not just in the Christmas stuff category, but all around). And that opening cut, Santa Claus is Back in Town - man...
Back in Quebec, making Christmas album is still an easy way to get attention and make a profit - which is often looked down upon by some, including yours truly. Nevertheless, a bunch of friends released their own Christmas single this year, and I think it rocks.
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/07 16:38:02
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Elvis Presley's Christmas album is still one of my all time favorite albums (not just in the Christmas stuff category, but all around). And that opening cut, Santa Claus is Back in Town - man...
Back in Quebec, making Christmas album is still an easy way to get attention and make a profit - which is often looked down upon by some, including yours truly. Nevertheless, a bunch of friends released their own Christmas single this year, and I think it rocks.
I did THIS Christmas song. It Punks.
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 07:43:46
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 08:20:48
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craigb
People still do 'em but, with today's idiotic politically correct attitudes, nobody wants to hear 'em.
"I'm dreaming of a white, yet racially neutral, Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter Solstice/Mid-December..."
Wasn't that originally written by Guy Chapman before they had to change his name to 'Person Personperson' because his real name came across as sexist?
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 08:26:45
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..or do they?
In the '70's it was de riguer, but it seems to me that 'big name' acts stopped bringing out Christmas songs sometime in the '80's..or have I just missed them since then?
(Cliff Richard doesn't count btw...my rules )
It's because Kevin Bloody Wilson said it all really ;)
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 08:28:45
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.......oh, and they're all a bit naff really, ain't they ?
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 09:17:33
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I quite like naff songs at this time of year.
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 09:24:43
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 09:37:40
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Well, there now..nothing wrong with that!
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 10:21:50
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Straummy actually appears on a real record singing Merry Xmas Everybody  Check out me and a few of my chums in full voice HERE  Incidentally, I am the one that's slightly out of tune 
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 12:17:06
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I'm waiting for the Honey Boo-Boo Christmas album.
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 13:33:08
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I miss the Spike Jones album my Mom used to have...
I have the double LP of his music ... and that Indianapolis send off is great! Also have Tom Leher and Ernie Kovacs! Both lovely, though Ernie has not a whole of music!
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 13:38:33
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Hi, i would like to do a Christmas song that makes fun of people that go for the syrup'y and commercial stuff ... and change the meaning to it ... as the sound of money. Unffortunately, Vivian Stanshal is long gone, and I will have to do with anything else. I resolved already that this Christmas Day, I will only play Bonzo Dog Band, Neil Innes, Eric Idle (and specially his CW satires in Rutland Times!), Grimms, Mike McGear, Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll of course, and that whole family of lovely lunatics! I long to hear that group of priests singing their way, and asking for the directions to the Army! And of course, Spike Milligan doing "I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas!"
post edited by Moshkiae - 2012/12/08 13:39:50
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Re:Christmas songs..why don't they do 'em any more?
2012/12/08 14:51:58
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Just my speculation and not really based on facts: I suspect the "secular" artists aren't doing as many Christmas songs because there are so many new ones done by Christian artists. but that means that if you don't listen to the "Contemporary Christian Music" (CCM) genre then you won't hear the new Christmas songs, which is sad, because there are many new ones since the '80's and a lot of them are extremely well made. a lot of times CCM will spill over into the "secular" music and will be played on the radio and other media distribution along with non-CCM music (there are several examples I could state and you might have heard some of the more popular ones that reached non-CCM charts even tho the songs themselves are actually CCM songs). However, I can't think of too many Christmas songs which have bridged that gap. MAYBE this one did...I'd bet it got airplay on non-CCM stations, but I don't know specifically how well it did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpkI7GW2V34 (careful, tho, it's s tear-jerker! )
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