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Dec 04, 2006, 08:26 AM
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Paperback Writer
Join Date: Jun 27, 2005
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Thanks, GG! 
Oh, and that "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" is not one I"m crazy about either! If I hear it, I change the station.
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Dec 04, 2006, 09:05 AM
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Join Date: Nov 15, 2000
Location: Chicago, IL USA
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I don't know what a melisma is.  |
me·lis·ma /[mi-liz-muh] Music. an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
You know. When the lyric is "I" and the singer sings "I-eeeeee-I-wwwwwaaaaaahhhhheaaaaaahhhh-I" and goes up and down the scale a few hundred times, trilling fanatically. It's a very popular way to sing these days but it just drives me bonkers.
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Dec 04, 2006, 10:30 AM
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Sun King
Join Date: Jan 14, 2004
Location: The beautiful San Fernando Valley, CA
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I hate "do you hear what I hear?" But dont know why.
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Yes, my hands are full, but so is my heart.
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Dec 04, 2006, 11:54 AM
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Day Tripper
Join Date: Nov 25, 2006
Location: In a Yellow Submarine
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I like Starry's Christmassy sig!  |
Yah so do I! And I really, really, REALLY yours!! 
The christmas songs I hate are....
~ Feliz Navidad (so cheesy)
~ The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (you don't wanna know)
~ All I Want For Christmas is You (Uggh! can't STAND it!  )
yah, probably forgot some, but here's what I remembered! 
Laterz!
Linzy
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Dec 04, 2006, 12:50 PM
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Dr. Robert
Join Date: Jan 09, 2003
Location: Ohio
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I think it's Celine Dion that did an AWFUL cover of Happy Xmas (War Is Over).... 
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"Sometimes the things that you liked the best and that have meant the most to you are the things that meant nothing at all to you when you first heard or saw them." - Bob Dylan
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Dec 04, 2006, 01:17 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: Jan 19, 2006
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The Christams Shoes and Wonderful Christmas Time own this thread.
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"Truly, this man was the King of Pop." - Nostalgic Critic
It looks like they just put a whole lotta movies in a blender and turned it on really fast. - Myster Science Theater 3000
"They're dead grotty!" - George Harrison
Comic Book Guy: But, Aquaman, you cannot marry a woman without gills. You're from two different worlds... Oh, I've wasted my life. - The Simpsons
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Dec 05, 2006, 05:55 AM
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Sun King
Join Date: Feb 13, 2003
Location: Ohio
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The Christmas Shoes I dont like and I cant stand Feliz Navidad!
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Dec 05, 2006, 07:40 AM
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Taxman
Join Date: Aug 24, 2003
Location: Northern California
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I HATE Madonna's version (of anything!) but especially Santa Baby. Talk about annoying. I'm a sucker for anything Christmas, but I agree they start playing carols way too early.
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Dec 05, 2006, 10:22 AM
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Dr. Robert
Join Date: Apr 27, 2006
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I dont like All I want for christmas by Mariah Carey.
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Dec 05, 2006, 11:43 AM
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Mr. Moonlight
Join Date: Nov 20, 2002
Location: Gardena, Ca. USA.
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Well I they just got done playing it on the radio "Have yourself a Jolly Merry X-mas" by Burl Ives...I HATE IT SOOO MUCH...it just bugs me to no ends!
Donna~
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Dec 05, 2006, 01:42 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: May 30, 2002
Location: United Kingdom (NI)
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"Do They Know It's Christmas?" - Band Aid
I just find the sentiment so banal, trite, patronising and downright insulting.
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Dec 05, 2006, 01:59 PM
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Little Child
Join Date: Nov 28, 2006
Location: boring, indiana
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Originally Posted by beatlebangs1964
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Christmas Shoes
City Sidewalks/Silver Bells 
The Little Boy Santa Forgot
Jingle Bell Rock
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Rudolf
Anything by the Chipmunks. I can't stand their played at the wrong speed voices. 
Rap, Reggae & Disco versions of carols |
Hey i like the reggae versions. I was brought up on that eing Jamaican and all. |
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Dec 05, 2006, 02:01 PM
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Little Child
Join Date: Nov 28, 2006
Location: boring, indiana
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Originally Posted by pepperland67
I think it's Celine Dion that did an AWFUL cover of Happy Xmas (War Is Over).... |
YES!!!!!!!!!! I agree. |
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Dec 05, 2006, 02:28 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: May 31, 2005
Location: Sinkhole, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rellevart
me·lis·ma /[mi-liz-muh] Music. an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
You know. When the lyric is "I" and the singer sings "I-eeeeee-I-wwwwwaaaaaahhhhheaaaaaahhhh-I" and goes up and down the scale a few hundred times, trilling fanatically. It's a very popular way to sing these days but it just drives me bonkers.
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I HATE THAT!!
Especially when they're singing the national anthem. 
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Dec 05, 2006, 05:04 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: Jan 19, 2006
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Originally Posted by BeatlesFan4life
I dont like All I want for christmas by Mariah Carey.
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Blech!
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I HATE THAT!!
Especially when they're singing the national anthem.
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Ooooh yeah! Which is why I like Dolly Parton's version of "I will Always Love You" better than Whitney's.
I really don't like "Baby It's Cold Outside". It's very creepy.
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"Truly, this man was the King of Pop." - Nostalgic Critic
It looks like they just put a whole lotta movies in a blender and turned it on really fast. - Myster Science Theater 3000
"They're dead grotty!" - George Harrison
Comic Book Guy: But, Aquaman, you cannot marry a woman without gills. You're from two different worlds... Oh, I've wasted my life. - The Simpsons
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Dec 05, 2006, 07:03 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 23, 2001
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Originally Posted by VersusBatman
The Christams Shoes owns this thread.
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Amen, Sister!
I agree with others who dislike Springsteen's execrable rendition of "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town." He sounds hoarse, like he's hollering this at you. I think his version belongs in the toilet.
I cannot stand "Christmas Shoes" and "The Little Boy Santa Claus Forgot." Talk about putting a lump of coal in your stocking and spoiling the festive mood of the holiday season! I hate these songs because they seem contrived, like whoever wrote them and/or sang them is trying to depress the heck out of you. What good is that supposed to accomplish?! Since when do God and Jesus, Mary and the Angels care what a person is wearing, dead or alive? Good grief!
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Dec 05, 2006, 07:14 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: Jan 19, 2006
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Yeah. A little boy's mom is dying. But instead of spening time with her, he's wandering around a mall in hopes that a stranger takes pity on him and buys his mother shoes. So that she'll look nice when she meets God.
Call me crazy, but I doubt that God and Jesus will care that you are wearing Manalo Blaniks. Also I heard a rumor that people are buried without shoes.
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"Truly, this man was the King of Pop." - Nostalgic Critic
It looks like they just put a whole lotta movies in a blender and turned it on really fast. - Myster Science Theater 3000
"They're dead grotty!" - George Harrison
Comic Book Guy: But, Aquaman, you cannot marry a woman without gills. You're from two different worlds... Oh, I've wasted my life. - The Simpsons
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Dec 06, 2006, 03:12 AM
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Bulldog
Join Date: Aug 22, 2002
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It takes a long explanation to tell you why I would possibly hate a John Lennon song...!
Basically, there is a Brazilian version of "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" which is played every single bloody year! And the singer simply ruined the tune. My father, ever the joker, calls that version "the reindeer's suicide tune", so you can picture how tragic it is.
And once a friend of mine pointed out that "Do They Know It's Christmas?" made him want to cut his wrists. That awful, in spite of the good intention.
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(Where there is spirit there is song)
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Dec 06, 2006, 07:31 AM
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Dr. Robert
Join Date: Jan 28, 2006
Location: US
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I'm not a huge fan of Xmas music, but I like the Springsteen version of SCICTT
(dodges blows to head); and the Beatles stuff, too, naturally.
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Dec 06, 2006, 01:18 PM
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Sun King
Join Date: Dec 09, 2001
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by feelfab
I'm not a huge fan of Xmas music, but I like the Springsteen version of SCICTT
(dodges blows to head); and the Beatles stuff, too, naturally.
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Don't worry I like Bruce's version too.He has a deep scruffy voice.He dosen't sing it high & whiny.
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