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Christmas Music....Well, Mostly.
Dec. 6th, 2007 04:25 amOverall, I can't stand the stuff. My idea of really great Christmas music?
The Chinese Dance from the Nutcracker. (Well, just about anything from the Nutcracker, but I especially love the Chinese Dance)
I like a few of the humorous songs- like Bob Rivers's The Chimney Song...and of course the Twelve Pains Of Christmas.
Oh, and then there's the Christmas version of Snoopy and the Red Baron by the Royal Guardsmen. Awesome song.
But other songs, like Santa Baby? Loathe it. When I was in 11th grade, worked in a store that had a single Christmas tape, an hour to a side...and that song was on BOTH SIDES. (No other song appeared twice)
And any Christmas song sang by the Beach Boys should be banned. Along with that song with the chorus that goes "hoop de doo and dickory dock and don't forget to hang up your sock"- I've had that stuck in my head for roughly a week now and I want to gouge out the part of my brain that remembers random song clips and loops them like a defective tape player.
Then there's Carol of the Bells. Ick. And the Manhein Steamroller, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. I could do without those.
One song that I really do like is War Is Over by John Lennon...I always thought that was a cool song. I've also heard some really decent versions of traditional Christmas carols....for instance, I've heard a couple of amazing arrangements of Do you Hear What I Hear, taking great advantage of the sequential structure of the song to start it out soft and light, and build into some really powerful music.
There's only one other Christmas song that I really really like, and for a long time I didn't know what it was, I just know that I used to hear it sometimes when my mom was still listening to the Christian radio stations, and maybe two or three times, I've heard it in stores. I knew a few random phrases, and over the last few years I've tried googling the lyrics several times, but always turned up nothing.
I decided to try it again a little while and on the first try...blammo, there it was.
*looks around warily*
Okay, after that, I'm sure at least a few of you want to know what song it is. No doubt I'm going to get razzed at least from a few people. Hmm...ok....*braces self*
I didn't even known until tonight who sang the song, but it's Love Has Come by Amy Grant.
Ah well, it really is a great song. I went and downloaded it from iTunes. *dances*
Yes folks, the crazy pagan does like the occasional Christian song. I've got a couple others, plus a couple of non-religious songs by a Christian group or three....like Squad Five-o, The Innocence Mission- didja know they're from Lancaster and went to my mom's high school?- yup, they did.
Holy random iTunes findings...Oh my god, they have Laura Love's Octoroon. Which contains a cover of Nirvana's Come As You Are, plus (speaking of Christian music) the only version of the song Amazing Grace that I really like. Okay, I'm just getting those two tracks for now...
Edited cause I remembered more Christmas music to ban...that one with the little kid singing about the shoes. That and Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly Parton. Which may very well be The Most Depressing Song In The World- even more depressing than Dust In The Wind! (Well...maybe second, after Come Sweet Death, which is additionally twisted because if you're not listening to the words, it's kinda happy sounding). Hearing that song just makes me want to commit myself to a psychiatric hospital because it's so depressing that I'm afraid it's going to make me start cutting myself or something.
The Chinese Dance from the Nutcracker. (Well, just about anything from the Nutcracker, but I especially love the Chinese Dance)
I like a few of the humorous songs- like Bob Rivers's The Chimney Song...and of course the Twelve Pains Of Christmas.
Oh, and then there's the Christmas version of Snoopy and the Red Baron by the Royal Guardsmen. Awesome song.
But other songs, like Santa Baby? Loathe it. When I was in 11th grade, worked in a store that had a single Christmas tape, an hour to a side...and that song was on BOTH SIDES. (No other song appeared twice)
And any Christmas song sang by the Beach Boys should be banned. Along with that song with the chorus that goes "hoop de doo and dickory dock and don't forget to hang up your sock"- I've had that stuck in my head for roughly a week now and I want to gouge out the part of my brain that remembers random song clips and loops them like a defective tape player.
Then there's Carol of the Bells. Ick. And the Manhein Steamroller, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. I could do without those.
One song that I really do like is War Is Over by John Lennon...I always thought that was a cool song. I've also heard some really decent versions of traditional Christmas carols....for instance, I've heard a couple of amazing arrangements of Do you Hear What I Hear, taking great advantage of the sequential structure of the song to start it out soft and light, and build into some really powerful music.
There's only one other Christmas song that I really really like, and for a long time I didn't know what it was, I just know that I used to hear it sometimes when my mom was still listening to the Christian radio stations, and maybe two or three times, I've heard it in stores. I knew a few random phrases, and over the last few years I've tried googling the lyrics several times, but always turned up nothing.
I decided to try it again a little while and on the first try...blammo, there it was.
*looks around warily*
Okay, after that, I'm sure at least a few of you want to know what song it is. No doubt I'm going to get razzed at least from a few people. Hmm...ok....*braces self*
I didn't even known until tonight who sang the song, but it's Love Has Come by Amy Grant.
Ah well, it really is a great song. I went and downloaded it from iTunes. *dances*
Yes folks, the crazy pagan does like the occasional Christian song. I've got a couple others, plus a couple of non-religious songs by a Christian group or three....like Squad Five-o, The Innocence Mission- didja know they're from Lancaster and went to my mom's high school?- yup, they did.
Holy random iTunes findings...Oh my god, they have Laura Love's Octoroon. Which contains a cover of Nirvana's Come As You Are, plus (speaking of Christian music) the only version of the song Amazing Grace that I really like. Okay, I'm just getting those two tracks for now...
Edited cause I remembered more Christmas music to ban...that one with the little kid singing about the shoes. That and Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly Parton. Which may very well be The Most Depressing Song In The World- even more depressing than Dust In The Wind! (Well...maybe second, after Come Sweet Death, which is additionally twisted because if you're not listening to the words, it's kinda happy sounding). Hearing that song just makes me want to commit myself to a psychiatric hospital because it's so depressing that I'm afraid it's going to make me start cutting myself or something.
