Hotel California

[S.A. Boggs]

Just listening to the song again and I feel like "we" are there and don't know it.:eusa_shhh:
Sam

[lyman]

yall may disagree,,,,, but I think that song, Stairway to Heaven, Freebird an a few others should be put in a museum ,, and never played again,



flame away

[dogtag]

And sll copies of Jingle Bells should be shot into space.
Wait; that might make the Aliens mad.
Drop 'em into a Volcano.

[S.A. Boggs]

I also like Wagner!
Sam

[Doc Sharptail]

All a matter of personal taste~ which really shouldn't matter at all to anyone else, and doesn't mean a thing at all.

Personally, the acoustic 12 string lead intro to the O/P's song is still interesting, and actually has roots in real classical music.
That being said, for the rest of the song, not really so much, which like I said above, is purely a matter of personal taste.

I worked in a place for over three decades where the christmas music would start piping in at mid november. Some of it got to be a real grind.
There's a few exceptions though- Old Bing's White Christmas was at least tolerable, and I still feel no need to shut it out. Likewise the choir version of Hark! the Herald angels Sing. All of which may be a simple matter of reverting to childhood, but who cares anyways...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Allen]

And sll copies of Jingle Bells should be shot into space.
Wait; that might make the Aliens mad.
Drop 'em into a Volcano.

Did you know that Jingle Bells was not intended to be a Christmas song?

[lyman]

All a matter of personal taste~ which really shouldn't matter at all to anyone else, and doesn't mean a thing at all.

Personally, the acoustic 12 string lead intro to the O/P's song is still interesting, and actually has roots in real classical music.
That being said, for the rest of the song, not really so much, which like I said above, is purely a matter of personal taste.

I worked in a place for over three decades where the christmas music would start piping in at mid november. Some of it got to be a real grind.
There's a few exceptions though- Old Bing's White Christmas was at least tolerable, and I still feel no need to shut it out. Likewise the choir version of Hark! the Herald angels Sing. All of which may be a simple matter of reverting to childhood, but who cares anyways...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

agreed on the personal taste,

to each his/her own, I am sure all have a song that when played on the radio they instinctively reach over and change the channel,,


for about 20 yrs or so I was in a department that we could play a radio, (out of the public, in a backroom or closed off area) so we did, (had to hide it now and again from the big wheels


so I only had to listen to the musak christmas stuff when I was on the sales floor,


learned to tune most of it out when i became store management and had to be on the floor ,,

[dryheat]

I'll have a blue blue blue blue blue Christmas is one of my all time favorite songs anytime. Great band, but I'll nearly twist and ankle to snap off Freebird.

[bruce]

Christmas music? Some is just boringly ... boring. A whole lot of it is O.K. Some ... absolutely outstanding. Year by year, I find a lot that is well worth playing, sometimes repeatedly. Not hard to ignore the bad and focus on the good. So, sincerely yours and to all ... Merry Christmas! bruce.

[Vern Humphrey]

I also like Wagner!
Sam

I live way back in the hills, in a deep valley in the Ozarks. I tell visitors, "When in doubt, go downhill. When your CD begins playing 'The Ride of the Valkyries' You know you're on the right road."

[S.A. Boggs]

I live way back in the hills, in a deep valley in the Ozarks. I tell visitors, "When in doubt, go downhill. When your CD begins playing 'The Ride of the Valkyries' You know you're on the right road."
My wife hates when I WATCH the Germanic opera, "That NAZI music!"
Sam

[Vern Humphrey]

My wife hates when I WATCH the Germanic opera, "That NAZI music!"
Sam

Everything is political nowadays. One of my favorite groups is the 2nd South Carolina String Band. When people criticize my choice I just point out that Sergeant Richard Kirkland was the Angel of Marye's Heights who brought water to the Union wounded at Fredericksburg was a member of the 2nd South Carolina and the whole regiment helped him by forming a human change to fill canteens and pass them forward.

[Phloating Phlasher]

Oh, when camping in The Ozarks (N.Syamore creek, off season)
I found "Dueling Banjos", Played on Mountain Dulcimers Made In Mountain View. Were perfect!

[Vern Humphrey]

Oh, when camping in The Ozarks (N.Syamore creek, off season)
I found "Dueling Banjos", Played on Mountain Dulcimers Made In Mountain View. Were perfect!

You were only about 20 miles north of me.

[jon_norstog]

Santa Baby is kind of nice, and fun to play with its flatted blue notes. It was a hit for Eartha Kitt way back when, 1953? It is one of the band's Xmas holiday parade tunes, so I've played it a hundred ti9mes and am not tired o0f it yet.

jn

[PWC]

I will agree to the "personal taste" but when someone elses "taste" is blaringt at me and I am forced to listen to it, it becomes not. Especially now that the wokies, not to be confused with Wookies, have banned religious songs, and have new butchered versions of the old songs. I always return "Happy Holidays" with "Merry Christmas".

Also "Thank you for your service" has become VERY trite, to me. It gets returned as "Don't thank me; remember those that didn't return, and vote for those that will honor them". Always takes the other person back, some will re-thank me, others, just mumble away. Sorry, didn't mean to intrude on Jesus' time.

[dogtag]

You can't beat Christmas Carols with full orchestra and choir.
Christmas Songs I can do without.

[Johnny P]

Doctor was explaining to my wife about a bone density drug she was asking about. The doctor explained it as the line from the song "Hotel California", "you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave", meaning that once you start taking it you cannot discontinue it's usage. He put her on something else.

[k arga]

I like snopys christmas with the red baron

[PWC]

There was a movie, I don't remember the name; The Young Lions maybe, but they portrayed the execution of Eddie Slovak, while the music played Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".

REALLY, REALLY BAD TASTE. And ever since, I can't stand that song.

[Allen]

Johnny Fever on the old WKRP in Cincinnati episodes once said "Christmas time, a time for good cheer and bad music".

[Vern Humphrey]

And bad TV. If I never see "It's a Wonderful Life" it'll be too soon.

[S.A. Boggs]

My two favorites are 'Christmas in Connecticut" and "The Bishops Wife".
Sam

[Allen]

And bad TV. If I never see "It's a Wonderful Life" it'll be too soon.

My wife watches Hallmark chick flick Christmas shows year round. This being July they are numerous now.

I watch TV in the bedroom these days with the CC on to get away from them. My quiet little world.

[jon_norstog]

Marching band I'm in we get into the Christmas music some time in December. You'd be surprised how many outdoor gigs there are that time of year, I like some of the music - Santa Baby, God Rest you Merry Gentlemen, there's a medley of Joy to the World and Jeremiah the Bullfrog ... I'm a first trumpet, we carry most of the melody and a lot of it is above the staff. Cold weather is NOT kind to your chops.


jn