Happy holidays
To the like five people who read my blog on a regular basis. Seriously, you're swell. It's been a hideous year, and the support I've gotten from the blogosphere has sometimes surpassed that in the "real world."
We're going to my mom's tonight for Christmas Eve. Then tomorrow to M's grandma's, and to visit my grandma afterwards. My office is full of presents. I need to start handing them out and restoring order.
Now, as promised, Christmas songs I love and hate:
Love 'em:
1) O Holy Night: Have you ever seen Home Alone? Yes, it's a lame-ass movie, but there's a scene where the kid steals into a church, and the choir is singing this. Amazing. It made me love this song for life.
2) The Christmas Song (as performed by Nat King Cole only!): How can you not love this song? Nat's voice is like velvet. Pooh-pooh on his daughter for figuratively digging him up to mix her vocals with his. She sucks, yo.
3) Home for the Holidays: This song just makes me happy, whether Perry Como sings it or not.
4) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home): I can sing this one and I sound pretty damn good. Which is why I like it. :)
5) Baby, It's Cold Outside: I love the flirtatious banter between the two singers. Good one.
For songs I hate, where do I even start??
1) We Wish You a Merry Christmas: Soo whiny. "Now bring us some figgy pudding...we won't got until we get some." Damn, I'd kick their limey asses out the door if they started that shit in my house. (Note to any and all English readers: I'm an anglophile. Really.)
2) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer: I'm fully aware I'm being entirely too sensitive, but I adore both my grandmas. Don't mess with them. As a side note, a physician wrote this song in the '70s and make six figures in royalties off it each year. Damn.
3) The Little Drummer Boy: Even the Bing Crosby/David Bowie version of this sucks my ass. It's so repetitive and stupid.
4) Carol of the Bells (sorry, Jody): "HARK go the bells, SWEET silver bells, RING loud and clear, CHRISTMAS is here..." Yowsa. As I told the COTB-lovin' Jody, it's so sharp and unpleasant to listen to. I do like it orchestrated, like by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but PLEASE DON'T SING. That is all.
5) Little Saint Nick: I loathe the Beach Boys. Turn it off, turn it off!
Anyway, no matter what music you listen to or what holiday you celebrate, enjoy it. They only come once a year, which can be a good or bad thing depending on your perspective.
We're going to my mom's tonight for Christmas Eve. Then tomorrow to M's grandma's, and to visit my grandma afterwards. My office is full of presents. I need to start handing them out and restoring order.
Now, as promised, Christmas songs I love and hate:
Love 'em:
1) O Holy Night: Have you ever seen Home Alone? Yes, it's a lame-ass movie, but there's a scene where the kid steals into a church, and the choir is singing this. Amazing. It made me love this song for life.
2) The Christmas Song (as performed by Nat King Cole only!): How can you not love this song? Nat's voice is like velvet. Pooh-pooh on his daughter for figuratively digging him up to mix her vocals with his. She sucks, yo.
3) Home for the Holidays: This song just makes me happy, whether Perry Como sings it or not.
4) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home): I can sing this one and I sound pretty damn good. Which is why I like it. :)
5) Baby, It's Cold Outside: I love the flirtatious banter between the two singers. Good one.
For songs I hate, where do I even start??
1) We Wish You a Merry Christmas: Soo whiny. "Now bring us some figgy pudding...we won't got until we get some." Damn, I'd kick their limey asses out the door if they started that shit in my house. (Note to any and all English readers: I'm an anglophile. Really.)
2) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer: I'm fully aware I'm being entirely too sensitive, but I adore both my grandmas. Don't mess with them. As a side note, a physician wrote this song in the '70s and make six figures in royalties off it each year. Damn.
3) The Little Drummer Boy: Even the Bing Crosby/David Bowie version of this sucks my ass. It's so repetitive and stupid.
4) Carol of the Bells (sorry, Jody): "HARK go the bells, SWEET silver bells, RING loud and clear, CHRISTMAS is here..." Yowsa. As I told the COTB-lovin' Jody, it's so sharp and unpleasant to listen to. I do like it orchestrated, like by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but PLEASE DON'T SING. That is all.
5) Little Saint Nick: I loathe the Beach Boys. Turn it off, turn it off!
Anyway, no matter what music you listen to or what holiday you celebrate, enjoy it. They only come once a year, which can be a good or bad thing depending on your perspective.
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