christmas music that blows

[Shrdlu]

Why isn't "blow", in this context, the opposite of "suck"?

MG

That sounds like, oh never mind ........

[GA Russell]

Never heard of Faith Hill. Good looking.

MG

MG, she's a very popular country music singer, I think on the countrypolitan side.

She is a married to another popular country singer, Tim McGraw. I read just a few days ago that the two of them are/were in the top 5 entertainment couples in the world when it comes to 2007 income. Number one was Jay Z and Beyonce Knowles. The Beckhams were also in the top 5. I think Tom Cruise and his wife were too.

[PHILLYQ]

Michael Bolton- THE Worst.

Well if that's the worst this is a close second!

Celine Dion - These Are Special Times

Is a duet disc far behind?

[Shrdlu]

I mega hate Cursedmass music, but Bird's (live) version of "White Christmas" sure does groove. Even though the original is a dog song, the changes are perfect for bebop.

Another dog song that is great for improvising is "When I Grow Too Old To Dream", which has a classic version on Jimmy Smith's "Back to the Chicken Shack".

[Big Al]

chip davis founded a moderately interesting new age classical-pop-electronic-acoustic music group, mannheim steamroller in the 70's. fresh aire was a tolerable, even pretty recording.

he hit on the christmas background gimmick that turned him huge bucks in the early 80's and has milked it to death and then some for decades. if another sincere person tells me how much they love mannheim steamroller christmas music, i will have another drink or two and shout loudly 3 times "BAH, HUMBUG!!"

I've never liked Mannheim Steamroller, but that dislike was elevated to outright hatred when my family and I went to look at Christmas lights with my cousin, who not only cranked up the a/c so that it was unbearable; not only subjected us to MS; but also turned the volume up to ear-shattering volumes. So there we had it: cold robotic "music" inside a cold robotic vehicle!

Kenny G makes my blood boil every time I hear it anyway, but hearing his destruction of holiday songs--especially when trapped inside a Hallmark store--should be more than enough for a judge to be convinced that temporary insanity is the only defense for going on a destructive rampage that results in the mall sound-system being completely vaporized.

No, this is more than music that merely blows: this is music that needs to be made illegal, much in the same way that smoking is illegal in some states because of the effects of second-hand smoke. Well, this is second-hand noise pollution. It is so evil that I'm afraid this shit could really drive someone right over the edge and cause a very bloody massacre.

Really wanna cause a stink at Gitmo, or make the prisoners talk? Subject 'em to this shit. They'll rat out everyone INCLUDING Allah!

This is music that gets played in hell, but even Beelzebub himself has to make sure not to venture too closely to that section of hell, for fear of causing irreparable damage to his central nervous system.

Pass the Pepsi, aloc, spike it with rum and I'll join in the HUMBUG chorus!

Edited December 1, 2008 by Big Al

[Kalo]

OMG! One of my good friends just sent this track to me. Now, I love Alison Krauss, and I think she's amazing. But good Lord, what possessed her to do this song?!?!

ARGGHHGAGAHGF! It's terrible... from the production to the cheesy lyrics, it's just plain bad. At first I thought maybe it was something she did in the early 90s, before her career took off (the production sounds like that) but no... it came out on a compilation of country Christmas tunes in 2004!!!

Baby Jesus is crying.

Ouch! Terrible!

I regret that I can never unhear that. Say it ain't so, Alison.

[BruceH]

Completely undistinguished, bland, middle-of-the-road pop.

Actually, it's so incredibly bland that it's almost not there.