Agree - that piped Christmas music at market village and the index shopping mall does ma heed in: Rudolph the rednosed raindeer my arse.Randy Cornhole wrote:Christmas - Bah humbug!
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree?
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Are you sure he's aussie, sounds to me it could be Wierd Al Jancowich though.sargeant wrote:I dont know who sings it but he is an aussie
and when my mate puts it on its my LOS christmas start
I got stoned at christmas Santa heee got high and whats he feeding his reindeer on that makes the bastards fly
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Just been to the Village Market - they played bad remakes of various Christmas songs - I just run and hide somewhere
Anyway - Merry Christmas
The charm of asia is more than the girlies !
Why, why, why, do they play that appalling muzak almost everywhere in Thailand? I have been living here some time now and each year it gets worse. It can't be for the farangs, as everyone I know finds it infuriating. It can't be for the Thais, as my girlfriend has confided that she, too, finds it annoying.
But there are some songs I like, Messiah, Bach, that sort of thing.
Of all the others there's only 2000 Miles - Pretenders, River - Joni Mitchell, and (my own particular Guilty Pleasure) Happy Christmas (War is Over) but only the John Lennon version.
Also, we should not forget, We Three Kings - Roland Kirk and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Modern Jazz Quartet.
But my all time favourite has to be B.B.King - I've Got a Mind to Give up Living and go Shopping Instead!
But there are some songs I like, Messiah, Bach, that sort of thing.
Of all the others there's only 2000 Miles - Pretenders, River - Joni Mitchell, and (my own particular Guilty Pleasure) Happy Christmas (War is Over) but only the John Lennon version.
Also, we should not forget, We Three Kings - Roland Kirk and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Modern Jazz Quartet.
But my all time favourite has to be B.B.King - I've Got a Mind to Give up Living and go Shopping Instead!
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Kinda sounds like the original Brenda Lee to me
Lee still ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’
Almost 50 years later, ‘Little Miss Dynamite’ enjoys hearing holiday classic
Mark Humphrey / AP
Brenda Lee, who recorded the Christmas classic "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" in 1958 when she was only 13, strikes a seasonal pose in Nashville on Dec. 7.
Updated: 10:53 a.m. PT Dec 13, 2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - She's been "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" for almost 50 years, but Brenda Lee never tires of her holiday classic — though some listeners might by the time Christmas rolls around.
"I don't think you ever get tired of the well-written, well-crafted songs," Lee said recently. "They're easy to sing, and they stand the test of time."
Lee was only 13 when she recorded "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" in 1958, starting a career that eventually got her into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
She's now 62, but she still goes by the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite" and she's still quick with a quip: "Do I look tall and thin?" the 4-foot-9 Lee asked a cameraman before an interview at The Associated Press bureau.
Later, on her way out, she graciously posed for a photo beside the office Christmas tree (Shameless, we know).
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" was written by Johnny Marks, who also composed "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "A Holly, Jolly Christmas." It was cut in Nashville with famed producer Owen Bradley.
No snow was falling that day. As Lee recalls, it was July.
"Owen had the studio all freezing cold with the air conditioning, and he had a Christmas tree all set up to kind of get in the mood just a little bit," she said. "We had a lot of fun."
And a lot of success. She recorded "Sweet Nothin's" and some of her other early hits in the same session.
"Rockin'" was released as a single in '58 and again in '59 before it finally took off in 1960 in the wake of her No. 1 smash "I'm Sorry" — one of the first songs in Nashville with a string section, ushering in the "Nashville Sound."
Featuring Lee's boisterous voice and Hank Garland's ringing guitar, "Rockin'" is consistently listed among the most popular holiday songs of all time. From Thanksgiving to Christmas, it's as ubiquitous as poinsettias. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) lists it as the 14th most performed holiday song over the past five years.
So far this year, it has played 19,586 times on radio through Tuesday, according to ASCAP.
The song's appeal is obvious to Rose Seaton, station manager at KFFA in Helena, Ark., which plays "Rockin'" on both its adult contemporary FM station and country AM station.
"It's one of those songs that people like to sing along to," Seaton said. "It's upbeat, and people like upbeat Christmas music."
Lee, who was born Brenda Mae Tarpley in Atlanta, became an international star in the early 1960s. The Beatles opened for her. Chuck Berry recorded a song about her.
But like other early rock-and-rollers, she shifted to country and found success with "Big Four Poster Bed" and "Nobody Wins." She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997.
"When they told me ... I certainly couldn't believe it," she said. "I would have thought the rock maybe I had a chance, but I really didn't think country that much."
Ironically, her rock 'n' roll induction took longer and almost didn't happen. "I was nominated three times for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the first two I didn't get in, so I figured it's pretty much over."
She was finally chosen in 2002 alongside the Ramones, Talking Heads, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Isaac Hayes, Gene Pitney and old pal Chet Atkins.
Today, she performs about 30 shows a year and sings "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" at every one of them.
"I didn't used to. But about 10 years ago I'd be finishing a show and they'd say, 'You didn't sing Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree,' and I'd say, 'Yeah, but it's not Christmas,' and they'd say 'We don't care.'
"So I put it in and I close my shows with it."
Lee still ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’
Almost 50 years later, ‘Little Miss Dynamite’ enjoys hearing holiday classic
Mark Humphrey / AP
Brenda Lee, who recorded the Christmas classic "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" in 1958 when she was only 13, strikes a seasonal pose in Nashville on Dec. 7.
Updated: 10:53 a.m. PT Dec 13, 2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - She's been "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" for almost 50 years, but Brenda Lee never tires of her holiday classic — though some listeners might by the time Christmas rolls around.
"I don't think you ever get tired of the well-written, well-crafted songs," Lee said recently. "They're easy to sing, and they stand the test of time."
Lee was only 13 when she recorded "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" in 1958, starting a career that eventually got her into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
She's now 62, but she still goes by the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite" and she's still quick with a quip: "Do I look tall and thin?" the 4-foot-9 Lee asked a cameraman before an interview at The Associated Press bureau.
Later, on her way out, she graciously posed for a photo beside the office Christmas tree (Shameless, we know).
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" was written by Johnny Marks, who also composed "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "A Holly, Jolly Christmas." It was cut in Nashville with famed producer Owen Bradley.
No snow was falling that day. As Lee recalls, it was July.
"Owen had the studio all freezing cold with the air conditioning, and he had a Christmas tree all set up to kind of get in the mood just a little bit," she said. "We had a lot of fun."
And a lot of success. She recorded "Sweet Nothin's" and some of her other early hits in the same session.
"Rockin'" was released as a single in '58 and again in '59 before it finally took off in 1960 in the wake of her No. 1 smash "I'm Sorry" — one of the first songs in Nashville with a string section, ushering in the "Nashville Sound."
Featuring Lee's boisterous voice and Hank Garland's ringing guitar, "Rockin'" is consistently listed among the most popular holiday songs of all time. From Thanksgiving to Christmas, it's as ubiquitous as poinsettias. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) lists it as the 14th most performed holiday song over the past five years.
So far this year, it has played 19,586 times on radio through Tuesday, according to ASCAP.
The song's appeal is obvious to Rose Seaton, station manager at KFFA in Helena, Ark., which plays "Rockin'" on both its adult contemporary FM station and country AM station.
"It's one of those songs that people like to sing along to," Seaton said. "It's upbeat, and people like upbeat Christmas music."
Lee, who was born Brenda Mae Tarpley in Atlanta, became an international star in the early 1960s. The Beatles opened for her. Chuck Berry recorded a song about her.
But like other early rock-and-rollers, she shifted to country and found success with "Big Four Poster Bed" and "Nobody Wins." She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997.
"When they told me ... I certainly couldn't believe it," she said. "I would have thought the rock maybe I had a chance, but I really didn't think country that much."
Ironically, her rock 'n' roll induction took longer and almost didn't happen. "I was nominated three times for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the first two I didn't get in, so I figured it's pretty much over."
She was finally chosen in 2002 alongside the Ramones, Talking Heads, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Isaac Hayes, Gene Pitney and old pal Chet Atkins.
Today, she performs about 30 shows a year and sings "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" at every one of them.
"I didn't used to. But about 10 years ago I'd be finishing a show and they'd say, 'You didn't sing Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree,' and I'd say, 'Yeah, but it's not Christmas,' and they'd say 'We don't care.'
"So I put it in and I close my shows with it."