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Thread #65226 Message #1072341
Posted By: RangerSteve
14-Dec-03 - 06:15 PM
Thread Name: Bad Christmas music
Subject: Bad Christmas music
This has been brought up before, but it's time to do it again.
So far this year, I haven't heard "Blue Christmas". I had a close call yesterday. There's a listener-supported radio station here that has mostly good country music on Saturdays, and when I turned it on, the announcer mentioned that he just played the Ernest Tubb version. I thought I had escaped. But, later on, someone called in to request it again (maybe they didn't hear the first one), so they played Stonewall Jackson's version, (I'm disappointed in Mr. Jackson, I always liked his music) but fortunately, it was announed in advance, so I turned off the radio for a few minutes. A couple of hours later, they played an old recording of a Christmas radio show by Wilf Carter. Just as I was getting relaxed by Carter's perfect voice, those dreaded words"I'll have a blue..." before I realized what was coming and turned it off again. Why, Wilf, why?
Last night, while getting ready to go on with my band at a regular monthly gig, the band on stage before us sang "Daddy, Don't Get Drunk This Christmas". The other Bad Christmas song.
I assume that in the next couple of weeks I'll be hearing Blue Christmas, probably the worst version, that of Elvis. It always happens. There is no escaping Blue Christmas.
Now, it's your turn. What song Xmas song deserves to die?