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| From | Gene Good <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Doug Powell song ID (and a Christmas present for Audities) |
| Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:56:06 +0000 |
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Very cool.Thanks.
Where is "Everyday is Christmas" available.Love to hear that as well.
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:42:27 -0500
> From: rberry@gandronics.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Doug Powell song ID (and a Christmas present for Audities)
>
> I e-mailed Doug Powell directly to see if he could fill me in on the
> "Mary Christmas" song. With Doug's permission, here's what he said:
> > Man, I haven't heard that song in 7 or 8 years! Yes, the song is "Mary
> > Christmas." It's an 8-track cassette recording with me doing
> > everything and was never released. It was written around Christmas
> > 1995 and was an anti-carol. I love carols, but I have a distaste for
> > the non-theological, sentimental ones. The song was a swipe at the
> > latter. How's that for Christmas spirit! Actually, Nicholas of Bari
> > (a.k.a. St. Nicholas) punched another bishop at the council of Nicea
> > for spouting heresy, so I'm not in that bad a company!
> Wow ... adds another dimension to what sounds like a simple, catchy
> Christmas song.
>
> Doug then added:
> > I've attached a gift for the Audities list, if anyone wants it. It's
> > another Christimas song written for Hansen and recorded by SWAG on the
> > same day as Everyday Is Christmas. It went unused by Hanson and was
> > never released. It's also, lyrically, a great example of the kinds of
> > Christmas songs I hate. I let my guard down for a night and those guys
> > slipped one past me!
> I remember this song ... I'm pretty sure it was posted on MP3.com along
> with "Mary Christmas." Anyway, I've put it on my server for a limited
> time (not sure how long my bandwidth will hold out):
>
> http://diskermusic.com/All%20The%20Lights%20Are%20Blue.mp3
>
> Robert R. Berry
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