I will cop to really digging the Wilson Pickett take on "Silver Bells."
They cop the horn riff from "634-5789," the track bounces along such that
it's impossible not to be happy hearing it, plus he lets loose some of his
blood-curdling "aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh"s as in "Land of 10,000 Dances."

Ring-a-ling.  GOOD God, y'all.

-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Stewart Mason
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 1:48 PM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: No thanks for Christmas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Drew MacDonald" <drewmacdonald1@gmail.com>
> Which suggested a Scroogian thread: what are your LEAST favorite 
> holiday pop
> songs?

Ain't none of 'em I get particularly excited about, frankly.  One of 
the local oldies stations in Boston switches to Christmas music 24/7 
every year, and by the first weekend in December, I'm usually sick of 
all of them.  I admit to a certain perverse fondness for McCartney's 
"Wonderful Christmastime" simply because the synth sounds are so 
deeply odd, especially for what's clearly meant to be a holiday 
favorite for all ages.  I dread the second hearing of it every year, 
though.

But I think my least fave would have to be the Bing Crosby/David Bowie 
duet: near-death child-beater and coked-out sleepwalker...yeah, 
nothing says "Merry Christmas" like that.  And of course, thanks to 
Preznit Daddy Issues and Lord Cheney of the War Profiteers, the 
Pretenders' "2000 Miles" gets harder to listen to every year.

Give me Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band every time.

S