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radiofan2023 said:
You're forgetting "Alice's Restaurant"
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That's not about Thanksgiving but:
From Wikipedia: "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", commonly known as "Alice's Restaurant", is a satirical talking blues song by singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie, released as the title track to his 1967 debut album Alice's Restaurant. The song is a deadpan protest against the Vietnam War draft, in the form of a comically exaggerated but largely true story from Guthrie's own life: while visiting acquaintances in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, he is arrested and convicted of dumping trash illegally, which later endangers his suitability for the military draft. The title refers to a restaurant owned by one of Guthrie's friends, artist Alice Brock. Although Brock is a minor character in the story, the restaurant plays no role in it aside from being the subject of the chorus and the impetus for Guthrie's visit.

I just assume it's one of those long songs they play on radio on Thanksgiving so the DJ can go get rid of some fecal matter that results from them stuffing themselves to the gills before or on Turkey Day.
 
Yabadabado1 said:
That's not about Thanksgiving but:


I just assume it's one of those long songs they play on radio on Thanksgiving so the DJ can go get rid of some fecal matter that results from them stuffing themselves to the gills before or on Turkey Day.
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Have you ever actually listened to the song? It takes place over Thanksgiving and involves a "Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat."

It hasn't become a Thanksgiving day radio staple just because it's long.
 
And I'll repost this section: The song is a deadpan protest against the Vietnam War draft, in the form of a comically exaggerated but largely true story from Guthrie's own life. Unless he was complaining about turkey's being shot up and served over there.

And yes, I've listened to the song. And have had to play it but I tended to pot it down because it gets annoying....in my opinion.
 
This past Saturday I was listening to Majic 105.7, as WAKR had basketball coverage airing at the time. All I can say so far about the music selection on the iHeart stations is that its slowly getting better. I actually heard The Chipmunks, and what was probably the most butchered up version of Frosty The Snowman from the TV special. I also heard a wider selection of traditional Christmas songs as well, so some progress is apparently being made. However, they are still lacking much of the original and novelty songs, but I need to tune in some more to verify.

And as must have been lucky enough not to hear Mariah Carey or Wham during that time, so kudos to that!
 
Yabadabado1 said:
You know who's getting the short end of the stick on the holiday music train? Thanksgiving! I can only think of one song [poem, actually] that is specifically about Thanksgiving and that's "The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day". You probably know it better as "Over the River And Through The Wood". There may be other tunes but I'll be damned if I can think of any more off the top of my head.
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Yabadabado1 said:
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BAA HUMBUG!!!!!!!!!!
 
WDOK has been playing a version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer I think by John Denver. I have never heard that one on the radio before.
 
snowdog88 said:
And as must have been lucky enough not to hear Mariah Carey or Wham during that time, so kudos to that!
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I swear, I proof-read my post several times, so I'm not sure how I missed this. Tired or getting old?

This forum only lets you edit a post for about an hour after it's been posted, then the option is no longer there.
 
radiofan2023 said:
For whoever was wanting to hear Bob Rivers Christmas songs, I heard "It's The Most Fattening Time of the Year" on the stream for WCEZ (a rock station in Keokuk, Iowa) earlier. When I heard Richard Simmons clips starting the song, I thought maybe he was going to be the one singing!
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I happened to focus on the music we had playing at work - Star 102 - and caught "Flu Ride" playing during today's Radiothon! I'm willing to bet it was a donation request, because I highly doubt that Bob Rivers is on 102's playlist!
 
I've been listening to WDOK and WMJI periodically over the last few days. I've been hearing multiple versions of Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, but not the Vaughn Monroe version, which I think was the most popular version.

For some reason, I have not been hearing Little Saint Nick by the Beach Boys, Please Come Home For Christmas by Eagles, Merry Christmas Darling by the Carpenters, Snoopy's Christmas the Royal Guardsmen, Pretty Paper by Roy Orbison. Perhaps they are better played but I'm missing them when I'm not listening.
 
skiwest said:
I've been hearing multiple versions of Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, but not the Vaughn Monroe version, which I think was the most popular version.
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Vaughn had the original, but Dean Martin's 1959 version became the most popular. There are a lot of more popular versions today.

Sammy Cahn was one of the writers, and whenever he was interviewed about it, he was insistent that it was introduced with the full title.

The Eagles song and Roy Orbison each get a lot of airplay on country stations. Willie Nelson wrote Pretty Paper and his version is also popular.
 
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