Actually, two of the three guys are good enough. one of them might be Richard. the third guy doesn't measure up.
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When is it too early for Christmas music?
- Thread starter danikayser84
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"Sunday Will Never Be the Same" is playing on America's Best Music, which is playing a Christmas song after the news and each commercial break. But the song starts with "Angels We Have Heard on High".
Yeah, any synthesizer type Christmas music is totally off the playlist. Cannot stand them, whether by TSO or Steamroller. Even the wife dislikes them. I can see why! When they come on the radio, I change the station.
An exception will be made for "We Three Kings" by Steamroller, since I "grew up" with that one, playing it on KWVE, back in the early 90's over several seasons. Good version!
You know, I'm not much of a fan of Christmas Eve (Sarajevo) either. I'm not interested in hard rock Christmas. Most of Chip Davis' library is GREAT, including 'We Three Kings,' and a beautiful version of 'Do You Hear What I Hear' that I heard for the first time, several years ago on their 'An American Christmas' program (aired on a lot of news/talk stations on 12/24-25).
I think this is the song used on commercials for ABC's "Christmas Light Fight".
Wait, I can skip over all commercials with TiVo. Why am I even hearing this?
Never heard it. "Deck the Halls" I'm willing to make an exception for.
Uh-oh, someone pushed the wrong button and I'm getting "A Little More Love" by Olivia Newton-John, which does not belong on standards radio. There, that's better.
Mannheim Steamroller also does a great ultra-traditional version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". Which happens to be the first song in the "Sarajevo" medley.
Exactly why I love KKRB - just an hour earlier this morning, the rarities heard included:
All-4-One's 'When You Wish Upon a Star'
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's 'Christmastime in Tinseltown (Again)' - I have never heard this one before!
BeBe/CeCe Winans with 'All Because' - I only hear BeBe Winans on "My Christmas Prayer" during this time of year, and that too is rare.
Cyndi Lauper's "Feels Like Christmas"
along with several mainstays, and some 'semi' rarities like the Pointer Sisters' version of 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'. Who needs the same songs over and over on major-market radio?
All-4-One's 'When You Wish Upon a Star'
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's 'Christmastime in Tinseltown (Again)' - I have never heard this one before!
BeBe/CeCe Winans with 'All Because' - I only hear BeBe Winans on "My Christmas Prayer" during this time of year, and that too is rare.
Cyndi Lauper's "Feels Like Christmas"
along with several mainstays, and some 'semi' rarities like the Pointer Sisters' version of 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'. Who needs the same songs over and over on major-market radio?
Good lord, I think I'd have to shoot myself.
The ones on KKRB should be rare. The only time I want to hear Cyndi Lauper is in her duet with Frank Sinatra on "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town". And her voice sounds so cute, so appropriate for that one.
America's Best Music is now all Christmas music, after several weeks of just doing it after commercial breaks and news.
And for two weeks every year, it is definitely not "America's Best Music". I never even heard a lot of these songs. And for so many of the ones I have heard of, I don't care for some of the versions.
Too many versions by too many artists. Notice how the classics still stand the test, but these newer ones by so-so artists are shunned? I mean, have you heard Kay Starr's "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" the Stuhr Remix from 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWvb-PjPlo
Same thing for Bing's "White Christmas"
So-called artists?
Why not just shout at the kids to get off your lawn.
Newer artists are every bit as meaningful to today's audiences as were those that came before to their audiences.
There are some songs on XM's Holly, for example, that are immediate tune-outs for me. And probably others that I keep on that are tune-outs for others. Does that mean those I don't like--including a good number by artists of past generations--are bad? Nope.
Why not just shout at the kids to get off your lawn.
Newer artists are every bit as meaningful to today's audiences as were those that came before to their audiences.
There are some songs on XM's Holly, for example, that are immediate tune-outs for me. And probably others that I keep on that are tune-outs for others. Does that mean those I don't like--including a good number by artists of past generations--are bad? Nope.
More notes on KKRB (and others):
Heard Steven Curtis Chapman's 'Going Home for Christmas' earlier this week on the morning show. Very nice, mellow holiday song by a CCM legend. About 20 minutes later I was surprised to hear something from the Ren & Stimpy holiday album - the 'Happy Holiday Hop.' I have no idea why KKRB would keep a '90s cartoon song on their playlist, unless it was for novelty & throwback perks. I'll say that the Holiday Hop is slightly better than the Barking Dogs!
Great playlists on KZTP 'The Party,' and WQPW '95.7 the Mix' again this year. Local KARY is also good, but with a traditional/country lean. That's obvious because normally it's a classic hits station. Hearing 'Because It's Christmas' by Barry Manilow was surprising.
Heard Steven Curtis Chapman's 'Going Home for Christmas' earlier this week on the morning show. Very nice, mellow holiday song by a CCM legend. About 20 minutes later I was surprised to hear something from the Ren & Stimpy holiday album - the 'Happy Holiday Hop.' I have no idea why KKRB would keep a '90s cartoon song on their playlist, unless it was for novelty & throwback perks. I'll say that the Holiday Hop is slightly better than the Barking Dogs!
Great playlists on KZTP 'The Party,' and WQPW '95.7 the Mix' again this year. Local KARY is also good, but with a traditional/country lean. That's obvious because normally it's a classic hits station. Hearing 'Because It's Christmas' by Barry Manilow was surprising.
I suppose Lady Gaga is proof of this. I'm quick to pronounce most of her music as garbage but what she did with Tony Bennett shows she has talent. And even without Bennett, when she's on her own.
Bing Crosby fans probably thought he had lost it when he sang "Little Drummer Boy" with David Bowie. We all have our own tastes when it comes to Christmas music - I'm just glad there is something for everyone out there!
I heard somewhere he didn't even know who that was but he was trying to reach young people or something.
WHIP Mooresville NC was playing a few Christmas songs, though one I didn't recognize. That station plays beach music and other oldies and that song was beach music style.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day always brings along an interesting mix of programming throughout the country...
My favorite is WNWV's '72 Hours of Christmas' in Cleveland. Nothing but a Smooth Jazz kind of Xmas, my favorite! And they sprinkle in Mannheim Steamroller, Bing Crosby, Mariah Carey, etc. but it's not a big part of their programming. It's mostly the saxophonists, guitarists and the R&B artists like the late Al Jarreau and Manhattan Transfer.
I notice the smaller the market, the better the playlist. The KDLS/KKRF/KGRA trio in Iowa have a fantastic 'Sounds of the Season' package on 12/25. And there's always the AM band and Chip Davis' 'An American Christmas' on a 50KW news/talker near you. I love the stories he shares. I remember last year he told the story of Apollo 8, and the mouse that influenced the writing of 'Silent Night'.
My favorite is WNWV's '72 Hours of Christmas' in Cleveland. Nothing but a Smooth Jazz kind of Xmas, my favorite! And they sprinkle in Mannheim Steamroller, Bing Crosby, Mariah Carey, etc. but it's not a big part of their programming. It's mostly the saxophonists, guitarists and the R&B artists like the late Al Jarreau and Manhattan Transfer.
I notice the smaller the market, the better the playlist. The KDLS/KKRF/KGRA trio in Iowa have a fantastic 'Sounds of the Season' package on 12/25. And there's always the AM band and Chip Davis' 'An American Christmas' on a 50KW news/talker near you. I love the stories he shares. I remember last year he told the story of Apollo 8, and the mouse that influenced the writing of 'Silent Night'.
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