20 December 2011

. . . 99.9 kez . . .

. . . they're on the air while
you're doing your hair . . .
. . . playing the hits
while you're spraying your pits . . .

. . . i'm a morning radio listener . . .
. . . at least an hour a day
while i'm getting presentable . . .
. . . usually country music . . .
. . . but pre-thanksgiving
through december . . .
. . . it's christmas music 24/7 . . .

. . . and, as you might suspect . . .
. . . i have opinions . . .
. . . some of them
a little grinchy . . .

. . . first of all,
i know there's tons
of great christmas music
out there . . .
. . . why, then, do they play
the same stuff
over and over and over and over? . . .
. . . case in point . . .
. . . "last christmas,
i gave you my heart . . .
. . . but the very next day
you gave it away" . . .
. . . blah, blah, blah . . .
. . . wham! no thanks . . .


. . . also not a big fan of paul's
"simply having
a wonderful christmastime" . . .


. . . and my all time unfavorite
begins with creepy whispering . . .
. . . "happy christmas yoko.
happy christmas julian" . . .
. . . just ~ ~ ~ no . . .
. . . no beatles at christmas . . .

. . . also on the naughty/
drives me crazy list . . .
. . . christmas canon . . .

. . . "onthisnightonthisnight
onthisverychristmasnight
onthisnightonthisnight
onthisverychristmasnight" . . .
. . . ad nauseum . . .

. . . then there's
the "o holy night" battle . . .
. . . i'm basically anti-celine . . .
. . . so there's that . . .

. . . i know there are
tons of josh lovers
out there . . .

. . . but i have to give the win
to michael crawford . . .
. . . that last note . . .
. . . he holds it
through all those modulations . . .
. . . reminds me of phantom's
"music of the night"
every time . . .
. . . yes, please . . .

. . . and extra points today to david . . .


. . . good for him . . .
. . . this decision
couldn't have been easy . . .



. . . this michael made
my favorites list . . .
. . . may i say that
the puppini sisters
are just adorable . . .
. . . and though
i usually change the station
when shania twain comes on,
her duet on "white christmas"
is yodelightful . . .
{the international section at the end of the cd,
i can take it or leave it ~ mostly leave it}


. . . harry's been
on the nice list
for years . . .
. . . love the big band sound,
his sassy attitude,
and his frank-ish voice . . .

. . . chicago holds
a place in my heart . . .
. . . mostly from
the saturday night dances
of my youth . . .
. . . but i do love
a fabulous brass section . . .

. . . i used to think
this james taylor album ~
originally distributed
exclusively by hallmark
~ was my favorite . . .

. . . that was until
this one was released . . .
. . . "in the bleak midwinter"
brings tears to my eyes
every time i listen . . .
. . . truly lovely . . .



. . . so all in all ~
some yays and some boos . . .
. . . and yet
nothing sounded as lovely
as the children's choir
my granddaughters sang in
on sunday evening . . .
. . . hearing their angelic voices
and watching them sign
the lyrics of
was the best gift . . .
. . . i was one proud grammy . . .
. . . it was music to my ears . . .

. . . what's your favorite? . . .


2 comments:

Shellene said...

so proud of you david archuleta. with your beautiful voice and your humble spirit, your message will resonate far and wide. way to go.

p.s. one more request steph - if i go in december...you must play christmas music at my funeral. that goes for november through january...or how liberal you'd like to get with that assignment! and i concur with the one's you dislike...they can stay off the program.

Panda said...

I totally agree with your hate list...I could have written that. AND I love the mission announcement from little "Archie"...he is adorable...and one of my fav Christmas cd's. Merry Christmas to you and your fam!