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Wow! What a Busy First-Round Week!
SO many great suggestions, and some pretty spirited competition in Round 1 of the Great Christmas Song Bake-Off!
Oh, wait, sorry.
Technically, there are no baked goods involved.
No – really, it’s fine.
If anyone needs me, I’ll be at the parking garage vending machine, trying to decide between the month-old Fritos, or a questionable-looking pack of Twizzlers.
Sorry, Gary. Maybe if someone wants to send some cookies…
Sweet treats aside, it’s time for Round 2!
The category this time is Christmas songs by more contemporary singers. Yes, we can go back to the 70’s and 80’s, but we’re moving away from the crooners to the rockers and beyond. They can be originals or covers, and the same song can be nominated by more than one performer.
For this round let’s stick with fairly well known songs and singers. ** Hang on to those obscure songs that you love for next week.**
The format will be the same as last week, a few days for nominations, then a few days for voting. Final results will be revealed on Friday!
My personal nominations are:
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
– John Lennon and Yoko Ono
and The Plastic Ono Band
with the Harlem Community Choir
Father Christmas
– The Kinks
Some Housekeeping:
The following were nominated last week, but held over for this category:
- Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney
- All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
- Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) – The Ramones
- Christmas In Hollis – Run-D.M.C.
Defend and tout your selections in the comments below!
And don’t forget:
We’ll have a little “Reveal Party”
on Saturday Night, December 7!
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Sorry I missed it, I thought it was later.
Me too. Missed it by half an hour.
We’ll be doing it again after Round 3. “See” you there!
“It’s Christmas time in Hollis, Queens
Mom’s cooking chicken and collard greens
Rice and stuffing, macaroni and cheese
And Santa put gifts under Christmas trees”
All and all, a pretty solid Top 5 there, folks!
Link. I don’t know if you’re reading this but somehow my response to you on
what makes Prog Prog? got deleted and I was directed to this site.
For what it’s worth, my father loved the Europeans but had a soft spot for the Russians. He had over a hundred albums but they were all on the 77 spectrum (as opposed to 331/2 and 45 ) so they were deemed a disposable
item when he passed.
Our favorite was “Peter and the Wolf”