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    08/26/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    I will say that I tear up a little listening to Sufjan Stevens' 5-EP Christmas release, and not for the same reason I cry listening to Manheim Steamroller.
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    08/15/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    An ailing little part of my soul finally died when Hall and Oates did theirs. Still too early to tell, but J-Stache might begin to make up for it.
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    08/07/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    Our family Xmas album tradition centered around singing AND miming along with The Living Voices - The Little Drummer Boy.
    http://hif-fi-holiday.blogspot.com/2006/12/little-drummer-boy-living-voices.html
    You just haven't seen funny 'til you've seen two of my five sisters dance like a toy soldier and mime the high notes on Silver Bells!
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    08/07/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    Hello, are we all forgetting the pure joy and good of Mariah Carey's Christmas album?
    It's not Christmas without that playing on a loop in my house.
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    08/06/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    goes without saying, no song on dylan's album will approach this. let's have a patrick swayze christmas, one and all.
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    08/06/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    No, no, no. The best Christmas song ever is "Christmas in Hollis" by Run DMC.
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    08/06/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    Two women beaters in one studio? Hope a bomb falls on it.
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    08/06/09

    @BookishLookish: No matter what kind of bomb and the velocity, Jackson Browne will escape unscathed and still wearing that silly haircut.
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    08/06/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    We put on Barbra Streisand's Christmas album every year after Thanksgiving dinner.
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    08/06/09

    @maevemealone: It's not a very Jewish Christmas until you listen to Babs, Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow sing your favorite carols.
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    08/07/09

    @friend_of_a_friend:
    Neil Diamond is the best though -- he's always so completely devoid of irony, you can't listen without wanting to give him a hug and a dreidel.
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    08/07/09

    @friend_of_a_friend:
    Neil Diamond is the best though -- he's always so completely devoid of irony, you can't listen without wanting to give him a hug and a dreidel.
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    08/06/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    This seems more like shameless profiteering than regrettable career move. Now, his Victoria's Secret ad, that's another matter. (Although, really, if you were 60+ and some guys said they were going to give you a shit-ton of money for standing around leering at nearly naked supermodels for a couple hours, who on earth could say no to that?)
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    08/06/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    Ah, the "regrettable stage" -- the #1 records, the sold-out world tours, and a critical consensus you've released 2 or 3 masterpieces in the last decade. But like the book says: "As great as you are, man, you'll never be greater than yourself."
    As for Christmas thing, if it turns out to be for real, I'm hopeful. I'm a sucker for Christmas music, and there are precedents for top-drawer work in the genre from folks like Johnny Cash, Elvis, Belle & Sebastian, Low, John Denver & the Muppets -- I'm sure there are more I'm not thinking of...
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    08/06/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    "His career trajectory does seem about at that regrettable stage."
    What stage might that be? A string of critically-lauded and well-selling albums? Sold out tours? General acclaim as one of the giants of post-war music in the Western world?
    What's regrettable is that musicians feel able to record Noel ditties at any point in their career.
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    08/06/09

    @m-j: you beat me. i should've refreshed the screen before i posted.
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    08/06/09

    @m-j: The stage where they make Xmas reords, of course.
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    08/06/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    Oy, Mr. Zimmerman, how the mighty have fallen.
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    08/06/09

    In reply to When Good Musicians Record Terrible Christmas Albums
    Slade, one of the best Xmas songs. However, few Americans know of this song.
    (or of Wizzard - [www.youtube.com])
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    08/06/09

    @Scotland: Ah yes! I listen to this every time I have the outerspace leprechauns over for xmas dinner!
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    08/06/09

    @maevemealone: Best Xmas song is "2000 Miles" by the Pretenders. Next best is "I Saw Mommy Blowing Santa Claus."
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