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Speaking of bad Christmas albums....
Johnny Cash's one is abysmal...worst thing he ever did and I'm a fan,
I'm dreading a Nick Cave or Paul Weller in the future
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25-11-2014, 12:50
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I like the crooners (Perry Como, Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole) singing Christmas songs, like It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, On the Street Where You Live, Let it Snow and White Christmas. I can listen to them in the summer. Nat is my favourite. I'm a bit surprised that Johnny Cash's album is bad, as I like his gospel albums.
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Big Ears Wrote:I like the crooners (Perry Como, Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole) singing Christmas songs, like It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, On the Street Where You Live, Let it Snow and White Christmas. I can listen to them in the summer. Nat is my favourite. I'm a bit surprised that Johnny Cash's album is bad, as I like his gospel albums. agreed
crooners for me
favorite Christmas song of all time is The Christmas Song
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believe me Big Ears....the JC christmas album is unlistenable, but like you said...love his Gospel material though.
Elvis Presley...made great Christmas songs also,be it hymns,traditional or newly written tracks written for him...his Gospel music is brilliant also.
during his lifetime,Elvis only recieved three Grammy's....all for his "spiritual/gospel" material no less!
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Big Ears Wrote:I like the crooners (Perry Como, Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole) singing Christmas songs, like It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, On the Street Where You Live, Let it Snow and White Christmas. I can listen to them in the summer. Nat is my favourite. I'm a bit surprised that Johnny Cash's album is bad, as I like his gospel albums.
on or around December 1st i usually start a thread called "favourite/best Christmas songs" each year...
so Big Ears,
when i start it in three or four days time...feel free to add your favourites, or ones you think we might not know but should know!
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I'll keep clear of the Cash Christmas album. As for the Christmas list, I've got a few favourites when the time comes.
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Hey Big Ears, what is the story behind this?..." who achieved some notoriety by touring as the bogus Fleetwood Mac"
Big Ears Wrote:It is surprising who has released a Christmas album. Even Billy Idol and Glenn Hughes have recorded them. In Glenn Hughes' case, it is one of his worst albums.
I am listening to Forget the Past by Stretch, who achieved some notoriety by touring as the bogus Fleetwood Mac and were famous for the funky hit single Why Did You Do It? Forget the Past was recorded without original lead singer Elmer Gantry and it was their last before they split. Lead guitarist Kirby Gregory was a member of Curved Air, to whom he has recently returned.
In the mid-seventies, Stretch seemed destined for fame with positive reviews and a hit single. Their albums were all good quality, but they were killed off by what journalist Chris Welch called the 'horrors' of punk, disco, rap and dance music. I recommend them to anyone who likes blues rock or boogie, like that of Status Quo, Foghat, Climax Blues Band or Wishbone Ash.
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This has been a family favourite for years! Christmas Portrait ...the out of this world voice of Karen Carpenter! Here's a fairly unknown track...
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I just love Karen!! Christmas Portrait is my favorite Christmas albumn  mile:
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SteveO Wrote:Hey Big Ears, what is the story behind this?..."who achieved some notoriety by touring as the bogus Fleetwood Mac"
The band was assembled by Mick Fleetwood and the Fleetwood Mac manager in order to fulfill touring comitments in America. Typical of him, Fleetwood claimed he would join them later, but, when it was clear to audiences this was not the real band, he announced he had never heard of them. Hence, the later song title, 'Why Did You Do It?'
The core of the touring band was Elmer Gantry on vocals, Kirby Gregory (from Curved Air) on guitar and Paul Martinez on bass, along with keyboard player John Wilkinson and drummer John Collinge. Afterwards, they sacked Martinez, who went on to play bass for Robert Plant and Led Zeppelin at Live Aid. They had various drummers, the best of these (imo) was Jeff Rich, who later joined Status Quo. After this inauspicious start, Why Did You Do It? was a hit single and Stretch got good reviews for their first album, Elastique, in the music press. Their second album You Can't Beat Your Brain for Entertainment was brilliant, but a follow-up single elluded them and the album was ignored. It included an excellent version of You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover.
Stretch soldiered on through the seventies, even without the distinctive voice of Gantry, but eventually faded away. There are some bands who should have been big but it never worked out for them, like Captain Beyond, Budgie, Gamma . . . and Stretch! Especially when there are performers who achieve fame and fortune without any musical talent whatsoever.
One of the early Stretch drummers was Nicko McBrain from The Pat Travers Band, who went on to commercial success with Iron Maiden. He seems to have had a charmed life.
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