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RGMike

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Fri Dec 23rd -- 1974
« on: December 23, 2005, 10:05:11 AM »
Welcome to the new Rankin/Bass special, The Year Without a 10@10 Xmas Card...
You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round

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Re: Fri Dec 23rd -- 1974
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2005, 10:05:49 AM »
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Welcome to the new Rankin/Bass special, The Year Without a 10@10 Xmas Card...


It's a Fagen Family Christmas, starring Adolf Hitler as "Grampa"!
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2005, 10:06:46 AM »
And it still blows my mind that this was NRBQ's only charting single.
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2005, 10:08:10 AM »
Well, now I feel no guilt about bailing early... '74 sets rule, but I've got a date with King Kong.

Merry Happy and Happy Merry, y'all!
You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round

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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2005, 10:10:23 AM »
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And it still blows my mind that this was NRBQ's only charting single.


Novelty will out.
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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2005, 10:12:50 AM »
Don't stand in the way of LOVE!

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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2005, 10:12:50 AM »
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Well, now I feel no guilt about bailing early... '74 sets rule, but I've got a date with King Kong.

Merry Happy and Happy Merry, y'all!


"And the thing is, I just want to say Merry Christmas to you all!  And, uh, a Happy New Year!  Ohh!"
  -- Tiny Tim, on the Beatles' 1968 holiday card
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2005, 10:15:35 AM »
Take me to the River.

sounding soooo good. Horns are fab.
Sharks bleed teal.

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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2005, 10:17:19 AM »
I still haven't heard my Waitresses this year & now it seem s like I won't.

But Robin Trower made my day.
"Music is the Earth, People are the Flowers, and I am the Hose."

--Carlos Santana, 2010

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« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2005, 10:18:20 AM »
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
TO ONE AND ALL!
Sharks bleed teal.

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« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2005, 10:20:28 AM »
[old fart]
It seems like this is where he started getting silly.  Remember the video?
[/old fart]
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Stone Cold BOS
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2005, 10:23:56 AM »
William DeVaughn "Be Thankful for What You Got"

Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin' the scene with the gangster lean
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« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2005, 10:24:28 AM »
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[old fart]
It seems like this is where he started getting silly.  Remember the video?
[/old fart]


"Heroes" was actually  '77, as was the Rev. Al, right?
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2005, 10:26:23 AM »
BOS #2 Stealer's Wheel "Star".  Great harmonies.
"Music is the Earth, People are the Flowers, and I am the Hose."

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« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2005, 10:26:53 AM »
Ho-Ho-Ho! Merry Christian Appropriation of Saturnalia, kids!
nakes? On my plane?