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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #45 on: December 23, 2010, 10:36:52 AM »
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #46 on: December 23, 2010, 10:37:02 AM »
Quote from: urth on December 23, 2010, 10:29:00 AM
Quote from: Swellegant on December 23, 2010, 10:23:51 AM
Ok that cat poem was, um, disturbing.

Yeah, more than a little self-serving. And what did it have to do with Christmas again?

yeah, he lost me at "poop"

The David Bowie/Bing Crosby thing is always welcome, but I would have liked that setup intro dialog they do, too.

Love the Greg Lake I Believe in Father Christmas, but it's not necessarily a feel-good sing-along carol, innit?
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #47 on: December 23, 2010, 10:38:44 AM »
BOS John and Yoko!

Gotta get in the car myself and scoot. 

Later, Y'all!
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #48 on: December 23, 2010, 10:39:00 AM »
Quote from: ggould on December 23, 2010, 10:30:20 AM
speaking of cheese...

The guy at RCA who suggested "why don't we put that silly little Bowie/Crosby duet out as a single. Maybe it'll sell a couple copies" musta got a big bonus.

BOS5 Greg Lake. The Congress Christmas we get we deserve.
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #49 on: December 23, 2010, 10:39:06 AM »
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on December 23, 2010, 10:37:02 AM

The David Bowie/Bing Crosby thing is always welcome, but I would have liked that setup intro dialog they do, too.

in that case you really got to check out the YouTube link I just posted.  John C. Reilly is Bing & Will Ferrell is Bowie, and they totally nail it...and you gotta stay with it to the very end.
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #50 on: December 23, 2010, 10:39:56 AM »
This is an awful thingfor me to say, but "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" gets WOS for being a holiday Katrina.
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #51 on: December 23, 2010, 10:42:24 AM »
BOS John, Yoko and the Harlem Community Choir.
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #52 on: December 23, 2010, 10:42:39 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on December 23, 2010, 10:39:56 AM
This is an awful thingfor me to say, but "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" gets WOS for being a holiday Katrina.

You're right -- that *is* an awful thing to say.   ;)  But half this set was XmasTrinas. At least we avoided "Feliz Navidad".
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #53 on: December 23, 2010, 10:43:27 AM »
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on December 23, 2010, 10:37:02 AM

Love the Greg Lake I Believe in Father Christmas, but it's not necessarily a feel-good sing-along carol, innit?

in which case you probably wouldn't welcome Tull's "A Christmas Song" or the Kinks' "Father Christmas" either...

..but I would.
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #54 on: December 23, 2010, 10:44:52 AM »
Quote from: mshray on December 23, 2010, 10:43:27 AM
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on December 23, 2010, 10:37:02 AM

Love the Greg Lake I Believe in Father Christmas, but it's not necessarily a feel-good sing-along carol, innit?

in which case you probably wouldn't welcome Tull's "A Christmas Song" or the Kinks' "Father Christmas" either...

..but I would.

Right there with ya.  Cheers.
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #55 on: December 23, 2010, 10:49:28 AM »
Quote from: urth on December 23, 2010, 10:34:02 AM
Has AL played Lennon's Happy Xmas (War is Over) in either of the preceding holiday sets?

Ah, I thought not.

Gaz, I agree that HX(WiO) def. falls into the Katrina category by any definition. But I think certain songs are ones need to be heard, they're a touchstone of the holidays, and hearing them triggers a dose of seasonal sentiment, at least in me.
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #56 on: December 23, 2010, 10:50:31 AM »
BTW, just heard from the Princess of Cairo -- she's in Memphis, as it turns out, but will be in SF for New Years.

And I must say this is my first Xmas in a number of years without KPIG, which is usually a lot of fun at the holidays -- they are missed.
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #57 on: December 23, 2010, 10:58:45 AM »
Quote from: mshray on December 23, 2010, 10:43:27 AM
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on December 23, 2010, 10:37:02 AM

Love the Greg Lake I Believe in Father Christmas, but it's not necessarily a feel-good sing-along carol, innit?

in which case you probably wouldn't welcome Tull's "A Christmas Song" or the Kinks' "Father Christmas" either...

..but I would.

no, I do like them a lot, in fact.   (Kinks can do no wrong, in any case)

I was just commenting on the tone of "I Believe in Father Christmas" -- in the middle of all this "passing around the coffee and the pumpkin pie" we get with the super-sweet traditional songs, we get hit with this powerful message about lost innocence and the commercialization.  It completely fits and deserves to be heard, just as "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" needs to be heard over and over (as urth points out). 

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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #58 on: December 23, 2010, 11:04:53 AM »
Happy holidays to all of you. You mean a lot to me! I listened to the set but just got to the computer. I hope we have the chance to get together next week. Maybe SF on Thursday?

I am jetting up to SF momentarily. Hopefully lunch at Public House and shopping at Dugout store.  :D
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Re: 23 Dec 2010: it's the Annual 10@10 Foghead Xmas Card
« Reply #59 on: December 23, 2010, 11:30:59 AM »
Thurs in SF would be perfect for me too, I'm in the City that day.
Merry Christmas, everyone!  Don't forget yo' Hot Sweet Cocoa:
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