Christmas Music
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Saturday, December 10 2005 20:38
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Seeing as it's December and all, I was wondering what kinds of Christmas music people here prefer. I have a preference for medieval carols, in Latin, French, or German, with particular favorites being "Personent Hodie," ""Il est ne, le divin Enfant," "Quem pastores laudavere," "Riu, riu, chiu," and "Gaudete!" I also like traditional Christmas carols of all varieties played on Celtic instruments with no vocal accompaniment. The hammered dulcimer is another wonderful instrument for playing Christmas music. I listen to virtually no "modern" Christmas music, i.e., anything created after 1900 or so. Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Saturday, December 10 2005 21:00
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Christmas would make me a perennial jew if I weren't already an atheist. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, December 10 2005 21:03
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That was irrelevant, TM. Now for my own irrelevant statement, since I am a Jew, I don't care about christmas. -------------------- ??? ?????? ???? ????? Posts: 883 | Registered: Wednesday, October 19 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, December 10 2005 21:48
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Satirical/sarcastic/comical songs are the best... "Christmas at Ground Zero" comes to mind. Traditional carols are either beautiful or boring. 'Nuff said. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, December 10 2005 21:55
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I like the Crazy Frog Christmas song. [ Saturday, December 10, 2005 21:55: Message edited by: Spring ] -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Saturday, December 10 2005 21:58
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God. I've never heard that and even that is too much. I'm a big fan of traditional as well, but some modern musicians manage really good rock versions of the classics, and I can't get enough of those. Of course, most rock versions suck. It's a vicious cycle. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon Polaris = joy. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, December 10 2005 22:08
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I hate that frog so much. I fail to see how that rubbish can be even classified as music, and not aimless noise. Posts: 776 | Registered: Friday, July 4 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 00:06
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Personent Hodie, Est Ist Ein Rose, and other assorted early music pieces. If I can't really get into the whole savior's birth thing I might as well enjoy good music. —Alorael, who actually isn't quite sure that Est Ist Ein Rose is Christmas music. It always shows up at Christmas and it's beautiful, though, so he'll go with it. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 00:14
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quote:Let's not bring that demon-spawned frog into the conversation, please! -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 04:49
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I like the Christmas carols by P. D. Q. Bach. :D Other than that, right now they're all annoying me because I have been forced to listen to them every morning as the chamber chorus had a concert with the Baltimore Symphony and then they all got stuck in my head. :mad: -------------------- Do not underestimate the power of the mechanical pencil. Join the Dark side. We have cookies. Played in: Fiddler on the Roof Bye Bye Birdie "Hey, Patrick, feel this random pipe. It's squishy"-Nils Posts: 834 | Registered: Thursday, July 8 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 08:21
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TM, Christmas is not the topic here. For the record, I don't think highly of organized religion. That doesn't stop me from liking Christmas Carols and other church/choral music - I'm a big fan of Mozart's Requiem, for instance. Unfortunately, since I graduated high school I haven't joined a choir again, which means I haven't had the opportunity to sing a lot of anything, especially christmas songs. In the last year of school, when our old choral director went back to New Jersey (the best choral director I have known in my life, incidentally), she was succeeded by another director who was also competent, but didn't share my taste in "non-modern" music, so it wasn't that nice anymore. Gaudate is one of my favorite christmas songs as well. [ Sunday, December 11, 2005 08:21: Message edited by: An array cat ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 10:08
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Probably "Let it Snow" and "Winter Wonderland." -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 11:01
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Although I couldn't care less about Christmas myself, some Christmas songs are halfway decent. "O Holy Night" is a favorite of mine, as is John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)." Actually, Paul's "Wonderful Christmas Time" isn't bad, either. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 12:31
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I'd have to say anything that's jazz, jazz is the only way to go. Other than that I'd say Jingle Bell Rock. -------------------- Constitutional monarchies are the in monarchies. Posts: 1186 | Registered: Friday, June 18 2004 07:00 |
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Master
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 12:51
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O Little Town of Bethlehem. :P Or whatever there is. I've never heard any "bad" Christmas music. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 13:36
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I hate most Christmas music. A lot. There are a few exceptions, though. Relient K did an excellent Christmas album... Santa Claus Is Thumbing To Town and I Celebrate The Day are the highlight tracks for me. -------------------- SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Post Navel Trauma ^_^
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 13:53
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http://www.cthulhulives.org/Solstice/ -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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By Committee
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written Sunday, December 11 2005 16:58
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Handel's Messiah. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, December 12 2005 07:04
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quote:I really need to check that out when I get home. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Monday, December 12 2005 11:12
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quote:What do you define exactly as bad Christmas music? -------------------- You know, why the Sliths are green - because of their scales. Maybe you know why some slith eyes were once red - ´cause the demons, which led them were red. But why are the eyes of the Slith Lord Followers red? Because they see the remains of their enemies always before the battle begins! Posts: 179 | Registered: Friday, November 25 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, December 13 2005 12:48
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"Thank God It's Christmas" by Queen. :D -------------------- And everybody say....Yatta! Posts: 1287 | Registered: Thursday, August 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, December 13 2005 20:19
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quote: quote: quote:It was a joke. EDIT: Fixed the quote. [/quote] [ Tuesday, December 13, 2005 20:23: Message edited by: Spring ] -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, December 14 2005 16:46
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Carol of the Bells Posts: 484 | Registered: Monday, May 27 2002 07:00 |