Topic: A Sincere Merry Christmas (Read 14015 times)

nimrod · « **Reply #120 on:** December 24, 2022, 01:09:43 PM »

Happy Christmas everyone

Dmitry · « **Reply #121 on:** December 24, 2022, 01:17:33 PM »

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Moogmodule · « **Reply #122 on:** December 24, 2022, 01:27:40 PM »

Merry Christmas everyone.

In My Life · « **Reply #123 on:** December 24, 2022, 04:22:01 PM »

I hope to come back later on my laptop and watch the videos in this thread but in case I don’t, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, friends! Oh, and Happy Crimble, too!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW6nZyJSERw" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW6nZyJSERw</a>

Normandie · « **Reply #124 on:** December 24, 2022, 04:46:34 PM »

I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #125 on:** December 24, 2022, 08:28:48 PM »

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Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #126 on:** December 24, 2022, 08:34:47 PM »

Silent Night

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcOxCWOVPpI" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcOxCWOVPpI</a>

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #127 on:** December 24, 2022, 08:42:40 PM »

Quote from: Normandie on December 25, 2021, 05:56:04 PM

I am NOT clicking on that, Barry!

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on December 27, 2021, 12:15:32 AM

Up to you, Kathy. But I'll post Last Christmas again next Christmas so you'll have a chance to hear Last Christmas next Christmas and wonder why you didn't listen to Last Christmas this Christmas.

Well, Kathy, as promised last Christmas, I'm posting Last Christmas this Christmas so you'll have the chance to hear Last Christmas this Christmas in case you're wondering why you didn't listen to Last Christmas last Christmas...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGgVbivIbmo" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGgVbivIbmo</a>

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #128 on:** December 24, 2022, 08:59:23 PM »

Ave Maria

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Perry Como What a beautiful voice.

In My Life · « **Reply #129 on:** December 25, 2022, 12:33:54 AM »

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on December 24, 2022, 08:59:23 PM

Ave Maria

Perry Como What a beautiful voice.

Thanks for the reminder, Barry! We always watched the Perry Como specials because the company Dad worked for, GTE Sylvania, sponsored them. I probably wouldn’t have told my friends this but I really enjoyed them. I was thinking about this over the summer and went searching to see if I could find one. Sure enough I did but I wanted to wait for Christmas to watch it. This even has all the 1974 commercials in it.

https://youtu.be/EQpCQnd5VBw

In My Life · « **Reply #130 on:** December 25, 2022, 12:40:06 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on December 25, 2021, 05:56:04 PM

I am NOT clicking on that, Barry!

Kathy, it sounds like you enjoy that song about as much as I do!

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #131 on:** December 25, 2022, 04:01:43 AM »

Quote from: In My Life on December 25, 2022, 12:33:54 AM

Thanks for the reminder, Barry! We always watched the Perry Como specials because the company Dad worked for, GTE Sylvania, sponsored them. I probably wouldn’t have told my friends this but I really enjoyed them. I was thinking about this over the summer and went searching to see if I could find one. Sure enough I did but I wanted to wait for Christmas to watch it. This even has all the 1974 commercials in it.

https://youtu.be/EQpCQnd5VBw

I watched Perry Como's shows regularly, Kelley. His music director, Nick Perito, lived across the street and Perry Como would occasionally drop by to go over arrangements. He was very friendly to us kids.

And as I mentioned, Perry Como had a beautiful voice and sounded great whether he sang solo or with other singers as he did with Karen Carpenter in the Christmas Show you posted.

Perry Como's Latin was perfect in his Ave Maria as was his Aramaic and Hebrew in Kol Nidre...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeIYLGJF0kc" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeIYLGJF0kc</a>

Kol Nidre is recited just before the start of Yom Kippur services as the sun is setting. I've heard Kol Nidre sung by many cantors in my lifetime but Perry Como's Kol Nidre is my favorite.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #132 on:** December 25, 2022, 05:31:58 AM »

Quote from: In My Life on December 25, 2022, 12:40:06 AM

Kathy, it sounds like you enjoy that song about as much as I do!

I don't know why anyone wouldn't enjoy Yoko's rendition of Last Christmas. She really sang her best there and the guitar solo was outstanding.

What about Yoko's latest release for the 2022 Christmas season, All I Want For Christmas Is You...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh6_KUCmrv4" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh6_KUCmrv4</a>

Normandie · « **Reply #133 on:** December 25, 2022, 06:52:18 AM »

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on December 25, 2022, 05:31:58 AM

I don't know why anyone wouldn't enjoy Yoko's rendition of Last Christmas.

Ew. Pass. I don't even like the original version of that song!

Normandie · « **Reply #134 on:** December 25, 2022, 03:04:45 PM »

Perry Como did indeed do a beautiful job with this song.

I have so many favorite renditions of Ave Maria. This one in particular, by Leontyne Price as the soloist, brings me to tears:

https://youtu.be/4RjW6WDx1A0

BUT Andrea Bocelli's version also makes me choke up. I have admired Bocelli since he declined Tom Cruise's request that he sing Ave Maria at Cruise's Scientology marriage to Katie Holmes. Not that I wanted to see Cruise or Holmes be disappointed, and from what I understand Holmes was raised as Roman Catholic. But Ave Maria would not have been appropriate at the ceremony. (Bocelli did sing at the reception, from what I've read.) It's not often you see a Catholic stand up for their faith like that. I'm not trying to ruffle anyone's feathers; I have simply had one too many arguments about how Catholics allegedly "worship" Mary. It gets old—fast.

Anyway. Grab a tissue (Well, I'll be dabbing at my eyes, anyway

):

https://youtu.be/pwp1CH5R-w4

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #135 on:** December 25, 2022, 10:23:27 PM »

^

Good for Andrea Bocelli not singing Ave Maria at Tom Cruise's wedding. It didn't belong there. In my humble opinion, it did belong in the venue where he sang it; in The Colosseum in Rome where so many early Christian martyrs died.

But back to Perry Como and his Christmas Specials for a moment. This was his last Christmas Special recorded live in Dublin. Perry Como was ill with the flu that day. He closed the Christmas Show with Ave Maria as he would always do...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osAe5odNEdA&t=5s" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osAe5odNEdA&t=5s</a>

1:14:25

That's Nick Perito conducting the orchestra. Perry Como apologized to his Dublin audience for a performance he felt was not up to his usual standards.

Normandie · « **Reply #136 on:** December 25, 2022, 10:41:37 PM »

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on December 25, 2022, 10:23:27 PM

Good for Andrea Bocelli not singing Ave Maria at Tom Cruise's wedding. It didn't belong there. In my humble opinion, it did belong in the venue where he sang it; in The Colosseum in Rome where so many early Christian martyrs died.

I couldn't agree more, Barry.

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on December 25, 2022, 10:23:27 PM

Perry Como apologized to his Dublin audience for a performance he felt was not up to his usual standards.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #137 on:** December 26, 2022, 12:01:15 AM »

Little Drummer Boy Harry Simeone Chorale

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The Ed Sullivan Show 20 December 1959

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #138 on:** December 26, 2022, 12:14:48 AM »

Christmas Don't Be Late David Seville and The Chipmunks

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1961

The Chipmunk Song Canned Heat & The Chipmunks

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1968

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #139 on:** December 26, 2022, 04:25:12 AM »

Yoko's cover of Wonderful Christmastime...

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