Flashback Friday – the Holiday Mix


At least it’s not ‘We Are the World”…

Shout out MPS!
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This entry was posted on Friday, December 18th, 2009 at 7:53 pm by Tengrain and is filed under Flashback Friday. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

14 Responses to “Flashback Friday – the Holiday Mix”

  1. Pissed in NYC: December 18th, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    Yep, we’re twins. Hated #3. Do they know it’s xmas? Well, they are starving but have to put up with religious assholes who make them pray before they eat, so yeah, I think they can’t help but know that it’s xmas.

  2. Elspeth Ravenwind: December 18th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    I saw “Do They Know it’s Xmas” as the ‘xmas’ being a more secular thing. More of a ‘let’s share our abundance and help those people in what is supposed to be a festive time’…and I’m VERY much a Witch, but those voices from the 80s and I remember hearing it and going ‘teh silleh’ over the singers. :) I still love that song…reminds me of a time where life was embarrassingly easy for me (no bills, no 8-5 job, no debts, just babysitting to get the next Duran Duran album or an outfit at Contempo…memories).

  3. Elspeth Ravenwind: December 18th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    And if you hate it, why post it?

  4. Tengrain: December 18th, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    Elspeth -

    I post a lot of things for other people to enjoy; it’s not all about me. I am a self-less misanthrope.

    heheheheh,

    Regards,

    Tengrain

  5. tommyspoon: December 18th, 2009 at 11:41 pm

    Sorry to part ways with you ‘Grain, but I love #3 more than the American counterpart!

  6. darkblack: December 18th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    You posted it then, you still posted it.

    ;>)

  7. Lsamsa: December 19th, 2009 at 2:45 am

    tommyspoon…I do agree with you. I did like the U.K. charity single much more than the U.S. one, ‘We are the World’.
    I guess though, that I am a really biased Canuck & I do like the Canadian single the best…’Tears Are Not Enough’. No where nearly as polished as the other two, but my favourite nonetheless.

  8. Tengrain: December 19th, 2009 at 9:36 am

    Lsamsa & ‘Spoon -

    Yes, compared to the US one, this is solid gold.

    Regards,

    Tengrain

  9. retzilian: December 19th, 2009 at 11:01 am

    A fun Christmas album that is not too well-known but is rather good is by a fake group called “The December People” and the CD is “Sounds Like Christmas.” It’s basically a spoof of famous rock bands’ styles to traditional Christmas carols. At first, it’s a little strange, but once you get the idea, it’s rather amusing.

  10. Sunshine: December 19th, 2009 at 11:18 am

    The Canadian one was my favourite one as well.
    ((Hugs))
    Laura

  11. Capt. Bat Guano: December 19th, 2009 at 11:18 am

    Why, Why Tengrain, Why?

  12. Tex Roller Derby Queen: December 19th, 2009 at 11:57 am

    That I can tell you in one word!

  13. Mountjoy, who else?: December 19th, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    “Do They Know It’s Christmas” is the seed Tengrain… the song, like most Christmas songs, is pap, but the sory of Midge Ure (Ultravox) cold calling so many ego-driven talents and not even knowing who would show up on the day is a great story (there’s a documentary that gets run on TV every few years around this time about it).

    Like Elspeth, it’s a guilty pleasure for me to remember back to 1984 and how life was so much simpler.

  14. Tengrain: December 19th, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    I was talking about this today at lunch, and I was informed of much the same thing, and then I was reminded that the one I hated was actually, “We Are the World.” That song was ghastly.

    All of those songs came out at about the same time, so my regrets to all the Scissorheads. I was mistaken.

    Regards,

    Tengrain