Not convinced that people who buy it or give it airplay it at Christmas have really thought about the words and the subtext. What next, Strange Fruit?
B > On 18 Dec 2016, at 20:50, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I hate to fully deflate your sails since you have a good wind up, but > I suggest you read the Wikipedia article on Hallelujah. There's a well > established tradition of folks recording Xmas covers of it and it > being programmed as an Xmas song. The very recent cover by a group > called Pentatonix is a case in point. > > Pentatonix: hey, almost on-topic there. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pentatonix_Christmas > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song) > > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 2:26 PM, P. J. Alling > <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Is that nobody cares enough, or maybe at all... >> >> What I mean is, well I was listening to the local programmed FM station, you >> know the kind, no local DJ all music piped in from one source for a national >> chain, etc., etc., but... Right now it's playing all Christmas music, all >> the time. Since no one else local is doing it I tune in now and then to >> get a taste of the season. Well in the middle of a set they play >> Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, and I couldn't stop laughing... >> >> After my mirth subsided I thought about this for a while, "What Kind of >> Idiot would allow this to get on the air as a "Christmas" song." >> >> I don't mean what kind of bored underpaid employee would put it into the >> compilation, that answer I know. No what supervisor wouldn't put the kibosh >> on it. I mean really some people will be offended, even those who get the >> joke and like Cohen's music might not like it as part of their Christmas >> mix. >> >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
