Strange Fruitcake, possibly.
On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
