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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 22, 2022 10:07:40 GMT -5
I am listening to Christmas songs on the radio and listened to Mariah Carey’s “ All I want for Christmas is you”. It’s a classic that’s played every year and most of the other Classic songs are 50-80 years old. I was wondering what songs have been recorded fairly recently and have entered the Classic category?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2022 10:58:00 GMT -5
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 22, 2022 11:33:07 GMT -5
I’m saying that there ARE new classics.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 22, 2022 11:35:03 GMT -5
I am listening to Christmas songs on the radio and listened to Mariah Carey’s “ All I want for Christmas is you”. It’s a classic that’s played every year and most of the other Classic songs are 50-80 years old. I was wondering what songs have been recorded fairly recently and have entered the Classic category? Hard, hard question, as I'm an absolute snob when it comes to Christmas music!  Anything written in the past two score years or so I don't even view as a proper Christmas song, let alone a classic! Until they have truly proven their lasting power over the course of at least several decades, I consider things like All I want for Christmas is you or Wonderful Christmastime to be mere pop songs that happen to mention Christmas.
Jingle Bell rock is still borderline, although I expect it will indeed stick around (and I'm rooting for Christmas Eve/Sarajevo, because it's like the soundtrack to a Santa/Krampus boxing match!) |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 22, 2022 11:55:54 GMT -5
The song “Believe” from the movie “Polar Express “ was 2004.
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Post by Hoosier X on Nov 22, 2022 13:11:00 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 22, 2022 13:50:03 GMT -5
That's an oldie...  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 22, 2022 13:57:07 GMT -5
I remember when "The Little Drummer Boy" was considered a new Christmas song, back in the early 60s.
I'm guessing the Bowie-Crosby duet that incorporates "Drummer Boy" is no longer exactly a new song, either.
But here's the world's most beautiful new Christmas song by far...
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Post by Crimebuster on Nov 22, 2022 15:07:44 GMT -5
The song “Believe” from the movie “Polar Express “ was 2004. I don't think I've ever even heard this one so for me, classic is a stretch. I do think it just takes time. We'll know 20 years from now which songs from the 00's are still being played. But until songs have been embraced by multiple generations, it's too soon to know if they will stick around. There are some songs from the 80s which I think are close now, but will they still be played when my generation of 80s kids aren't around to play them? A lot of Christmas classics are 40s and 50s "pop" tunes that my grandparents' generation played and my parents' generation then heard as kids, associated the songs with Christmas, and kept alive as their own tradition. But there are plenty of other novelty Christmas songs form the time n=that never caught on, or were dropped over the years. For 80s songs, Wham's "Last Christmas," "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses, and "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" are all songs that I think are approaching classic status. But I don't know if my nephew cares about those, for instance. We'll see, I guess. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 22, 2022 15:08:38 GMT -5
Fairy Tale of New York?
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Post by Crimebuster on Nov 22, 2022 15:09:41 GMT -5
I remember when "The Little Drummer Boy" was considered a new Christmas song, back in the early 60s. I'm guessing the Bowie-Crosby duet that incorporates "Drummer Boy" is no longer exactly a new song, either. But here's the world's most beautiful new Christmas song by far... Insulin hits and barf bags available as you leave. Also a chiropractor if you need to be remanipulated. Least classic Christmas songs could be a whole different thread. "Baby's First Christmas" is top of the list for me. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 22, 2022 15:29:48 GMT -5
Maybe this. I'll at least listen to it. And I HATE Christmas music. My answer is pretty much anything from the Soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas. Which is the only Christmas music I actually listen to. |
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Post by foxley on Nov 22, 2022 15:44:44 GMT -5
To my mind, either The Pogues' 'Fairytale of New York' (already mentioned) which came out in 1987, or Paul Kelly's 'How to Make Gravy' which came out in 1996. I don't know how well known it is in the rest of the world, but it gets a lot of airplay in Australia every Christmas as it is a distinctly Australian Christmas song and not at all saccharine.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2022 15:59:12 GMT -5
I remember when "The Little Drummer Boy" was considered a new Christmas song, back in the early 60s. I'm guessing the Bowie-Crosby duet that incorporates "Drummer Boy" is no longer exactly a new song, either. But here's the world's most beautiful new Christmas song by far... Insulin hits and barf bags available as you leave. Also a chiropractor if you need to be remanipulated. There's no denying the cloyingness of it, but that's only indirectly related to how offensive this song is. The sick priorities of the kid and his family, and the self-centeredness of the POV character, are disturbing. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 22, 2022 16:25:05 GMT -5
I remember when "The Little Drummer Boy" was considered a new Christmas song, back in the early 60s. I'm guessing the Bowie-Crosby duet that incorporates "Drummer Boy" is no longer exactly a new song, either. But here's the world's most beautiful new Christmas song by far... Insulin hits and barf bags available as you leave. Also a chiropractor if you need to be remanipulated. There's no denying the cloyingness of it, but that's only indirectly related to how offensive this song is. The sick priorities of the kid and his family, and the self-centeredness of the POV character, are disturbing. Exactly. What's worse, many people (in The Upside Down, I'm guessing) love it. |
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