tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post3636926421178644692..comments2024-03-28T19:42:09.480-04:00Comments on The Shellackophile: Roll Over "Holly Jolly Christmas"!Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501152469280142504noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-9326863058017632152014-12-10T14:23:07.046-05:002014-12-10T14:23:07.046-05:00De gustibus indeed. I actually still enjoy the &q...De gustibus indeed. I actually still enjoy the "Rudolph" special, and the other songs in it (especially "Silver and Gold"), but "Holly Jolly" has become about as appealing to my adult sensibilities as Barney the Purple Dinosaur. Must admit I prefer "All I Want..." in the Homer & Jethro version ("All I Want For Christmas Is My Upper Plate")!Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501152469280142504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-60031315894564344472014-12-10T07:27:16.502-05:002014-12-10T07:27:16.502-05:00Awww ... If you want to be a musical snob, there a...Awww ... If you want to be a musical snob, there are much better targets than the innocuous "Holly Jolly Christmas." In fact it's perfectly possible for those of us who grew up with the Rankin-Bass Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Christmas special to be fond of BOTH Holly Jolly Christmas AND Burl Ives' earlier folk song recordings. (One of my favorite albums when I was a kid was Burl Ives Sings for Fun on Decca. I loved "The Fox" and "Three Jolly Huntsmen," and his spooky performance "My Good Old Man" really creeped me out as a seven-year old!) <br /><br />On the other hand, the excruciating winsome "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth," which you inexplicably single out for praise, is one of my top half-dozen most hated Christmas songs. De gustibus, I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-86484923035863351432014-12-08T10:51:24.423-05:002014-12-08T10:51:24.423-05:00Buster, I'm so glad to know I'm not the on...Buster, I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one who feels that way about "Holly Jolly"!Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501152469280142504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-51818209215295412592014-12-07T22:11:09.512-05:002014-12-07T22:11:09.512-05:00Thanks, Bryan - "Holly Jolly Christmas" ...Thanks, Bryan - "Holly Jolly Christmas" is an abomination, and it was not the only one in his 60s discography. There were such treacly tunes as "Little Bitty Tear" and "My Funny Way of Laughing". Ah, well - I was very fond of his earliest hits when I was a toddler, and still enjoy the recordings he made early in his career.Busterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918896767504950096noreply@blogger.com