tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821445767143002065.post5211908359631310619..comments2023-09-07T07:51:16.673-07:00Comments on thunderstrokes: Musical Christmas stockingsKevin Thorsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13558399947728948576noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821445767143002065.post-1757781424916330442012-01-12T13:44:39.555-07:002012-01-12T13:44:39.555-07:00And doesn't the next line "This year, to ...And doesn't the next line "This year, to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special," suggest that the original person wasn't special but he confessed his love anyway? This suggests a masochistic approach to love - he's not deserving of love with a special person and even though he claims to be changing his ways, his new "special" person will ultimately be just like the first person - someone he also thought was "special" enough to receive his heart. A insecure soul doomed to repeat his bad choices.Huttonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821445767143002065.post-58022240108653106702012-01-11T19:25:53.403-07:002012-01-11T19:25:53.403-07:00Hutton - And doesn't that same lyric reveal th...Hutton - And doesn't that same lyric reveal that the singer has some real issues when it comes to selecting potential partners to give his heart to? I mean, really, within 24 hours of receipt, the other person has broken it? This is just a song about bad relationship choices and/or a self-destructive personality. Why do we want to hear this at Christmas?Kevin Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558399947728948576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821445767143002065.post-73365787399362331922012-01-11T17:16:55.663-07:002012-01-11T17:16:55.663-07:00Thinking furhter (and perhaps to much), the song d...Thinking furhter (and perhaps to much), the song doesn't make sense. The lyric "Last Christmas, I gave you my heart and the very next day, you gave it away;" what does that mean? Must we assume he confessed his love to him/her and the next day she said, "you know, Betty/Bob need this more than me, right now so I'll send it on to them?"<br />Again, I'm bored and thinking this out way too much!Huttonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821445767143002065.post-18368464437748339992011-12-24T07:28:15.097-07:002011-12-24T07:28:15.097-07:00Hutton: It seems to be true for your family and o...Hutton: It seems to be true for your family and ours, and it makes me wonder if most families' Christmas music is a blend of the classic and the idiosyncratic. I'd like to think so.<br /><br />As far as "Last Christmas" and Wham! goes, I consider it a cheap shot and a carpetbagger of a Christmas song. The only reason it's gets played during Christmas is because the guy in the song broke up with his (let's assume) girlfriend last year at Christmastime. How lucky for us that it just happened to be the holiday season, when any song with the word 'Christmas' in it gets thrown into the rotation. Blech!Kevin Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558399947728948576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821445767143002065.post-91970272904554440392011-12-21T14:05:38.211-07:002011-12-21T14:05:38.211-07:00Thanks the magic of Itunes, we have been able to p...Thanks the magic of Itunes, we have been able to pick and choose our favorites as well. Most of ours are the old classics (Bing Crosby's white Christmas, etc.) but we do have a few newer ones as well (Boney M's - Mary's Boy Child, Amy Grant's "Breath of Heaven" "Put a Little Holiday in your Heart" by Leanne Rhymes (sp?)). My parents had all of the Firestone Christmas collection albums where multiple artists like Dean Martin, Ray Coniff, Barbara Streisand, etc. would sing everything from "We need a little christmas," to "Ave Maria." Mix these with the songs we performed to at our annual family Christmas program - (Santa Claus for president, Roly Poly the polar bear, Morris the moose, etc) and you can see we had an eclectic mixture of music at christmas time in our house.<br />One last thing, It is so good to know that you hate that sond by Wham as much as I do! Whew!Huttonnoreply@blogger.com