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If you're reading this...oh,and if you live in America...most likely one or more of your local radio stations has switched to an all-Christmas music format.In fact,they probably did so right after the Halloween weekend.And,of course,they're playing it in the big stores and shopping malls,and if you've got a cable system that includes music channels,and one of them's a seasonal music channel...I think you can all see where I was going with that.
Now,don't worry,this isn't one of those frequent rants against such things.I really don't think there's anything new or different I could say on such a topic.Plus,those who oppose such a view are right...you don't have to really listen if you don't want to.There's any number of ways of avoiding Christmas music without resorting to some sort of scenario straight out of some old issue of MAD magazine.
It got me thinking,however,that as far as I know,there are no songs written specifically for Thanksgiving,other than Over The River And Through The Woods,and I'm not even sure that's the actual title,just the first line.And I was surprised to learn a few years ago that Jingle Bells,one of the quintessential Christmas songs...was actually originally written for Thanksgiving!
Read the lyrics sometime,including the lesser-known,rarely-sung 2nd,3rd and 4th verse...neither holiday is mentioned.The song's just about taking a sleigh ride.
I guess no one,no songwriter or singer,is eagerly rushing to fill the Thanksgiving-song gap,for the same reason the holiday doesn't get as much attention from the big stores...it's just one day,in which we usually get together with family and eat one big meal.Not much in the way of parties,gifts,decorations or costumes.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Now,don't worry,this isn't one of those frequent rants against such things.I really don't think there's anything new or different I could say on such a topic.Plus,those who oppose such a view are right...you don't have to really listen if you don't want to.There's any number of ways of avoiding Christmas music without resorting to some sort of scenario straight out of some old issue of MAD magazine.
It got me thinking,however,that as far as I know,there are no songs written specifically for Thanksgiving,other than Over The River And Through The Woods,and I'm not even sure that's the actual title,just the first line.And I was surprised to learn a few years ago that Jingle Bells,one of the quintessential Christmas songs...was actually originally written for Thanksgiving!
Read the lyrics sometime,including the lesser-known,rarely-sung 2nd,3rd and 4th verse...neither holiday is mentioned.The song's just about taking a sleigh ride.
I guess no one,no songwriter or singer,is eagerly rushing to fill the Thanksgiving-song gap,for the same reason the holiday doesn't get as much attention from the big stores...it's just one day,in which we usually get together with family and eat one big meal.Not much in the way of parties,gifts,decorations or costumes.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Okay,I'll admit it...Eclipse ain't so bad.
Like a lot of other people on this site,I really wasn't looking forward to the changeover. I'd looked at the provided prototype and instantly,somewhat compulsively,decided I didn't like it. Most likely,it stems from my asperger's syndrome,which I didn't even know I had until I was diagnosed two years ago. I tend to react negatively to wholesale change,even if I eventually end up liking it. I had several of those "NO TO ECLIPSE" deviations in my favorites,as well as reposting someone else's anti-Eclipse graphic in my own gallery (as the original artist suggested). Given the circumstances,I have since removed them. It took me a while to figure out how everything works,but I'm definitely getting the hang of it; were I to pick a new feature I like,it would have to be now being able to post a cover image for your main page. The only change I don't like is no longer being able to,in a favorites gallery dedicated to a single artist,post their thumbnail icon in the description....it was sort
Super-cool cars
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--The Ecto-1 (in fact,why wasn't that in this race?)
--The Mystery Machine
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The movies of 2019.
I guess this is an annual thing for me now; here,in the order they were released,are last year's movies which I saw,with a few brief thoughts.
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Happy Death Day 2U......Good Lord,does everything have to have a bloody sequel?! Especially one that does little more than rehash the plot of the better original?! Is there even any point in my hoping they won't make a part three?!?
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Did I say that because I didn't think the new version was as funny as the Joel/Mike era?
Truth be told,I'm really not qualified to judge. I've never had Netflix,and during the brief time I had access to it (when my brother and his family moved into our old house following my mother's passing),I only watched two episodes. I seem to recall liking it at the time. But anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of the history of television knows of the numerous times that old TV shows,especia
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haha I was actually thinking about this about a week ago and i have yet to research the topic. If there is no Thanksgiving music out there then we should make this a thing xD
Thanksgiving should be given its own music lol but then does that mean that every neglected holiday should be given its own holiday music? 0.0
No holiday left behind.
Thanksgiving should be given its own music lol but then does that mean that every neglected holiday should be given its own holiday music? 0.0
No holiday left behind.