![]() ![]() When Santa arrives, he discovers- as his reindeer sob-that the cat has died in the snow, but that the mouse lived. The cat comes across a mouse, also freezing in the blizzard, and curls up to protect its new mouse friend from the elements. ![]() Oh, are you not familiar with “Cat Carol?” Allow me to summarize the plotline of this song: Unfeeling pet owners leave a cat outside in the driving snow. “But I think we can agree that the true miracle is my five-octave range.” Carey seems to be saying as her voice slides into yet another higher register. “Oh, peace on earth and goodwill toward man is all right, I suppose,” Ms. Mariah Carey’s recording of “O Holy Night” is a particularly jarring example of this phenomenon. As such, many recordings of “O Holy Night” are not really about capturing the quiet contemplation of the Nativity so much as they are about celebrating the singer’s ability to trill, scoop, and belt out the lyrics with the sort of bombast that a Broadway showman would find over-the-top. As you might suspect, many of these 37 people have allowed this specialized skill set to give them a bit of a swelled head. Recently, scientists concluded what most of us suspected for years: There are only 37 people in the United States capable of singing “O Holy Night,” a lovely-yet-challenging Christmas tune. O Holy Night The always modest Mariah Carey ![]() Osama,” in which the beloved comic strip dog squares off against the decidedly-less beloved leader of Al-Qaeda. The Red Baron would return in The Royal Guardsmen’s 1967 follow-up “The Return of the Red Baron,” but be dropped from the band’s 2006 effort “Snoopy vs. So when it came time to whip out a holiday tune, The Royal Guardsmen came up with “Snoopy’s Christmas,” in which Charlie Brown’s dog wages battle against Manfred von Richthofen and Christmas figures into the proceedings somehow. the Red Baron,” in which Charlie Brown’s dog wages battle against Manfred von Richthofen. The group enjoyed some success in 1966 with the novelty song “Snoopy Vs. Perhaps no act in musical history embraced the concept of “dance with the one that brung you” quite like The Royal Guardsmen. Travolta speak-sings his part in a tremulous whisper, guaranteeing that this song will be on the playlist at every cartoon supervillain’s holiday get-together. Ratcheting up the ick factor by roughly a billion percentage points is the fact that Mr. Everlasting regret, more than likely.) Newton-John and Travolta turn the song on its head, with her assuming the role of the remorseless sexual predator and him her quivering prey. (“Say! What’s in this drink?” one of the lyrics demands. That first song is “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” a dubious choice to begin with, as the song is little more than a tribute to romantic assignations turned sinister. Yes, the two have come out with a holiday record, and it takes just the first track to realize that this later collaboration is closer on the spectrum to the duo’s lackluster 1983 rom-com Two of a Kind than it is to Grease. If you did not, then the news I have for you is quite chilling. If you watched John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John ride off into the sunset at the end of Grease and thought “I hope those two are headed to a recording studio to make an album of Christmas tunes together,” I have some delightful news for you. Baby, It’s Cold Outside John! Don’t drink it! It’s spiked! ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |