Best,

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BC/Studio ManagerAdministrator posted June 15, 2004 10:35 AM

Any Xmas song requests? For the 2004 releases, the time is now (like in the next 20 days).

So far, TimD has already sent us some "Twisted" nominees. For 2004, we would like to do 2 Pop type discs - 1 Male, 1 Female, then combine them into a Star. Also, a Country Star disc, and a Twisted Spotlight (assuming there are enough songs).

Thanks for any helpful suggestions.

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flameslayerMember
posted June 15, 2004 10:58 AM

Not knowing what's already out there or what Tim D has requested here are my suggestions.

These too are from the Twisted Christmas series.

Walkin' round in womens underwear
I am Santa Claus
Wreck the malls

Thanks,

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Lonman
posted June 15, 2004 12:19 PM

Walkin Round In Womens Underwear has been out for a few years now on 8557.

I Am Santa Claus came out a year or 2 ago I believe on 8780.

Requests:
Christmas Is A Time To Say I Love You - Billy Squier

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - John Mellencamp

Santa Claus Is Back In Town - Elvis Presley
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Andy Williams

Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me - Elvis Presley

There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays - Perry Como

Father Christmas - The Kinks

Here is the topis I started last Nov. http://www.soundchoice.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/001365.html It's also packed with some great requests.

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DanJ
posted June 15, 2004 12:50 PM

Takin' Care Of Christmas -Randy Bachman (to the tune of Takin' Care Of Business)

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town -Springsteen, (I can do without the talking bit at the start, but however you do it is fine)

Merry Christmas Baby -also by the Boss.

Belleau Wood -Garth Brooks (you already did this on cassette)

Santa Claus Is Coming On a Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train -Tractors

I'll try to think of some more while I'm out in my truck in the 90 degree heat this afternoon LOL

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DanJ
posted June 15, 2004 12:57 PM

Thanks, Lonnie, for bringing up that thread from last winter. Lots of good requests in there. So bringing up a few from there..

All I Want For Chistmas Is A real Good Tan - Kenny Chesney

Ho, Ho, F-ing Ho, Kevin Bloody Wilson

I think as a joke you should put that barking dogs Jingle Bells on there, and I bet it would be most tried of any song on that disc LOL.

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Lonman
posted June 15, 2004 12:59 PM

Barking Dogs, Why not, I get a guy who puts up Alley Cat (no vocals or words) & plays to the song. It is actually pretty funny. It could be like the bonus track of the Twilight Zone music on the Halloween disc.

thanks, bc!!! here are my suggestions (consolidated from my prior posts)!

for the "Twisted" CDG:

Christmas Rappin' - Kurtis Blow
Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' - Albert King
Santa Claus Is Back In Town - Johnny Lang

for the "Pop Male" CDG:

Celebrate Me Home - Kenny Loggins
Little Drummer Boy - Myron
My Favorite Things - O.M.D.
I Saw Three Ships - Sting
This Christmas - Dru Hill
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Bobby Caldwell (with Boney James)
Merry Christmas, Baby - Charles Brown

for the "Pop Female" CDG:

The Christmas Song - Toni Braxton
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Yolanda Adams
O, Holy Night - B.G.O.T.I. (from Death Row Records' Christmas cd...Mariah Carey stole it from them and recorded it herself. Mariah might be better known, but this Death Row version is way better)
Christmas Time Is Here - Sixpence None The Richer (i think you might need a real cello for this one)
The Christmas Song - India Aire & Stevie Wonder (from last year's GAP tv commercial; it'd be good to have a couple of christmas duets)

thanks, bc! i can't wait for these discs to come out!

P.S.- Anyone interested in the Kevin Bloody Wilson songs: Go to Google Search. Type in "Kevin Bloody Wilson". You can also find his CD's on Amazon.com

BC- if you haven't listened to the CD yet, you REALLY need to. "Santa's F***in' Roadies" is absolutely to die for.

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - John Mellencamp

I would also like to add my second tothe Pretenders' "2,000 Miles" and suggest the Pogues "Fairytale Of New York".

And that Julie Brown song.

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Reindeer Boogie -- Trisha Yearwood
Sweet Little Jesus Boy--Trisha Yearwood

Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas
-Martina McBride
O HolyNght--Martina McBride

Mary did you know-- Reba McIntyre

Here comes Santa Clause/Santa's coming to town--Linda Eder
Christmas Stays the same --Linda Eder

Merry Christmas Baby-Christina Aguilera
or Bonnie Raitt

There are some other good updated versions of traditional songs on there too.

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Originally posted by Tim D:
I don't know if there are licensing issues but:
"Heat Miser" and "Cold Miser" from The Year Without A Santa Claus.
Absolute CLASSICS

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2nd these.

Oh boy oh boy oh boy!

there are a grip of great Christmas songs out there still to be done!

I'll be editing this once I get my collection back from a friend (3 Case Logics full o' Christmas cheer!)

however:

Sting- "Gabriel's Message" (if the synth part can be duplicated, this eerie yet powerful piece is SO cool to sing!)

John Popper - "Christmas"

Ray Charles and Betty Carter - "Baby It's Cold Outside" (I Love Dean Martin's rendition, but it just don't compare to this duet! My number two request, since Number One got put on the last Christmas disc- Thanks BC!)

more suggestions to come...

Oh, I may have missed it somewhere, but is Adam Sandler's "Hannukah Song" out there on SC somewhere?

"Run Run Rudolph" (the Chuck Berry version) is on SC8557, the first disc of Twisted Christmas Hits.

I have already posted the songs I wish to see made available--if I think of any more, I will post them posthaste.

Best,

Most are from Bob Rivers

Be Claus I Got High
It's Christmas (Duke Tumato)
Holy **** It's Christmas
The Restroom Door said Gentleman
Carol of the Bartenders
Toy Sack
Chipmunks Roasting on an open fire
Who put the stump....
12 pains of Christmas
Southpark - Oh Holy Night
Southpark - Merry F'ing Xmas
?? I Want a boob job for Christmas

Best,

We're doing a Male Pop Star, a Female Pop Star (combo'd into a Spot), a Country Star and a Twisted Spot. That's 39 new songs, so please understand that we took what we thought would have the broadest appeal. (Although with the Twisted songs, that's somewhat subjective.) As well, we addressed specific songs in styles that may not be available in the karaoke community.

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On another topic, I'm wondering if anyone is familiar with the Temptations version of "Silent Night"?

There are actually 2 completely different versions - the first is fairly pedestrian, even lame (originally released in 1970). But the second, on "The Best Of The Temptations - The Christmas Collection" is a soul music tour-de-force (originally released in 1980, with one of the reconstituted versions of the Temptations) - right out of the black, gospel church.

The original recording has 3 Lead Vocal parts on different verses - a falsetto in the 1st verse, a tenor in the 2nd verse (classic soul riffing), the late, great unbelievable basso-profundo, Otis Williams, on the 3rd verse, and then back to the tenor for the last parts (in which he riffs against the falsetto singer who is doing the traditional “silent night, holy night”).

Now... we could encode the lyric wiping as just a generic "Male Vocal", or we could identify each part, and have 3 different colors for Male 1, 2 and 3. My instinct says do the one color, and let the singer go with the soulful arrangement – and ignore the different singers. (For instance, if Michael McDonald or Clay Aiken was going to cover this particular arrangement, he would just sing the song all the way through in his own style/voice.)

But for karaoke, we've always been in the habit of identifying each vocal part. IF we do that, will that inhibit individual karaoke singer from trying this song?

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The original recording has 3 Lead Vocal parts on different verses - a falsetto in the 1st verse, a tenor in the 2nd verse (classic soul riffing), the late, great unbelievable basso-profundo, Otis Williams, on the 3rd verse, and then back to the tenor for the last parts (in which he riffs against the falsetto singer who is doing the traditional “silent night, holy night”).

Now... we could encode the lyric wiping as just a generic "Male Vocal", or we could identify each part, and have 3 different colors for Male 1, 2 and 3. My instinct says do the one color, and let the singer go with the soulful arrangement – and ignore the different singers. (For instance, if Michael McDonald or Clay Aiken was going to cover this particular arrangement, he would just sing the song all the way through in his own style/voice.)

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Would it be a bitch to to both versions a one person version - then a 3 part version - "bonus track" if it would allow.

yes, you are right...the 2nd version of the temptations' "silent night" is way better than the original one. the second version features the temptations minus eddie kendricks & david ruffin, but it's the version that you hear on the radio each year.

i'll refer to each soloist's voice by name: i agree that it would work best to do a separate color for each lead vocal, including melvin franklin's deep bass solo. there's also a part toward the end where dennis edwards (tenor) is ad-libbing on top of glenn leonard's falsetto of "silent night..holy night"......i think the falsetto during that part of the song should be done by your background singer, with the ad-libbing wiped in color.

i tried to do the temptations' "psychadelic shack" by myself with all of the myriad lead vocals, and i had a great time with it....people who didn't know the song had no idea what i was trying to do, but certainly those that knew how the song goes could really appreciate my effort.

i'm glad that you are doing this song. it's definitely been oft-requested by my singers, although i'm embarrassed to admit that i didn't include it in my own list of candidates for this disc. :-(