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Title: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: kittykittymeowmixhead on November 11, 2009, 04:47:56 PM
A holiday time Unfair Record Review??

(http://kjnb.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/christmas-in-the-heart.jpg)
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: Jouster on November 11, 2009, 08:49:10 PM
I think records have to be critically acclaimed or very popular to quality for URRs.  That one is neither.  And bashing a charity album seems a couple steps over the line.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: kittykittymeowmixhead on November 11, 2009, 11:04:30 PM
I'll bash a charity album if it's bad enough.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: scratchbomb on November 11, 2009, 11:13:21 PM
Heard a few tracks from this. Good lord, it's horrifying. Every day Dylan becomes more and more like Tom Waits, and I don't think he even realizes it. Except maybe when he got picked up for vagrancy in Long Branch.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: Joe Rogaine on November 16, 2009, 08:54:00 PM
Holy Crap did anybody see the first video for the album "what the hell"?


http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/11/16/premiere-bob-dylans-must-be-santa-video-from-christmas-lp/#
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: buffcoat on November 16, 2009, 09:20:14 PM
Drexl from True Romance.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: dave from knoxville on November 17, 2009, 03:40:22 AM
OK, I can't listen to this, but that video is among the best things ever.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on November 17, 2009, 01:53:23 PM
Ack! That song! I have listened to it for years, but sung by Raffi on a CD in our car. 

Raffi's version is better than Dylan's.

Never thought I would be writing a sentence like that last one.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: fonpr on November 17, 2009, 01:57:42 PM
Quote from: JonFromMaplewood on November 17, 2009, 01:53:23 PM
Ack! That song! I have listened to it for years, but sung by Raffi on a CD in our car. 

Raffi's version is better than Dylan's.



Brave Combo has done the definitive version of this tune already. Zim should have steered clear.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: nec13 on November 18, 2009, 01:35:44 AM
I don't care how bad it is, I can't bring myself to bash a charity record.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: buffcoat on November 18, 2009, 09:14:49 AM
Are you kidding New-Nec?  I would bash a CHARITY.

"Just for fun he says, 'get a job.'"



Wait, this isn't Chinatown.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: Martin on November 18, 2009, 11:56:20 AM
Ken has been playing tracks from this album during his marathon show today (just ending now), forcing people to call in if they want him to stop. It's really amazingly awful.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: fonpr on November 18, 2009, 06:42:03 PM
Quote from: Martin on November 18, 2009, 11:56:20 AM
Ken has been playing tracks from this album during his marathon show today (just ending now), forcing people to call in if they want him to stop. It's really amazingly awful.

Hey Marty, have you heard the Brave Combo?
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: put_it_away on November 19, 2009, 10:05:18 AM
I don't get it. I love Dylan. I love Christmas. This should work for me.

And yet it doesn't. I think it's the polka.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: methanolcereal on November 19, 2009, 01:33:17 PM
I e-mailed Tom about this when I first saw the preview clip (which has since been removed) on youtube in September and he said he wanted to talk about it when he got the chance (been a busy Fall for the best show). I'm hoping with this new video out now, and the mini-marathon out of the way, it will come up in discussion.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: Tor_Hershman on November 19, 2009, 01:39:02 PM
Bobby's album inspired moi to create this.....
(http://www.freephotoserver.com/f00/u7457315.png)

Stay on groovin' safari,
Tor
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: Christina on November 19, 2009, 01:54:45 PM
Quote from: Tor_Hershman on November 19, 2009, 01:39:02 PM
Bobby's album inspired moi to create this.....
(http://www.freephotoserver.com/f00/u7457315.png)

Stay on groovin' safari,
Tor

Wow, it's like cornify.com , except the Tor Hershman version.
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: nec13 on November 19, 2009, 07:20:59 PM
What? No Tor Hershman Christmas Album this year?
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: Tor_Hershman on November 19, 2009, 08:37:53 PM
Quote from: nec13 on November 19, 2009, 07:20:59 PM
What? No Tor Hershman Christmas Album this year?

Ahhhhhhhhhh, when you've created an all-time classic, such as moi's
"The Little Bummer Boy," nothin' new is needed.

http://www.soundlift.com/band/music.php?song_id=82930

Doth moi have others????

Stay on groovin' safari,
:o Tor :o
Title: Re: Bob Dylan's 'Christmas in the Heart'
Post by: amiright?? on November 21, 2009, 12:24:31 PM
Not gonna lie - I thought that looked like a pretty fun party...