Hey – I was just on A Corporate Time with Tom and Dan on 104.1 FM Real Radio WTKS – and we talked about some of my favorite underplayed Christmas songs – along with a few for Hanukkah. Thanks to the guys for letting me share some good music you rarely hear on the radio! Here’s my full list, including a bunch that we didn’t get to play. I’d also suggest going over to the search bar here and typing in “Christmas” for a bunch of songs that I’ve written about in the past.
Merry merry!
Froot Loops may be a bunch of different colors in your cereal bowl, but each little nugget is the same flavor as the next – a combo of orange, lemon, lime, apple, cherry, raspberry, and blueberry. Mixed together with corn, wheat, oats, sugar, all kinds of food coloring, and milk – Froot Loops are a little flashback to childhood fortified with vitamins and minerals.
Today is when I learned that RuPaul already has three Christmas records and this new 2o23 “Essential Christmas” is a remastered and remixed greatest-hits collection. Of course, I don’t have a CD in hand. Like everyone else these days, I’m streaming the first thirty seconds of various tracks until I find one I like. This is the first one I hit that lets Ru’s personality come through without overtaxing his range. I’d definitely put it on the Christmas party spin list.
Most folks recognize Fran Drescher’s exaggerated Queens accent from “The Nanny.” I think it’s safe to say she heightens it for comedy, especially the nasal quality, but at the core, it’s how she talks. Here’s an interview from 2018.
Of course, Drescher’s an actress, so she’s learned to ramp it up – or tamp it down – as needed. In her film debut, 1977’s “Saturday Night Fever” it’s not quite so exaggerated when John Travolta drops an f-bomb on the dance floor.
Mark Elliott passed away April 4, 2021. If you grew up watching white clamshell VHS prints of Disney movies, Mark’s voice is forever part of your childhood.