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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 27882" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>While I was making the the playlist I thought of this question. I hadn't given my process a great deal of thought, but I can now reveal that it's traditional for me to start with more generic wintry songs that don't explicitly refer to Christmas. Songs like <em>Let It Snow; Winter Wonderland; Baby, It's Cold Outside</em> or <em>Sleigh Ride</em>. The more overtly Christmassy tracks come a little later. Those wintry ones will be the last ones to remain ticked, too - usually going through to the onset of spring.</p><p></p><p>In fact some of them are in rotation all year round. The ones that are traditionally seasonal but don't mention cold weather or Christmas (the likes of <em>Ave Maria, The Prayer, Amazing Grace, Overjoyed</em>).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My relationship with <em>Everlasting</em> is quite different to most Martina albums. As an album experience it's a favourite: I really like every song on it. But there's not a song on it that I've become addicted to in the way that I have, say,<em> Where Would You Be; A Broken Wing </em>or <em>Anyway</em>.</p><p></p><p>It feels special to me as it was the first Martina album I bought. But even without that, I do enjoy the execution with all those vintage instruments supporting Martina's lovely voice.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh yes. <em>White Christmas </em>has been released four different times, including the<em> Classic Christmas </em>album version.</p><p></p><p>For the record, I have the 2007 release, which has every song from the first two albums plus an additional four. It's the only one with the fun version of <em>Jingle Bells</em> that sounds like it belongs in an MGM musical or a Tom & Jerry cartoon.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]jE3nM_CsqH0[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p>The only track the 2007 version misses from <em>Classic Christmas</em> is <em>Blue Christmas</em>, which I have on another album anyway.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I just looked at the tracklist for <em>The Classic Christmas Album</em> and decided to list my top three by play count:</p><p></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em>Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em>Blue Christmas</em> (with Elvis Presley)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em>Baby It's Cold Outside</em> (with Dean Martin)</li> </ol><p></p><p>None of these three appear on the original version of <em>White Christmas</em>. Which means my<em> Classic Christmas</em> favourites are entirely different to my <em>White Christmas</em> favourites</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Something about it has felt a little off for me. I think I struggle with the sexuality in it and wonder if it's a good fit for Martina.</p><p></p><p>But… I'm taking the challenge and I've moved it into my <em>Favourites</em> playlist. Besides, I could do with exploring <em>Eleven</em> in a little more depth as I haven't given most of the tracks on it a fair shot.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Great stuff!!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It'll be fun to compare notes here, too. Now - do I rank the albums in full? Do I rank them as you listen? Or do I wait until you reach the end and give my full list then…?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 27882, member: 23"] While I was making the the playlist I thought of this question. I hadn't given my process a great deal of thought, but I can now reveal that it's traditional for me to start with more generic wintry songs that don't explicitly refer to Christmas. Songs like [I]Let It Snow; Winter Wonderland; Baby, It's Cold Outside[/I] or [I]Sleigh Ride[/I]. The more overtly Christmassy tracks come a little later. Those wintry ones will be the last ones to remain ticked, too - usually going through to the onset of spring. In fact some of them are in rotation all year round. The ones that are traditionally seasonal but don't mention cold weather or Christmas (the likes of [I]Ave Maria, The Prayer, Amazing Grace, Overjoyed[/I]). My relationship with [I]Everlasting[/I] is quite different to most Martina albums. As an album experience it's a favourite: I really like every song on it. But there's not a song on it that I've become addicted to in the way that I have, say,[I] Where Would You Be; A Broken Wing [/I]or [I]Anyway[/I]. It feels special to me as it was the first Martina album I bought. But even without that, I do enjoy the execution with all those vintage instruments supporting Martina's lovely voice. Oh yes. [I]White Christmas [/I]has been released four different times, including the[I] Classic Christmas [/I]album version. For the record, I have the 2007 release, which has every song from the first two albums plus an additional four. It's the only one with the fun version of [I]Jingle Bells[/I] that sounds like it belongs in an MGM musical or a Tom & Jerry cartoon. [MEDIA=youtube]jE3nM_CsqH0[/MEDIA] The only track the 2007 version misses from [I]Classic Christmas[/I] is [I]Blue Christmas[/I], which I have on another album anyway. I just looked at the tracklist for [I]The Classic Christmas Album[/I] and decided to list my top three by play count: [LIST=1] [*][I]Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow![/I] [*][I]Blue Christmas[/I] (with Elvis Presley) [*][I]Baby It's Cold Outside[/I] (with Dean Martin) [/LIST] None of these three appear on the original version of [I]White Christmas[/I]. Which means my[I] Classic Christmas[/I] favourites are entirely different to my [I]White Christmas[/I] favourites Something about it has felt a little off for me. I think I struggle with the sexuality in it and wonder if it's a good fit for Martina. But… I'm taking the challenge and I've moved it into my [I]Favourites[/I] playlist. Besides, I could do with exploring [I]Eleven[/I] in a little more depth as I haven't given most of the tracks on it a fair shot. Great stuff!! It'll be fun to compare notes here, too. Now - do I rank the albums in full? Do I rank them as you listen? Or do I wait until you reach the end and give my full list then…?! [/QUOTE]
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