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« Reply #25 on: December 22, 2011, 11:23:32 PM »

I'm sad nobody seems to bother playing my favourite song from the Christmas album: "Christmas Day" but I am pleased "Merry Christmas Baby" gets some love. I have heard the ubiquitous "Little Saint Nick" and "Frosty The Snowman" at the local supermarket before, of course.
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« Reply #26 on: December 22, 2011, 11:32:04 PM »

I hear "your imagination" more than any other beach boys related songs when I'm at a store,or a taco bell or one of those places that play generic music in the backgorund,other than christmas where I hear "little saint nick"

Heard it when I worked at a grocery store a few years back. I'd never heard it before, actually, and was really surprised to hear what sounded like a recent Brian solo track.
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« Reply #27 on: December 23, 2011, 12:33:45 AM »

That whole album is a bit underrated imo...
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« Reply #28 on: December 23, 2011, 04:11:59 AM »

I'm sad nobody seems to bother playing my favourite song from the Christmas album: "Christmas Day" but I am pleased "Merry Christmas Baby" gets some love. I have heard the ubiquitous "Little Saint Nick" and "Frosty The Snowman" at the local supermarket before, of course.
I've heard Christmas Day a couple of times...one of them I distinctly remember was walking down the strip in Las Vegas.  This thread reminded me that I once heard "This Whole World" at K-Mart near closing time...I had been very ready to go after a long day of errands, but I extended my stay by a couple of minutes.  One of many obscure songs I've heard in different places...we have had threads about those before, but I think that this is the first time that I remembered to write about "This Whole World".
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« Reply #29 on: December 23, 2011, 04:28:27 AM »

I was just in Toronto for a quick birthday trip.  I needed a few things from a drug store, so I went to the Shoppers Drug Mart that was next to my hotel.  What did I hear when I walked into the store?  "Child of Winter"!!!!!  I have never, ever heard that song in public before.
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« Reply #30 on: December 23, 2011, 05:11:53 AM »

Doesn't Mr. Johnston have major, er connections to nation-wide drug store chains?
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« Reply #31 on: December 23, 2011, 06:34:06 AM »

I`ve heard Blue Christmas and the MIU Xmas version of Peggy Sue in my local supermarket in years past.
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« Reply #32 on: December 23, 2011, 08:45:30 AM »

Oh man, I couldn't imagine someone walking into a store and hearing those 70s Christmas songs.

"Mama's in the kitchen making turkeys and bread, the children are hungry, they're waitin' to be fed!"
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« Reply #33 on: December 23, 2011, 09:50:57 AM »

Oh man, I couldn't imagine someone walking into a store and hearing those 70s Christmas songs.

"Mama's in the kitchen making turkeys and bread, the children are hungry, they're waitin' to be fed!"

That's still better than hearing "Melikilikilaka (sp?), that's Merry Christmas in Hawaii talk-a".
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« Reply #34 on: December 23, 2011, 09:21:59 PM »

I disagree. From someone not familiar with the music, hearing "Melekalikimaka, that's Merry Christmas in Hawaii talk-a" is just a lame line in a song. But Brian in the spoken part in Child of Winter just sounds completely insane.
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« Reply #35 on: December 24, 2011, 03:10:06 AM »


"Mama's in the kitchen making turkeys and bread, the children are hungry, they're waitin' to be fed!"
I always thought it was cookies & bread?  Gonna have to go have a listen!
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« Reply #36 on: December 24, 2011, 03:12:15 AM »

I disagree. From someone not familiar with the music, hearing "Melekalikimaka, that's Merry Christmas in Hawaii talk-a" is just a lame line in a song. But Brian in the spoken part in Child of Winter just sounds completely insane.
I've heard both in public places, and both seemed to be thoroughly ignored by the people around me shopping! haha 

For years, me and a friend would use that same "pied piper"-like voice at random times, it was hilarious!  Almost daily!
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« Reply #37 on: December 24, 2011, 04:14:58 AM »

I wish there was a version of Child of Winter without the spoken lines. Might make it listenable.
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« Reply #38 on: December 24, 2011, 12:10:10 PM »

I enjoy it. It makes me laugh.
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« Reply #39 on: December 24, 2011, 11:21:05 PM »

It sort of blew my mind to hear Brian do the Pied Piper voice in "Little St. Nick's Drive-In" or whatever neologism we're calling it.
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« Reply #40 on: December 25, 2011, 04:38:40 PM »

It sort of blew my mind to hear Brian do the Pied Piper voice in "Little St. Nick's Drive-In" or whatever neologism we're calling it.

I figured that voice was more likely connected to a little old lady from Pasadena vibe.
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« Reply #41 on: December 25, 2011, 09:27:51 PM »

I'm sad nobody seems to bother playing my favourite song from the Christmas album: "Christmas Day" but I am pleased "Merry Christmas Baby" gets some love. I have heard the ubiquitous "Little Saint Nick" and "Frosty The Snowman" at the local supermarket before, of course.
I've heard Christmas Day a couple of times...one of them I distinctly remember was walking down the strip in Las Vegas.  This thread reminded me that I once heard "This Whole World" at K-Mart near closing time...I had been very ready to go after a long day of errands, but I extended my stay by a couple of minutes.  One of many obscure songs I've heard in different places...we have had threads about those before, but I think that this is the first time that I remembered to write about "This Whole World".

I heard "Christmas Day" just yesterday at a local grocery store!  Heard "Frosty" on the radio here as well, so that one's making the rounds.
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« Reply #42 on: December 27, 2011, 08:09:30 PM »

Eventually, Rite-Aid added "Christmas Time Is Here Again" to the rotation as well.

Other Beach Boys-related tracks I've heard there include "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (Brian), "Wind Chimes" (BWPS version), "Little Saint Nick", and at least one other track from Brian's Christmas CD.

On the other hand, whoever compiles the playlists is OBSESSED with the Bee Gees - I've heard tracks from their entire career (up to "This Is Where I Came In"), relatively obscure Andy Gibb material, songs Barry wrote for others (including at least three tracks from Kenny Rogers' "Eyes That See In The Dark" album)...
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« Reply #43 on: December 27, 2011, 09:10:17 PM »

... "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (Brian), "Wind Chimes" (BWPS version), "Little Saint Nick", and at least one other track from Brian's Christmas CD.

Yes, I also heard something from Brian's XMas album this year in a Rite-Aid, don't remember which one, but it wasn't "We Wish You A Merry Christmas."
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