1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,760 Hello there, I'm Peter Sickily and this is Sickily Mix, a program dedicated to the proposition 2 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,280 that all musics are created equal. 3 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:29,040 Or as Duke Ellington put it, if it sounds good, it is good. 4 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,600 And this is a good time to give our thanks for the fact that our bills are paid by the 5 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:37,520 Corporation for Public Broadcasting and this radio station, and also for the fact that 6 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:42,640 the program is distributed by PRI, Public Radio International. 7 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:46,480 And speaking of distribution makes me think of publishing. 8 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:53,760 I'm sure you've noticed, as I have, that there are several kinds of book, several genres, 9 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:59,120 for which there seems to be an absolutely inexhaustible market. 10 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:03,880 We can start with the two Cs, cookbooks and cat books. 11 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:09,560 Can you imagine the day ever coming when one editor says to another, nah, I don't think 12 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,480 we should publish this Christmas cookbook, the greatest recipe ever told. 13 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,920 There's an awful lot of cookbooks out there already. 14 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,600 Or when an editor says to an author, I'm afraid we're going to pass on your book. 15 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:26,280 It's a good title, everything you always wanted to know about cats, but didn't know you wanted 16 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,880 to know until this book was published. 17 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,600 But well, we just published a cat book 12 years ago and we don't want to saturate the 18 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,020 market. 19 00:01:35,020 --> 00:01:37,720 That day is a long way off, I should think. 20 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:44,020 In fact, it seems to me that someone could make a mint by combining those genres. 21 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:45,020 How to cook your cat. 22 00:01:45,020 --> 00:01:49,700 Okay, I've got to take the phone off the hook after saying that. 23 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:56,400 Or how about cooking for your cat, 25 dishes, the leftovers of which you'll enjoy yourself. 24 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,420 A little clumsy, I guess. 25 00:01:58,420 --> 00:02:03,040 But this one is the essence of simplicity, the cat cookbook. 26 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:08,120 You know, recipes for mouse and vole and half a dozen different songbirds. 27 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,800 Hey, I just got a good idea for a radio show. 28 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,160 It's called Catman. 29 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:21,120 He's a mysterious Himalayan figure who foils wrongdoers by clouding their minds. 30 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:31,120 Who know what evil lurk in hearts of men, Catman do? 31 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:32,840 Well enough of this. 32 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:38,200 And of course, you have to add self-help books to the list of inexhaustible markets, including 33 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,240 the yin to the yang of cookbooks, diet books. 34 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:47,320 Well, in the recording industry, there's just one field that matches the cook, cat, and 35 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:54,080 self-help book fields in terms of fathomlessness, and that's Christmas music. 36 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,460 If I had a nickel for every Christmas album out there, I could stay at the same parking 37 00:02:58,460 --> 00:03:00,840 meter for years. 38 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:05,840 Almost all the mainstream artists have at least one Christmas album and every kind of 39 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,640 music you can think of. 40 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:14,200 I've got CDs like a Cajun Christmas, a Jazz Christmas, a Blues Christmas, a Classical 41 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:18,400 Christmas, a Baroque Christmas, a Rhythm and Blues Christmas. 42 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,440 I don't have a Polka Christmas, but I'm sure there's one out there. 43 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:28,140 Now part of the reason for this cornucopia is simply that Christmas means a great deal 44 00:03:28,140 --> 00:03:34,560 to a lot of people and they want to experience it in musical idioms that are close to them. 45 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,680 And especially if they're not wasps who grew up in the northern half of the United 46 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:45,640 States, as I did, some of what is considered to be part of the traditional Christmas atmosphere 47 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,200 might not mean much to them. 48 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:54,800 Snow, a sort of English jollity, old-fashioned European songs. 49 00:03:54,800 --> 00:04:00,280 I can imagine someone from my background listening to our first selection and thinking, oh, this 50 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:05,920 is sort of a folky rendition and she's singing it in translation, forgetting perhaps that 51 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,280 we too sing it in translation. 52 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:13,580 It was originally written in German and not knowing perhaps that the very first time this 53 00:04:13,580 --> 00:04:32,560 song was sung, it was accompanied by the guitar. 54 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:50,820 Oh, I like it. 55 00:04:50,820 --> 00:05:07,800 Oh, I like it. 56 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:25,800 Oh, I like it. 57 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:45,800 Oh, I like it. 58 00:05:45,800 --> 00:06:05,800 Oh, I like it. 59 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:25,800 Oh, I like it. 60 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:45,800 Oh, I like it. 61 00:06:45,800 --> 00:07:11,800 Oh, I like it. 62 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:16,440 Tony Komatsu singing Silent Night in Hawaiian. 63 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:23,360 The song was written by the Austrian composer Franz Gruber on Christmas Eve in 1818. 64 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:28,440 It was first sung that night at the local church, but since the organ was broken, it 65 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,880 was accompanied by guitar. 66 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,880 There are probably few songs that have been translated into as many languages as Silent 67 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,540 Night. 68 00:07:37,540 --> 00:07:42,280 But there's another reason for the proliferation of Christmas music. 69 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:48,960 And that is that for the recording industry, it all comes together at Christmas time. 70 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:54,040 There's a rich repertoire of beloved music ranging from traditional carols to modern 71 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,320 standards. 72 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:56,880 It's a communal time. 73 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:01,240 People are getting together more than usual and they're buying gifts for each other, which 74 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:06,040 means that they're in the shops and the malls hearing the ubiquitous music brought to them 75 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,320 by the spirit of Christmas presents. 76 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,000 The market is huge. 77 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,880 And let me say right here, flat out, that on today's show, we will be dealing with Christmas 78 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,080 mainly as a cultural phenomenon. 79 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:24,800 No matter what your faith or your background, you can hardly live in this country without 80 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:29,380 being impacted, as we say in the biz, by Christmas. 81 00:08:29,380 --> 00:08:31,760 As I said, the market is huge. 82 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:37,440 The only trouble is that there's so much stuff out there, product we call it in the biz, 83 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,600 that it's hard to come up with anything new. 84 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:46,760 In a journalistic first and a shickly mix exclusive, here is part of a tape we obtained 85 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:52,560 from an anonymous source who used to work at Acme Records. 86 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:54,360 What are we going to do, Manny? 87 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:58,680 Here it is August and we haven't even started work on a Christmas album yet. 88 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:02,200 We need ideas and we need them fast. 89 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,280 How about a jazz nativity? 90 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:05,720 Been done. 91 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:07,800 Calypso nativity? 92 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:08,800 Been done. 93 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,360 A NATO nativity? 94 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,480 Come on, Manny, get serious. 95 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,480 Nobody cares about NATO. 96 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,640 I don't even know what its capital is. 97 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:22,840 Hey, hey, hey, hey, Archie, how about Christmas carols as if they'd been written by famous 98 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,240 classical composers? 99 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,960 Hey, hey, here's an idea. 100 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:32,720 Christmas carols as if they'd been written by famous classical composers. 101 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:33,720 Good idea, boss. 102 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:41,360 Who's that panty-waist piano guy that all the effete snobs love so much? 103 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,960 It's something about a musical getting a bad review. 104 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,920 A musical getting a bad review? 105 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:54,000 I'm not saying that is his name, but it has something to do with, you know, like a Broadway 106 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,880 musical getting a bad review. 107 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,440 You don't mean Chopin. 108 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,040 Chopin, yeah, that's it. 109 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:07,240 See, Chopin writes a Christmas carol, except really it's already been written, but he doesn't 110 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:08,240 know that. 111 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:12,560 Hey, hey, hey, maybe we could pair it with another piano style, like boogie-woogie. 112 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:16,040 No, no, no, no, no, no, here, this is even better. 113 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:20,720 We pair it with another piano style, like boogie-woogie. 114 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:21,720 There you go. 115 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,800 Chopin and boogie-woogie, what a concept. 116 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,240 I think it's got legs, boss. 117 00:13:55,800 --> 00:14:25,040 Drink the horse with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. 118 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:31,520 Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. 119 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:41,880 Tis the season we got to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. 120 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:47,440 Don't we know our game of carols? 121 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:52,720 Fa-la-la-la, la-la-la, fa-la-la-la-la-la. 122 00:14:52,720 --> 00:15:03,600 Tis the season everybody's got to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. 123 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:43,000 Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la. 124 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:58,280 Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la. 125 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:18,560 Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la. 126 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:28,560 Don't we know our game of carols? 127 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:33,560 Fa-la-la-la, la-la-la, fa-la-la-la-la-la. 128 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:38,560 Tis the season we got to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. 129 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:44,560 Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. 130 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:49,560 Y'all have a very merry Christmas and a very prosperous New Year. 131 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:51,560 Y'all hear? 132 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,560 And Santa, baby, please, it would do me so much good 133 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:00,560 if you would just leave me a five-pound box of money 134 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:07,560 under my Christmas tree wrapped in a red ribbon. 135 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,560 We Three Kings is composed by Chopin, 136 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,560 at least according to Jeffrey Reed Baker, 137 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:18,560 on whose album A Composer's Christmas the selection appears. 138 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:20,560 Nicely done, very tasty. 139 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:25,560 Then we heard Katie Webster singing and playing Deck the Halls with Boogie Woogie 140 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,560 from the Alligator Records Christmas Collection. 141 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,560 How much is a five-pound box of money? 142 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,560 All depends. 143 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:40,560 But the maw of demand for Christmas product still gapes. 144 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,560 It must be filled with product, 145 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:47,560 preferably product that will make consumers sit up and take notice, 146 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:52,560 something that will jolt them out of their jaded complacency. 147 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:54,560 We asked Professor Sigmund Freud, 148 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:58,560 who holds the Andrew Warhol Chair of Popular Psychology 149 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,560 at the University of Point Barrow, 150 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:05,560 to comment on the next two songs. 151 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:13,560 Well, there never is a phenomenon of intense enthusiasm 152 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:20,560 for a person or an institution or one of those things. 153 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:28,560 It is often followed by an equally intense reaction, 154 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:36,560 an opposite feeling of revulsion or at least clinical disinterest. 155 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,560 It happened with Lennon. 156 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,560 It happened with the Hula Hoop. 157 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:51,560 I'm sure it will happen with the Beatles one of these decades. 158 00:18:51,560 --> 00:19:01,560 But with Christmas, there's an added parameter in that many people feel, I think, 159 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:05,560 that they are being coerced, 160 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:11,560 that they are being required to have a good time during the holidays. 161 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:17,560 And with these people, especially if they did not rebel, 162 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:22,560 if they did not effectively rebel as teenagers, 163 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:31,560 they effectively reach a point where they equate the season with parental assault, 164 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:36,560 which whether they know it or not, 165 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:49,560 they detest with an unconventional passion. 166 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:51,560 Christmas time is here by golly. 167 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,560 Disapproval would be folly. 168 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:55,560 Deck the halls with hunks of holly. 169 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,560 Fill the cup and don't say when. 170 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,560 Kill the turkeys, ducks, and chickens. 171 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,560 Mix the punch, drag out the dickens. 172 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:09,560 Even though the prospect sickens, brother, here we go again. 173 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,560 On Christmas Day, you can't get sore. 174 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:14,560 Your fellow man you must adore. 175 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,560 There's time to rob him all the more. 176 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,560 The other three hundred and a six, a D, a four. 177 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,560 Relation, sparing no expense. 178 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,560 Send some useless old utensil or a matching pen and pencil. 179 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,560 Just the thing I need. 180 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:30,560 How nice. 181 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:35,560 It doesn't matter how sincere it is nor how heartfelt the spirit. 182 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,560 Sediment will not endear it. 183 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,560 What's important is the price. 184 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,560 Bark the herald. 185 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,560 Tribune sings. 186 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,560 Advertising wondrous things. 187 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:51,560 God rest ye merry merchants. 188 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:57,560 May ye make the yuletide pay. 189 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,560 Angels we have heard on high. 190 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,560 Tell us to go out and buy. 191 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:10,560 So let the rock a sleigh bells jingle. 192 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,560 Hail our dear old friend Kris Kringle. 193 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:16,560 Driving his reindeer across the sky. 194 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:20,560 Don't stand underneath when they fly by. 195 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:38,560 Ah, Christmas time. 196 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,560 There's a certain time of year 197 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:46,560 when the world has a special glow. 198 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,560 Children's laughter I can hear 199 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:55,560 from sleigh rides in the snow. 200 00:21:55,560 --> 00:22:01,560 And while everyone's heart is light 201 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:05,560 all across the land 202 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:10,560 one thing I know tonight 203 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:17,560 I can't stand it, man. 204 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,560 Every Christmas 205 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,560 I am listless 206 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:32,560 giving gifts just ain't my bag. 207 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,560 Sleigh bells ringing 208 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,560 and off-keys singing 209 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:45,560 Christmas music makes me gag. 210 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:51,560 To play that junk should be a crime. 211 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,560 I hate Christmas time. 212 00:22:55,560 --> 00:23:01,560 Have mercy. 213 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:06,560 It's the time when Stimpy's sickly sweet. 214 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,560 He's always trying to fatten me 215 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,560 with another Christmas treat. 216 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,560 I hate this hole, hole, hole. 217 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,560 I wanna go, go, go 218 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,560 as far away as I can 219 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:27,560 from that jolly fat cat man. 220 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,560 I'm blinded by Christmas lights. 221 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,560 They make the night too bright. 222 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:40,560 Then I can't sleep when I go to bed. 223 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,560 I hate that stupid tree. 224 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:48,560 And no one sends cards to me. 225 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:53,560 All I can see is green and red. 226 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:58,560 Just color me blue and I'll be fine. 227 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,560 I hate Christmas time. 228 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,560 Yes, I do. 229 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,560 I know what I'm talking about. 230 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,560 And I'm not too fond of New Year's either. 231 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,560 Okay. 232 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,560 A Christmas Carol from the album 233 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,560 An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer, 234 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,560 followed by I Hate Christmas 235 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,560 from Ren and Stimpy's Crock-A-Christmas. 236 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,560 By the way, the opinions expressed by Ren 237 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,560 are not necessarily those, as a matter of fact, 238 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,560 they are not those of Peter Schickele, 239 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,560 the host of Schickele Mix, 240 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,560 from PRI, Public Radio International. 241 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,560 Santa's Mixed Bag. 242 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,560 We're exploring the fact 243 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,560 that the tremendous demand for Christmas music 244 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,560 results in albums that stretch, 245 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,560 or perhaps exceed, 246 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,560 the limits of what is considered 247 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,560 appropriate musical behavior 248 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,560 for what is, after all, 249 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,560 a holiday steeped in tradition. 250 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,560 But as we mentioned earlier, 251 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,560 different cultures or different parts of the culture 252 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,560 adapt the traditional songs 253 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,560 in ways that bring them closer 254 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,560 to the people doing them. 255 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,560 This next cut is too long to play in its entirety. 256 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,560 I'll fade it out after the first verse. 257 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,560 But I'm curious how you feel about it. 258 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,560 Is the purpose here to shock? 259 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,560 This is not a setup, by the way. 260 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,560 I'm curious, is the purpose to shock, 261 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,560 or is the singer simply doing the song 262 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,560 in a way that is meaningful to him, 263 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,560 or are they both the same thing? 264 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,560 acoustic guitar plays softly 265 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:46,560 acoustic guitar plays softly 266 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,560 Silent night 267 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,560 Holy night 268 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:09,560 All is calm 269 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:17,560 All is bright 270 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,560 One young virgin 271 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,560 Mother and child 272 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:35,560 Holy infant so 273 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:43,560 Tender and mild 274 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:51,560 Sleep in heavenly peace 275 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:56,560 Sleep in heavenly peace 276 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:07,560 Sleep in heavenly peace 277 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,560 Silent night 278 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:20,560 Silent night by Sisqo Poison 279 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,560 from an album called Santa and Satan, 280 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,560 One and the Same. 281 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,560 It's your typical heavy metal Christmas album. 282 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,560 I expect that some people are deeply offended by that. 283 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,560 I must say, 284 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,560 and I am about as un-punk as you can get, 285 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:38,560 that I like it, 286 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,560 although it certainly is the least silent 287 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,560 silent night I've ever heard. 288 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,560 Franz Gruber is, I expect, turning in his grave, 289 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,560 which, I expect, doesn't bother 290 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,560 the members of Sisqo Poison at all. 291 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,560 As I say, the album is called Santa and Satan, 292 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,560 One and the Same. 293 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,560 It says, indisputable proof inside. 294 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,560 On the front you see Satan all there in red saying, 295 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,560 Ha, ha, ha! 296 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,560 And on the back you see Santa all in red saying, 297 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,560 Ho, ho, ho! 298 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,560 And some of their points here on the inside 299 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,560 are Santa, nickname is Saint Nick. 300 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,560 Satan, nickname is Old Nick. 301 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,560 Santa, red is favorite color. 302 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,560 Satan, red is favorite color. 303 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,560 Santa, sees you when you're sleeping, 304 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,560 knows when you're awake. 305 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:26,560 Satan, ditto. 306 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,560 And our final proof, by transposing one letter in his name, 307 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:33,560 Satan can instantly cash his social security checks 308 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,560 made out to Santa. 309 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,560 Okay, this insatiable demand for Christmas music 310 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,560 results not only in traditional songs 311 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,560 being done in every possible way, 312 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:48,560 but also in an unusually high number of novelty albums. 313 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,560 Even though Santa Claus is not really a religious figure, 314 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:55,560 I think people get a slightly sacrilegious thrill 315 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,560 hearing him placed in everyday situations 316 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,560 or even embarrassing situations. 317 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,560 We asked the Santa Claus at the department store near here 318 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:09,560 what he thinks the best gift you can give at Christmas is. 319 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,560 Um, laughter. 320 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:21,560 I think, yeah, laughter. 321 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,560 Come on up here, kid. 322 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:34,560 Ho, ho, ho. 323 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:58,560 Somebody stole my Santa Claus suit. 324 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,560 Somebody ripped off my beard, hat, and boots. 325 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:05,560 Some little fatso is all dressed in red. 326 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,560 He even had the gall to swipe the pillow off my bed. 327 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,560 Not what my kids going to think. 328 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,560 If Santa's a no-show, well, boy, they'll raise a stink. 329 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,560 But deck the halls and what the hell, 330 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,560 I've still got my jingle bells. 331 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,560 I've still got my jingle bells. 332 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,560 So, sir, you can keep the suit, 333 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:56,560 because frankly, I don't give a hoot. 334 00:30:56,560 --> 00:31:25,560 Ho, ho, ho. 335 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:35,560 Yeah. 336 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,560 Somebody stole my Santa Claus suit. 337 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,560 Somebody ripped off my beard, hat, and boots. 338 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:45,560 Some little fatso is all dressed in red. 339 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,560 He even had the gall to swipe the pillow off my bed. 340 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:51,560 Not what my kids going to think. 341 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,560 If Santa's a no-show, well, boy, they'll raise a stink. 342 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,560 But deck the halls and what the hell, 343 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,560 I've still got my jingle bells. 344 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,560 So, sucker, you can keep the suit, 345 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,560 because frankly, I don't give a hoot. 346 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,560 But where, oh, where's my Santa Claus suit? 347 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,560 That get-up set me back a bundle of loot. 348 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,560 The beard alone was $4.98. 349 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:21,560 The box it came in was an antique orange crate. 350 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,560 Somebody took the whole shebang. 351 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,560 If I find that roly-poly mother, he's going to hang. 352 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,560 But, gee, I guess that's no way to be. 353 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,560 He might do some good with it, in all facts to me. 354 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,560 So, sucker, you can keep the suit, 355 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:47,560 because frankly, I don't give a hoot. 356 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,560 Santa won't be back next Christmas Eve. 357 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:54,560 It sounds strange, I know, it's hard to believe. 358 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,560 But the state patrol's watching everybody these days. 359 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:02,560 He was weaving in the sky in his reindeer soleil. 360 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,560 So they radioed to every cop in the state 361 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:09,560 that it was only a matter of minutes to wait 362 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,560 when he landed on a housetop. 363 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,560 And there they were, 364 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:19,560 telling Santa to exhale in a breathalyzer. 365 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:23,560 Santa got a DWI. 366 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:27,560 For we were around in the sky. 367 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,560 Believe me, I wouldn't lie. 368 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:36,560 Oh, Santa got a DWI. 369 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,560 They took Santa down to the county jail. 370 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:43,560 Gave him one phone call to raise $10,000 bail. 371 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,560 By some strange note, Santa called me. 372 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:51,560 Said he needed 10 grand just to set himself free. 373 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,560 They impounded Santa's sleigh and his reindeer too. 374 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:58,560 And they'll probably end up in the city zoo. 375 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:02,560 And there won't be any Santa next Christmas Eve. 376 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:08,560 I can't raise his bail, no one will believe. 377 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:12,560 Santa got a DWI. 378 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,560 For we were around in the sky. 379 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,560 Believe me, I wouldn't lie. 380 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:24,560 Oh, Santa got a DWI. 381 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:28,560 There's a moral to the song, don't be mad at mad. 382 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:32,560 If you have a few numbers, better catch a cab. 383 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,560 Don't ever try to drive if you can't walk. 384 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:42,560 Cause even old Santa ain't above the law. 385 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,560 Santa got a DWI. 386 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:49,560 For we were around in the sky. 387 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,560 Believe me, I wouldn't lie. 388 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,560 Oh, Santa got a DWI. 389 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:56,560 Everybody now. 390 00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,560 Santa got a DWI. 391 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,560 For we were around in the sky. 392 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,560 Believe me, I wouldn't lie. 393 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,560 Oh, Santa got a DWI. 394 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:14,560 Yeah, Santa got a DWI. 395 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,560 Oh, Santa got a DWI. 396 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:21,560 Yeah, Santa got a DWI. 397 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:25,560 Oh, Santa got a DWI. 398 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:27,560 Yeah, Santa got a DWI. 399 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:32,560 OK, we heard the Christmas Jug Band featuring Dan Hicks 400 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,560 doing Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit 401 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,560 and then Sherwin Linton doing Santa Got a DWI. 402 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,560 Those are both off a fairly amazing Rhino compilation album 403 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,560 called Bummed Out Christmas. 404 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,560 I mean, those are very easygoing. 405 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,560 Some of the stuff on that album is really dark stuff. 406 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:54,560 Christmas in prison, Christmas in jail, Christmas in Vietnam. 407 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,560 It's got a great photo on the cover 408 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,560 of a little white plastic Christmas tree 409 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:02,560 set up in a motel room next to the TV. 410 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,560 But, so, now I'm beginning to wonder, 411 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,560 there are so many of these novelty items. 412 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:12,560 What's the most off-the-wall Christmas cut I can find? 413 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,560 I mean, we've heard different styles, 414 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,560 classical, boogie-woogie, heavy metal. 415 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,560 We've heard anti-Christmas songs. 416 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,560 We've heard making fun of Santa songs. 417 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:24,560 What's next? 418 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:28,560 Ha, ha, ha! 419 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,560 Oh, my name? 420 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:32,560 Well, that shouldn't be hard. 421 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,560 Hee, hee, hee! 422 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,560 It's, uh, claw-beating. 423 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:43,560 And I'm the animal trainer here at the, uh... 424 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:46,560 at the, uh, circus, and, uh... 425 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:50,560 Well, you know, I think that animals 426 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,560 are, uh... 427 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,560 smarter than we give them credit. 428 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:57,560 You know, sometimes. 429 00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,560 Sometimes I think that they're, uh... 430 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,560 smarter than I am. 431 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,560 Hee, hee, hee! 432 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,560 I like these dogs here. 433 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,560 Now... 434 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,560 Now, you used to have... 435 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,560 You know, if you wanted animals to be like, uh, 436 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:21,560 singing and, uh, you know, for a movie or, you know... 437 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,560 You had people, people pretending to be... 438 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,560 You had them singing for, you know... 439 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,560 But my dogs here... 440 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:31,560 Well, all I can say is... 441 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,560 You know those three-tenors? 442 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,560 They should be feeling pretty nervous. 443 00:37:36,560 --> 00:38:02,560 Hee, hee, hee! 444 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,560 Dashing through the snow 445 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:12,560 In a one-horse open sleigh 446 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:14,560 O'er the fields we go 447 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,560 Laughing all the way 448 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,560 Bells on bobtails ring 449 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,560 Making spirits bright 450 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,560 What fun it is to ride 451 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,560 In a one-horse open sleigh 452 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,560 Jingle bells, jingle, jingle bells, bells 453 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,560 Jingle, jingle all the way 454 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,560 Oh, what fun it is to ride 455 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,560 In a one-horse open sleigh 456 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,560 Hear them bells, them jingle bells 457 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,560 Jingle, jingle all the way 458 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,560 Oh, what fun it is to ride 459 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,560 In a one-horse open sleigh 460 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,560 If you're moving or to a ball 461 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,560 Hi-ya! I'll see you there 462 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,560 And see you standing right there 463 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,560 While seated by my side 464 00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,560 A horse, one, two, three, four 465 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:01,560 A cat, two, four, five, six 466 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,560 A monkey, a turkey, a hippo 467 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,560 A penguin, a duck, duck, duck 468 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,560 Jingle bells, jingle bells, bells 469 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,560 Jingle all the way 470 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,560 Oh, what fun it is to ride 471 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,560 In a one-horse open sleigh 472 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:20,560 Jingle bells, jingle bells, bells 473 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,560 Jingle, jingle all the way 474 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,560 Oh, what fun it is to ride 475 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,560 In a one-horse open sleigh 476 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,560 Go, go, go, smile, be bright 477 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,560 Do it while you're young 478 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,560 Take the girls to ride 479 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,560 And sing their praising song 480 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,560 And get up off their mat 481 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,560 Party, party 482 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,560 Then hitch him to an open sleigh 483 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,560 And crack, you'll take the lead 484 00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,560 Jingle bells, jingle bells, bells 485 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,560 Jingle all the way 486 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,560 Oh, what fun it is to ride 487 00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:00,560 In a one-horse open sleigh 488 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,560 Jingle bells, jingle bells, bells 489 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,560 Jingle all the way 490 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,560 Oh, what fun it is to ride 491 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,560 In a one-horse open sleigh 492 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,560 Jingle bells, jingle bells, bells 493 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:16,560 Jingle all the way 494 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:20,560 Ooooooh! 495 00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:25,560 Oh, what fun it is to ride 496 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:30,560 In a one-horse open sleigh 497 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:35,560 Oh, what fun it is to ride 498 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:40,560 In a one-horse open sleigh 499 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:47,560 Jingle bells, jingle bells, bells 500 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,560 Oh, 501 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:55,560 oh, 502 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:59,560 oh, 503 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,560 oh, 504 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,560 oh, 505 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,560 oh, 506 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,560 oh, 507 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,560 oh, 508 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:22,560 oh, 509 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,560 oh, 510 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,560 oh, 511 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,560 oh, 512 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,560 oh, 513 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,560 oh, 514 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,560 oh, 515 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,560 oh, 516 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:53,560 oh, 517 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:57,560 oh, 518 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:01,560 oh, 519 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,560 oh, 520 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,560 oh, 521 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:12,560 oh, 522 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,560 oh, 523 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,560 oh, 524 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:29,560 We're getting into the outer reaches of novelty space here. 525 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:35,560 Animals old style were represented by the chipmunks singing jingle bells. 526 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:40,560 Rodents on speed, double speed. 527 00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:42,560 And then we heard a medley. 528 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:48,560 It came upon and we wish you a hairy Christmas from an album called Top Dog. 529 00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:52,560 Holiday favorites in dog. 530 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:58,560 The dogs are named Bentley, Weaver, Henschel, Bogey, Pepper, Cindy and Roxanne. 531 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:01,560 Their trainer is named Craig Huxley. 532 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:05,560 Their back announcer is named Peter Shickley. 533 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:11,560 And the show is named Shickley Mix from PRI, Public Radio International. 534 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,560 Okay, folks, this is it. 535 00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:18,560 We're almost at the bottom of Santa's mixed bag. 536 00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:24,560 The culmination of our search for the jaw-droppingest, off-the-wall-est, 537 00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:29,560 unlikeliest novelty number to come down the holiday pike. 538 00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:34,560 Now, I've heard famous melodies played on practically every instrument around. 539 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:39,560 And I've played a few less usual instruments myself, 540 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:46,560 such as the tuned water glasses, the balloons, the fog horn and the bicycle. 541 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:53,560 But it never occurred to me that you could play joy to the world with the following ensemble. 542 00:43:53,560 --> 00:44:01,560 Table saws, pipes, ratchet, power drill, power screwdriver, two-by-fours, 543 00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:10,560 plane, hammer, saw, power miter box, anvil, framing square and T-square. 544 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:25,560 I don't know why it didn't occur to me. 545 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,560 I don't know why it didn't occur to me. 546 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:12,560 I don't know why it didn't occur to me. 547 00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,560 I don't know why it didn't occur to me. 548 00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:12,560 I don't know why it didn't occur to me. 549 00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,560 I don't know why it didn't occur to me. 550 00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:20,560 Joy to the World, performed by Woody Phillips from an album called A Toolbox Christmas. 551 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:25,560 Well, okay, now that we've achieved Christmas novelty record nirvana, 552 00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:32,560 I'd actually like to go back to some real Christmas music in the broader, more all-encompassing sense. 553 00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:39,560 Not typical Christmas music, but pieces with a spiritual dimension, at least in my humble opinion. 554 00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:44,560 We've been dealing mostly in pairs today, and our last pair is made up of two songs, 555 00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:47,560 each of which is rather daring in its way. 556 00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:55,560 The first tells the story of Mary and Joseph in a modern context and an unexpected musical idiom, 557 00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:59,560 and comments calmly on modern Christmas observance. 558 00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:05,560 And the second piece does something that really takes nerve and really pulls it off. 559 00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:11,560 It preserves the words of Silent Night, but sets them to new, original music, 560 00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:16,560 although there is a brief bow to Gruber's famous melody towards the end. 561 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:20,560 Here's Christmas Day and Silent Night. 562 00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:24,560 Silent Night 563 00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:37,560 Mary and Joseph drove into town Searching for a place to stay 564 00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:44,560 The moon was up and his foot was down A miracle was on its way 565 00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:51,560 They tried the hotels, the motels The bed and breakfast locals 566 00:48:51,560 --> 00:49:01,560 But no one seemed to have any room Better find a double room soon 567 00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:09,560 So where would Christmas be without 568 00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:17,560 Mary and Joseph, Malcolm and Wise Laura and Hardy, a cracker surprise 569 00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:20,560 Lights on the pine tree And all out to shave 570 00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:25,560 I'm not forgetting Jesus Who was born on Christmas Day 571 00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:31,560 Silent Night 572 00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:40,560 They found a place with a neon light TV pool and vacant seats 573 00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:46,560 The man on the desk didn't hear them right When the two of them booked for three 574 00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:50,560 They watched the TV and deeply She felt a push uniquely 575 00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:56,560 And the heavens delivered this way And it happened on Christmas Day 576 00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,560 Christmas Day 577 00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:03,560 Christmas Day 578 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:06,560 So where would Christmas be without 579 00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:15,560 Mary and Joseph, Malcolm and Wise Laura and Hardy, a cracker surprise 580 00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:18,560 Lights on the pine tree And all out to shave 581 00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:23,560 I'm not forgetting Jesus Who was born on Christmas Day 582 00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:37,560 Mary and Joseph were so surprised With admirers around the crib 583 00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:43,560 There was something in their son's eyes That magnetically took one in 584 00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:50,560 Like a messiah and on fire Like a train around a tire We'd grip our roads to fortune's face 585 00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,560 And it happened on Christmas Day 586 00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:56,560 Christmas Day 587 00:50:56,560 --> 00:51:00,560 Christmas Day 588 00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:03,560 So where would Christmas be without 589 00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:12,560 Mary and Joseph, Malcolm and Wise Laura and Hardy, a cracker surprise 590 00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:15,560 Lights on the pine tree And all out to shave 591 00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:41,560 I'm not forgetting Jesus Who was born on Christmas Day 592 00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:55,560 I'm not forgetting Jesus Who was born on Christmas Day 593 00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:29,560 Silent night, holy night 594 00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:43,560 All is calm, all is bright 595 00:52:43,560 --> 00:53:01,560 Round yon virgin, mother and child 596 00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:17,560 Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in peace 597 00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:32,560 Silent night, holy night 598 00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:47,560 Shepherds quake at the sight 599 00:53:47,560 --> 00:54:05,560 Glories streaming from heaven afar 600 00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:22,560 Heavenly hosts sing alleluia Christ is born 601 00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:37,560 Silent night, holy night 602 00:54:37,560 --> 00:54:52,560 All is calm, all is bright 603 00:54:52,560 --> 00:55:07,560 Round yon virgin, mother and child 604 00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:22,560 Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in peace 605 00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:42,560 Alleluia, alleluia 606 00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:52,560 Christmas Day from Squeeze on a CD called New Wave Christmas 607 00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:57,560 and then Silent Night from Three Carols by Kevin Oldham 608 00:55:57,560 --> 00:56:04,560 performed by Pamela Williamson with Lyra Pringle-Ferrigo on flute 609 00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:08,560 and Wesley Kelly on harp. I love that piece. 610 00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:12,560 We've heard it before on the show but it's certainly worth hearing again. 611 00:56:12,560 --> 00:56:16,560 It's from a CD called Navitas, American Christmas Carols 612 00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:19,560 with the Kansas City Chorale. 613 00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:23,560 Silent Night has provided the pillars on today's show 614 00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:27,560 framing the silliness, sometimes inspired silliness 615 00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:30,560 but industrial strength silliness nevertheless 616 00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:33,560 that has made up the bulk of what we've heard. 617 00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:36,560 Let's go out with Bob Kindred on tenor sax 618 00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:39,560 and our final Silent Night. 619 00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:05,560 And that's Sickly Mix for this week. 620 00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:08,560 Our program is made possible with funds provided by 621 00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:10,560 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 622 00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:13,560 and by this radio station and its members. 623 00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:18,560 The program is distributed by PRI, Public Radio International. 624 00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:21,560 We'll tell you in a moment how you can get an official playlist 625 00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:25,560 of all the music on today's program with album numbers and everything. 626 00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:30,560 Just refer to the program number. This is program number 163. 627 00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:33,560 And this is Peter Sickly saying goodbye 628 00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:35,560 and reminding you that it don't mean a thing 629 00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:38,560 if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi. 630 00:57:38,560 --> 00:58:05,560 Looking good. See you next week. 631 00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:10,560 PRI, Public Radio International.