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Topic History of: Pete Sinfield, songwriter/musician R.I.P. Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Green Man
robbiex wrote: The song gets played plenty of times at Christmas and often features in the top 20 chistmas songs at the lower end. To my mend it is better than "Fairy Tale of New York". That slurred drunken opening line really gets on my nerves. I guess that everyone that wants this song, already has it, since it was released in 1975.
I agree there Robbie, same with Wham. You never hear the Beach Boys Christmas played but you hear Phil Spector's Christmas stuff he produced.
If you want to torture your mortal being listen to Jon Anderson's 3 Ships.
I am ashamed to admit I did have it and binned it after a few listens. The only track I did enjoy was Ding Dong Merrily On High it sounded like Yes but that is being generous. What makes the album a chore is that there are no fade-outs so it's like one long dull Christmas medley like Jive Bunny on cocaine.
robbiex
The song gets played plenty of times at Christmas and often features in the top 20 chistmas songs at the lower end. To my mend it is better than "Fairy Tale of New York". That slurred drunken opening line really gets on my nerves. I guess that everyone that wants this song, already has it, since it was released in 1975.
Rich
JK2006 wrote: I loved the Greg Lake Christmas song!
One of the absolute best, so why does this one not do the business in the charts and get listened to like so many of the old Christmas songs do each year nowadays. It never re-charts. It didn't feature in last years Top 100 at Christmas despite entries from what can be described as some very unfashionable old timers like Perry Como, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and such like. How come Greg Lake isn't cool at Christmas? He was in 1975 as runner up. Odd.
JK2006
I loved the Greg Lake Christmas song!
Rich
Green Man wrote: Can we remember him for being a songwriter for Chris Squire, King Crimson, ELP and Premiata Forneria Marconi, rather than writing songs for Bucks Fizz, Leo Sayer, Cher and 5 Star?
Greg Lake must have been poorly or knocked on the head when he sang I Believe In Father Christmas.
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