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question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by superfly » Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:51 pm

I remember back when John was recording The Christmas Project that he had posted on the crew website that he had to ditch a song they recorded because of licensing issues and had to record a different song in it's place. Are you able to tell us which one was scrapped and which one took it's place? Just curious ;)
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by p-freak » Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:47 pm

I've always wondered the same thing.
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by dihigo » Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:56 pm

I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing John's version of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" didn't make the cut.
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by Shell » Thu Nov 19, 2015 4:00 pm

dihigo wrote:I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing John's version of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" didn't make the cut.

:lol:
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by sue d. » Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:34 pm

Hehehe... not quite.

Dan wanted to do Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon but there was too many hoops to jump through to get it licensed. So along came "The Spirit of Christmas."
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by dihigo » Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:09 am

sue d. wrote:Hehehe... not quite.

Dan wanted to do Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon but there was too many hoops to jump through to get it licensed. So along came "The Spirit of Christmas."
That darn Yoko Ono!
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by Shell » Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:46 pm

I'm trying to imagine John singing "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" and laughing. Somehow I can't picture him singing that. :lol: :mrgreen:
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by superfly » Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:48 am

thanks Sue!
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by sue d. » Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:53 am

No prob!

BTW, I HATE that song, Shell - it's so dumb!
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by Shell » Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:15 pm

sue d. wrote:No prob!

BTW, I HATE that song, Shell - it's so dumb!
I agree, it is dumb, but it was probably meant to be. :lol: I haven't heard it for a number of years. I can't imagine anyone being interested in wanting to perform it. :P

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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by dihigo » Fri Nov 27, 2015 12:54 pm

Shell wrote:
sue d. wrote:No prob!

BTW, I HATE that song, Shell - it's so dumb!
I agree, it is dumb, but it was probably meant to be. :lol: I haven't heard it for a number of years. I can't imagine anyone being interested in wanting to perform it. :P

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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by Shell » Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:11 pm

:mrgreen:
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by rexreed » Sat Dec 05, 2015 11:18 pm

sue d. wrote:No prob!

BTW, I HATE that song, Shell - it's so dumb!
I hate it too, well I hate it now. When I was a kid I loved it. It is in the same league as "All I want for Christmas," "I got a hippo for Christmas," and "Christmas Shoes" now. I realize that two of the three songs I just listed are meant to be stupid but man, I hate those songs.
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by cvs2kids » Tue Dec 08, 2015 12:23 pm

rexreed wrote: I hate it too, well I hate it now. When I was a kid I loved it. It is in the same league as "All I want for Christmas," "I got a hippo for Christmas," and "Christmas Shoes" now. I realize that two of the three songs I just listed are meant to be stupid but man, I hate those songs.
I'm not sure I would put "Christmas Shoes" in the same catagorey as the other two. :shock:

It may be a least favourite song, but still has a a very serious message.
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Re: question for Sue about The Christmas Project

Post by sue d. » Sat Dec 12, 2015 5:12 pm

Well, there are some songs that just never should have been written!
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