Zip City wrote:I've gotta be honest, that's a depressing post.
I love both Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I'm sorry, didn't mean to depress people. I'm just being honest. I do not like the holiday season. I stopped liking Christmas in high school. My favorite holidays are Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. I also like Easter. I'm not really a Scrooge. I am no grumpier at Christmas than I am the rest of the year. Never had anything depressing happen at Christmas like losing a family member. It is just that Christmas always seemed like something I had to "get through".
One of the things I enjoyed about being a pastor was that focusing on the religious aspect of the holidays made me enjoy them more.
Since I'm away from both of my families today, I'm feeling this song pretty strongly in their absence. The duality of the Johnnie thing.
But I just realized something while singing the most topical lines to myself today:
My Aunt's praising Palin and my niece loves Obama
My uncle came to dinner wearing his pajamas
(I know just how the man feels. I haven't had long pants on since I got home from work Thursday night.)
But what I realized is that couplet's not quite consistent. It's meant, I think, to convey that's a couple and their daughter, but my aunt's daughter would be my cousin, not my niece. (If that's not how it works in your family, we have another song for you Northerners.) Now, you could recast that first line and still make it--what's the equivalent musical term for "scan"? Damned if I know--fit the rhythm of the song, like this:
My Aunt's praising Palin and my cousin Obama
or this:
My Aunt's praising Palin, my cuz loves Obama
or even this:
My Aunt's praising Palin, my cousin loves Obama
But neither of the first two sounds as natural as Patterson's line, and in even the third one, which isn't too bad, the tension between mother and child is less poignant than between mother and daughter. Here's a case where a slightly inexact meaning is worth the loss.
It's this time of year that I love my job just a bit more than I usually do. Since nobody stops using the sink/shower/toilet my place runs 24/7 which means unless the holiday falls on your days off you're working. I haven't had to go to any family holiday meals for the past 15 years. Xmas is especially convenient because I'm home long enough to be with my boys to open presents and then it's usually time to go to work. Missing dry turkey and the uninformed opinions vs the persecution Olympics battle Royale is just fine with me. Plus double time and a half doesn't hurt either. Hope you all have a great holiday and burn a joint for me
This is one one of my favorites to cover at home on the acoustic, particularly this time of year.
In their infinite wisdom, the Baby Beebses yelled at me for the insensitive lyrics because "it might be rude to the church people if you say the J word"
So it's been modified
"It's Thanksgiving and Cheese Sticks, I'm thankful"
Beebs wrote:This is one one of my favorites to cover at home on the acoustic, particularly this time of year.
In their infinite wisdom, the Baby Beebses yelled at me for the insensitive lyrics because "it might be rude to the church people if you say the J word"
So it's been modified
"It's Thanksgiving and Cheese Sticks, I'm thankful"
I love playing it too but it's been a couple of years. Time to relearn.
Beebs wrote:This is one one of my favorites to cover at home on the acoustic, particularly this time of year.
In their infinite wisdom, the Baby Beebses yelled at me for the insensitive lyrics because "it might be rude to the church people if you say the J word"
So it's been modified
"It's Thanksgiving and Cheese Sticks, I'm thankful"
