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Reply #30 posted 08/10/09 3:50pm

Xtraordinary

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DecaturStone said:

Xtraordinary said:

The 12in of this song is jamtasic! This has always been one of my favorites and I use to listen to it year round. It sounds like this was a "band song" like Power Fantasic. Does anybody know the background on this recording?

So is that Bobby actually on the drums? eek I always wonder what songs he is actually playing on. This is a great song but one of the few that SHOULD be a B side. While I love the song, I don't know what album it would have worked on.



It's not Bobby playing, it's Prince. There was a thread about this before that I found [/url]http://prince.org/msg/7/314716 [/url] and BG confirmed it was Prince that played everything on the track.
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Reply #31 posted 08/10/09 4:18pm

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Back in the day (late 84-85) it definitely had airplay, particularly with WGCI in Chicago. Back then, P's stuff was definitely on heavy rotation...

Exactly & they still play it during the holidays
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Reply #32 posted 08/10/09 4:22pm

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I love this track, and it actually was a hit on a Billboard chart; it reached number 5 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart in December of 1984. Unlike most other Christmas singles that chart year after year, it never appeared again after '84.
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Reply #33 posted 08/10/09 7:52pm

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just recently been listening to the song after years of not- I enjoy it.
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Reply #34 posted 08/10/09 8:17pm

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I hate when stations do that. lol
They do it with Wham! too.

Just cuz a song has the word Christmas in the title it doesn't make them Holiday Music.

Yes, it does (from a programmers point of view anyway). Sure, songs like "Another Lonely Christmas" and "Last Christmas" tell stories of what happened on Christmas. Therefore, making it a holiday song.


I'm speaking for my taste and not talking on technicality.
I'm saying generally (for the most part) there's a certain sound and/or feel to the Holiday Music genre. "Another Lonely Christmas" doesn't much fit that category.

Holiday music is the one genres where I'm perfectly happy with lack of change. So many modern holiday albums fail miserably (again, for my taste) in their attempts to make it a "current" genre.
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Reply #35 posted 08/10/09 8:24pm

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daPrettyman said:


Yes, it does (from a programmers point of view anyway). Sure, songs like "Another Lonely Christmas" and "Last Christmas" tell stories of what happened on Christmas. Therefore, making it a holiday song.


I'm speaking for my taste and not talking on technicality.
I'm saying generally (for the most part) there's a certain sound and/or feel to the Holiday Music genre. "Another Lonely Christmas" doesn't much fit that category.

Holiday music is the one genres where I'm perfectly happy with lack of change. So many modern holiday albums fail miserably (again, for my taste) in their attempts to make it a "current" genre.

Lawd lawd lawd, I heard Beyonce doing some stupid ass Christmas songs they played once on the radio. Made me want to go home and slap my momma.
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Reply #36 posted 08/10/09 8:25pm

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They still play it on the radio during the holiays..but cmon,ole gurl died on Xmas day? Not really the most cheerful song for the holidays
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Reply #37 posted 08/10/09 8:29pm

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Imago said:

johnart said:



I'm speaking for my taste and not talking on technicality.
I'm saying generally (for the most part) there's a certain sound and/or feel to the Holiday Music genre. "Another Lonely Christmas" doesn't much fit that category.

Holiday music is the one genres where I'm perfectly happy with lack of change. So many modern holiday albums fail miserably (again, for my taste) in their attempts to make it a "current" genre.

Lawd lawd lawd, I heard Beyonce doing some stupid ass Christmas songs they played once on the radio. Made me want to go home and slap my momma.


I gave away the Destiny's Child Xmas album. That shit was foul.
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Reply #38 posted 08/11/09 5:17am

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Imago said:

johnart said:



I'm speaking for my taste and not talking on technicality.
I'm saying generally (for the most part) there's a certain sound and/or feel to the Holiday Music genre. "Another Lonely Christmas" doesn't much fit that category.

Holiday music is the one genres where I'm perfectly happy with lack of change. So many modern holiday albums fail miserably (again, for my taste) in their attempts to make it a "current" genre.

Lawd lawd lawd, I heard Beyonce doing some stupid ass Christmas songs they played once on the radio. Made me want to go home and slap my momma.

Yeah, the Destiny's Child Christmas album is one of the worst that I've ever bought. Didn't like any of the tracks on there.
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