Perhaps, but I was addressing your point about what kind of lazy employees would air the tune. Not lazy at all since their listeners are already expecting -- probably even demanding -- it. For better or worse, it's already established.
It's just like how Die Hard has become a Christmas movie. I always shed a tear at the end of it. On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 4:28 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I've read the words, it's not a Christmas song, and anyone who thinks it is > is sadly misinformed, just because they've recorded it as one doesn't change > that. Cohen didn't even try to masquerade it as a Christmas song. It > doesn't mean I don't like the song, but It's like Springsteen's "Born in the > USA" which isn't a patriotic anthem. Those who support or decry it for that > reason are wrong. It's not patriotic at all, and they're being > intellectually lazy. > > > > On 12/18/2016 3:49 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> I hate to fully deflate your sails since you have a good wind up, but >> I suggest you read the Wikipedia article on Hallelujah. There's a well >> established tradition of folks recording Xmas covers of it and it >> being programmed as an Xmas song. The very recent cover by a group >> called Pentatonix is a case in point. >> >> Pentatonix: hey, almost on-topic there. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pentatonix_Christmas >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song) >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 2:26 PM, P. J. Alling >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Is that nobody cares enough, or maybe at all... >>> >>> What I mean is, well I was listening to the local programmed FM station, >>> you >>> know the kind, no local DJ all music piped in from one source for a >>> national >>> chain, etc., etc., but... Right now it's playing all Christmas music, >>> all >>> the time. Since no one else local is doing it I tune in now and then to >>> get a taste of the season. Well in the middle of a set they play >>> Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, and I couldn't stop laughing... >>> >>> After my mirth subsided I thought about this for a while, "What Kind of >>> Idiot would allow this to get on the air as a "Christmas" song." >>> >>> I don't mean what kind of bored underpaid employee would put it into the >>> compilation, that answer I know. No what supervisor wouldn't put the >>> kibosh >>> on it. I mean really some people will be offended, even those who get >>> the >>> joke and like Cohen's music might not like it as part of their Christmas >>> mix. >>> >>> The answer of course, is one that's too lazy to do their job. >>> >>> Why do I bring this up? Well my reply to Larry's question about a small >>> light FF long lens. I decided to do a little research on available >>> "New" >>> Catadioptric lenses took me to this, the website for a once popular, >>> reputable, photo magazine, you have to click on the link to see the full >>> horror: >>> >>> http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2008/12/slr-cat-did-it >>> >>> How a photo magazine could publish anything with that picture is beyond >>> me, >>> don't they care about their image at all... >>> >>> (All puns intended). >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
