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Favoriting December 15, 2024: Atlantic Tunnel's Christmas Special
From Battersea to the East Village, it’s Atlantic Tunnel’s Annual Christmas Special this week. Host Ed welcomes Amanda Thorpe to co-host an eclectic show of Holiday Songs.

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Artist Track Album Approx. start time
Mike Oldfield  In Dulci Jubilo   Favoriting Single  0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Elvis Presley  Merry Christmas, Baby   Favoriting Single  0:04:40 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Andy Partridge  Let There Be Snow   Favoriting My Failed Christmas Career  0:12:31 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Flirtations  Christmas Time Is Here Again   Favoriting Sounds Like the Flirtations  0:15:52 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Lindisfarne  Winter Song   Favoriting Nicely Out of Tune  0:19:34 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Ray Davies & Chrissy Hyne  Postcard From London   Favoriting Single  0:24:37 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Edgar Jones  Here's To The Holidays   Favoriting Single  0:30:09 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bedsit Poets  December My Dear   Favoriting All Roads Lead me Back  0:32:39 (MP3 | Pop-up)
T.Rex  Xmas Riff   Favoriting   0:36:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Kinks  Better Things   Favoriting Better Things EP  0:36:55 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Scaffold  Mummy Wont Be Home For Christmas   Favoriting Sold Out  0:39:56 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Divine Comedy  Home For The Holidays (bonus track)   Favoriting Charmed Life: The Best of the Divine Comedy  0:44:06 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band  There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, They're Burning Big Louie Tonight   Favoriting Single  0:48:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Gilbert O’Sullivan  Christmas Song   Favoriting Single  0:52:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
St. Etienne  I Was Born on Christmas Day   Favoriting Single  0:54:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Colin Blunstone  Holiday Message   Favoriting   0:58:16 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Elton John  Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher   Favoriting Unreleased Demo  0:58:57 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Albert King  Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'   Favoriting Single  1:02:30 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Cream  Wrapping Paper   Favoriting Single  1:05:20 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bob Dylan  Must Be Santa   Favoriting Single (promo)  1:07:51 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Nina  Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown   Favoriting Single  1:10:28 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye  Purple Snowflakes   Favoriting Merry Christmas From Motown  1:13:36 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Wizzard  I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday   Favoriting Single  1:19:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Michael Chapman  Another Season Song   Favoriting Deal Gone Down  1:27:48 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rachel Love  Christmas Wishes   Favoriting Single  1:32:26 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Tricia Scotti  When December Comes   Favoriting Single  1:35:27 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Vashti Bunyan  Coldest Night Of The Year   Favoriting Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind  1:37:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Greg Lake  I Believe In Father Christmas   Favoriting Single  1:41:42 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Slade  Merry Xmas Everybody   Favoriting Slade Alive! At Reading  1:46:22 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Martin Newell  Christmas In Surburbia   Favoriting The Greatest Living Englishman  1:46:51 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Slade  Merry Xmas Everybody   Favoriting Single  1:51:05 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Nick Lowe  Christmas At The Airport   Favoriting Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family   1:54:07 (MP3 | Pop-up)
T, Rex  Christmas Jingle   Favoriting Marc Bolan At The BBC 4  1:57:49 (MP3 | Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 1:59pm
AtlanticTunnel:

Happy Holidaze Everbody!
  2:01pm
?:

oldfield! greetings to the happy few
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Don Ciccone:

Ho ho ho
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San Pedro Girl:

Hello AT; Ed, Melani, Don, et al
  2:01pm
ElNijo:

? was me
Avatar 2:02pm
AtlanticTunnel:

hey all, merry Xmas n new yaar!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:02pm
San Pedro Girl:

↳ ElNijo @2:01
Hi ElNijo!
  2:02pm
Double R:

I'm doing a jig.
  2:03pm
ElNijo:

↳ San Pedro Girl @2:02
hey spg
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Don Ciccone:

Yay, Amanda.
  2:03pm
Lilith212:

Good Afternoon All!
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San Pedro Girl:

Hi Double R and Lilith.
  2:04pm
Double R:

So now we're giving away the set before it plays???
Avatar 👻 2:04pm
Don Ciccone:

Hi San Pedro Girl
  2:05pm
Lilith212:

↳ San Pedro Girl @2:04
Hi SPG!
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Double R @2:04
Welcome to Amanda world :)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:05pm
San Pedro Girl:

Greetings Amanda!
  2:06pm
Mitchell&Gayle:

Happy Holidays everyone!
Great to hear Elvis in the Tunnel!
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Don Ciccone:

↳ AtlanticTunnel @2:05
Got good music on my radio.
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common:

good day all
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MelaniR:

Happy Holidays everyone from a very cold East Village.
Avatar 2:07pm
AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Don Ciccone @2:06
Hopefully Don :)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:08pm
San Pedro Girl:

↳ Don Ciccone @2:06
Don, did you get emergency tornado warnings Saturday morning?
  2:08pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Merry Christmas, Baby" by "Elvis Presley"
This song does not evoke Christmas. Basic blues and throw in the word Christmas here and there. Bah Humbug!!!!
Avatar 2:08pm
AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Mitchell&Gayle @2:06
This Song is tailer made for you!
Avatar 👻 2:08pm
Don Ciccone:

↳ San Pedro Girl @2:08
Some at the Java Beach party said they saw the tornado over the ocean.
Avatar 👻 2:09pm
Don Ciccone:

Shut up. It's the King.
  2:09pm
ElNijo:

the great eddie hinton on lead
  2:09pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:08
True!!
  2:10pm
Double R:

Sounds like someone else fell asleep other than me. I heard Elvis yell at someone to WAKE UP>>
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Ellen:

"Wake up, Pud!" is infamous, apparently.
  2:11pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:10
HAHA!!!!
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Don Ciccone:

↳ Double R @2:10
try playing it backwards
  2:11pm
Double R:

↳ Don Ciccone @2:11
"I LOVE SATAN"
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @2:10
I've seen the TCB band exactly one time in my life, and there were two women in the audience who held up signs saying "Wake up, Pud!"
  2:12pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Merry Christmas, Baby" by "Elvis Presley"
How friggin long is this???
  2:13pm
Scott from Boston:

Since you played Elvis, does Cliff Richard have any good Christmas songs?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:13pm
San Pedro Girl:

↳ Double R @2:12
I hear there is an extended version.
  2:13pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "Let There Be Snow" by "Andy Partridge"
Dig this!
  2:14pm
Lilith212:

↳ Ellen @2:12
HHAHA!
  2:14pm
Double R:

↳ San Pedro Girl @2:13
It did sound like it got cut off.
  2:14pm
ElNijo:

80's drum xmas
  2:14pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Let There Be Snow" by "Andy Partridge"
This is more like it.
Avatar 2:15pm
AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Scott from Boston @2:13
Not great ones!
  2:15pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Let There Be Snow" by "Andy Partridge"
Was there ever a "Young Santa Claus"> I've never seen a photo of him in his younger years.
  2:16pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:15
True! HAHA!
  2:16pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @2:15
you just didn't recognize him without the beard
  2:17pm
Double R:

↳ ElNijo @2:16
I heard he looks like a young Ned Beatty.
  2:18pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Christmas Time Is Here Again" by "The Flirtations"
I prefer The Beatles' Christmas Time Is Here Again.
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Double R @2:18
no Beatles this year :(
  2:19pm
Double R:

↳ AtlanticTunnel @2:18
Yet a 15 minute Elvis ?
  2:19pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:18
Same!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:20pm
San Pedro Girl:

↳ Song: "Winter Song" by "Lindisfarne"
This hits home.
Avatar 2:21pm
AtlanticTunnel:

↳ San Pedro Girl @2:20
It's a beautiful song!
Avatar 👻 2:22pm
Ellen:

↳ Double R @2:19
Well, you know, it was 1971. Elvis was trying to be on the leading edge of prog epics.
  2:24pm
ElNijo:

apparently elvis costello
considers this 1 of the greatest songs of all time
  2:24pm
Lilith212:

↳ Ellen @2:22
HAHAHA!
  2:24pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @2:22
HAHAHAHA. Tales From Sequined JumpSuit Oceans
  2:25pm
Lilith212:

↳ Lilith212 @2:24
lovely sog
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ ElNijo @2:24
Wow....high praise indeed!
  2:25pm
Lilith212:

↳ Lilith212 @2:25
song!
  2:25pm
ElNijo:

soggy song
  2:26pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Postcard From London" by "Ray Davies & Chrissy Hyne"
It's no Father Christmas, but a sweet tune.
  2:26pm
Lilith212:

↳ ElNijo @2:25
HAHAHA!
  2:26pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:26
Indeed
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Double R @2:26
We got it this year!
  2:28pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Postcard From London" by "Ray Davies & Chrissy Hyne"
The way Ray sings "gathered row-ah-ound" is the most Lennon-esque he's ever been
  2:29pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:28
Yes!
  2:29pm
Double R:

Looks like El Nijo and Amanda read the same blogs
  2:30pm
ElNijo:

"apparently"
  2:30pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Here's To The Holidays" by "Edgar Jones"
Shindig was talking this song up in the new issue.
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MOM WHIG:

HI GOOD AFTERNOON - JUST HOME NOW - AT - DON - ? - SPG - DOUBLE R - EINIJO - LILITH212 - MITCHELL&GAYLE - MELANIER - ELLEN - SCOTT FROM BOSTON
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:31pm
Snayle:

Groovy Sundae, 'allo with some HoHoHo's > E ! Amanda! & all youz Tunnel-Travelers !:
HI MOM WHIG !!!
Don C ! San Pedro Girl ! ElNijo! Double R! Lilith212 ! Mitch&Gayle! common !
Melani !!!!!!!!
Ellen !!!
Scott from Boston !
Diggin the Seasonal Selections!!!
Nice to hear the A&E Team in the 'booth' together !!! :)
Avatar 2:31pm
AtlanticTunnel:

WELCOME MOM WHIG!...THANX FOR THE CARD!
  2:31pm
Lilith212:

↳ ElNijo @2:30
Soggy blogs
  2:31pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Here's To The Holidays" by "Edgar Jones"
I like it.. It doesn't feel like a Christmas unless it has jingle bells.
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San Pedro Girl:

Hellos, MOM and Snayle. Happy holidays!
  2:32pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "Here's To The Holidays" by "Edgar Jones"
Catchy tune!
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Double R @2:31
Still a great song!!!
  2:32pm
Lilith212:

Hi Momwhig and Snayle
  2:33pm
Double R:

↳ AtlanticTunnel @2:32
I was complimenting the use of the Jingle Bells.
  2:33pm
ElNijo:

beats soggy clogs
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Double R @2:33
Can’t get enough jingle bells during the season.
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Snayle:

↳ San Pedro Girl @2:32
and to you as well SPG !!!!! :) OX
  2:33pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "December My Dear" by "Bedsit Poets"
Go Ms. Amanda! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:34pm
Snayle:

↳ Song: "December My Dear" by "Bedsit Poets"
Luv this !!!
  2:34pm
Lilith212:

↳ San Pedro Girl @2:33
Agreed!
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Double R @2:33
Did you hear the new Euros Childs album yet//
Avatar 2:34pm
MOM WHIG:

↳ Snayle @2:31
YUCKY GREY DAY HERE WITH SOME DRIZZLING HAPPENING NOW - HI
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MOM WHIG:

↳ AtlanticTunnel @2:31
GLAD YOU GOT IT
  2:35pm
Lilith212:

↳ ElNijo @2:33
HAHAHA!
  2:35pm
Double R:

↳ AtlanticTunnel @2:34
Of course.. You have to ask?
  2:35pm
ElNijo:

i play my jingle bells in the summer
  2:35pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "December My Dear" by "Bedsit Poets"
Very cool Mellotron on this.
  2:36pm
Double R:

↳ ElNijo @2:35
TMI
  2:36pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:36
HAHAHAHA!!
  2:37pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Better Things" by "The Kinks"
This is possibly THE BEST song to play on New Year's Eve.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:37pm
San Pedro Girl:

↳ Double R @2:37
Agree!
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Snayle:

↳ MOM WHIG @2:34
Hi Mom - turned gray here - cold with rain/snow possible tonite....
  2:37pm
Scott from Boston:

You can’t get better than the kinks
  2:37pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "Better Things" by "The Kinks"
One of the best songs of all time!
  2:37pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @2:36
i didnt say tubular bells
  2:38pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:37
Absolutely!!!
  2:38pm
Double R:

↳ Scott from Boston @2:37
You speak the truth
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Don Ciccone:

↳ Lilith212 @2:37
indeed it is.
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Ellen:

↳ Song: "Better Things" by "The Kinks"
Always had a soft spot for this one. They re-recorded it at some point.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:38pm
Snayle:

↳ Double R @2:37
Yessire !!!!! Right after Abba's 'Happy New Year' ! ;)
  2:38pm
Lilith212:

↳ ElNijo @2:37
HAHAHHAHA!
  2:38pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Better Things" by "The Kinks"
I think this is the only time Ray repeated the same verse twice. But it sure works.
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Don Ciccone:

↳ Ellen @2:38
they did?
  2:39pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @2:38
That is not true.
  2:39pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:38
YES!!
  2:40pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Mummy Wont Be Home For Christmas" by "The Scaffold"
I think Amanda played the same songs last year for your Christmas show
  2:40pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Mummy Wont Be Home For Christmas" by "The Scaffold"
I love Paul's brother's vocals.
  2:41pm
ElNijo:

never realized ray made a career of xmas tunes!
  2:41pm
Double R:

↳ ElNijo @2:41
Two does not make a career.
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @2:39
I had another recording of it hanging around. Let me look.
  2:42pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @2:41
Let me know. I don't know how that would've passed me by.
  2:42pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @2:41
it does if you're a one hit wonder!
  2:43pm
D Baxter:

Hello Ed, MelaniR, and tunnel type of people. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas.
  2:43pm
Double R:

↳ ElNijo @2:42
The Kinks are a one hit wonder???????????
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Double R @2:43
"All Day and All Night," right?
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @2:42
Not re-recorded: live apparently, off the 1994 album "To the Bone." Anyway, that was the version I had to learn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:44pm
Snayle:

↳ Song: "Home For The Holidays (bonus track)" by "The Divi...
Perry Como in song ! Neat !
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ D Baxter @2:43
Hey Dee.....Glad you could stop by! Happy Holiday's!
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ San Pedro Girl @2:44
Is there more?
  2:44pm
Lilith212:

↳ Ellen @2:44
Mystery is solved!
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Don Ciccone:

↳ Song: "Home For The Holidays (bonus track)" by "The Divi...
"playing Perry coMO" tsk tsk tsk
  2:45pm
ElNijo:

↳ ElNijo @2:42
official disclaimer- that joke did not pertain to the kinks
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MOM WHIG:

↳ AtlanticTunnel @2:44
NICE FAB TUNES FOR A DISMAL DRIZZLING DAY HERE....ALL WARM AND COZY!
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Snayle:

↳ D Baxter @2:43
Hi D Baxter ! Merry Christmas to you as well !
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MOM WHIG:

↳ D Baxter @2:43
HI THERE
  2:45pm
Double R:

↳ Don Ciccone @2:45
I was waiting for that.. I pointed that out for you last year when this was played.
  2:46pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "Home For The Holidays (bonus track)" by "The Divi...
lovely song
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Ms.Amanda:

Howdy doody all you lovely people... have you done all your christmas shopping?!
Avatar 2:47pm
Pam & Dave:

Happy Holidays, Edward, Amanda, all🎄
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MOM WHIG:

HI AMANDA - PAM & DAVE
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Don Ciccone:

↳ Ms.Amanda @2:46
Still looking for a box of Quality Street.
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Pam & Dave @2:47
Same to you Pam & Dave!!
  2:48pm
Lilith212:

↳ Ms.Amanda @2:46
Hello Ms. Amanda!
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Ms.Amanda:

Hi Pam, Dave, Mom Whig, Lilith212
  2:48pm
Double R:

This sounds like Bon Scott.
  2:48pm
ElNijo:

sweet
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:49pm
Snayle:

↳ Song: "There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, T...
Luv Alex ! This is one of my annual faves !!
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common:

↳ Double R @2:48
that's what i was thinkin'
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Double R @2:48
Indeed!
  2:49pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:48
Was gonna say the same thing!!
  2:50pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, T...
What's a Big Louie?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:50pm
Snayle:

↳ Ms.Amanda @2:48
Allo Ms Amanda !!! Pam & Dave ! Happy Christmas !!!
  2:50pm
Mitchell&Gayle:

This Alex Harvey song gets its title from the movie A Girl Can’t Help It, I believe.
  2:50pm
Officer Pupp:

Hey Ed, hi all!
Just been to a family Christmas do- looking forward to the second half of the show :)
  2:50pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:48
Early ACDC should have covered this one!
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Ellen:

↳ Lilith212 @2:50
Ha!
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Officer Pupp @2:50
Glad you mae it mate!
  2:51pm
Double R:

↳ Lilith212 @2:50
Missed Opportunities.
  2:51pm
Mitchell&Gayle:

“THE” Girl Can’t Help It!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Officer Pupp @2:50
HI
  2:51pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:51
Big Louie Balls
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Lilith212 @2:51
I was thinking something like that. ;)
  2:52pm
Lilith212:

↳ San Pedro Girl @2:52
HAHAHAH!
  2:52pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Christmas Song" by "Gilbert O’Sullivan"
Gilbert O'Sullivan's voice was meant for a Christmas tune.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:53pm
common:

↳ Lilith212 @2:51
heeee
  2:53pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:52
Definitely!
  2:54pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Christmas Song" by "Gilbert O’Sullivan"
Although anytime I hear kids singing it frightens me .
  2:54pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:54
HAHAHAHHA! Me too
  2:55pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "I Was Born on Christmas Day" by "St. Etienne"
Disco Beats and out of tune singing. What a concept!!!!
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @2:55
That's how you know it's pre-AutoTune.
  2:56pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "I Was Born on Christmas Day" by "St. Etienne"
That melodica needs some intonation too
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Ellen @2:56
Yes!
  2:57pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @2:56
They are both equally nauseating.
  2:58pm
ElNijo:

gives one a new appreciation for auto-tune
  2:58pm
Double R:

Isn't this from Billy Elliot the musical?
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AtlanticTunnel:

Did anyone see the Disney Elton John doc yet?
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @2:57
OK, checking notes. For Halloween Scaries we need to make you a track with autotuned children, a dscio beat, and a not-really-intonated melodica. ;)
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Double R @2:58
Yes, it is!
  2:59pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "Holiday Message" by "Colin Blunstone"
Great Song!
  2:59pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @2:58
Yes!
  3:00pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @2:59
That would make me give away government secrets
  3:00pm
Lilith212:

↳ Ellen @2:59
HAHAHAH!!
  3:00pm
ElNijo:

↳ Ellen @2:59
but with jingle bells
  3:00pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher" by "Elton John"
I kind of like this.
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Ellen:

↳ ElNijo @3:00
Perfect for Halloween Scaries! Only so many shopping days left, and after all: by Halloween the holiday displays will have been up for at least six weeks.
  3:01pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher" by "Elton John"
"you're a tosser you're a tosser and you're just a Tory Swine". That is most political I've ever heard Elton.
  3:02pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:00
True!
  3:02pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @2:59
For your Halloween Scaries----- The Oasis discography.
  3:02pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @3:01
since benny & the jets
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @3:02
Sir, this means war.
  3:03pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:02
HAHAHAH!!
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Double R @3:01
Spot on.
  3:03pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'" by "Albert King"
this song is offensive to Mrs Claus!!!!
  3:03pm
ElNijo:

left handed flying v anyone?
  3:03pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:03
HAHAHA!!!
  3:04pm
Double R:

↳ ElNijo @3:03
Bah Humbuckers.
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @3:03
But it's Albert King! I mean…it's Albert King. Because Albert King, right?
  3:05pm
Lilith212:

↳ ElNijo @3:03
Randy Claus
  3:05pm
ElNijo:

but his amp is noisy
  3:05pm
Double R:

↳ Lilith212 @3:05
Hahahahaha
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Ellen:

↳ ElNijo @3:05
(turns down her amp) WHAT?
  3:06pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Wrapping Paper" by "Cream"
I much prefer Cream when they were not bluesy and Jammy, like this.
  3:07pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "Wrapping Paper" by "Cream"
the piano tingling is everything!
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Ms.Amanda:

I think it was a bit of a curve ball they wanted to throw
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Double R @3:06
I’m with you.
  3:08pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Must Be Santa" by "Bob Dylan"
Cajun Dylan??? Huh?
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Song: "Must Be Santa" by "Bob Dylan"
How did I miss this one???
  3:08pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "Must Be Santa" by "Bob Dylan"
What am i hearing ???!!
  3:08pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @3:06
guess the lp side spoonful is off my gift list
  3:08pm
Scott from Boston:

I needed that metronome countdown to get me prepared for the frenetic pace
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Ms.Amanda:

Bob's random christmas record... 2009
  3:08pm
Officer Pupp:

The first canonical Christmas song since Mariah Carey?
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Double R @3:08
Zydeco Zimmi
  3:09pm
Double R:

↳ San Pedro Girl @3:08
HAHAHAHA
  3:09pm
Lilith212:

↳ Officer Pupp @3:08
HAHAHAHAH!!
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Ellen:

↳ Scott from Boston @3:08
My inner voice said "At the tone, the time will be 8:08 precisely."
  3:09pm
Lilith212:

↳ San Pedro Girl @3:08
HAHAHAH!!
  3:09pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Must Be Santa" by "Bob Dylan"
Did Dylan have gambling debts? Why ???
  3:10pm
Lilith212:

↳ Scott from Boston @3:08
HAHHAHH!
  3:10pm
Officer Pupp:

This whole album is a gem!
  3:10pm
ElNijo:

waiting for the tiny tim
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Snayle:

↳ Song: "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown" by "Nina"
Doing her best Julie Andrews....
  3:11pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown" by "Nina"
I'm shivering in the corner heard these kids!!!
  3:11pm
Officer Pupp:

The Dylan thing is also a charity record - it’s a curiosity, but a sincere one.
  3:11pm
Stanley:

Christmas bah humbug.
  3:11pm
Lilith212:

↳ Snayle @3:10
True!!
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Ellen:

↳ Song: "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown" by "Nina"
Oh, there was a pitch ouchie on the end of that chorus that even scared me, Double R.
  3:11pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:11
HAHAHAHAH!
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ ElNijo @3:10
How did I forget Tiny Tim :)
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Snayle:

↳ Lilith212 @3:11
sounds like an out-take from The Sound of Music.... ;)
  3:12pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @3:11
Imagine these kids backing up Liam?
  3:12pm
ElNijo:

lyrics by the great hal david
  3:12pm
Lilith212:

↳ Snayle @3:12
Totally! :)
  3:13pm
Double R:

↳ ElNijo @3:12
everyone has a low point.
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @3:12
Well, yes, that would be a horror, but at least he'd shout at them and run them off.
  3:14pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Purple Snowflakes" by "Marvin Gaye"
Isn't this a melody from Charlie Brown?
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Ellen @3:13
Hahaha!
  3:14pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @3:13
HAHAHAHAHA>> You just made me do a spit take.
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @3:14
:)
  3:15pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "Purple Snowflakes" by "Marvin Gaye"
Why didnt Marvin Gaye sing "Santa Claus needs some Lovin' ??
  3:15pm
Double R:

↳ Lilith212 @3:15
Hahaha,.. Great point!!!
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Don Ciccone:

↳ Lilith212 @3:15
ha ha. John Sally Ride needs to cover that one.
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Ellen:

↳ Lilith212 @3:15
Legend says he and Barry White were armwresting to settle who got to do it, and Albert King turned up his amp and nobody ever heard about the result.
  3:16pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Purple Snowflakes" by "Marvin Gaye"
What was Marvin smoking to see those Purple snowflakes?
  3:16pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @3:14
hey dont waste the laphraoig!
  3:16pm
Lilith212:

↳ Ellen @3:16
HAHAHAH!!!!
  3:17pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @3:16
on that purple haze
  3:17pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @3:16
Hahaha. I would like to see that in a biopic.
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @3:17
Clearly I have missed by calling as a screenwriter
  3:18pm
Double R:

↳ ElNijo @3:16
It was Monkey Shoulder
  3:18pm
Officer Pupp:

Amanda! He wasn’t hard up- it was a charity album!
  3:18pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @3:18
I'd watch that movie.
  3:19pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @3:18
sure
  3:20pm
ElNijo:

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday ..every week!
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Song: "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by "Wizzard"
Who could get through the season without hearing this??
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Don Ciccone:

Where's "Jingle Jangle" by The Rockfield Choir?
  3:20pm
Double R:

It doesn't feel like Christmas until I hear this song. Isn't Roy Wood the neighbor of Amanda's parents?
  3:20pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by "Wizzard"
This song always brings me Joy!!
  3:21pm
Scott from Boston:

Is this song totally overdone in Britain every year?
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Ms.Amanda:

↳ Double R @3:20
Correct!
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Ellen:

↳ Scott from Boston @3:21
Yes, it is
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Snayle:

↳ Song: "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by "Wizzard"
Roy's Rosy Cheeks Every Week ! Luv This number !
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AtlanticTunnel:

Since this is a demo...there is some silent parts near the end of the song?
  3:21pm
Double R:

↳ Ms.Amanda @3:21
I hope he's a nice neighbor.
  3:22pm
Double R:

↳ Scott from Boston @3:21
Is it the UK's answer to Feliz Navidad?
  3:22pm
Stanley:

https://i.imgflip.com/4qtqe9.jpg
  3:22pm
Lilith212:

↳ Ms.Amanda @3:21
Wish my neighbor could be Roy Wood everydayyy
  3:22pm
Stanley:

https://i.imgflip.com/tserx.jpg
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Don Ciccone:

↳ Double R @3:21
not like Elvis Eno?
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Ms.Amanda:

↳ Double R @3:21
Not too much of a nuisance!
  3:22pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:22
HAHAHAHAH!! YES!
  3:23pm
Double R:

↳ Don Ciccone @3:22
El Vecino
  3:23pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by "Wizzard"
These kids don't scare me for some reason.
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MelaniR:

↳ Song: "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by "Wizzard"
We all need this song right now!
  3:23pm
Scott from Boston:

That would explain the sound of exasperation in the introduction😂
  3:24pm
Double R:

↳ Ms.Amanda @3:22
I'd be picking his brain everyday about the making of Boulders if he was my neighbor.
  3:24pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:23
Always a few exceptions!
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AtlanticTunnel:

A silent part!!!!!!!
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Don Ciccone:

↳ Double R @3:24
I'd be having tea with Amanda's parents.
  3:25pm
Double R:

Imagine being neighbors with Jim Nabors?
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MOM WHIG:

↳ AtlanticTunnel @3:24
OHHH - OK THEN
  3:25pm
Lilith212:

↳ MelaniR @3:23
We certainly do!
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Ellen:

↳ AtlanticTunnel @3:24
Perhaps the true spirit of the season
  3:25pm
Double R:

Dead Air really feels like Christmas to me.
  3:25pm
ElNijo:

silent night
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Don Ciccone:

↳ Double R @3:25
Golly.
  3:25pm
Lilith212:

A moment of silence for Big Louie
  3:26pm
Double R:

↳ Don Ciccone @3:25
Hahahaha
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Don Ciccone:

↳ Lilith212 @3:25
ha ha!
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Ms.Amanda:

↳ Don Ciccone @3:25
I'm sure you'd be welcome for tea and ginger biscuits!
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AtlanticTunnel:

A silent part!!!!!!
  3:26pm
Double R:

↳ Lilith212 @3:25
HAHAHAHHAHA. Second spit take of the day.
  3:26pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:25
HAHAHA!
  3:26pm
ElNijo:

↳ Lilith212 @3:25
haha
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Ellen:

Moment, I'll going to pre-pour my toast to Peter Sinfield
  3:26pm
Mitchell&Gayle:

Cool version of “Silent Night”!
  3:26pm
Lilith212:

↳ ElNijo @3:25
HAHAHAH!!
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MOM WHIG:

IT'S BACK
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Mitchell&Gayle @3:26
OH YEAH :)
  3:27pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by "Wizzard"
Angel Baby recording session? Where did you get this? Did Amanda's parents set up mics outside his window?
  3:28pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Another Season Song" by "Michael Chapman"
This is NOT the Mike Chapman of Chinn-Chapman fame. Unfortunately
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Snayle:

↳ Double R @3:28
Thanks - was wondering....
  3:29pm
Mitchell&Gayle:

Doesn’t this sound exactly like “Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing”?
  3:29pm
Double R:

↳ Snayle @3:29
Me too. I want to hear more.
  3:29pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @3:28
chinless chapman
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Mitchell&Gayle @3:29
Good catch...which came first?
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Snayle:

↳ Snayle @3:29
Yeah - agree -def cool cut !
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Snayle:

↳ Double R @3:29
previous comment was for you...
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Song: "Another Season Song" by "Michael Chapman"
This is great.
  3:31pm
Mitchell&Gayle:

↳ AtlanticTunnel @3:30
It’s on Buffalo Springfield debut. ‘66 recorded?
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Mitchell&Gayle @3:31
It must be BS....as the song I played a couple of years later!
  3:33pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "Christmas Wishes" by "Rachel Love"
Sounds like the background music to a holidays jewelry commercial.
  3:34pm
ElNijo:

oh Rachel...you've come back
  3:34pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:33
Definitely!
  3:37pm
ElNijo:

sounds like an old navy commercial
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Don Ciccone:

↳ Song: "Coldest Night Of The Year" by "Vashti Bunyan"
Yay, Vashti!! Best in Show.
  3:38pm
Lilith212:

↳ ElNijo @3:37
HAHAHHAHAHAHAH!!
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Don Ciccone @3:38
I luv this song!!!
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MelaniR:

↳ Don Ciccone @3:38
Just love this.
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Don Ciccone:

↳ AtlanticTunnel @3:38
The one and only Vashti.
  3:40pm
Officer Pupp:

Wait, that was Rachel of Dolly Mixture earlier?!
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Ellen:

↳ Officer Pupp @3:40
I was wondering the same
  3:40pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "Coldest Night Of The Year" by "Vashti Bunyan"
lovely classic
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Officer Pupp @3:40
You got it :)
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Ellen:

↳ Song: "I Believe In Father Christmas" by "Greg Lake"
and I hoist my toast to Peter Sinfield. RIP, sir.
  3:42pm
Double R:

↳ Song: "I Believe In Father Christmas" by "Greg Lake"
This song always reminds me of WNEW.. Scottso.
  3:42pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "I Believe In Father Christmas" by "Greg Lake"
Such a beautiful touching song
  3:42pm
Officer Pupp:

It’s so funny hearing these UK Christmas staples outside of shopping centres and supermarkets.
  3:42pm
ElNijo:

↳ Ellen @3:42
yes
  3:42pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @3:42
I shall do the same
  3:43pm
Lilith212:

↳ Ellen @3:42
Yes!
  3:43pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:42
So True!
  3:44pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @3:42
it should, he played it for years
  3:44pm
Officer Pupp:

There’s a really good episode of BBC’s Soul Music devoted to this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00180hq
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Ellen:

↳ Song: "I Believe In Father Christmas" by "Greg Lake"
I first had to learn this song when I was 13; my first holiday season busking in London. One of the people we played with had a 12-string, first time I'd seen one in person.
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Don Ciccone:

I want to hear "Every Christmas" by John Dunbar next.
  3:47pm
Double R:

I love how Martin really brings out the T is Christmas in his vocal.
  3:47pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @3:47
cracked tooth?
  3:47pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @3:46
How many times did he have to tune it throughout the day?
  3:48pm
Lilith212:

↳ Ellen @3:46
Now that is a true Christmas magic moment :)
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @3:47
The magic of 12-strings is that it's physically impossible for them to be in tune. The universe adjusts around them. ;)
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Ellen @3:46
Great story...thanx for sharing
  3:49pm
ElNijo:

tuning 12 strings in the cold
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MOM WHIG:

↳ AtlanticTunnel @3:49
THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT-BRILL TUNES HERE TODAY!
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Don Ciccone:

Always a treat having Amanda co-host.
  3:50pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @3:48
Hahaha.. Believe it or not. I have an acoustic Yamaha 12 string that defies logic. I've traveled on the subway to a gig, pulled it out of the case, and it was still in tune. It must be possessed by a demon with perfect pitch.
  3:50pm
Double R:

It doesn't feel like Christmas until I hear this song too.
  3:50pm
Stanley:

It's not Christmas yet despite what Noddy says
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San Pedro Girl:

Thank you, Ed, Amanda and friends in the chat box. Bye for now.
  3:51pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:50
INDEED!!!!!
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ San Pedro Girl @3:51
Ta!
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @3:50
Or perhaps the perfect pitch demon was carrying it. ;)
  3:51pm
ElNijo:

↳ Double R @3:50
must have been the A-440 train
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Ellen:

↳ ElNijo @3:51
Haaa!
  3:52pm
Double R:

↳ ElNijo @3:51
hahah. Better than the AI train
  3:53pm
Stanley:

Thanks Ed and Amanda for the festive toons. Can't wait until it's all over.
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Ellen:

↳ Double R @3:52
All 12-string players could use an extra finger or three!
  3:53pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @3:51
And I don't keep it tuned down a half step and capo it.
  3:54pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:52
Or the J M Z line -
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Stanley @3:53
Yeah, i know what you mean! :)
  3:54pm
Double R:

↳ Ellen @3:53
Just to keep fingers on the tuning pegs
  3:54pm
Officer Pupp:

Our drummer told me last night that Noddy Holder makes half a million a year from that song. Not a bad nest egg.
  3:54pm
ElNijo:

i took my guitar on the G train once & it wound up in G tuning
  3:55pm
Double R:

↳ Officer Pupp @3:54
Then Jim Lea must as well since he's the co-writer.
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Don Ciccone:

↳ ElNijo @3:54
ha ha
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AtlanticTunnel:

↳ Officer Pupp @3:54
I dont doubt it!
  3:55pm
Officer Pupp:

One imagines so Double R
  3:55pm
Lilith212:

↳ Officer Pupp @3:54
He deserves it!!
  3:56pm
Lilith212:

↳ Double R @3:55
Indeed!!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Song: "Christmas At The Airport" by "Nick Lowe"
UN TUNE - ALWAYS BE PREPARED - JUST IN CASE - WITH PILLOW AND BLANKET
  3:56pm
Lilith212:

↳ ElNijo @3:54
HAHAHA!
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MOM WHIG:

**FUN
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Ellen:

↳ MOM WHIG @3:56
I've overnighted in a number of airports: one does learn to pack for it, but I've never quite relented and packed a pillow and blanket
  3:57pm
ElNijo:

and a happy winters solstice to all! cheers
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Snayle:

↳ MOM WHIG @3:56
Good Advice Mom !
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Ellen @3:57
BUT A GOOD THOUGHT TO DO IN CASE, RIGHT?
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Ellen:

Thanks for the show Ed & Amanda!
  3:58pm
Lilith212:

Merry Holidays All!
  3:58pm
Officer Pupp:

We here next Sunday Ed?
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Snayle:

Fantastical HollyDay Show today E & A !!!! TA !!!
Here's to a Jolly Good Christmas to ALL !!!!! Peace & Luv !!! OOXOXO
  3:59pm
Lilith212:

↳ Song: "Christmas Jingle" by "T, Rex"
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