A couple of days ago Old NFO mentioned he was having a hard time getting into the Christmas Spirit, and so Midwest Chick and now Borepatch are trying to get his jingles janglin'. I see no reason why I shouldn't help a fella out!
So NFO, let me tell you what I remember best about Christmas past. At some point in my father's ministry he turned the Sunday night service into mostly a hymn singing event. It was especially great around Christmas because we would spend nearly the entire service singing Christmas hymns. Don't get me wrong, I like the more pop-based Christmas carols, but the traditional Christmas hymns are what got us reaching down to pull out our best one song after another.
It was like that, only better.
Did I mention this was in south Georgia... in the '80s. There were members of our church who truly believed that rock'n roll was the Devil's music. For a time I was even convinced that "heavy metal" bands resorted to "backmasking" to steal people over. I'm not sure what the younger me would have thought of this if I'd ever been allowed to see it:
OH MY!
For you younger readers who may never have heard of "backmasking", it was when you take a vinyl record... What's that? What's a vinyl record? It's one of those... aw screw it! Let's just do this thing YouTube-style:
Merry Christmas, NFO!
I especially liked TS's sneaking in not only their own "We're Not Gonna Take It", but if you listen closely, also "Hava Nagila"....
ReplyDeleteYou have to admit Twisted Sister found a nitch: great way for a bunch of truly ugly guys to chicks.
ReplyDeleteYou mean Dee Snyder doesn't worship the devil? Weird.
ReplyDeleteYour upbringing sounds like mine. My parents wouldn't let my sister and I listen to anything "rock" or metal, either; country music was the only thing endorsed because it allegedly didn't have backmasking. When rap became popular, we were allowed to listen to that because it wasn't rock and didn't have guitar. Boy, my parents had no idea of the type of message we were getting from TLC and NWA!
Now that is funny, CTone! They wouldn't let you listen to rock but they would let you listen to rap.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, my censorship was self-imposed because I was a goodie two shoes and was heavily influenced by an older brother.
Thank you sir, and those are great! (and yes, my mood has appreciably improved)!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear so, friend. Take care and Merry Christmas.
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