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Favorite Christmas songs?
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(01-01-2021, 02:23 AM)Mangar Wrote: Probably not a popular opinion here, but I'll say I still like many of Mannheim Steamroller's arrangements, particularly the non-synthesizer stuff.  The synthesizer stuff was fun when it first came out, but I'll admit that much of it did not age so great.  The non-synth stuff, though, like their arrangements of Silent Night, Veni Veni, O Holy Night, and pretty much all their Renaissance-flavored stuff still holds up and really does a good job of capturing the Christmas spirit for me.  Maybe it's partly nostalgia, since I first discovered them in the 80s, so hearing it now takes me back, and it was what first really sparked my interest in writing my own instrumental music.

Count me as a Mannheim Steamroller fan. I was a fan of their Fresh Aire album series before they decided to take a chance with a Christmas record (Fresh Aire V is still my fave). To me, those first two Christmas albums they made are fantastic and stand the test of time. I still listen to them every year. Obviously this became their thing and the Christmas records they continued releasing were less and less interesting, IMHO. They are the number 1 Christmas music artist of all time, which is why I guess some TSO fans feel the need to always compare the two. Apples and oranges to me.
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Favorite Christmas songs? - by danfromnj - 12-26-2020, 09:27 AM
RE: Favorite Christmas songs? - by SammyGIII - 12-29-2020, 05:24 AM
RE: Favorite Christmas songs? - by KISSAlien - 01-01-2021, 01:00 AM
RE: Favorite Christmas songs? - by danfromnj - 01-03-2021, 03:17 AM
RE: Favorite Christmas songs? - by Mangar - 01-01-2021, 02:23 AM
RE: Favorite Christmas songs? - by danfromnj - 01-03-2021, 02:58 AM
RE: Favorite Christmas songs? - by Mangar - 01-05-2021, 03:33 AM
RE: Favorite Christmas songs? - by TheBigTBone - 01-02-2021, 01:40 AM
RE: Favorite Christmas songs? - by admin - 01-02-2021, 11:26 AM
RE: Favorite Christmas songs? - by TheBigTBone - 01-06-2021, 03:25 AM

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