01-01-2021, 02:23 AM
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.