tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post1973720616866220783..comments2024-03-27T07:18:39.229-05:00Comments on In Medias Res: The Five Best Christmas Pop Videos EverUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-30624894708866821822011-12-19T20:44:50.184-06:002011-12-19T20:44:50.184-06:00The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to...<a href="http://youtu.be/4Y5GtaTrPHM" rel="nofollow">The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight</a>Wm Morrishttp://www.motleyvision.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-11601961467207483252011-12-19T18:33:19.599-06:002011-12-19T18:33:19.599-06:00I wanted to put them on the list, David, but they ...I wanted to put them on the list, David, but they never made a video of the song. Harsh, I know, but I had to stick with my rules.Russell Arben Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366800726360134194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-84046581802612790292011-12-19T17:30:27.981-06:002011-12-19T17:30:27.981-06:00Where is the Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping?&...Where is the Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-45357359152914586332011-12-19T16:50:23.509-06:002011-12-19T16:50:23.509-06:00It's not at all silly, Matt; I get choked up o...It's not at all silly, Matt; I get choked up or otherwise emotionally struck by pop or rock or folk tunes all the time. That's their power, as transient as it may be.<br /><br />But...people! Celine Dion?! I mean, give me break. There must be some kind of intellectual hipster bitterness at work here, when a perfectly respectable, if arguably condescending and admittedly middle-brow, bit of earnest pop-making becomes so embarrassing that you'd rather listen to some over-produced screeching fool than it.Russell Arben Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366800726360134194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-69591332197018987072011-12-19T16:45:21.902-06:002011-12-19T16:45:21.902-06:00Though it's silly, I'll admit to feeling a...Though it's silly, I'll admit to feeling a bit choked up by the bit in the Pogue's song from the "I could have been someone" line until the "can't make it on my own, I built my dreams around you" bit. <br /><br />But what I wonder is, is the cop leading Shane to the drunk tank played by Matt Dillon? It sure looks like him.<br /><br />Also, I'm w/ Jacob on "Do they know it's Christmas" Celine Dion might well be better.Matthttp://www.ssrn.com/author=410582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-51269599950538409102011-12-19T13:07:23.302-06:002011-12-19T13:07:23.302-06:00I will go to my grave insisting that "Do They...I will go to my grave insisting that "Do They Know" isn't as crappy a song as everyone says, Jacob. This is a hill I'm willing to die upon.Russell Arben Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366800726360134194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-30238604158723332382011-12-19T10:10:05.739-06:002011-12-19T10:10:05.739-06:00Don't think that you can make up for liking &q...Don't think that you can make up for liking "Do they know it's Christmas?" with the Pogues & McColl. I mean, it helps, but c'mon.Jacob T. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575549001627195334noreply@blogger.com