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Hey Nineteen or I Believe in Father Christmas

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    Posted: December 06 2019 at 15:23
Here is a choice I was recently forced to make, which put me in considerable psychological distress. I was driving to work when both Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen and ELP - I Believe in Father Christmas both came on the radio on different stations at the same time. Which one would you have chosen?



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote octopus-4 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2019 at 15:42
Surely not the best ELP song, but I like them too much.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Man With Hat Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2019 at 15:54
ELP
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Fischman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2019 at 16:55
Hey Nineteen is far from the Dan's best, but I really don't like seasonal songs by rock groups.
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ELP
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This needs another option "I don't listen to the radio".

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I quite like the Christmas song but I LOVE Hey Nineteen.  But then, there's not much of snarky Fagen in that period that could go wrong for me. "Hard times have fallen, soul survivors/She thinks I am crazy but I am just growing old" LOLLOLLOL  Love that line and the way Fagen sings it just totally makes it.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2019 at 01:17
So presumably we are talking about the alternative version on Works Volume Two without orchestra? The original was a Greg Lake solo release (although co-written by him and Pete Sinfield).
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I would rather listen to a radio commercial than Hey Nineteen.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Atavachron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2019 at 02:36
LOL  I'd rather watch the PBS Newshour with Judy Woodruff .

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Manuel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2019 at 09:41
Hard situation to be stuck with. Thank God I don't listen to radio anymore. That being said, I would go with ELP, though Steely Dan is a great option
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mormegil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2019 at 13:22
Definitely ELP!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote HackettFan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2019 at 10:21
Originally posted by TCat TCat wrote:


This needs another option "I don't listen to the radio".

Or “My limo driver doesn’t like Prog”. I used to listen to nothing but CDs or NPR in the car, but here in Oklahoma the dirt from the dirt roads I frequent, including the one I live on, has gotten up into the dashboard and has rendered the CD player unusable. Doesn’t everyone have this problem? Anyway, I hear occasional well known Prog tunes on the radio. When I can’t stand what’s on, I’ll change the station to a Public radio station and hear either NPR or Classical music.



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote HackettFan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2019 at 10:27
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:


LOL  I'd rather watch the PBS Newshour with Judy Woodruff .

I do watch the PBS Newshour. Political commentary from Shields and Brooks every Friday is mandatory.



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2019 at 15:02
Ok...here's one of those threads that show exactly why people think prog lovers are snobs.......


The Dan all the way.......
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