Those kids are farking creepy.

Growing up - I would change the lyrics to:

A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one with plenty of beer.


/no wonder that today I am an alcoholic - CHEERS!

WAR IS OVER IF YOU WANT IT KIDS

War never changes.

Speaking of Lennon, here's an excellent documentary covering the years he lived in America. LennoNYC (new window)

This is taken from "Neil Diamond - The Christmas Special" which was released in 1992. DISCLAIMER: This video is not intended to infringe on the copyright of any person or company. The sole purpose of this video is strictly for entertainment and historical purposes only. Neil Diamond - Silent Night Finale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS-XEsEtb_8&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - Holy Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiGidFPyH04&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - You Make It Feel Like Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sd9f7WfVPk&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - Hark The Herald Angels Sing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Kn-ZwtX8w&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - Jingle Bell Rock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2PaU8Wl3TA&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpChZhthnL4&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - White Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER5IF2S7H3U&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - Morning Has Broken http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV8qLn1FB6s&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - The Christmas Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC-Z0fIeNZk&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - Little Drummer Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTnow1IOz7k&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG_nqUHmEmA&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - Come, Oh Come Emmanuel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QYnPOYdAaw&feature=player_embedded Neil Diamond - Silent Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVIMRBqYbnw&feature=player_embedded

Link to original (new window) I really miss John Lennon. If this doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you are dead inside.

Tubesteak: Link to original (new window) I really miss John Lennon. If this doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you are dead inside.

Pfft, only peace he got was from the barrel of a gun.

/sounds like shiat to me.

That was great. No one can inject as much emotion into a tune as the Jewish Sinatra. It's part of what I believe makes him so brilliant. He knows how to sell a song.

/singer

I missed the part with John Lennon, and nowhere did the song mention war. Just a very old looking Barry Manalow. Did I see the wrong video?

mudpants

I missed the part with John Lennon, and nowhere did the song mention war. Just a very old looking Barry Manalow. Did I see the wrong video?


obviously

I always hated that song.

Seriously.

I felt from the first time I listened to it that it was meant completely sarcastically.

As if he's saying
"So... this is christmas, huh? Big farking deal. What have you actually done that's worth celebrating about? The world is shiatty and you celebrating like this just makes me think you're a total tool."

And the comments about poor and rich and weak and strong, that it's not about saying that all are equal in the eyes of the lord... but that it's only the rich and powerful that are able to celebrate.

I felt that Lennon just missed the whole point of it. That he was so wrapped up in "big movements" that he stopped being in connection with the fact that people need to find a way to connect with each other on a personal level, and not on this big society level that was all that JL seemed to think was all that mattered.

Just feel the song isn't about wishing anyone a merry chistmas at all... but about trying to instill guilt because he saw it as a useless holiday. But hey... that's just my opinion I'm sure I'm reading it wrong... but it's just the impression of get from the song.

Democracy, liberty, freedom... are for white christians. Not Vietnamese. Not for Iraqis and other sand negroes.

Bell-fan

I always hated that song.

Seriously.

I felt from the first time I listened to it that it was meant completely sarcastically.

As if he's saying
"So... this is christmas, huh? Big farking deal. What have you actually done that's worth celebrating about? The world is shiatty and you celebrating like this just makes me think you're a total tool."

And the comments about poor and rich and weak and strong, that it's not about saying that all are equal in the eyes of the lord... but that it's only the rich and powerful that are able to celebrate.

I felt that Lennon just missed the whole point of it. That he was so wrapped up in "big movements" that he stopped being in connection with the fact that people need to find a way to connect with each other on a personal level, and not on this big society level that was all that JL seemed to think was all that mattered.

Just feel the song isn't about wishing anyone a merry chistmas at all... but about trying to instill guilt because he saw it as a useless holiday. But hey... that's just my opinion I'm sure I'm reading it wrong... but it's just the impression of get from the song.

It wasn't written as a Christmas song - it was a protest song about the Vietnam War....the fact that it has become a Christmas standard just shows how farked up we are.

Lisa: Wait a minute. Isn't Krusty Neil Diamond Jewish?

Bart: Christmas is the time when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ

Was that Dumbledore?

"you bet your BALLS it's Neil Diamond"

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