santa claus is coming to town

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Option	Votes
beat before "santa": crystals, jackson 5, springsteen, pointer sisters	11
narrator is aN ALIEN: perry como, ella fitzgerald	2
no beat before "santa": trad., four seasons, beach boys, chipmunks	1
half-beat before "santa": sinatra, crosby, astaire, pat boone	0

― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Sunday, 22 December 2013 23:21 (eleven years ago)

no lou rawls, no point.

― mark e, Sunday, 22 December 2013 23:22 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk5ufApUArQ

― freemen (on the) space (seandalai), Sunday, 22 December 2013 23:23 (eleven years ago)

no lou rawls, no point.

― mark e, Sunday, December 22, 2013 6:22 PM (50 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i had no idea he did it but he fits in w/sinatra et al

i also thought that i had a lot less room for poll lines and expected them all to get cut off

― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Sunday, 22 December 2013 23:26 (eleven years ago)

as far as i know, he didn't cover this particular track.

was just a general statement.

given the perfection of this ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q5O6WnBF6g

yes, i used this thread to spread the love ...

i feel bad now.

but not that much if you listened to the song ! #

― mark e, Sunday, 22 December 2013 23:32 (eleven years ago)

ha ..

take it all back ..

he did cover this in a late night jazz version including a vocal freestyle section ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfzEJRfxjiw

― mark e, Sunday, 22 December 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago)

no that other one is great tho !

― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Sunday, 22 December 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago)

isn't it !
my all time fave xmas song ..

― mark e, Sunday, 22 December 2013 23:39 (eleven years ago)

oh, and this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLM_249PMBI

― freemen (on the) space (seandalai), Sunday, 22 December 2013 23:46 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago)

great poll!

― Mmm yes hello (crüt), Wednesday, 25 December 2013 05:33 (eleven years ago)

I really love the Springsteen version now. I remember the first time ever really sitting and listening to the whole thing it was around Christmas and I was driving into NYC with some friends and was just taken aback by this quite dumb song that Bruce was selling the hell out of. He's singing about Santa Claus like he is the most amazing, rocking, awesome badass to ever live.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 25 December 2013 06:05 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

obv the Crystals model is the best but half-beat really should have gotten some love

― example (crüt), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 22:19 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pHzqkwg3L0

― Vote in the ILM EOY Poll! (seandalai), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 22:39 (ten years ago)

five years pass...

all the versions with a beat before Santa are the best.

― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 13 December 2020 00:30 (four years ago)

i was at the springsteen show where this was recorded. the old cw post dome, before it collapsed. cool show, iirc, people standing on chairs.

― Thus Sang Freud, Sunday, 13 December 2020 11:55 (four years ago)

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