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BigmanPigman

(51,650 posts) Wed Dec 21, 2022, 10:34 PM Dec 2022

David Bowie and Bing Crosby 1976 Christmas

There are no "classics for Christmas" in my life without including "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy" as one of them.

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David Bowie and Bing Crosby 1976 Christmas (Original Post) BigmanPigman Dec 2022 OP

Thank you for sharing this. Always makes me well up (and not much does). peppertree Dec 2022 #1

Always Enjoyed That Version ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #2

They did a better job than I would have expected too. BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #3

peppertree

(21,712 posts)

1. Thank you for sharing this. Always makes me well up (and not much does).

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Wed Dec 21, 2022, 10:57 PM

Dec 2022

Not least, because it was recorded just a month before his passing - and aired posthumously.

You can see it in his eye: he knew his time was almost upon him - and he no doubt said to himself "let's make this one, one for the ages."

And they did.

ProfessorGAC

(65,374 posts)

2. Always Enjoyed That Version

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 08:24 PM

Dec 2022

Their voices blend better than I would have thought back in the day.

BigmanPigman

(51,650 posts)

3. They did a better job than I would have expected too.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:20 PM

Dec 2022

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