Comments on: When In Doubt, Try Taking It Out https://tonyconniff.com/when-in-doubt-try-taking-it-out/ Songwriter, Producer, and Coach, based in New York City. Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: jon https://tonyconniff.com/when-in-doubt-try-taking-it-out/#comment-6813 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:31:44 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2475#comment-6813 In reply to Tony Conniff.

These wonderful debates are the debates we’ll remember for all our lives…

]]> By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/when-in-doubt-try-taking-it-out/#comment-6812 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 02:53:07 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2475#comment-6812 In reply to jon.

Jon,
Thanks for writing! Who would’ve thought a reply to my post would turn into a rant about ‘Sleigh Ride’?
We’ve had one or two friendly disagreements over the years, and I guess this is going to be a third…
Believe it or not, I wrote a blogpost praising ‘Sleigh Ride’! Here it is: http://tonyconniff.com/on-christmas-songs-its-that-time-of-year/
(I suppose after 150+ posts it shouldn’t be so surprising… but…)
I look forward to your reply!
Your pal,
TC

]]> By: jon https://tonyconniff.com/when-in-doubt-try-taking-it-out/#comment-6811 Thu, 24 Sep 2015 23:04:35 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2475#comment-6811 Sometimes the culture cuts it out for you. I’m thinking of the innumerable Tin Pan Alley songs that have lost their verses and now usually start with the refrain. Of course sometimes the editor’s axe falls a little too broadly, like Phil Spector’s hacked-up arrangement of “Sleigh Ride” for the Ronettes, which substitutes several modulations for a basic poverty of content. On the other hand, an argument can be made that Sleigh Ride richly deserves to be cut down – perhaps by someone cleverer than Mr. Spector. The bridge is seemingly endless and just not that strong.
OK. End of rant.

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