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Aggidife
Tuesday • December 6,
Benefit album fails at reproduction of classic
By Jeremy Keddie
The Battalion
Hello Dave
“A Hello Dave Christmas With Friends’
country western
Mountain Records
★ 1/2 (out of five)
“A Hello Dave Christmas with Friends”
is Hello Dave’s sour attempt at reproduc
ing nine popular Christmas carols.
Proceeds generated from sales of the CD
go to benefit Camp Heartland, a summer
camping program devoted to the needs of
children afflicted with or affected by AIDS.
The organization provides recreational op
portunities for children impacted by AIDS.
“Winter Wonderland” begins with an
acoustic guitar blues riff, but soon collides
with a western-style organ accompani
ment. The song is moving, with the organ
taking the lead in original composition.
However, tightness throughout the song is
lacking.
The band rearranged “The Drummer
Boy,” complete with slide guitars. The
song is traditional and deviates only with
Dan Fiestam’s guitar playing. The effect
results in a twisted western Christmas
carol with a touch of Pink Floyd guitar ef
fects.
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christ
mas” is a strictly western arrangement and
includes the accordion playing of Simon
Sweet. The arrangement is delightfully
fresh, with the addition of Cary Pierce, of
Jackopierce, on backup vocals.
The fourth track, “What Child is This,”
just does not work at all. The drum intro
is interesting and progressive, yet does not
match well with the chorus. The arrange
ment of the song also allows for the addi
tion of violins, which carries the piece that
would otherwise fall flat on its face.
“The Christmas Song,” with the familiar
lyric “chestnuts roasting on an open fire,”
follows the
traditional
western style
of the group.
However, the
song has the
same problem
as the others.
The group is
simply not
tight. The re
sult is a
Christmas
carol without
the “Christ
mas.”
“We Wish
You a Merry
Christmas” is
performed as
an open
group. It
sounds simi
lar to a
drunken col
lege Christ
mas party,
with a bit too
much eggnog,
complete with
a few seconds
of unneces
sary random
screaming
and celebrat
ing at the
end.
Throughout
the CD, the backup vocals are off-rhythm
with the lead, and deviations from the tra
ditional rhythms of the carols are sloppy.
Each song seems to be pushing toward
the western edge of music but often encom
passes blues rock. It is interesting, almost
humorous, but leaves your wondering what
they had in mind.
;day '
Chicago band Hello Dave’s Christmas album benefits a summer i
voted to the needs of children whose lives have been affected by AIDS
Hello Dave’s production definitely!
a new twist to the traditional Christi
carols.
The album is a nice attempt atreinva
ing these carols, but it seems that'
proceeds going to such a worthy'cause,::
group would have spent more time arraa fripr
ing the album.
Soundtrack
continued from page 3
surprisingly agile, yet relaxed. She is ob
viously having a lot of fun with her new
and improved lyrics on “Jingle Bells.”
Warwick gives a nice rendition of “It’s
Beginning to Look A Lot like Christmas,”
though she doesn’t sound as if she’s as ex
cited about the holiday season as Cole.
Perhaps she’s been busy with her Psychic
Friends Network.
Kenny G’s “Have Yourself A Merry Lit
tle Christmas” is as sweet and warm as
freshly baked Christmas cookies. Unfortu
nately, they only included one track fea
turing his saxophone. You’ll find yourself
asking for seconds.
In fact, the only down side of this album
is that each artist is only featured once. It
would have been nice to hear more from
each of them.
They don’t call Elvis “the King” for
nothing, you know. Ray Charles and
Aretha Franklin are living legends, and
Sarah McLachlan and Natalie Cole arear
guably two of the best female vocalists
around today.
You just couldn’t put together a nicer
ensemble than this.
Don’t be thrown by the title, this is a
Christmas album that you’ll be listeningto
years from now.
Santa
continued from page 3
mother and all his friends that
Allen is the real Santa Claus.
Allen finds a hard time disputing
the idea after he begins gaining
weight and growing Santa’s famous
gray beard uncontrollably.
When the next Christmas rolls
around, Allen’s son is the one who
convinces him that millions of chil
dren everywhere are depending on
him and what he stands for.
Allen puts in a great perfor
mance as the Christmas legend, us
ing his comical abilities to keep the
audience laughing. Santa’s elves
also contribute a great deal to the
movie, helping viewers to appreci
ate the fun side of the holiday.
Perhaps the best performance,
however, comes from one of Santa’s
faithful reindeer. Comet. Most peo
ple can’t imagine seeing reindeer
fly, but who would ever imagine a
reindeer with an attitude?
While “The Santa Clause” isn’t
as touching as many Christmas
classics, it is a movie that the
whole family can enjoy. And it does
an excellent job of filling all who
see it with the Christmas spirit.
Miracle
continued from page 3
“The Santa Clause,” it is
because old movies have
stood the test of time and
continue to show us the
true meaning of Christ
mas. And this is one old
movie that has been re
made extremely well.
If you have never seen
the original, you will be
able to enjoy the classic for
the first time. If you don’t
think remakes are ever as
good as the original, then
prepare to be proven
wrong.
And if you are planniK
to see it, but haven’t yet
wait. Save it, like that gift
you receive from your
grandma but can’t open
until Christmas. Useitas
a motivational tool to get
through finals.
And when you go home,
drag mom and dad out to
see it with you. They will
realize that this old Christ
mas story was not slaugh
tered by a modem remake,
This story has been retold
to a new audience, and it is
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