It's at this time of the year that I like to remind my friends and/or readers of two things: One, the vagina is the hole in the front; and two, the Ventures' 1965 Xmas record is the greatest holiday music ever recorded.
The record should also have the distinction of being the only Xmas and/or pre-1967 "headphone" LP ever made. Load it onto your mp3 player, put on some easily hidden earbuds and let that tapestry of tone wash over you like so much spiked eggnog -- especially when cornered by your asshole relatives who need an audience so they can talk about their boring lives and children for 20 minutes straight before briefly pretending to be interested in how your 2010 was. If alcohol isn't an option for you, this album plus some choice Christmas episodes of old-time radio are the only way for your psyche to survive the holidays intact.
Here's a fine track [it's actually a variant of the public-domain classic/cliche English ballad "Greensleeves"] from the album:
How often do you hear a backbeat in Christmas music nearly as infectious and strong as Ventures drummer Mel Taylor's? Even Phil Spector's drummers didn't bring it as consistently in his Xmas records.
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