http://ihnatko.com/2008/12/21/amazon-advent-calendar-day-20-sleigh-ride-the-ventures/ The blog of Andy Ihnatko, internationally-beloved technology pundit. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:55:08 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://ihnatko.com/2008/12/21/amazon-advent-calendar-day-20-sleigh-ride-the-ventures/comment-page-1/#comment-16725 Dr. Drang Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:39:00 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/?p=615#comment-16725 How can you write 500+ words on this song without mentioning the incredibly cool intro in which the Ventures quote their own "Walk, Don't Run"? Most of the songs on the Ventures' Christmas Album (which I would play continuously throughout December if my wife would let me) have a pop song intro: "I Feel Fine" turns into "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"; "Tequila" turns into "Frosty the Snowman"; "What'd I Say" turns into "Jingle Bells"; "Wooly Bully" turns into "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"; and so on. You could go through most of Advent with just this album. How can you write 500+ words on this song without mentioning the incredibly cool intro in which the Ventures quote their own “Walk, Don’t Run”? Most of the songs on the Ventures’ Christmas Album (which I would play continuously throughout December if my wife would let me) have a pop song intro: “I Feel Fine” turns into “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”; “Tequila” turns into “Frosty the Snowman”; “What’d I Say” turns into “Jingle Bells”; “Wooly Bully” turns into “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”; and so on. You could go through most of Advent with just this album.

]]> http://ihnatko.com/2008/12/21/amazon-advent-calendar-day-20-sleigh-ride-the-ventures/comment-page-1/#comment-16724 Dan Hamilton Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:01:13 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/?p=615#comment-16724 And let's not forget: "The Ventures play Mosrite guitars." And let’s not forget: “The Ventures play Mosrite guitars.”

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