tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post6963090998476878792..comments2024-03-29T02:48:21.670-07:00Comments on Far Away Series: BATTLE OF THE BANDSfarawayeyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-5038897591574366792015-12-22T05:28:54.607-08:002015-12-22T05:28:54.607-08:00Hello my friend. Sorry it's been so long. Not ...Hello my friend. Sorry it's been so long. Not here to vote, just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and let you know I'm still kicking- although not as hard as I used to...lol. Love and blessings this holiday season- Jenjaybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10708353376256621965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-90344415726896794142015-12-19T22:18:35.773-08:002015-12-19T22:18:35.773-08:00Two more votes for TSO. Glad you also enjoyed this...Two more votes for TSO. Glad you also enjoyed this BATTLE. I've had a great time with it. Have a Great Christmas and wonderful, wonderful New Year!farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-75224993245282112012015-12-19T22:17:33.934-08:002015-12-19T22:17:33.934-08:00Merry Christmas Yolanda. Thanks for stopping by an...Merry Christmas Yolanda. Thanks for stopping by and casting a vote.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-36122324535496389412015-12-19T22:16:57.256-08:002015-12-19T22:16:57.256-08:00Seems a lot of yous guys are saying the same thing...Seems a lot of yous guys are saying the same thing 'love them both'. I love, Love, LOVE it when that happens. got you as a vote for TSO.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-11993316536356704252015-12-19T22:14:52.525-08:002015-12-19T22:14:52.525-08:00And a very Merry Christmas to you my musically inc...And a very Merry Christmas to you my musically inclined friend. Glad you liked The Piano Guys (or maybe it should be Piano and Cello Guys). Got you down strongly for them.<br /><br />Look forward to more BATTLE in 2016 (I still have the list of suggestions you sent and plan on using them interspersed through the New Year.)farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-31468270938060374072015-12-19T22:12:54.883-08:002015-12-19T22:12:54.883-08:00Got your vote and I appreciate the Christmas wish,...Got your vote and I appreciate the Christmas wish, just one little thing...this is FAE not Robin. I know BOTB is so big now it's hard to keep straight which blog you're at. You have a wonderful and blessed Christmas also.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-17338104431938163922015-12-19T22:11:30.719-08:002015-12-19T22:11:30.719-08:00A vote for some excitement, eh, Mike?A vote for some excitement, eh, Mike?farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-5460913599069308442015-12-19T22:10:57.286-08:002015-12-19T22:10:57.286-08:00So glad to hear that you enjoyed this BATTLE. I...So glad to hear that you enjoyed this BATTLE. I've been having a great time reading the comments and watching the voting go back and forth. I haven't had time to count anything up yet, but I think it's fairly close. At least I hope so.<br /><br />I watched the champagne commercial (I had not seen it before). What a clever idea. I liked the clinking of the glasses and that you never really saw anybody, just their hands with the champagne glasses.<br /><br />The Piano Guys it is for you.<br />farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-74945336580543375332015-12-19T22:08:50.500-08:002015-12-19T22:08:50.500-08:00Ah...Darlink...thanks for stopping by, BUT did you...Ah...Darlink...thanks for stopping by, BUT did you even read my marvahlous post.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-39966899520047430902015-12-19T22:08:10.278-08:002015-12-19T22:08:10.278-08:00Hey, no Chicago style voting here. Ha, ha,ha. glad...Hey, no Chicago style voting here. Ha, ha,ha. glad it was a tough choice. Got you down for TSO.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-59911431384801539542015-12-19T12:16:25.629-08:002015-12-19T12:16:25.629-08:00I'll echo some of the others that said this is...I'll echo some of the others that said this is a great battle. It's fantastic. I love TSO and their powerful sound - always have - and this song in particular. It has such umph. It's hard not to feel the passion within each pounding note. The other is certainly beautiful, and a worthy competitor, but we're both big fans of TSO and easily hand our votes to them.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-31261783415817278072015-12-19T09:57:15.723-08:002015-12-19T09:57:15.723-08:00Oh dear, I loved both versions. Can vote for both ...Oh dear, I loved both versions. Can vote for both of them?<br /><br />If not the cello, just for the way he seemed to be into it!<br /><br />Gosh, that wasn't fair at all!<br /><br />Merry Christmas!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-70607391781616071462015-12-17T20:24:52.875-08:002015-12-17T20:24:52.875-08:00A really good battle actually. Both are awesome. Y...A really good battle actually. Both are awesome. Ya know, once you hear TSO, hard to like anyone else. I'd go to a concert to see the other's though. They were good. Excellent. I love the cello.<br /><br />Give my vote to TSO.dolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-29265887775581336972015-12-17T19:30:39.010-08:002015-12-17T19:30:39.010-08:00This one was easy for me. Although I intellectual...This one was easy for me. Although I intellectually see why people like TSO, I am not really a fan. Do I turn the station if they come on? Maybe, maybe not... it is a toss up.<br /><br />But I LOVED "Cello-boy!" (I did not watch... only listened.) Very very interesting version. It is technically great, it moves along nicely, and I could listen over and over. A strong vote for #2.<br /><br />Merry Christmas, Far Away Eyes! (and ears, elbows, etc.)Sheboyganboy VIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08983744754219138415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-81250299816394682302015-12-17T15:20:34.688-08:002015-12-17T15:20:34.688-08:00Robin, what a tough choice! But I'm like Mike....Robin, what a tough choice! But I'm like Mike. I knew beforehand that TSO would get my vote. Nice, nice battle! I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and pray for God's blessings to be with you in the coming new year, my friend!Cathy Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01056276734145310231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-17067450989322537202015-12-17T08:18:41.815-08:002015-12-17T08:18:41.815-08:00I listened to the second one first knowing I alrea...I listened to the second one first knowing I already liked TSO. My vote goes to TSO I found their version more exciting to my ears.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000518512016364412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-91145748608250824812015-12-16T22:36:44.302-08:002015-12-16T22:36:44.302-08:00FAE ~
This will likely surprise you, but this is o...FAE ~<br />This will likely surprise you, but this is one of my favorite BOTB installments you've ever put together. Why? Well, for one thing, 'CAROL OF THE BELLS' is one of my Top Ten favorite Christmas songs (and, yes, the lyrics to the non-instrumental versions include a line indicating that the song is about Christ).<br /><br />I absolutely LOVE this melody.<br /><br />Also, two Decembers ago, I actually heard the Trans-Siberian Orchestra version of this song on the radio while delivering legal documents in Phoenix and I jotted it down as a future potential competitor in a BOTB blog bit. I hadn't decided who I'd put up against them, but you've beaten me to it... and done it BEAUTIFULLY!<br /><br />Both versions are great in their own way. I dig the TSO version because of its power. Yes, it's a bit bombastic, but let's face it, that also provides a good deal of its power.<br /><br />But those (weirdly named) PIANO GUYS are tremendous! I never knew about them prior to the invention of BOTB (they've been used before) and now I'm thinking I need one of their Christmas albums.<br /><br />THE PIANO GUYS get my vote. There's a certain nuanced, and more delicate, more highly-textured-with-variety aspect to their arrangement. Listen to it and think of snowflakes: It's like "hearing" inside of a gigantic, one-of-a-kind SNOWFLAKE, all interconnected with strings of ice. The sound of crystal beauty! WONDERFUL!<br /><br />Now here's the humorous thing...<br /><br />When I was a kid, I had NO IDEA that this melody was "A REAL SONG"! I always thought that some brilliant advertiser had invented it as the theme song for the (Link:->) <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGOr3s1VEYI" rel="nofollow">'ANDRE CHAMPAGNE' TV commercials!</a></b><br /><br />My Brother, my Sister and I grew up thinking (in the 1970s) that 'CAROL OF THE BELLS' was simply (the lovely) "Andre Champagne commercial song". It wasn't until the early 1980s, as a young adult, that I came to realize that the melody was an actual CHRISTMAS CAROL. And then it became one of my very favorites.<br /><br />This was an excellent, Excellent, EXCELLENT Battle. I listened to BOTH competitors twice before deciding I had it right the first time: THE PIANO GUYS.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-66872529289924796992015-12-16T11:39:02.274-08:002015-12-16T11:39:02.274-08:00I really like both of these very much. I found The...I really like both of these very much. I found The Piano Guys thanks to BoTB a few years ago... and have discovered that I really enjoy all their music. <br /><br />That said, today TSO appeals to me more. Maybe because it felt more dramatic (though I really liked the version by TPG, making this a tough one). So, give my vote to TSO. <br /><br />If I come back in a few days, can I vote again???Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-62916140325644959592015-12-16T11:32:37.740-08:002015-12-16T11:32:37.740-08:00No knuckleheads allowed. And your vote is not a &#...No knuckleheads allowed. And your vote is not a 'knucklehead one'. This is all about personal preference and your prefer the cello over that harder rock sound. OK then, voting seems almost tied up again.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-30640826568333559362015-12-16T11:31:06.656-08:002015-12-16T11:31:06.656-08:00It's really interesting the various factors th...It's really interesting the various factors that everyone is pulling out when casting their vote. The guitar work of TSO takes it for you, OK, then.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-55081241882014261382015-12-16T11:30:19.620-08:002015-12-16T11:30:19.620-08:00I too like the power of an instrumental, especiall...I too like the power of an instrumental, especially with some of these Christmas songs where we know the lyrics so well. The TSO version sure does pack a punch. farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-13348193547005751912015-12-16T11:28:39.858-08:002015-12-16T11:28:39.858-08:00TSO for the 'sometime-traditionalist'. Ha,...TSO for the 'sometime-traditionalist'. Ha, ha, ha!farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-81494869431018444372015-12-16T11:28:07.549-08:002015-12-16T11:28:07.549-08:00Absolutely no surprise in your vote, Alex. Thanks ...Absolutely no surprise in your vote, Alex. Thanks for stopping by.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-33307514345243728492015-12-16T11:27:35.576-08:002015-12-16T11:27:35.576-08:00That not so mello cello seems to be giving The Pia...That not so mello cello seems to be giving The Piano Guys the edge.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-10208554851795048332015-12-16T11:27:01.810-08:002015-12-16T11:27:01.810-08:00I whole heartedly agree and too enjoy both version...I whole heartedly agree and too enjoy both versions (for different reasons). I think it depends on which day of the week, or maybe hour of the day I'm listening, as to which I might enjoy more.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.com