I always thought that when it came to modern holiday music, the real competition seemed to be between the Trans Siberian Orchestra and Mannheim Steamroller. Being a fan of the rock and roll electric guitar and being against the harpsichord, I am a firm TSO fan. I flip the channel when Mannheim Steamroller comes on.
Until today.
I just heard a really, REALLY nice version of “Silent Night”. It starts out with vocals, kinda humming, then into piano, and violins. For the first 2/3 of the song, I was totally in rapture of it. At that point it devolved into harpsichords and strange outer space noises, but continued the violins. I would put up with the last third time and again to hear the first parts.
I never thought it would happen, but I like a Mannheim Steamroller song.