MANHEIM STEAMROLLER: The Vangelis of Christmas

[GilloD]

I love Manheim Steamroller so much. It literally does not feel like Christmas to me unless I hear it's shitty late-80's  synth-take on Christmas music. I cannot explain how psychically comforting it is. If I took LSD and listened to it around Christmas I might melt into a joy puddle.

ITS WE DISCUSS OUR COLLECTIVE LOVE OF MANHEIM STEAMROLLER.

"Mannheim Steamroller is an "18th century classical rock" group founded by Chip Davis, and co-founded by Jackson Berkey, well-known for their modern recordings of holiday music (notably Christmas). The group has sold 27 million albums in the U.S. alone.[1]"

27 million![/b]

"But it was beginning in 1984 that Steamroller found its greatest fame. Davis released his first holiday album, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, featuring modern contemporary interpretations of Yuletide favorites. This was followed by A Fresh Aire Christmas (1988) and Christmas in the Aire (1995). Steamroller had now become one of the most requested Christmas music artists of all time. By the end of 1997, they had released a live album of Christmas music, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live. 2001 saw the release of their fourth all-new Christmas album, Christmas Extraordinaire. Christmas Celebration, a compilation of favorite tracks from the previous studio albums (with one new song), was released in 2004. Their newest studio album of all new Christmas music Christmas Song was released in late 2007 and features guest vocals by Johnny Mathis and Olivia Newton-John."
  :elf
FUCK YEAH NEW ALBUM


LIKE DRAGONFORCE FOR CHRISTMAS



Can someone imbed those? It never works. Now you share your favorite Manheim Steamroller related memories.

[bagofeyes]

never heard of it

[GilloD]

never heard of it

Fuck you! Get out of my thread 

[bagofeyes]

Mayhem used to have a drummer called Manheim

[Mr. Gundam]

They're from Omaha, my father-in-law (from Omaha) reminds me of this fact every single Christmas.

[ferrarimanf355]

One of their songs is free on iTunes now for a couple more days! 

[jiji]

I still love their first few albums like a sucker (especially the first - those first couple of bars of Deck the Halls get the nostalgia going like nothing else), but the more recent material is just as hollow as can be.  I suppose they always were pretty hollow and commercial, and I can look back on the early stuff with a nice rose tint, but now, with the way they keep recycling the old sound with less ingenuity and worse and worse material, it's all gone