Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, jack frost nipping at your nose. Yuletide carols being sung by a choir and folks dressed up like eskimos. Everybody knows, a turkey and some mistletoe help to make the season bright. Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow will find it hard to sleep tonight. [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/chestnuts-roasting-on-an-open-fire-lyrics-new-kids-on-the-block.html ] They know that santa's on his way. He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh. And every mother's child is gonna spy to see if reindeer really know how to fly. And so I'm offering this simple phrase to kids from 1 to 92 Although it's been said many times, many ways: merry christmas to you.
The above are the Lyrics to the song.
Ok! as beautiful as this song sounds why would I pay a handsome amount of money to go listen to a Kenyan musician performing this all American song at a Christmas Eve concert somewhere in Nairobi?? I mean its alright to hear it on radio and TV but a live performance?. Well my medula oblangata won't get it. I was looking for some nice Christmas songs by Kenyan musicians and happened to stumble upon Kanji performing the above song in youtube. Truth be told he has a great voice but I did not find it brilliant of him to chose this kind of music for some Kenyan tots because they would not be dressed as eskimos nor do they know a turkey and some mistletoe..and the reindeer??
Someone tell our talented artists to refrain from aping Americans and produce their own homemade art work. I get so repulsed by wanna-bes. American music and culture is alright but its sad to see wananchi aping it even when it does not make any sense . oh by the way, are there any chestnuts in Kenya? ( they taste exactly like roasted sweet potatoes. Kanji should probably be singing of "sweet potatoes roasting on a jiko!!(insert 'brilliant" here) and how everybody knows of a mbuzi and a chapati..
Whats your opinion about Kanji singing of chestnuts and eskimos to kids who not likely to encounter these?
thanks I will follow.
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