American Thanksgiving is an oft-glossed over holiday sandwiched between the Tag-team of Halloween and Christmas. The media barely gives it a nod, though it is highly appreciated as an excuse for devouring large quantities of delicious food. It seems to be the least commercialized holiday of the holiday season and emphasizes thankfulness for what you have rather than getting stuff from people. It is also rooted in the clever usage of limited resources to bring forth produce that seemed impossible to those unaware of the potential powers of fish buried underground and what-not... *ahem*
Thinking about it, there seems to be some kind of linkage between Thanksgiving music and chipmusic Just look at this bit of trivia about the 1848 Thanksgiving hit "Simple Gifts":
In 1982, "Simple Gifts" was used as the background music track for the "Smurf: Rescue In Gargamels Castle" video game for the Colecovision and Atari 2600 systems.
Wow! Thanksgiving music in an Atari game that isn't even holiday themed! O.O
And see here as the Dutch hymn "We Gather Together" embraces the punk side of chipmusic with such a rebellious title:
At the time the hymn was written, the Dutch were engaged in a war of national liberation against the Catholic King Philip II of Spain. "Wilt heden nu treden," "We gather together" resonated because under the Spanish King, Dutch Protestants were forbidden to gather for worship.
In your FACE, Phil!
And let's not forget how Christmas stole the Thanksgiving tunes "Over The River And Through The Woods" and "One Horse Open Sleigh". I feel a witch-hunt coming on...
Let's make that special Thursday in November a Happy Chipsgiving this year.
Thank you,
Last edited by SketchMan3 (Nov 1, 2014 10:02 pm)
