Mariah Carey—“All I Want for Christmas Is You”

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4.7 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Rob explores Mariah Carey’s modern classic Christmas anthem “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by discussing the transcendent vocalist’s tumultuous early life and career, her oft-overlooked songwriting prowess, and how the song builds on the long canon of Christmas music. This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music. Host: Rob Harvilla Guest: Kyla Marshell Producers: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a music and talk episode where full songs and talk segments play together
0:05.9	only on Spotify.
0:08.0	Best of all, you can create your own music and talk show for free with Anchor Spotify's
0:12.7	podcasting platform.
0:14.6	Get started at anchor.fm slash music and talk.
0:17.8	That's A-N-C-H-O-R dot FM slash M-S-I-C-A-N-D-T-A-L-K.
0:26.3	A lot of spelling there, but just do it.
0:30.1	The best Christmas songs are the saddest.
0:32.8	I assume you're up on this.
0:34.4	Charlie Brown taught us this back in 1965. Listen to these kids. What happened to these
0:44.9	kids?
0:55.0	Yeah, happiness and cheer.
0:58.4	It's like they're serenading a mountain of coal.
1:01.5	I love that song so much.
1:03.0	I love a Charlie Brown Christmas.
1:04.6	Best Christmas album of all time.
1:06.3	Rest in peace, Vince Guraldi.
1:07.9	Rest in peace, Charles Schultz.
1:09.4	Rest in peace, my childhood. And that's it.
1:13.1	That's what makes the best Christmas albums so sad the way time passes through them.
1:18.3	Second best Christmas album, John Denver and the Muppets, a Christmas together.
1:22.3	A couple years back, I had a galactically emo moment with Rolth singing,
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