It must be a time warp thing, you know, the song takes you somewhere in time and you sit there suspended in that time for a breif moment while you listen to the song getting those “song tingles” U2’s is pretty good and maybe in 15 or so years their version with give me “the tingles”.
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This is my favorite Christmas song, but I must say I like the original much better.
Gary Lake wrote the song and I’m sure he would appreciate your loyalty to the original recording… read what Lake had to say about U2’s version http://www.atu2blog.com/2008/12/05/would-you-believe/
It must be a time warp thing, you know, the song takes you somewhere in time and you sit there suspended in that time for a breif moment while you listen to the song getting those “song tingles” U2’s is pretty good and maybe in 15 or so years their version with give me “the tingles”.