By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-12-25 20:00:00
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
1989年，几位马刺球员录制了一首圣诞歌曲
1989年，大前锋特里·卡明斯(Terry Cummings)和一群快乐的马刺球员走进圣安东尼奥当地一家录音棚，录制一首圣诞歌曲。
在一次录制中，卡明斯摇了摇头，叫停了音乐。“我们重来一遍……有人唱跑调了，”这位圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋一边说，一边和四位队友围在麦克风旁。
然后，在卡明斯的提示下，大卫·罗宾逊(David Robinson)、肖恩·埃利奥特(Sean Elliott)、威利·安德森(Willie Anderson)和约翰尼·摩尔(Johnny Moore)开始唱：
“圣诞节到了，圣诞节到了。”
当卡明斯走进录音棚时，他已经用键盘录制好了这首歌。受雇参与此次录制的当地音乐家乔·雷耶斯(Joe Reyes)回忆说，他们只是从MIDI键盘的立体声输出中提取了预先录制的旋律，并在此基础上进行创作。
卡明斯以在马刺队客场之旅中携带键盘而闻名。在酒店房间里，他会利用空闲时间创作和录制音乐。
在一次这样的旅途中，他带回了一首圣诞歌曲。
早在1989年，卡明斯就告诉记者：
“我不认为圣诞节是因为圣诞老人或驯鹿才存在的。我认为圣诞节是因为耶稣的诞生。所有这些因素加在一起才构成了圣诞节——包括圣诞老人。”
卡明斯多年来一直是一位音乐家，并活跃在音乐行业。他至今仍在继续创作和录制音乐。他拥有自己的音乐出版公司，进行过现场表演，甚至在他为密尔沃基雄鹿队效力时，还在比赛前演唱过国歌。
除了雷耶斯之外，参与此次录制的还有迈克尔·莫拉莱斯(Michael Morales)，他以1989年的热门歌曲《我喜欢你什么》和《你把爱给了谁》而闻名。
当时，莫拉莱斯分享道：
“我很惊讶他们会唱歌……就像如果我能扣篮一样，他们也会感到惊讶。”
但他们确实会唱歌，最终这首歌也发行了。虽然目前网上没有任何版本（相信我，我一直在找），但在1989-1990赛季末寄给季票持有人的VHS录像带中有一小段这首歌的片段。
这一小段音乐片段启发了一群当地音乐家，他们创作并录制了一首向卡明斯原版圣诞歌曲致敬的歌曲。
在周五的文章中了解更新的版本。
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Open Thread: Spurs fans remember Terry Cummings “It’s That Christmas Time of Year”
In 1989, a handful of Spurs recorded a holiday song
In 1989, power forward Terry Cummings went into a local San Antonio recording studio with a merry band of Spurs players to track a Christmas song.
During a take, Terry Cummings shook his head and stopped the music. ”Let’s start over…one of them hit a foul note,” the San Antonio Spurs forward said as he stood together around a microphone with four of his teammates.
Then, as Cummings prompted, David Robinson, Sean Elliott, Willie Anderson and Johnny Moore started to sing:
”Christmas time. Christmas time has come.”
When Cummings entered the studio, he had already recorded the song into his keyboard. Local musician, Joe Reyes, who was hired for the session, recalls that they simply took the stereo outs from the midi keyboard and built upon the pre-recorded melody.
Cummings was known for taking his keyboard with him on Spurs road trips. When in a hotel room, he spent free time writing and recording.
On one such outing, he returned with a Christmas song.
Back in 1989, Cummings told reporters:
”I don’t feel that Christmas is Christmas because of Santa Claus or reindeer. I believe that Christmas is Christmas because of Jesus being born. And all those things compounded together make Christmas what it is-including Santa Claus.”
Cummings had been a musician and involved in the business for years. He continues to write and record to this day. He owns his own music publishing company, has performed live, and even sang the national anthem before a game when he played for the Milwaukee Bucks.
In addition to Reyes, the session included Michael Morales, known for his 1989 hits ”What I Like About You” and ”Who Do You Give Your Love To.”
At the time, Morales shared,
”I’m surprised that they can sing . . . just like they`d be real surprised if I could slam dunk a basketball.”
But sing they could, and there was an eventual release. Although there is not a current version online anywhere (believe me, I have been searching), there was a snippet of the song in a VHS that was sent to season ticket holders at the end of the 1989-1990 season.
That snippet inspired a group of local musicians to write and record an homage to Cummings original holiday song.
Learn about the updated version in Friday’s post.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, Pounders. May your day be merry and bright.
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By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock