Yet some of the greatest songs ever to endure the test of time are Christmas songs, and they bring out some of the best performances, too. Your thoughts?
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 6 December 2002 07:34 (10 years ago) Permalink
Side one:Run-DMC, Christmas in HollisDonny Hathaway, This ChristmasNat King Cole, The Christmas SongThe New Christy Minstrels, Tell It On the MountainThe Wailers, Sound the TrumpetsElvis, Blue ChristmasThe Pogues, Fairytale of New YorkBruce Springsteen, Santa Claus Is Coming to TownOtis Redding, Merry Christmas, Baby(exerpt) Pete Seeger, The First NoelLow, Just Like ChristmasJoan Baez, Coventry Carol/Good King WinceslasVince Guaraldi, Christmas Time Is HereAtmosphere, If I Was Santa ClausEek-A-Mouse, The Night Before ChristmasTracy Chapman, O Holy NightJames Brown, Hey, AmericaJose Feliciano, Felix Navidad(experts) Bob Rivers, Osama Got Run Over By a Reindeer/The Mistletoe Disco Band, Winter Wonderland/Leon Redbone, There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays
Side two:The Ramones, Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)Band Aid, Do They Know It's Christmas?Charles Brown, Please Come Home For ChristmasElvis, Here Comes Santa ClausVince Guaraldi, O TannenbaumNat King Cole, O Little Town of BethlahemJoe Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [good, but wish I had the Judy Garland version]Clarence Carter, Backdoor SantaDark City Sisters, Jabulani NonkeLow, Little Drummer BoyFreddy Mc Gregor, Irie ChristmasOtis Redding, White ChristmasElvis, Silent NightThe Sensations, Every Day Is a HolidayTLC, Sleigh RideTrailer Trash, Welcome HereSolomon Burke, Presents For ChristmasWilliam Bell, Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday(excerpt) Jackson 5, Up On the House Top
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 6 December 2002 07:37 (10 years ago) Permalink
"Fuck Christmas" by Fear"No Christmas" by the Wedding Present"Step Into Christmas" (Elton John cover) by the Wedding Present"Frosty the Snowman" by the Cocteau Twins"There Ain't No Sanity Clause" by the Damned
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 December 2002 07:46 (10 years ago) Permalink
By the way, in case anyone's shopping, or would like to talk about albums instead of songs, here are the records and CDs I took my songs from. The first ten double as my current favorite Christmas collections of all time:
Nat King Cole, The Christmas SongJoan Baez, NoelElvis, The Complete 50's MastersThe New Christy Minstrels, Merry Christmas!Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown ChristmasThe Original Soul ChristmasLow, ChristmasSlow Jams Christmas, Volume 1Trailer Trash, Hell, It's X-MasPete Seeger, Traditional Christmas CarolsJames Brown, Santa's Got a Brand New BagReggae Christmas from Studio OneBand Aid, Do They Know It's Christmas?A Very Special ChristmasA Very Special Christmas Live From Washington, D.C.MTV TRL ChristmasThe Pogues, If I Should Fall From the Grace of GodRamones Anthology: Hey Ho Let's Go!Dark City Sisters and Flying Jazz QueensA Reggae Christmas'Tis the SamplerDuke Reid's Treasure Chest: Treasure IsleAtmosphere, Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere Ep'sA Motown Christmas Volume 2Christmas at Rao'sLeon Redbone, Christmas IslandChristmas DiscoBob Rivers, White Trash Christmas
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 6 December 2002 08:12 (10 years ago) Permalink
― dave q, Friday, 6 December 2002 08:59 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Jez (Jez), Friday, 6 December 2002 09:23 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Baxter Wingnut, Friday, 6 December 2002 12:16 (10 years ago) Permalink
― chaki (chaki), Friday, 6 December 2002 13:00 (10 years ago) Permalink
― kephm, Friday, 6 December 2002 13:52 (10 years ago) Permalink
― kephm, Friday, 6 December 2002 14:05 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 6 December 2002 14:21 (10 years ago) Permalink
I love all Christmas music, even the "bad" stuff. Only thing I can't tolerate is Kenny G and, yes, Mannheim Steamroller. Bad instrumentals, forget it. But all the other crap is great.
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 6 December 2002 14:25 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Christine "Green Leafy Dragon" Indigo (cindigo), Friday, 6 December 2002 14:27 (10 years ago) Permalink
― tigerclawskank, Friday, 6 December 2002 14:59 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 6 December 2002 16:10 (10 years ago) Permalink
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 6 December 2002 16:13 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 December 2002 16:13 (10 years ago) Permalink
Ned's right, too. As are most of you. (Someone must've mentioned Wham's "Last Christmas" up in there, yes?)
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 6 December 2002 18:23 (10 years ago) Permalink
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 6 December 2002 19:44 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Dave Beckhouse (Dave Beckhouse), Monday, 9 December 2002 00:25 (10 years ago) Permalink
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― Kim (Kim), Monday, 9 December 2002 04:58 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Sean (Sean), Monday, 9 December 2002 05:57 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Sean (Sean), Monday, 9 December 2002 06:16 (10 years ago) Permalink
"Miss Donahue died on December 9, 1996 after a year-long battle withlung cancer. She was 40. If you are ever in the Cleveland area andwould like to visit her grave site, she is buried in Holy CrossCemetery, Section 13, Lot 782."
― J. Vincent (JtheV), Friday, 23 December 2005 05:06 (7 years ago) Permalink
Christmas 'portable' CD80 GO!
1. Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum
2. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
3. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
4. Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
5. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
6. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
7. Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
8. The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
9. John Denver & The Muppets - Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
10. Burl Ives - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
11. Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus
12. Burl Ives - Holly Jolly Christmas
13. Dean Martin - Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
14. Earth Kitt - Santa Baby
15. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
16. The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
17. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
18. Belle & Sebastian - O Come O Come Emmanuel
19. Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
20. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
21. Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite Opus 71a: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
22. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time is Here
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 24 December 2007 20:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
ze xmas is rockin my world right now y'know
― I know, right?, Monday, 24 December 2007 20:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
"Christmas is Now Drawing Near" on Coil's "Winter Solstice" EP and the cover of "Old Toy Trains" that Sonic Boom posted on his website a couple of years ago are both lovely.
― novaheat, Monday, 24 December 2007 20:19 (5 years ago) Permalink
Oh. I should've checked to see if the MP3 was even still posted. It's not. Sorry. You'll just have to take my word for it.
― novaheat, Monday, 24 December 2007 20:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
Check out "Frohes Fest" by Unheilig. German carols in the style of Laibach or Rammstein, done totally straight and beautifully produced. If that sounds good, you need to download it now! "Kling, Glockchen, Klingelingeling!"
― Soukesian, Monday, 24 December 2007 21:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
the best Christmas song =
Tom Waits, "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis"
― stephen, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 00:16 (5 years ago) Permalink
-- Soukesian, Monday, December 24, 2007 9:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
thanx 4 the tip
― Lingbert, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 00:51 (5 years ago) Permalink
My Christmas present to yall is this song Red Red Meat - Welcome Christmas
― CaptainLorax, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 04:06 (5 years ago) Permalink
Also, I like the Yes singer's version of "The Holly and the Ivy" the best. (Jon Anderson)
― CaptainLorax, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 04:09 (5 years ago) Permalink
HMHB own this thread.
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 04:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
― uosdwis r ɹәwoh (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 29 November 2008 21:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
I've started listening to Christmas music. Have you? What are the Christmas releases you're looking forward to this year?
Concord has reissued Christmas with Sinatra and Friends and Ray Charles: The Spirit Of Christmas.
A Fine Frenzy (who?) "will be releasing the six-song EP Oh Blue Christmas, available exclusively at Target, Target.com and the Target area on iTunes."
What else?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 24 October 2009 05:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wintersong by Sarah McLachlan is a gorgeous collection of Christmas songs.
― anagram, Saturday, 24 October 2009 07:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
PlaylistSufjan Stevens - Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time!Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas EverydayPaul McCartney- Wonderful Christmas TimeMariah Carey- All I Want for Christmas Is YouSlade - Merry Xmas EveryboySufjan Stevens - Put the Lights on the TreeElton John - Step Into ChristmasJohn Lennon - Happy Xmas (War is Over)The Raveonettes - The Christmas SongRon Sexsmith - Maybe This ChristmaThe Pogues - Fairytale of New YorkChris Rea - Driving Home for ChristmasShakin Stevens - Merry Christmas EveryoneJona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
Eels - Christmas is Going to the DogsDean Martin - Let it Snow! x3Sufjan Stevens - Amazing GraceBright Eyes - Away in a MangerMike Oldfield -In Dulee JubiloBob Dylan - Little Drummer BoyDiana Krall -Winter WonderlandFrank Sinatra - The First NoelSufjan Stevens - O Come O Come EmmanuelBright Eyes - Blue ChristmasFrank Sinatra - Hard! The Herald Angles SingSufjan Stevens - The First NoelMud - Lonely This Christmas
― Josh L, Saturday, 24 October 2009 12:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
― abcfsk, Saturday, 24 October 2009 12:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
jeez leave it till December YOU'RE RUINING IT FOR EVERYONE.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 24 October 2009 12:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
No mention of Kurtis Blow yet?
― really senile old crap shit (Eric H.), Saturday, 28 November 2009 19:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
Thread bumped because it was a long car ride home with half the radio stations now switched over to full-time Christmas music.
None of which played "Christmas Rappin"
― really senile old crap shit (Eric H.), Saturday, 28 November 2009 19:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
Josh L, mediafire your playlist pretty please with Xmas sugar on top.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 28 November 2009 19:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
Last couple Christmases, selections from Amahl and the Night Visitors was really doing it for me.
― really senile old crap shit (Eric H.), Saturday, 28 November 2009 20:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
Could somebody maybe share with me the Sonic Boom "Old Toy Trains" cover and the ZE Records comp?
― Stevie D, Saturday, 28 November 2009 20:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wait, nevermind, I found the Sonic Boom track (which was released as Dean & Britta f/ Sonic Boom, apparently).
― Stevie D, Saturday, 28 November 2009 20:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
You haven't lived until you've heard Cher and Rosie O'Donnell's "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" with Rosie's vocals autotuned or whatever that thing was on Cher's voice in "Believe":
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 3 December 2009 02:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's either Vince Guaraldi, Slade, the new Dylan for lols, or nuthin
― Sock Puppet Queso Con Concentrate, Thursday, 3 December 2009 08:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
Some fantastic Christmas mixes here
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 14:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like Sonic Boom's cover of Santa ClausThere are a lot of fantastic holiday tracks in here!
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 14:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
Xmas organ
― herb albert, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 14:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
One of my favs, from Rhode Island ‘80s punk band Rash of Stabbings:
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 15:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Album Share – A Cabbage Patch Christmas 1 Best Time Of Year2 Deck The Halls3 Christmas Favorites4 Sleigh Ride5 One More Dream 'Til Christmas6 Christmas Hoop-De-Do7 Mrs. Santa Claus8 Gimme-Gimme Take-Take9 Children Go Where I Send Thee10 All One Family At Christmas
― ZOUNDS! (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 21:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
my favorite was track 4 - Sleigh Ride (stream it)
― ZOUNDS! (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 21:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
This looks best of all: "Destination... Christmas!, the hilarious holiday album by The Superions (featuring the unmistakable lyrics and vocals of The B-52s front man, Fred Schneider)
I've been listening to songs on their myspace, and I so wish I could call it 'hilarious', or even 'good,' but it's sadly, painfully cheesy.
― The animal magnetism of Tim Pawlenty (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 22:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Is it just me, or is the deliberate butchering of the melody line on Mannheim Steamroller's "Deck the Halls" impossibly obnoxious?
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 22:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
― herb albert, Friday, 10 December 2010 00:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas From The Family"...I only discovered him a year or two ago and I think it's pretty great.
A Very Special Christmas album (minus Bon Jovi's Backdoor Santa, which I hate)
Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) - Alvin & The Chipmunks.I should hate this song with every fibre of my being but it makes me giggle uncontrollably. I love the way hula-hoop sounds like "Hoonahh Hoohhh"
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 00:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
My favorite of all time, unfuckwithable is Perry Como's Christmas album: love love love his Twelve Days of Christmas, and Twas The Night Before Christmas.
Jackie Gleason's Christmas albums, anyone? Love love love.
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 00:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
usually christmas music is a dud for me - unless sung by bob dylan :)
― jeevves, Friday, 10 December 2010 06:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Santastic V" - new collection of Xmas mash-ups
http://santastic4.com/V/
includes Cee Lo vs Jackson 5: Forget You, Santa! / F**k you, Santa!
― Jeff W, Friday, 10 December 2010 16:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
I heard the song "Little Saint Nick" on a store radio, and thought it was pretty good-- even though I thought during the entire song that they were saying "Merry Christmas, Satan."
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Saturday, 11 December 2010 17:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Beach Boys have a good repertoire of catchy songs with ridiculous lyrics (in some cases they just swapped in some Christmassy lyrics into another song), but by far the greatest of their Christmas contributions is "Morning Christmas":
― seandalai, Saturday, 11 December 2010 17:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
THE BEST CHRISTMAS SONG EVER
― "Kiss Players♥" (DJP), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 15:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
that Homer & Jethro christmas album from 68'
― meisenfek, Thursday, 16 December 2010 09:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
"spread the good word"
― meisenfek, Thursday, 16 December 2010 09:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
1. White Christmas Darlene Love 2:522. Frosty the Snowman The Ronettes 2:163. The Bells of St. Mary's Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 2:544. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town The Crystals 3:245. Sleigh Ride The Ronettes 3:006. Marshmallow World Darlene Love 2:237. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus The Ronettes 2:378. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer The Crystals 2:309. Winter Wonderland Darlene Love 2:2510. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers The Crystals 2:5511. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Darlene Love 2:4512. Here Comes Santa Claus Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 2:0313. Silent Night Phil Spector and Artists 2:08
three or four of the above, + 6 or 7 more.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 17 December 2010 19:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
ah crap, meant that for a hoy hoy's list thread.
can i just
fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiivegoldenriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiings
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 19:59 (5 months ago) Permalink
I'm already kind of burned out on Christmas music, been listening to it all month to prepare the annual mix CD.
― ILM Communication (seandalai), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 20:30 (5 months ago) Permalink
i only just started, with this:
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 20:45 (5 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, that's a good one!
― ILM Communication (seandalai), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 20:46 (5 months ago) Permalink
today's discovery: The Mills Brothers
awesome
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:05 (5 months ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/v/EDBMzGq1vhs&fs=1&hl=en
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, November 27, 2012 3:45 PM (Yesterday)
aw man this kicks ass
― liljon /bia/ bia (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:36 (5 months ago) Permalink
i'm sick of xmas music but i'm excited about the music my group is doing for our xmas concerts. i bet you're not sick of howells' "a spotless rose" yet.
or "adam lay ybounden":
― les rallizes miserables (get bent), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:39 (5 months ago) Permalink
omg gb they are beautiful
could never get tired of that!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:54 (5 months ago) Permalink
Breaking the sanctity of the thread somewhat, this is going on the compilation:
As is this disco sensation:
― ILM Communication (seandalai), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:55 (5 months ago) Permalink
This year's family Christmas CD consists of …
1 Miss Frances – ’Twas the Night Before Christmas (Part One)2 Mahalia Jackson - Go Tell It on the Mountain3 Scala & Kolacny Brothers – Wintersong4 Sufjan Stevens – Sleigh Ride5 Kate Risby – The Holly and the Ivy6 The Roches – Good King Wenceslas7 Harvey Arlene Band – Lets Get It Together This Christmas8 Tracey Thorn – Maybe This Christmas9 The Temptations – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer10 Calexico – Green Grows the Holly11 The Youngsters – Christmas in Jail12 Punch Brothers – O Come, O Come Emmanuel13 The Chesterfield Kings – Hey Santa Claus14 Scritti Politti – Snow in Sun15 Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler – Marshmallow World16 Jimmy Smith – Jingle Bells17 Saint Etienne – 21st Century Christmas18 Irma Thomas – May Every Day Be Christmas19 Ernest Tubb – Merry Texas Christmas You All20 Little Joey Farr – Rock’n’Roll Santa21 Pet Shop Boys – It Doesn’t Often Snow at Christmas22 Keith Richards – Run Rudolph Run23 Detroit Junior – Christmas Day24 Mariene Paul – I Wanna Spend Christmas With Elvis25 Andrew Bird – Auld Lang Syne26 Miss Frances – ’Twas the Night Before Christmas (Part Two)
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:23 (5 months ago) Permalink
5 Should be Kate Rusby
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:24 (5 months ago) Permalink
Ok, just finished brewing up this year's batch:
Oscar the Grouch - I Hate ChristmasCelia Cruz & La Sonora Matancera - Jingle BellsLou Rawls - Good Time ChristmasMistletoe Disco Band - Silver BellsJohn Zorn - Winter WonderlandMan or Astroman? - Frosty the SnowmanHuey 'Piano' Smith and the Clowns - White Christmas BluesMichigan and Smiley - Drummer BoyStormy Weather - Christmas Time is ComingLou Levy - Jingle Bell Rock/Deck the HallsCordell Jackson - Rock and Roll ChristmasBobbie Boyle - Santa Claus Goes ModernPee Pee Dynamite - A Groovy Christmas and a Happy New YearThe Galaxies - Christmas EveShonen Knife - Sweet ChristmasAl Hirt - Santa Claus is Coming to TownRed Simpson - Truckin' Trees for ChristmasNina - Do You Know how Christmas Trees are Grown?The Young Tradition with Shirley and Dolly Collins - Is it Far to Bethlehem?The Stridells - I Remember ChristmasGruff Rhys - Post Apocalypse ChristmasMomoiro Clover Z - Santa SanThe National Jazz Orchestra of Scotland - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
― ILM Communication (seandalai), Monday, 3 December 2012 00:26 (5 months ago) Permalink
Lou Rawls - Good Time Christmas
i should think so.this is my all time fave xmas track.dug out the album earlier today just so i can play this ....
― mark e, Monday, 3 December 2012 00:29 (5 months ago) Permalink
The National Jazz Orchestra of Scotland - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
is this the, erm, actual National Jazz Orchestra of Scotland, or is it an iteration of Bill Wells' National Jazz Trio of Scotland? (If the latter, what release is it on?)
― Shane Richie Junior (Merdeyeux), Monday, 3 December 2012 01:24 (5 months ago) Permalink
Eh yeah it's the Bill Wells "trio", oops. They just put out a Christmas album!
― ILM Communication (seandalai), Monday, 3 December 2012 02:30 (5 months ago) Permalink
today i introduced myself to Leontyne Price. so pretty!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 00:26 (5 months ago) Permalink
also Jussi Bjorling! O Holy Night in swedish, incredible tenor
dunno was just feeling kinda opera-y today
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 00:28 (5 months ago) Permalink
search: leontyne price doing "we three kings of orient are"
― les rallizes miserables (get bent), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 00:29 (5 months ago) Permalink
in fact, here it is!
― les rallizes miserables (get bent), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 00:30 (5 months ago) Permalink
oh wow, beautiful
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 00:38 (5 months ago) Permalink
shameless self/friends promotion, this comp is great:
http://sartorialrecords.greedbag.com/buy/all-ready-for-the-25th/
― Crackle Box, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 10:02 (5 months ago) Permalink
This is not as great as its writeup, but it's still fun:
Finders Keepers sister label Cache Cache and X-Ray Pop's Doc Pilot inaugurate an ongoing collaboration to plunder the hidden depths of one of the most original and productive independent groups of the French DIY domestic synth pop/pocket punk funk/homemade tape scene with this cut AND paste Christmas cartridge of well loved and unknown festive interference spanning the first 20 years of the groups self-propelled anti-career. With a consistent omnipresence on European tape co-ops through the 80s and early 90s this troupe of battery operated cabaret cosmonauts combine duel French femme vox with alternating dreamy metronomic private pop or erratic pulsating cosmic rock via their Casio-to-cassette production line. A standout track on the lauded rare alternative funk compilation and sited as a closely guarded influence for the well informed X-Ray Pop are a group who are easy to scratch the surface but almost impossible to get the bottom of, with a warren of unexplored passages they truly are a band with musical gift that keeps on giving!Precariously bridging gaps between Fontaine, Robeiro, Sunforest, Cluster, ESG, Williams and Currie, The Plastics, Weekend, Stereolab and faithful generations of adventurous continental Walkmans, this group sends a 9v current from Elli and Jacno to Elly and Rikkert and, if at all possible, provides pop punks equivalent of Vera Chytilova’s Daisies, maybe... Joyeux Noël!
Precariously bridging gaps between Fontaine, Robeiro, Sunforest, Cluster, ESG, Williams and Currie, The Plastics, Weekend, Stereolab and faithful generations of adventurous continental Walkmans, this group sends a 9v current from Elli and Jacno to Elly and Rikkert and, if at all possible, provides pop punks equivalent of Vera Chytilova’s Daisies, maybe... Joyeux Noël!
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:02 (5 months ago) Permalink
I heard this for the first time tonight and teared up...unaccompanied makes it v haunting and tender
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 14 December 2012 04:40 (5 months ago) Permalink
Mall-store muzak was playing "Now That's What I Call Today's Christmas" earlier today. I was so miserable the entire time I was there. Serious-ass "destroy."
― billstevejim, Monday, 17 December 2012 06:43 (5 months ago) Permalink
"Are there any K-Pop Christmas songs?" I wondered. Of course there are - most of what I've found are insipid, but this is cute and nuts:
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Friday, 21 December 2012 03:03 (5 months ago) Permalink
The National Jazz Trio of Scotland - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
yeah this is really good! i saw them at cafe oto and as much as i like bill wells in general i wasn't 100% convinced by their takes on the christmas traditionals, but now that i have the recordings i'm coming around to them.
― Shane Richie Junior (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 25 December 2012 00:23 (4 months ago) Permalink
also as it's past uk midnight, merry christmas!
indeed merdy, backatcha, enjoy the seasonal excess !
so, am i the only person who likes the tim wheeler/emmy the great crimbo album ?
― mark e, Tuesday, 25 December 2012 00:28 (4 months ago) Permalink
Merry Christmas, folks!
I put my mix up on Mixcloud: http://www.mixcloud.com/ialadnaes/christmas-2012/
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Tuesday, 25 December 2012 00:29 (4 months ago) Permalink
my choir director sent us youtubes of poulenc's four christmas motets. so beautiful.
here's videntes stellam:
― gimme some reggae! (get bent), Tuesday, 25 December 2012 20:46 (4 months ago) Permalink