Oh, and I think my favorite Christmas album might be some 50s compilation I bought at a store like Banana Republic or something.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jesse - Oct 08, 2008 7:09:28 am PDT #9506 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dana - Oct 08, 2008 7:12:06 am PDT #9507 of 10003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
The most popular version of "In the Bleak Midwinter", as far as I know, is the setting by Gustav Holst. The text is a Rosetti poem, isn't it?
megan walker - Oct 08, 2008 7:13:09 am PDT #9508 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Silkworm did a great version of "In the Bleak Midwinter" as well.
There's also a version on It's a Wonderful Life by Kerry Getz, which is another decent modern Christmas album. It also has a version of "Maybe this Christmas".
If you like real carols, the Fred Waring album is great with things like "Master in the Hall" and "March of the Kings".
Kathy A - Oct 08, 2008 7:20:45 am PDT #9509 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Another of my favorite Christmas albums is a Starbucks compilation called "Winterlude," with everything from Marlene Dietrich singing "Little Drummer Boy" in German to Bing and Bowie doing "Little Drummer Boy" from his last TV special, and lots of other songs.
Laga - Oct 08, 2008 2:50:27 pm PDT #9510 of 10003
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I've lost my favorite Christmas album. It was casette tape and I've forgotten the name but it was something like "Hard Christmas" and it had "Christmas Wrapping" "Fairytale of New York" some Queen Christmas song, Bing Crosby and David Bowie's "Little Drummer Boy" and many more awesomely off-beat songs.
My second favorite is a bunch of Bing songs even though my sister never fails to remind me that "nothing says Christmas like beating your family". But the first disc we play when we start decorating the tree is always The Jingle Cats.
megan walker - Oct 08, 2008 3:00:04 pm PDT #9511 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Laga,
I can send you the Pogues and the Bing/Bowie songs.
Laga - Oct 08, 2008 3:15:07 pm PDT #9512 of 10003
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
thanks for the offer megan! But you don't need to- I have them both in other places.
Shir - Oct 09, 2008 7:40:03 am PDT #9513 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Ed Harcourt
Much love.
Scrappy - Oct 11, 2008 3:12:36 pm PDT #9514 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We like Christmas Island, an old one by Leon Redbone.
DavidS - Oct 12, 2008 10:13:52 am PDT #9515 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So, who's ready for some Halloween music?
I'm trying to get a 2008 mix together, so we'll see if I can get that together in time.
However, I do have a mix I've been working on that's closer to completion that is a dark, Halloweeny, windswept moors mix. More eerie and otherwordly in some instances than straight up horror. Though there are some full-on horror songs as well.
On the horror side I've got tracks like "Lady Eleanor" by Lindisfarne (a song about Roderick Usher's sister), "The Werewolf" by Barry Dransfield (tragical lyncanthropy), "Graveyard" by Forest.
On the otherworldy side I've got things like "Queen of the Moonlight World" by Andy Roberts, a very menacing version of "Jabberwocky" by Donovan and "Beyond the Fields We Know" - which is from a musical version of The King of Elfland's Daughter featuring narration by Christopher Lee.
Oh, I've also got the corn cribs song from the original Wicker Man.
Any interest in bleak, beautiful and eerie folk music for Halloween?
Also, I'm thinking about just posting my Darklings mix of chamber goth and dark cabaret. Though maybe you all have Hannah Fury and suchlike.