We like Christmas Island, an old one by Leon Redbone.
Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
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.
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.
lisah - Oct 13, 2008 7:33:11 am PDT #9516 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
ooh we got blogged already!
And, I was ready for H'ween music but then it got all summery here again.
DavidS - Oct 13, 2008 7:34:43 am PDT #9517 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
ooh we got blogged already!
Cool beans. And you're in good company too.
Hayden - Oct 13, 2008 7:35:09 am PDT #9518 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hey, awesome! Largehearted Boy is a great blog. Nice to see them give you the much-deserved love.
lisah - Oct 13, 2008 7:35:51 am PDT #9519 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
And you're in good company too.
oh, yeah! he always has great stuff up on there.
lisah - Oct 13, 2008 9:44:03 am PDT #9520 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Glamcookie - Oct 13, 2008 9:57:03 am PDT #9521 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Big Band Christmas all the way, baby: [link]
We also love the Charlie Brown, Nat King Cole, Elvis, Johnny Cash, and various Nutcracker versions. I love Christmas music.
Kathy A - Oct 13, 2008 10:43:25 am PDT #9522 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
GC, have you listened to either of the Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas CDs? I caught their Christmas concert on PBS last year, and it was loads of fun to watch, and I have their first holiday CD like I said upthread.
Kate P. - Oct 13, 2008 12:05:43 pm PDT #9523 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
David, I'm always interested in your Halloween mixes! And I've been feeling the need for more eerie dark folky music this past week or so.