I like "In the Bleak Midwinter," probably because it so beautifully evokes a (totally inaccurate for the subject matter) winter landscape. "In the bleak midwinter/frosty wind made moan/Earth stood hard as iron/water like a stone/Snow had fallen, snow on snow/Snow on snow/In the bleak midwinter/long ago."
Saffron: He's my husband. Mal: Well, who in the damn galaxy ain't?
'Trash'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Calli - Dec 05, 2012 5:45:24 am PST #23490 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
JZ - Dec 05, 2012 5:51:51 am PST #23491 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
"Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella," "The Holly and the Ivy," "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming," "People, Look East," "Silent Night," (a capella, non-fussy only) "It's In Every One Of Us" (any version, by anyone -- I even found Freddie Mercury singing it in concert three years before he died, and he's utterly splendid), Vince Guaraldi's reworking of "Little Drummer Boy," the vastly superior "My Little Drum," Guaraldi's "Skating," which sounds so exactly like how ice skating feels it's nigh miraculous, and, not a carol exactly but I still love it, Dido's "Christmas Day."
Any one of these will make me puddle up a bit, but a long solid block of all of them in a row will have me bawling (good cathartic happy tears, not sad ones).
Burrell - Dec 05, 2012 5:58:41 am PST #23492 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
And I LOVE love love Greg Lake's "Father Christmas." It's been known to make me weep.
Connie Neil - Dec 05, 2012 6:00:35 am PST #23493 of 30001
brillig
Was it the Kinks who did "Father Christmas, Give Us Some Money"?
DavidS - Dec 05, 2012 6:08:33 am PST #23494 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Was it the Kinks who did "Father Christmas, Give Us Some Money"?
Yup. It pairs nicely with the Ramones "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)."
DavidS - Dec 05, 2012 6:17:23 am PST #23495 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Here's my Swingtime Santa Mix:
Cool Yule - Louis Armstrong & The Commanders
Jingle Bells - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
What Will Santa Claus Say - Louis Prima
Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney - Ella Fitzgerald
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Winter Weather - Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Woody Herman
Little Jack Frost Get Lost - Frankie Carle
Button Up Your Overcoat - Dick Haymes
Christmas Night In Harlem - Louis Armstong And His Allstars
The Christmas Song - Les Brown w/Doris Day
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Woody Herman
White Christmas - Harry James & His Orchestra
It Happened In Sun Valley - Jo Stafford
Merry Christmas Baby - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Good Morning Blues (I Want To See Santa Claus) - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Five Pound Box Of Money - Pearl Bailey
Brazilian Sleigh Bells - Harry James & His Orchestra
Peanut Brittle Brigade - Duke Ellington
Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers) Duke Ellington
Swingin' For Christmas - Gene Ammons
Winter Wonderland - Ted Weems & His Orchestra
Ring A Merry Bell - June Christy
Baby It's Cold Outside Johnny Mercer And Margaret Whiting
Christmas In New Orleans- Louis Armstrong
The Louis Armstrong songs are the best, but "Little Jack Frost" is rare and a pretty good earworm.
DavidS - Dec 05, 2012 6:18:28 am PST #23496 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, I love the sound of your Trad Xmas mix. Could you send it to me?
Of course! I still have to bundle it up but I'll get it to you in a bit.
Steph L. - Dec 05, 2012 6:24:03 am PST #23497 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Here's my Swingtime Santa Mix:
I think I have this on tape. It makes me feel so old school.
JZ - Dec 05, 2012 6:49:17 am PST #23498 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Hec, could you email or Dropbox me the Swingtime mix? Work folks would like some holiday jazz and swing.
DavidS - Dec 05, 2012 7:10:25 am PST #23499 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, could you email or Dropbox me the Swingtime mix? Work folks would like some holiday jazz and swing.
Yup, soon as I get them zipped and bundled. The only xmas mix which is currently Ready To Go is the Power Pop Christmas mix. Which is a good antidote when you're getting burned out on the classics.