This is my favorite traditional (Victorian, british, instrumental) Christmas collection
Hmm. I'll look for that either at the stores or on iTunes. Thank you!
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
Atropa - Dec 15, 2004 12:48:29 pm PST #6494 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
joe boucher - Dec 15, 2004 12:55:18 pm PST #6495 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Here are links to three Xmas radio show archives, each w/ downloadable mp3s of every song. Mostly r&b and country. Also tends to the funny & the weird, but there are some straightahead numbers, too. Can't beat the price.
http://thehound.net/19901222/
http://thehound.net/19921219/
http://thehound.net/19931225/
DavidS - Dec 15, 2004 12:55:26 pm PST #6496 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hmm. I'll look for that either at the stores or on iTunes. Thank you!
Turns up in the used bins pretty often. It's folky, but they use a lot of the droney/hurdy gurdy instruments I like. It feels very Dickens and Christmassy, but not overfamiliar and overdone.
erinaceous - Dec 15, 2004 1:21:14 pm PST #6497 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
My friend Jerry does a kickass Xmas compilation every year -- this year's liner notes are here.
I can probably send copies to folks who are desperately seeking Xmas music. You weirdos.
Gandalfe - Dec 15, 2004 1:39:50 pm PST #6498 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I have a friend who did a couple of Xmas discs. I'll try to hunt down track lists and post them, if you're interested.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2004 2:06:21 pm PST #6499 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Huh, there's a Placebo greatest hits.
Placebo's music is so full of sex and drugs, it's amazing the rock & roll doesn't come across as an afterthought. On the contrary, Once More with Feeling proves the androgynous, pan-sexual, pan-European trio to be one of the UK's most consistent singles bands. - Popmatters
Hayden, did you see there's a Jandek documentary out now?
Atropa - Dec 15, 2004 2:10:13 pm PST #6500 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Huh, there's a Placebo greatest hits.
Yep, there is. I have to check if the version with the DVD has been released in the US yet. And if it has and I don't get it as a present, I'm buying it on December 26th.
Mr. Broom - Dec 15, 2004 2:36:41 pm PST #6501 of 10003
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Kate P. - Dec 15, 2004 3:44:48 pm PST #6502 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Jilli, you might like the Christmas Revels. I've seen the show several times--it's lots of fun, and it's got just the right ratio of Christmas to Solstice for me.
Hayden - Dec 15, 2004 5:04:32 pm PST #6503 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hayden, did you see there's a Jandek documentary out now?
Yep. I've almost seen it so many times (but failed to do so at the last minute) that I'm starting to think it's captured the true spirit of Jandek. It's possible I might be lame, too.