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December 24, 2010 04:50 PM UTC
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If only it were true today.
God Bless those that continue to fight in a war that never ends and bless the families of those that have lost loved ones serving our country.
Linda Polley, who claims to be a psychic in touch with John Lennon, has channeled some of his postmortem compositions. No, I’m not making this up.
Anyway, here’s his latest Christmas song.
But I can’t tell if John has lost his touch or if that woman’s vocal cords should be removed.
Besides demonstrating that the inability “to take it all with you” includes your talents, ol’ John went pro war in the afterlife and wrote a song about kicking Saddam’s ass after we invaded Iraq. I haven’t found that one, but since it didn’t get the Moby treatment it’s probably more obscure.
Well, let’s keep the Christ in Christmas? (Now it’s completely in line with the thread and your comment. 🙂 )
And how weird was it when the strings swell up after an eternity of repetitive, horrible, amateurish, simplistic piano banging? Yes, I listened that long. But there was no redemption. I’m no psychic, but I can predict the past. This one didn’t get a Grammy.
it’s a collaboration on one of Yoko’s compositions.
http://www.voicesfromspirit.com/
a beautiful melody
I can remember when this was played a lot this time of year.
This is the song that means the most to me at Christmastime. The video is meh, but the song itself is amazing:
It’s my other Christmas favorite. 🙂
Some of you might remember PBS airing a group of animated stories in the late 70s and 80s, collectively titled “Simple Gifts.” They were atmospheric, visually striking and stayed with you long after you saw them, and all gave a different perspective on Christmas than most stories.
My favorite was the story of the informal and spontaneous truce that happened on the Western Front of WWI at Christmas, 1914. The generals prevented this from happening again.
It’s a fine line. But I vote “Classic.”
This one is for my daughter:
And this one has James Burton on guitar. I wish I knew who the piano player was:
Sorry your heart is spread over a distance this year.
?______ Hodges? This help from an old friend who knows much more about the music business than I.
The song was written by Charles Brown. Here he is singing his (only two) hits. Elvis popularized black music to a wider audience. Our country has changed a lot since those days.
But he always acknowledged his debt to the people who came before.
Pat Boone, on the other hand, blatantly stole music from people like Little Richard and Fats Domino. In all the years I’ve been alive, I have never heard anything but a sense of entitlement from his sorry white Christian ass. He has never said, “Thank You.”
Elvis always seemed to know where he came from.
But it’s the only track on YouTube from my second favorite Christmas album. Enjoy some fine guitar playing.
But I didn’t post the live version of this song last year (although I still like the original recording better, especially for the harmony vocals):
Until hearing this one below, I never knew there were two separate versions of this single, with different endings. This one (the only one on YouTube) took me by surprise, kinda shocked the hell out of me, especially since, at first, I couldn’t figure out why I didn’t remember how it ends here (the climax and the last lines spoken by the second soldier aren’t on the one that I used to own):
A wonderfully — as the singer puts it — “dark” soul song with its groove straight out of Detroit:
to find you all the perfect Colorado Christmas gift.
For those of you who have to have your Christmas pudding before you eat all your goose and parsnips, here’s the dessert version:
(So, it’s not a Christmas song, did you really want a gift that you can only use a couple of weeks a year anyway?)
Merry christmas everyone.
for me, of course, and finally bought Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King.
It came yesterday. Merry Christmas to me.
And merry, merry to you for posting this. As gifts go, you did good.
Like you, I’m fortunate enough see this kind of thing nearly every day, and everytime I think “that’s magic — isn’t our life incredible?!!”
Not the best version, but that one was taken off YouTube for copyright infringement ;-(
Not a Chistmas song per se, but it does mention it…
In 1949, he joined with Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman to form The Weavers, one of the most successful and influential folk music groups ever. The Weavers had hit recordings with the traditional song “On Top Of Old Smoky” and with Lead Belly’s “Goodnight, Irene”, but their left wing politics quickly became a point of controversy. Seeger had joined the Communist Party in 1942 and remained a member until around 1950, and in the fierce political climate that started in the late 1940s, he became increasingly under attack. Soon the Weavers became blacklisted and in 1955 Pete Seeger was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
It covers the Peekskill Riots, HUAC, their varying takes on the success of The Weavers. From Da Capo Best Music Writing 2008:
http://www.harpercollins.com/a…
But it’s from her Christmas in Salzburg show.
And this is simply gorgeous. Merry Christmas to all of you.
Had Uncle Duke sitting on his front porch in Woody Creek, shooting at John Denver’s house.
The early 80s strips, before Trudeau went on hiatus IIRC.
I should have said “strips” — Uncle Duke was overflowing with disdain for Mr. Deutschendorf.
The song starts about 1:40 or so, if you want to skip the set-up.
Just watched that with my kids last night.
First the most political.
Pray for the unemployed and thank G-d they get benefits.
Second, the only song I’ve ever sang lead on stage
Third something light from a great religious leader
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Douchebag.
I’d skip it, PERA. I really would. 😉
now I’m going to be wondering all day why no one ever invented a douchebox.
Because now I’m wondering….
http://www.urbandictionary.com…
(Thanks for the assist Ralphie.)
There’s still a lot of fact-checking to be done, but from what I’ve been able to find from several sites on the web:
The douchebox was conceived sometime in the early 80’s by a couple living in the south-central United States with the last name of Wilson.
The douchebox has never received any kind of broad or sustained acceptance among women. Women almost universally complain of douchebox exposure effects in terms of feelings of “illness,” “queasiness,” “nausea,” . . .
Despite some spectacular claims (that have never once been substantiated), it appears that the douchebox has pretty much always been held in low esteem.
By the early Bush (W, that is) years any hope for acceptance of the douchebox were abandoned when it was discovered how incredibly toxic the contents of the douchebox were.
Some highly controversial new research suggests that there may still be some promise for a few restricted practical applications of the douchebox . . . in some repellent or pesticidic capacity. Toxicity concerns still abound however.
It’s dedicated to the beej. Unfortunately, Colbert’s embed code is not compatible with Soapblox, so here’s a link.
http://www.colbertnation.com/t…