The Yes lead guitarist demonstrates three of prog rock’s most indelible riffs:
Steve Shows You Howe
11 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
in Best of the Blog, General Posts Tags: i've seen all good people, long distance runaround, roundabout, steve howe, yes
Recommended Albums #33
10 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
in Recommended Albums Tags: christmas with the fab four, have yourself a fab-ulous little christmas, the beatles, the fab four
The Fab Four:
Christmas With the Fab Four (2002)
Have Yourself a FAB-ulous Little Christmas (2002)
These two albums are a real treat for Beatle fans. Each Christmas song contains musical references to a particular song by that other Fab Four, so it’s fun to spot the corollary song–as well as plenty of more obscure, uh, Easter eggs.
It’s quite an amazing job of meshing Beatle songs with Christmas carols and even makes for a few laugh-out-loud moments. Very cool concept–one that wouldn’t work as well with any other band.
But for so many of us these musical riffs and phrases are so deeply embedded that to hear them transplanted into holiday songs is a kick.
Listen to: “Joy to the World”
Listen to: “Feliz Navidad”
Listen to: “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”
Listen to: “Away in a Manger”
Listen to: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
Listen to: “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
Ten More Nerd Weddings and Two Immodest Proposals
10 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
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(Cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation)
25 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Fairytale of New York’
08 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: fairytale of new york, kirsty maccoll, the pogues
(Source: NME)
The very best Christmas song is, of course, also the only one to involve someone being called “an old slut on junk”. This December marks 25 years of ‘Fairytale of New York’, The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s glorious drunken hymn to broken dreams and bitterly cold recriminations. In the last quarter of a century it’s become rightfully regarded as a classic, and this year it will be re-released as a limited edition 7” vinyl which The Pogues are supporting with a one-off UK gig at London’s O2 Arena on 20th December. However, when it was first released in 1987 it didn’t even take the Christmas number one slot. Who kept them off the top? That and more in our behind-the-fairytale guide to the 25 things you should know:
Every Moment Has A Song 