Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
10 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
in On a Lighter Note, Wedding related
(Cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation)
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:
07 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
in Recommended Albums Tags: brave combo, it's christmas man
Brave Combo: It’s Christmas, Man! (1991)
There doesn’t seem to be a single kind of music that Brave Combo can’t play, from polkas (in several languages) to rock, ska, hora, cha chas, rhumbas, salsa, samba, merengue, tango, even Japanese folk songs. This not only makes them a pretty engaging live act but makes for a festive holiday album. On It’s Christmas, Man! they definitely spike the eggnog, rendering familiar classics with a new beat, and mixing in some lighthearted originals, like the Tex-Mex ‘Christmas in July’:
Who says Christ was a Capricorn?/Maybe He perhaps was born/On the hottest Sunday of the year
His birthday might have been the time to be/On the beach at Galilee/Watching Him change water into beer
They’d have a Christmas, a summer Christmas/You’d-see-the-Lord-could-surf-without-a-surfboard Christmas
Could it be possible?/Check out the Gospel/This year let’s have Christmas in July
They not only have a way with words, but fare pretty well when they do away with words, as a snazzy, jazzy little ‘Frosty the Snowman’ shows. ‘Feliz Navidad’ as a cumbia? ‘Must be Santa’ as a polka? Why not? Christmas, among other things, is party time.
Listen to: “Must be Santa”
Listen to: “The Christmas Song”
Listen to: “Christmas in July”
Listen to: “Frosty the Snowman”
Listen to: “Feliz Navidad”
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2022/07/10/recommended-albums-87-2/
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2015/03/08/songs-you-may-have-missed-525-2/
Every Moment Has A Song 