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Description: Exuberance/Ebullience, banter, possibly an interview, context and connection, the familiar, the strange.
Find: Symphonies of Treble, Words Of Expectation, stab, skronk, shimmer, sheen, The New Sound of Now, Ideas for Walls, pleasure, pith, Flutter and Wow, Motorik, cowbells, disco akimbo, at least one Cantankerous Singer, The German Language, shards of glass, Ethiopian Punk, organic, synthetic, sawtooths & squarewaves, Library Riffage, yesterday's recipes, the wrong speed, intentional static, floating, ethereal, time and timelessness.
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Joey Ramone | Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) / Excerpt / Var. speeds | ...Ya Know? | BMG | 2012 | From the deluxe version of the album, at long last I drop the needle & play (well, sort of) this one song 1-sided green translucent vinyl 5" [housed in a sleeve intended to be hung from a Christmas tree as an ornament]... This, of course, was originally a Ramones Song which Joey Ramone re-interpreted in his post-Ramones solo guise. | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: James Last |
Kling Gloeckchen Klingelingelling Medley |
Christmas Dancing |
Universal |
1966 |
It's not Christmas without this. |
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Mary Schneider | Yodelling With Jingle Bells | Yodelling the Big Bands | Mary Schneider | 2017 | Mary Schneider AM, (born 25 October 1932) is an Australian singer, songwriter and performer, a country performer, who is a master at the classic Swiss Alpine style. She is best known for yodelling the works of various standards by many a classic composer. Her repertoire has covered everything from yodelling of classical music pieces to marches and European folk music tunes and big band. I have...a lot of thoughts about this whole scenario. | 0:04:35 (Pop-up) | |
Chang Loo | Donde Esta Santa Claus | An Evening With Chang Loo | Universal Music | 2015 | She was born Zhang Xiuying (张秀英) in Suzhou in 1932. Her family moved to Shanghai when she was a young child.[ Zhang was discovered in the mid-1940s by her neighbor, a broadcaster, who recommended her to sing at a local radio station. She started out singing covers of popular Zhou Xuan songs. By the late 1940s, she had signed with EMI. She released a series of hits songs, becoming popular in both Shanghai and Hong Kong. "给我一个吻" ("Give Me a Kiss"), a Mandarin cover of "Seven Lonely Days," became one of her best-known songs.Other hits included "小小羊儿要回家," "不许他回家," and "迎春花" ("Little Lamb is Going Home," "Don't Let Him Go Home," and "Winter Jasmine," respectively). She was considered a pioneer of Chinese pop music in this period, singing in both Chinese and English and incorporating jazz styles. Zhang also worked as an actress, including in the films Prisoner of Love in 1951 and The Lark in 1965. In 1952, she moved to Hong Kong. She married the Filipino musician Ollie Delfino, whom she had met while performing in Singapore, in the late 1950s. The couple had two sons, Orlando and Alex To. Zhang retired in 1975 and moved to Canada in the following decade. She returned to Hong Kong when her son Alex became a successful performer, and she occasionally returned to the public eye to perform with him | 0:07:17 (Pop-up) | |
Pinball | Cranberry Sauce | Yardwork | Dynamo & Frey Records | 2023 | The duo can be described in two words: Pinball, the Space Funk group, most known for their overpopularized hit "Nask" was formed in Seattle Washington in 1994 by brothers, Phil Jackson and Phil Jones. The group was majorly influenced by The B-52s, Kenny G, drugs, 53rd & 3rd and their Uncle Phil. | 0:10:13 (Pop-up) | |
WITCH | Mashed Potatoe | In The Past | Zambia Music Parlour | 1974 | Witch (often stylized as WITCH or W.I.T.C.H.) are a Zamrock band formed in the 1970s. Widely seen as the most popular Zambian band of the 1970s, WITCH (a backronym for "We Intend To Cause Havoc"), was headed by lead vocalist Emanuel "Jagari" Chanda. The band formed during Zambia's post-independence golden days, but by the late 1970s, economic collapse and increasing government authoritarianism saw WITCH, like most Zamrock bands, fading away. The band was revived in 2012 after reissues of their records became popular abroad. | 0:11:18 (Pop-up) | |
Japanther | The Gravy | Yer Living Grave | Menlo Park Recordings | 2005 | Japanther was an American punk band established by Matt Reilly and Ian Vanek, then students at Pratt Institute. Japanther was featured in the 2006 Whitney Biennial and the 2011 Venice Biennale. The band made its name with unique performance situations, appearing alongside synchronized swimmers, atop the Williamsburg Bridge, with giant puppets, marionettes and shadow puppets, in the back of a moving truck in Soho, and at shows with giant dinosaurs and BMXers flying off the walls...Japanther has always been a band apart, running the gamut from performance art to punk rock and back again. | 0:15:23 (Pop-up) | |
Turkey | Turkey | Turkey | Self Released | 2022 | Fascinating and not exactly surgical or seamlessly produced electro sleaze pastiches. But very fun nonetheless. Sampley, frenetic, DN'B sometimes, trancey sometimes. I liked the train sample in this song. Three thumbs up. Actually wait no an enthusiastic 6 thumbs up because I just caught a Phantom of the Paradise sample in one of their other tracks...in fact the more you listen the more you like.... | 0:17:23 (Pop-up) | |
The Superions | Fruitcake | Destination...Christmas! | Fred Schneider | 2010 | Well you can pretty much take down the tree and skip the dinner because baby CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY THIS YEAR FOR ME. Goddamn it the world absolutely needs a Fred Schneider Xmas album and apparently we got one 13 years ago. This is being reissued on vinyl, and well it should. Cue Babs gushing on about how Fred Schneider is a treasure that this world barely deserves. FRUITCAKE! | 0:19:23 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Mr. Murray |
Green Beans |
The Pain Of A Rapper |
Self Released |
2021 |
Wow. I have no words. Is there a video for this song? OF COURSE THERE IS. "Green bean casserole tastes like Christmas at Auntie Di's. It tastes like being on the living room carpet after dinner, with a full belly, playing with the Matchbox cars she kept in a reed basket next to the TV console. Green bean casserole tastes like memories." |
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Music behind DJ: Johnny & The Hurricanes |
Green Beans |
The Big Sound of Johnny & The Hurricanes |
Johnny & The Hurricanes Inc. |
1961 |
Johnny and the Hurricanes were an American instrumental rock band from Toledo, Ohio, United States. They specialized in adapting popular traditional melodies into the rock idiom, using organ and saxophone as their featured instruments on their hits, and guitar lead on the B sides. |
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Music behind DJ: Booker T & The MG's |
My Sweet Potato |
And Now! |
Warner Bros |
1966 |
Booker T. & the M.G.'s were an American instrumental R&B/funk band that was influential in shaping the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul. The original members of the group were Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg, and Al Jackson Jr. |
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Music behind DJ: Ramsey Lewis Trio |
Egg Nog |
More Sounds of Christmas |
UMG Recordings, Inc |
1964 |
Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. (May 27, 1935 – September 12, 2022) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality. Lewis recorded over 80 albums and received five gold records and three Grammy Awards in his career. His album The In Crowd earned Lewis critical praise and the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance. His best known singles include "The 'In' Crowd", "Wade in the Water", and "Sun Goddess". |
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Slow Club | Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | Christmas, Thanks For Nothing EP | Moshi Moshi Records | 2020 | "Slow Club were an English duo formed in Sheffield in 2006. The band consisted of multi-instrumentalists Charles Watson and Rebecca Lucy Taylor, with Watson contributing piano, Taylor contributing drums, and both performing guitar and vocals. " //// "Although hailed as "the next White Stripes" upon the release of their debut album, Slow Club folded elements of folk, twee, and '60s pop into their music, creating a sound that was far brighter and less raucous than the Stripes' garage rock. Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor formed the duo in 2006, following the dissolution of the Sheffield-based band Lonely Hearts... Slow Club began playing regional venues alongside groups like Tiny Dancers. They also opened for Tilly and the Wall, which brought them to the attention of that band's European label, Moshi Moshi. Slow Club eventually signed with the label and issued their debut album, Yeah So, in 2009. An American release followed in early 2010. " "The band split in 2017 following an extensive tour to support their last album, with both members moving on to solo projects." //// "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" is a pop song originally sung by Darlene Love and included on the 1963 seasonal compilation album, A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector. The song was written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, and Phil Spector. Upon release, the song did not find commercial success but in later years, it has gone on to become a Christmas standard." | 0:31:54 (Pop-up) | |
Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls | Merry Xmas, Baby (Please Don't Die) | Merry Xmas, Baby (Please Don't Die) [Single] | Hell, Yes! Records | 2011 | Released as a casette single & limited single-sided 7". Crocodiles are a two-piece from San Diego, USA formed in 2008 playing lo-fi new wave, featuring former members of The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower. / Dum Dum Girls was an American rock band, formed in 2008. It began as the bedroom recording project of singer and songwriter Dee Dee (née Kristin Gundred). She is currently based in Los Angeles. The name is a double homage to the Vaselines' album Dum Dum and the Iggy Pop song "Dum Dum Boys". | 0:34:41 (Pop-up) | |
Half Man Half Biscuit | All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit (Live) | ACD | Probe Plus | 1989 | (Live at The Leadmill in Sheffield) Half Man Half Biscuit are a UK indie band from Birkenhead in the North West, active since 1983, known for their satirical and sometimes surrealistic songs. The band are huge fans of Tranmere Rovers FC, and once turned down the chance to appear on the Channel 4 80`s rock show The Tube, as Tranmere were playing that night. //// The musical styles often parody simple popular genres, while the lyrics are dense with cultural allusions, usually (but not exclusively) UK popular culture. For instance, the interpretation of the title of the band's first album, Back in the DHSS (1985), requires three items of background information: that the Beatles wrote a song called "Back in the USSR"; that the DHSS was the UK state welfare agency, and that at that time unemployment stood at high levels. //// The humour of HMHB draws on 1970s and early 1980s popular culture, and in particular children's programmes. Hence, HMHB 'borrowed' wholesale from Trumpton and turned a song about being the driver of a train into an ode to hard and soft drug use. //// Members:Neil Crossley (Bass, Vocals) 1984-Present / Nigel Blackwell (Rhythm Guitar, Vocals) 1984-Present / Karl Benson (Lead Guitar) 2017-Present / Carl Henry (Drums) 1996-Present //// Former Members: Paul Wright (Drums) 1984-1993 / David Lloyd (Keyboards) 1984-1993 / Simon Blackwell (Lead Guitar) 1984-1994 / Ian Jackson (Lead Guitar) 1994-1996 / Carl Alty (Drums) 1993-1996 / Ken Hancock (Lead Guitar) 1996-2017 | 0:37:54 (Pop-up) | |
The Fall | (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas | (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas | Action Records | 2003 | According to the annotatedfall.doomby.com site: "This single is a rewrite of "Proteinprotection." Drummer and co-writer Dave Milner has expressed a preference for this over the latter, and so has, believe it or not, Jeff Wheeler." [Jeff Wheeler is a bestselling author of epic fantasy novels, such as the Muirwood and Kingfountain series.] //// This was originally released as a single around the "Country On The Click" era (2003) of The Fall. For those unfamiliar, you are in luck, Jan. 26, 2024 will see the expanded release of "The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)" as a 5CD Box Set Edition [including the original unreleased (officially) mix of the album & various b-sides, + a live set.] There will also be a one disc Vinyl Album. You can find the pre-order info on Cherry Red's site. | 0:41:07 (Pop-up) | |
Chicago Now | (Christmas In) Iceland | Hex-mas Enduction Hour | Self-Released (Bandcamp) | 2021 | By Neal Markowski Chicago, Illinois. "A seasonal reimagining of The Fall's "Hex Enduction Hour..." [--- This one is "Iceland" on Hex, except I like how the Line/Outline edition of the record entitles it "Iceland / Island" on the inner label] "...Lyrically appropriate for all ages, a new hex-mas tradition for you and yours. Who fills the stocking? You mind telling me? //// All proceeds go to Planned Parenthood. //// Originally debuted as part of Jon Solomon's 33rd annual 25-hour holiday marathon on 103.3FM WPRB on 12/25/21. Learn more here! - marathon.christmas //// credits released December 25, 2021 //// All instruments/recording/mixing by Neal Markowski." //// "Neal Markowski is a composer/musician in Chicago. //// He's performed/realized pieces of 20th/21st century electronic music through the US, in addition to playing in a dozen-or-so bands over the years" Hex-mas Enduction Hour by Chicago Now (Bandcamp) | 0:44:33 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Joseph Trapanese |
8-Bit Christmas (Main Title Theme) |
8-Bit Christmas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
Warner Bros |
2021 |
"8-Bit Christmas is a 2021 American Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Dowse, from a screenplay by Kevin Jakubowski based upon his novel of the same name. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley, June Diane Raphael, David Cross, and Steve Zahn. The film was released on November 24, 2021, on HBO Max" //// "Joseph Trapanese is a composer, arranger, and producer. He works in the production of music for films, television, theater and concerts. He currently lives in Los Angeles." |
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Music behind DJ: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (8-Bit Verfsion) |
8-Bit Universe |
8-Bit Christmas Music |
8-Bit Universe Records |
2014 |
"Chiptune (also known as chip music, 8-bit music, or 16-bit music) is a style of synthesized electronic music made using the programmable sound generator (PSG) sound chips or synthesizers in vintage arcade machines, computers and video game consoles. The term is commonly used to refer to tracker format music using extremely basic and small samples that an old computer or console could produce (this is the original meaning of the term), as well as music that combines PSG sounds with modern musical styles. It has been described as "an interpretation of many genres" since any existing song can be arranged in a chiptune style defined more by choice of instrument and timbre than specific style elements." |
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Music behind DJ: Dominick The Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey) (8-Bit Version) |
8-Bit Universe |
8-Bit Christmas Music |
8-Bit Universe Records |
2014 |
"A waveform generator is a fundamental module in a sound synthesis system. A waveform generator usually produces a basic geometrical waveform with a fixed or variable timbre and variable pitch. Common waveform generator configurations usually included two or three simple waveforms and often a single pseudo-random-noise generator (PRNG). Available waveforms often included pulse wave (whose timbre can be varied by modifying the duty cycle), square wave (a symmetrical pulse wave producing only odd overtones), triangle wave (which has a fixed timbre containing only odd harmonics but is softer than a square wave), and sawtooth wave (which has a bright raspy timbre and contains odd and even harmonics). Two notable examples of systems employing this technology were the Nintendo Game Boy portable game console and the Commodore 64 personal computer. The Game Boy uses two pulse channels (switchable between 12.5%, 25%, 50% and 75% wave duty cycle), a channel for 4-bit pulse-code modulation (PCM) playback, and a pseudo-random-noise generator. The Commodore 64 however used the MOS Technology SID chip which offered 3 channels, each switchable between pulse, saw-tooth, triangle, and noise. Unlike the Game Boy, the pulse channels on the Commodore 64 allowed full control over wave duty cycles. The SID was a very technically advanced chip, offering many other features including ring modulation and adjustable resonance filters." |
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Music behind DJ: The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) (8-Bit Verfsion) |
8-Bit Universe |
8-Bit Christmas Music |
8-Bit Universe Records |
2014 |
"Due to the limited number of voices in early sound chips, one of the main challenges is to produce rich polyphonic music with them. The usual method to emulate it is via quick arpeggios, which is one of the most relevant features of chiptune music (along with its electronic timbres). //// Some older systems featured a simple beeper as their only sound output, as the original ZX Spectrum and IBM PC; despite this, many skilled programmers were able to produce unexpectedly rich music with this bare hardware, where the sound is fully generated by the system's CPU by direct control of the beeper." |
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Music behind DJ: Greensleeves (What Child Is This?) (8-Bit Verfsion) |
8-Bit Universe |
8-Bit Christmas Music |
8-Bit Universe Records |
2014 |
"1951–1979: Precursors - The earliest precursors to chip music can be found in the early history of computer music. In 1951, the computers CSIRAC and Ferranti Mark 1 were used to perform real-time synthesized digital music in public. //// One of the earliest commercial computer music albums came from the First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival, held August 25, 1978, as part of the Personal Computing '78 show. The First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival recordings were published by Creative Computing in 1979.[13] The Global TV program Science International (1976–1979) credited a PDP-11/10 for the music." |
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Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire | Christmas 1979 | Christmas 1979 | Damaged Goods | 2007 | William Charlie Hamper, aka Billy Childish, has recorded over 125 LPs during his 37 year career. He is an internationally recognised painter, who was a great influence on the YBAs. He has also published 5 novels & 40 plus collections of poetry. Billy Childish was born in 1959 in Chatham, Kent; Childish left secondary education at 16, an undiagnosed dyslexic. Being denied entry to his local art-school, he began work as an apprentice stonemason at Chatham Naval Dockyard. Never veering far from the path of homemade punk rock, blues and rock ‘n’ roll, Childish is the epitome of the homemade ethic, never signing to a label or using a producer. Childish’s bands have been championed by a succession of fashionable artists: Kurt Cobain, Beck, Jack White (who appeared on TOTP with Billy’s name scrawled on his forearm in homage), and even Kylie Minogue who named an LP after one of Billy’s poetry collections. | 1:03:54 (Pop-up) | |
Stompin' Tom Connors | Down On Christmas | Merry Christmas Everybody | Dominion | 1970 | Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, was born February 9, 1936, and became a nationally famous Canadian country and folk singer. In February 1971 he founded Boot Records Limited with his manager Jury Krytiuk and Mark Altman. He died March 6th, 2013, at the age of seventy seven. | 1:07:14 (Pop-up) | |
Super Hi-Fi | Please Santa Bring Me an Echoplex | Yule Analog, Volume II | Super Hi-Fi | 2015 | I don't usually go for third wave ska and certainly not jokey third wave ska but hey, it's christmas. And this joke is funny. For you non guitar nerds out there, when Coxsone Dodd, the STUDIO 1 owner, came back from a trip to England in 1968, he brought some gadgets with him, among them an electronic device called an ECHOPLEX, a delay box. And this very kind of box changed music forever - especially from today's point of view. It changed the way music is produced, the way it is perceived and along the way defined a very important thing: it set a completely new aim for what music can achieve. This new dimension, which later would emerge as DUB, would not have been possible without REGGAE - and the Echoplex of course.... | 1:09:26 (Pop-up) | |
The Fuzztones | Santa Claus | Encore | Cleopatra Records | 2022 | One of the first and most popular of the garage rock revival bands of the 1980s, the Fuzztones made music that sounded like it came from a time machine, brought back from a moment in the mid-'60s when guitars either buzzed or jangled, Farfisa organs cried out in sympathy, and wailing vocalists were wrapped in paisley shirts and Nehru jackets. Led by singer and guitarist Rudi Protrudi, the Fuzztones were sticklers for sonic authenticity, playing rare period-appropriate covers and like-minded original compositions using vintage gear, and they launched a musical movement that hundreds of bands would follow. This of course is a cover of the song originally performed by the Sonics.... | 1:12:21 (Pop-up) | |
R. Stevie Moore | Joy To The World | Lids & Blankets: A Covers Collection | Spunky Monkey Music | 2016 | Robert Steven Moore (born January 18, 1952) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who pioneered lo-fi (or "DIY") music. Since 1968, he has self-released approximately 400 albums, while about three dozen "official" albums (largely compilations) have been issued on various labels. From 1978 until 2010, Moore lived and recorded in his apartment studios in northern New Jersey. He was also a WFMU staff member for a number of years. | 1:15:09 (Pop-up) | |
The Cleaners From Mars | A Glammy Little Christmas | Rose Of The Lanes | Mr. Mule | 2015 | Martin Newell (born 4 March 1953) is an English singer–songwriter, poet, columnist and author who leads The Cleaners from Venus, a guitar pop band with jangly, upbeat arrangements. He is also regarded as a significant figure in the history of cassette culture and DIY music. He has played in Plodd, Gypp, The Stray Trolleys, By the end of 1980, he was collaborating with Lawrence "Lol" Elliot as the Cleaners from Venus, a band that mostly released their work on cassettes outside the traditional music distribution channels. By 1983, the Cleaners from Venus had evolved into a band with a floating line-up that featured Newell as its only constant member. The band still primarily issued material on cassette, got signed to the West German independent label Modell Records for one vinyl album (Under Wartime Conditions) and ultimately to the German subsidiary of RCA Records, which released two albums (Going to England, Town and Country). After many twists and turns, authoring books and performing light Jazz, since 2010, Newell has returned to making lo-fi, self-released music under the Cleaners from Venus moniker. In 2022, he formed the Light Music Company with former Dolly Mixture member Rachel Love. | 1:17:08 (Pop-up) | |
The GoBEAUlins | Candy Your Cane | The My Pal God Holiday Record 2 | My Pal God Records | 2000 | A one off band likely for this compilation only...no other record exists... | 1:19:27 (Pop-up) | |
The Limananas | Christmas | i've got trouble in mind: 7" and rare stuff 2009/2014 | Trouble In Mind | 2014 | With a rumbling combination of fuzzy organ, twanging guitar, half-spoken/half-sung vocals, and vintage analog production, French duo the Limiñanas capture the cool sound of classic French pop of the '60s, then send it shooting off in new directions informed by Italian soundtrack music, psychedelia, Suicide, and country blues. While the core of the group is drummer and sometime vocalist Marie Limiñana and bassist, organist, and jack-of-all-trades Lionel Limiñana, the duo welcome a host of guest vocalists and other contributors to their records, combining fuzzy organ, twanging guitar, half-spoken/half-sung vocals, and vintage analog production. | 1:21:41 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Brave Combo |
Oh Holy Night Cha Cha Cha |
Musical Varieties |
Rounder Records |
1988 |
Brave Combo is a polka fusion band based in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1979 by guitarist/keyboardist/accordionist Carl Finch, they have been a prominent fixture in the Texas music scene for more than thirty-five years. Their music, both originals and covers, incorporates a number of dance styles, mostly polka, but also some Latin American and Caribbean styles like norteño, salsa, rumba, cha-cha-cha, choro, samba, two-step, cumbia, charanga, merengue, ska, etc, all performed with a rock/worldbeat energy. |
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Sleaford Mods | West End Girls (Pet Shop Boys Remix) | West End Girls (EP) | Rough Trade Records Ltd. | 2023 | An endeavour that continues to surprise Sleaford Mods in the way that it took off. First, they approached Pet Shop Boys to see if they could receive their blessing for the cover version, and they ended up not only receiving their seal of approval, but also a remix! Next, they decided that "Profits generated by the single are being donated by Sleaford Mods to the charity Shelter", which has gone very well. Lastly, here's their most recent email: "Christmas Number 1. WTF! //// No one in the SM camp had this on the 2023 bingo card, but apparently our cover of West End Girls is a contender for the coveted Christmas number 1 spot! //// We're a bit taken aback. A Christmas number 1 is up there with a number 1 album, but even more amazing because the release is supporting Shelter. //// How do you help us get there? Keep streaming, downloading, pick up the record at your local indie store, watch the video and just enjoy it. It's for such a great cause... //// GET WEST END GIRLS [NB.: Sleaford Mods Bandcamp Link] You're the best. Take care. //// SM XX | * | 1:41:02 (Pop-up) |
LCD Soundsystem | Oh You (Christmas Blues) | This Is Happening (Deluxe Edition) / Greenberg - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Parlophone Records | 2010 | "Though the soundtrack for Noah Baumbach's 2010 film Greenberg was produced by James Murphy and features 11 songs by him, “Oh You (Christmas Blues)” is the only one credited to LCD Soundsystem. While the soundtrack is Murphy's least accessible work by some distance, there's no doubt that he captures the bummed-out, existential woes of the film's titular character. //// In an interview with Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal last year, Murphy said it wasn't a stretch putting himself in Greenberg's shoes. “I was going to be a comedy writer when I was young and then I was in a band that sucked and broke up. I was just a failed musician that gave up going to college to be in a band that sold no records and was designed to fail, then I wasn't doing anything. So it wasn't that hard to get my head wrapped around being misplaced in L.A. as a New York grump,” he said. The song itself, a sad piano stomper that recalls both Harry Nilsson and John Lennon, is one of the noisiest in the LCD catalogue, with scrawling guitar, distortion left on the bass, and Murphy's high-pitched croon turning to a scream by song's end. Thematically it's pure heartbreak and disillusionment: “I can't forget what you put me through, sometimes I can't believe it's true,” goes the refrain. “Oh You (Christmas Blues)” was recorded in Los Angeles during the This Is Happening sessions at Murphy's rented home/studio, the Manshun." | 1:42:20 (Pop-up) | |
Joey Ramone | Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) | ...Ya Know? | BMG | 2012 | Originally a Ramones Song, Joey Ramone re-interprets the Christmas classic in his post-Ramones solo phase. "...Ya Know? is the second and final solo album by Joey Ramone. It was released posthumously on May 22, 2012. The album features producers Ed Stasium, Jean Beauvoir, Daniel Rey (all of whom worked with the Ramones), Joey's brother Mickey Leigh and Joe Blaney. Musicians include Joan Jett, Steven Van Zandt, Richie Ramone, Holly Beth Vincent, Genya Ravan, members of Cheap Trick and the Dictators and Mickey Leigh." | 1:46:18 (Pop-up) | |
Joey Ramone | Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) / Excerpt / Var. speeds | ...Ya Know? | BMG | 2012 | From the deluxe version of the album, at long last I drop the needle & play (well, sort of) this one song 1-sided green translucent vinyl 5" [housed in a sleeve intended to be hung from a Christmas tree as an ornament]... This, of course, was originally a Ramones Song which Joey Ramone re-interpreted in his post-Ramones solo guise. | 1:50:31 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Chiptune Punks |
Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) [8-Bit Computer Game Cover Version of Ramones]`` |
Britpop Hits, Vol. 12 |
Chiptune Punks |
202w0 |
Why this track would be on a "Britpop Hits" compilation defies logic, but I guess an 8-bit world doesn't see the world quite in the same way. This Ramones classic isn't the only song on this compilation that is of questionable "Britpop" authenticity. |
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Shane MacGowan and the Popes | Christmas Lullaby Edit | The Rare Oul' Stuff | ZZT | 1996 / 2001 | (The "Edit" in the title is not in brackets, but it should be.) Another Xmas song written by Shane MacGowan.... Originally from an EP entitled "Shane MacGowan And The Popes – Christmas Party E.P. '96 (Featuring Christmas Lullaby And Danny Boy)", released in 1996. 10 pence of every record sold was donated to a non-sectarian Childrens Charity. / The song was later edited & included on a collection of various tracks and rarities called "The Rare Oul' Stuff". | 1:55:59 (Pop-up) |
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Tome:
Dan S:
DJ Babs:
Derek Westerholm:
DJ Blush:
Alli B:
DJ Blush:
Tome:
Robm:
Tome:
Robm:
DJ Blush:
Robm:
Tome:
Alli B:
DJ Babs:
Robm:
ultradamno:
DJ Blush:
Tome:
Alli B:
DJ Babs:
DJ Babs:
DJ Blush:
DJ Blush:
ultradamno:
Tome:
Dan S:
Tome:
Alli B:
DJ Babs:
Dan S:
Derek Westerholm:
v-dawg:
DJ Babs:
Tome:
DJ Babs:
Tome:
ultradamno:
Alli B:
v-dawg:
DJ Babs:
DJ Blush:
ultradamno:
DJ Babs:
Tome:
DJ Babs:
Scott_Oz:
Dan S:
Tome:
ultradamno:
Dan S:
Tome:
Feldy:
DJ Blush:
Derek Westerholm:
laurapanic:
Alli B:
Dan S:
Derek Westerholm:
DJ Blush:
Tome:
Scott_Oz:
DJ Blush:
I'm pretty sure Grandma just heated up a jar of Cheez Whiz!
Robm:
ultradamno:
Tome:
Robm:
Alli B:
Robm:
Tome:
Robm:
Scott_Oz:
🍻😎🤙💨🍺
ultradamno:
Eat crow.
Scott_Oz:
ultradamno:
Tome:
Robm:
Scott_Oz:
Robm:
ultradamno:
Tome:
ultradamno:
Androu B.:
Sending out best wishes for you and everyone here on the board this Christmas (as much as you can possibly get...or stand, for that matter)!
Honestly, all this time I thought that novelty song was intended to be a B-52's parody! How could I have guessed it was the REAL Fred Schneider?!
laurapanic:
Robm:
Derek Westerholm:
DJ Babs:
DJ Babs:
Derek Westerholm:
Robm:
DJ Babs:
ultradamno:
Scott_Oz:
🍻😎🤙💨🍺
Derek Westerholm:
Tome:
DJ Blush:
DJ Babs:
Robm:
Tome:
Dan S:
DJ Babs:
Robm:
DJ Babs:
Tome:
Alli B:
DJ Babs:
Alli B:
DJ Babs:
Robm:
Derek Westerholm:
Tome:
DJ Babs:
DJ Babs:
Alli B:
Tome:
Robm:
DJ Babs:
Tome:
Scott_Oz:
Alli B:
DJ Babs:
Dan S:
DJ Babs:
laurapanic:
Derek Westerholm:
DJ Babs:
ultradamno:
Tome:
Robm:
ultradamno:
DJ Babs:
Tom P:
DJ Babs:
Derek Westerholm:
Tom P:
Robm:
DJ Babs:
Robm:
DJ Babs:
Alli B:
Robm:
Alli B:
laurapanic:
Dan S:
Alli B:
ultradamno:
Nova had a special about the Naples volcanos repeat last week which is worth looking at...this one, Campi Flegrei, is on the other side from Vesuvius, the Pompeii killer, is less visually conspicuous, but may be even more destructive.
Robm:
DJ Babs:
DJ Babs:
Will thee Sound Guy:
DJ Babs:
Androu B.:
Robm:
Alli B:
DJ Babs:
DJ Babs:
Alli B:
laurapanic:
Androu B.:
Scott_Oz:
Bob Barth:
Derek Westerholm:
Derek Westerholm:
laurapanic:
laurapanic:
Derek Westerholm:
DJ Babs:
Scott_Oz:
Androu B.:
Derek Westerholm:
laurapanic:
Scott_Oz:
ultradamno:
Robm:
ultradamno:
DJ Babs:
Scott_Oz:
Bob Barth:
Robm:
Robm:
Alli B:
DJ Babs:
ultradamno:
northguineahills:
DJ Babs:
DJ Babs:
Robm:
northguineahills:
Scott_Oz:
Alli B:
northguineahills:
DJ Blush:
Alli B:
northguineahills:
Alli B:
Robm:
Androu B.:
northguineahills:
DJ Babs:
DJ Babs:
Robm:
DJ Babs:
northguineahills:
Derek Westerholm:
Alli B:
DJ Babs:
northguineahills:
Derek Westerholm:
northguineahills:
/english, not even once!
DJ Babs:
ultradamno:
Alli B:
DJ Babs:
DJ Babs:
Alli B:
northguineahills:
laurapanic:
DJ Babs:
Alli B:
northguineahills:
Androu B.:
northguineahills:
Alli B:
ultradamno:
Bob Barth:
Tome:
Tome:
laurapanic:
laurapanic:
DJ Babs:
Derek Westerholm:
DJ Babs:
Derek Westerholm:
DJ Babs:
northguineahills:
DJ Babs:
Androu B.:
Derek Westerholm:
DJ Babs:
Scott_Oz:
DJ Blush:
Bob Barth:
Derek Westerholm:
DJ Babs:
northguineahills:
Bob Barth:
DJ Babs:
Feldy:
DJ Babs:
DJ Babs:
northguineahills:
Androu B.:
northguineahills:
ultradamno:
Bob Barth:
Feldy:
northguineahills:
northguineahills:
Feldy:
Alli B:
Androu B.:
Bob Barth:
northguineahills:
DJ Babs:
Scott_Oz:
🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍷🍹🌻
Derek Westerholm:
northguineahills:
ultradamno:
Androu B.:
SeanG:
Derek Westerholm:
Derek Westerholm:
Derek Westerholm:
Derek Westerholm:
Derek Westerholm: