Tomsdad
6:00 Sun Dec 15
Re: Day 15 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman - Los Straitjackets
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Used to be able to name all the singers in order to Band Aid, can't remember now!
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violator
5:40 Sun Dec 15
Re: Day 15 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman - Los Straitjackets
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Just in the tub listening to absolute 80's and it's only just occurred to me on the band aid song, not a single line in the verses is sung by a woman, unless you count Boy George
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Mex Martillo
11:31 Sun Dec 15
Re: Day 15 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman - Los Straitjackets
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I’m not sure if anyone has ever made a Christmas cowboy western?
But that is the music they need!
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normannomates
6:41 Sun Dec 15
Re: Day 15 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman - Los Straitjackets
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Cheers Billy
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Billy Blagg
2:07 Sun Dec 15
Day 15 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman - Los Straitjackets
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Wearing their trademark Mexican wrestler masks, from Nashville, Tennessee here are Eddie Angel, Pete Curry, Chris 'Sugarballs' Sprague and Greg Townson with a track from their 'Tis The Season For Los Straitjackets' album. It's great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB0SBIOSoKw
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Billy Blagg
2:45 Sat Dec 14
Day 14 - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - The Cadillacs
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All the way from Harlem circa 1956 come The Cadillacs with this Doo-Wop version of the Children's favourite, worth it for the great sax break alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EcAtOSWBNY
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Billy Blagg
2:37 Fri Dec 13
Day 13 - Christmas Party - Teddy Pendergrass
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It's Christmas Party night and there are just two questions; Will these shoes go with this outfit and -are you ready for Teddy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LbwtRkMpxc
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Coffee
11:09 Thu Dec 12
Re: Day 12 - R2D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas - R2D2, C3P0 and Chorus
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Billy Blagg 2:05 Thu Dec 12
Sorry... I did manage the first 58 seconds.
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Coffee
11:05 Thu Dec 12
Re: Day 10 - Big Brave Bill Saves Christmas - Kate Rusby
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BRANDED 1:32 Tue Dec 10
Did you go?
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Block
10:07 Thu Dec 12
Re: Day 12 - R2D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas - R2D2, C3P0 and Chorus
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This thread needs to be pinned.
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Billy Blagg
2:05 Thu Dec 12
Day 12 - R2D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas - R2D2, C3P0 and Chorus
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Long, Long ago - well in 1978 anyway - in a galaxy far, far away - well, kinda Hollywood really - there was the release of a Star Wars Holiday Special; a show so awful, so panned by critics, deemed so excruciatingly hideous, that its very existence has become the stuff of legend. Indeed George Lucas - who loathed the whole project - seems to have enlisted the Death Star itself to ensure that no copies are available anywhere, DVD, VHS, even for download. It has been wiped from existence just as surely as Alderaan.
Just a year after the release of the original Star Wars, the idea of a story based around Han Solo and Chewbacca returning to Chewy's home planet to celebrate 'Life Day' might have seemed like a good idea at the time; as it was the whole thing ended up as being rated #1 in 'The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History' by writer David Hofstede in his book 'What Were They Thinking?' describing it as 'the worst two hours of television ever'.
From this calamitous show came a series of songs released on an album called 'Christmas In The Stars' sung by artists such as Diahann Carroll, Jefferson Starship, Bea Arthur and a young singer who accompanies C-3PO and R2D2 on the truly execrable 'R2D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas'.
The Force, however, appeared to be strong in this young man as, riding Skywalker like above the detritus, the singer went on to make a bit of a name for himself.
For, Ladies and Gentleman, this is the first-ever recording by one Jon Bon Jovi. Appalled I am.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAQ-VZUdiqg
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Billy Blagg
1:58 Wed Dec 11
Day 11 - Get Down Santa / Funky Jesus - The Jive Turkeys
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It's late-night shopping here in town so here's Cincinnati's very own Jive Turkeys with a spectacular GOFGOF (Get one free, Get one free) of their own. Get down with Santa and you get a free funky Jesus. You want it gift-wrapped too? Then check out the Colemine label's green vinyl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQwkn6wtCnU
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BRANDED
1:32 Tue Dec 10
Re: Day 10 - Big Brave Bill Saves Christmas - Kate Rusby
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So, she's at the Festival Hall tonight. I might go along for a bit of folky festiveness
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BRANDED
1:29 Tue Dec 10
Re: Day 10 - Big Brave Bill Saves Christmas - Kate Rusby
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Thanks for introducing me to her. I used to hate folk but have grown to really like it over the years.
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Billy Blagg
1:04 Tue Dec 10
Re: Day 10 - Big Brave Bill Saves Christmas - Kate Rusby
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BRANDED 10:40 Tue Dec 10
The odd thing about her is her speaking voice is entirely different. She introduces the song, opens her mouth and this whole other sound comes out. It's all in a folk vein as that's her roots, but pretty much all of her stuff is wonderful.
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BRANDED
10:40 Tue Dec 10
Re: Day 10 - Big Brave Bill Saves Christmas - Kate Rusby
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What a lovely voice
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Billy Blagg
1:52 Tue Dec 10
Day 10 - Big Brave Bill Saves Christmas - Kate Rusby
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Some people ask me if I have trouble finding these Christmas songs every year and the answer is an emphatic 'No!'. What I do find difficult though, is leaving stuff off by artists who could quite easily fill an advent calendar every year on their own. Such a person in the blessed Kate Rusby - someone I saw just this very eve in another part of town.
Kate has produced a handful of essential and wonderful Christmas albums and could quite easily get on here every year - particularly with her lovely rendition of popular Carols - as it is I've decided to go with BBB not because it's indicative of her usual output - it's not! - but purely because it's not like anything else you'll hear this year, it's got a brass band, a lovely video to accompany it and it is utterly, utterly charming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esL7-yZpYT0
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Billy Blagg
1:54 Mon Dec 9
Day 9 - Santa Claus Needs Some Lovin' - Albert King
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I don't want no Turkey / Don't care about no cake / I just want you to come here Mama / 'fore the Children awake / 'Cos Santa Claus needs some lovin'
The man formerly known as Albert Nelson, latterly Blues legend King - one of the most influential guitarists of his generation - rocks up a Yuletide storm as he demands his conjugal rights. And hey! It's Christmas. Why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjc2KwhlrtA
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Coffee
1:16 Sun Dec 8
Re: Day 7
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:)
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Billy Blagg
1:02 Sun Dec 8
Re: Day 7
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Coffee 9:18 Sun Dec 8
Yea, its' always a laugh isn't it? I know from the stats I get hits from all over the place and it did occur to me that a lot of people might not know who Kamara is so it made sense to include the ' Has he Jeff? I didn't see it!' moment.
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Coffee
9:18 Sun Dec 8
Re: Day 7
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Billy Blagg 12:52 Sat Dec 7
That Kamara/Stelling video fits perfectly. Christmas and year-round cheer.
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