One the seven day of Christmas, you get Linus, Lucy, and Lars.
Here is a short snippet of Metallica playing the Vince Guaraldi Trio's iconic "Linus & Lucy" - often erroneously called "the Peanuts Theme" or "Charlie Brown theme."
They segue into a little of "Burn" by Deep Purple, and "Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden.
But the Christmas bit today is Linus & Lucy.
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Dave Edmunds: Run Run Rudolph
On the sixth day of Who Will Save Rock and Roll's Twelve Days of Christmas, you get Dave Edmunds:
Not a great upload, but a great version of the song.
Not a great upload, but a great version of the song.
Friday, December 18, 2015
Ramones: Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
On the fifth day of Christmas, punk rock gave to me: The Ramones!
Badly acted video plus really catchy song.
I bet Johnny hated it.
But I love it.
I miss The Ramones. I only ever saw them once, in the CJ era. Great show. Made up for all the times I tried to go but it was sold out, weather intervened, our ride didn't show up, etc. etc. Once. Only once. But it was great.
Badly acted video plus really catchy song.
I bet Johnny hated it.
But I love it.
I miss The Ramones. I only ever saw them once, in the CJ era. Great show. Made up for all the times I tried to go but it was sold out, weather intervened, our ride didn't show up, etc. etc. Once. Only once. But it was great.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
The Dickies: Silent Night
When I was a very little kid, I liked to sing this song. I had a nice voice, apparently, even if I made "silent" into a three-syllable word.
I couldn't do to it what The Dickies did.
It's amazingly loyal to the song, yet it's 100% Dickies. It sounds closer to "Stukas Over Disneyland" than any other Christmas song, that's for sure.
I couldn't do to it what The Dickies did.
It's amazingly loyal to the song, yet it's 100% Dickies. It sounds closer to "Stukas Over Disneyland" than any other Christmas song, that's for sure.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Kinks: Father Christmas
I love the Kinks.
Here they are, lip-syncing on German TV. Heh.
This song is pretty popular on the radio - I'm not highlighting something you don't know. But I always loved it. It's got that Kinks cheery cynicism to it. A touch of harsh, sad reality without losing a bit of optimism in the mix. Like the lonely guy in Waterloo Sunset looking out on the world, you've got this guy who wants to believe in Christmas and all it stands for. And some rough kids who'd like that too, but have more direct needs than cheer and season's greetings. Plus it's catchy. Can't beat catchy.
And like I said in the past few days, it's one of the songs I played a lot for my students in Japan.
Here they are, lip-syncing on German TV. Heh.
This song is pretty popular on the radio - I'm not highlighting something you don't know. But I always loved it. It's got that Kinks cheery cynicism to it. A touch of harsh, sad reality without losing a bit of optimism in the mix. Like the lonely guy in Waterloo Sunset looking out on the world, you've got this guy who wants to believe in Christmas and all it stands for. And some rough kids who'd like that too, but have more direct needs than cheer and season's greetings. Plus it's catchy. Can't beat catchy.
And like I said in the past few days, it's one of the songs I played a lot for my students in Japan.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Shonen Knife: Space Christmas
It's the 12 songs of Christmas. This is number two.
Shonen Knife - Space Christmas.
As I mentioned in The Darkness's entry, Space Christmas was one of the only Christmas songs I had on .mp3 with me in Japan. It's still one of my favorites. It doesn't make much sense, but it's joyful and fun. That also describes Shonen Knife - they do very fun, very happy, very poppy rock - very earnestly and seriously. So have a Space Christmas.
Shonen Knife - Space Christmas.
As I mentioned in The Darkness's entry, Space Christmas was one of the only Christmas songs I had on .mp3 with me in Japan. It's still one of my favorites. It doesn't make much sense, but it's joyful and fun. That also describes Shonen Knife - they do very fun, very happy, very poppy rock - very earnestly and seriously. So have a Space Christmas.
Monday, December 14, 2015
The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) - Live 2011
It's the 12 songs of Christmas. Let's get this ball rolling.
The original video is also awesome. I love the Hawkins brothers playing the double-necked guitar together. Having seen the guitar stunts they do live, I believe they'd manage it at a show, too, if they tried.
True story - when I was in Japan, I had very few Christmas songs on .mp3. Living in the US, who needed them? They run non-stop for months. I had to do a class with two junior high special ed kids, M~ (a girl) and M~ (a boy), and I was called on to run Christmas songs the whole time in the background. Amongst Linus & Lucy, Run Run Rudolph, some South Park Christmas songs, the Kinks Father Christmas, and others, I had this song from The Darkness. I just remember the look my English-fluent co-teacher gave me when it came on. I kind of shrugged and said, well, it's a Christmas song.
And it's a good one. Silly but sweet.
The original video is also awesome. I love the Hawkins brothers playing the double-necked guitar together. Having seen the guitar stunts they do live, I believe they'd manage it at a show, too, if they tried.
True story - when I was in Japan, I had very few Christmas songs on .mp3. Living in the US, who needed them? They run non-stop for months. I had to do a class with two junior high special ed kids, M~ (a girl) and M~ (a boy), and I was called on to run Christmas songs the whole time in the background. Amongst Linus & Lucy, Run Run Rudolph, some South Park Christmas songs, the Kinks Father Christmas, and others, I had this song from The Darkness. I just remember the look my English-fluent co-teacher gave me when it came on. I kind of shrugged and said, well, it's a Christmas song.
And it's a good one. Silly but sweet.
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