Flex's 25 Days of Christmas (Songs)
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Re: Flex's 25 Days of Christmas (Songs)
More great picks everyone (can never go wrong with Paranoid Visions Christmas music, had never heard the Iggy White Christmas, and good lord that Go Go's cut...)
I missed yesterday due a busy schedule which culminated in seeing the Brian Setzer Orchestra do their Christmas concert, which was fabulous. So, here's a makeup song plus today's:
Day 13: Brian Setzer Orchestra - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Original Release: Boogie Woogie Christmas
Year: 2002
Been listening to this danged Christmas album since High School, apparently. Brian Setzer has basically created his own Christmas-Industrial Complex with three Christmas studio albums, a live album, a greatest hits, and a live DVD. They're all varying degrees of good, but his best is still probably this first foray and this cut is a favorite. He did an insanely good version last night, with incredible instrumental work added in. Great showmanship and skill. Plus, tons of fun.
Day 14: John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Original Release: Happy Xmas (War is Over) b/w Listen, the Snow is Falling
Year: 1971
We did Paul last year, so how about Lennon's Christmas song this year? I still remember getting chastised in 2001 for playing this song at the sandwich shop where I worked, as some patron didn't find anti-war sentiment appropriate in the wake of our 9/11 bloodlust. Fuck 'em.
I missed yesterday due a busy schedule which culminated in seeing the Brian Setzer Orchestra do their Christmas concert, which was fabulous. So, here's a makeup song plus today's:
Day 13: Brian Setzer Orchestra - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Original Release: Boogie Woogie Christmas
Year: 2002
Been listening to this danged Christmas album since High School, apparently. Brian Setzer has basically created his own Christmas-Industrial Complex with three Christmas studio albums, a live album, a greatest hits, and a live DVD. They're all varying degrees of good, but his best is still probably this first foray and this cut is a favorite. He did an insanely good version last night, with incredible instrumental work added in. Great showmanship and skill. Plus, tons of fun.
Day 14: John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Original Release: Happy Xmas (War is Over) b/w Listen, the Snow is Falling
Year: 1971
We did Paul last year, so how about Lennon's Christmas song this year? I still remember getting chastised in 2001 for playing this song at the sandwich shop where I worked, as some patron didn't find anti-war sentiment appropriate in the wake of our 9/11 bloodlust. Fuck 'em.
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Re: Flex's 25 Days of Christmas (Songs)
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
Re: Flex's 25 Days of Christmas (Songs)
Marky is posting like a mad man. This one is short but sweet, well short anyway.
https://youtu.be/kBvs30TLdvI
https://youtu.be/kBvs30TLdvI
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[quote="revbob"]Marky is posting like a mad man.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Holy shit, again, everyone is bringng their holiday music A-game. Love the Fitz and Wat Tyler songs, especially.
Day 15: Stan Freberg - Green Chri$tma$
Original Release: Green Chri$tma$ b/w The Meaning of Christmas
Original Release: 1958
I encountered this on, of course, one of the all-time Christmas records: Dr. Demento Presents: Greatest Xmas Novelty CD. This is one of my favorite tracks, it's genuinely amusing and a classic foray in the commercialization angle.
Day 15: Stan Freberg - Green Chri$tma$
Original Release: Green Chri$tma$ b/w The Meaning of Christmas
Original Release: 1958
I encountered this on, of course, one of the all-time Christmas records: Dr. Demento Presents: Greatest Xmas Novelty CD. This is one of my favorite tracks, it's genuinely amusing and a classic foray in the commercialization angle.
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhIDkBqfEV8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My5Bzf0PQhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqQtUQErhQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qXFKdXcwFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My5Bzf0PQhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqQtUQErhQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qXFKdXcwFo
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
Re: Flex's 25 Days of Christmas (Songs)
Time to bring some cheese to this party...
https://youtu.be/PFiWZesd4xQ
This is just so awful in soooo many ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDrzPg9 ... e=youtu.be
https://youtu.be/PFiWZesd4xQ
This is just so awful in soooo many ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDrzPg9 ... e=youtu.be
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I like the change in tone. Let's roll with it.
Day 16: David Bowie/Bing Crosby - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
Original Release: Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy b/w Fantastic Voyage
Year: 1982
I used to think this performance was very bad, but now I realize it's actually extremely great.
Day 16: David Bowie/Bing Crosby - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
Original Release: Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy b/w Fantastic Voyage
Year: 1982
I used to think this performance was very bad, but now I realize it's actually extremely great.
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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Re: Flex's 25 Days of Christmas (Songs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDE1AfD_7Tw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL50k6gLWWo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML0cD0REC4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL50k6gLWWo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML0cD0REC4Y
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LczIRmTPkx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-BasQEA_Ao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsnI2J3wJSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-BasQEA_Ao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsnI2J3wJSI
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
Re: Flex's 25 Days of Christmas (Songs)
I love the two Polly songs. DAMNIT she died way too young.
Damn autocorrect on my phone changed Polly Styrene to Pollyanna. Makes you want to hit someone.
Moving away from the cheesey into something more like this (unsung/underrated band).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaEe33J8eUk
And more great stuff from El Vez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_tGKvxd9I
This is perhaps the more Xmassy version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YyT8ytXcVw
Damn autocorrect on my phone changed Polly Styrene to Pollyanna. Makes you want to hit someone.
Moving away from the cheesey into something more like this (unsung/underrated band).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaEe33J8eUk
And more great stuff from El Vez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_tGKvxd9I
This is perhaps the more Xmassy version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YyT8ytXcVw
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Re: Flex's 25 Days of Christmas (Songs)
The Bellrays are great. I saw them supporting The Damned in 2003.revbob wrote:I love the two Polly songs. DAMNIT she died way too young.
Damn autocorrect on my phone changed Polly Styrene to Pollyanna. Makes you want to hit someone.
Moving away from the cheesey into something more like this (unsung/underrated band).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaEe33J8eUk
And more great stuff from El Vez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0_tGKvxd9I
This is perhaps the more Xmassy version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YyT8ytXcVw
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia