Hec, I have about 5 "Carol of the Bells" but none are great. I posted the best choral one to PR.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Volans - Dec 10, 2006 3:56:33 am PST #4567 of 10003
move out and draw fire
Jon B. - Dec 10, 2006 6:35:49 am PST #4568 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I particularly am fond of "Give da Jew Girl Toys" (yes, there are a couple Hanukah-themed mashups in the set).
Be sure to grab the uncensored version! You should also grab last year's collection. He's got it set up as a torrent that didn't take very long to download. [link]
Theodosia - Dec 10, 2006 8:28:23 am PST #4569 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Grabbing now. I'm going to have all kinds of new music today!
msbelle - Dec 10, 2006 8:38:44 am PST #4570 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Corwood? Could you e-me your address? Thanks.
Congrats to the wife.
DavidS - Dec 10, 2006 1:40:12 pm PST #4571 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Heh. I love this exchange between Daniel Handler and Stephin Merritt.
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Handler: What other songs do you get in your head?
Merritt: There are two things that I always, for decades, have gotten stuck in my head while walking down the street. One of them is a beautiful song by the Red Krayola, "Plekhanov:" "Neither anticipation / nor fulfillment / is realistic / in dialectic / Who's learned the language of the Internationale? / Our conversation / for seventeen years / has volunteered / Plekhanov / a priori / Who's learned the language of the Internationale? / Who was ever disowned by his Granma?"
Handler: What's the other song?
Merritt: The jingle for Bumble Bee tuna: "Yum, yum Bumble Bee / Bumble Bee tuna / I love Bumble Bee / Bumble Bee tuna..."
Handler: I always get "Dude Looks Like A Lady" stuck in my head.
Merritt: I love that song.
tina f. - Dec 10, 2006 3:22:22 pm PST #4572 of 10003
Handler: I always get "Dude Looks Like A Lady" stuck in my head.
Merritt: I love that song.
That's awesome. I was watching the six-hour documentary on VH1 last night about Heavy Metal and the saddest part was watching That Dude from Warrant talk about how his record label said they wouldn't release their album without a "Dude Looks Like A Lady" type track. (Which, hello? Pretty damn hard.) So he wrote "Cherry Pie." Looking fat, miserable, balding and bloated he said, totally seriously, "There are about a thousand times I wish I had the balls to shoot myself in the head for writing "Cherry Pie." I can't go anywhere, ever without being the Cherry Pie Guy."
I felt kind of bad for him.
Request for everyone: What are your favorite songs that incorporate hand claps?
A few obvious ones: Jack and Diane, Rock the Casbah
A bit less obvious: Close to Me, Alex Chilton
Any others?
Jon B. - Dec 10, 2006 3:29:59 pm PST #4573 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The Decemberists have been using handclaps when they play "O Valencia" live.
Hayden - Dec 10, 2006 3:46:49 pm PST #4574 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Brian Eno - "King's Lead Hat"
Lee - Dec 10, 2006 3:48:29 pm PST #4575 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Bruce Springsteen's Spirit in the Night, which I am oddly fond of.
Theodosia - Dec 10, 2006 3:53:07 pm PST #4576 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
"Soulfinger"... I want to say by the Bar-Kays, but that's not right.