You have a Combustible Edison song I haven't heard?
Talk about your Christmas presents.
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.
You have a Combustible Edison song I haven't heard?
Talk about your Christmas presents.
Combustible also does a great version of Sleigh Ride.
And now it's on Buffistarawk!
Your show is kicking ass this week, Jon.
Mmmm, I just tuned into WOXY and it's playing "Give the Jew Girl Toys." This is a good thing.
Thanks Tom!
Raq -- There's a great mashup of that song with Trio's "Da da da" available here: [link]
There's a BBC documentary on "Fairytale of New York":
The Story of Fairytale of New York
8pm, BBC3
While the fight to bring those responsible for Kirsty MacColl's untimely death continues (see www.justiceforkirsty.org), her collaboration with the Pogues is the subject of this fine documentary. The Christmas song for people who don't like Christmas songs, Fairytale of New York may now suffer from over-play but it's still a cracker, one replete with the bitterness of soured love and curdled affection. Which, when you think about it, is what Christmas is all about. Plus, it's the only context in which shouting "cheap lousy faggot" at one's beloved is acceptable. Christina Rossetti and Cliff Richard, take a seat.
What songs give you an unadulterated happy? I'm cranky and trying to be less so, and I think it might be fun to put together a WOO! playlist sometime in the future.
What songs give you an unadulterated happy?
Certain hard rock songs give me a stiffie.
"Search and Destroy" - Stooges
"Turn on the News" - Husker Du
"I Got Your Number" - Undertones
Then there are the glorious pop songs, which is a different joy.
"Heavenly Pop Hit" - The Chills
"Don't Worry Baby" - Beach Boys
"What You Do To Me" - Teenage Fanclub
"Ain't That Enough" - Teenage Fanclub
"It Won't Be Wrong" - Byrds
Also uptempo soul hits:
"The Love You Save" - Jackson 5
"25 Miles" - Edwin Starr
"I Don't Need No Doctor" - Ray Charles
"Rebel Rebel" and "Suffragette City" - David Bowie
"Plasticine" - Placebo
"Dead!" - MCR
"Disco 2000" - Pulp
"Why Can't I Be You" - The Cure
"The Last of the Famous International Playboys" - Morrissey (I have been known to listen to this song on repeat for an hour at a time.)
"Nobody Likes You When You're Dead" - Zombina and the Skellytones