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Post by debandbrian on Nov 22, 2005 8:36:56 GMT -6
As you all know, I'm a huge Dr. Demento fan. Here is a list of the mp3 files that I've harvested in the Christmas/Holiday vein. Lemmeno if you want copies of any of these......Jake Adam Sandler - The Chanukah Song (Live, Verson 1) Albert Brooks - A Daddy's Christmas Allan Sherman - The Twelve Gifts of Christmas Bob and Doug McKenzie - The Twelve Days of Christmas Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio - Walkin' Round In Women's Underwear Da Yoopers - Rusty Chevrolet Daws Butler - Stan Freberg - Christmas Dragnet Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer Gayla Peevey - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Kip Addotta - I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus Mike Toomey - How The Grinch Stole Chanukah Rob Iceman Izenberg - Hanukkah Rock Robert Lund's Elves Gone Wild - I Want Plastic Surgery For Christmas Sean Morey - Grandpa The Snow Man Seymour Swine & The Squeelers - Blue Christmas Singing Dogs - Jingle Bells Spike Jones & His City Slickers - All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth Stan Boreson & Doug Setterberg - Walking In My Winter Underwear Stan Freberg - Green Chri$Tma$ Stan Freberg - Nuttin' for Christmas Steve Goodie - Steve's Jewish Christmas Carol Medley The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) The Hot Buttered Elves/Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio - I Am Santa Claus("I Am Iron Man" parody) Thurl Ravenscroft - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch Tom Lehrer - (I'm Spending) Hanukkah In Santa Monica Tom Lehrer - A Christmas Carol Weird Al Yankovic - Christmas at Ground Zero Weird Al Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy (extra gory version) Yogi Yorgesson - I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas LOL!!! These songs are so funny. We have a cd called Twisted Christmas and one other in that same twisted sort of category that Brian insists on playing on Christmas eve and the next day when we open presents. We have alot of those songs and I laugh myself silly every time I hear them LOL!! He inherited those cds from me, I had them when I met him eons ago so now he calls them his own. LOL!! The one about Santa Stuck up in the Chimney (don't remember if that's the exact title or not) is my favorite of the silly ones. As for "real" Christmas songs, I have to list Oh Holy Night, What Child is This (can't even hear Greensleeves without getting chills) and the whole Nutcracker Suite. Like you Chris, we sing carols all year long because I like them so well. I just sing so low no one can hear me. LOL!! |
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Post by Christinko on Nov 22, 2005 8:42:10 GMT -6
What Child Is This" pisses me off....It's GREENSLEEVES, dammit. And it's my favorite song in the whole wide world.
So, Deb....we'll be singing on the beach together in another week? Grin!
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Post by debandbrian on Nov 22, 2005 8:53:16 GMT -6
What Child Is This" pisses me off....It's GREENSLEEVES, dammit. And it's my favorite song in the whole wide world. So, Deb....we'll be singing on the beach together in another week? Grin! LOL!!! Yep, I'll sing, but you won't want to hear it. :-) I know re: Greensleeves, I love it and I prefer over What Child is This?, but don't get to hear it as much since it got appropriated. Maybe I'll have to get a cd of medieval troubador songs so I can have a bunch like it. :-) Deb P.S. By the way Chris, did I ever tell you I work with your twin? LOL!! |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Nov 22, 2005 9:31:23 GMT -6
What Child Is This" pisses me off....It's GREENSLEEVES, dammit. And it's my favorite song in the whole wide world. Best version ever was done by Loreena McKennitt. (Do you buy that Henry VIII wrote the lyrics?) |
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Post by debandbrian on Nov 22, 2005 9:48:26 GMT -6
What Child Is This" pisses me off....It's GREENSLEEVES, dammit. And it's my favorite song in the whole wide world. Best version ever was done by Loreena McKennitt. (Do you buy that Henry VIII wrote the lyrics?) Oooo, I love her! Had a cd once of her but someone stole it from me. She's got a beautiful voice. I don't remember who I heard wrote the lyrics, I only heard that it was sung by troubadors. But Henry VIII would be almost right for the time period it's from. :-) Deb :-) |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Nov 22, 2005 9:56:24 GMT -6
If you get the chance... reread the lyrics with Henry VIII in mind... throws a WHOLE new angle on what the song means! (if he did write the lyrics we know, and no one is sure, it makes for an interesting little insight on the man) I am sure that the tune is MUCH older. Edited to add: Greensleeves Lyrics |
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Post by debandbrian on Nov 22, 2005 10:14:55 GMT -6
You are right that the tune is older and I do remember something about a legend that Henry VIII wrote the words for Ann Boelyn (sp?) because at first she wanted nothing to do with him. But I don't know how much truth there is to that. I think the words didn't showed up until after Henry died maybe in the late 1500's. I know Greensleeves is referred to in the Merry Wives of Windsor, but Shakespeare didn't write that until 1602.
And thus endeth the history lesson. LOL!!!
Deb :-)
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Post by Irish Stu on Nov 22, 2005 10:18:07 GMT -6
Greensleeves was written during the time of Henry VIII (1509-1547) and I was taught in school history lessons that he wrote it. Henry was a talented musician and composer and wrote many pieces but many historians now seem to generally agree that Greensleeves wasn't one of them.
Simon
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Post by debandbrian on Nov 22, 2005 10:32:57 GMT -6
Hey Simon,
I knew he was very musically inclined, read that somewhere. I didn't learn that in any history class over here though, I did my own reading about everything I could.
So I've read both schools of thought where it has been attributed to Henry VIII forever it seems like and it's only more recent that it's been said he didn't have anything to do with it, right? I know, or rather read but don't know for sure, that he went to great lengths to get Anne to marry him. So much for that though since the poor girl lost her head.
It'd be great to know for sure whether or not Henry did acutally write the words as a love song. That's a lot better story than that it just showed up in 1580 in some register for songs and no one knows who wrote it. :-)
Deb
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 22, 2005 10:47:33 GMT -6
This reminds me of the album "The Six Wives of Henry the VIII" by Rick Wakeman. Hard to believe that it was released in 1973.
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Post by Christinko on Nov 22, 2005 21:05:13 GMT -6
I'm going to choose to believe that Henry VIII did have something to do with the song--I've read the same rumor. I adore talking about Reformation England....what a nutsy time in history.
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Post by PattyD on Nov 23, 2005 8:32:02 GMT -6
This reminds me of the album "The Six Wives of Henry the VIII" by Rick Wakeman. Hard to believe that it was released in 1973. Somewhere around here I have that album! But then again we still have 1000's of LP's going way way back... like some 78's still in really good shape. Now if we could get the living room finished and the stereo set up again we might be able to listen to a few. Patty |
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Post by debandbrian on Nov 23, 2005 8:42:45 GMT -6
This reminds me of the album "The Six Wives of Henry the VIII" by Rick Wakeman. Hard to believe that it was released in 1973. Somewhere around here I have that album! But then again we still have 1000's of LP's going way way back... like some 78's still in really good shape. Now if we could get the living room finished and the stereo set up again we might be able to listen to a few. Patty Patty, do you mean vinyl?? I think I remember that. LOL!!! Just kidding we still have a truckload of them too. The kids don't know what they are but they keep pulling them out and asking us what they do. They don't understand "record" or LP, but they know what cds and dvds are. Brian has way cooler ones than I still have. Mine are mostly Osmond albums....YUCK!! Oh, and the Tabernacle Choir. There's that Mormon thing again, I don't know why I kept them. That's all I was allowed to listen to until I got older and became a metal head in jr high when I rebelled. Pink hair (sometimes blue, green or purple too) and everything. LOL! See you soon, Deb Edited to add: Truly I am just kidding about the vinyl albums. Brian gives me crap all the time because I grew up AFTER the 70's and that I never saw an 8-track tape until just a few years ago in a thrift shop. LOL!! |
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 23, 2005 9:34:58 GMT -6
Wow Deb....you really are dating yourself!
I remember ex-boyfriends with muscle cars and 8-tracks.
If Rupe has Rick Wakeman, I bet he also has *Tubular Bells*.
Most of the stoners back then did....hehehe
BTW....you can get Rick Wakeman on CD.
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Post by debandbrian on Nov 23, 2005 9:40:43 GMT -6
Wow Deb....you really are dating yourself! I remember ex-boyfriends with muscle cars and 8-tracks. If Rupe has Rick Wakeman, I bet he also has *Tubular Bells*. Most of the stoners back then did....hehehe BTW....you can get Rick Wakeman on CD. Tubular Bells, that was from the Exorcist, right? Dating myself. LOL!! Yep, I am a child of the 80's and proud of it, dammit! LOL!! Nothing beats big hair, stirrup pants and really big sweaters. LOL!!!! I used to want to grow up and be just like Lita Ford, or at least look like her. :-) Deb |
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 23, 2005 9:53:22 GMT -6
Deb~
Hey....I enjoyed wearing leggings and huge sweaters. They are so comfortable!
My kids in the 90's use to give me shit about it too.
Turn around is fair play......I give them shit about decorating their rooms in Ninja Turtles and New Kids on the Block. They shut up about the leggings....with crunch socks and hi-top Reeboks
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 23, 2005 9:54:29 GMT -6
Yes....Tubular Bells was from the Exorcist.
It really is an excellent album.
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Post by debandbrian on Nov 23, 2005 9:57:41 GMT -6
Deb~ Hey....I enjoyed wearing leggings and huge sweaters. They are so comfortable! My kids in the 90's use to give me shit about it too. Turn around is fair play......I give them shit about decorating their rooms in Ninja Turtles and New Kids on the Block. They shut up about the leggings....with crunch socks and hi-top Reeboks Hey Cher, I don't think I had a pair of those socks, but I had alot of leg warmers. Of course I have to hear from Brian, pretty frequently, about how cool the leisure suits and disco pants were in the 70's. And he thinks bell bottoms were totally cool. Ugh! I'll take my big sweaters and belts any day over that. LOL!! Man, I feel so old now. LOL!! Deb |
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 23, 2005 10:08:48 GMT -6
Hey...at least we were *cool* back then.
Crunch socks were also called slouch socks.....they still sell them.
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Post by Irish Stu on Nov 23, 2005 10:15:06 GMT -6
So I've read both schools of thought where it has been attributed to Henry VIII forever it seems like and it's only more recent that it's been said he didn't have anything to do with it, right? I'm with Chris on this, I choose to believe that Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves. It's what I was taught, it's what I grew up believing, and whenever I hear the song I think of Henry. The historians can say what they like  Simon |
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Post by Irish Stu on Nov 23, 2005 10:22:32 GMT -6
Yes....Tubular Bells was from the Exorcist. It really is an excellent album. If I recall correctly Mike Oldfield played every instrument on the album. It was also Richard Branson's first hit on his new Virgin record label. Simon |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Nov 23, 2005 10:53:59 GMT -6
Yes....Tubular Bells was from the Exorcist. It really is an excellent album. Front side was.. back side... well it WAS Side B, take it or leave it. My dorm roommate HATED that album, he got creeped out by it after watching the movie. |
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 23, 2005 11:09:24 GMT -6
You recall corrrectly, Simon.
Mike Oldfield played all the instruments, then announced what was coming up next. The grand finale was Tubular Bells.
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Post by debandbrian on Nov 23, 2005 11:14:37 GMT -6
Yes....Tubular Bells was from the Exorcist. It really is an excellent album. Front side was.. back side... well it WAS Side B, take it or leave it. My dorm roommate HATED that album, he got creeped out by it after watching the movie. Ya know, I got so scared by the Exorcist that to this day I can't hear that song without getting freaked out. It falls among the things I can't see/hear after dark. The Exorcist, The Shining or the first Ammityville movie. I usually have to leave all the lights on and RUN up to bed because I get so creeped out. LOL!!! I can watch these movies during the DAY, but if it runs too close to night time FOR-GET IT! Deb :-) |
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Post by Irish Stu on Nov 23, 2005 13:31:35 GMT -6
You recall corrrectly, Simon. Mike Oldfield played all the instruments, then announced what was coming up next. The grand finale was Tubular Bells. It's all coming back to me now!! It's over 20 years since I last heard that album when I was at college where a friend of mine was such a big Mike Oldfield fan that he hitchhiked across the country to the village where he lived, went to his house, knocked on the door and spoke to him for several minutes. I believe the modern term for that is stalking. Simon |
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