Before we launch into the second part of the Age of the Afro series, let me thank the kind people who commented so generously and positively on the first installment — and, indeed, everybody who posts comments. Any blogger, certainly the music writers, will agree that comments validate our efforts, and encourage us to carry on. So, on to the next lot of ’70s soul classics. Read more…
I didn’t plan to do it, but here it is anyway: Any Major Christmas Mix 2007, selected from a few hundred Xmas song files I have accumulated over the years. Some I obtained from various blogs over the past couple of years. I cannot remember which, but I’m quite sure that a couple came courtesy of The Late Greats. Others are old favourites.
1. Smashing Pumpkins – Christmastime
2. Crash Test Dummies – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
3. Donny Hathaway – This Christmas
4. Lou Rawls – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
5. Darts – White Christmas
6. Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
7. The Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)
8. They Might Be Giants – Santa’s Beard
9. Sufjan Stevens – Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!
10. Low – Just Like Christmas
11. The Flaming Lips – A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn’t So)
12. Fall Out Boy – Yule Shoot Your Eye Out
13. Ron Sexsmith – Maybe This Christmas
14. The Weepies – All That I Want
15. Mindy Smith – I’ll Be Home For Christmas
16. The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End)
17. Twisted Sister – Deck The Halls
18. Weezer – Christmas Celebration
19. Ben Folds – The Bizarre Christmas Incident
20. Eels – Christmas Is Going To The Dogs
21. Fay Lovsky – Christmas Was A Friend Of Mine
22. Johnny Cash – Christmas As I Knew It
23. The Band – Christmas Must Be Tonight
24. Simon & Garfunkel – 7 O’Clock News/Silent Night
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This collection will be available also at the TouchedMix blog, where at least one other member will upload his mix (I’ve seen his tracklisting, and it looks great).
Speaking of TouchedMix, absolutely visit the blog for Taylor Parkes’ liner notes for his comp of Right-Wing Rock. It is some of the best writing you’ll see on any blog this year (unless you actually like right-wing rock, in which case you’ll hate the liberal pinko). I cannot vouch for the music, though I’m tempted to discover the sound of Lennon from the grave pushing a neo-con agenda through the medium of an obviously unhinged woman.
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