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Tom Waits getting into the spirit of the season with a Silent Night/Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis combo.




Good pick. I like those unusual Christmas Songs. Ella Fitzgerald sang about Santa getting stuck in her chimney.

Loudon Wainwright made several off centre Christmas songs. Here's two of them. He seemed to know what was important.











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This always makes me proud to be British:

H.M. Royal Marines Band - Basel Tattoo, 25-07-2013



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Burden’s voice is amazing. As a young man he sounded like an old soul. Got me looking up the House of the Rising Sun. didn’t realise that it was such an old song, continuing a theme that might go back as far as the 16th century. Folk becomes Blues. No wonder I like it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun


The Animals record We Gotta Get Out Of This Place became the anthem for US kids in Vietnam . Burden said they didn’t realise for a while but then included it deliberately in concerts in the USA.

There is a super book with the same title that is made up of research about the songs liked and sung by the troops in Vietnam. Some of it is written by the troops themselves where they give their own favourites and songs that remind them of particular events in the war.

There are obvious ones, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater, Beach Boys, Stones, Beatles, The Doors etc. but some are surprises. Would you think of Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots Were Made For Walking for instance? Or John Denver’s Country Roads? Or Tom Jones The Green Green Grass Of Home ..... grass being a favourite subject! Black troops tended to go for Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye’s Heard It Through The Grapevine.

It really is a great book for memories and surprises.



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My thoughts today go out to Kirsty MacColl, who was tragically killed 20 years ago today. Was a big fan of Kirsty, great songwriter, who was the daughter of another great songwriter, Ewan MacColl (not his real name by the way) who wrote Dirty Old Town, a song played at my brothers funeral. He also wrote First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, which surprises some people, as it was recorded and made famous by Roberta Flack, who was far from his English folk roots.




Anyway, back to Kirsty and her most famous moment, seeing as it's nearly Christmas. A song that just never gets old, and one that brings back many memories for me of people long gone and my Irish ancestry. Tears will be shed. Enjoy!


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Forgot this one. The song is about Salford.

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I didn’t know he wrote the First Time ... Ginny. Good stuff. Wonder if there’s a more folky version.

They had a doc about the making of Fairytale of New York on BBC4 tonight. If anything, I like it even more now.


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The Animals record We Gotta Get Out Of This Place became the anthem for US kids in Vietnam . Burden said they didn’t realise for a while but then included it deliberately in concerts in the USA.

There is a super book with the same title that is made up of research about the songs liked and sung by the troops in Vietnam. Some of it is written by the troops themselves where they give their own favourites and songs that remind them of particular events in the war.

There are obvious ones, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater, Beach Boys, Stones, Beatles, The Doors etc. but some are surprises. Would you think of Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots Were Made For Walking for instance? Or John Denver’s Country Roads? Or Tom Jones The Green Green Grass Of Home ..... grass being a favourite subject! Black troops tended to go for Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye’s Heard It Through The Grapevine.

It really is a great book for memories and surprises.



I really enjoyed (if that’s the right word) Ken Burns’ doc about Vietnam (which I’d rate with the World at War, and has a similar format). Will look for a cheap copy of that book. A lot of the songs you called out were featured in it, including These Boots are Made for Walking. Nice one! Cheers.


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I didn’t know he wrote the First Time ... Ginny. Good stuff. Wonder if there’s a more folky version.

They had a doc about the making of Fairytale of New York on BBC4 tonight. If anything, I like it even more now.


He wrote it for Peggy Seeger, who later became his wife. Very different (original) version.


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I like Ewan MacColl folk stuff and i like stuff like this. Weird am I.

Best played at extreme volume.


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Classic rock+ Orchestra+ Albert Hall = perfect blend for me.

RIP Jon Lord. (keyboard player)

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