O número de Natal da "Record Collector" dedica 4 páginas aos "discos de Natal improváveis", citando, entre eles, "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" (Nat King Cole), "The Christmas Song" (James Brown), "Wreck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly" (The Three Stooges).
Também "The First Noel" (Emmylou Harris), "England's Carol" (Modern Jazz Quartet), "Good King Wenceslas" (Ivy League), "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (Bobby Darin), "Sounds Of Christmas" (Ramsey Lewis Trio), "Merry Gentle Pops" (Barron Knights), "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (Jackson 5).
Ainda "I Saw Three Ships" (Marianne Faithfull and Chieftains), "Jingle Bells" (Booker T & the MGs), "Little Drummer Boy" (Bing Crosby and David Bowie), "Mary's Boy Child" (Boney M), "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Temptations), "Santa Baby" (Madonna), "Silent Night" (Can), "We Three Kings" (Patti Smith),
Também "The First Noel" (Emmylou Harris), "England's Carol" (Modern Jazz Quartet), "Good King Wenceslas" (Ivy League), "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (Bobby Darin), "Sounds Of Christmas" (Ramsey Lewis Trio), "Merry Gentle Pops" (Barron Knights), "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (Jackson 5).
Ainda "I Saw Three Ships" (Marianne Faithfull and Chieftains), "Jingle Bells" (Booker T & the MGs), "Little Drummer Boy" (Bing Crosby and David Bowie), "Mary's Boy Child" (Boney M), "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Temptations), "Santa Baby" (Madonna), "Silent Night" (Can), "We Three Kings" (Patti Smith),
Falta aí "Stop the Cavalary" de Jona Lewie
ResponderEliminarLetra:
Stop The Cavalry lyrics
Hey, Mr. Churchill comes over here
to say we're doing splendidly
But it's very cold out here in the snow,
marching to win from the enemy
Oh I say it's tough,I have had enough
Can you stop the cavalry?
I have had to fight, almost every night
down throughout these centuries
That is when I say, oh yes yet again
Can you stop the cavalry?
Mary Bradley waits at home
in the nuclear fall-out zone
Wish I could be dancing now
in the arms of the girl I love
Chorus:
Dub a dub a dum dum
Dub a dub a dum
Dub a dum dum dub a dub
Dub a dub a dum
Dub a dub a dum dum
Dub a dub a dum
Dub a dum dum dub a dub
Dub a dub a dum
Wish I was at home for Christmas
Bang! That's another bomb on another town
While the Czar and Jim have tea
If I get home, live to tell the tale
I'll run for all presidencies
If I get elected I'll stop - I will stop the cavalry
Chorus
Wish I could be dancing now
in the arms of the girl I love
Mary Bradley waits at home
She has been waiting 2 years long
Wish I was at home for Christmas
"Stop the Cavalry" aparece no álbum The Best Christmas Album In The World...Ever!
ResponderEliminarDo wikipedia (in English)
a) The song peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart in December 1980, at one point only being kept from number one by two re-issued songs by John Lennon, who had been murdered on 8 December.
b) The song was never intended as a Christmas hit, but the line 'Wish I was at home for Christmas' as well as the brass band arrangements made it an appropriately styled song to play around Christmas time.
c) Gwalia Singers (Swansea) — a Welsh male voice choir — and the Cory Band recorded a new arrangement of the song
This version remains one of the most requested of all holiday songs in parts of the USA and it has been suggested that it is "probably the most popular song ever by an artist who never had a charted recording
Outra falha na lista de discos improváveis de Natal: "A Spaceman Came Traveling" de Chris de Burgh
ResponderEliminara) Written and recorded by Irish Folk Rock giant Chris de Burgh, "A Spaceman Came Traveling" runs to over five minutes in length, and is one of the most original Christmas songs ever written.
b) The theme is that the Christmas story of Jesus was inspired by an extraterrestrial visitor.
It may have been inspired in turn by the works of Erich Von Däniken, whose first book on this theme, Chariots Of The Gods, was published in the UK in 1969.
http://www.songfacts.com/category:christmas_songs.php