Tag: Xmas
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Do they know it’s Chapmastime?
Oh I LOVE this Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer’s take on THAT song, Band Aid ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas Time’ done live in Brighton last month. Love the altered lyrics about Bono and the end ‘Proceeds of this song will go towards trying to avoid Bob Geldof ever recording that thing again!’. Having gone through…
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Footprints In The Snow
Surprised to find out last night my partner saying that Gymnopedies by Satie was one of his favourite tunes (surprised because he’s such a Wagner/ Handel freak). Me too, along with Debussy…music impressionism, humour, experimentation, tone/texture, ambience and fighting the dominant classical form and experimenting with non-Western scales…what’s not to like? Also most modern soundtrack…
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Death Vessel
https://soundcloud.com/subpop/death-vessel-ilsa-drown Hello! From the Xmas Hinterland and Land of Pseudoephedrine! In my Pholcodine and post-Xmas haze* I love this from Death Vessel which came around randomly on Soundcloud. It went something like this: But if I survive my Traditional Xmas Illness and haven’t totally forgotten by then, I might get it. No promises, because between…