CHRISTMAS HAIKU:
Did you get a tree
No, it's more like a large plant
But it still has balls
For about four or five years, about ten or fifteen years ago, I tended bar with my friends Bobby and Dan at the annual Christmas party for The Nation. Man, those writers could drink! It was a fun gig for those years, but the one thing that has stayed with me from those parties was something the doorman in the building said.
As I waited in the lobby for Bobby, "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms came piping through the sound system. I said to the doorman, "Man, you must have heard this 25 times today. How can you stand it?" He said, "Naw, baby. It's nice. It's only for a little while each year."
Here is your third and final playlist for this Holiday Season. I hope you dig it, if only for a little while each year.
TRACKLIST
Ring-A Ding-Ding- Frank Sinatra
The Wedding- David Bowie
Give Me A Second Chance For Christmas- The Candy Butchers
Feliz Navidad- The Fab Four
Such A Night- Elvis Presley
Forecast- Jeff Lynne
Here's That Rainy Day- The Modern Jazz Quartet
Cold Weather- Mark Johnson
Christmas In Suburbia- Martin Newell
Out In The Country- Three Dog Night
Silver Bells- The Supremes
I Want An Alien For Christmas- Fountains Of Wayne
So It Goes- Cheap Trick
Waltz For Debby- Allen Toussaint
The World We Live In- Mina
April 5th- Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash & Kris Kristofferson
Donde Esta Santa Claus- Los Lobos
Home By Now- Aimee Mann
I Believe In Father Christmas- Greg Lake
I Dream Of Christmas- Anita Dobson & Brian May
Old Town- Phil Lynott
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)- Darlene Love
Fairytale Of New York- The Pogues & Kirty MacColl
13 comments:
More nice things, Sal--thank you. And it is only for a little while..whew.
Thanks Sal
In case you need a bit of Darlene Love with Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFa5Mn4wh_0
- Paul in DK
Great hat. Thanks for the mixes.
Cleveland Jeff
Why does "Christmas must be tonite" by the Band, get no Xmas love?
Anywhooo, have a great Holiday Season!
Thank you and Merry Christmas! Let's all be the doorman!
I knew you couldn't forget Martin Newell. Merry Christmas and thanks for all the tunes.
I was sort of wondering why Wizzard/Roy Wood's I Wish It Could be Christmas Everyday wasn't held up as a christmas classic but it has 174 million plays on Spotify so I guess it's broken through. Happy for Roy Wood who is still out there.
Like a stocking that keeps getting larger. Thanks so much.
Happy Holidaze! The haiku is funny and the story is sweet. We ended on heartwarming! It's a Christmas miracle. (Will there be a Festivus mix?) Daudder, I'm checking out the Band's song now!
Right on! Merry Christmas and festivus to you, Sal.
100% agree, It's a great song with lyrics that really does capture the true spirit of the holiday.
Thanks for the mixes, Sal! I listened to each one twice, and straight through, as it should be. The non-traditional are fine with me, there were a lot I wasn't familiar with. These will be a great listen any time of the year. Have a great 2025!
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