Musical Monday

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I want to recommend the DW comm BeautifulMechanical beautifulmechanical which is a comm where members share their favorite music (usually in the form of embedded videos). Right now the challenge is 'All About the Voice,' and over the Thanksgiving holidays I posted a video of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo which was very popular in Latin America in the 80's and 90's. The lead singer Gustavo Cerati's voice is haunting. Just a warning, when I added the comm to my subscription list, it slows my computer to a stand-still, so it's something I'm going to be checking on the weekend, or once in a while, but not having in my feed, but it's a very active comm.

Question: What is your favorite seasonal songs? Mine are "The Holly and the Ivy" and "The Carol of the Bells" and "You're a Mean One, Mister Grinch."

Comments

[ancientreader]

I have dark, bitter, cliched feelings about Christmas, so my favorite holiday song is, inevitably, the Pogues' "Fairytale of New York": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8.

ETA: thanks for the comm recommendation! I got distracted by a problem with my computer speakers (bad wire, ugh) and forgot to look till just now. Somebody just posted a link to Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "Didn't It Rain," which is enough to sell me on the members' good taste right there. I remember the first time I heard her voice and how I sat up and took notice.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

That's a funny song! And perfect for Grinches! :)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

You're very welcome. It's a wide mix of music posted.