NO. 8 ON THE COUNTDOWN - I'T'S ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS MUSIC DAY WITH BONUSES GALORE!

THAT'S RIGHT FELLOW NOMADS & CHRISTMAS REVELERS - DIRECT FROM THE OTHER SIDE - TODAY YOU WILL HEAR  SEVERAL CHRISTMAS  SELECTIONS THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT IN YOUR CD COLLECTION -WARNING - MAY CONTAIN STUFF THAT MAKES YOU WONDER AS YOU WANDER!




FIRST UP - BLONDIE - THE 70'S PUNKER DEBBIE HARRY AND HER BOYS DO "WE THREE KINGS" - ONE WAY OR ANOTHER YOU WON'T FORGET THIS ONE!
 

SECOND TUNE - FROM ONE OF THE TRULY GREAT TEXAS TROUBADOURS - THE ONE AND ONLY LYLE LOVETT - A CHRISTMAS TUNE ABOUT A GIRL FROM WAY DOWNTOWN SOMEWHERE - MY GUESS IS AUSTIN. WARNING - THIS TUNE HAS A COUPLE OF WORDS THAT MAY NOT PLEASE ALL. LYLE SHOWS US THAT CHRISTMAS HAS MEANING FOR EVERYBODY INDEED - THE GIRL WITH THE HOLIDAY SMILE.
 

THIRD UP - MOST PEOPLE VIEW TOM WAITS AS AN ACQUIRED TASTE OR THEY HATE HIS MUSIC - WHEN I HEARD "THE PIANO HAS BEEN DRINKING" ALMOST THIRTY YEARS AGO BY THIS ONE OF KIND ARTIST, I BECAME AN INSTANT FAN - THERE IS WOEFUL PAIN IN EVERY NOTE HE SINGS - WHO BETTER TO INTERPRET ONE OF THE GREAT CHRISTMAS HYMNS - SILENT NIGHT?

 

BONUS 4 - THERE IS ONLY ONE ANNIE LENNOX - FROM HER DAYS WITH THE EURYTHMICS TO PRESENT DAY, SHE ALWAYS PRESENTS HER MUSIC IN A UNIQUE WAY - THIS VIDEO OF "GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMAN" IS TRULY EXCEPTIONAL.



AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST - BRINGING IT ALL INTO PROPER PERSPECTIVE - FUNNY MAN JIM GAFFIGAN AND HIS TAKE ON CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TRADITIONS?

 

Merry Ho Ho Ho to All Ye Merry Gentlemen & Gentlewomen!

d.l.Stafford
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