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Archive for December, 2009
Prince: 1999
The end of another decade – it seems like only yesterday we were partying like it was, actually, two thousand zero zero. Remember Y2K? That came and went as quickly as the millennium bug… a technological meltdown that created mass panic amongst the less technologically inclined of proportion of the population. Was [...]
Handel: Messiah (For Unto us a Child is Born)
George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is an English oratorio composed in 1741 and is his most famous creation. Handel was a German-born, Italian trained and a resident of London at the time of writing Messiah (he would become a naturalized Englishman). He chose to premier Messiah in Dublin, Ireland on 13 April 1742. [...]
Mannheim Steamroller: Joy to the World
Mannheim Steamroller is a music group founded by Chip Davis, and the band is known foremost for it’s modern instrumental recordings of Christmas music. The name “Mannheim Steamroller” originates from an 18th-century German musical technique, the “Mannheim rocket” (also known as Mannheim Roller), which describes a swiftly ascending passage of music. I [...]
Wichester Cathedral Choir: Gabriels Message
Winchester Cathedral, founded in 642, in Hampshire, England is one of the largest cathedral’s in the UK. The video above is undated, but I can take a guess and say this comes from the mid-late 90’s, which would place David Hill as the Organist and Director of Music of the Winchester Cathedral Choir.
Gabriel’s Message [...]
Crash Test Dummies: White Christmas
In 2002 The Crash Test Dummies (a Canadian band that was briefly popular in the early 90’s with the song “MMM MMM MMM MMM”) depart on a path perpendicular to their regular output of Folk-Rock, and reproduce a version of White Christmas that would probably have given Bing Crosby nightmares. Brad Roberts, The [...]
Weezer: O Come All Ye Faithful
I thought my eyes were failing me when I found this. Weezer? Singing Christmas Hymns? Yes, such an album exists, and was released last year as part of a soundtrack for an iPhone game, Tapulous. From the Tapulous website:
Christmas With Weezer is a cheerful music beat game from the makers [...]
Earth, Wind & Fire: Boogie Wonderland
Yesterday I ranted a little about the uselessness of 70’s music. Well, maybe I need to apologize a little bit. The entire decade wasn’t all that bad – after all, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Queen would not stand where they do today if it wasn’t for the 70’s. Boogie Wonderland, performed [...]
