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Archive for December, 2009
Rick Wakeman – Sir Lancelot And The Black Knight
Sir Lancelot And The Black Knight is taken from Rick Wakeman’s “The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table” – a musical concept album that came out in 1975. It seems like the mid-70’s music scene was at a loss for which direction to turn towards – [...]
A Charlie Brown Christmas
esterday, we decked the halls with boughs of holly and fa la la la la’d right into the festive spirit. We went and chopped down our Christmas tree, and this wasn’t such a easy achievement! THe first tree farm we went to was closed (we assume the owner was at his normal place [...]
Matt Costa: Cold December
I don’t think I could find a more appropriate song for today. At least, where I live… the seven day weather outlook is frigid at best, with not one day above freezing. Of course, where I live, this is to be expected but I’d much rather the outlook contain a little bit of [...]
Cliff Richard: Mistletoe and Wine
ere’s my attempt this Holiday season to give you a song that will annoyingly stay in your head for the remainder of the week. Sir Cliff Richard, born 1940, dominated the British music charts in the late 50’s and early 60’s, and then two things happened. The first was The Beatles. The [...]
The Blues Brothers: Peter Gunn Theme
a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/” target=”blank”>The Blues Brothers is my all-time favorite musical movie. I would even go so far as say that this is my all time favorite of all movies! The script is packed full of memorable quotes (”We’re on a mission from God”), and a star studded cast that includes Carie Fisher, [...]
Trepak (Russian Dance) – Tchaikovsky
Trepak, or, the Russian Dance, is part of the Nutcracker ballet, which was composed by Tchaikovsky in 1891-1892. This particular scene, The Russian Dance (or Trepak) is full of traditional Russian and Ukrainian folk music. It appears in the second act of the ballet, when the Sugar Plum Fairy takes Clara [...]
Neil Diamond: The Chanukah Song
anukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE (Description taken from the wikipedia article). The first day of Hanukkah in 2009 is today, December 12, meaning the [...]
