This is one of my favourite carols. It’s a favourite because in its verse you find the legend of the Saint Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, better known in Czech as Svatý Václav. The act of giving and the miracle found within the song are deep, subtle, and wonderful.
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This is one of the most emotive Christmas (-y) Songs out there.
She was his girl; he was her boyfriend
She be his wife; take him as her husband
A surprise on the way, any day, any day
One healthy little giggling dribbling baby boy
The wise men came three made their way
To shower him with love
While he lay in [...]
Since coming to grips in my biblical studies with the implication of what a Jewish Messiah was to do and what they were to look like, and how Jesus both fulfilled and changed it, this has come to be one of my favourite Christmas carols.
In the 1st Century, The Jews had been in exile for [...]
Sufjan Stevens, Put the Lights on the Tree
Put the lights on the tree
(Put them on the tree)
Put the ribbon on the wreath
(Put it on the wreath)
Call your grandma on the phone
(Call her on the phone)
If she’s living all alone
(If she’s all alone)
Tell her Jesus Christ is here
(Tell her He is here)
Tell her she has none [...]
Rudy, by the Be Good Tanyas:
Rudy lives on the borderline
Between civilisation and basic survival
The summertime treats him fairly well
But the wintertime is a bitter cold rival
It’s wintertime now in Georgetown
And the streets come alive with the Christmas lights
And Rudy sleeps on the warm air grate
With a newspaper blanket
On December nights.
Deck the halls,
Rudolph the red-nosed wino [...]
In no particular order:
Viva la Vida – Coldplay
Round Here – Counting Crows
Passion – Pigeon John, featuring Tapwater
Frail – Jars of Clay
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley, covering Leonard Cohen
Have yourself a Merry little Christmas – Hem, covering Judy Garland
Eyes of a Child – Soul Asylum
No Sensitivity – Jimmy Eat World
Train Song [...]
I really like music. When talking about music, I say things like, ‘this stuff’s bananas!’, or ’seriously, you have to listen to this for a minute.’ I listen to all kinds of music, (some more than others) and now I feel I need to share some music with my reading public, to expand your minds. Here [...]