Today’s funny Holiday music comes from the weird pairing of Steve Martin (spoken interlude), Billy Joel (piano and harmony vocals), and Paul Simon (lead vocals). The song was supposedly recorded during one of Billy Joel’s recording sessions. I think you will like it so take a few minutes out of your busy day and have a listen……
I was lucky enough to see one of Steve Martin’s shows during the mid-1970s and to this day it was the funniest thing I have ever seen!
This is a great new funny Christmas song by Garfunkel and Oates a duo consisting of of Los Angeles songwriter/actresses Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome. If you listen to this song I’m willing to bet that you can identify with it! Let’s listen…..
No money….no problem…..you can have a credit card Christmas! Would be a lot more funny if it wasn’t the way a lot of people live…..
This one is for all of my redneck friends here in Alabama….it’s a hoot!
It just occurred to me that readers of this post that don’t live in the southern United States might not have any idea what a “redneck” is. So, here are a couple of things to help with your education. First up, this is what Wikipedia says about the term…..
Redneck is a derogatory slang term used in reference to poor, uneducated white farmers, especially from the Southern United States. It is similar in meaning to cracker(especially regarding Georgia and Florida), hillbilly (especially regarding Appalachia and the Ozarks), and white trash (but without the last term’s suggestions of immorality).
By the 2000s, the term had expanded in meaning to refer to bigoted, loutish reactionaries who are opposed to modern ways, and has often been used to attack white Southern conservatives. The term is used broadly to degrade working class and rural whites that are perceived by urban progressives to be insufficiently liberal. At the same time, some Southern whites have reclaimed the word, using it with pride and defiance as a self-identifier.
Even better, checkout Jeff Foxworthy’s routine below….
You might have noticed that I’ve been listening to We Are All Where We Belong by Quiet Company. It’s a really good record about religion and realizing that you can no longer continue to pretend to believe…….I highly recommend it. Today’s Sunday Session post is a concert by Quiet Company at the release party for that record. Let’s listen……
As a bonus, here is my current favorite cut from the album, Everything Louder Than Everything Else. See what you think…..
Long, long ago
Back when the ocean was our home
We crawled out of the sea
So eager to breathe
And we looked to the sky
And to the limits of our mind
To understand why all things die
And how we came to be
Thought we knew all we needBut it’s time
To get off our knees and offer our hands up to the Earth
And it’s time
To find where we belong, see what it’s worth
And it’s time
Yeah, it’s timeDon’t lay me down
I don’t ever wanna die
I’ve had too good a time
I really like it here
But all those prophets promised me
That if I could just believe
An eternal life in peace
Are waiting for meBut when I go there will probably be no
Angels singin’, no harps ringin’
No pearly gates, nor devil’s flames
Just
Nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!
Oh, oh wouldn’t it be grand to take some comfort in
The same ancient texts that pacify my friends?
It wouldn’t change the fact that all we know is we come and we go
So it goes, so it goes, so it goesAnd it’s… time
To get off our knees and offer our hands up to the Earth
And it’s time
To find where we belong, know what it’s worth
And it’s time
Yeah, it’s time!Don’t let me go
I’m not prepared
I’m so damn scared
That I’m almost there
Don’t let me go
I’m not prepared
I’m so damn scared
That I’m almost… there (theeeere)
There (theeeeere)
There (theeeeere)
There (theeeeere)
Here’a a great performance from Scripted Failures, a local band from here in North Alabama. Let me know what you think….
I love the Dixie Chicks and their remake of Merry Christmas From The Family cracks me up. I hope you enjoy it….
This year’s holiday music countdown focuses on funny/weird holiday songs. I hope you enjoy it!
Iska Dhaaf is a band out of Seattle that I recently discovered via the KEXP Music That Matters podcast. Here is what the KEXP site has to say about the band….
Local duo Iska Dhaaf take their name from Somali words meaning “let it go” and say that they’re inspired by Sufi poetry and the ideas of limitations and patience. “It’s very rare that we finish a song in a couple days or weeks,” says singer Nathan Quiroga, who also goes by Buffalo Madonna when he’s part of the Mad Rad crew. “Mostly it takes months, and in some cases, years or more. We’re not interested in rushing the process.” Despite this, Quiroga and his bandmate Ben Verdoes, who you also know from Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, have been busy lately, releasing the new single, working on a music video, playing live.
Here is the band’s video for their song Happiness……
Happiness is the title song on the band’s second release which you can purchase from their website (http://iskadhaaf.com) The second song I have for you today isn’t included on their Happiness release but if it is any indication of things to come from the band I will be first in line to buy their next release. The song is called All The Kids and it is a stunner. Let’s listen…….
If you liked All The Kids, I have good news for you. You can download the All The Kids mp3 for free at the following link (enjoy)!
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