Songs of the Season...our favorites That'll Be Christmas

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:02 pm

Every fall Sandy Denny's brilliant song comes to me...

Sandy Denny - NO END

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU9lmPy2uh4

They said that it was snowing in astounded tones upon the news.
I wonder why they're always so surprised 'cos every year it snows.
Frozen images of snowploughs as they churn along the motorways.
I haven't had no boots to wear or any loot to spare for days and days.

I've travelled more than forty miles today, I must have grown some wings.
Have you noticed how time just seems to fly away, I can't remember things.
In a world of my own they say and who can blame them, they're just not the same.
I've known about it all along though I thought I was all wrong, and it's such a shame.

Why don't you have no brushes any more, I used to like your style.
I see no paintings anywhere and there's no smell of turpentine.
Did it really have no meaning? Well I never thought I'd hear those words from you.
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.

I couldn't even tell you all the changes since I saw you last.
My dreams were like the autumn leaves, they faded and they fell so fast.
In fact as you say the snows are here and how the time it slips away.
And I'm glad that you did pass by, I'll have another try. It's another day.

The day and then the night it had gone, it was not long before the dawn,
And the travelling man who sat so stiffly in his chair began to yawn.
Having kept me here so long my friend, I hope you have a sleeping place to lend,
the painter he just smiled and he said: I'll see you in a while, this one has no end.

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:42 pm

Believe me, this is not a sad song to me and November is not a grey month for me In New England...it's my favorite and my Birthday month

But I do like my melancholy tunes...

Late November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQiWL0HfIJs

The wine it was drunk, the ship it was sunk
The shot it was dead, all the sorrows were drowned
The birds they were clouds, the brides and the shrouds
And as we drew south the mist it came down

The wooded ravine to the wandering stream
The serpent he moved, but no-one would say
The depths of the waters, the bridge which distraught us
And brought to me thoughts of the ill-fated day

The temples were filled with the strangest of creatures
One played it by ear on the banks of the sea
That one was found but the others they went under
Oh the tears which are shed, they won't come from me

The methods of madness, the pathos and the sadness
God help you all, the insane and wise
The black and the white, the darkness of the night
I see only smoke from the chimneys arise

The pilot he flew all across the sky and woke me
He flew solo on the mercury sea
The dream it came back, all about the tall brown people
The sacred young herd on the phosphorus sand

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:43 pm

Ok...here's one that gives me great joy, and it's not melancholy, and is a Seasonal favorite...

THANKSGIVING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RiI9yoiP14

Post by **jamestkirk** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:48 pm

One of my all time favorites...so sweet

...Christmas in the drunk tank!

Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0hlbWpa1w

Here is an seasonal song by Stan Rogers...
my kind of melancholy
FIRST CHRISTMAS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chTMOuuUZi4

Post by **jamestkirk** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:40 pm

Songs for the Holiday...however you choose to keep it.

Midwinter Toast-Thea Gilmore
Brilliant British singer songwriter...don't pass her by

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcTZMmjeVKg

A midwinter toast to you all!

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December In New York...beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=row_mij6Zlo

Happy Holidays!

Post by **jamestkirk** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:39 pm

That'll Be Christmas...already a Christmas classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBTFi4WfuFw

Post by **jamestkirk** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:01 pm

fava Christmas....by my UK friend, Paul Stokes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_4qLZ9z3J0

"This is a post Christmas song. Baagh humbug. After the excesses of Christmas this should put things into perspective. I wrote this for a bit of a laugh, and then created a simple video to go with it. Its a post Christmas song really. badly recorded but it was fun to do." -Stokesy

...it has a certain charm, recorded like Nick Drake on an old two track reel to reel. Perfect for the sentiment. Cheers. -jtk

...and Happy Christmas