Balladeer’s Blog’s Eighth Annual Christmas Carol-A-Thon presents another song from the live-action musical The Stingiest Man in Town. This one is titled The Christmas Spirit and is another hit from the soundtrack that became a Christmas time staple.
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SONG: AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS FROM THE STINGIEST MAN IN TOWN
Christmas Carol-A-Thon 2017 rolls along with another look at an individual song from one of my favorite versions of A Christmas Carol. It’s An Old Fashioned Christmas, sung by Nephew Fred (Johnny Desmond).
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OLIVER! – CONSIDER YOURSELF
Thanksgiving is this Thursday, which means that on Wednesday Night Balladeer’s Blog will be showing its yearly Thanksgiving Eve presentation of Oliver! Yes, I know there’s no connection between Thanksgiving and that musical based on the Dickens novel Oliver Twist.
The Christmas season is too packed with theme movies so I long ago chose Thanksgiving Eve for Oliver! Here’s the song Consider Yourself as Oliver Twist meets the Artful Dodger:
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NO DOUBT: SPIDERWEBS
Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead returns with this shoutout to No Doubt’s song Spiderwebs.
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PEARL JAM: CORDUROY
Balladeer’s Blog’s “Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead” segment strikes again with this shoutout to Pearl Jam and Corduroy.
Filed under Neo-Pulp
ESCAPE CLUB: WILD, WILD WEST
It’s the Son of the Return of Bride of Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead. Balladeer’s Blog gives a musical nod to the Escape Club and their hit song Wild, Wild West.
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I’M ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS: MUSICAL SHOUTOUT
Balladeer’s Blog’s Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead returns with this nod to this song by Garbage.
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EVERYTHING ZEN: MUSICAL SHOUTOUT
Balladeer’s Blog’s feature “Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead” strikes again! This time around “there’s no sex in your violence” as we listen to Everything Zen from Bush. As in the musical act, NOT the family of bloated rich pigs.
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HALLOWEEN SONG: HOT PATOOTIE – BLESS MY SOUL
Obviously I’m proceeding from the assumption that just about ANY song from The Rocky Horror Picture Show qualifies as a Halloween Song. Here we go:
Filed under Halloween Season, opinion
WEREWOLVES OF LONDON
You knew it was coming at some point! It’s Warren Zevon with a very popular Halloween song.
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