Balladeer’s Blog’s 9th Annual Christmas Carol-A-Thon continues with this song from the 1970 musical Scrooge.
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CHRISTMAS CAROL-A-THON SONG: DECEMBER THE 25th FROM SCROOGE
Balladeer’s Blog’s 9th Annual Christmas Carol-A-Thon rolls along, as today brings a look at an individual song from one of the many adaptations of the Carol. It’s December the 25th from Scrooge (1970).
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PAUL SIMON: MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION
Balladeer’s Blog’s Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead returns with a shoutout to the very old Paul Simon with his song Mother and Child Reunion. This goes out to two very special ladies.
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HOORAY FOR SANTY CLAUS: SEVERAL VERSIONS
Here is the iconic Holiday standard Hooray For Santy Claus! It’s by the poor man’s Skitch Henderson – Milton De Lugg – and The Little Eskimos.
And here’s the version by Al “Green Hornet Theme” Hirt: Continue reading
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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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DURAN DURAN: GIRLS ON FILM
Balladeer’s Blog’s Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead returns with a look at the Duran Duran song Girls on Film.
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GOO GOO DOLLS: BROADWAY
Balladeer’s Blog’s recurring feature Give Them A Shoutout Before They’re Dead returns with this look at the Goo Goo Dolls’ song Broadway aka Broadway’s Dark Tonight.
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HAUNTEDWEEN THEME SONG (1991)
As always, October flies by too quickly. There are just a few days left in Balladeer’s Blog’s month-long celebration of Halloween. Here’s a shoutout to the title song from the infamously bad 1991 horror film HauntedWeen.
That movie is about a young kid driven insane by accidentally causing an impalement death. Long years later that now grown-up figure runs his family’s yearly spook-house for Halloween season. The catch is that after a few deaths that he demonstrates as fakes for the attendees he then begins really killing several helpless captives. The live audience cheers wildly, thinking it’s all just more fake blood and gore.
That inspired premise is squandered in a classically bad film that DOES boast a catchy theme song. And here it is:
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MARILYN MANSON: SWEET DREAMS
Halloween Month continues here at Balladeer’s Blog with another seasonal song. This time it’s Marilyn Manson’s cover of Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics.
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HALLOWEEN SONG: SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLE FEATURE
Halloween Month continues! From The Rocky Horror Picture Show it’s the opening song Science Fiction Double Feature.
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