Red Mosquito

Posted: **Fri December 06, 2013 11:46 pm**

Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:
Kevin Davis wrote:"O Holy Night" is one of those songs that is so perfect it almost feels like it is impossible for any human performer to do it justice.
And I've never found a version in which they did.
Me neither. Choir or bust.

This Mark Lanegan version is alright though, for a single performer. And I say this as someone who isn't a fan...

I think Lanegan's version is outstanding, simple yet stunning. But then again I'm a fan and yeah this is also one of my fav Christmas tunes.

Posted: **Sat December 07, 2013 12:38 am**

Kevin Davis wrote:"O Holy Night" is one of those songs that is so perfect it almost feels like it is impossible for any human performer to do it justice.

Dolphins? Robots? Rin Tin Tin?

Posted: **Sat December 07, 2013 1:40 am**

http://youtu.be/qTx-sdR6Yzk

Posted: **Sat December 07, 2013 2:37 pm**

Any of you familiar with "The Marvelous Toy" by Tom Paxton? That was my favorite as a kid.

If pressed to choose a favorite Christmas song today, I'd have to go with "Feliz Navidad" by Jose Feliciano.

Posted: **Sat December 07, 2013 3:21 pm**

The family details Martha Wainwright uses in this somehow give it a bit of a universal appeal:

"Mom's making dinner for twenty of Rufus' LA friends
Dad's with Lucy in New York City and probably thinking about Tracy
You're with your mother and your sister and your favorite brother-in-law
I am alone with some strangers in some crazy New Mexico lodge…"