The ranking music this week is “What Christmas Means to Me” by Stevie Wonder.
The ranking music this week is “What Christmas Means to Me” by Stevie Wonder.
The ranking music this week is “What Christmas Means to Me” by Stevie Wonder.
The holiday equinox of 2019 is upon us, beginning with the first night of Hanukkah on December 22nd. To celebrate, we’re listening to two high-quality Hanukkah songs. “Chanukah Time” by Josh and the Jamtones is a fun song that captures a child-like excitement about the holiday, while “This Chanukiah” by Daniel Cainer takes a more heartfelt, reflective approach.
This week’s ranking music is “Christmas Wrapping” by Save Ferris.
RJ and Ian are back from Tokyo and celebrating their jet-lag with songs from decades that have never been featured on the show before. First, 1898’s “Sleigh Ride Party/Jingle Bells” by the Edison Male Quartet becomes the oldest song we’ve every talked about on the show by several decades, while also proving that there is no such thing as a “standard” version of Jingle Bells. Then, 1904’s “Old Jim’s Christmas Hymn” by Albert C. Campbell and James F. Harrison provides a much more moving story than we expected given the goofy title.
This week’s ranking music is “Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells” by Fats Waller.
This week’s ranking music is “Sea Urchins” by Yo La Tengo.
This week’s ranking music is “Party Hard” by Andrew WK, and this episode also features clips of “Canon in D (Pachelbel’s Canon)” performed by Marnie and Patrick Laird and “Triangle Foods” by Gunnarolla.
This episode’s ranking music is “Here We Come A-Caroling” as performed by the Sesame Street gang.
Thank you to Liam for these requests!
This week, we tackle a pair of punk-adjacent requests from listener Kevin. “Feliz Navi-nada” by El Vez is, despite the title, a joyful reimagining of the Jose Feliciano original, and “X’mas Time (It Sure Doesn’t Feel Like It)” by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones is an extremely sad and also surprisingly nostalgic experience.
The ranking music this week is “The Impression That I Get” by the aforementioned Bosstones.
Thanks again to Kevin for the requests!
That’s right, it’s Birthday Boi’s Choice once again, and RJ has selected two songs that we’ve discussed before… but only behind a paywall. John Legend’s 2018 original “Bring Me Love” is a strong contender for a new Christmas radio standard, and Sia’s 2017 album closer “Underneath the Christmas Lights” is an ethereal experience to savor.
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RJ and Ian are back, and just in time for Halloween! This week, in our annual spooky episode, we tackle our first Halloween winter song (and also revisit the world of Homestar Runner) with “Decomposing Pumpkins” by Brainkrieg. Then, we discuss “It’s Halloween (A Christmas Song)” by Randy Brooks, as well as the troubling revelation that the man responsible for bringing “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” into the world might also be funny sometimes, the implications of which we’re not even remotely prepared to consider.
This week’s ranking music was “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr. and the special intro and outro music was “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.
Thank you to Travis for these requests!