Christmas Posts 2011 #13

the-ramones

Dammit, I’m shattered.

And trying to put together the end of year lists is proving more and more difficult.

Tonight: a Ramones Festive classic, with a Joey Ramone solo version -and an Asobi Seksu cover.

Enjoy!

Ramones -‘Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight).’ mp3

Joey Ramone -‘Merry Christmas.’ mp3

Asobi Seksu -‘Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight).’ mp3

Be Careful What You Wish For…

…it may come true.

Way too much snow today when we woke up. So much for the BBC’s weather website. (I suppose I am guilty of seeing both the Beeb and the Guardian as being close to objective truth).

If you are on a quest for more Christmas-related music, check here and here on the NME blog.

I’m having difficulties accessing mediafire to post for Christmas tracks, so enjoy some videos for today:

Songs For Christmas XI

There’s obviously more Christmas stuff out this year than I had realised, though the UK singles chart is full of old product. Anyway, Japanese-New York band Asobi Seksu have just issued a cover of the Ramones’ Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight), so I thought I would post that, along with the Ramones’ original, and aanother version done by Joey Ramone later on.

Ramones -‘Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight).’ mp3

Joey Ramone -‘Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight).’ mp3

Asobi Seksu -‘Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight).’ mp3

Enjoy folks. And don’t forget to drop by tomorrow for more…

Edx

Some Covers For Saturday Part II


Hi again

well, well and truly back in Scotland, it’s the weekend…so how about a few covers?

(And yes, that is Mrs 17 Seconds and I)

Pixies-‘Head On.’ mp3 (Jesus and Mary Chain)

X-‘Crystal Ship.’ mp3 (The Doors)

Sisters Of Mercy-‘Gimme Shelter.’ mp3 (Rolling Stones)

Residents-‘Satisfaction.’ mp3 (Rolling Stones)

Therapy?-‘Isolation.’ mp3 (Joy Division)

The The-‘I Saw The Light.’ mp3 (Hank Williams)

Marianne Faithfull-‘Working Class Hero.’ mp3 (John Lennon)

Ramones-‘Baby I Love You.’ mp3 (Ronettes)

REM-‘Toys In The Attic.’ mp3 (Aerosmith).

Veruca Salt -‘Somebody.’ mp3(Depeche Mode)

There is no theme here, just a selection of ten cover versions, only one of which (Sisters) I think I have posted here before. All being well, there should be another ten covers here on Sunday.

As always, these will be up for a week. If you like what you here, please go and investigate the bands and original artists themselves, perferably at your local indpendent record shop.