Vince Guaraldi Trio: “Christmas Time is Here”
I prefer the instrumental version, but anything from the greatest Christmas album of all time is worth reblogging.
Beach Boys - Wouldn’t it Be Nice
Because it’s god damn freezing and windy out there and when you listen to this song, it’s summer and you’re about to catch a wave. Even if you never surfed before, you are the most awesome surfer in the world on the most kick ass beach in existence and the sun is hot and glorious because that’s what the Beach Boys do for you. They create summer where winter exists.
Fuck, it’s cold today.
Radiohead - Knives Out
I’m trying to compile a short list of my favorite albums of the decade, one that doesn’t read “the entire QOTSA discography minus the self titled [1998] plus some other stuff.” I put one (surprising, maybe?) choice at the music tumblr.
Amnesiac makes the list even though I didn’t like it when it came out and it didn’t grow on me until a few years into the decade. Now it might be (I said might, these things change often) my favorite Radiohead album.
This particular song is my anti-road rage song. I have it on a playlist of one and go to it when traffic is about to get my blood pressure rising.
Love it.
Lights Out: A homeless man named Mustard performs a block-knocking rendition of Radiohead’s “Creep” on the Opie and Anthony Show.
[via.]
This is probably the greatest cover of Creep I have ever heard. His gravelly voice really adds so much to it. I need to find this guy and give him a years supply of coffee and sandwiches!
Wow.
Alicia Keys feat. Stephen Colbert - “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down”
This is awesome.
20 free holiday songs from a variety of artists, including Sarah McLachlan, Weezer, Barry Manilow, Stephen Colbert, and the Vince Guaraldi Trio. (You can’t get tracks individually; you have to download the whole album.)
[via Roger Ebert on Twitter]
Partaking in a personal Christmas tradition: listening to A Charlie Brown Christmas while cleaning up my room / putting laundry in a basket.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Coldplay
originally by Judy Garland
(posted by sometimesagreatnotion)
Say whatever you want about Coldplay, this is absolutely beautiful. Chris Martin’s voice suits this song to a tee…
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