songs about new year's |
a Happy New Year 2013 to everyone! |
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"it's almost 12 o'clock
this crying, this crying I've just got to stop" The great Tom Waits, doing it like only Tom Waits can.
This song has been covered a gajillion times. But this is the original, I believe.
Nat was born like this, he had no choice, he was born with
the gift of a golden voice. So why the hell's he all alone, on New Year's Eve? Maybe it's cause he thinks "the gay ones don their silly paper hats and blow their stupid little horns". I mean, what a party pooper! C'mon, Nat, liven up! This is like some kinda underwater doo-wop or something.
And you gotta love those bells. Just when you thought it couldn't get any weirder... Now, I wonder, was it Jo Ann's idea to say "bay-bay" instead of
"baby"? Or was that the producer's suggestion? Well, anyway, the label was called "Gone", so... there you go. Alright, dear listener, are you ready for this? I give you... Beverley. There's really nothing more to say.
"Did you, did you... have a ball, New Year's Eve?" This
time it's the Heartbeats that are inquiring as to your holiday enjoyment. Love the drums on this.
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Sometimes I think Blind Lemon Jefferson had a song
about everything you could think of. Here's his musical celebration of New Years, 1929. What a fabulous duet: those harmonies are soooo good!
Fabulous trumpet on this track, and Dinah's vocal performance is warm and pleasing as always. Funny lyrics, too! "Here's my resolution baby, I'm cutting' out from you."
Some rocking blues from Lightning: just as raw as it's
s'posed to be. Johnny's gal just doesn't think he really means it when he tells her he's gonna give up drinking whiskey and running around on her. Well, we'll see, I guess.
Like a lot of Bing's stuff, this one's kinda... musty. Still, there's something you gotta love about his delivery. At least a little.
More doo-wop. The slower kind, from the DelVues: "Did you
have a ball on New Year's Eve?" OK, first of all... "The Qualities". I mean, is that not the best band name ever ever ever? And apparently the great Sun Ra had something to do with this, which makes it all the more fantastic.
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