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Post by fiveuke on Dec 1, 2015 14:38:15 GMT
I turn my back for a year or so, and you forget the Christmas Calendar. I don't know...  It's an obvious one, but it always makes me smile. It's cyclical hipster chic funsters, Grandaddy! sleigh bells ring are you listening in the studio the lights are glistening a beatiful night we're happy tonight Alan Parsons in a winter wonderland gone away is the blue bird here to stay is the new bird he records a love song the production's right on Alan Parsons in a winter wonderland in the meadow we can build a snowman and pretend that he is Alan Parsons he'll say have you listened to my new band we'll say no but we really like that one song it goes time keeps flowing like a river in the winter we can build a snowman and pretend that he is Alan Parsons he'll say have you listened to my new band i can put you on a list for a show in Carson City Later on when we were tired as we drew by the fire of the eye in the sky that was with us tonight Alan Parsons in a winter wonderland although my favourite songs have notes that are wrong Alan Parsons in a winter wonderland and there's digital snow and frozen pianos Alan Parsons in a winter wonderland and electronic bands with frostbitten hands Alan Parsons in a winter wonderland at the end of the day his albums will play Alan Parsons in a winter wonderland |
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Post by kerry1 on Dec 1, 2015 18:39:42 GMT
TFIF
(Thank goodness it's fiveuke)
I was feeling a bit sad about its absence earlier today - I will attempt some yulishness tomorrow, hopefully.
We have missed you, five, and I love the tree.
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 2, 2015 8:30:24 GMT
Ho ho ho.
I will try and check in most days, and if nobody has opened a window by about lunchtime, then I'll leave a present to keep all the good children happy.
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 2, 2015 12:21:23 GMT
Merry Wednesday 2 December 2015! More jolly front-loading of the 'TUOLFF Christmas Calendar™' for your seasonal delectation. Have we had this one before? Have we? Seems madness to think we haven't, but I'm not sure. Have we? We have now. Reindeer, reindeer, reindeer I caught one of your horns And even if it rains here It's much worse in the north Reindeer, reindeer, reindeer I caught one of your horns And even if it rains here It's much worse in the north And you move like shadows In the dark And you glitter and you glimmer And you bark Moon's light the feathers The sleigh this year is heavier I thought we'd reached Warzava But we are stuck in Vasa And Santa here is faster This house must be the last now And we follow mister Santa To the end Reindeer, reindeer, reindeer Your formate friend Humble heavy loaded And soon it's time again And you move like shadows In the dark And you glitter and you glimmer And you bark Moon's light the feathers The sleigh this year is heavier I thought we'd reached Warzava But we are stuck in Vasa And Santa here is faster This house must be the last now And we follow mister Santa To the end Moon's light the feathers The sleigh this year is heavier I thought we'd reached Warzava But we are stuck in Vasa And Santa here is faster This house must be the last now And we follow mister Santa To the end And we follow mister Santa To the end And we follow mister Santa To the end And we follow mister Santa To the end And we follow mister Santa To the end Moon's light the feathers The sleigh this year is heavier I thought we'd reached Warzava But we are stuck in Vasa And Santa here is faster This house must be the last now And we follow mister Santa To the end
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 3, 2015 12:48:50 GMT
Time to open door number three!  Today you may have snaffled a Lego snowman or a Cadbury's star from one of your smaller kin, but these ill-gotten gains won't come close in the Chrismassy spirit stakes to this festive stonker from 1970. Like 'It's a Wonderful Life' or cherry brandy by an open fire, 'River' by Joni Mitchell is one of those seasonal treats that you've enjoyed many times before but are always happy to try again. If I was that bald bloke on Masterchef, I'd be tempted to say: "Christmas songs... ...don't get... better than this." It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it don't snow here It stays pretty green I'm going to make a lot of money Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me You know, he put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I'm so hard to handle I'm selfish and I'm sad Now I've gone and lost the best baby That I ever had I wish I had a river I could skate away on Oh, I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on |
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 4, 2015 12:46:34 GMT
 [FADE IN] INT. RAMSHACKLE INDEPENDENT RECORD SHOP, SIDE STREET, EAST ANGLIAN BACKWATER, MONDAY 8.01AM, MARCH 1991 A YOUNG MAN IN NEED OF A GOOD MEAL AND A CLEANER 'SISTERS OF MERCY' T-SHIRT SCRABBLES AROUND IN A PILE OF CARDBOARD BOXES BURSTING WITH NEW VINYL LPs A SALLOW YOUTH WITH A FIVER, AN ARMY SURPLUS SATCHEL ADAPTED TO HOLD 12" VINYL AND NO URGE TO BE WHERE HE REALLY SHOULD BE, ENTERS THE SHOP YOUTH
Morning! Excellent, can I dive in?
SHOP ASSISTANT
Wotcha! Yeah, yeah, go ahead. None of those singles from Creation yet though. No Throwing Muses album yet either.
YOUTH
No worries, I'll just... ...hang on, what the hell is this?
SHOP ASSISTANT
[Looks towards speaker and empty stand labelled 'Now Playing']
Oh nothing. I though the cover art looked cool but apparently its just some Dave Stewart project. I'll change it...
YOUTH
No, no, I think it's pretty good actually! 'Ten Little Girls' eh?
SHOP ASSISTANT
Yup. I wonder if the hot lead singer will team up with a painfully trendy Mormon indie rock band in about 15 years and bash out a Christmas single year after year after year?
YOUTH
Dunno, but I bet if she does it'll be the first one. And the best one.
SHOP ASSISTANT AND YOUTH
[Heads together, dreamily] Yeah.....
WOBBLE FADE
This snowman is shaping up to be an 8,
But not out of 10,
The robots awake to find that they've been taped down,
Wondering when they'll break through these chains,
But little boys have action toys for brains,
I'm living proof it can last a long time,
Now the girls off the street are innocent and sweet,
When they're all in bed,
They got their make-up and dreams of wonderland,
Sprinkled inside their heads,
And soon they will change,
But tonight Hollywood has never seemed so strange,
Now mother's pray it'll last a long time.
I want to roll around like a kid in the snow,
I want to re-learn what I already know,
Just let me take flight,
Dressed in red, through the night,
On a great big sled.
I want to wish you merry Christmas,
Ho Ho Ho.
Now they boys are all grown up,
And their working their fingers to the bone,
They go around chasing them girls on the weekend,
You know they still can't be alone,
I've been racking my brain,
With thoughts of peace and love,
How on earth did we get so mixed up?
I pray to god it don't last a long time.
I want to roll around like a kid in the snow,
I want to re-learn what I already know,
Just let me take flight,
Dressed in red, through the night,
On a great big sled.
I hear the sound of bells,
There's something on the roof,
I wonder what this night will bring.
I want to roll around like a kid in the snow,
(I hear the sound of bells)
I want to re-learn what I already know,
(There's something on the roof)
Just let me take flight,
(I wonder what this night will bring)
Dressed in red, through the night,
On a great big sled.
I want to wish you merry Christmas,
(Can't do that)
I want to wish you merry Christmas,
(Can't do that).
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Post by Raffles on Dec 4, 2015 13:34:03 GMT
I vote for Fiveuke doing every day this year. Quality!
I'm already looking forwards to digging out his Xmas CD from last year on Xmas morning once again.
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 4, 2015 14:12:14 GMT
Gosh. Not sure I can manage every day!
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Post by Moz on Dec 5, 2015 17:33:27 GMT
5.
I'm not a fan of Xmas. This is heartbreak. And loss. Merry Xmas!!!
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 6, 2015 18:27:30 GMT
Sorry so late - great excuse though as I was cutting down a Christmas tree, buying chestnuts and enjoying a pint of Adnams - among other tough Sunday chores...
Arg. Cannot do this on my phone. Will fix tomorrow.
Josh T:
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Post by kerry1 on Dec 6, 2015 23:18:50 GMT
This is great - it really is Christmas, isn't it?
(poss still a bit 'tired and emotional' from last night/today's socialising)
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Post by Raffles on Dec 7, 2015 13:22:30 GMT
OK, so it's not really a Christmas Song, but it feels like it should be. And RL will enjoy it at least.
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Post by Moz on Dec 9, 2015 7:55:15 GMT
(very late....)  |
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Post by kerry1 on Dec 9, 2015 8:54:01 GMT
![]()  I don't know about you, but I'm flagging... here's a pick-me-up. I ain't talkin' just to tease People like you, you don't grow on dreams Look at you, that's what it's gonna be Have everything I need Around my soul book Christmas tree Merry Christmas, happy New Year I love you, have good cheer I love you, good God Got my baby, my precious love Happiness, good God, I got plenty of Would you believe I got peace of mind And I'll be groovin' at Christmas time So good I posted it twice... |
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 9, 2015 11:35:38 GMT
Soz - was a bit poorly (just a fluey thing)
Great to open my UOLFF Calendar though!
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Post by riverlodge on Dec 10, 2015 11:14:35 GMT
So, you need quarter of an hour for this, and the picture doesn't move.
Kind of wintry rather than specifically Xmassy.
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 11, 2015 14:38:47 GMT
 In a parallel universe in which flu snot tastes of Glühwein and a raging fever feels as cosy and comforting as a yule log fire (GRRRR!), Andrew Ridgeley is the more successful erstwhile Whamster. That massive ski-lodge that we know from the Last Christmas video, is actually where he lives and revels in polygamous thunder-rolling bliss with Naomi Yang and Tamaki Kunishi. Together they made this festive ditty as a postrock love-token for their estranged friend George, last seen clutching a bottle of Night Nurse and stumbling through Hampstead wearing just an empty shuttlecock tube, a thousand yard stare and wistful smile. |
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Post by riverlodge on Dec 11, 2015 15:01:54 GMT
Fiveuke is it possible to buy what you are drinking in Tesco?
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 11, 2015 15:07:07 GMT
Yup!  |
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 12, 2015 19:03:47 GMT
![]()  Just something short and prurty today. |
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Post by Moz on Dec 13, 2015 21:40:27 GMT
Funny
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 14, 2015 10:31:58 GMT
 I know what you're thinking. "My Christmas is shaping up pretty well thanks to my daily injection of UOLFF calendar spirit, but what i really need is just a little more cosmic philosophy."Fear not, for Sun Ra is here with a track that might initially seem throwaway, but will inevitably become your brain's earworm of choice. |
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Post by riverlodge on Dec 14, 2015 11:46:11 GMT
Well done fiveuke, might result in an injection of Hoppo to thread.
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Post by kerry1 on Dec 14, 2015 18:50:32 GMT
Interesting use of ?cheek-flicking/percussion at, er, intervals.
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Post by fiveuke on Dec 15, 2015 10:22:12 GMT
 Felling festive and jolly? Well stop it. To help get you out of the Christmas spirit, here's grumpy elf Tom Waits with an absolutely classic slice of Yuletide misery. Actually, I love it, and it does make me feel Chrismassy despite Grinchy Tom. Ho ho ho! hey Charley I'm pregnant and living on 9-th street right above a dirty bookstore off cuclid avenue and I stopped taking dope and I quit drinking whiskey and my old man plays the trombone and works out at the track. and he says that he loves me even though its not his baby and he says that he'll raise him up like he would his own son and he gave me a ring that was worn by his mother and he takes me out dancin every saturday nite. and hey Charley I think about you everytime I pass a fillin' station on account of all the grease you used to wear in your hair and I still have that record of little anthony & the imperials but someone stole my record player how do you like that? hey Charley I almost went crazy after mario got busted so I went back to omaha to live with my folks but everyone I used to know was either dead or in prison so I came back in minneapolis this time I think I'm gonna stay. hey Charley I think I'm happy for the first time since my accident and I wish I had all the money that we used to spend on dope I'd buy me a used car lot and I wouldn't sell any of em I'd just drive a different car every day dependin on how I feel. hey Charley for chrissakes do you want to know the truth of it? I don't have a husband he don't play the trombone and I need to borrow money to pay this lawyer and Charley, hey I'll be eligible for parole come valentines day. |
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