WACKY WEDNESDAY: The Auld Lang Syne Variations

The new year is nearly upon us, so it's important to remember that there's more than one way to tip a cup of kindness with "Auld Lang Syne."

For instance, there's the Japanese one-man band way.



Here is another street musician, this one from Texas. "Folkie Kay" doesn't normally dress this way. She was wearing a costume that she says was "made for a production of Shakespeare's play Richard III at the University of Texas in the early 50s." Listen close and you'll hear a kazoo in the background.



Then there's this guy, performing what Dangerous Minds calls a "David Lynchian" version of Auld Lang Syne" on a theremin.



There's the slasher-movie/serial-killer way ...



And finally, here's how you do it if you're a cigarette-smoking cartoon lamb working for an Christian e-card company ...


For more on Auld Lang Syne CLICK HERE Happy New Year!

THROWBACK THURSDAY: A Very Autry Christmas

I believe that Gene Autry was America's greatest singing cowboy.

I realize that Roy Rogers fans would dispute that. But one thing that's not debatable is that Autry was America's greatest singing Christmas cowboy. He could claim that title just for writing the following holiday hit (performed in 1953 in this video.)





But Autry also wrote this song, which he sang in the 1949 movie "The Cowboy and The Indians," in which Autry helps the Navajos, including Jay Silverheels (who also played Tonto in The Lone Ranger) against an an evil trading post operator.  The movie poster says, "Autry Blasts Pale Face Renegades."




And while Autry didn't write this next song, he was the first to record it, back in 1950

Have a very merry Gene Autry Christmas !

WACKY WEDNESDAY: Santa Claus in Outer Space

The idea of Santa Claus in Outer Space has been a twisted sub genre of popular Christmas music for decades now. It's not known exactly when Santa Claus began his space traveling. But The Lennon Sisters with Lawrence Welk's Little Band were singing about it by the late 1950s.

A disco-era Tiny Tim gave us a a Yuletide outer space tune. It rocketed to instant obscurity.

This next one is featured on my new Big Enchilada Christmas Special. It's by Bobby Helm, best known for "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." (Hat tip to my brother Jack)

Finally, here's the thrilling climax of Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, (I just realized that the title of that movie is itself a spoiler!) which ends in the classic Christmas song, "Hooray for Santa Claus."

And for all sorts of wacky Christmas songs, check out my Christmas Specials at The Big Enchilada Podcast.

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, December 20, 2015
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
Webcasting!
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's the playlist

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Repo Man by Iggy Pop

Buy Before You Die by Figures of Light

Hillbilly with Knife Skills by The Grannies

Don't Be Angry by Nick Curran & The Nitelifes

Mr. Good Enough by JJ & The Real Jerks

The Claw by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

I Got Your Number by The Sonics

Funeral by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Smell of Incense by Southwest FOB

So Much in Love by The Persuassions

 

Dig That Crazy Santa Claus by The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Party World by Carbon/Silicon

Hey Darling by Sleater-Kinney

The 99s by Dead Moon

Hey Santa Claus by The Chesterfield Kings

Still Sober After All These Beers by The Bad Lovers

Get Away by Miriam

I Wish You Would by Tom Jones

Just Let Me Know by Any Dirty Party

Christmas in Jail by The Youngsters

 

Christmas Island by Leon Redbone

Land of 1,000 Dances by Jello Biafra & The Raunch and Soul All Stars

People Look Away by Death

Tomboy by Acid Baby Jesus

Santa Came Home Drunk by Clyde Lasley & The Cadillac Baby Specials

Sock it to Me Santa by Bob Seeger & The Last Heard

Sztos by Kazik & Kwartet ProForma

Smoked All My Bud by King Mud

Hurray for Santa Claus by The Fleshtones

 

Lupine Ossuary by Thee Oh Sees

We'll Be Together Again by Dex Romweber Duo

Chocolate Jesus by Raw Death

Taxidermy Porno by The Hex Dispensers

The Mystery of Love by Marianne Faithful

O Holy Night by Brian WIlson

Lucky Day by Tom Waits

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE BIG ENCHILADA!!!

Merry Christmas, dear friends out there in Podland ! It's time once again to courageously wage the War on Christmas with another Big Enchilada Christmas Special. Once again we'll revel in the magic and madness of the season and jingle your bells with some festive rock 'n' roll and beyond.

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Here's the playlist:

(Background Music: Santa or Astro-Santa? by Los Esquivitos)
Champagne of Christmas by The Fleshtones
Santa Was a Trucker by Erich McMann
I'm Givin' You the Blues for Christmas by Thee Fine Lines
Ain't No Chimney in the Projects by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Music Infection
Merry Christmas to Me by The Waco Brothers 

(Background Music: Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Los Straitjackets)
Saint Nick's Farm by The Gay Sportscasters

Santa Claus is Surfin' to Town by Soupy Sales
Oranges for Christmas by El Vez
Christmas Blues by Washboard Pete
Run Rudolph Run by Reverend Horton Heat
Christmas is a Lie by Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
Christmas by Little Marcy

(Background Music: It Came Upo a Midnight Clear by Beausoleil)
Captain Santa Claus and His Reindeer Space Patrol by Bobby Helms
Hanukkah O Hanukkah / Carol O' The Bells by Unhung Heroes
Hang Your Balls on the Christmas Tree by Kay Martin & Her Body Guards
It's Christmas Time Ebeneezer by The Len Price  3
Christmas in Jail by The Mighty Soul Deacons
The Boner (Christmas version) by Santa Geil and His Red Nosed Pimps
(Background Music: Sleigh Ride by Squirrel Nut Zippers)

Play it here:

BIG ENCHILADA 91: 2015 Christmas Special by Steve Terrell on Mixcloud