THROWBACK THURSDAY: Forgotten Christmas Songs

A couple or three years ago I was at KSFR doing what was then my annual Christmas Special -- I'd been doing it for probably more than 15 years by then -- when a weird revelation came over me and chilled me to the bone.

God damn, I'm sick of these fucking songs!

Even the parodies, the punk-rock versions and the anti-Christmas novelties started rubbing me the wrong way.

That's one reason that I decided to break tradition this year and not do a Christmas show for the Big Enchilada Podcast. Instead I did THIS.

The trouble with most Christmas songs is that everyone has heard them so many times you just want to scream.

At least I do.

Hopefully by next year I'll be sick of being sick of Christmas music and get back into the spirit instead of acting like a sour old bastard.

So for this Throwback Thursday before Christmas, here are a few old old songs, some from the dawn of the recording industry, that hopefully nobody is sick of.

Back in 1904, Albert C. Campbell and James F. Harrison sang about a town drunk's Christmas redemption. "Old Jim's Christmas Hymn."



Australian-born singer Billy Williams protested Santa Claus' cruel injustices in 1913 with "Why Don't Santa Claus Bring Something to Me?"



 A few years after his big hit "The Wreck of the Old 97," classically-trained Texas musician Vernon Dalhart recorded this obscure little Christmas tune in  1928.



And finally, here's a jumpiin' little 1934 instrumental by Raymond Scott, "Christmas Night in Harlem."

WACKY WEDNESDAY: Chistmas in The Key of Z

Outsider musicians love Christmas too! It's time for some of the most twisted carols you may ever hear.

Not hip to the concept of outsider music? Fear not. Irwin Chusid, author of Songs in the Key of Z, the Bible of this "genre," will enlighten you:

Outsider musicians are often termed "bad" or "inept" by listeners who judge them by the standards of mainstream popular music. Yet despite dodgy rhythms and a lack of conventional tunefulness, these often self-taught artists radiate an abundance of earnestness and passion. And believe it or not, they're worth listening to, often outmatching all contenders for inventiveness and originality...

Most of the artists below appear in Chusid's book and or the fabulous Songs in the Key of Z CD compilations,

Here's an outside artist you probably have heard of, the late, great Tiny Tim, (especially if you read Wacky Wednesday very much.)



Wesley Willis will get you in the holiday mood



Here's some Yuletide cheer with Wild Man Fischer



Daniel Johnston making spirits bright



B.J. Snowden is a one-woman Christmas Party with Fred Schneider of the B52s



Finally, I'm not sure what this is ....

What, No Christmas Special?

Previously, since 2008, I've produced a Christmas podcast for the Big Enchilada. But this year, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Call me Scrooge or call me Grinch, I just couldn't do it. So instead I'm giving you an hour of crazed rock 'n' roll, including some songs from some of my favorite albums of 2016. (And if you really need some Christmas music right now, you can find all my Christmas specials HERE)

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Here's the playlist:

(Background Music: Hungarian Dance #5 by The Red Elvises)
You're Humbuggin; Me by Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater & Los Straitjackers
Marie Ann by Mojo Brothers
A Short Leash by CrumbSnatchers
Walking the Streets by Oh! Gunquit
Now That You're Gone by Mystic Braves
Hammer I Miss You by Nikola Tesla & Thee Coils

(Background Music: Harlem Nocturne by Twin Guns)
Today Sometimes by The Come 'N Go
Cold Line by Nots
Baby What's Wrong by The Cynics
Candlelight by The Mystery Lights
Got the Skinny by Gino & The Goons
Young Trash by Ex-Cult
What's the News by Motor City Crush

(Background Music: Horror Face by Terrorsurfs)
Electrik Fool by Troy Gregory & The Glow in the Dark Monsters
Talk About Her by The Revox
Barongan by Arrington de Dionyso with Gal Lazer Shiloach
One More Time by He Who Cannot Be Named
Little Drummer Boy by Dengue Fever
(Background Music: Holiness Dance by Rev. Louis Overstreet)

Play it below:

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
When Fate Deals Its Mortal Blow by Meet Your Death
Justine by The Righteous Brothers
Nasty Girl, Nasty Boy by The Cavemen
Human Lawn Dart by James Leg
Walking the Streets by Oh! Gunquit
Walking on My Grave by Dead Moon
Slippin' Sideways by Dywall
Eggnog by The Rockin' Guys
Sock it to Me, Santa by King Salami & The Cumberland 3

Changes by Charles Bradley
Window Shopping by Sharon Jones
Got the Skinny by Gino & The Goons
Born Bad by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Fluorescent Sunset by Nots
Saturday Midnight Bop by Jerry J. Nixon
Dreams on Screen by The Dustaphonics
Christmas Song by Gregg Turner
Don't Believe in Christmas by The Sonics

Track 3 by Arrington de Dionyso with Gal Lazer Shiloach
Revolution Part 1 by Butthole Surfers
Melt by The Mystery Lights
The Sights and Sounfs of De Los Muertos by De Los Muertos
The Thin Man by Archie & The Bunkers
I Have Always Been Here Before by Hickoids
Yakov the Polka Reindeer by The Polkaholics
Chickasaw Fire by Churchwood
You're Humbuggin' Me by Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater with Los Straitjackets
Ponytail and a Black Cadillac by King Automatic

Getting Ready For Christmas Day by Paul Simon
Little Drummer Boy by Dengue Fever
Chokin' Kind by Z.Z. Hill
Surrealchemist by Stereolab
Star of Wonder by The Roches
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, Dec. 16, 2016
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrel(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens
Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy by Buck Owens
SLC by Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
Run Mississippi by Rhonda Vincent
18 Wheels a Hummin' Home Sweet Home by Mac Wiseman
Walking Backwards by Pork Chop Party
Stutterin' Cindy by Charlie Feathers
Bowling Alley Baby by Reach Around Rodeo Clowns
Boots and Spurs by Kyle Martin
It's Movin' Day by Charlie Poole
Your Father's Country Music by Jim Terr

Little Bells by Rosie Flores
Be Careful If You Can't Be Good by Ray Condo & The Ricochets
Out of My Mind by Nikki Lane
Honky Tonk Girl by Hank Thompson
Christmas Time With You by Jesse Dayton
Born to Love One Woman by Don Johnston
Aunt Peg's New Old Man by Robbie Fulks
Big Bad Bill is Sweet William Now by Ry Cooder

String's Mountain Dew by Stringbean
The Great Joe Bob by Terry Allen
All Night Lady by Johnny Paycheck
Wall of Stone by Tommy Hill
Killed Them Both by Wayne Hancock
Another Clown by Mose McCormack
What Good Can Drinkin' Do by Martha Fields
How Can I Still Be Patriotic (When They've Taken Away My Right to Cry) by Neil Hamburger

Poor Don't Vote by Paul Burch
I'd Rather Be Gone by Merle Haggard
Ramblin' Woman by Hazel & Alice
Someday by Blaze Foley
Never Cold Again by The Imperial Rooster
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets


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