Podcasts about earth little drummer boy

It's that time of year again! And for this rare holiday equinox which sees Easter, Passover, and 4/20 overlapping, we endeavor to cover some weed-tacular winter holiday songs with more of a religious connection than in previous years. We find great joy in the sincere silliness of "Little Dealer Boy" performed by Willie Nelson and Stephen Colbert. Then, unfortunately, we really fucked up by listening to "Angels We Have Heard on High" by a band that we're not even going to mention by name here because we don't need that kind of heat. Suffice to say, they are definitey, definitely not Rastafarian, even if their t-shirt that says "Not a Rasta" in green, yellow, and red letters with a big lion winking on it is raising a lot of questions answered by the shirt. (Note: there's also another artist featured on the song who we confused for a member of the band because she isn't credited well on the youtube video, so we're just going to go ahead and leave her out of this too.) We would like to formally apologize for our failure. We promise next year to properly blaze it and keep the vibes chill and tight. The ranking music in this episode is "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" performed by Bing Crosby and David Bowie.

In 1977, music legends Bing Crosby and David Bowie teamed up for their historic Christmas duet, "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy", which was recorded for the former's last TV Christmas special. 

Send us a textOn this Episode, Tom and Bert are all about their favorite Christmas Songs to listen to so please enjoy this Special Edition and have a Wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!(1:14) "Snoopy's Merry Christmas" by The Royal Guardsmen(4:13) "Frosty the Snowman" by Jimmy Durante(6:47) "Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Frank Sinatra(10:16) "The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole(13:26) "Baby it's Cold Outside" by Dean Martin(15:46) "Do they know it's Christmas" by Band Aid(19:27) "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by Bruce Springsteen/E Street Band(23:53) "Christmas Eve Sarajevo" by The Trans Siberian Orchestra(27:16) "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" by Bing Crosby and David Bowie(29:53) "I'm dressing up like Santa Claus" (when I'm out on parole) by Bob Rivers(33:00) "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses (38:21) "Hanukah Song" by Adam Sandler(42:10) "Same Old Lang Syne" by Dan Fogelberg(47:26) "Golden Slippers" by The Ferko String BandEnjoy the Show!You can email us at reeldealzmoviesandmusic@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page, Reel Dealz Podcast: Movies & Music Thru The Decades to leave comments and/or TEXT us at 843-855-1704 as well.

The AI really went for it this episode. Happy Holidays, everybody. Oh yeah. I should mention that Dan, Jimmy, and Erik did a tiny episode of Bowiesplaining about this one video he did with Bing Crosby. My godson's name is Crosby, by the way. No bearing on this episode, also by the way. If you're feeling frustrated because you've been trying to discover new music but keep coming across the same old hits, then you are not alone! Perhaps you've been seeking out new collaborations but finding yourself disappointed by lackluster pairings instead. You may be tired of the same old predictable music and yearning for something fresh and unexpected. If that's the case, then you are not alone! In this episode, you will be able to: Explore the unexpected magic of Bing Crosby and David Bowie's collaboration. Discover the heartwarming rendition of Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy by two iconic artists. Delve into the charming awkwardness that arose during the performance. Uncover the delightful randomness behind the unlikely collaboration. Enjoy humorous and endearing observations about Bowie and Crosby's interaction. The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:09 - Introducing the Special Guest 00:01:00 - Watching "Peace on Earth, Little Drummer Boy" 00:04:00 - Discussion on the Song and its Context 00:06:20 - Musical Recommendations and Sign-off 00:10:28 - Farewell and Closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Notes The AI really went for it this episode. Happy Holidays, everybody. If you're feeling frustrated because you've been trying to discover new music but keep coming across the same old hits, then you are not alone! Perhaps you've been seeking out new collaborations but finding yourself disappointed by lackluster pairings instead. You may be tired of the same old predictable music and yearning for something fresh and unexpected. If that's the case, then you are not alone! In this episode, you will be able to: Explore the unexpected magic of Bing Crosby and David Bowie's collaboration. Discover the heartwarming rendition of Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy by two iconic artists. Delve into the charming awkwardness that arose during the performance. Uncover the delightful randomness behind the unlikely collaboration. Enjoy humorous and endearing observations about Bowie and Crosby's interaction. The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:09 - Introducing the Special Guest 00:01:00 - Watching "Peace on Earth, Little Drummer Boy" 00:04:00 - Discussion on the Song and its Context 00:06:20 - Musical Recommendations and Sign-off 00:10:28 - Farewell and Closing

Hear the whole sordid story of the oddest pairing in Christmas music history! Der Bingle didn't know who The Thin White Duke was, and Bowie was not a fan of Bing's. And, yet here they are...

De Kerstborrel. Een speciale aflevering, waarbij we dachten eens terug te blikken op het afgelopen jaar. Op persoonlijke verhalen, maar ook universele, zoals het WK. En met wie kunnen we dat beter doen, dan met drie gasten die dit jaar de show stalen in onze Cor Potcast: Yannick van de Velde, Kees Kwakman en Ralf Seuntjens.Na een uitstekende opening van Vriends - ‘wat een talent', zou Michel van Egmond zeggen - was het tijd om in een uitstekende setting met de mannen te babbelen over bijvoorbeeld de trainerscursus van de KNVB (grof schandaal, ouwe), al het belastinggeld dat naar analisten als Afellay gaat (daar praten ze nog steeds over, de man ouwe) en kleedkamerhumor.Je kunt het raden, het merendeel van voorgaande onderwerpen werd ingeluid door de Seun of God, die ons overigens ook vertelde over hoe het nu met hem gaat en vooral, hoe hij met zijn situatie omgaat. Bijzonder en mooi dat hij zich zo open wilde stellen bij ons.Maar, wie kleedkamerhumor zegt, zegt ook Kees Kwakman. Een imitatie zat er dit keer niet in, maar wat een prachtverhalen heeft deze man. Om de twinkeling in zijn ogen nog maar niet eens te noemen, als Lionel Messi ter sprake komt. Yannick van de Velde verblijdde ons met een uitstekende blurb voor de nieuwe batch Iso Lemoncello (‘niet te hakken dit spul'), maar wist eveneens weer precies de vragen te stellen die af en toe nodig zijn, om niet in een gesprek met slechts de simpele zielen van profs te belanden.Een heerlijke Kerstborrel, perfect voor tijdens de feestdagen, dachten wij zo.Het afsluitende nummer is deze week Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy van Bing Crosby/David BowieAanradersVerhaar: Het spel AvalonVriends: Seizoen 2 van White LotusFock: De biografie PUUR van Hef, geschreven door Erik Jan HarmensSeun: De film Avatar: The Way of WaterKees: De Netflix-serie Break PointYannick: De film Triangle of SadnessKleedkamer 1 De eerste digitale kleedkamer ter wereld. Simpel gezegd: een plek waar we samenkomen om de afleveringen voor te bespreken, te analyseren en om extra stukken van de opnames te delen. Verschillende chats, kans op shirts van vrienden van de show en, echt waar, Bartje Vriends op speeddial. Kost wat wisselgeld, maar dan heb je ook wat.Social MediaVolg ons ook op Twitter en InstagramVolg ook onze afspeellijst op SpotifyZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this special holiday edition of the podcast, David Bowie descends from Mars and gives a lesson on the true spirit of Christmas. Joining forces with Bing Crosby, the Ghost of Christmas Past himself, the two conjure up one of the most unlikely (and perhaps surreal) Christmas classics of all time. Along the way, the fellas are joined by special guests Mariah Carey, The Pogues, Mötorhead, The Kinks, Krampus and many others in this all-time holiday classic. The Grinch also makes a special appearance, taking aim at some Christmas turkeys from the past, including Paul McCartney's steaming yule log "Wonderful Christmastime". It's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with...TnT!Songs:David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer BoyDavid Bowie - FameDavid Bowie - Somebody Up There Likes MeRolling Stones - AngieDavid Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The StreetDavid Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy (Video)Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like ChristmasMichael Bublé & Bing Crosby - White Christmas (Video)Louis Armstrong - Christmas Night In HarlemPaul McCartney - Wonderful ChristmastimeMariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is YouThe Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New YorkBruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' To TownThe Kinks - Father ChristmasDr. Seuss - You're A Mean One, Mr. GrinchOrion's Reign Featuring Minniva - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Video)David Bowie - Let's DanceDavid Bowie - Rebel RebelSeu Jorge - Rebel RebelMetallica - Lux ÆternaLemmy Kilmister, Billy F. Gibbons, Dave Grohl - Run Run RudolphPhoebe Bridgers - Smoke SignalsRun DMC - Christmas in HollisBob Rivers - There's Another Santa ClausClaude Munson - 4AM

In our second bonus episode, we take a look at the collab we never thought would exist until we found out it did. And we're glad that it does. One more spreading of holiday cheer with David Bowie & Bing Crosby with “Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy”!

Voted on by our Patreon, we look at the what, how, and for-gods-sake-why of some of those most hated holiday songs! 02:40 Banned songs 08:09 Wonderful Christmastime 10:45 Chipmunks Song 16:36 Little Drummer Boy (Peace on Earth) Like what you hear?  Become a patron of the arts for as little as $2 a month!   Or buy the book or some merch.  Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs.  Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter,  or Instagram. Music: Kevin MacLeod, David Fesliyan.   Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Links to all the research resources are on the website. In the early 80's, drought caused a famine that crippled the nation of Ethiopia.  It was a bad scene.  Half of the mortality rate is said to be attributable to “human rights violations.”  People around the world were moved, like Irish singer-songwriter Bob Geldof, who along with Midge Ure, wrote a fundraiser song.  Who could they get to sing it?  How about “everybody”?  The likes of Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Boy George, Bono, and Sting joined forces as Band Aid to record the fast-selling single in UK history, asking us the question “Do They Know It's Christmas?”  My name's… Some songs rub us the wrong way because they're sung by shrieking children on now-oudated equipment was was not kind to female and higher-pitched voices, songs like I'm Getting Nuthin for Christmas and All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth, standards which I think think would have died away if we weren't all made to sing them in elementary school.  Some are painfully goofy, like Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, but you almost have to give them a pass since it seems they accomplished what they set out to do.  Some songs make us their enemy by borrowing into our brains and setting up shop for hours or days on end, the dreaded holiday earworm, like Jingle Bell Rock and Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree.  The mere mention of the title is enough to activate them like a sleeper cell of obnoxious holiday cheer.   Banned You might be able to forbid people in your own home from playing songs that irritate you –and I stress “might”-- but if you can find yourself with a bit of authority and a big enough humbug up your butt, you can try to make it so nobody has to hear the song either.  For instance, the 1952 classic “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” sung by 13-year-old Jimmy Boyd from Mississippi.  Did you realize the song was about the little boy not realizing that his Dad was dressed as Santa?  It had to be pointed out to me, and embarrassingly recently.  People were *scandalized by the musical marriage of sex and Christmas, with one churchgoer stating “mockery of decent family life as well as Christ's birthday.”  Many pearls were clutched.  They'd probably clutch them pearls twice as hard if I'd been there to tell them Jesus wasn't born on 12/25, but that's another show.  Boston's Catholic Archdiocese denounced it and the young Boyd had to meet with church leaders to explain that Mommy and Santa were properly, sanctily married.  A West Virginia broadcasting company prohibited its radio stations from playing this “insult to Santa Claus.”  The same thing happened to one of my husband's favorite songs, Lou Monte's “Dominick the Donkey,” but the people of WV went to bat for the little donkey who could take the Italian hills that were too much for the reindeer.  The public protested the ban so forcefully that it was repealed after less than two weeks; and this was in 1960, when 20% of homes in the US still didn't have a telephone.   For every time the hubs plays Dominick the Donkey, I play the Pogue's Fairytale of New York at least twice.  A lot of folks don't like, and I respect our difference of opinions, and think it's the farthest thing from a cheery Xmas song, and I agree with y'all there.  The 1987 duet with singer Kirsty MacColl, quickly became a UK holiday classic, famous then infamous in turn.  It tells the story of a toxic couple who seem to love each deep down, but should probably not be allowed within 200m of each other.  There's talk of drug use and insults, including a certain homophobic slur to rhyme with the word “maggot.”  In December 2019, BBC radio DJ Alex Dyke said he was cutting the song from his program.  The BBC had previously censored the song in 2007 with an unconvincing word-swap, but this brought more backlash than the original version had.  The BBC reversed course for a few years, then put the censored version back up.  What do you think?  soc med   Some songs we consider absolute standards, impeccable and indispensable, made people in their day as prickly as holl and less than jolly.  The BBC worried that “I'll Be Home for Christmas” could damage British morale during World War II, so no air-play for you!  In an amazingly blunt statement that would definitely trend on Twitter today:  “We have recently adopted a policy of excluding sickly sentimentality which, particularly when sung by certain vocalists, can become nauseating and not at all in keeping with what we feel to be the need of the public in this country.”   One of the most frequently cover and burlesqued-to songs, Santa Baby, wouldn't have become the classic it did if it had been sung by anyone other than the utterly incomparable Eartha Kitt.  Who doesn't love a Christmas song dripping in sexuality, sung by a loudly self-confident mixed race woman?  In 1953, a lot of people.   Radio stations refused to play it and political officials gnashed their teeth after Kitt performed Santa Baby at a dinner for the king and queen of Greece that November.  That was an unusual sentence and I'm stalling for time to let you process it.  However, Billboard magazine reported “Neither the King nor his Queen were one whit disturbed by the chantress's performance, nor by the song.”  Kitt was quoted as saying it was ‘inconceivable that anyone would question the ingenious poetry of the song.'”  I don't know about poetry, but I do know I don't want to hear any version other than hers.   Chipmunks My hatred for this next song cannot be overstated.  I almost hired an editor just for this section. It's shrill, it's pointless, and it's been playing for 63 freaking years.  It's the goddamn Chipmunks' song aka Christmas Don't Be Late.  I'm mad already.  Named after the president, chief engineer, and founder of Liberty Records, the furry little characters are the members of a “band”, called Alvin And The Chipmunks, while a “man” named David Seville functions as their human manager, catapulting them to super stardom.  The Chipmunks, three singing cartoon rodents in Victorian nightdresses apparently, or maybe ill-fitted sweater dresses, were the brainchild of a songwriter named Ross Bagdasarian, though he was better known by the pseudonym of David Seville, the name that would be immortalized as The Chipmunk's fictitious manager.  Bagdasarian was the son of Armenian immigrants to California, who served in the Army Air Force in WWII, which is how he came to find himself stationed in Seville, Spain.  He did a bit of acting, landing minor roles in Rear Window and Stalag 17.  Songwriting played out considerably better.  In 1951, he used the melody of an Armenian folk song to write Rosemary Clooney's hit, Come On-a My House. [sfx clip]    Bagdasarian-cum-Seville began toying around with voice distortion effects, speeding up and slowing down his voice to achieve the cute high pitched sound of the little animal's voices.  Consumer tape decks at the time had changeable speeds, but usually only in simple binary multiples, doubling or halving the speed, creating sounds an octave apart. Changing speeds of voices in these limited multiples creates extremely high or low pitches that sound too extreme for most purposes.  Disney used half-speed recording for his Chip ‘n Dale cartoon characters, making the extremely fast dialogue difficult to understand. As a result, dialog recorded at that speed had to consist of very short phrases.  Seville's chief innovation was to use tape machines that could vary speeds in between these extremes, creating more understandable and thus emotionally accessible voices that worked well for both singing and spoken dialogue.   The Chipmunk Song made its debut on Christmas 1958 and immediately became a smash hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart.  It would be the “band's” first and only #1 song, as well as Seville's second and final, No. 1 single.  The first was the song Witch Doctor, wanna hear it here it goes [sfx clip]  I guess when you have a hammer…    A write-up in Life magazine in 1959, noted that Bagdasarian/Seville was the first case in the "annals of popular music that one man has served as writer, composer, publisher, conductor and multiple vocalist of a hit record, thereby directing all possible revenues from the song back into his pocket."  That'd be impressive enough even if you didn't know that Seville couldn't read or write music, nor play any instruments, but now you do know that, so you should be quite impressed.   The Chipmunk Song earned them three Grammy Awards at the very first Grammy's the following May.  I'm going to say that again, because I don't think you heard me.  The Chipmunks song won three Grammy's.  In fairness, one is for best children's song.  A few years later, The Chipmunks landed their own television show as cartoon characters, but it did not command the same success their music career.  After Bagdasarian passed away unexpectedly in 1972, his son and daughter-in-law took over the voices of The Chipmunks, but it would take nearly ten years for The Chipmunks made it back to TV, with their 1981 Christmas special, the ingeniously named “A Chipmunk Christmas.”     Like a holiday Jason Vorhees, "The Chipmunk Song" re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 2007 with the CGI Alvin and Chipmunks movie.  As of December 25, 2011, Nielsen SoundScan estimated total sales of the digital track at 867,000 downloads, making it third on the list of all-time best-selling Christmas/holiday digital singles.  #3 was Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 from Trans-Siberian Orchestra, who I've had the mixed blessing to see live – the performance was great but the stage light swept over the audience constantly; it was like having a camera flash go off in your face several times a minute.  #1 is, to the surprise of no one, Mariah Carey's 1994 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and that's all the more attention she's getting from me.  If you ever want a real smdh moment, Google Mariah Carey's requirements to appear on camera for interviews.  The word “diva” doesn't begin to describe it.  Wonderful Now this one depends on the day.  Some days, it's so bad it's good and some days, and for some people all days, it's the regular kind of bad.  [sfx clip] Say what you will about it, you can't say Paul McCartney didn't put in the work.  Wonderful Christmastime features McCartney on guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and vocals, even the creepy-sounding ‘choir of children.'  Makes one wonder why he even kept a band around.  You see the other members of Wings in the video, but the song was all McCartney.   Like a number of holiday classics that you heard about in the episode #92, The Jews Who Wrote Christmas, Wonderful Christmastime was written on a ‘boiling hot day in July', and recorded during sessions for the McCartney II album.  It apparently took the former Beatle just ten minutes to pen the song which – some of us find that more readily-believable than others.  One of the most memorable elements of the song is the odd synthesiser sound that punctuates it throughout.  That is, if you care to know, a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, which was also used on the hit songs Bette Davis Eyes and What a Fool Believes.  Though I suppose it's still a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 even if you don't care to know.   It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and has since become of the most widely played Christmas songs on radio.   Bonus fact: The Beatles only really had one Christmas release – Christmas Time Is Here Again, which was distributed to their fan club in 1967.  I imagine that would fetch a pretty pence on the secondary market. [sfx typing] checking ebay…Oh, they're actually pretty cheap.     If you don't like the song, you're not alone.  McCartney himself isn't all that keen on it, but he has begun playing it on UK tours in recent years.  You gotta give the people what they want and clearly enough people want Wonderful Christmastime.  According to the Forbes website, McCartney earns over $400,000 royalties from the song every year, though other sources claim that figure is probably the cumulative total. Little Drummer Boy As time passes, tastes change, culture shifts, new things are created and old things fall away.  We rarely ride in one-horse open sleighs –I can't remember the last time I was even in a closed one-horse sleigh– and it seems really strange to us that people sat about telling ghost stories.  So maybe that's why I don't understand The Little Drummer Boy.  How is a drum solo an appropriate gift for a sleeping infant and the woman who just squoze him out in a cow-shed?  The ox and lamb kept time?  That's literally the drummer's only job.  Well, that and making the rest of the band's drinking problem look reasonable.  Hey, what's the difference between a drummer and a drum machine?  You only have to punch the info into the drum machine once.  [sfx rimshot] What do you call a drummer who broke up with his girlfriend?  Homeless.  [sfx rimshot]  Don't worry, drummers, this abuse isn't exclusive.  What do you call the pretty girl on a bassist's arm?  A tattoo.  That's my time, good night!   How old do you think this slow, plodding song is?  I couldn't have put a year to my guess, but for some reason it surprised me that it was written in 1941.  The composure was a teacher named Katherine Kennicott Davis.  Originally called "Carol of the Drum" –does what it says on the tin– was based on an unidentified Czech carol and intended for choirs.  One group of singers took a liking to it and propelled it to success in 1951 - The Trapp Family Singers.   As boring as it is, The Little Drummer Boy lets us draw a straight line between the Trapp Family and ‘the lad insane' David Bowie.  In 1977, Bowie was 'actively trying to normalize' his career.  Debilitating drug addiction and accusations of Nazi-sympathizing threatened to sink his earning potential, so it was a no-brainer for him to appear on Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas.  Crosby was a crooner and golden age Hollywood icon and seemed like a means to the end because, as Bowie said later, “my mom likes him.”  The promise by producers to promote the video for Bowie's single Heroes, fitting as poorly as it did in the middle of a holiday special, certainly didn't hurt either.  The special starred Crosby, his actual family, and stars of the day like the model Twiggy, who my mother has still not forgiven for coming along and making curvy, busty figures unpopular.     So Bing Crosby and David Bowie.  On paper, it made no sense.  But in reality…it made even less sense.  A negative amount of sense, if that's mathematically possible.  I mean, just look at this juxtaposition.  You can see the two together on the Vodacast app… Bowie arrived in a mink coat, an earring, and bright red lipstick….to appear alongside Bing Crosby.  Bowie agreed to producers' demands to tone his look down, but asked/begged the producers if there was anything else, anything at all, he could sing, letting them know in no uncertain terms that he hated the song.   "Ian Fraser, who co-wrote the 'Peace on Earth' portion, told The Washington Post in 2006. 'We didn't know quite what to do.' Instead of panicking, he and two other men working on the special — Buz Kohan and Larry Grossman — hunkered down at a piano in the studio basement and spent 75 minutes working up the tune.  Ever professionals, Bowie and Crosby perfected the new song in less than an hour."  It was that professionalism that actually brought the men together.  According to Crosby's daughter, Mary, who was 18 at the time and a big Bowie fan,  "Eventually, Dad realized David was this amazing musician, and David realized Dad was an amazing musician. You could see them both collectively relax and then magic was made."  Bonus fact: Mary went on to become an actress, starring in the hit TV show Dallas, but she isn't the only thespian the Crosby legacy produced.  Bing's granddaughter Denise will always have a place in my heart as Tasha Yar, first chief of security on the Enterprise D and if you don't know what I'm talking about, maybe *you're* not cool enough to sit with *us* at lunch.   The special was recorded in mid-September, but Crosby would not see it released.  He died of a massive heart attack after a day of golfing in mid-October, so the special was aired posthumously at the end of November in the U.S. and on Christmas Eve in England.  Bizarrely, The single proved to be one of Bowie's fastest-selling singles, selling over 250,000 copies within its first month and being certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry one month after its release.  And what does it say about me that I had to do a second take, beause I read it as British Pornographic Industry.  They certify very different records.  One thing that helped propel that success was the fledgeling Music Television network, which in its original primitive state actually played music videos.  When it launched in 1981, there weren't really enough videos to fill up an entire channel, so they played what they had, including the 'Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy' clip, a lot.  This prompted RCA to issue an official release in 1982 with the arbitrary single B-side of "Fantastic Voyage" from The Lodger album.  Bowie was annoyed with that move, contributing to his departure from the label soon after.  Still, it was a high-charting single for Bowie in the post-Scary Monsters era, at least until Let's Dance came out three months later.   And that's…So the question was “Do they know it's Christmas?”.  Since Ethiopia is ⅔ Christian, yes.  I'd go out on a limb and say even the ⅓ that's Muslim knows. But the important thing is that 100% of the royalties go to the cause, and that figure sits north of $250 million.  Among the luminary names involved was a pre-beard George Michaels.  This was in his Wham days when he also recorded the song you're hearing now.  Recognize it?  To anyone who just lost Whamageddon… [sfx laughter]  Worth it.  Just passing it on after Red from Overly Sarcastic took me out during a video last year.  For everyone else, as the nearest Gen-X'er.  Remember…Thanks..     And that's…So the question was “Do they know it's Christmas?”.  Since Ethiopia is ⅔ Christian, yes.  I'd go out on a limb and say even the ⅓ that's Muslim knows. But the important thing is that 100% of the royalties go to the cause, and that figure sits north of $250 million.  Among the luminary names involved was a pre-beard George Michaels.  This was in his Wham days when he also recorded the song you're hearing now.  Recognize it?  To anyone who just lost Whamageddon… [sfx laughter]  Worth it.  Just passing it on after Red from Overly Sarcastic took me out during a video last year.  For everyone else, as the nearest Gen-X'er.  Remember…Thanks..    Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/music/read/david-bowie-bing-crosby-and-the-story-of-the-strangest-christmas-duet-ever-1.5008343 https://theconversation.com/christmas-earworms-the-science-behind-our-love-hate-relationship-with-festive-songs-89268 https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/worst-christmas-songs-of-all-time/3/ https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/story-behind-the-christmas-song-paul-mccartneys-wonderful-christmastime/ https://www.songfacts.com/facts/paul-mccartney/wonderful-christmastime https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/637970/banned-christmas-songs-past https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chipmunk_Song_(Christmas_Don%27t_Be_Late) http://www.christmassongs.net/chipmunks-christmas-song https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Bagdasarian https://nowweknowem.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/david-sevilles-the-chipmunk-song-won-three-grammy-awards-today-in-1959-the-top-winner-at-the-inaugural-grammy-awards-now-we-know-em/ https://holidappy.com/holidays/History-of-Christmas-Carols-Little-Drummer-Boy https://www.newsweek.com/story-behind-bowie-bings-unlikely-holiday-duet-sends-welcome-message-divided-times-opinion-1478295

One of the most famous Christmas Duets of all time only exists because one of the singers wanted NO part of the original idea! Join Drew Savage as he takes you through the Christmas hit that is "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" Behind the Christmas Hits is presented by Best Buy.

Today we skip the banter and go straight into a playlist of holiday favorites. We hope this makes your Christmas that much more festive! Harry Connick Jr. – “Frosty The Snowman” from Harry For The Holidays (2003)Louis Armstrong & The Commanders – “Zat You, Santa Claus?” (1953)Duke Pearson – “Santa Clause Is Coming To Town” from Merry Ole Sole (1969)Johnny Mathis – “Sleigh Ride” from Merry Christmas (1958)Joel Paterson – “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” from Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar (2017)Bing Crosby / David Bowie – “Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy” (1978)Kelly Finnigan – “Santa’s Watching You” from A Joyful Sound (2020)Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – “Christmas In Tinseltown” from Whatchu’ Want For Christmas (1995)Wynton Marsalis – “Carol The Bells” from Crescent City Christmas Card (1989)Willie Nelson – “Pretty Paper” from Pretty Paper (1979)JD McPherson – “Ugly Sweater Blues” from Socks (2018)BB King – “Back Door Santa” from A Christmas Celebration of Hope (2001) Jimmy Smith – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” from Christmas’64 (1964)Lou Monte – “Dominick The Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey)” (1960)The Rosebuds – “I Hear (Click, Click, Click)” from Christmas Tree Island (2012)Elvis Presley – “Her Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)” from Elvis’ Christmas Album (1957)Johnny Cash – “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” from Classic Christmas (1980)James Brown & The Fabulous Flames – “Please Come Home For Christmas” from James Brown Sings Christmas Songs (1966)The Crystals – “Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers” from A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector (1963)Ella Fitzgerald – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” from Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas (1960)Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – “Silver Bells” from A Holiday Soul Party (2015)She & Him – “The Christmas Waltz” from It’s A Very She & Him Christmas (2011)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/SchizoMusic)

On this Christmas Eve, we look for brighter times and that there is light in the future, and hope, and love. In addition this podcast includes a beautiful song: Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy by the Duet of Bing Crosby and David Bowie

The Flaming Lips have recorded a lot of Christmas music, and Steven Drozd and I talk about why that makes sense for the psychedelic rock band as we talk about their Christmas output. He goes back to the version of “Little Drummer Boy” that they worked out in the van on the way to an in-store in Minneapolis and comes forward to 2019’s cover of David Bowie and Bing Crosby’s “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy” and his own “Christmas Snowflakes on the Autobahn,” which he describes as “Kraftwerk meets Mannheim Streamroller.” The conversation meanders to cover not only their output over the years including Atlas Eets Christmas, a project he initiated that was released under the name Imagene Peise. He talks about recording the title track with Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, and singer Wayne Coyne’s deep commitment to Christmas. We discuss the musical mystery that is Jackie Gleason, his feelings about Christmas on Mars, his podcast, Sorcerer's Orphan, and The Flaming Lips’ 24-hour Guinness World Record tour, which I covered for Spin. The Flaming Lips’ most recent album, American Head, is out now, and the band has scheduled socially distanced concerts on December 10 and 11 in Oklahoma City’s The Criterion, where 100 fans will watch from the space bubbles that Coyne employs to walk over the fans at concerts. The shows have sold out, but watch CriterionOKC.com for additional shows, and follow waynecoyne5 on Instagram in case additional shows are scheduled. For the occasion, Steven curated a Christmas music playlist, which you can find in the show notes and at TwelveSongsOfChristmas.com.  If you like this week’s show, subscribe or follow 12 Songs at Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and now, Pandora. For a musical record of 12 Songs so far that doubles as a solid soundtrack for the holidays, check out our “12 Songs of Christmas So Far” Spotify playlist. 

In light of the new remix of Lil Nas X's “Old Town Road” — now sporting rapper Young Thug and 12-year-old yodeling phenom Mason Ramsey — the Pop Shop takes a look at some favorite unlikely collaborations that became hits: from David Bowie and Bing Crosby on "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" to Mariah Carey and Ol' Dirty Bastard on "Fantasy." For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

87 It’s our Honda Days special live from the BSE Honda Days Party with DJ Crocodile Connery, Nerbert, and all your other favorites are in attendance. Luke talks about being engaged, tries to get Brian to watch a scary tape. Luke performs some Honda Days carols and a Honda Days rap. Then, we get snowed in, Santa pays us a visit, and we commit some desperate culinary acts.Every week Ghettoblaster feature writers (and dear cousins!) Brian LaBenne and Luke LaBenne bring you fresh new songs with the hopes of introducing you to some that you may consider to be the best song ever. Both Brian and Luke have no idea what songs the other has picked, so what you are hearing is their genuine reaction to listening to the songs together. Also, if you enjoy this episode, head to iTunes to subscribe and rate our podcast with the highest rating available to you.Songs Played on “Nogbert”Say Sue Me – Christmas, It’s Not a Biggie EP out now on DamnablyNight Flowers – 2,000 Miles out now on Bandcamp.Sufjan Stevens – Lonely Man of Winter out now on Asthmatic Kitty RecordsThe Beths – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas out now on Carpark RecordsThe LaBennes – Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy from Wish You A Merry Christmas!

It's a holly jolly podcast and we're celebrating with 6 festive music videos!Run-DMC - Christmas in HollisHall & Oates - Jingle Bell Rock"Weird Al" Yankovic - Christmas at Ground ZeroThe Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)The Killers - Don't Shoot Me SantaJack Black & Jason Segel - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy

Chris roasts chestnuts with Shannon Perez (Side Bitch, I Hope You Die, Strange Things Done in the Midnight Sun, New Shannon Perez Band). The #babeoftheyear is revealed, Chris gets socks, Shannon gets "crunk," and you get rock'n'roll for Christmas: Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today The Dickies - Silent Night They Might Be Giants - Santa's Beard Sloppy Seconds - Hooray For Santa Claus The Kinks - Father Christmas Lemuria - Home For the Holidays Joey Ramone - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Pansy Division - Homo Christmas Bouncing Souls / Weston - Do They Know It's Christmas Bing Crosby and David Bowie - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy

Track 13 - Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy (Duet with Jordan Chapman)