A Twisted Christmas is the sixth and final studio album by American heavy metal group Twisted Sister, with the band releasing it in October 2006. The album features classic Christmas songs performed in metal versions, often featuring lyrical changes. Holiday carol “O Come All Ye Faithful”, which heavily inspired the band’s popular song “We’re Not […]
A Pirate Stole My Christmas
This is the latest release from Ye Banished Privateers who are are a pirate band from Umea, Sweden. Their songs are inspired by traditional Irish and Scandinavian folk music and their lyrics are mostly based on events that happened in the 17th and 18th century. During their shows they portray a crew of pirates, wearing […]
Christmas In The Heart
As promised, today we begin a new theme – Unusual Chrismas Albums. Not I realise that it is quite common for an artiste to produce a collection of well worn Christmas songs at this time of year, just to separate their fans from their hard earned cash. However, occasionally something unusual emerges from the studio. […]
Dreaming 8 – White Christmas
I am finally putting a stop to the series on Dreams and Dreaming by bringing together the best versions of “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas’. This will serve as a marker for the start of a new series on Christmas Albums. So, let’s dream together for the last time. “White Christmas” is an Irving […]
Dreaming 7
So, another interesting selection of songs about Dreams and Dreaming. For today we have reached back in time to find some real classics. I’ll See You in My Dreams” is a song, composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn, and published in 1924. It was recorded in December that year, by Isham Jones […]
Dreaming 6
Just when you thought it was safe to back into the blog, along somes another collection of songs about ‘Dreams and Dreaming’ – will it never end. “Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)” is a song written by Cindy Walker which was first recorded and released by Roy Orbison originally as a non-album single […]
Dreaming 5
The ‘almost’ final post about dreams and dreaming has arrived. I am sure that there are untapped riches still to be discovered, so let’s dig in and see what we can find. “Army Dreamers” is a 1980 song, the third and final single to be released from the album Never For Ever, by Kate Bush. […]
Dreaming 4
I never dreamt that we would still be dreaming after four days but such is the songwriter’s fascination with the world of dreams that nnothing seems to stop them creating new music on a regular basis. So here we go again! “Dreaming” is a song by American band Blondie. Released in 1979, the song was […]
Dreaming 3
The more I research I undertook on music connected to dreams and dreaming the more songs etc I discovered. so here we go with Dreaming 3, the sequels, sequel. “Dream Lover” is a 1959 song written by Bobby Darin. Darin recorded his composition in March 1959. It was produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler […]
Dreaming 2
As promised, today we return to the world of dreams and dreaming for another collection of songs. “Daydream Believer” is a song composed by American songwriter John Stewart shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. It was originally recorded by the Monkees, with Davy Jones singing the lead. The single reached No. 1 on the […]