Archive for December 2006
I’ve cleared out the radio blog of old stuff and thrown in a whole bunch of (mostly) rock Christmas songs. They were chosen for different reasons, so it’s quite an assortment. Below you’ll find a list of them. Enjoy!
Band Aid – Do They Know Its Christmas
B.B. King and John Popper – Back Door Santa
Beach Boys - Auld Lang Syne
Beach Boys - I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
Beach Boys - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Beach Boys - We Three Kings of Orient Are
Blink 182 – I Won’t Be Home For Christmas
Blues Traveler – Christmas
Brian Setzer’s Orchestra – Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Bruce Springsteen – Merry Christmas Baby
Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Bryan Adams – Christmas Time
Chuck Berry – Run Rudolph Run
Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
Darlene Love – White Christmas
Eagles – Please Come Home For Christmas
Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby
Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas
Elvis Presley – Here Comes Santa Claus
Elvis Presley – Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me
Elvis Presley – Silver Bells
Eric Clapton – Christmas Tears
Eric Clapton and John Popper – Christmas Blues
Eve 6 – First Noel (I Like Christmas)
Jethro Tull – God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
Jimi Hendrix – Little Drummer Boy / Silent Night / Auld Lang Sang
John Lennon – Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)
Johnny Cash – Merry Christmas Mary
Johnny Cash – Christmas As I Knew It
Johnny Cash – The Christmas Guest
Johnny Cash – Silent Night
Jose Feliciano – Feliz Navidad
Kinks – Father Christmas
Luther Vandross – The Christmas Song
Luther Vandross – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Christmas Time Again
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Mannheim Steamroller, Still, Still, Still
Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas
Nat King Cole – Silent Night
No Doubt – Oi To The World
Pearl Jam – Let Me Sleep
Powder – Christmas Don’t Be Late
Pretenders - 2000 Miles
Pretenders – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Queen – Thank God It’s Christmas
Ray Charles – All I Want For Christmas
Ronettes – Frosty the Snowman
Ronettes – Sleigh Ride
Smashing Pumpkins – Christmas Time
Sting – I Saw Three Ships
Tom Petty – Little Red Rooster
Tom Petty – Christmas All Over Again
Tracy Chapman – O Holy Night
U2 – Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
The Boston Herald has published an article titled: “Latter-day Saints: A Look at the Mormon Church.”
They don’t do too bad a job until the very last line which states: “Cold drinks with caffeine are also forbidden.”
I wouldn’t hold that too much against them though. I grew up a Mormon and my parents were pretty strict about caffeine. So for many years I thought that we weren’t allowed to drink Coke and Pepsi. It wasn’t really until I served a mission that I observed Mormons drinking caffeinated sodas and learned that the subject was debatable.
NOTE: the linked article allows readers the opportunity to rate the article anywhere from one to five stars.
When people talk about the quintessential Mormon artists, there are two main names that come up: Arnold Friberg and Minerva Teichert.
Arnold Friberg is best known among Mormons for the painting reproductions that appear in just about every available copy of the Book of Mormon. His super-muscular heroic figure drawings are instantly recognizable. However, his artwork figured prominently in other important places as well. Fifteen of his paintings provided a basis for the costumes in Cecil B. DeMille’s famous movie “The Ten Commandments.”
You can read biographies of him here, here , here and here.
During the past ten years or so, Minerva Teichert’s artistic presence in the lives of Mormons has exploded. Her artworks are found in chapels, temples, church magazines and books, church museums, church university campuses (particularly BYU), books, etc. Her impressionistic style is also instantly recognizable to anyone familiar with her work.
You can read biographies of her here, here, here , here and here.
So I feel inspired to run another poll.
Note: A massive “Mormon Cultural Tournament” is taking place over at BCC: and admittedly this poll is inspired by the fact that a number of commenters expressed ignorance of Minerva Teichert’s identity. Shocking. Really.