Met deze drie geweldige artiesten moet dat toch lukken!
woensdag 24 december 2025
maandag 16 december 2024
zondag 15 december 2024
zaterdag 14 december 2024
vrijdag 13 december 2024
donderdag 12 december 2024
Kersttip #04: The Teskey Brothers - Highway Home For Christmas
I've been away
For a month of Sundays
December almost gone
I've been working hard
Been making my bread
But a month is far too long
Don't have a hundred million
But I got presents for the children
Gonna keep my promise true, yeah
Heavy is my heart
Plowing through the gentle snow
Racing to get home to you
Denver to Chicago
Load it up with cargo
Tryna get home to you
I'm tryna get home
Tryna get home
I'm running outta gas
But I don't wanna stop
My eyes growing heavy
Gas station coffee
Taste bittersweet
But keeps my hands steady
I keep my appetite
Christmas morning
Baked ham and [?]
Keep my eyes on the road
As I fight for your man
To see the children with their brand new toys
Denver to Chicago
Load it up with cargo
Tryna get home to you
Oh, please don't wake the children
In the morning if they're dreaming
I'll be coming home to you
(I'll be coming, I'll be coming home)
Yeah, I will be your little drummer boy
I will be your little drummer boy
Highway got me seeing double lines
Highway got me losing my mind
Denver to Chicago
Loaded up with cargo
Tryna get home to you
Running miles down the highway
Staying [?]
I'll be coming home to you
(I'll be coming, I'll be coming home to you)
But please don't wake the children
In the morning if they're dreaming
I'll be coming home to you
The only present that I desire
Is to hold you by the fire
I'll be coming home to you, yeah
I'll be coming home to you, yeah
I'll be coming, I'll be coming home, hey
I'll be coming home to you
I'll be coming, I'll be coming home
woensdag 11 december 2024
Kersttip #03: Tom Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
Living on 9th Street
Right above a dirty bookstore
Off Euclid Avenue
I stopped taking dope
And I quit drinking whiskey
And my old man plays the trombone
And works out at the track
He says that he loves me
Even though its not his baby
He says that he'll raise him up
Like he would his own son
And he gave me a ring
That was worn by his mother
And he takes me out dancin'
Every Saturday night
Hey Charlie, I think about you
Every time I pass a fillin' station
On account of all the grease
You used to wear in your hair
I still have that record
Of Little Anthony and The Imperials
But someone stole my record player
Now how do ya like that?
Hey Charlie, I almost went crazy
After Mario got busted
I went back to Omaha
To live with my folks
But everyone I used to know
Was either dead or in prison
So I came back to Minneapolis
This time I think I'm gonna stay
Hey Charlie, I think I'm happy
For the first time since my accident
I wish I had all the money
We used to spend on dope
I'd buy me a used car lot
And I wouldn't sell any of 'em
I'd just drive a different car every day
Dependin' on how I feel
Hey Charlie, for chrissakes
Do you want to know the truth of it?
I don't have a husband
He don't play the trombone
I need to borrow money
To pay this lawyer
And Charlie, hey
I'll be eligible for parole
Come Valentine's Day
dinsdag 10 december 2024
Kersttip #02: Ry Cooder - Christmas Time This Year
I'm so glad it's Christmas time this year
But they'll be going back to war again I fear
Can't they stay for Christmas time this year
Now Johnny ain't got no legs and Billy ain't got no face
Do they know it's Christmas time this year?
Tommy looks about the same but his mind is gone
Does he know it's Christmas time this year?
When is Santa coming 'round 'cause I got some requests
I bet he knows it's Christmas time this year
Military personnel might not be on his list
Don't he know it's Christmas time this year
All I want is two good arms so I can hold my kids
Then they'll know it's Christmas time this year
I'd like a mouth so I can kiss my honey on her lips
Then she'll know it's Christmas time this year
Because it's Christmas time, Christmas time,
Yes it's merry Christmas time
Everybody stand up tall and cheer
Our children will be coming home in plastic bags I fear
And then we'll know it's Christmas time this year
Thank you Mr. President for your kind words and deeds
There's just one thing I'd like for you to hear
Take this war and shove it up your Crawford, Texas ass
And then you'll know it's Christmas time this year
maandag 9 december 2024
Kersttip #01: Zucchero - Astro del Ciel (Silent Night)
Brilla la notte
Tutto è calmo, tutto è d'or
Questa notte sei sceso tra noi
Nella neve, tu mistico fior
Luce dona alle genti
Pace infondi nei cuor
Silent night
Tutto tace intorno a noi
Tu che hai visto nel pianto il dolor
E per mano i soldati tornar
Glory glory alleluja
Pace infondi nei cuor
Oh Christmas light
Questo inverno passerà
Tu che hai visto nel pianto il dolor
Verso casa i soldati tornar
Luce dona alle genti
Pace infondi nei cuor
Luce dona alle genti
Pace infondi nei cuor
Pace infondi nei cuor
dinsdag 19 december 2023
Kerst met Bob
Net als het kerstalbum Have Yourself A Rockin' Little Christmas van Lucinda Williams is dit zo'n album voor echte speciale gelegenheden. De visite is de deur uit en met een glaasje whisky nog even Kerst van een rauw randje voorzien........... Even dat hele brave weg laten glijden. Die whisky mag dan best een stoere Islay zijn..........
zaterdag 24 december 2022
Fijne Kerstdagen
donderdag 16 december 2021
Lucinda's Kerst
Eerder blogde ik al een over de speciale serie albums die Lucinda Williams tijdens de lockdown heeft gemaakt. Onder de naam Lu's Jukebox zijn er zes albums gemaakt met een eigen thema.
Een van die thema's is Kerst en die plaat verscheen vorige maand om op tijd voor de feestdagen in de winkels te krijgen.
Het is absoluut een echte Kerstplaat maar verwacht geen zoete meezingers. Lucinda - en we zijn niet anders van haar gewend - gaat gewoon lekker haar eigen gang. Dus naast wat meeslepende ballads wordt er zo nu en dan ook even flink op los gerockt met prima gitaarwerk.
Eigenlijk is dit de perfecte plaat als je even klaar bent met opzitten en pootjes geven. Als het strikje aan het eind van de dag echt je keel uithangt. Als de plichtplegingen achter de rug zijn en................dan schenk je een mooi glaasje Ardbeg in en geniet je nog even van Kerst met Lucinda.
Lekkere Kerstplaat met een subtiel rauw randje en daardoor een vleugje rebels.........
dinsdag 7 december 2021
Norah Jones - I Dream of Christmas
zaterdag 26 december 2020
Kerst 2020
Na 10 dagen mierzoete Kerstplaten was ik wel even toe aan iets anders.
Het tweede album van Led Zeppelin blijft toch wel de geboorte van de Hard Rock. Het laat vooral mooi zien hoe de transitie vanuit de Blues Rock heeft plaatsgevonden. Naast het brute Whole Lotta Love en het stevige Heartbreaker staat er het beroemde Moby Dick op. Het nummer waar drummer Bonham bij live optredens helemaal maar dan ook helemaal los ging. Mooi stukje Blues mondharmonica ook aan het eind.
maandag 21 december 2020
Kerstplaten
Kerst als moment van opzitten en pootjes geven gaat aan mij echt voorbij. Kerst als moment aan het eind van het jaar voor enige bezinning is prima.
- Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas
- Elvis Presley – diverse Kerstalbums
- Dolly Parton - A Holly Dolly Christmas
- Weezer - A Weezer Christmas
- Carpenters, 'Christmas Collection'
- James Brown - James Brown's Funky Christmas
- Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas
- Barbra Streisand - A Christmas Album
- Neil Diamond - The Christmas Album
- Nat King Cole, 'The Christmas Song'
- Johnny Cash – Diverse albums
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas
- Bing Crosby - White Christmas
- Louis Armstrong and Friends - The Best of Christmas Songs
- Ray Charles - The Spirit of Christmas
- The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
- Chicago - XXV The Christmas Album
- James Taylor at Christmas
- Carrie Underwood - My Gift
- Diana Krall – Christmas Songs
- Gwen Stefani - You Make It Feel Like Christmas
- Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again
- Canned Heat – Christmas Album'
- Lynyrd Skynyrd, 'Christmas Time Again'
- Eric Clapton - Happy Xmas
- Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby
- Robbie Williams - The Christmas Present
- The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection
- Beach Boys - Beach Boys' Christmas Album
- Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra
- Bob Dylan - Christmas in the Heart
- B.B. King - A Christmas Celebration of Hope


