Members stickboymusic Posted December 15, 2011 Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 Seeing as people are just posting their festive songs and its been suggested we put them all together..... ...well here's a place to do it! It's been a great year on here with some wonderful, talented people who have no problem sharing their time and knowledge Here's to the next year x x x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stickboymusic Posted December 15, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 This has been posted already but here it is again for the thread [video=youtube;H5N6SEsC-RE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted December 15, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 15, 2011 [video=youtube;N9vCgFqCFnM] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted December 15, 2011 Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 This is from the musical, It's Only Money, that I co-wrote with David Forrest in the late 1980s, early 90s. We did a staged reading in Waitsfield, VT in 1996, then lost touch for a while. He moved to San Diego, then Oregon, and we eventually hooked back up. When we did I suggested we write a sad Christmas song for a scene in the 2nd Act where Brandon and Marcy, the two kids of one of the main characters, Stacey Delora, a single mother, express their disappointment that she'll be on tour during the holidays. They have a very sweet and funny song in the first act (it got the biggest laugh of the night at our staged reading), but no song in the second. This is what we came up with. (I can't post the music until there's a credible recording available.) Last I heard, this show was set to debut next fall at a regional theater in Bend, OR. It Still Won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted December 15, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 15, 2011 That's Awesome, Lee ^. Great rhyming as well. Really great rhyming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stickboymusic Posted December 15, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 ^^^ agreed.... you do have a way with a lyric love the apparel-carol rhyme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted December 15, 2011 Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 ^^^ agreed.... you do have a way with a lyriclove the apparel-carol rhyme Hah! Thanks! The thing is, I don't think I invented that one. It's probably been done before, plenty of times. The ones I was proud of were "hemisphere/year" and "ribbon/fibbin'." LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stickboymusic Posted December 15, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 Hah! Thanks!The thing is, I don't think I invented that one. It's probably been done before, plenty of times.The ones I was proud of were "hemisphere/year" and "ribbon/fibbin'."LCK ribbon/fibbin is ace! im not aware that i've heard the other one before - must have passed me by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted December 15, 2011 Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 ...well here's a place to do it! I heartily concur!! One Christmas thread to rule them all. Candle In The Window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted December 15, 2011 Members Share Posted December 15, 2011 I smiled throughout. What a wonderful production. Merry Christmas to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marshal Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 Here's one from last year. [video=youtube;uK8MlIMQ1Vk] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 OK... I actually had nothing to do with this song, but I'm playing a gig with this band tomorrow... and it's a cool, original Christmas tune. http://summerfiction.bandcamp.com/track/christmas-eve-for-two-single?permalink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 Ahhhh...........nice. Nice guitar as well.......KG-14? Circa......late 30's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rickidoo Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 How Santa Plays Guitar LYRICS: I was standing on the corner waiting for a cabThe snow was falling thick like a Rockwell ad Holding my guitar going home from a gigLooking forward tucking in my sweet kids When suddenly I heard a jingle bell so nearSaw a red coated man with his eight reindeer He stopped his sled beside me and took off his capPlaced it carefully atop a big red sack =============================CHORUS:I'm lost I don't know where I amMy GPS went bonkers and Rudolf ranBut son, if you can just point out the north starI'll show you how Santa plays guitar============================ I wiped my glasses off I, couldn't believeThere was Santa Clause standing in front of me My hand was shaking as I aimed to show him true northAnd a smile came 'cross his face as he charted his course He looked at me and said son, I'm a man of my wordNow hand me that guitar AND I'll play the best you ever heard I gave him my guitar as he started to playThen the reindeer bobbed their heads and their jingle bells swayed (CHORUS) His fingers picked so fast I just, couldn't believeHe's the greatest guitar player, I ever did see My foot was a stamping to the beat as he played his tuneAnd the notes floated in the air like a cartoon When suddenly it ended over, just like thatHe gave me my guitar and made a jolly laugh Now you know how Santa plays guitar, he saidAnd with that flew away in his reindeer sled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 He looked at me and said son, I'm a man of my word Should be "I'm an elf of my word..." Once again, you've done a terrific job. I think there are some parts of the lyric that could be polished up a little, but it's a very nice little song. LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 He looked at me and said son, I'm a man of my wordShould be "I'm an elf of my word..."LCK No, No!!! - Santa can't be an elf. Santa is Santa, and elves are elves. The little 'helpers' who are actually in servitude to a deluded philanthropist who keeps them in isolation confined in a workshop at the North Pole. It's a feudal tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 I request channukah songs. You're on.......let's hear one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 No, No!!! - Santa can't be an elf. Santa is Santa, and elves are elves. The little 'helpers' who are actually in servitude to a deluded philanthropist who keeps them in isolation confined in a workshop at the North Pole. It's a feudal tale. Santa is referred to as a "jolly old elf" in the literature. (He's actually half-elven.) LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marshal Posted December 16, 2011 Members Share Posted December 16, 2011 Ahhhh...........nice. Nice guitar as well.......KG-14? Circa......late 30's? Thanks, Leonardo. It's a KG-11. 1934 or 35, as far as I can tell. I've changed pickups in it from the Baggs M1 in the video. Though the recording is done just acoustic in my Kitchen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted December 22, 2011 Members Share Posted December 22, 2011 [video=youtube;N-BZBhZqCOU] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stickboymusic Posted December 22, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2011 LENNY!! It's so cool to SEE you - made my xmas that! I want you to be my dad! Awesome Have a great xmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted December 22, 2011 Members Share Posted December 22, 2011 Here's my only Christmas song which I posted here a while ago for crit and changed based on responses from the people here - thank you all for that. Anyway, here's (as long as I have you) On Christmas Day: http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/3517436 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted December 22, 2011 Members Share Posted December 22, 2011 Here's one I collaborated with a friend on. It was his idea, he wrote and performed most of the verses, I wrote the one verse I do ("Christmas is coming on like an earthquake..."), and a third friend wrote and sang the chorus. I did all the music. It's part of friend I's annual Christmas compilation album. It's a rap song, the first I've had any thing to do with, and the first time I've ever rapped. It was a lot of fun, and a totally different way of thinking about putting a song together. Heartily recommended experience for all songwriters. Christmas is Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marshal Posted December 22, 2011 Members Share Posted December 22, 2011 A Very Lenny Christmas indeed ! ! ! ! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted December 22, 2011 Members Share Posted December 22, 2011 "Christmas" Very nice. LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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