‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2023: #’s 30-21:
30. 29. 28. 27. 26. 25. 24. 23. 22. 21.
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2023: #’s 40-31
40. 'You don't like me then, you won't like me now.' 39. 38. 37. 36. 35. 34. 33. 32. 31.
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2023: #’s 50-41
This could be the best list I've ever put together. Not b/c the tunes were necessarily better this year, but because I listened to the tunes without the videos, and…
Song of the Day 12/25: Top 10 Most-Viewed Christmas Songs of the Day
According to one of those sketchy "favorite (noun) of every state" lists, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the most popular Christmas song in Delaware. Well,…
Song of the Day 12/24: Bruce Cockburn, “Cry of a Tiny Babe”
Most retellings of the nativity understandably dwell on the spiritual aspects. Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn went in another direction. I wanted to put it into terms people can relate to…
Song of the Day 12/23: John Prine, “Christmas in Prison”
In the five years I've been writing the Song of the Day feature, nobody has compiled more page views than John Prine. Prine loved Christmas – he told Rolling Stone…
Song of the Day 12/22: The Beach Boys, “Alone on Christmas Day”
You're probably familiar with "Little Saint Nick," the Beach Boys' tune about Santa's new hot rod. Alternate transporation for Santa was a popular theme back in the '50s and '60s,…
Song of the Day 12/21: Mannheim Steamroller, “Good King Wenceslas”
Mannheim Steamroller sounds like the name of a Krautrock outfit, but it's really mostly one guy, composer/producer Chip Davis, who would have a footnote in music history even without the…
Song of the Day 12/20: Seymour Swine and the Squeelers, “Blue Christmas”
Elvis Presley made this cowboy Christmas song a classic, but I can't listen to it without thinking of this porcine parody, which pretty much ruined Elvis' version for me. Yes,…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023
The media is having a newsgasm because Colorado's Supreme Court barred Trump from the ballot there, based on the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause. The appeal to SCOTUS will determine the…
Song of the Day 12/19: The Ronettes, “Sleigh Ride”
Here's another piece of evidence supporting the theory that time makes songs Christmas classics: The LP "A Christmas Gift for You from Phillies Records" was a flop when it was…
Song of the Day 12/18: Bing Crosby, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Melancholy is almost a standard quality in Christmas music, but only one song was so sad that it got banned from the radio. And it’s…
Song of the Day 12/17: Kiri Te Kanawa, “O Holy Night”
If you're not a church-goer you might not realize that, as pious as this song sounds, most Christian denominations do not have it in their hymnals. The reason is as…