Playlist Corner: Happy New Year!

HAPPY 2021!! As I'm sure you agree, may it be a safe, kinder new year.

But more specifically, in the words of Tony Camargo in El Año Viejo (I will never tire of this), I hope it brings you:

"a little goat,

a very black little mule,

a very white little mare,

and a nice mother-in-law."

You know - what really counts.

PLAYLIST NOTES

1) Ella Fitzgerald - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

2) The Specials - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

3) Tony Camargo - El Año Viejo

4) Bing Crosby - Let's Start The New Year Right

5) Jo-Ann Campbell - Happy New Year Baby

6) The Cast - Auld Lang Syne

A beautiful version with the likely original melody.

7) The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year

One of the most perfect songs. Tenderly and perfectly used in The Middle.

8) The Kinks - Skin and Bone

A joyful anti-Atkins, anti-New Year Resolutions song.

9) Charles Brown - Bringing in a Brand New Year

10) Waterson:Carthy - New Year Carol - Residue

11) Sam Cooke - I Wish You Love

12) Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro - Look Around the Corner

13) Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy New Year

14) Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - New Year's Resolution

15) Nina Simone - Feeling Good

16) The Walkmen - In the New Year

17) Regina Spektor - My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year)

#newyear #jazz #ska #Mexico #pop #rock #rhythmnblues #folk #soul

As New Year's celebrations kick off around the world, I just wanted to:

1) say HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
and 2) share my New Year's Playlist!

In the words of Tony Camargo in El Año Viejo (and I will never tire of this), I hope it brings you:

"a little goat,
a very black little mule,
a very white little mare,
and a nice mother-in-law."

You know - what really counts.

PLAYLIST NOTES

1) Ella Fitzgerald - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

2) The Specials - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

3) Tony Camargo - El Año Viejo

4) Jo-Ann Campbell - Happy New Year Baby

5) The Cast - Auld Lang Syne
A beautiful version with the likely original melody.

6) The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year
One of the most perfect songs. Tenderly and perfectly used in The Middle.

7) The Kinks - Skin and Bone
A joyful anti-Atkins, anti-New Year Resolutions song.

8) Charles Brown - Bringing in a Brand New Year

9) Waterson:Carthy - New Year Carol - Residue

10) Sam Cooke - I Wish You Love

11) Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro - Look Around the Corner

12) Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy New Year

13) Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - New Year's Resolution

14) Nina Simone - Feeling Good

15) The Walkmen - In the New Year

16) Regina Spektor - My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year)

On Spotify.
On Youtube.

Have a peaceful, kind New Year, everyone xxx

Recycling Is A Good Thing

One nice things about blogging again was to go through my old posts and not be entirely disappointed by what I found. I.e. enjoying reading my own stuff.

Yes, I know.

Anyway I found this post and realised how much I liked it, and decided to put it again here for your enjoyment and to celebrate the new year.

Self-publication has its advantages.


 January smells good....

...depending on where you are of course. If in Camden it smells a lot like urine and weed. But that's an aside. It feels good to write '01' in dates - like a brand new start. It feels fresh and crisp, and tastes refreshing, like a snowflake on the tongue.

So why is it so traditionally depressing?
I guess the post-Christmas period plus New Year's is a bit of a clue.
The double whammy of pressure to have a nice time with your family and buy presents, plus the all too soon frying-pan-in-the-face of the end of the year, forcing you to reassess how your numerous life plans have turned out. Badly, almost 100% of the time.

Time moves back into play after getting so deliciously out of focus during the holidays.

Credit cards look more threatening than they used to.
Bathroom scales definitely get more use.
Hope slowly crumbles.

Is it that it?

Maybe January needs another chance. After the month of December where it is (theoretically) all about other people we should remarket January as the Month of Me. Time to relax, reboot, use those thousands of bath products we were given over Christmas etc. Focus on oneself to give those new hopes the best chance of working.

2010 was a bit of strange year for me. 2011 might be worse. But then again it might be better.

Hope is less crumbly. Now it feels more chewy, like gum.




Resolution #1
Work on better metaphors.

http://tonra.com/

 

 

 

 

January smells good....

...depending on where you are of course. If in Camden it smells a lot like urine and weed. But that's an aside.

It feels good to write '01' in dates - like a brand new start. It feels fresh and crisp, and tastes refreshing, like a snowflake on the tongue.

So why is it so traditionally depressing?

I guess the post-Christmas period plus New Year's is a bit of a clue.
The double whammy of pressure to have a nice time with your family, buy presents, plus the all too soon frying-pan-in-the-face of the end of the year, which forces you to reassess how your numerous life plans have turned out.
Badly, almost 100% of the time.

Time moves back into play after getting so deliciously out of focus during the holidays.

Credit cards look more threatening than they used to.

Bathroom scales definitely get more use.
..
.
Hope slowly crumbles.


Is it that it?

Maybe January needs another chance. After the month of December where it is (theoretically) all about other people we should remarket January as the Month of Me. Time to relax, reboot, use the thousands of bath products we were given over Christmas etc. Focus on oneself to give those new hopes the best chance of working.

2009 was a bit of strange year for me. 2010 might be worse. But then again it might be better.

Hope is less crumbly. Now it feels more chewy, like gum.




Resolution #1
Work on better metaphors.

http://tonra.com/