Miscellaneous Blog, Merry Christmas

Hello,

Today's Christmas song of the day: "Carol of the Bells":

This may be hokey to some, but I think this is kind of cool:



Here's "Carol of the Bells" without all the extras:



This is another song by Trans-Siberian Orchestra, aka TSO to their fans, the following is a Christmas song that rocks. Enjoy:



101.9 The End in Salt Lake City is okay, however I already miss 101.9 Gen X radio. I laugh that again I heard The Counting Crows "Mr. Jones" today. That song must be played 10 to 15 times a day. For the benefit of 101.9, regardless of it's format is great or The End, here's a list of 10 other Counting Crows they can play besides "Mr. Jones".

Easily the best Counting Crows by a lot is "A Long December". Not only their best song but a Top 500 song. Also we are in the month of December, can that song be played please? Here's the Top Ten best Counting Crows songs in no particular order:

"A Long December"



"Rain King"



"Omaha"
"Round Here"



"Raining In Baltimore"
"Angel of the Silences"
"Perfect Blue Buildings"
"Einstein On A Beach"
"Big Yellow Taxi"
"Hanginaround"
"Anna Begins" and a bonus song,

"A Murder Of One"

To no one's surprise BSU beat Utah last night, although the score was closer than I expected 26-3. I had predicted that BSU wouldn't lose more than by 3 touchdowns, but that was only because of the unpredictability of college football. Utah's defense looked very solid. Unfortunately it looked like their receivers went to the BYU school of how to drop a great pass. Terrance Cain is going to get all the blame, but he doesn't deserve it. I don't care how good your quarterback it, it doesn't matter much if your receivers can't catch a ball.

I have to admit I had a bit of a chuckle this morning while watching Sports Center. Tonight's Poinsettia Bowl will still go on in spite of flooding. This stadium is next to the San Diego river "which overflows every time it rains hard". (Thanks to espn.com.) There wasn't more planning put into building this stadium? A majority of the parking lot is flooded and at last report there was about 10 inches of rain on the field. Strange.

Playing songs randomly on my iPod the last few days has brought some great songs to mind. Here's the highlights: 1) Jim Morrison's "The Movie":



2) "Outre Risque Locomotive" by Neneh Cherry. This video only has 196 views on youtube.com.



3) Dexy's Midnight Runner's "Come On Eileen"



4) Bowling For Soup's "1985". Not that anyone cares but that's the year I thankfully graduated high school. I relate to this song just a bit.



5) Tracy Chapman's "If Not Now":



Another great Tracy Chapman song, "For My Lover":



6) Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill":



Another great Peter Gabriel song, "Sledgehammer", instantly recognizable from the opening note.



7) Starship's "We Built This City":



8) It's time for a cheesy 80's video, Ozzy's "Shot In The Dark":



9) The Dixie Chicks "Sin Wagon": That's right she said mattress dancing!



10) Elvis' "A Little Less Conversation" (JXL mix), this song really rocks.



If you didn't know before why I loved 101.9 Gen X radio, I think you understand now.

themusicaddict