What are you listening to?

[Syt]

My Christmas break has officially begun - 2 and a half weeks off before jumping back into the fray.

As s tradition, Chuck Billy (Testament)'s rendition of Silent Night (artists: Chuck Billy · Scott Ian Rosenfeld · Jon Donais · Chris Wyse · John Tempesta).

Still the best metal Christmas album.

[Duque de Bragança]

Makes me think of this cover of the famous francophone Christmas carol:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_est_né,_le_divin_Enfant

[Syt]

There's a number of metal bands who like to go 70s retro with their stylings, but kudos to Castle Rat for going that one bit further:

[Duque de Bragança]

Tribute to Brigitte Bardot, by Therion.

Initials B.B

[mongers]

'Under Milk Wood'  A Play for Voices, first voice being Richard Burton's - This is the 1963 recording with a new cast by the producer of the 1954 original; marvellous.   

[Savonarola]

Various Artists - Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977)

When I was in high school The Bee Gees had become something of a comic reminder of the excesses or silliness of the 70s along with mood rings, bell bottoms, pet rocks, avocado colored appliances, eight tracks, Muskrat Love, The Gong Show and that shag carpeting you had to rake.  I wouldn't discover that they had a whole career before becoming the Kings of Disco until much later.  While disco will never be my favorite genre, today I must admit that their disco songs are catchy and the Brothers Gibb could write a hit.  (I do prefer their previous work if nothing else for its sheer weirdness.)

There are other artists on the album, including KC and the Sunshine Band, Kool and the Gang and the Trampps and several others who sing Bee Gee's compositions.  There are some really bad ideas on the album like disco versions of Night on Bald Mountain and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and some of the instrumentals go on wa-a-ay too long (especially Calypso Breakdown.)  Still I think it's a good album overall. 

[Admiral Yi]

SNF also features Yvonne Ellimon singing "If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby."  She also played Mary Magdelene in Jesus Christ Superstar.

My bunkie has been trying to get me to KC and the Sunshine Band.  That was a whole lot of funk for a white boy, but did he have to write the same song three times?