To categorize this song by using it’s very own lyrics, I would like to go as far as to say that “it is a supernatural delight”. After re-listening to the intro of this song I have been motivated to add a new item to my list of things before I die. I want to be able to play this on the piano.
I don’t know of any other songs by this band (perhaps you can enlighten me)… but in the meantime just jam out to this song by King Harvest.
Any song with a children’s choir is going to rank high in the sing-along-ability category. It just does. This Christmas tune from legendary Beatles member, John Lennon, is no exception.
Each year I kind of adopt a song as my Christmas anthem. It’s the one I long to here while I’m driving in my car and listening to the local “continuous Christmas” station, and the one Christmas song I purchase on iTunes (because I usually delete all Christmas music from my computer somewhere around February). Nonetheless, enjoy this jam by John Lennon and get ready to embrace the holiday spirit.
I will leave you with the wise word of Buddy the Elf: “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” -Elf (favorite, new classic Christmas movie)
Even if a few bars of this song are started, I have not been around a group of people who can’t finish this beloved tune. (There were some serious double negatives happening in that last sentence…) What I’m trying to say is that this jam is somewhere in the top 10 for sing-alongability for my friends and I. You can’t not love it 😉
The song was first brought to my attention by JP Walker and the Forum snowboard team in their video True Life. The credits to the video consisted of a silly bunch of pro snowboarders making a music video to this Biz Markie classic. You wouldn’t generally associate this song with snowboarding, but it definitely made this video and has since inspired many other lovers of the snow (like my friends over at A Good Reed [check them out]).
If this is the first time you have heard this song I am sorry and elated at the same time. Sorry to know that you have gone this long without the knowledge of this amazing chorus, and elated that I am the one who gets to bring it to your attention.
When my wife was in high school she won back-to-back-to-back championships with her gymnastics team. In the same way that this feat was both unthinkable and awesome, my 3-in-a-row SaS creates a similar sentiment. Enjoy.
I started listening to Ben Kweller the same way I listen to any new music. My little sister tells me too. What can I say? She knows what I like (or should like). In this week of Thanksgiving, I give thanks to her and her ability to consistently tell me what music I like. (thanks Makrai!)
Ben Kweller’s “Falling” is our song of the week for it’s catchy piano tune, and the way it makes you want to sing at the top of your lungs. If you have any music ability in your body, I would recommend that you learn this one on the piano. Simple, yet fun.
And yes, I’m posting this while it’s still Sunday.
One of my favorite characteristics of a great song is it’s sing-along-ability. Every sunday I will post a new song that I feel epitomizes this quality and encourage you to join with me in singing aloud and celebrating music.
This is one of the first songs I heard from the outstandingly outlandish band ‘The Flaming Lips’. Needless to say, it left me wanting to hear more of there music and had me singing ‘yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah’ for the next week straight. Enjoy this Sing-along Sunday and feel free to let this be the anthem for your week. I know it will be mine.