the most beautiful Christmas song of the decade: Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes)

[selinker]

What: Harvey Danger's disaffected Christmas song "Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes)."

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Why: In this entry, I failed to include a single song from the current millennium. (The latest was from 1993. Santa needs to bring me a short-term memory.) I'll rectify that by talking up a stellar carol by Seattle's beloved sons, Harvey Danger

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[selinker]

Not considered for inclusion, but highly appreciated nonetheless, was Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name", which this year waged a successful fan-based battle to unseat the latest yuletide dreck from Simon Cowell's The X Factor machine atop the UK Christmas charts. Now that's the Christmas spirit at work.

[selinker]

Fantastic!!

-Josh

[rubrick]

He probably got tired of people asking why he deserved to be in the Traveling Wilburys.

[selinker]

One poorly mailed royalty check from Xanadu makes it all better, I expect.

[anonymous]

I'm undecided on the most beautiful Christmas song, but this Christmas I had the pleasure of watching the most beautiful Christmas movie: "Joyeux Noel". It's a true story about a group of people attempting to be human and sane in the midst of very inhuman and insane activities. I can't think of a more appropriate Christmas theme than that!

Still dreaming of being a spiky-haired rock star,

-Josh

[selinker]

Wow, that really does sound good. The Christmas Truce is a fascinating event.

[anonymous]

Hold everything - I just thought of a newer song that I heard for the first time this Christmas. I bet you never thought you'd hear this one done as a punk cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az_X4K_Yf04

-Josh

[selinker]

My favorite version of the Hallelujah Chorus is certainly the three-part harmony version by the Roches.

[anonymous]

Beautiful!

-Josh

[creedmore]

You know, I know that movie-house that this was filmed in:
It's the 'Grand Illusion' - the oldest indy filmhouse in Seattle.
Only reason I know this is because I've got some friends that volunteer there. It's a nice place, full of charm and with friendly staff - and they are always showing something interesting.
If you're in the Puget Sound/Seattle area, it's worth going to for an evening out - best $6 you could spend.

~ C

P.S. - Another great song/video by Harvey Danger: Morally Centrailia. Should be up on YouTube still.

P.S.S. - This is a great journal, Selinker, keep up the good work!

[selinker]

You know, when I typed "Guild 45th," I was thinking of the Grand Illusion. I've seen many movies there. (Though not on Christmas.) So I'll modify the column accordingly.

P.S. I hadn't seen the video for "Moral Centralia," but it's good enough that I'm adding it to the column. Wow, two changes from one comment.

P.S.S. Thanks! (No changes for that.)