January 4, 2025. First new song learned on my new instruments brought by Santa (at Christmas 2024, of course).
Lyrics and music by English folk singer Graham Moore (1995).
But my main reference, personally, is the English-Welsh folk band The Trials of Cato's version (2018)
(I wrote about them in this musical stroll).
8 January 2025
1. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (traditional) 0:00
2. Bells Over Belfast (The Irish Rovers) 2:59
3. It's a Terrifier Christmas (Dave Eggar, Jon and Al Kaplan) 6:50
Many people have played "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", which is an English traditional Christmas carol, listed as n°394 in the Roud Folk Song Index (thanks Wikipedia for the info), but here are my main personal references as far as this song is concerned: Nat King Cole's version (1960); The Chieftains' version (1991); The Irish Rovers' version (1999); and the version by Dave Eggar, Quilted Lunchbox and Teni Rane from the EP Blood Before Pride Presents: Tidings of Macabre Joy (2024), which is also featured in Damien Leone's movie Terrifier 3 (2024).
"Bells Over Belfast" comes from the album Songs of Christmas (1999) by the Irish Celtic folk band The Irish Rovers.
"It's a Terrifier Christmas" is a funny, Art the Clown-themed fake Christmas carol, by Dave Eggar, Jon and Al Kaplan, which is part of the soundtrack of Damien Leone's movie Terrifier 3 (2024).
The font for the titles is Lucida Handwriting (© 1991 Bigelow & Holmes Inc.).
11 January 2025. When you like folk songs, Christmas carols, funny songs AND horror movies...
The first one is "It's a Terrifier Christmas", a funny, Art the Clown-themed fake Christmas carol, by Dave Eggar & Jon & Al Kaplan, which is part of the soundtrack of Damien Leone's movie Terrifier 3 (2024).
The second one is "The Clown Café", de Jon & Al Kaplan — the folksy happy fake-ad song Leah Voysey performs in the nightmare scene in Damien Leone's movie Terrifier 2 (2022).
The first image is from my Christmas tree.
The second one is art (or, literally, "Art") by Em1rc4n (Deviant Art).
The font for the titles is "Massacre", by Norfok Incredible Font Design.
