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When it comes to great Christmas albums, for me a front-runner is "The Bells of Dublin" by Irish folk music group The Chieftains and some of their collaborators. My parents (who are, like me, both left-wing Christians) have a well-loved CD copy that has some "skips" from lots of play. I'm pretty sure my dad had the cassette version from 1991 until recently, it might have gotten disposed of during some spring cleaning.
Why is it good? Well, it features a great mix of new and old music, as well as religious and secular songs. There are bells ringing in a cathedral, and there's an original Elvis Costello song about poisoning your relatives the day after Christmas. There's multiple versions of a song about hunting a wren, and an English/Latin mashup about eating a boar's head.
Amid all these great songs, there's one that I think is...pretty terrible, and the juxtaposition of it with the good ones just makes it look more terrible. Below the cut (for religious/political discussion), screwed-up digressions about how my mind works.
( 'The Rebel Jesus' by Jackson Browne )
On the upside, the accompaniment with the Irish music is very nice??
Why is it good? Well, it features a great mix of new and old music, as well as religious and secular songs. There are bells ringing in a cathedral, and there's an original Elvis Costello song about poisoning your relatives the day after Christmas. There's multiple versions of a song about hunting a wren, and an English/Latin mashup about eating a boar's head.
Amid all these great songs, there's one that I think is...pretty terrible, and the juxtaposition of it with the good ones just makes it look more terrible. Below the cut (for religious/political discussion), screwed-up digressions about how my mind works.
( 'The Rebel Jesus' by Jackson Browne )
On the upside, the accompaniment with the Irish music is very nice??
