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Dancing at the disco, bumper to bumper
Dec. 23rd, 2005 03:00 pmIt's Friday! It's about three o'clock! It's time to Boogie At Your Desk!
( You what? )
Today you are invited to Boogie At Your Desk (or Boogie Round The Christmas Tree if you're not in work) to:
Sultans of Ping F.C. - Xmas Bubblegum Machine
(If you don't want to download a file with an mp3 suffix, click here to get a zipped version.)
Well, you can't really Boogie to Fairytale Over New York which, as everyone knows, is about the only listenable Christmas hit there is. So instead we turn to the marvellous Sultans of Ping F.C. for our Christmas BAYD.
Xmas Bubblegum Machine is wildly out of tune, the bloke can't sing and the words don't make much sense. What more could you want from a Christmas tune ? It's a funky plastic rock and roll solution.
( Though I must admit I have begun to lose my faith in what the Sultans of Ping say )
I observed on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lnr's journal the other day that the Sultans of Ping are playing in London and a few other places in the UK next year. Annoyingly, they're doing it when I can't go, but I expect anyone who isn't involved in the rapper world to be there.
Since I don't own any Sultans of Ping stuff other than this single, I'm not sure what to recommend. However, the general rule seems to be that fineness of music is inversely correlated to length of name, so:
Sultans of Ping F.C. - very good
Sultans of Ping - ok-to-good
Sultans - quite poor
Incidentally, today I am listening to the best Christmas album in the world, ever. Please note, this is not the same as The Best Christmas Album In The World... Ever!, which is mistitled.
Mine is called Who's Got The Crackers? and its compiler instantly became my Designated Hero of the Week. It ranges through the Ramones, Elastica and Mogwai to Helen Love, Sparks and Half Man Half Biscuit, and contains absolutely no renditions of Frosty The Snowman. I love it.
( You what? )
Today you are invited to Boogie At Your Desk (or Boogie Round The Christmas Tree if you're not in work) to:
Sultans of Ping F.C. - Xmas Bubblegum Machine
(If you don't want to download a file with an mp3 suffix, click here to get a zipped version.)
Well, you can't really Boogie to Fairytale Over New York which, as everyone knows, is about the only listenable Christmas hit there is. So instead we turn to the marvellous Sultans of Ping F.C. for our Christmas BAYD.
Xmas Bubblegum Machine is wildly out of tune, the bloke can't sing and the words don't make much sense. What more could you want from a Christmas tune ? It's a funky plastic rock and roll solution.
( Though I must admit I have begun to lose my faith in what the Sultans of Ping say )
I observed on
lnr's journal the other day that the Sultans of Ping are playing in London and a few other places in the UK next year. Annoyingly, they're doing it when I can't go, but I expect anyone who isn't involved in the rapper world to be there. Since I don't own any Sultans of Ping stuff other than this single, I'm not sure what to recommend. However, the general rule seems to be that fineness of music is inversely correlated to length of name, so:
Sultans of Ping F.C. - very good
Sultans of Ping - ok-to-good
Sultans - quite poor
Incidentally, today I am listening to the best Christmas album in the world, ever. Please note, this is not the same as The Best Christmas Album In The World... Ever!, which is mistitled.
Mine is called Who's Got The Crackers? and its compiler instantly became my Designated Hero of the Week. It ranges through the Ramones, Elastica and Mogwai to Helen Love, Sparks and Half Man Half Biscuit, and contains absolutely no renditions of Frosty The Snowman. I love it.
