From the most recent MOJO sampler CD -- theme: some holiday in December -- here's perennially fresh as a daisy alt-rock funsters Superchunk and a thoroughly charming version of John Cale's great "Child's Christmas in Wales."
Cale's Paris 1919, from whence that song derives, is one of my favorite albums of all time, but I must confess until I heard the Superchunk cover it had never occurred to me that "Child's Christmas" could be done as a straight-ahead pop rocker with jangly guitars. Trust me, if I'd had that insight back in my 80s skinny-tie band days, I would now be annoying you with a poorly recorded live mp3 of yours truly singing the damn thing at some low dive somewhere.
Great guitar sound! Super jangle! Jangle all the way.
ReplyDeleteTrey
It's Superchunk - so virtually ANY song (from Motorhead to Mozart) can be done as a straight-ahead pop rocker with jangly guitars.
ReplyDeleteGreat tune!
ReplyDeleteSadly, we'll never know what a Steve-led Flo Mo treatment of this would be like, or what kind of edgy hilarious un-PC intro it would have unleashed. If only there really was a Wayback machine.
AP
OK you guys have made it entirely obvious that I need to acquire some Superchunk. Album recommendations?
ReplyDeleteThe two singles compilations, Tossing Seeds and Incidental Music, are a good place to start.
ReplyDeleteRIP Captain Beefheart.
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