Sunday, December 14, 2008

Track of the Day : Donny Hathaway - "This Christmas" (1972)




I hate christmas songs, except when Donny Hathaway is singing.
This is a 1972 track written by Hathaway and Nadine McKinnor. After he committed suicide in 1979, The Whispers wrote "A Song For Donny" using the chords and melody with new lyrics. While that one's a little cheesy for me, this one is the only Xmas song I can handle. "This Christmas" has apparently been murdered by a few Idol contestants recently, but the original's still a great track.

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Still busy and unable to blog properly here, but thanks for still dropping by!
The current craziness finishes next week and I can start to treat you with more Harold Vick, Renee Geyer, Don Burrows, East Coast and more ...

If anyone's in Sydney this afternoon, drop in for below, I'll be the sleepy looking guy on keyboards ...

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12 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 14, 2008 at 12:49 PM

    Thanks!

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  2. cheebaDecember 14, 2008 at 2:10 PM

    Ah yes, Donny's "This Cgristmas" is one of the few xmas trax I can still choke down... Damn that man was a wonderful singer

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  3. ishDecember 14, 2008 at 11:39 PM

    Agreed with the sentiment... this is the only xmas song I can listen to, maybe with the sometime exception of Rotary Connection's Peace album.

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  4. avocado kidDecember 16, 2008 at 2:16 PM

    fsking christmas music...

    When I was a teen I worked at a shopping center...during the winter they had christmas muzak on an endless loop. Horrible.

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  5. the amBASSadorDecember 20, 2008 at 11:23 AM

    i feel you regarding the x-mas music, but here's my solution and I think you might like it as well:
    www.soulspectrum.blogspot.com

    -allen

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  6. AnonymousDecember 25, 2008 at 5:11 PM

    yeah, i really love this song, thx for providing it in perfevt quality..nice xmas ; )

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  7. taro nombeiDecember 26, 2008 at 4:15 AM

    Hi Simon,
    We're big fans of Donny too over here...
    Christmas greetings from Tokyo,
    TN

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  8. Simon666December 29, 2008 at 2:40 PM

    Thanks for the comments guys.
    Dec 29th and I can STILL listen to this, which is the ultimate test :)

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  9. email@kontakt.czDecember 31, 2008 at 12:18 AM

    Talking about Christmas songs, how about James Brown's funky Xmas album? That is surely a worthy competitor for Donny! Just listen to "Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto", for example:

    http://ifile.it/dwx0vo3

    Radek

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  10. Simon666March 7, 2009 at 1:49 PM

    Another Donny Hathaway track from the "Extensions of a Man" sessions of 1973, but not included on the album :
    go here

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  11. alphabetNovember 26, 2009 at 3:37 AM

    Fantastic song!! Brings back plenty of great childhood memories, thanks simon

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  12. Simon666November 26, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    you're welcome, alphabet :)

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