It was great to have this download available about this time last year, just in time for Christmas! We kept my 8 year old grandson over the weekend, and I played the iTunes Sessions EP for him on the way to school this morning. It made me think it was as good of a time as any to start wishing everyone on the Forum a hopeful and renewing holiday season!
My Morning Jacket - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz0e5dXygUs#)
My Morning Jacket - When the Bells Start Ringing (feat The Head and The Heart) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFStWXMqRc4#)
My Morning Jacket - Welcome Home (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MArAOrEtkQs#)
My Morning Jacket - Wonderful (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kViVoPlWQ4#)
Happy happies to you and yours!
My Morning Jacket - Xmas Time Is Here Again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weiTAW1K7ik#)
Quote from: Mr. White on Dec 03, 2012, 10:37 PM
My Morning Jacket - When the Bells Start Ringing (feat The Head and The Heart) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFStWXMqRc4#)
In my dang head
all year... (and esp. so now....) Sleighs me. (pun entirely intended, sry) :rolleyes:
It now always reminds me of so many warm fuzzy things, like the sweetness ImTheDude and his wife had to send me the album, and the feeling when I was at work Christmas Eve last year and decided upon hearing my grandma's voicemail saying she misses me for Christmas... to drive 7 hours home straight from work in the night and surprise everyone for Christmas morning :lipsrsealed: Listened to it half the way home, at least!!! (http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/smileys/th_emoticon_Heart.gif)(http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/smileys/th_emoticon_Heart.gif)
But the part that gets me most is the "Blue Ridge Mountain home"..... I'm 2 years into my Blue Ridge Mountain home, and the timing was just so perfect
Hope everyone has wonderful holidays overflowing with warm fuzzy memories!!! :kiss: Thanks for sharing these, Mr. White!
Thank you for posting those, Mr. White. They totally made me cry, and miss my dad, but in a good way...in a way that I had forgotten to remember, but never want to forget.
Home is like that...no matter how far away you are, it's always right there with you...reminding you of what true love is.
Happy Christmas and Hanukkah to everyone. I hope your holidays are filled with the gifts of love, peace and happiness.
And for the record, this band needs to stop making me cry so much. It's pretty embarrassing to have people walking in the room while you have headphones on, and witness you weeping like a tiny schoolgirl. :cry: :cry: :thumbsup:
Quote from: MamaKel on Dec 03, 2012, 11:29 PM
Thank you for posting those, Mr. White. They totally made me cry, and miss my dad, but in a good way...in a way that I had forgotten to remember, but never want to forget.
Home is like that...no matter how far away you are, it's always right there with you...reminding you of what true love is.
Happy Christmas and Hanukkah to everyone. I hope your holidays are filled with the gifts of love, peace and happiness.
Yes. I know what you mean. As I get older, fewer and fewer of the ones that mean the most to us are with us anymore. It really makes you feel. When I first got the iTunes Session EP last year, I transfered it to a CD and added on most of the songs from the set Jim did on WFPK 91.9 FM on 2001-12-25 (from Internet Archives). It flows together well.
Here is the link to the page, if you don't have it yet or can't find it anymore.
"http://archive.org/details/mmj2001-12-25.WFPK"
(hope you don't mind; I fixed the link. - johnnYYac) :thumbsup:
Wow, thank you so much!!! You're like the Forum's version of Clarence from "It's A Wonderful Life"!!!
I hated Christmas music for a while...mostly because I worked in places that would play THE WORST Christmas music on repeat. (aka George Michael "Last Christmas, I gave you my heart). But I think in reality, I might have just been kinda Grinch-y about it. Thank you so much for giving me a reason to genuinely like it again!
Quote from: Mr. White on Dec 03, 2012, 11:54 PM
When I first got the iTunes Session EP last year, I transfered it to a CD and added on most of the songs from the set Jim did on WFPK 91.9 FM on 2001-12-25 (from Internet Archives). It flows together well.
Here is the link to the page, if you don't have it yet or can't find it anymore.
"http://archive.org/details/mmj2001-12-25.WFPK"
(hope you don't mind; I fixed the link. - johnnYYac) :thumbsup:
I did the same thing last year! Mixing those two recordings, from a decade apart, to your liking makes the best X-Mas album ever!
Thanks for fixing the link to the Internet Archives page with Jim at WFPK, John! I still have a bit of a difficult time figuring out all the tricks to posting stuff.
Here is another from My Morning Jacket Does Christmas Fiasco Style.
My Morning Jacket - Santa Claus Is Back in Town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-k7p79648s#)
Nice! I was just thinking how I needed to dig all three of these beautiful works out real soon. Thanks!
Please Come Home for Christmas is my favorite one off of that iTunes session. Could not find the youtube link though. So good!
I'm about 11 days late for this one, but I just found it today. I think it was SaraBananaBear who originally posted the link to the whole podcast, but I couldn't find it. Anyway, I don't think this has been posted anywhere yet.
Jim James from the 2nd Annual Probably Not Christmas Podcast Special
Probably Not Xmas Special - Jim James (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inGWlOK_-2g#ws)
It might just give us a preview of what parts of his new solo shows could sound like...might.
I may be a littttttle biased here, but I really don't think any band does Christmas music better.
MMJ makes every Christmas cover they play sound better, and "Xmas Time Is Here" is the best original Christmas song written since before Phil Spector went nuts. Really don't understand why that song isn't more widely accepted as a Christmas standard. For the lack of a better term, it's the most fucking beautiful Christmas song I've ever heard. Not a tinge of commercialism or phony sentimentalism, it's just perfect.
I'd like to raise a holiday toast to My Morning Jacket, for allowing me to play a shitload of my favorite band on every holiday mix I've ever created. Hear, hear!
I know my favorite is Christmas must be tonight from the ITunes album. I know it's a The Band original, but so what, the MMJ version is the best Christmas song there is.
Agreed, "Christmas must be tonight", IS THE best Christmas song EVER, and I hate to call you on this one, but NO ONE comes close to the soulful sound of Rick Danko belting it out with Levon and Richard Manuel backing and harmonizing with him. PERIOD!
I'm referring to the version on The Band:A musical history(disc 5) or The Band's "Islands" album.
Obviously this is the version Jim and the boys are covering. MMJ does one hell of a job covering this song, and it's one of the BEST covers I've ever heard. But to say it's better than THE BAND is false. Sorry my friend and with all due respect, but there's a reason they are called THE BAND...
Ha, yeah that was an aggressive statement. That was whiskey spence talking. Re-wetting drops is actually the best Christmas song ever.
Quote from: tippitoes22 on Dec 07, 2013, 06:33 AM
Agreed, "Christmas must be tonight", IS THE best Christmas song EVER, and I hate to call you on this one, but NO ONE comes close to the soulful sound of Rick Danko belting it out with Levon and Richard Manuel backing and harmonizing with him. PERIOD!
I'm referring to the version on The Band:A musical history(disc 5) or The Band's "Islands" album.
Obviously this is the version Jim and the boys are covering. MMJ does one hell of a job covering this song, and it's one of the BEST covers I've ever heard. But to say it's better than THE BAND is false. Sorry my friend and with all due respect, but there's a reason they are called THE BAND...
I found these on quickhick's YouTube channel.
Here is Jim singing "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" from the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony back on December 9, 2010. I had recorded it off of our local KET (PBS) station out of Louisville and transferred it to a DVD. I never knew how to save anything from a DVD to my computer and then upload it to YouTube until I tried all last night. I finally got a sort of decent copy of it uploaded a few minutes ago. I usually only upload things I have recorded in person (with the exception of the Jim James Austin City Limits live stream), so I am keeping this "Unlisted" on YouTube. It is for Forum people only. I have never found another copy of it on YouTube, so I thought I should try my best to get it posted. When looking for the exact date a few minutes ago, I stumbled on the entire one hour show on C-SPAN from their video library. However, the video quality of their version isn't all that great. I am including the link to it, if anybody wants to watch the whole thing. Jim comes on at a little past the 20 minute mark. I only uploaded Jim's song. I hope you all enjoy this short but sweet song from the man.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ChristmasTreeLi (http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ChristmasTreeLi)
Quote from: Mr. White on Dec 12, 2013, 09:16 PM
Here is Jim singing "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" from the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony back on December 9, 2010. I had recorded it off of our local KET (PBS) station out of Louisville and transferred it to a DVD. I never knew how to save anything from a DVD to my computer and then upload it to YouTube until I tried all last night. I finally got a sort of decent copy of it uploaded a few minutes ago. I usually only upload things I have recorded in person (with the exception of the Jim James Austin City Limits live stream), so I am keeping this "Unlisted" on YouTube. It is for Forum people only. I have never found another copy of it on YouTube, so I thought I should try my best to get it posted. When looking for the exact date a few minutes ago, I stumbled on the entire one hour show on C-SPAN from their video library. However, the video quality of their version isn't all that great. I am including the link to it, if anybody wants to watch the whole thing. Jim comes on at a little past the 20 minute mark. I only uploaded Jim's song. I hope you all enjoy this short but sweet song from the man.
Jim - Christmas 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05O3VaPguUk#)
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ChristmasTreeLi (http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ChristmasTreeLi)
Thanks for posting this video, a real pleasure to listen to tonight. It sounds better than what I remember in the moment. Pretty funny at the beginning of the video, the flute lady checking Jim out like, geez, we don't see many like you on the base. Obama seemed to be getting down with it also.
Between the iTunes in 2011 and the WFPK session in 2001, MMJ has X-Mas covered IMHO.
Have a wonderful holiday season, all :thumbsup: :beer:
I've never seen that before. Thanks for sharing.
Quote from: Fully on Dec 15, 2013, 01:22 AM
I've never seen that before. Thanks for sharing.
Jim - Christmas 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05O3VaPguUk#)
No problem. Like I said when I posted this, I never could find it anywhere on YouTube. It was probably only broadcast on PBS stations (once) and on C-SPAN, so if you didn't catch it, you didn't get to see it. It took me forever to figure out how to get it off of my home-made DVD and up on YouTube using Nero. I don't think I did it the best way because it won't play back on Real Player (my usual default player). Quick Time was able to play it back. When it finished uploading to YouTube, they sent me some sort of instructions on how to improve the video quality, but I couldn't quite figure it out. Maybe someday I'll get better at it. Also, I think I did do a pretty good job editing it down to just the introduction and the song itself. I didn't want the comments that came after by the then current "Miss America" because she obviously didn't have any idea who Jim was. When the song was over, she said, "Hi. Thank you James. You were wonderful."
I'm glad Jim sings the original WWII-era lyrics of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" than the re-written late 50s version. Sets a much more somber, longing mood.
Quote from: spence on Dec 07, 2013, 10:22 AM
Ha, yeah that was an aggressive statement. That was whiskey spence talking. Re-wetting drops is actually the best Christmas song ever.
Hate to question your "best" Christmas song again, whiskey spence, however the actual, for real, hands down, no doubt about it, best Christmas song ever is
Tom Waits doing "Silent Night> A Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis">"Silent Night (Austin city limits 1978)
Hands down the best. It's a thing of aching beauty.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays, roll callers. Sleep tight.
Santa Claus Is Back In Town
The kids get pooch jr. prepared for Xmas!!!
(http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/awwasik13/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/7333D899-6D34-4D33-8DC2-8D0ECB0819C0_zpshiuyorad.jpg) (http://s484.photobucket.com/user/awwasik13/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-12/7333D899-6D34-4D33-8DC2-8D0ECB0819C0_zpshiuyorad.jpg.html)
"Christmas must be tonight" always gets me in the holiday spirit!
Merry Christmas to all!
Hope everyone who asked for MMJ paraphernalia got what they asked for!
I can now say I'm a proud owner of At Dawn on vinyl. My mom can't fathom why it cost $100 but I'm glad she didn't underestimate my love for this band lol.
Quote from: HardNightConformist on Dec 25, 2015, 11:11 PM
Merry Christmas to all!
Hope everyone who asked for MMJ paraphernalia got what they asked for!
I can now say I'm a proud owner of At Dawn on vinyl. My mom can't fathom why it cost $100 but I'm glad she didn't underestimate my love for this band lol.
was surprised with Z, it still moves, and the halloween edition chocolate and ice on vinyl....mom knows whats up!!!
Quote from: HardNightConformist on Dec 25, 2015, 11:11 PM
Merry Christmas to all!
Hope everyone who asked for MMJ paraphernalia got what they asked for!
I can now say I'm a proud owner of At Dawn on vinyl. My mom can't fathom why it cost $100 but I'm glad she didn't underestimate my love for this band lol.
Holy cow, $100 for At Dawn these days? It doesn't help now but there are a few on discogs for $65 and up. That's crazy as I was able to get mine at my local shop still for $25 about a year ago.
Does anyone know if there's another pressing planned?
http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2570266?ev=rb (http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2570266?ev=rb)
Quote from: justbcuzido on Dec 26, 2015, 03:28 PM
Quote from: HardNightConformist on Dec 25, 2015, 11:11 PM
Merry Christmas to all!
Hope everyone who asked for MMJ paraphernalia got what they asked for!
I can now say I'm a proud owner of At Dawn on vinyl. My mom can't fathom why it cost $100 but I'm glad she didn't underestimate my love for this band lol.
Holy cow, $100 for At Dawn these days? It doesn't help now but there are a few on discogs for $65 and up. That's crazy as I was able to get mine at my local shop still for $25 about a year ago.
Does anyone know if there's another pressing planned?
http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2570266?ev=rb (http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2570266?ev=rb)
The only problem is I live north of the border. $65=$90. Factor in tax and shipping costs and getting anything online is crazy expensive.
Anyone know how to download the bonus tracks from the latest Fiasco pressing? The download code I got with the record is for a spicy compilation of some Spanish record label...
Quote from: oistheone on Dec 29, 2015, 08:17 PM
Anyone know how to download the bonus tracks from the latest Fiasco pressing? The download code I got with the record is for a spicy compilation of some Spanish record label...
What are the bonus tracks supposed to be?
Quote from: justbcuzido on Dec 30, 2015, 10:22 AM
Quote from: oistheone on Dec 29, 2015, 08:17 PM
Anyone know how to download the bonus tracks from the latest Fiasco pressing? The download code I got with the record is for a spicy compilation of some Spanish record label...
What are the bonus tracks supposed to be?
Mine downloaded with no problems.
The bonus tracks are:
"All This Joy Brings Different Feelings" - 2:57
"Xmas Song" - 2:16
Jim sang "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" at the 2010 National Christmas Tree Lighting in Washington, D.C.
Ooo I've never heard of or heard Xmas song or All these feelings bring joy . Were those from 2002 or 2001, the Fiasco sessions? I'm a bit hazy on that period of the band . I know the ins and outs but some of the longer time people on here like Johnny and Mr White know more about the early days.
Quote from: Lonndown27 on Dec 24, 2018, 12:29 AM
Ooo I've never heard of or heard Xmas song or All these feelings bring joy . Were those from 2002 or 2001, the Fiasco sessions? I'm a bit hazy on that period of the band . I know the ins and outs but some of the longer time people on here like Johnny and Mr White know more about the early days.
They came with the re-issue of Does Xmas Fiasco Style a couple of years ago, so I would assume they were from those recording sessions (2000).
Re-posting this video of Jim at the National Tree Lighting Ceremony in 2010 I recorded off of our PBS Network/Station - KET.
Merry Xmas Curtain all :beer:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qA-7EsApOew
Thank you Mr White!
When I dream happy dreams, they include Jim James singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" to Barack Obama. <3
Christmas Music set to snow falling videos from YouTube
21:39 minutes of MMJ Christmas Music
Recorded at WFPK FM (Louisville Public Radio) on 12/21/2001 (broadcast on 12/25/2001)
Internet Archives Link: https://archive.org/details/mmj2001-12-25.WFPK
Thanks for posting this, it really hit the spot!!
Quote from: Mr. White on Dec 26, 2018, 12:50 PM
Christmas Music set to snow falling videos from YouTube
21:39 minutes of MMJ Christmas Music
Recorded at WFPK FM (Louisville Public Radio) on 12/21/2001 (broadcast on 12/25/2001)
Internet Archives Link: https://archive.org/details/mmj2001-12-25.WFPK
Re-posting this video of Jim at the National Tree Lighting Ceremony in 2010 I recorded off of our PBS Network/Station - KET.
That was awesome! Thanks for capturing it years ago and resharing
Quote from: Mr. White on Dec 24, 2019, 05:51 PM
Re-posting this video of Jim at the National Tree Lighting Ceremony in 2010 I recorded off of our PBS Network/Station - KET.
21:39 minutes of MMJ Christmas Music
Recorded at WFPK FM (Louisville Public Radio) on 12/21/2001 (broadcast on 12/25/2001)
Internet Archives Link: https://archive.org/details/mmj2001-12-25.WFPK
Christmas Music set to snow falling videos.
Found this on YouTube this morning. Thanks for doing. It's fantastic. Merry Christmas!
This is fantastic Mr. White. Happy Holidays to you and your family.