So we all own the Christmas EP, right? But that's such a short amount of music to get us in the right mood for the holidays, isn't it?
Well, to remedy that, I give you probably my favorite thing the holidays have to offer: The My Morning Jacket Christmas Special, recorded for WFPK and aired on Christmas Day of 2001. It features such gems as a 'jazzed up' version of Xmas Curtain (my preferred cut, in all honesty), Jim solo on 'Silent Night' and 'O Holy Night' (yes, the infamous shoes interruption originates from here), and beautiful laid-back Santa-fied versions of 'Come Closer,' 'I Will Sing You Songs,' and 'Old September Blues.'
Seriously, as I find myself dragged lifelessly through the holidays by corporate America, this will be the one thing to accompany and uplift my soul throughout the month of December. No amount of bat-shit crazy over-demanding customers could kill my holiday spirit when I've got this gem awaiting me in my car. Seriously. This rip was even from the FM broadcast, so you get all that golden, beautiful happiness of FM warmth right in there with your Christmas spirit. Almost makes it doubly worth it. Close your eyes and you swear you smell a fireplace.
Anyways, enough of my yakkin'. Here it is for you.
http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2001-12-25.WFPK
For those of you not savvy with the archive, but with a little iTunes ability, just go and hit "40 MB" next to "VBR ZIP" under the Whole Item header and it'll download the whole thing as a .zip file for you. Just open that up after it downloads and drag to your iTunes and you're all set.
Seriously. Where's my egg nog?
Ahhh yes. I actually broke it out about three weeks ago because I couldn't wait any longer!
I love love love the "Santa-fied" <- ;D version of Come Closer.
I'm waiting until the Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie is digested. THEN I'll break out the world's best Christmas tunes ever.
I think this and Vince Guaraldi are all I need to make it to Christmas.
Tom, you are my hero. Thank you!!!
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/snoopy.jpg)
Snoopy takes his shoes off too! ;)
I will definitely be playing this on Christmas. Hope the family don't mind...
QuoteI think this and Vince Guaraldi are all I need to make it to Christmas.
Word...
Two classics that are in heavy rotation...still a bit early for me, have to wait until after Turkey Day. Although the snow that's been flying around lately has been puttin me in the mood
Many thanks, Tom. The quality is magical.
QuoteI think this and Vince Guaraldi are all I need to make it to Christmas.
I concur - and I also agree with Brad and the others who wait until after Thanksgiving to start the season. Christmas creep is getting more and more ridiculous!
Oh, and Jim would add this one to the list:
(http://chris2fer.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/jm.jpg)
This is great! Thanks a ton! ;D
There's something so perfect about the laid-back FM quality of this show. Glad to see so many new ears on it!
i'll be handling the music when my christmas party rolls around and this gem will be in heavy rotation....thanks for the link tom
Holy wow thanks so much dude this is awesome
Yea man, this rocks, thanks so much. I just got into MMJ a little under a year ago, after hearing Dave Grohl (the Foo Fighters have been my favorite since I was 11 years old...almost a decade now) mention "At Dawn" in a few interviews. Now I have EVERY recording they've put out (except the Christmas EP, which I ordered saturday so hopefully will be here by thanksgiving) but this is definitely something I was not aware of. The quality sounds awesome and I can't wait to throw it on the Ipod later and listen to it as a whole. Much appreciated. Merry Christmas.
QuoteQuoteI think this and Vince Guaraldi are all I need to make it to Christmas.
I concur - and I also agree with Brad and the others who wait until after Thanksgiving to start the season. Christmas creep is getting more and more ridiculous!
Oh, and Jim would add this one to the list:
(http://chris2fer.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/jm.jpg)
I love Johnny Mathis!! Sweet.
I am going to hold off on listening as well until after I have stuffing coming out my ears. Then I'll find my santa hat, a smart eggnog and get in the Christmas spirit.
Thanks for posting.
Buuuuuuump?
It doesn't appear that you can download or play this anymore from archive.Glad I have it here on disc.Wonderful christmas tunes.
QuoteIt doesn't appear that you can download or play this anymore from archive.Glad I have it here on disc.Wonderful christmas tunes.
I just downloaded it from archive and it worked fine....btw its AWESOME
QuoteQuoteIt doesn't appear that you can download or play this anymore from archive.Glad I have it here on disc.Wonderful christmas tunes.
I just downloaded it from archive and it worked fine....btw its AWESOME
It looks fine now,when I went there yesterday all the download links were gone and the play list wasn't there either.It must have been in maintenance mode.
Quoteand beautiful laid-back Santa-fied versions of 'Come Closer,' 'I Will Sing You Songs,' and 'Old September Blues.'
I'm always expecting him to change it to December everytime I hear this version ;D I wonder how come he didn't?
QuoteQuoteand beautiful laid-back Santa-fied versions of 'Come Closer,' 'I Will Sing You Songs,' and 'Old September Blues.'
I'm always expecting him to change it to December everytime I hear this version ;D I wonder how come he didn't?
I absolutely love Jim's ridiculous sense of humor. The little subtle touches like this that maybe are jokes, maybe aren't, but definitely keep you on your toes.
QuoteQuoteQuoteand beautiful laid-back Santa-fied versions of 'Come Closer,' 'I Will Sing You Songs,' and 'Old September Blues.'
I'm always expecting him to change it to December everytime I hear this version ;D I wonder how come he didn't?
I absolutely love Jim's ridiculous sense of humor. The little subtle touches like this that maybe are jokes, maybe aren't, but definitely keep you on your toes.
I do agree that his quirky humor is a plus ;)
hrrrrrwhoop!
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Seriously, as I find myself dragged lifelessly through the holidays by corporate America, this will be the one thing to accompany and uplift my soul throughout the month of December. No amount of bat-shit crazy over-demanding customers could kill my holiday spirit when I've got this gem awaiting me in my car. Seriously.
I find that they keep my soul right up there on a daily basis. MMJ aren't just for Christmas! :]
And also, wow.
Thank you so much everyone for sharing this great stuff!!!
I see it's 7 years ago. Any info on where/what the event was?
Quote from: walterfredo on Dec 18, 2020, 09:40 PMI see it's 7 years ago. Any info on where/what the event was?
From December 2012 (8 years ago). It was a game show at La La Land hosted by Alex Smith (a.k.a. Lydia Burrell & Howell Dawdy) with Jim, Daniel Martin Moore, and Scott Carney as the contestants. There are videos of all three performing one song. I had downloaded the original Podcast's audio years ago. When I just now looked for it on the Interweb, it had gone away. I may attempt to upload the audio later for anyone interested. They are acting pretty goofy during the whole thing. Audio is an hour and 12 minutes long.