Let it Snow!

Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Dean Martin

It snowed non-stopped yesterday and it finally stopped this morning. I've been pretty much housebound today, watching The Food Network, Best Week Ever and Smallville.

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to compile some snow-winter-related bands and songs.

He's actually not the original singer (Vaughn Monroe was), but Dean "The King of Cool" Martin certain made it famous for his 1959's Christmas album, A Winter Romance.

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Abominable Snowman in the Market

JONATHAN RICHMAN
Jonathan Richman is always fun. This is a pretty typically fun song from Richman, "Abominable Snowman in the Market". I think the title pretty much sums up the song :)

I'll have to do a full entry for Richman later, because he's been around for years and years. A quick history on Richman: he is from Massachusetts, who moved to New York trying to break into the music industry. He eventually left and came back to Boston where he formed The Modern Lovers, around 1972.

Loads of stuff happened, but you probably remember seeing him in "There's Something About Mary"

Snow Patrol - Run (Acoustic)

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SNOW PATROL
From Glasgow, Scotland, is Snow Patrol. I first heard of them through Belle & Sebastian's UK record label, Jeepster Records. They left that label for their third album (which proved a massive hit for them) Final Straw.

My favorite Snow Patrol song has got to be "Run", which is the strongest song on Final Straw. Whenever this song is done live, Gary Lightbody's heavy Scottish accent really shines through. You can find the live version on Live Lounge, or if you live in the US, you can find an exclusive EP from Park Ave CDs in Orlando, Florida.

Keane - Snowed Under

KEANE
Speaking of "college" band, Keane is my next band. I guess I'm not that keen on Keane, but I did want to talk about "Snowed Under" mostly because I have it through a Best Buy Compilation. I think Best Buy discontinued this tradition of giving away Sweet Tracks album around Christmas time (at least I don't remember getting one last year).

The Sweet Tracks are usually in a tin case and are given away if you shopped at their store and are a Reward Zone member. I've managed to scam a few extra tin by shopping multiple time ... which I'll have to admit is fairly easy for me as I go there every Tuesday. Anyway, perhaps I'll do a full article on each of the Sweet Tracks this xmas if anyone's interested in reading more about these... er... sweet tracks.

Zookeeper - Snow in Berlin

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ZOOKEEPER
Lara uploaded "Snow in Berlin" - I thought it was just perfect to use for this Snow-related entry.

It seems like an odd title for a band from Austin, Texas, but this is Chris Simpson's latest project. I talked to someone who was big into his old band, Mineral and The Gloria Records, who seemed really excited about Zookeeper's debut album Becoming All Things, telling me about how diverse each of the songs on the album were.

They're currently wrapping up their tour, but you can still catch them for the first week of December.

Yes, there's probably a lot of Snow-related songs out there (including a Stars song, but I think we talk about them way too much!).

 12/03/2007 00:14:12  vu my♥posts www.weheartmusic.com