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A fun "midnight movie" in honor of a fallen friend
on December 16, 2016
Posted by: ceilingduster
from Reno, NV
"Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas" meets David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" with some musical numbers. It's quite a blend of gritty indie story telling with at rockin' soundtrack!!! Made by a community of people in Northern Nevada in honor of the scriptwriter, Marianne Psota, who died at the age of 32 just after completing the script.
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Take the "Hope for the Holidays" CD and make it better!
They added songs by Barenaked Ladies, Brandi Carlile, John Mahon of Elton John's Band, Kitaro, Daryl Stuermer of Genesis/Phil Collins, Rick Wakeman of Yes, Annie Haslam of Renaissance and others. They split in into two CD's. One's the up-beat, rockin' disc. The other is the smoother, jazzier disc, depending on your mood. Plus it's remastered so it all sounds better. All for a great cause. Get this!
Full track and artist list:
DISC ONE 1. Closing of the Year Mike Love & Christian Love of the Beach Boys, Fabrice Morvan and the Type 1 Children's Choir
2. O Come All Ye Faithful Weezer
3. Run Rudolph Run Creedence Clearwater Revisited
4. Blue Christmas Collective Soul
5. Mr. Grinch Haggis Rising featuring Bryan Singer
6. Santa's Goin' To Kokomo Mike Love of the Beach Boys
7. Christmastime (oh yeah) Barenaked Ladies
8. The Heartache Can Wait Brandi Carlile
9. O Holy Night Jon Anderson of Yes
10. `Twas the Night Before Christmas David Coverdale of Whitesnake
11. Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas Joey Curatolo of Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles on Broadway
12. Joy to the World Axton
13. Mele Kalikimaka Egress
14. Let it Snow Smooth Choppy
15. Wassailing Rose Shanti Shanti
16. The First Noel Eric Andersen
17. Silent Night Kate Cotter and Grace Hutchison
18. Christmas Love Randell Kirsch of The Beach Boys
19. River Trey Valentine
20. Peace and Love Lawrence Davis featuring Mike Love and Christian Love of the Beach Boys
21. All That Christmas Means David Newman
DISC TWO 1. I'll Be Home For Christmas John Mahon of Elton John
2. Christmas Time Is Here Annie Haslam of Renaissance
3. Christmastime (Song for Marissa) The Cowsills with John Cowsill of The Beach Boys
4. Melting All About Eve
5. Jingle Bells Kitaro
6. Little Drummer Boy Daryl Stuermer of Genesis/Phil Collins
7. Hark the Herald Angels Sing Rick Wakeman of Yes
8. Carol of the Bells (Ukrainian Bell Carol) Kostia
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This CD is an exceedingly enjoyable journey of all kinds of music from all kinds of musicians. There's something for everybody on this CD.
Weezer's "Come Ole Ye Faithull" is great take on the old standard with the Weezer flair, The Collective Soul's "Blue Christmas" would make "The King" tremble with fear, Creedence Clearwater Revisited's "Run Rudolph Rudolph" is brand new total rocker! The Beach Boys "Santa's Going To Kokomo" is a Kokomo Christmas send up that's quite fun. The Jon Anderson of Yes track is a gorgeous version of "O Holy Night" that is inspiring. David Coverdale's of Whitesnake's long lost "T'was The Night Before Christmas" has been locked away for years until now. The opening number "Closing of the Year" (form the 1992 movie Toys) is features Mike Love and Christian Love of the Beach Boys, Fabrice Morvan of Milli Vanilli, a children's choir of Type 1 kids and over 100 orchestral and drum line musicians. Added bonus is film maker Bryan Singer's (Usual Suspects, X-men 1 & 2, Superman Returns, Valkyrie) PSA's along with some of the other name artists as well as a piano cameo on the Scottish Rock rendition of "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch."
The CD was produced to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation by a group of people out of Reno, NV. Why JDRF? Type 1 Diabetes is a very different kind of Diabetes. It's where the pancreas fails completely. So you have to have multiple painful blood checks and insulin shots daily to stay alive. Once every 2-3 hours. These families rarely sleep. Type 1 is also NOT genetic. There's nothing these kids could have done to prevent getting it.
What's great about it: Strong material and great diversity. You'll laugh, you'll cry