ILX Christmas Compilation: Deck the Halls With Boughs of LOLly (2013 expansion! Deadline is December 1!)

And yes before anyone complains we can change the title, we just needed something for now.

Deadline November 30th, no limitations, originals, covers, whatever. MP3, AIFF, WAV, whatever format is best (I use Apple, FWIW), file size not an issue. E-mail files or links to me at ned at kuci dot org when you're done. We'll need cover art as always. Post if you're in.

I gotta feeling
That this Boxing Day is gonna be a good Boxing Day

I'm in.

...and the title is great!

YES

Deck the LOLs with SBs of Holly

Deck the polls with SBoughs of LOL-y

stop that

like I said on the other thread, I'm doing "Coventry Carol"

Do LULU Hear What I Hear?

i'm in. sad that i missed out on lulu.

maybe dan and i can collab on something from britten's "a ceremony of carols."

oh that would be COOL

i can start as soon as i get my mic cable resoldered. which i've been meaning to do for a few months.

i'll probably do something. i'm apparently committing to every ilx music project these days. i kind of want to try to make the most depressing christmas song i can.

maybe i should promise to do "cherry tree carol" so i can force myself to do something
i loathe christmas music but i love that song
and it would force me to try
and i know the song

i am going to regret this (and may need help) but can i claim that song til further notice?

it's only october after all

i think we should get the entire CHILX massive together to do something, "we are the world"-style.

oh shit we can do "do they know it's christmas" or whatever that bullshit's called

One of my college roommates was very talented musically, sang in a barbershop quartet, etc. He was good at transposing songs into other keys, and one afternoon he had us all on the floor laughing/crying by singing carols as minor-key dirges.

my fantasy is that we all get together, have a party, get drunk, then each pick a celebrity who sang on "do they know its christmas" and try to do an imitation of that celebrity singing their line.

i'll do one

maybe the 12 whatevers of SuggestBanmas

Okay, edited thread title/first message for more specific information, so gear up etc.

i am going to regret this (and may need help) but can i claim that song til further notice?

Sure, but as noted, no limitations -- if people want to do their own take on that, feel free. I figure people should post what you want to do when you've figured out the song and I'll keep a running list. And remember, do originals too if you want! No reason not to!

Ok, tbh I'm already regretting posting that, so we'll see if I can manage to get anything at all done by Nov. 15

who all has been suggest banned so far? are we up to 12?

?

think I wanna do o holy night in a very srs way

hahah

12 SB's of xmas?

gr80 gets it.

should it be "2 deez nuts" or "4 deez nuts"?

Huh. Seems weird. Oh well, I did say no limitations so hey.

well if it's too weird/crepey, i will do something else and let the 9 whiney's whining be merely a figment of my imagination.

I'm in too, I welched on the last one mainly because I was getting hitched and had no real time but I'd love to do an Xmas song of some description.

FIIIIIIIVE BUUUUUTHUUUUURT DEEEEEEEEJ

lol

My housemate does a freakin excellent Bing Crosby impression and is forever going about the place singing "jingle bells" and "white christmas". I may have to put him to good use.

i offer my services as lyricist/backup screamer to anyone with musical chops because dammit these look fun and i wanna take part

first draft of the last verse:

on the 12th day of suggestbanmas, the good mod gave to me:

12 special guest stars (mark bronson)
11 jordans sarging
10 burts a stanton
9 whineys whining
8 deej a beefing
7 gabbnebs gabbing
6 frogs bs-ing

MASONIC BOOM!!!

four deez nuts
three just got offed
two hilarious stickmen (from the xkcd comics)
and what in the admin log

on this

sarahel that song is going to be so terrible.

stoked!

Ah, was thinking it was time for a new 'no restrictions' compilation.

This would be ILX vol 6 wouldn't it? Or have we sacked the 'count'...

Anyroad, I have to be in this. I'm in.

I dont think "suggestbanmas" scans at all well. Wouldnt "banmas" scan better?

(not that I'm sure its a great idea, tbh... its asking for a clusterfuck with those lyrics heh ah well :P)

"Whiney Got Suggest Banned By A Reindeer"

"The First L-O-L"

"Jingle Bell Statscock"

banmas alternates: Wagemanns Waging, Aarons Hertzing, FIVE NUUUUUDE SPOCKS

having downloaded some music making software this week, inspired by loutallica, i tentatively say i'm in. gonna grab 'happy xmas (war is over)' if thats cool?

Like I keep saying! No restrictions, go to town.

I think the "Christmas" theme has taken over!

Ned, I'm in. Track sent!

Thanks! Okay everyone, can you match that for turnaround time? ;-)

I'll try!

No.

I saw mommy s.b.ing wrinklepaws

sent!

Thanks!

I want to do "Feliz Navidad" svp

Think I'll do A Christmas Song by Jethro Tull

i'm in.. The positive response to my Lulu contribution inspires me to come up with a Gypsy Chips christmas song!

yes!!!

jingle bells a must, ET

I told my wife about this last night and she wrote lyrics for "I'm Dreaming of an ILXmas"

wait who is your wife

markers

wait who is your wife

― ⚓ (gr8080), Friday, October 14, 2011 2:17 PM (3 minutes ago)

Someone I tell ILX gossip to every now and then, but who rarely posts.

http://www.columbo.net/images/happy/marion.jpg

Mrs. C

anyone up for doing black metal vocals on "all i want for xmas is you"?

lol, I thought for a sec this was going to be a comp of lolicore

Philip – ME

And the unholy partnership shifts into the next phase.

Anyway, keeping this to the fore a bit here...

If you're keeping track of song titles, mine is called 'It's Christmas Time'.
There, now I've said it publicly, I have to do it.

Yes, yes you do.

Speaking of unholy alliances, I"m guesting on crüt's track. (Hopefully he won't mind me revealing this.)

If you're keeping track of song titles, mine is called 'It's Christmas Time'.

Sun Ra cover?

lol no

working on a thing for this but i might throw it out, who knows

Okay, so I just got DJP's entry, that's three for now...

ned, sent you an ilxmail.

Got it, thanks!

Track sent...

Okay! Time to pep this up again.

As there's no reason not to, I'll extend the deadline to the end of November, aiming for a 'release' of December 1.

i *might* try to do something for this! been on a recording kick since Lulu.

lol I could send another entry for this if it's still going

Haha I was going to revive this again in October or so -- we have ten tracks, we can create the expanded edition.

It did get released, an ILX outage meant it was finished off on the sandbox.
http://beta.ilxor.com/sandbox/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=142&threadid=1465

And I would definitely contribute to an ILX Christmas 2012 album. The ILX Beatles covers project isn't due until the end of Feb 2013.

haha okay, that makes sense

hmm the link appears to go to nowhere tho ;_;

does this one work for you?

http://sandbox.ilxor.com/sandbox/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=142&threadid=1465

that was massively unclear of me; I meant the link to the comp: http://soundcloud.com/nedraggett/sets/ilxmascomp

haha i see, can't help with that one.

Someone should turn this into an MP3... How could it be left off any ILX christmas comp?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiXjbI3kRus

that was massively unclear of me; I meant the link to the comp: http://soundcloud.com/nedraggett/sets/ilxmascomp

"Oops, looks like we can't find that page!" sayeth the soundcloud

I actually had to clear the comp from my account so I could put up the Centipede Hz one! (Using only a free account, you see.) I'll reupload the whole thing later in the year once we figure out what else is on it.

Yeah, the Ze records christmas album got revised the following christmas.

I *shall* remix my track properly this time.

And I would definitely contribute to an ILX Christmas 2012 album. The ILX Beatles covers project isn't due until the end of Feb 2013.

Not to be Scrooge or anything, but the beatles thing is due to released in Feb. 2013.

5 months is probably enough time to do both.

You could always do "Christmastime Is Here Again" and knock two out with one punch.

I'll put up the tracklisting from last year here as reference tonight or something.

...which I forgot to do. So!

http://soundcloud.com/nedraggett/sets/the-ilx-christmas-compilation

DJP - Coventry Carol Ladies
Tom D - On the Occasion of the Release of John Maclean from Peterhead Prison and His Return to Glasgow on December 3rd, 1918 (O Tannenbaum)
Grannykart - Sinterklass
Mark Grout - Xmas Trees
The Transients - Please Don't Tell My Baby
Snoball - It's Christmas Time
Bernard Snowy - single best christmas
Elf With Wound - Fissions of Sugarplums
Mark Grout and Friend - All I Want For Christmas is LouLou
The Dead Kittendys - Holiday in Catbodia

And what I'd like to do is create the expanded edition if anyone's so inclined. Short notice at this point but have at it!

Deadline December 7th, no limitations, originals, covers, whatever. MP3, AIFF, WAV, whatever format is best (I use Apple, FWIW), file size not an issue. E-mail files or links to me at ned at kuci dot org when you're done. We'll need cover art as always, especially to replace the crappy thing I did last year when nobody volunteered. Post if you're in.

I'm in, wanted to do this last year. I had some spare time today and made a stupidly jaunty thing with duelling music box and cheap 60's organ, and lot's of sleigh bells, will send when mixed.

Great!

Ned, if it's an expanded edition I can send you the spare song I wrote for the first album.

anyone want to collab on a metal version of weird al's "xmas at ground zero"?

Ned, the MG And friend should be reversed as the majority of the work was done by the other party (I'm on mobile so can't check upthread)

I shall see about remixing my solo track, but keep that one in case I don't.

All good! (And yeah, snoball, feel free!)

RIght, found the sandbox thread this got 'issued' on,

The "Xmas LouLou" should be "Philip Nunez and Friends", mainly because otherwise I'm named on too many to be fair.

sarahel HAS to do the 12 SBs of christmas

Oops, I missed the last revive. Was going to say I wanted in but 7th Dec is so not gonna happen as I'm away this weekend. Excited to hear the results though!

Ned: You don't have a premium Soundcloud account, correct?

Ned, if I was going to remix the track, I'd be doing it this sunday coming up.

Which is after the deadline.

(doing this in conjunction with finishing the "Beatles" track for the other next ILX comp)

Deadline extension to Sunday the 9th is feasible. And I will update track info a bit here when I can!

Also yes, no premium account.

Okay, I will dig up the MP3 I have floating around of my "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" arrangement and send that to you

sent

Received!

Sent!

Got it!

Okay deadline will run through Sundayish and I'll try and get everything together and updated by then.

OK Ned, sent you a new track, which I began in a sudden rush of inspiration in the early evening and finished at 2am. let me know if you received it, my email accounts have been playing up.

While we are saying "OK Ned"..

OK Ned, I've searched but I can't find the 'original tracks' for my Xmas trees track, so I guess the original will have to do.

Tom D: got it! Mark -- all good, thanks!

Okay so quickly reconfirming at this point that the 'new' tracks I have are snoball, DJP, Tom D and Ismael. Will update and reload tonight assuming there's any last minute stuff heading my way. Thanks!

Whoops, my apologies, there's MaresNest's as well that I've got.

Okay, we are live and expanded!

https://soundcloud.com/nedraggett/sets/the-ilx-christmas-compilation

DJP - Coventry Carol Ladies
Tom D - On the Occasion of the Release of John Maclean from Peterhead Prison and His Return to Glasgow on December 3rd, 1918 (O Tannenbaum)
Grannykart - Sinterklass
Mark Grout - Xmas Trees
The Transients - Please Don't Tell My Baby
Snoball - It's Christmas Time
Bernard Snowy - single best christmas
Elf With Wound - Fissions of Sugarplums
Philip Nunez and Friends - All I Want For Christmas is LouLou
The Dead Kittendys - Holiday in Catbodia
DJP - God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
Ismael Klata and the Bee's Knees - Old Saint Nick
MaresNest - Let the Reindeer Crinkle Their Heads to Death
Snoball - 'Every Day is Christmas'
Tom D - Stille Nacht

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yay!!!

hooray!

well that's awesome, I can't get into the site at all for some reason

huh, works in Chrome, doesn't in Firefox

I am listening to it right now in IE7 so unless I broked-ded it, it works

First time I've logged back into SoundCloud since their re-vamp last week - it looks... different

(works for me in Chrome btw)

DJP -- man that's weird, I just rechecked it with Firefox at work, went through just fine.

I am certain it is me and the site fighting against each other

u must sacrifice 1 Elf on a Shelf to the Ned Raggett altar to gain access iirc

Didn't someone offer to do more of a real cover last year?

btw Tom D's contribution is amazing

yeah Tom D blew me away

It's a great closing track.

hey snoball u r singing in my ears atm fyi :D

This is rad so far! Good job I was too lazy as I would've been outclassed :D

Who is Elf With Wound? I dig it.

Elf With Wound is me and emil.y.

I mean emil.y and I.

crutemil.y

I was wondering who EWW were, good work!

Wow, great job everybody!
(Is there a download option?)

wtf did soundcloud do to their layout

xp you can download if you have a Soundcloud account (free, takes about a minute to register)

ok thanks

http://i.imgur.com/i11IF.png

I got Linkin Park and Lana Del Rey, man you lucked out

ned looks a bit different in that photo but you can tell by the hair xp

I got Al Jazeera and Green Day

lol gr80

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/MarkGrout/CIMG0065.jpg

tsk
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/MarkGrout/CIMG0065.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/MarkGrout/CIMG0064.jpg

I was playing about with ideas for a new cover but I'm not very good at this design thing and I think I will have nightmares about evil elves now.

:-D

Needs a separate release thread, I'da thought

Done! Finished!

you can download if you have a Soundcloud account (free, takes about a minute to register)

Uh, how do you download?

track-by-track

Right. But how do you do that?

look for http://findicons.com/files/icons/2015/24x24_free_application/24/load.png (but in back/white)

Got ya!

Thread not gettin' enough love!

Listening to it right now! Great so far, and already a range of approaches. Looking forward to the rest ...

First listen-through this morning...really enjoyed it!

As there a list of which ILMers were responsible for each track? Most have band names attached to them. I looked above but didn't find it, but let me know if I just missed it.

Listening Elf With Wound right now. A+

Wow, now the LOLs! "All I Want for Xmas is LouLou" into "Holiday in Catbodia" is great. Nice sequencing.

And ta for compliments about my track, much appreciated. I wish more people had contributed, fuck yer doing the Beatles

Hey Tom D, gotta say that BOTH of your tracks are great by the way. Song title for the first one is amazing. Fahey reference, correct?

Sad that I did not submit to this, I actually just recorded a Christmas thing for something here in Virginia, but I also think I imagined that this comp was going to be more jokey for some reason. What I recorded may have fit perfectly well.

Hey we can always go for the 2013 edition. :-D

Fair enough! If there is a 2013 that is ...

Really loving the Mark Grout "Xmas Trees" track right now.

Stille Nacht is amazing!

Fahey reference, correct?

No, actually but I'll take it! Just a Red Clydesiders reference.

Thanks

DJP - impressive!

^_^ thanks!

Aye, thon's proper music, laddie

yeah, u sound all fancy!!

Yes, that's some fine work. Imagine my joy on realising it comes directly before mine in the tracklisting.

Weekend Bump

Uh, I think Asda are ripping me off on one of their adverts

if anyone wanted to add cookie monster or hetfield-y vocals to "xmas at ground zero" (i guess for next year's comp?)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/l5f2xx

I'm keeping clear this time :)

Merry Christmas, you guys

Merriest!

"salvaged an otherwise miserable night"

Merry Christmas everybody and thanks to Ned for his curating skills.

yes, thanks so much Ned!

Yer welcome, all!

Since this seems to be the thread to say it: merry thingymas, ILXors

Any possibility of reviving this for 2013?

Yeah I should get around to a reupload. Will do that tonight!

If there are any desires to add to the compilation:

* Deadline: Dec. 1
* No limitation at all on what you want to do. Traditional, new song, long, short, whatever.

And again the comp tracklisting as it originally stands:

DJP - Coventry Carol Ladies
Tom D - On the Occasion of the Release of John Maclean from Peterhead Prison and His Return to Glasgow on December 3rd, 1918 (O Tannenbaum)
Grannykart - Sinterklass
Mark Grout - Xmas Trees
The Transients - Please Don't Tell My Baby
Snoball - It's Christmas Time
Bernard Snowy - single best christmas
Elf With Wound - Fissions of Sugarplums
Philip Nunez and Friends - All I Want For Christmas is LouLou
The Dead Kittendys - Holiday in Catbodia
DJP - God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
Ismael Klata and the Bee's Knees - Old Saint Nick
MaresNest - Let the Reindeer Crinkle Their Heads to Death
Snoball - 'Every Day is Christmas'
Tom D - Stille Nacht

Great, thanks. Same e-mail address for sending songs as before?

Yup!

If anyone wants to back me and produce on a cover of Tom Lehrer's "Christmas Carol," lmk

I've got an idea brewing for a new track so I'll get to work on it

Hey Ned, I sent you a recording last year that was a little too late. Is it eligible for the re-boot? I do not have a great recording set up right now, so that would be my best contribution. I can resend of course.

(xp) Fuck it, that idea didn't work... but I've got another one, to the Batcave!

Grandavis: please resend!

I do not have a great recording set up right now

LOL, mine's is a PC, an freeware audio editor and a guitar

Alright Ned, will do.

Tom D., I do not even have a personal computer right now, just my work computer, so "not great" could have been substituted for non-existent. I am not happy about it, but perhaps Chrismtmas this year will bring some new toys ....

is this still available on Soundcloud please ?

Heyyyyy, wait for the re-release!

Would you accept a reggae cover of Cold Cold Ground by Tom Waits?

Over to you, Ned

Dog Latin: hey, I wouldn't stop ya...

A week to go!

I'll send you a new one this week, Ned

Thanks! We have four new tracks total at this point. Again, deadline is tomorrow: I'll upload and share out the comp either tomorrow night or Monday evening.

Will have to do a 'Deluxe' style 2CD set with the new extras

The Special Edition has a Blu-Ray documentary filmed in HD, featuring of all of us sitting in our respective bedroom/living room/shed studios, 'Classic Albums' style.

"Yeah, man... Like, this is, the guitar I used on that track..."

Interviewer (off camera): "How did you get that sound?"
ILXor: "Well it was pure chance, actually. I accidentally played my guitar through a bass amp."

Interviewer (still off camera): "Did you run the Klon through the Blockhead?"
ILXor: "Yeah, I did, actually. Now they're both in hospital with concussion."

Okay the uploading took longer than I thought thanks to a screwup on SoundCloud's end BUT...

https://soundcloud.com/nedraggett/sets/the-ilx-christmas-compilation

Tracklist:

DJP - Coventry Carol Ladies
Grannykart - Sinterklass
Mark Grout - Xmas Trees
The Transients - Please Don't Tell My Baby
Snoball - It's Christmas Time
Bernard Snowy - single best christmas
Elf With Wound - Fissions of Sugarplums
Philip Nunez and Friends - All I Want For Christmas is LouLou
The Dead Kittendys - Holiday in Catbodia
DJP - God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
Ismael Klata and the Bee's Knees - Old Saint Nick
MaresNest - Let the Reindeer Crinkle Their Heads to Death
Snoball - 'Every Day is Christmas'
Tom D - Stille Nacht
Grandavis - Silent Night
Phoebe Crepes - Theme from Gremlins
Snoball -- Good King Wenceslas
Tom D -- Christmas Card(ew)

Also a direct download here

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ld007k

who is elf with wound

ah answered upth

Indeed. Anyway, bumping a bit for the new week.

argh! forgot to send you my track.

WELL. Next year, then! (Grandavis's was originally submitted after last year's deadline!)

Look forward to listening to this later

This is a hell of a lot of fun to listen to, such a cool range of stuff. Thanks as usual Ned. Gonna listen again!

Eclectic!

Really enjoying this still, especially as I get closer to being on vacation! Tom D., your tracks are really great I must say, right up my alley. I would listen to those in any context. Do you record other stuff? I mean everything on this is good/fun/rocking and many combinations of all of those things, but those tracks and the Elf With Wound song I could listen to on repeat without any complaints.

Thanks g, your track is great too btw! I only work when prompted these days, more or less.

Mariah Carey's Christmas track breaks a million sales

Congratulations Philip Nunez and Friends Mariah...
Wait, what?

Thanks Tom D., and I hope folks keep prompting you to make stuff.

Merty crimbas xeveryowe

tom d.'s motorik stille nacht just came up on random and is fantastic

^^^

something you can link to?

Christmas Day is on a Monday this year, so...
'Xmas Monday'

An album for your Seasonal Needs!

Man, I had totally forgotten about this, is there a place it can be heard? We ought to set up an ILX Bandcamp or something.

I thought it was on SoundCloud, seems not.

https://i.imgur.com/BlMnsfH.jpg

just (re-?) discovered that bernard snowy's song is about WXYC

DJP's multi-tracked 'god rest ye' is incredible

as is tom d's krautrock silent night