Sangre de Santa

Everyone dreams of a white Christmas, but nobody does anything about it.

Thanks to Meg Cotner for the harpsichord. Thanks to Clark Ashton Smith for the word "ichor."

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posted by doubtfulpalace (4 comments total)

This is genius. Totally great.

Is that actual harpsichord? Cool!

This is my favorite broken Christmas song so far.
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 3:22 AM on December 7, 2008

Great stuff! It's the perfect length for a carol, too.
posted by self at 11:07 AM on December 7, 2008

Yes, real harpsichord, recorded in Meg's living room, which fronted on a busy street, hence the traffic noise in the background, which fortunately goes with the last line of the song.

(Scott Miller on teenage home recording:

"What if your mom turns on the vacuum cleaner while you're doing your best take?"
"You have to think of some reason why there should be a vacuum cleaner on the record.")
posted by doubtfulpalace at 11:57 AM on December 7, 2008

ichor ichor all day!
posted by jessamyn at 6:51 PM on December 10, 2008