{"id":2342,"date":"2017-12-24T14:52:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T19:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2017-12-24T19:04:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T00:04:57","slug":"merry-christmas-from-little-steven-the-soul-disciples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2017\/12\/24\/merry-christmas-from-little-steven-the-soul-disciples\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas from Little Steven &#038; The Soul Disciples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little Merry Christmas from Steven Van Zandt, a.k.a. Little Steven, covering the Ramones classic \u201cMerry Christmas (I Don\u2019t Want To Fight Tonight)\u201d with The Disciples of Soul. It\u2019s a little more laid back than the original, but the video gets into the gonzo holiday spirit with a bunch o\u2019 Santas, elves, reindeer and weird old silent film footage. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TstKhjNE02U\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you want the original, you can pick up the best rock and roll Christmas collection around, <a href=\"http:\/\/wickedcoolrecords.com\/bands\/christmas-a-go-go\/little-steven-presents-christmas-a-go-go-full-album-download.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Little Steven\u2019s Underground Garage Presents Christmas A Go Go<\/em><\/a>. It\u2019s got the Ramones, Keith Richard, The Kinks, the Len Price 3, the Chesterfield Kings, Joe Pesci, Soupy Sales, Darlene Love, Roy Wood and Wizzard, and a bunch of other artists new and old. <\/p>\n<p>Back when the album came out in 2008, I spoke with Van Zandt for AOL\u2019s now defunct music site, Spinner. He liked the idea of mixing the new and the old, like he does on his SiriusXM station. \u201cI love it when somebody comes up to me sometimes, they say, \u2018Was that record new or old?\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cI love hearing that. That\u2019s exactly the point. Good is good. A lot of the young kids now are studying the right things, they\u2019re learning from the right people, and that\u2019s the 50s and 60s. Some of the records will sound a little bit like those records, and that\u2019s nothing but good, as far as I\u2019m concerned.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Why not write your own Christmas song? \u201cBecause Christmas, it\u2019s a challenge, man,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know what I mean? When you\u2019re writing those things, you\u2019re competing with \u2018Jingle Bells,\u2019 you know what I mean? You know, it\u2019s tough competition there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little Merry Christmas from Steven Van Zandt, a.k.a. 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