Yule Be Miserable

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The Yuletide washes in the many moods of the season and Yule Be Miserable makes a great attempt at capturing those darker holiday sentiments that come with the holly and the ivy. Still, the title's slightly misleading--even with its cool liner notes by comic book icon Harvey "American Splendor" Pekar. While some of these blues tunes (like the renowned Billie Holiday's "Stormy Blues" and Spike Jones' whiney "My Birthday Comes on Christmas") are decidedly down and out, the performances generally will knock off those stockings hung with care. For every tune like Aaron Neville's pleading "Please Come Home for Christmas" or Billy Eckstine's "Blue Christmas," there's more light-hearted fare such as Louie Armstrong's inimitable "'Zat You, Santa Claus?," the two spirited tracks from Ella Fitzgerald ("Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney," "Baby, It's Cold Outside"), and B.B. King's torn-up "Merry Christmas, Baby." Misery this bad never sounded so good. --Martin Keller

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Yule Be Miserable
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Good Music
  • I'm only gettin' half of what I oughta.
 Yule Be Miserable
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Verve
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000CDUIA
Release Date: 2006-11-24

Tracks:

  1. Christmas Blues - Ramsey Lewis
  2. 'Zat You, Santa Claus? - Louis Armstrong
  3. Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney - Ella Fitzgerald
  4. Blue Christmas - Billy Eckstine
  5. My Birthday Comes On Christmas - Spike Jones
  6. Merry Christmas, Baby - BB King
  7. Please Come Home For Christmas - Aaron Neville
  8. Stormy Blues - Billie Holiday
  9. Good Morning Blues - Count Basie
  10. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Ella Fitzgerald
  11. Nuttin' For Christmas - Spike Jones
  12. Christmas Blues - Eric Reed

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The Yuletide washes in the many moods of the season and Yule Be Miserable makes a great attempt at capturing those darker holiday sentiments that come with the holly and the ivy. Still, the title's slightly misleading--even with its cool liner notes by comic book icon Harvey "American Splendor" Pekar. While some of these blues tunes (like the renowned Billie Holiday's "Stormy Blues" and Spike Jones' whiney "My Birthday Comes on Christmas") are decidedly down and out, the performances generally will knock off those stockings hung with care. For every tune like Aaron Neville's pleading "Please Come Home for Christmas" or Billy Eckstine's "Blue Christmas," there's more light-hearted fare such as Louie Armstrong's inimitable "'Zat You, Santa Claus?," the two spirited tracks from Ella Fitzgerald ("Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney," "Baby, It's Cold Outside"), and B.B. King's torn-up "Merry Christmas, Baby." Misery this bad never sounded so good. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good Music.......2006-12-25

Though the title is slightly misleading and this isn't a collection of music that has you considering ending it all, it's good music that's fun to listen to and enjoy.

The title cracks me up, I just wish that it was used for some down and out Holiday music.

3 out of 5 stars I'm only gettin' half of what I oughta........2005-12-15

This CD is supposed to feature unhappy Christmas songs. But in reality, not very many of these songs are particularly mournful. But most of the songs are good, with the exception of Spike Jones' awful version of "Nuttin' For Christmas" (sung by a group of kids). But what is Billie Holiday's "Stormy Blues" doing here, which, although it fits the "miserable" concept, doesn't have anything to do with Christmas? It's also strange that they included two versions of the instrumental "Christmas Blues", although both versions are good. This is a decent CD, but it could have been much better.

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