One small correction to what Martin said at 2:35: the mythical creature that sits on sleepers chests and gives them paralysis is an Alp (Germanic folklore) or Maere in Old English (from which the term nightmare is derived). By contrast, mummers were groups of travelling medieval English musical play performers (an individual actor was a mummer) who performed folk plays that often combined Christian and pagan elements. They are still performed as part of preserved folk traditions in rural parts of England during Christmas and before harvest time.
Entertaining episode. I kept trying to compare Uriah Heep’s Very ‘Eavy… UK cover with something, but couldn’t come up with something (certainly not something by XTC).
I’m going to give this a try. Swap the Cramps A Date with Elvis for the Smiths single Shoplifters of the World cuz it features Elvis, then you could use Strangeways Here We Come for Songs the Lord Taught Us
That's a tough assignment...I gave it a shot and came up with a swap of The Cure/ Grand Funk Railroad (given some covers will have to swap the faces of the musicians...). Thought it would be fun to swap 2 bands that have very little in common... 1. The Cure-Faith/ GFR-Closer To Home (Faith features a house/ home, and CtH has sort of a icon-like type of prtrait of the band, plus GFR always has a bit of a religious side. 2. The Cure-Pornography/ GFR-All the Girls in the World Beware!!! (the GFR album has a "porn"/ nudity side to it and the cover of Pornography depicts 3 devil looking guys which girls should really try to avoid... 3. The Cure-Songs of a Lost World/ GFR-Survival. Having the title Survival on the cover of the latest Cure album could be asking the question of What will remain of the human race? Art? Could Art (here a sculpture) be the only form of true survival of the Human kind? And then the cover of Survival itself sort of depicts a lost world... Cheers.
One small correction to what Martin said at 2:35: the mythical creature that sits on sleepers chests and gives them paralysis is an Alp (Germanic folklore) or Maere in Old English (from which the term nightmare is derived). By contrast, mummers were groups of travelling medieval English musical play performers (an individual actor was a mummer) who performed folk plays that often combined Christian and pagan elements. They are still performed as part of preserved folk traditions in rural parts of England during Christmas and before harvest time.
All-star lineup for this episode
Martin , you may want to look up the definition of Mummer
If only I could stay up until 1am to watch this over in Europe, I'd take on this challenge!
Just missed the chat, but anyway… Happy Holidays, guys!!!
Entertaining episode. I kept trying to compare Uriah Heep’s Very ‘Eavy… UK cover with something, but couldn’t come up with something (certainly not something by XTC).
This show is fun just for watching everyone struggle 😂😂
P.S. the UK cover of Salisbury has a tank on it - that really would cause some difficulty breathing if it rolled across your chest!
Import of Salisbury by Heep and Sabbath's Paranoid
I’m going to give this a try. Swap the Cramps A Date with Elvis for the Smiths single Shoplifters of the World cuz it features Elvis, then you could use Strangeways Here We Come for Songs the Lord Taught Us
That's a tough assignment...I gave it a shot and came up with a swap of The Cure/ Grand Funk Railroad (given some covers will have to swap the faces of the musicians...). Thought it would be fun to swap 2 bands that have very little in common...
1. The Cure-Faith/ GFR-Closer To Home (Faith features a house/ home, and CtH has sort of a icon-like type of prtrait of the band, plus GFR always has a bit of a religious side.
2. The Cure-Pornography/ GFR-All the Girls in the World Beware!!! (the GFR album has a "porn"/ nudity side to it and the cover of Pornography depicts 3 devil looking guys which girls should really try to avoid...
3. The Cure-Songs of a Lost World/ GFR-Survival. Having the title Survival on the cover of the latest Cure album could be asking the question of What will remain of the human race? Art? Could Art (here a sculpture) be the only form of true survival of the Human kind? And then the cover of Survival itself sort of depicts a lost world...
Cheers.