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Songspiel

kungfujimmy•www.podomatic.com
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Short, educational pieces about music and culture.
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Twelve Days of Christmas

It's commonly believed that the Twelve Days of Christmas is a 400 year old song encoded with the tennets of the banned faith in England. It's been said that this song was used to protect practicing catholic children from being imprisoned and executed. Kung Fu Jimmy explores the history of this song and the English Reformation

Dec 25, 2012•12 min

Degenerate

This week’s Songspiel begins with Kung Fu Jimmy’s home screening of the 90’s movie “Airheads” starring Brendan Fraiser, Steve Buscemi. The movie, a lighthearted comedy about the desperate measures a rock band, The Loan Rangers, reach to get their song played on the radio, is not the focus of the podcast. Instead, the song in the movie “Degenerate”, a song about the perils of mispent youth and drug use, is the focus. And more specifically about the legendary punk band Regan Youth, the originators...

Dec 24, 2012•11 min

Gloomy Sunday

Gloomy Sunday/The Hungarian Suicide Song. Written in 1933, Gloomy Sunday’s lyrics speak of the death of a lover and entertains thoughts of suicide. The song’s melancholia is believed to have set off wave of suicides which included the song’s composer and his lover. Banned by the nation of Hungary and the BBC for 60 years the Gloomy Sunday and the “Gloomy Sunday Suicides” incited hysteria in Europe and fascination in the US. Kung Fu Jimmy tells the story of a song so good that it can kill you.

Dec 24, 2012•13 min

Ave Maria

This episode involves Alessandro Moreschi, the last castrato with his rendition of Ave Maria

Dec 24, 2012•9 min
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