Musical Monday Playlist - Other Holiday Songs

These are all the Musical Monday videos that I have posted over the years in relation to holidays other than Christmas and Halloween. I haven't really posted enough videos to justify an individual playlist for any holiday other than those two, so I have consolidated them into one list. I have listed the videos by holiday, and listed the holidays in the order that they arrive on the calendar every year.

President's Day

02/20/12: The Presidents by Jonathan Coulton

Easter

03/26/18: The Easter Song by Paul & Storm

Star Wars Day
05/05/14: The Imperial March

Memorial Day

05/26/14: Mama, Look Sharp by Stephen Nathan

Fourth of July

07/06/15: Daylight Again by Crosby, Stills, and Nash

07/04/16: The Egg by William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, and Ken Howard

07/03/17: The Lees of Old Virginia by Ron Holgate, William Daniels, and Howard Da Silva

Armistice Day

11/11/13: Cortège by Cecil Coles

Thanksgiving

12/01/14: Thanksgiving Is Better Than Christmas by Molly Lewis

11/20/17: The Pumpkin Spice Lament by Molly Lewis

Chanukah

12/07/15: Chanukah Honey by Rachel Bloom

New Year's Eve

12/31/12: In My Mind by Amanda Palmer
12/30/13: A Talk With George by Jonathan Coulton

12/29/14: Cats at Parties by The Doubleclicks

12/28/15: Overrated New Year by Sarah Donner

12/26/16: History Repeating by Shirley Bassey and Propellerheads

01/01/18: Talking with My Father by Dougie MacLean

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Musical Monday - The Presidents by Jonathan Coulton

I don't want the Musical Monday meme to turn into the Jonathan Coulton show. I really don't. But it seems that every time I turn around looking for the right piece of music to post, Coulton has a song that is perfectly on point. And so it is for today, President's Day because Coulton happens to have written a song about all of the Presidents of the United States.

But just because you write a song doesn't mean that you remember it when the time comes to perform it live. The Presidents is a song with some fairly intricate lyrics. And on JoCoCruiseCrazy 2011 when he was asked to play it, he made several missteps on his way to getting those lyrics out. To get through the song, he turned to his audience, many of whom knew the lyrics better than he did, and were all too happy to shout out help as he struggled to sing it for them. And that, to me, makes the song even better.

Previous Musical Monday: I'm Your Moon by Jonathan Coulton
Subsequent Musical Monday: Sisters of the Moon by Fleetwood Mac

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