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White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. The film, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, is notable for being the first to be released in VistaVision, a widescreen process developed by Paramount that used twice the surface area of standard 35mm film. Filmed in Technicolor, it features songs by Irving Berlin, including a new version of the title song "White Christmas," which was first introduced by Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn. The plot follows Broadway star Captain Bob Wallace and aspiring performer Private Phil Davis, who, after entertaining soldiers in Europe during World War II, become a famous song-and-dance team after the war. While performing in Florida, they meet the Haynes sisters, Betty and Judy, and are persuaded to spend Christmas at the failing Columbia Inn in Pine Tree, Vermont, where their former commanding general, Major General Thomas F. Waverly, is the nearly bankrupt owner. To save the inn, the group stages a large musical show, which ultimately attracts guests and brings snow to the town on Christmas Eve. ----- https://www.amazon.com/White-Christmas-Bing-Crosby/dp/B00004YNIX Christmas Playlist: https://rumble.com/playlists/OHvx0B68gPE Lyrics: [Verse 1: Bing Crosby & Choir] I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know (Ooh) Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow [Verse 2: Bing Crosby & Choir] I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write (Ooh) May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white [Verse 1: Choir] I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know (Ooh) Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear (To hear the sleigh bеlls in the snow) [Verse 2: Choir, Bing Crosby, Both] I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With еvery Christmas card I write (Mm) May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white (Mm) Mm-mm-mm (Mm)

2000 Miles is a song by the British rock band Pretenders. Written by lead vocalist Chrissie Hynde and produced by Chris Thomas, it was released on 18 November 1983 as the second single from their third studio album, Learning to Crawl (1984). It was most popular in the UK, where it peaked at No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1983. In the US, it was released as the B-side of both the 7-inch single and 12-inch single remix of the band's hit "Middle of the Road". Influenced by Otis Redding's "Thousand Miles Away",the song was written a year after the band's guitarist, James Honeyman-Scott, had died of a drug overdose in 1982. Hynde has noted that she thinks "the sense of distance in the lyrics" refers to Honeyman-Scott". Considered a Christmas song, it has been released on various Christmas compilation albums. SIGOPS Christmas Playlist: https://rumble.com/playlists/OHvx0B68gPE Lyrics: He's gone 2000 miles It's very far The snow is falling down Gets colder day by day I miss you The children will sing He'll be back at Christmastime In these frozen and silent nights Sometimes in a dream you appear Outside under the purple sky Diamonds in the snow sparkle Our hearts were singing It felt like Christmastime 2000 miles Is very far through the snow I'll think of you Wherever you go He's gone 2000 miles It's very far The snow is falling down Gets colder day by day I miss you I can hear people singing It must be Christmastime I hear people singing It must be Christmastime

In 1978, the rock band Eagles covered and released the song as a holiday single. Their version peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100, the first Christmas song to reach the Top 20 on that chart since Roy Orbison's "Pretty Paper" in 1963. This was the first Eagles song to feature Timothy B. Schmit on bass (having replaced founding member Randy Meisner the previous year). The lineup features Don Henley (drums/lead vocals), Glenn Frey (piano, backing vocals), Joe Walsh (guitar, backing vocals), Schmit (bass/backing vocals), and Don Felder (lead guitar). Originally released as a vinyl 7" single, it was re-released as a CD single in 1995, reaching number 15 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. This version includes the lyrics "bells will be ringing the sad, sad news" (that is, a Christmas alone) as opposed to Brown's original version which references the "glad, glad news" (that is, Christmas in general). Christmas Playlist: https://rumble.com/playlists/OHvx0B68gPE Lyrics: Bells will be ringing this sad sad news Oh what a Christmas to have the blues My baby's gone I have no friends To wish me greetings once again Choirs will be singing "Silent Night" Christmas carols by candlelight Please come home for Christmas Please come home for Christmas If not for Christmas by New Years night Friends and relations send salutations Sure as the stars shine above But this is Christmas yes Christmas my dear The time of year to be with the ones you love So won't you tell me you'll never more roam Christmas and new Years will find you home There'll be no more sorrow no grief and pain And I'll be happy, happy once again Oh there'll be no more sorrow, no grief and pain And I'll be happy, Christmas once again

There’s a place where mercy reigns and never dies There’s a place where streams of grace flow deep and wide Where all the love I’ve ever found Comes like a flood Comes flowing down At the cross.. Lyrics: [Verse 1] There's a place where mercy reigns and never dies There's a place where streams of grace flow deep and wide Where all the love I've ever found Comes like a flood Comes flowing down [Chorus] At the cross At the cross I surrender my life I'm in awe of You I'm in awe of You Where Your love ran red And my sin washed white I owe all to You I owe all to You Jesus [Verse 2] There's a place where sin and shame are powerless Where my heart has peace with God and forgiveness Where all the love I've ever found Comes like a flood Comes flowing down [Chorus] At the cross At the cross I surrender my life I'm in awe of You I'm in awe of You Where Your love ran red And my sin washed white I owe all to You I owe all to You Jesus [Bridge] Here my hope is found Here on holy ground Here I bow down Here arms open wide Here You save my life Here I bow down Here I bow down [Chorus] At the cross At the cross I surrender my life I'm in awe of You I'm in awe of You Where Your love ran red And my sin washed white I owe all to You I owe all to You Jesus

She Sells Sanctuary is a song by the English rock band The Cult, featured on their second studio album, Love, released in 1985. The single was officially released on 13 May 1985 and reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in July of that year. It also achieved chart success internationally, peaking at number 11 on the Canadian Top Singles chart and number 35 on the Netherlands' Single Top 100. In the United States, it reached number 36 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart in early 1986. The song has received significant certification recognition. In March 2023, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) awarded it a platinum certification for sales and streams exceeding 600,000 units in the United Kingdom. It is also certified double platinum in Canada and platinum in New Zealand. Lyrics: [Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] Oh, the heads that turn Make my back burn And those heads that turn Make my back, make my back burn [Verse 2] The sparkle in your eyes Keeps me alive And the sparkle in your eyes Keeps me alive, keeps a man alive [Chorus] The world And the world turns around The world and the world, yeah The world drags me down [Verse 3] Well, the heads that turn Make my back burn And those heads that turn Make my back, make my back burn, yeah [Interlude] Yeah-hey-hey-hey-hey Yeah-hey-hey-hey [Verse 4] The fire in your eyes Keeps me alive And the fire in your eyes Keeps me alive I'm sure in her you'll find The sanctuary I'm sure in her you'll find The sanctuary [Chorus] And the world The world turns around And the world, and the world The world drags me down And the world, and the world, and the world The world turns around And the world, and the world, and the world, and the world The world drags me down [Bridge] Ahh Yeah-hey-hey-hey Yeah-hey-hey-hey [Chorus] And the world (Yeah-hey-hey-hey) The world turns around (Yeah-hey-hey-hey) And the world and the world (Yeah-hey-hey-hey) Yeah, the world drags me down (Yeah-hey-hey-hey) And the world (Yeah-hey-hey-hey) Yeah, the world turns around (Yeah-hey-hey-hey) And the world and the world (Yeah-hey-hey-hey) The world drags me down (Yeah-hey-hey-hey) [Outro] Yeah-hey-hey-hey Yeah-hey-hey-hey Sanctuary, hey Sanctuary, hey

Brass in Pocket, also known as "Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)", is a song by English rock band the Pretenders, released in 1979 as the third single from their self-titled debut album. It was written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott, and produced by Chris Thomas. The song originated as a guitar lick composed by Honeyman-Scott, which Hynde recorded and used as the foundation for the lyrics. The title derives from a phrase Hynde overheard after a show, where someone asked if anyone had "picked up dry cleaning? Any brass in pocket?". In Northern English slang, "brass" refers to money, specifically copper coins. reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in January 1980, making it the first new number-one single of the 1980s. It also peaked at number two in Australia, number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number one in Sweden and South Africa. The song was listed at No. 389 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2021. Its music video, filmed in North Kensington, was the seventh video aired on MTV when it launched on 1 August 1981. In the video, Hynde plays a lonely waitress who is joined by the band members and their partners. Lyrics: [Verse 1] Got brass in pocket Got bottle, I'm gonna use it Intention, I feel inventive Gonna make you, make you, make you notice [Verse 2] Got motion, restrained emotion Been driving, Detroit leaning No reason, just seems so pleasing Gonna make you, make you, make you notice [Pre-Chorus] Gonna use my arms Gonna use my legs Gonna use my style Gonna use my sidestep Gonna use my fingers Gonna use my, my, my imagination [Chorus] 'Cause I'm gonna make you see There's nobody else here, no one like me I'm special (Special), so special (Special) I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me [Verse 3] Got rhythm, I can't miss a beat Got new skank, it's so reet Got something I'm winking at you Gonna make you, make you, make you notice [Pre-Chorus] Gonna use my arms Gonna use my legs Gonna use my style Gonna use my sidestep Gonna use my fingers Gonna use my, my, my imagination [Chorus] 'Cause I'm gonna make you see There's nobody else here, no one like me I'm special (Special), so special (Special) I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me [Chorus] 'Cause I'm gonna make you see There's nobody else here, no one like me I'm special (Special), so special (Special) I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me [Outro] Ohh And when you are

Middle of the Road is a song by the Pretenders, released as the third single from their 1983 album Learning to Crawl. It was written by lead singer Chrissie Hynde, who has described the song as reflecting her personal philosophy of staying in the "middle" or "middle way," inspired by her interpretation of the Tao Te Ching. The song's lyrics also contain autobiographical elements, referencing the recent deaths of bandmates Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott, as well as the birth of her daughter Natalie in February 1983. Hynde has stated that she was 32 at the time of the song's release, though the lyric "I got a kid, I'm thirty-three" reflects her age at the time of recording. Lyrics: Middle of the road is trying to find me I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me But I got a smile for everyone I meet Long as you don't try dragging my bay Or dropping the bomb on my street Oh, come on, baby Get in the road Come on now In the middle of the road, yeah In the middle of the road, you see the darnedest things Like fat cats driving 'round in jeeps through the city Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids And man, I don't mean a Hampstead nursery But when you own a big chunk of the bloody Third World The babies just come with the scenery Now come on, baby Get in the road Come on now In the middle of the road, yeah One Two Three Four Five Six The middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac I can't get from the cab to the curb Without some little jerk on my back Don't harass me, can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell I'm not the cat I used to be I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three, baby Get in the road Come on now In the middle of the road, yeah

The Joker," was released as a single in October 1973 and became a worldwide hit, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1974. The song's lyrics include references to other Steve Miller Band songs, such as "Space Cowboy" and "Gangster of Love," and feature the invented word "pompatus," which Miller reportedly misheard from a song by the Medallions. The song's success was pivotal in establishing the band's mainstream popularity. Lyrics: [Verse 1] Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah Some call me the gangster of love Some people call me Maurice 'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love [Verse 2] People talk about me, baby Say I'm doing you wrong, doing you wrong Well, don't you worry, baby, don't worry 'Cause I'm right here, right here, right here, right here at home [Chorus] 'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner I'm a lover and I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun I'm a joker, I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I sure don't want to hurt no one I'm a picker, I'm a grinner I'm a lover and I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun I'm a joker, I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I get my lovin' on the run Woo-ooh, woo-ooh [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] You're the cutest thing that I ever did see I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time Oee, baby, I'll sure show you a good time [Chorus] 'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner I'm a lover and I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun I'm a joker, I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I get my lovin' on the run I'm a picker, I'm a grinner I'm a lover and I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun I'm a joker, I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I sure don't want to hurt no one [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] Woo-ooh, woo-ooh [Outro] People keep talking about me, baby Say I'm doing you wrong Well, don't you worry, don't worry, no, don't worry, mama 'Cause I'm right here at home You're the cutest thing I ever did see Really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time C'mon baby, now I'll show you a good time

Nelson wrote this in 1961 for Patsy Cline, one of only a few big names in Nashville at the time who understood him. Nelson was eventually rejected by the Nashville labels as too offbeat, too artsy-fartsy for mainstream country music. Nelson said of his early experience in Nashville: “I enjoyed fooling around with phrasing, but it made my sound noncommercial for all those Nashville ears who were listening for the same old stuff and misunderstood anything original.” Billy Walker (a star at the Grand Ole Opry at the time) actually snapped this song up and was the first to record it. Even though Nelson showed early promise with this song, and “Crazy”, recorded by Patsy Cline, he couldn’t get a Nashville recording contract that allowed him to do what he wanted with his music. He eventually returned to Texas, started over, and did it his own way. The song became a live staple of Nelson’s and a classic standard, used by stars like, George Jones Elvis Presley, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Jones, Al Green & Tina Turner. Lyrics: [Verse 1] Well, hello there My, it's been a long, long time How am I doing? Oh, I guess that I'm doing fine It's been so long now But it seems now that it was only yesterday Gee, ain't it funny How time slips away? [Verse 2] How's your new love? I hope that he's doing fine I heard you told him That you'd love him 'til the end of time Now that's the same thing that you told me Seems like just the other day Gee, ain't it funny How time slips away? [Verse 3] I gotta go now I guess I'll see you around Don't know when though Never know when I'll be back in town But remember what I tell you In time, you're gonna pay And it's surprising how time slips away