« Newer New Democrats | Main | What Does The UN Block? » "Holiday"06 Aug 2007 05:51 pm Mike Crowley, seeking vacation-themed music videos in honor of the Iraqi parliament's decision to defer political reconciliation and focus on taking a holiday instead, offers us Madonna's "Holiday." I'll counter with Green Day's "Holiday." It turns out that there doesn't seem to be a video for Weezer's "Holiday," which is probably my favorite song with that title. Comments (25)
vacation by the go-gos of course 
Too easy: "A holiday in other peoples misery..." "Well youll work harder with a gun in your back..."
This blast from the past seems to fit the situation pretty well: http://www.beegees-world.com/chords-holiday.html
Hey Matt- try "So Long to the Holidays" by Ugly Casanova. It's a creaky, bittersweet dirge filled with mournful longing and weary resignation. It sums up my feelings towards the Iraq war quite perfectly, and features members of Modest Mouse, Holopaw, Red Red Meat, Califone, and I believe the Jackson 5. Seek out the full album, Sharpen Your Teeth, and check out the videos too... they wacky, yo!
I suppose I am the only one reading this note old enough to recall "Holiday" by the Kinks: "Lyin' in the sun with my back burned rare/ The salt gets in my blisters and the sand gets in my hair. / The sea's an open sewer, but I really couldn’t care/ I'm breathing through my mouth so I don't have to sniff the air...Holiday/ What a lovely day today...
Holiday --- Power pop goodness from a Minneapolis band, The Hopefuls (previously the Olympic Hopefuls...)
You're in DC -- you could probably find the Simple Machines 7" of the Coctails' "Working Holiday". There's also Holiday in Rhode Island by the Softies and, of course, Holiday.
what music will Marty and Throbert McGee be listening to when they take their vacation? does Mike have any guesses?
Never heard of this guy, but through the magic of google and youtube comes: Cliff Richard's Summer Holiday. For the old school Shia and Sunnis in the house.
And I think they could use a bit of Will Smith's Summertime - while technically not 100% vacation themed song - it's pretty close (school is out and there's kind of a buzz), there's a line slightly more apt: and if it ain't broke, then don't try to fix it.
Crud, someone already took the Dead Kennedys (best band name evar, btw). This performance is a bit longer and you can kind of sort of almost make out some of the words.
Not titled with "holiday", but in the first (actual lyric) line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hyoszso38E Island in the Sun by Weezer. It makes me feel so fine I can't control my brain. And it's directed by Spike Jonze.
What Nat said.
My apologies.
god, i just really dislike green day. weezer's actually kind of cool. but green day...
how about club med sucks by camper van beethoven, or holiday in waikiki by the kinks (earlier even than muswell hillbillies)
Matt's spam filter ate my post, but there's The Softies' "Holiday in Rhode Island", a twee-pop band called Holiday, and of course the entirety of the Simple Machines "Working Holiday!" singles series (particularly "Working Holiday" by the Coctails).
Dandy Warhols, "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" http://youtube.com/watch?v=F-eYhYyTsYw Killer song. Lyrics on point. Video features fake hot dancing twins. I'm pretty sure I win.
"Holiday" by James McMurtry, from "Childish Things". Good disc, with "We cant make it here anymore" a pretty good "anthem" for the middle class.
Jaqueline by Franz Ferdinad, which features the refrain "it's always better on holiday, so we only work when we need the money." The band's name, for an added bonus, is also synonymous with silly crises.
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Heads in the Sand
Yes, the era of music video jujitsu has begun!
Posted by Gordon Lightfoot | August 6, 2007 5:58 PM