The Head And The Heart "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"

This is a song that makes it's way to the playlist on New Year's Eve.

Which really doesn't make any sense.  Because if you are going to ask someone out for New Year's Eve, you should do it before New Year's Eve.

So I'm posting it the day before New Year's Eve, to remind you to ask that special someone out, NOW!

Enjoy this recently released version of the classic tune, from the Holidays Rule compilation.


Hear the song on Youtube.

Zooey Deschanel & Joseph Gordon Levitt "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"

I tried to measure this video with my Cute-o-meter, but the Cuteness Factor overloaded my machine . . .

Happy New Year!


See the video on Youtube.

Rudolph's Shiny New Year "Father Time's Song"

Instead of the usual Weekend Post, on weekends in December, I think I'll post some fun, weird holiday tunes.

With Christmas past us, I'd hoped for a selection of weird New Year's songs, but there's not much. Are there really any other New Year's songs, other than "Auld Lang Syne"? (Okay, U2 and "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" come to mind)

Not everybody celebrates Christmas, yet there are a billion Christmas songs. But New Year's is a pretty universally acknowledged and celebrated holiday here in the U.S. You think there'd be more songs.

Rufus Wainwright "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"

As much as I've complained about artists using their songs in commercials, I do appreciate that commercials can sometimes introduce an artist to an audience they'd otherwise never reach.

This 1998 Gap commercial perfectly illustrates that Rufus Wainwright is young and cool, but is really less comparable to any modern artist than he is to Frank Loesser or George Gershwin.