Midnight Gems - Your Free Mix-Tape Show - E 23 "Revelations and other Biblical Beauties"

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For those of you that are new to my MidNight Gems series. Welcome to this nightly trip on which we will uncover & recover some amazing songs & covers.

It all started with this weird song, in the weird episode, of this British Series "Silent Witness". A ghostly girl sang about the head of John The Baptist on a plate. That was right up my dark and slightly troubled alley.

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That song was crazy, but when I found it was by Pete Doherty it started making sense. I have always been curious but Babyshambles and Libertines never got my ear. Maybe I should give those another try ......before I die.

Pete Doherty - Salome (lyrics)

But looking for the owner of that creepy song I found something even better...or weirder? That is up to you Dear Reader, but I hear a bit of Cave and lyrics that just kick ass.

Die Like Gentleman - The Head of John the Baptist

Guess we can´t keep playing Cooly weird Baptist songs, can we? When I saw these guys in my search for Johns Head On A Plate it triggered a memory. I can´t remember what song but I had Saltillo on Mid Evil compilation CD .....in another lifetime. And if the name sticks in this one they must be worth a listen.

Saltillo - A Hair on the Head of John the Baptist

John lost his head thanks to a girl called Salome, I guess Samson got lucky only losing his hair and his sight because of that lovely Delilah. Girls in the Bible can not do any good, can they?

Regina Spektor - "Samson"

It´s hard to do it better than Regina Spektor, still Shirley Manson tells the tale of Samson and Delilah pretty well. A little dark and smelling like the 90s.

Bear McCreary and Shirley Manson - Samson and Deliah

Another Classical couple with the girl messing up are those first to people on earth. That lady is the reason why we are no longer naked in paradise nowadays....damn you Eve!

Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Adam & Eve

Well, Actually Eve was not Adams's first wive, his first wive was a beautiful Bitch. A serious succubus that has been erased from the bible.....almost.

According to the Jewish Women's Archive, the only mention of the word or name Lilith in the Bible appears in Isaiah 34:14, which Sefaria quotes as "Wildcats shall meet hyenas, / Goat-demons shall greet each other / There too the Lilith shall repose / And find herself a resting place."

And me and my dark preference love little sweet diabolical Lilith.

Saint Avangeline - Lilith


And let´s not forget about Jesus´s secret love, the whore of Babylon.

Arthy Myst x Sandra - Maria Magdalena


Oops, I messed up some historical facts, Maria Magdelena might have been a whore but the whore of Babylon.... she was not.

I think I gotta reread those revelations to get my facts straight and also because it talks about the Her as "Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth"

Yusufina X - Whore of Babylon

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Let me share some leftovers

Adam vs Eve. Epic Rap Battles of History

Mike LePond's Silent Assassins - Whore of Babylon

I could not let this opportunity pass, an opportunity to play that little song that made me discover lovely Regina.

Regina Spektor - "On The Radio"


Youtube Playlist

All these gems were added to this week´s YouTube playlist.

All Midnight Gems Playlist can be found here

Spotify Playlist:

The Spotify playlist might not capture the whole show but is meant to represent it as well as Spotify makes it possible:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hTc9JDp6M1gjTUhej9CJv

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Riddle Me This

Guess What, My Riddlegot solved. So you have to wait till Tuesday to grab that one-dollar Boost.

What the fluff is midnight gems?

Somewhere lost in time, trying to escape out of the rabbit hole back into the rat race there is a vacuum..... that´s the place where midnight gems are found.

My Midnight Gems will try to uncover & recover those beautiful songs that nobody ever noticed or might have been forgotten.

Who the fluff am I?

Being a former DJ playing about everything and having an uncompleted study of radio journalism. I have been wanting to do this for years...Thought about it many nights and guess now it´s time to finally take it to the streets.

Hope you enjoyed this well-known wave of fantastic music and that you still feel like joining me on the next Midnight Gems Session coming soon.

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Yo dude! I've been passing by your page, giving a vote mostly. I knew immediately when I stop and listen, this is going to be great 👍

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Mate I have been seeing your upvotes and been dropping by yours, but guess you have been busy.
But I was very impressed with this little trip even though Spotify was a little Tief not having some of the coolest songs.

Very happy to hear someone else enjoyed the set enough to let me know!

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Yeah man. Just been going through alot. I'll be back soon

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Take care and hope to see you back soon!

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That lady is the reason why we are no longer naked in paradise nowadays...

But one could still find some paradise places on the earth and also be naked!

This a little addition on my part to your list, for Samson and Delilah 😉

{trastero, cuando?} 😂

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One can walk even down the street naked nowadays, the question is only how long?

Let me answer in a Spanish song:

I was there yesterday and I was like damn that´s a lot of Kaka I have to move. Guess I will wait til walking doesn't make me sweat anymore, tell me cuando cuando that will be !LOLZ

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hahahha, what a song. Much fun 😂

Heat - we are really close to Africa, walking without sweating is possible only in winter. But just on colder days lol

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Sweeeeeet. I grew up on Toto and this song got kinda boring.....not anymore #thisishowtoplayapiano got to see more by this gut and I will try to post a picture of the pile of rubbish this week

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Here comes my contribution 😂

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Not sure if the picture shows that this is a 4-meter-high trastero filled to the roof when I have already taken my bike out

And then the close-up, and my photo albums are in a suitcase below this place

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Hurray, you visited Mr Trastero :))))

Oops, a lot of boxes to remove to reach that photo suitcase. 😂

p.s. I could come and help with the task hahaha (we planned an Andalucía trip for the next week, the ocean part (around Huelva) but in the end we have to attend a hospital appointment so nada de viaje). Well, the trip will happen another time 😉

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Well if the trip ever takes you close to the most beautiful city in Spain according to some twitter poll lets have some free tapas! Hopefully by that time I found the huevos to dig into that Trastero

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That's a city I definitely want to visit again 😉

Now you have spread some vibes and I have to see what to do with them lol

(oh, well, if I am not mistaken hahaha)

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