OT: Favorite Christmas Songs
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Favorite Christmas song...maybe sarcastic is why I like it...nothing has changed in 50 years.
Regards
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Cant go wrong with some Nat. Here is a good playlist of him.
Cant go wrong with some Nat. Here is a good playlist of him.
Love this song. It predated Maria’s version by five years. They are different musically and the lyrics, while similar, are different. Vince Valent reviled a copyright infringement suit again last month. VV&V >MC
Judy Garland’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Especially poignant if you know the scene it premiered in during “Meet me in St Louis.”
Nat King Cole “The Christmas Song.”
Nat King Cole “The Christmas Song.”
Bryan Adams “ Christmas Time”
Been a tough year. We just lost my mother in law. My wife’s Family struggling with grief some of it coming out in anger against her. We all used to love Christmas. This year very hard to get excited. Took this song for me to remember what Christmas is really about.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
Been a tough year. We just lost my mother in law. My wife’s Family struggling with grief some of it coming out in anger against her. We all used to love Christmas. This year very hard to get excited. Took this song for me to remember what Christmas is really about.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
This song always makes me think of Home Alone. The part with the mannequins and Jordan. Nothing better then Christmas time.
An eclectic mix:
The classics from Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong
Bruce - "Santa Clause is Coming to Town"
Brenda Lee- " Rockin Around the Christmas Tree"
The Chipmunks
"Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"
Adam Sandler "Chanukah Song" (OT)
Muppets and John Denver "12 Days of Christmas"
The classics from Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong
Bruce - "Santa Clause is Coming to Town"
Brenda Lee- " Rockin Around the Christmas Tree"
The Chipmunks
"Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"
Adam Sandler "Chanukah Song" (OT)
Muppets and John Denver "12 Days of Christmas"
Catching up with Brenda Lee article from December 11, 2024:
Still rockin': As a singer turns 80, the Christmas song she sang as a teen is a holiday staple
Brenda Lee's memories of recording “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy now. But that's to be expected, since she was 13-years-old when it was made in 1958 and this month is celebrating her 80th birthday.
apnews.com
Merry Christmas from the Family (Robert Earl Keen)
Link seems broken, so reposting the funeral version, featuring the great Glenn Hansard (recently saw him in Philly) doing Shane MaGowan's vocal part and Lisa O'Neill doing Kirsty MacColl's, and the original, below. The Pogues were a fantastic band (if a bit uneven and unpredictable, live) and the list of best rock and roll Christmas songs ever begins and ends with Fairytale of New York. The song has a bit of special meaning for me as I was on assignment in Ireland for several months in 1993 and spent Christmas Eve working until about 9 pm, then I went to the pub with several coworkers and Fairytale came on and it was just magical to see the whole damn bar belting that song out (including me - my coworkers were impressed I knew the song).
But since the thread is about best Christmas songs, I'll throw in a few more I like
Rock/Pop: Happy Xmas by John Lennon, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town by Bruce, /jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms), Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses, Christmas in Hollis (Run DMC), Let It Snow...(Dean Martin), Christmas, Christmas (Mojo Nixon - a hilarious take-off on Louie-Louie), Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee), It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Andy Williams), The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole)
Traditional: What Child Is This (Greensleeves), Silent Night, and Hark the Herald Angels Sing
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