Your favorite Christmas Albums or Songs

Post by **amanibhavam** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:59 pm

I think my favourite Christmas album is Winter Tales from Loreena McKennitt.

Post by **High Lord Tolkien** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:23 pm

amanibhavam wrote:I think my favourite Christmas album is Winter Tales from Loreena McKennitt.

I just sampled some of her stuff on the iTunes store.
I like it.
I'll probably be picking that one up soon.
Thanks!

Post by **High Lord Tolkien** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:57 pm

Wayfriend wrote:Oh ... I also love every song in Rudoph the Rednose Reindeer...

I found by accident both the Heat Miser and the Cold Miser songs while I was err.....no....when a "friend" of mine was illegally downloading Christmas music recently.
It's awesome.
Would you like me to sent it to you?

Wayfriend wrote: BTW, every year I try to add a good new Xmas CD to the collection ... so I like this thread. There's a lot of crappy music out there you gotta stay away from...

You got that right!!
Good Lord there's some real stinkers out there!

Post by **emotional leper** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:28 pm

Twisted Sister -- Oh Come All Ye Faithful

Post by **Cail** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:31 pm

Emotional Leper wrote:Twisted Sister -- Oh Come All Ye Faithful

Rather odd, given that both Dee Snyder and J.J.French are Jewish.

I guess "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" didn't rock hard enough.

Post by **lucimay** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:56 pm

Cail wrote:
Emotional Leper wrote:Twisted Sister -- Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Rather odd, given that both Dee Snyder and J.J.French are Jewish.

I guess "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" didn't rock hard enough.

Post by **emotional leper** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:23 pm

Cail wrote:
Emotional Leper wrote:Twisted Sister -- Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Rather odd, given that both Dee Snyder and J.J.French are Jewish.

I guess "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" didn't rock hard enough.

That and you can't fit the words to 'Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel' to the tune of "No, we're not gonna take it."

Post by **onewyteduck** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:47 pm

amanibhavam wrote:I think my favourite Christmas album is Winter Tales from Loreena McKennitt.

That's a really good one. I also love Clyde McPhatter's White Christmas, the Joan Baez cover of Oh, Holy Night (sung in French), SHEdaisy's Jingle Bells. These pop into the top of my head.

And then there is Bob Rivers: Chipmunks Roasting On An Open Fire, Walking Round In Women's Underwear, I Came Upon a Roadkill Deer, The Buttcracker, Hark! The Hare-lipped Angels Sing........lots of good ones!

Post by **dlbpharmd** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:05 pm

onewyteduck wrote:
amanibhavam wrote:I think my favourite Christmas album is Winter Tales from Loreena McKennitt.
That's a really good one. I also love Clyde McPhatter's White Christmas, the Joan Baez cover of Oh, Holy Night (sung in French), SHEdaisy's Jingle Bells. These pop into the top of my head.

And then there is Bob Rivers: Chipmunks Roasting On An Open Fire, Walking Round In Women's Underwear, I Came Upon a Roadkill Deer, The Buttcracker, Hark! The Hare-lipped Angels Sing........lots of good ones!

Don't forget "The restroom door said 'Gentlemen.'"

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:16 am

Little Drummer Boy

David Bowie and Bing Crosby
youtube.com/watch?v=_zMhSjDqvRs

The Slackers
youtube.com/watch?v=eMohDVaPjUY

Trent Austin
youtube.com/watch?v=ryqA90QxU3k

Apocalyptica
youtube.com/watch?v=92CMl7fxd9c

Jars of Clay
youtube.com/watch?v=LHzxpECFm2Q

The Celebration Center in Richmond Virginia
youtube.com/watch?v=OllmIJUn74U

Johnny Cash
youtube.com/watch?v=x2FYz_13JNM

Neil Diamond
youtube.com/watch?v=23JFnu2Gav8

The Ragbirds
youtube.com/watch?v=HkFdhLeO6s4

Singin' Santa
youtube.com/watch?v=S38yBhdRlx0

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:41 am

A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So), by The Flaming Lips

I know everything changes
Yeah, it's strange how time marches on
Maybe there'll be some time in the future
Oh, tell me I'm not wrong

Oh, if I could stop time
It would be a frozen moment just around Christmas
When all of mankind reveals its truest potential
And there is sympathy for the suffering
Yes, there is sympathy for those who are suffering

And the world embraces peace and love and mercy
Instead of power and fear
And as sure as I'm standing here
I swear it really does appear that a change comes over us
Yes, some kind of change comes over us

And it's glimpsed for one shining moment
And this change feels like a change that's real
But then it passes along with the season
And then we just go back to the way we were
Yes, we just go back to the way we were

Say it isn't so
Tell me I'm not just a dreamer
I'm talking with a friend and he knows how it ends
He says it's easier, that's just the way we are
That's human nature and that's just the way we are
Oh, say it isn't so!

Post by **onewyteduck** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:41 am

dlbpharmd wrote:
onewyteduck wrote:
amanibhavam wrote:I think my favourite Christmas album is Winter Tales from Loreena McKennitt.
That's a really good one. I also love Clyde McPhatter's White Christmas, the Joan Baez cover of Oh, Holy Night (sung in French), SHEdaisy's Jingle Bells. These pop into the top of my head.

And then there is Bob Rivers: Chipmunks Roasting On An Open Fire, Walking Round In Women's Underwear, I Came Upon a Roadkill Deer, The Buttcracker, Hark! The Hare-lipped Angels Sing........lots of good ones!
Don't forget "The restroom door said 'Gentlemen.'"

Of course I didn't forget The Restroom Door Said 'Gentlemen'!

Found this.....Clyde McPatter & the Drifters:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooc5eJc5SHA

This song just always makes me smile!

Post by **matrixman** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:41 am

The only Christmas music I care to listen to are:

A Charlie Brown Christmas (original soundtrack)
Elvis's Christmas Album
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Post by **Usivius** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:21 pm

null beat me to it, but the best song for me is the Bowie/Crosby version of Little Drummer Boy. It is quite moving.

Favourite album HAS to be Barenaked Ladies Christmas album from last year! Great stuff! From the classics (a hilarious version of Jingle Bells) to new 'classics' such as Elf Lament... (you would love that one Cail <wink>)

Post by **The Dreaming** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:02 pm

The Nutcracker is wonderful. I still get a kick about their introduction to it in Fantasia. "though The Nutcracker is rarely performed..."

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:02 am

This seems as good a place as any.

So you think you know Chr-stmas Carols?

I missed 3 out of 25. Not bad for a Jew.

You got 88% correct. You know your seasonal songs! Treat yourself to an extra slice of fruitcake

Post by **Cagliostro** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:31 pm

You got 72% correct. Not bad. You stand to be the life of any winter holiday party you attend, should caroling break out.

Post by **Cail** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:10 pm

52%

Well crap. That's what I get for thinking Chewbacca was part of a Christmas carol.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:10 pm

Don't Shoot Me Santa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqKXGeV6-Wk

Post by **The Dreaming** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:39 pm

Lord Foul wrote:A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So), by The Flaming Lips

I know everything changes
Yeah, it's strange how time marches on
Maybe there'll be some time in the future
Oh, tell me I'm not wrong

Oh, if I could stop time
It would be a frozen moment just around Christmas
When all of mankind reveals its truest potential
And there is sympathy for the suffering
Yes, there is sympathy for those who are suffering

And the world embraces peace and love and mercy
Instead of power and fear
And as sure as I'm standing here
I swear it really does appear that a change comes over us
Yes, some kind of change comes over us

And it's glimpsed for one shining moment
And this change feels like a change that's real
But then it passes along with the season
And then we just go back to the way we were
Yes, we just go back to the way we were

Say it isn't so
Tell me I'm not just a dreamer
I'm talking with a friend and he knows how it ends
He says it's easier, that's just the way we are
That's human nature and that's just the way we are
Oh, say it isn't so!

Is this new?! I've never heard this (and I am a *huge* fan) I have heard (and adore) Christmas at the Zoo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTKT_hO-mWY

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