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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:04 pm    Post subject: your top 5 christmas songs

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Donny Hathaway- This Christmas
Temptations- Silent Night
Emotions- What do the Lonely do for Christmas
Drifters- White Christmas
Marvin Gaye- I Want To Come Home For Christmas
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:24 pm    Post subject:

Grandma Got Run over by a reindeer

Santa Baby

Jingle Bell Rock

Knock Knock Knokin on Santa's Door

It's Cold Outside
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:47 pm    Post subject:

A Fairytale of New York
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 6:18 pm    Post subject:

In no particular order

Never heard this before but it's going to be a favorite Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

Silent Night The Temptations

Santa Baby Eartha Kitt


Santa Clause Is Coming To Town Jackson Five

Chestnuts Roasting By A Open Fire Nat King Cole
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 12:25 am    Post subject:

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) -- Darlene Love (in a lotta movies btw, beginning of Gremlins, GoodFellas.


Rockin Around The Christmas Tree -- Brenda Lee


White Christmas -- The Drifters


Christmas In Hollis -- DMC

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 4:03 am    Post subject:

right now it's

1.) most choral arrangements for Angels We Have Heard on High



Reminds me of christmas eve midnight mass at the warm churches from my youth, where the sanctity of catholic christmas culminated in triumphant hymns and hot chilli. We'd attend mass and then drive through neighborhoods to enjoy the christmas lights. I'd spend the rest of the night struggling to contain my excitement for morning. These were the only times I've ever enjoyed going to church.

The best version of this song I've ever heard was in Rome, sung by a group of boys walking along the Vatican City wall. I did my best to record some of it




2.) brass arrangement for O Little Town of Bethlehem
same reasons as #1



3.) Stevie Wonder - Silver Bells



This song always sounded generic to me. Then I heard Stevie perform it at his LA toy drive in 02 or 03.

4.) Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus & Lucy

not a song about Christmas, but still

5.) John Williams - Somewhere in my Memory


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 8:58 am    Post subject:

Charlotte Church, O Holy Night

I just listened to it for the first time this year, and, as always, when she hits "faaalllll on your knees, o heearrr the angles voi-ces," I get the chills.

John Lennon, So This is Xmas

The Nutcracker Suite
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 9:38 am    Post subject:

ribeye wrote:
Charlotte Church, O Holy Night


That song is a pretty rich canvas for artists to do great things with. Venice does a great version of it, which sounds a hell of a lot better in person than what's recorded here:

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 6:30 pm    Post subject:

ribeye wrote:

John Lennon, So This is Xmas

The Nutcracker Suite


Those are goodns. I prefer the snazzy songs, but Nutcracker is a classic jingle. I had a couple of field trips in elementary school to see the play, wish I knew the theater it was in. Posh digs with a balcony, maybe somewhere in LA.

I'm a fan of Lennon and like his solo work even though he felt they were mostly self-directed instead of universal. Love that song, even Yoko gives a good contrast to Lennon's singing, which isn't always the case. Very thoughtful concept by John. It's a song that sounds like an Xmas song, but it puts a pang in your conscience to remind you to think of others while you're all wrapped up in Xmas glee (if you're lucky enough to have that kind of Xmas...)


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 6:59 pm    Post subject:

There are way too many favorites of mine to pick my top 5.

But what I can do is name my definitive top 2, because they are the two tunes I always make sure to get heavy doses of during the holiday:

"Christmas Time is Here" (instrumental) - Vince Guaraldi

Best piece off Xmas music in the history of man as far as I am concerned. It's a great piece of music and speaks dearly to the nostalgic side of my childhood watching Xmas specials

"Christmas Wrapping" - The Waitresses

Most fun of the contemporary original songs
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:58 pm    Post subject:

Do They Know It’s Christmas - 1984 version Band Aid



Anything Johnny Mathis

Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree

Bing and Bowie - Drummer Boy

Trans-Siberian orchestra - Christmas Cannon
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:45 am    Post subject:

ribeye wrote:
Charlotte Church, O Holy Night

I just listened to it for the first time this year, and, as always, when she hits "faaalllll on your knees, o heearrr the angles voi-ces," I get the chills.

John Lennon, So This is Xmas

The Nutcracker Suite


I just remembered another. Though it is quite melancholy and its not a classic Christmas song, it is one of Joni's best, The River.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 8:45 pm    Post subject:

YSong wrote:

Bing and Bowie - Drummer Boy


Indeed.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 9:33 pm    Post subject:

@audioaxes: I totally dig your soul/motown Christmas list.

Especially the Marvin Gaye song, that’s my favorite.

To everyone that doesn’t know. Its actually supposed to be a somewhat downbeat song.

Was explaining this to my mother-in-law. If you miss the one line, you think its just a somewhat cheery Christmas song.

But when he goes, “But I’m a prisoner of war, lying here in my cell. Wishing everyone well.”

That’s when you go “oh, damn.”

Threw me for a loop the first time I heard it. But last I remember it was written around the What’s Goin On era or a little after which was still relevant.

Good stuff!

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 9:39 pm    Post subject:

On a regular note, I like different Christmas songs like the ones KROQ2 plays a bit, such as Christmas Wrapping of course, but didn’t know Yello had a Christmas song and such.

There’s a Christmas soul/r&b station on some of the music apps and makes me go wow, they made a song too.

Then there’s the pure gag songs like Shatner singing Christmas or other silly songs I dig way more than just the usual songs of the year.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:32 am    Post subject:

Hanukah Song

Walkin Around in Santa's Underwear

Leroy - Redneck Reindeer

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa;s Balls

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 4:22 am    Post subject:

Blue Christmas - Elvis

Merry Christmas, I Don't Want to Fight Tonight - The Ramones

Silver Bells - She & Him

Fairytale of New York - The Pogues

Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 6:17 am    Post subject:

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"Christmas Wrapping" - The Waitresses

Most fun of the contemporary original songs


This one is odd for me because I've heard the hook of this song sometime and somewhere, but not the entire thing, or at least not that I recall. At first glance, I was thinkin, is this the band that did I Know What Boys Like, and yep. The main singer died young, did she not?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:57 am    Post subject:

I love singing "Feliz Navidad" with a gringo accent and throw in a few "yeah" and "hey!" after I say Feliz Navidad each time.

I say the word PROSPERO like PRO-SPARE-OUUUHHHHHH.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:37 pm    Post subject:

gumby wrote:
On a regular note, I like different Christmas songs like the ones KROQ2 plays a bit, such as Christmas Wrapping of course, but didn’t know Yello had a Christmas song and such.


Kevin & Bean used to put out an Xmas CD every year that I always made it a point to get.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:39 pm    Post subject:

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DaMuleRules wrote:

"Christmas Wrapping" - The Waitresses

Most fun of the contemporary original songs


This one is odd for me because I've heard the hook of this song sometime and somewhere, but not the entire thing, or at least not that I recall. At first glance, I was thinkin, is this the band that did I Know What Boys Like, and yep. The main singer died young, did she not?


Yep. (bleeping) cancer at least 20 years ago.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:51 pm    Post subject:

Happy Christmas (War is Over) by John Lennon

White Christmas by Bing
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:11 pm    Post subject:

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Happy Christmas (War is Over) by John Lennon

White Christmas by Bing


December 71...a special month 4 me
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