Christmas Songs . . . [Archive] - The Paceline Forum

BumbleBeeDave

12-19-2012, 06:11 AM

I went to spin class last night--first one of the winter. Yuck.

Anyway, it turned out to be this particular instructor's "Christmas Song Workout" and while I pedaled to nowhere I got to listen to Maria Cary belt out "All I Want For Christmas is You" for about the 4th time in one day. But she also played a decent number of Christmas-oriented songs I'd never heard before, including one playful little ditty titled "Who spiked the eggnog" . . .

Here's my choices for faves . . . What are yours?

Christmas Carol: Silent Night

Christmas-oriented song: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting . . . ) sung by Nat King Cole. The original. The BEST.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__kQ1PCP6B0

One I wait for on the radio and yell "YESSS!" when they finally play it: Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARq6uYSsUq0

One I love to hear once a year---ONCE:Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok5rOO2v2dU

:p

BBD

CNY rider

12-19-2012, 06:49 AM

+1 for the Waitresses.

sc53

12-19-2012, 07:03 AM

Thanks to the beginning of "Christmas" on Oct. 15, I HATE all Christmas songs and cannot listen to even one of them without cringing, rage and flight.

Nooch

12-19-2012, 07:12 AM

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has a christmas album that's a lot of fun.. Every song on it ranks for me..

but especially: Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis

Fishbike

12-19-2012, 07:18 AM

Oh TannenBAUM. .

Walking in a WINTER Wonderland

Jingle Joe Bells

happycampyer

12-19-2012, 07:28 AM

Oh TannenBAUM. .

Walking in a WINTER Wonderland

Jingle Joe Bellsdon't forget:

I'm dreaming of a Sacha White Christmas

and

Let it snow atmo

rugbysecondrow

12-19-2012, 07:58 AM

In no order:

Tobymac: Christmas This Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0m54wTQbOI

Run-DMC: Christmas in Hollis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8

SNL: Silent Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTbhVlHuONo

Nat King Cole: Joy to the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5iRUABBiko

Trans Siberian: Christmas Eve/Sarajavo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHioIlbnS_A

rwsaunders

12-19-2012, 08:44 AM

Not a song, but David Sedaris' reading of Crumpet the Elf...

http://www.npr.org/2005/12/23/5066175/sedaris-and-crumpet-the-elf-a-holiday-tradition

jlyon

12-19-2012, 09:03 AM

Anything by Alvin and the Chipmonks.
:eek:

David Kirk

12-19-2012, 09:06 AM

Not a song, but David Sedaris' reading of Crumpet the Elf...

http://www.npr.org/2005/12/23/5066175/sedaris-and-crumpet-the-elf-a-holiday-tradition

Now we are getting somewhere.

I was fortunate to see Sedaris do a reading about a month ago - what a fun evening.

dave

SamIAm

12-19-2012, 09:15 AM

Love "Come all ye faithful" by Luther Vandross

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHp37QtICC0

Also love

"Christmas Eve in Sarajevo" by Trans Siberian Orchestra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHioIlbnS_A

Ken Robb

12-19-2012, 10:05 AM

I don't love it but I can't get it out of my brain: Bing Crosby singing "The Hawaiian Xmas Song"--------

Often overlooked carol: "Once in Royal David's City".

dauwhe

12-19-2012, 10:49 AM

Carla Bley's "Carla's Christmas Carols". A brass quintet plus piano and bass play traditional Christmas carols. But the arrangements are so stunningly beautiful that I listed to this all year round. The tinge of gospel on 'O Holy Night" is magnificent. Warm and subtle. Jazz lovers will marvel at the harmony and details, while civilians won't be put off :)

http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/Watt/35.php

rpm

12-19-2012, 11:25 AM

One of my favorite Christmas collections is "Come Darkness, Come Light" by Mary Chapin Carpenter. It's a lovely collection of original and not-often-heard Christmas and seasonal songs:

http://www.amazon.com/Come-Darkness-Light-Twelve-Christmas/dp/B001EOQTZG

One of her original tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH8d8Or5O6c

And I always have to add to any Xmas list Springsteen's "Santa Claus is Coming to Town":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSgEDKjmT5o

DreaminJohn

12-19-2012, 11:30 AM

Brian Setzer Orchestra doing Jingle Bells.

Really, the "Jingle All the Way" soundtrack is a must for serious Christmas-music collectors like myself. Yes, you've found my weakness. 52 CD's and counting...

For traditional, give me What are You Doing Christmas Eve? Lots of folks recorded it. My fave is REALLY old school: Billy Eckstine.

Cool thread. Thx BBD!

Steve in SLO

12-19-2012, 11:54 AM

What, no love for Barking Jingle Bells?!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xam01uaj6Vg

bluesea

12-19-2012, 12:33 PM

Diana Krall is coming through the pipe right now.

BumbleBeeDave

12-19-2012, 01:48 PM

What, no love for Barking Jingle Bells?!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xam01uaj6Vg

I just KNEW this thread would go downhill sooner or later! :rolleyes:

BBD

Steve in SLO

12-19-2012, 03:12 PM

Sorry, BBD...it's gone to the dogs.

Bark Bark Bark
Bark Bark Bark
Bark Bark WOOF WOOF Bark

Seriously though, there are lots of good songs here. I am especially fond of Nat King Cole and Alvin and the Chipmunks.

OTOH, I used to really like the Bing/Deano/Rat Pack songs until I realized that most of that 'cute' banter was probably done then they were boozed up.
My least favorites are anything being played/sung by multiple superstars in an artificial supergroup while being filmed on a soundstage. Think "We Are the World" type thing.

emckee1

12-19-2012, 08:09 PM

Here's a few:

Robert Earl King classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dkAQ9KFArw

The Kinks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-oVPVsCqs4

Sting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu8H5rA9HuA

Chieftains/Rickie Lee Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmhrhtUUals

swPArider

12-19-2012, 08:51 PM

this is my favorite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxzsitBQyEU

BumbleBeeDave

12-19-2012, 09:12 PM

. . . that always seem to turn up at Christmas . . . :rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kJ8kE5Kf3g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3M7IR6jkpc

Bob Rivers never fails to deliver . . . :banana:

BBD

SteveV0983

12-19-2012, 09:19 PM

My Grownup Christmas List by Amy Grant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmF2rsDHOZc

and quite fitting based on what happened last week

pinkshogun

12-19-2012, 09:21 PM

always a 'cheerful' christmas song....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0TBgyxRnjY

m_sasso

12-19-2012, 10:34 PM

Brian Wilson - Christmasey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1exUoCtlEFk

retrofit

12-20-2012, 12:02 AM

George Winston - The Holly and the Ivy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O2BR4cfGIs)

And one to salute the Mayan Apocalypse:

Tom Waits - Silent Night/Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2nF2QFeWo)

Elefantino

12-20-2012, 03:22 AM

William Shatner's “Good King Wenceslas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8RmPiNfCME)"

rustychisel

12-20-2012, 03:32 AM

Strewth, mate.

Leave the gun thing open and lock this [f] sucker.

witcombusa

12-20-2012, 04:33 AM

Indoor cycling to xmas music :confused:

can't imagine anything much worse

Bruce K

12-20-2012, 04:57 AM

Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick

BK

happycampyer

12-20-2012, 05:48 AM

In addition the the classics (Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Vince Guaraldi, etc.) and certain to be classics (Diana Krall, etc.), I'll find myself getting multiple variations of the same song. The latest is "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (there must be over 1,500 versions in iTunes). Something a little different I discovered that way years ago was Stevan Pasero's version of the Nutcracker Suite for the guitar (in particular the overture and "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies"):

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nutcracker-suite-for-guitar/id310624173

Also, Sarah Morgann's version of "Once Upon a December:"

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/angels-we-have-heard-on-high/id266538592

BumbleBeeDave

12-20-2012, 05:53 AM

Indoor cycling to xmas music :confused:

can't imagine anything much worse

After that class I concur. At least with the playlist she had for the WHOLE class time. Never had this instructor before. I got to the gym a bit earlier than I thought I would and when I checked in I realized I could still make the 5pm class--otherwise it's wait till 6:30. So I ran like a mofo and got in there just as she turned off the lights. Got on the bike, clipped in--and she started the music and I looked up and realized she was wearing reindeer antlers . . . Uh-oh.

When I was an instructor I gave them a kind, gentle Christmas INTRO so they'd think the worst, then switched CD's into this . . .

BWA-HA-HA-HA!

BBD

William

12-20-2012, 06:06 AM

Three pages and no 12 Days of Christmas from Bob & Doug??:rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32CwrOZVobo

Good day eh?;)

William

Aaron O

12-20-2012, 07:12 AM

My favorite:

The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I don't want to fight tonight)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y5GtaTrPHM

Closely followed by The Kinks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaPXihbORk

pjm

12-20-2012, 08:28 AM

If I have to listen to Christmas music, let it be Jane Monheit please....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlZM7jDXjrc

Ralph

12-20-2012, 08:52 AM

I like "Mary Did You Know" by either Mark Lowery or Trent DeWhite. Don't particularly like the versions by all the country western singers. Everyone seems to have recorded it.

I'm not religious, and don't actually think this event happened. Just think this song captures the spirit and tradition of Christmas....and I really like the music and the lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1oHJR2g7Tw

gdw

12-20-2012, 09:05 AM

South Park has some pretty good politically incorrect Christmas songs:

Merry #ucking Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHRaP4LPCaU

Christmas Time in Hell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SEgzERPnoU

pjm

12-20-2012, 12:03 PM

This gal is pretty good - and the guy playin' the big fiddle ain't to shabby either.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDZjg_Igoc

SamIAm

12-20-2012, 01:21 PM

Nooch

12-20-2012, 02:11 PM

The good news is it did happen, whether you believe it or not. So rejoice.

..... and IB4TL... :help:

rpm

12-20-2012, 02:48 PM

No list of Christmas songs can be complete without Robert Earl Keene's "Merry Christmas from the Family",

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37xPiRz1sg&feature=player_detailpage

William

12-20-2012, 02:55 PM

Don't forget the dropping of the Yule Log!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnWkaw9nfxo

William

jazznap

12-20-2012, 03:05 PM

I love Leon Redbone's Christmas Island. If I ruled the world, it would be on the top of everyone's list :hello:

fiamme red

12-20-2012, 03:11 PM

"O Little Town of Hackensack" by P.D.Q. Bach, from the "Portrait of P.D.Q. Bach" album. :)

http://www.schickele.com/composition/consortchristmas.htm

kramnnim

12-20-2012, 04:38 PM

This is my current favorite...it's frankensensational!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIFdJsLRkRM

BryanE

12-20-2012, 04:39 PM

I'm glad someone else besides me likes Vince Guaraldi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gmiSPMHrWQ

akelman

12-20-2012, 05:25 PM

The Pogues, "Fairytale of New York." (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/dec/06/fairytale-new-york-pogues-christmas-anthem)

malcolm

12-20-2012, 05:31 PM

Gary Hoey, guitar instrumental christmas songs

zmudshark

12-20-2012, 05:39 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-dPUXSWoew

victoryfactory

12-20-2012, 05:47 PM

Thanks to the beginning of "Christmas" on Oct. 15, I HATE all Christmas songs and cannot listen to even one of them without cringing, rage and flight.

me too.

retrofit

12-20-2012, 06:18 PM

Just remembered this one:

The Pretenders -- 2000 Miles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SkWIqQ3oLY)

mike p

12-20-2012, 06:28 PM

A Christmas classic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk

Mike

bikerboy337

12-20-2012, 06:39 PM

Sorry, little OT, but this is one of my Xmas favorites

David sedaris- six to eight black men

Worth a listen for Xmas (and santaland diaries if you haven't heard that!)

http://youtu.be/NYdpte1W0vk