Was it on this forum in the past when there was an annual mix of holiday music that wasn't shit? Either way, lets do it.
People should post winter holiday related music that doesn't suck. No Frostys, No drummer boys, and especially no "simply having a wonderful Christmas times..." (Unless they're good-ass RnR covers.)
Xmas Curtain is an example of a song that we could use. Realistically I'd like to see some download links when we have compiled 13 or so song mix tapes, but I know the responsibility that we have in that area.
So, some songs to start us off:
Xmas Curtain - MMJ
Jingle Bells (instrumental) - Pearl Jam
Happy Xmas - John Lennon
Ill Be Home for Xmas - MMJ w/ BoH @ MSG 2011
She and Him - the Christmas Waltz
I have a ton more, ill need to look in my iTunes
The Brian Setzer Orchestra's Christmas albums are well worth getting. Smoking hot classics and some new tunes too.
Elvis' Chrismas album is a must own.
I downloaded this holiday mix from my Zune account: Holidays Rule (http://holidays-rule.com/)
Music from The Shins, Andrew Bird, Heartles Bastards, The Head and The Heart, Fruit Bats, Punch Bros., Calexico, Pres Hall w/Irma Thomas, and many more! :thumbsup:
One of my favorite holiday comps:
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Featuring the smokin' FUNKY FUNKY CHRISTMAS
Funky Funky Christmas - Electric Jungle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qKHbQ1F18o#ws)
Would also HIGHLY recommend the original Soul Christmas comp:
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And while New Year's is still a ways off, no holiday mix is complete without "New Year's Resolution" by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas. Forget being one of my favorite holiday tracks, it's one of my favorite songs, period.
Umm, this will be hard to exclude tunes that don't suck in a group list cuz there are sure to be disagreements. For example, I'll take McCartney at his cheesiest over Zooey Deschanel anyday, I can't fucking stand her voice.
So I'll try to pick things that most people won't hate. I have a boatload of Christmas tunes that I like, so I'll have to think about it, but to get started how about:
Christmas Must Be Tonight by The Band
Christmas Must Be Tonight - The Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_sOG1hdk-8#)
I've got a MOJO compilation from a few years ago that's pretty good.
BLUE CHRISTMAS
1. The Flaming Lips – A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So)
2. Rufus Wainwright – Spotlight On Christmas
3. Marvin Gaye – Purple Snowflakes
4. The Staple Singers – Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas
5. The O'Jays – Christmas Ain't Christmas, New Years Ain't New Years Without The One You Love
6. Charles Brown – Please Come Home For Christmas
7. David McAlmont & David Arnold – Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
8. A Girl Called Eddy – The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
9. James Brown – Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year Pts 1 & 2
10. Neal Casal – Cora Jones
11. The Handsome Family – So Much Wine
12. The Supremes – Just A Lonely Christmas
13. Ed Harcourt – In The Bleak Midwinter
14. B.B. King – Christmas Celebration
15. The Ventures –Jingle Bell Rock
Santa Claus And His Old Lady - Cheech & Chong - HD Audio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnYXgv7maws#)
Quote from: bbill on Dec 04, 2012, 12:45 PM
I've got a MOJO compilation from a few years ago that's pretty good.
BLUE CHRISTMAS
1. The Flaming Lips – A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So)
2. Rufus Wainwright – Spotlight On Christmas
3. Marvin Gaye – Purple Snowflakes
4. The Staple Singers – Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas
5. The O'Jays – Christmas Ain't Christmas, New Years Ain't New Years Without The One You Love
6. Charles Brown – Please Come Home For Christmas
7. David McAlmont & David Arnold – Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
8. A Girl Called Eddy – The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
9. James Brown – Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year Pts 1 & 2
10. Neal Casal – Cora Jones
11. The Handsome Family – So Much Wine
12. The Supremes – Just A Lonely Christmas
13. Ed Harcourt – In The Bleak Midwinter
14. B.B. King – Christmas Celebration
15. The Ventures –Jingle Bell Rock
This is what I'm talking about. I'm trying to make some good mixes. They don't have to be xmas songs persay, but if they mention xmas they fit (i.e. xmas curtian).
and Shug - McCartney's christmas tune is THE WORST. Mostly because hes a FUCKING BEATLE and he wrote that.
I mean, Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time vs. Happy Xmas is almost a joke, imo.
And to think I call myself a proud syrup-sucking Canadian hoser. The greatest - and one of the funniest - Christmas songs of them all, by two of the greatest Canadians, SCTV's Bob and Doug McKenzie (skip to the 46 second mark):
Bob and Doug ~ 12 Days Of Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEbUtpPQihM#)
Can't be Christmas without A Charlie Brown Christmas:
Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Christmastime Is Here (Instrumental) ("A Charlie Brown Christmas")" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gmiSPMHrWQ#)
charlie Brown Christmas Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBPcoI4OE9Y#)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw6h4mZO1oU#)
A Charlie Brown Christmas - Linus and Lucy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06DFATE7lBM#)
Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LimfDX4-imU#ws)
Tracy Chapman - O Holy Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h46231asrlc#)
Just got this Paste sampler via Noisetrade email. Includes the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Great Lake Swimmers, and JD Macpherson.
http://www.noisetrade.com/pastemagazine (http://www.noisetrade.com/pastemagazine)
this takes me back
I Believe In Father Christmas - single by Greg Lake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXCEdrnaFlY#)
This one is for Tracy and ewind... :beer:
Christmas Island - Jimmy Buffett.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCDWt7aVMVI#ws)
:bath:
Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me
Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPJjlBtcnbU#)
Quote from: e_wind on Dec 04, 2012, 01:33 PM
and Shug - McCartney's christmas tune is THE WORST. Mostly because hes a FUCKING BEATLE and he wrote that.
I mean, Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time vs. Happy Xmas is almost a joke, imo.
Well its all a matter of opinion, and what sucks to someone else may be what another likes.
I think Zooey Deschanel is absolutely terrible and while I'm not a fan of McCartney's extremely cheesy Wonderful Christmas Time (recorded in the 80s when almost everyone was using horrible synthetic keyboards sounds) its still not as bad to me as anything Zooey has recorded. You feel differently, that's fine, but my point is that you'll never get everyone to agree totally on what sucks and what doesn't, so trying to make an exclusion rule over what amounts to opinion is a lost cause. If I can get a few good ideas of songs I'd like from someone else's list, I'm happy. The stuff I don't like, I'll just pass on, but I won't ask people to not include it.
The Pretenders - Happy Christmas
Pretenders - Happy Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G1qjVnzchU#)
Elvis Presley-Merry Christmas Baby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJcJbVBwREc#)
Elvis--Merry Christmas Baby -'nuf said
Bruce's version is good, too.
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - Merry Christmas Baby (Christmas songs) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GRQp2ObN3E#)
Might not be everyone's cup of tea but I think it's fucking hilarious:
Holy Shit, It's Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbplBfisDJg#)
And then there is this little masterpiece:
http://youtu.be/nwMPlAsAZwA (http://youtu.be/nwMPlAsAZwA)
John McCauley might not like Christmas, but he likes Christmas songs.
Love the version by Elvis, but nothing tops the original:
CHUCK BERRY Merry Christmas Baby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmRI1lZKns#)
How 'bout a Chuck Berry cover by one of his main protoges?
Keith Richards - Run Rudolph Run (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_utGmmAaxHg#)
Unless the bubblegummer pop kids and cheeseball jazz artists start doing it, I haven't heard a bad "Merry Christmas Baby".
Quote from: Jaimoe on Dec 04, 2012, 05:18 PM
Love the version by Elvis, but nothing tops the original:
CHUCK BERRY Merry Christmas Baby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmRI1lZKns#)
Both great versions, but my ears and eyes favor EP! :grin:
My favorite semi-traditional Xmas songs are Feliz Navidad and Mele Kalikimaka. I am not sure what this says about my overall enthusiasm for the holiday (which at this point is admittedly near rock bottom), but I don't speak Spanish. I do however love Hawaii... :beer:
From my absolutely favourite Christmas album: Low, Christmas. Played this in my office way back when and was told by everyone in the room that is was the most depressing thing anyone had ever heard, ever. They threatened a mass suicide if I didn't take it off.
Oddly, it doesn't sound depressing to me at all. Particularly this track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IippcraBPKA# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IippcraBPKA#)
Quote from: Jaimoe on Dec 04, 2012, 11:38 AM
The Brian Setzer Orchestra's Christmas albums are well worth getting. Smoking hot classics and some new tunes too.
Elvis' Chrismas album is a must own.
I have both of his Christmas albums and the DVD that came with one of them. I just found this on YouTube. It is from Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Brian Setzer Orchestra-Angels We Have Heard On High (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1slhJWUPjzs#)
Quote from: Jaimoe on Dec 04, 2012, 01:46 PM
And to think I call myself a proud syrup-sucking Canadian hoser. The greatest - and one of the funniest - Christmas songs of them all, by two of the greatest Canadians, SCTV's Bob and Doug McKenzie (skip to the 46 second mark):
Bob and Doug ~ 12 Days Of Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEbUtpPQihM#)
And a beer, in a tree.
Sorry to hijack but you can't post Bob and Doug McKenzie without also acknowledging Great White North. TAKE OFF. You hoser.
http://youtu.be/ot70G4wSQi0 (http://youtu.be/ot70G4wSQi0)
Love the Matt Pond PA's cover of this song:
Matt Pond PA - Holiday Road (Lindsey Buckingham) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfQZhCXhOM#)
Quote from: zanjam on Dec 04, 2012, 11:15 PM
Quote from: Jaimoe on Dec 04, 2012, 01:46 PM
And to think I call myself a proud syrup-sucking Canadian hoser. The greatest - and one of the funniest - Christmas songs of them all, by two of the greatest Canadians, SCTV's Bob and Doug McKenzie (skip to the 46 second mark):
Bob and Doug ~ 12 Days Of Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEbUtpPQihM#)
And a beer, in a tree.
Sorry to hijack but you can't post Bob and Doug McKenzie without also acknowledging Great White North. TAKE OFF. You hoser.
http://youtu.be/ot70G4wSQi0 (http://youtu.be/ot70G4wSQi0)
I know you are American and I'm a married hoser, but I want to marry you.
Quote from: Jaimoe on Dec 06, 2012, 12:41 AM
Quote from: zanjam on Dec 04, 2012, 11:15 PM
Quote from: Jaimoe on Dec 04, 2012, 01:46 PM
And to think I call myself a proud syrup-sucking Canadian hoser. The greatest - and one of the funniest - Christmas songs of them all, by two of the greatest Canadians, SCTV's Bob and Doug McKenzie (skip to the 46 second mark):
Bob and Doug ~ 12 Days Of Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEbUtpPQihM#)
And a beer, in a tree.
Sorry to hijack but you can't post Bob and Doug McKenzie without also acknowledging Great White North. TAKE OFF. You hoser.
http://youtu.be/ot70G4wSQi0 (http://youtu.be/ot70G4wSQi0)
I know you are American and I'm a married hoser, but I want to marry you.
I have that effect on people, when I bust out SCTV/Geddy Lee mashups.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Temptations (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuvlIgSj0Y#)
Its just too funky to pass up!
Everyone needs to get their hands on the Ventures Christmas Album right now. Wow.
Ventures Blue Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5DWXdBFGDY#)
Because I'm me...
http://youtu.be/LWw4BB9bRP8 (http://youtu.be/LWw4BB9bRP8)
Quote from: FiddleCastro on Dec 21, 2012, 02:02 PM
Because I'm me...
http://youtu.be/LWw4BB9bRP8 (http://youtu.be/LWw4BB9bRP8)
That looks like it would be a really good album just judging by who's listed on the front cover.
The Indie Xmas comp that was just posted at consequence of sound is pretty hilarious
Third Man posted this song the other day, and simply put, it floored me. One of the best Christmas songs I've ever heard, and a worthy year-round listen. Can't believe I'd never heard of these guys before.
Reigning Sound- If Christmas Can't Bring You Home (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHFVkUOc2bo#)
She & Him
She & Him - The Christmas Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz4oG4eh5J0#ws)
Quote from: Fully on Dec 21, 2012, 02:32 PM
Quote from: FiddleCastro on Dec 21, 2012, 02:02 PM
Because I'm me...
http://youtu.be/LWw4BB9bRP8 (http://youtu.be/LWw4BB9bRP8)
That looks like it would be a really good album just judging by who's listed on the front cover.
It is really good, LOVE this track:
http://youtu.be/5a_Z8xVSGDs (http://youtu.be/5a_Z8xVSGDs)
I don't think this song has been mentioned yet. In my opinion the best Christmas song ever. The video is worth checkout if for no other reason than to see Shane McGowan's teeth.
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY#)
She & Him (again)
She & Him - Blue Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fPyQQ6HgG8#ws)
Zoey is the sexiest white chick celebrity out there now. Talk about the girl next door. A great comedic actress, and a beautiful singer. The last 2 World Series she delivered the best renditions of the Star Spangled Banner I have ever hear. She sings it in her style, but remains true to the song, and refrains from "Mariah Carrying" it up.
A very good version of this John Lennon song, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)". (You just have to get through the 30 second movie promotion first.)
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I completely forgot one of other top faves: Sufjan Stevens Christmas. Particularly the Peace album. Gawd it's so damned beautiful sounding. Here are a couple of my faves from it:
Listened to this one while cruising past some cool lit up houses on Christmas Eve and burst out crying. That's not the best sell I suppose, but this song lives in the hopeful, delicate corners of my heart.
Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OCdS5S20dg#)
This one is my 9yo's fave song off this album:
Jupiter Winter by Sufjan Stevens w/ Lyrics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF4inYBTpGI#)
THis is more fun and upbeat. It makes me happy.
Christmas In July (Sufjan Stevens) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9BLBRqjDdE#)