For me (just a few to mention, there's a dozens more):
Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run + other Sinatra and Dean Martin type "crooners".
Jon Bon Jovi - Baby Please Come Home For Christmas Sheryl Crow & Eric Clapton - Merry Christmas Baby Bryan Adams - Run Rudolph Run Celine Dion - O Holy Night
Posted by There'll be no morning for us (Member # 5804) on :
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York David Bowie and Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
Any of the classics, like the first group you mentioned, Wraith. I hate newer Christmas tunes, like that awful Mariah Carey cd! Maybe Celine isn't so bad, but I would rather they keep the Christmas songs classic, and not try to do something "different" or "trendy" or "exciting" to compete with one another. Love Dino, Frank, Sammy. I have a cd with a collection of their Christmas songs.
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
Ray Charles--That Spirit of Christmas Bob Seger--Little Drummer Boy Wham--Last Christmas Martina McBride--O Holy Night
And of course who could forget Alvin and the Chipmunks' Christmas song?? Posted by Chris the CandyFanMan (Member # 3197) on :
As well as those mentioned:
-Bruce Springsteen, Santa Claus is Coming to Town -Johnny Mathis, Sleigh Ride -Amy Grant, Christmas to Remember -Johnny Maestro & Brooklyn Bridge, Christmas Serenade -Royal Guardsmen, Snoopy's Christmas -Carpenters, Merry Christmas Darling -Elton John, Step Into Christmas
Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
last christmas-wham, silent night-perry como, and the very old song don't even remember the singer's name but she sings i want a hippopatamus for christmas!! lol
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
I'm not a country music fan but many a Christmas during my childhood, I was forced to repeatedly listen to Alabama's Christmas. Now, can't pass through the holidays without listening to it at least once...I know every word to every song. Unfortunately, my wife grew up with Kenny and Dolly's Christmas, which is downright dreadful...but hard to complain when I have Alabama Christmas playing in the background.
Otherwise, I love most of the originl classics with Bing Crosby, Burl Ives, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, etc. Not a huge fan of any modern Christmas renditions...just the oldies please...just the oldies.
Posted by P a u l (Member # 1022) on :
In the Christmas show (for UK read : Panto) that I'm in the band for this year, there's always a Christmas song at the end of the show. This Year they are doing a medley (generally a verse / chorus of each and a final chorus repeat of the last song to end). The songs chosen are:
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
I tell you, when I get to the end of the rehearsals, then the seven performances next week, I can see me really hating those songs.
We do have a family tradition though. We started doing it as kids (I was real young at the time) and we've just kept it going.
We always get together at some point and listen to the John Denver and The Muppets Christmas Album. The version of 12 Days Of Christmas is great!
Edit: Actually, because it's been released at this time of year, one that I can see becoming a Christmas go-to is Susan Boyle's album. It's really good, and although not specifically Christmassy, it really has a feel that goes well with a warm fire on a cold day.
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
Kev, I too love Alabama's Christmas songs!!
Posted by LoverswithCassie (Member # 7794) on :
I was just curious. While we are on the subject of Christmas songs, does anybody recall from the 80s Irish actor, singer and writer Frank Kelly's side-splitting, witty "Christmas Countdown," which is a take-off of the carol "The 12 Days of Christmas."?
Posted by saturnchick (Member # 7524) on :
Last Christmas - Wham! Sleigh Ride - The Carpenters Little Drummer Boy - Bob Seger Winter Wonderland - The Eurythmics Do They Know it's Christmas Time? - Band Aid We Need a Little Christmas - Auntie Mame Soundtrack Oi to the World - No Doubt Christmas Canon - Trans Siberian Ochestra Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee Santa Baby - Madonna Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Bette Midler Run Run Rudolph - Chuck Berry My Favorite Things - Tony Bennet
A Few "Winter" Songs That I Love: Angel of Harlem - U2 Winter Valley Song - Fountains of Wayne Wintertime Queen - Butterflies of Love Early Winter - Gwen Stefani Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
For you petty...."Oh Thistle Hair the Christmas Bear, Speading the Good News Everywhere, About Christmas Time and What It Means..." Actually...could have done without that track on Alabama Christmas. * The war will soon begin with my wife trying to outplay Alabama with Kenny and Dolly...if you like...I'll send you her copy...for free...our secret!
Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
my fave of all time michael mcdonald has a new christmas cd out called this christmas on my way to buy it online this morning!
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
Recently heard a version of "Silent Night" by Sinead O'Connor....very very good.
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
I listened to Christmas with Dino while we put up our tree last weekend. I got out some others too, but my hubby wanted to watch football. Carpenters Christmas is a good one- I'm going to put that one on tomorrow, hopefully our guests approve. That Kenny and Dolly song is awful. I worked in a mall over Christmas break one year while I was in college, and the music that was piped in throughout the mall was comprised of maybe 10 Christmas songs total. It was a constant rotation of those 10 songs, and one of those was that Kenny and Dolly song. If I heard it again, I'd probably pull my hair out LOL!
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
I found out that Keith Whitley sang some Christmas songs...heard one the other day and then found the video on Youtube.
Kev, I never liked the Thistlehair song either lol!!
Posted by Stitch Groover (Member # 2895) on :
As a non christian (non anything really!), some of my favorite xmas songs are the traditional ones, probably a hangover from my catholic upbringing.
I love We Three Kings O holy night Joy to the world
But some of my real fave xmas songs are
All I want for xmas - Mariah Carey Rudolph the red nosed drag queen - Ru Paul Xmas tree - Lady Gaga ("the only place you'll want to be is underneath my xmas tree")
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Last Christmas-Wham! Merry Christmas Everyone-Shakin' Stevens Happy Christmas (War is over)-John Lennon
Posted by Earth Angel (Member # 3301) on :
UK Christmas number 1 = Killing in the name of, by Rage against the machine. BRILLIANT.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
quote:Originally posted by Earth Angel: UK Christmas number 1 = Killing in the name of, by Rage against the machine. BRILLIANT.
I thought so too, until it dawned upon me that both Rage Against The Machine and that X Factor bloke are signed to the same label, so a hollow victory for common decency.
Posted by Earth Angel (Member # 3301) on :
Not at all, it was never about stopping the record company making money, it was a moral victory against the capitalization and the monopolization of the Christmas chart by a show that has months of advertising and brainwashing under its belt so no other song by any other artist ever stands a chance. We broke that cycle my friend, and with a flaming good tune too. Huzzah to the underdog and retro anarchy I say.
Posted by Stitch Groover (Member # 2895) on :
Our Australian Idol winner's single was kept from Number 1 by Ke$ha's "Tik Tok"
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