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DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave SuperDork
12/18/08 5:01 p.m.
Twin_Cam wrote:
SupraWes wrote: Trans siberian orchestra, anything they do.
For the win.

Uhg. That's kitten strangling music.

foxtrapper
foxtrapper SuperDork
12/18/08 7:21 p.m.
mel_horn
mel_horn HalfDork
12/18/08 8:27 p.m.

Serious: "I heard the bells on Christmas Day" (heard the story behind the song on Glenn Beck)

Frivolous (and not my particular belief system, but...): "Hannuka Song" by Adam Sandler

canzus
canzus New Reader
12/18/08 8:43 p.m.

SWMBOs favourite...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ET-6SRAS6Q

My favourite...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF6d_F7oD4c

924guy
924guy HalfDork
12/18/08 11:53 p.m.

humph, amateurs...

dont click with kids around, put your headphones on first...you have been warned..

JohnValby.com

Ive always liked the Waitress's song and the Kinks as well

pinoville
pinoville New Reader
12/19/08 1:04 a.m.

"Merry Christmas from the Family" by Robert Earl Keen deserves mention here as well.

Will Bates

Marjorie Suddard
Marjorie Suddard General Manager
12/19/08 6:28 a.m.

I like the two-category idea.

Serious: "O Come O Come Emmanuel"

Humorous: "The Twelve Days After Christmas" (Sample verse: The first day after Christmas My true love and I had a fight And so I chopped the pear tree down And burned it, just for spite Then with a single cartridge I shot that blasted partridge My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me.)

And anything John Prine sings is always just fine with me.

Margie

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
12/19/08 9:21 a.m.

Haven't listened to any John Prine in a while, gotta plug that in.

Serious Christmas music: y'all are gonna laugh but IMHO Bing Crosby's 'White Christmas' is the best version ever recorded.

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand Dork
12/19/08 9:51 a.m.

No laughing. When I was a kid Bing = Christmas

Tim Baxter
Tim Baxter Online Editor
12/19/08 10:06 a.m.

Best "holiday" music I've heard this year is actually Hannukah music... Erran Baron-Cohen's "Songs in the Key of Hannukah".

I'm not kidding. http://www.amazon.com/Erran-Baron-Cohen-Presents-Hanukkah/dp/B001FZ0AAY

mtn
mtn Dork
12/19/08 1:50 p.m.
pinoville wrote: "Merry Christmas from the Family" by Robert Earl Keen deserves mention here as well. Will Bates

Second post

Karl La Follette
Karl La Follette Reader
12/19/08 4:10 p.m.

No presents for Christmas by King Diamond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVUAuNffCSA

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
12/21/08 3:24 p.m.

My favorite "sad" Christmas song is

"Bring Him Home Santa"

http://www.bringhimhomesanta.com

Otherwise, another vote for O' Holy Night, Little Town of Bethlehem, & We 3 Kings

gamby
gamby SuperDork
12/21/08 8:34 p.m.

I've worked in retail for so long that I've grown to loathe Christmas music.

That said, some favorites:

(VERY obscure) : Shoes "This Christmas" (from a 1991 album of alternative Christmas songs)

Vince Guaraldi--A Charlie Brown Christmas Sure, it's a cliche response, but I never get sick of it. It is timelessly hip and cool.

No Doubt--"Oi to the World" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy43I5Ncc_M

Fun cover. The Vandals version is great, but the bass on the No Doubt version kicks ass. Also, Gwen Stefani was still smokin' hot back when this was made.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/21/08 9:04 p.m.
David S. Wallens wrote: Christmas in Hollis.

+1, and I love the Smashing Pumpkins Christmastime.

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