tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post3609324899588380073..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Okay, you can play Christmas music nowBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41858717715145110622013-12-27T04:05:09.931-08:002013-12-27T04:05:09.931-08:00Okay, you can play Christmas music now is really i...Okay, you can play Christmas music now is really interested article. Thanks for sharing it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14716077278270758503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53604337613351323182013-12-18T17:19:25.000-08:002013-12-18T17:19:25.000-08:00I'm not sure if anyone weighed in on this but ...I'm not sure if anyone weighed in on this but I loved Stan Freberg's Green Christmas from the first time I heard it in the 60's. <br />BTW Hate Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by anybody.Fredhttp://acaliforniadudeinharvardsquarecourt.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56552600692786445052013-12-18T11:28:21.614-08:002013-12-18T11:28:21.614-08:00I finally had to buy a new copy this year because ...<i> I finally had to buy a new copy this year because my original CD was so scratched </i><br /><br />For the life of me, I've never understood how CDs get scratched up. I've been collecting them for nearly twenty years and have never had one get scratched up.Toddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31006475674673021112013-12-17T09:53:11.598-08:002013-12-17T09:53:11.598-08:00Linda Eder's "Christmas Stays the Same&qu...Linda Eder's "Christmas Stays the Same" album has been my favorite Christmas album for 13 years, since it came out. It cannot be beat. By anyone. I finally had to buy a new copy this year because my original CD was so scratched!*tarazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750756996602049812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-920795526805342472013-12-16T23:52:09.297-08:002013-12-16T23:52:09.297-08:00DrBOP said: "...But it's not really Chris...DrBOP said: "...But it's not really Christmas until Darlene Love sings "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on Letterman with Paul Schaefer and the band.<br />They usually absolutely raise the roof, while we're rockin' in front of the tube. Good times!"<br /><br />No lie, this is twice now; I just came in here to add that I'd forgotten how much I love seeing/hearing Darlene do that song every year, and you beat me to it, by a few hours! Her voice makes me feel the spirit, and I'm a notorious Yule-celebrating heathen.<br /><br />Oh, and I like your icon. I miss John Candy so very much.<br /><br />Cheers, and happy holidays,<br /><br />StormStormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37852093434085287202013-12-16T20:39:03.623-08:002013-12-16T20:39:03.623-08:00Babs Gonzales "Christmas NYC/Scat"
But ...Babs Gonzales "Christmas NYC/Scat"<br /><br />But it's not really Christmas until Darlene Love sings "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on Letterman with Paul Schaefer and the band.<br />They usually absolutely raise the roof, while we're rockin' in front of the tube. Good times!DrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59457953103231756292013-12-16T14:29:46.070-08:002013-12-16T14:29:46.070-08:00Serach down "A Baby Just Like You" by Jo...Serach down "A Baby Just Like You" by John Denver. Terrific. I also like "Mary's Boy Child but not the Boney M version.DwWashburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03057278992504418291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5750021483334671972013-12-16T14:28:35.121-08:002013-12-16T14:28:35.121-08:00I can't believe nobody's mentioned James B...I can't believe nobody's mentioned James Brown's Funky Christmas! "Go Power at Christmas Time" is awesome, as is "Sweet Little Baby Boy." If you want something truly different, this is it!iconoclast59noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9963730329462564382013-12-16T14:08:55.861-08:002013-12-16T14:08:55.861-08:00OK, regarding my previous comment, a little white ...OK, regarding my previous comment, a little white lie—timely for a "White Christmas", somewhere. Here's another list I came across on the Interwebs:<br /><a href="http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/alternative-holiday-songs" rel="nofollow">Esquire.com: The 30 Best Alternative Holiday Songs</a>.Jeffrohttp://kenlevine.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21137802513357973492013-12-16T12:25:57.076-08:002013-12-16T12:25:57.076-08:00Gee, nobody mentioned Bob Dylan's Christmas al...Gee, nobody mentioned Bob Dylan's Christmas album.<br />I won't either.<br />However, I will pull your coat to an obscure holiday trinket I heard once on an Eddie G promo cassette; "Christmas Day" by Detroit Junior. There's more plain joy in its two minutes' play than Mannheim Steamroller could contrive in a five-day run at Radio City Music Hall.Courtneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30048167596849615422013-12-16T07:23:41.873-08:002013-12-16T07:23:41.873-08:00One final suggestion from me:
The King's Sing...One final suggestion from me:<br /><br />The King's Singers <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TEVI44" rel="nofollow">A Little Christmas Music</a></i>.<br /><br />The a capella tracks are my favorites, but I also like the old (well, older than the rest) English carols as well as the Spanish ones.<br /><br />Someone has made <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjcRoJfwudg0UlfP6rTBI98T9twc753Oo" rel="nofollow">a YouTube playlist of it</a>, but instead of using the titular "A Little Christmas Music—Medley à la Mozart" from the album, the playlist maker used their more well-known version from the 1987 ABC special, <i>Julie Andrews: The Sound Of Christmas</i> (with John Denver as W.A. Mozart). The album version, with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, can be found <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hery_GL6KCU" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />Enjoy! A have a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!<br /><br />—JeffroJeffrohttp://kenlevine.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68223914677635639812013-12-16T07:08:32.132-08:002013-12-16T07:08:32.132-08:00local radio station used to play "Green Chris...local radio station used to play "Green Christmas" by Stan Freberg...best Christmas "song" ever...Darth Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371680007744419495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29546405746469660922013-12-16T05:13:20.834-08:002013-12-16T05:13:20.834-08:00Ken, Since you're a fan of THE NEWSROOM I won...Ken, Since you're a fan of THE NEWSROOM I wonder if you've checked out Jeff Daniels' "Won't You Please Stay For Christmas Santa Claus" or Alison Pill's cover of "Santa Baby".Mark in Auburnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50688719439765872192013-12-16T04:56:23.362-08:002013-12-16T04:56:23.362-08:00Carol said: "My picks:
Peace on Earth/Little...Carol said: "My picks:<br /><br />Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy as performed by David Bowie and Bing Crosby<br /><br />Father Christmas by the Kinks<br /><br />Fairytale in New York by the Pogues..."<br /><br />You are just the kinda dame I wanna hoist an egg nog with, because I just came in here to post those exact three songs. Cheers!<br /><br />I love "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", but it makes me cry when I hear it, because radio stations and regular folk played it OUT Xmas of '80, just a few weeks after Lennon's murder. Every time it came on, people would start crying, but damn if they didn't keep playing it anyway. <br /><br />And as a faux queen and drag mother, you know I love Eartha's "Santa Baby", a drag Xmas classic.<br /><br />Cheers, and happy holidays,<br /><br />StormStormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44249632877791525082013-12-16T00:55:40.091-08:002013-12-16T00:55:40.091-08:00I loathe McCartney's Xmas song too. Actually, ...I loathe McCartney's Xmas song too. Actually, I've loathed pretty much everything he's done post-Beatles except for Live & Let Die.<br /><br />My favorite Christmas song ever is a I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day by Wizzard, a classic from the 70s. I don't know if that ever made it to the States but it's worth a listen on youtube!Hamidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-15536936809631253172013-12-15T22:19:46.233-08:002013-12-15T22:19:46.233-08:00@Wendy M. Grossman: While Paxton may not have wri...@Wendy M. Grossman: While Paxton may not have written "The Marvelous Toy" as a Chistmas song, the Mitchell Trio achieved their biggest hit by timing their version to coincide with the 1963 Christmas season. And although it wasn't a hit, Peter, Paul & Mary likewise paired their own cover with "Christmas Dinner" as their end-of-'69 single, just as "Jet Plane" was rising to the top.<br /><br />Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things" was likewise tinselized for Herb Alpert & the TJB's Christmas Album in 1968. The Von Trapp connection to MFT seems to grow dimmer with each year's TJB reappearance in the all-Christmas sweepstakes.Yah Shurenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49021401017314780432013-12-15T12:52:27.853-08:002013-12-15T12:52:27.853-08:00"Have Your Self a Merry Little Christmas"..."Have Your Self a Merry Little Christmas" by Judy Garland<br /><br />"Happy Xmas (War is Over)" by John Lennon<br /><br />"You're a Mean One Mr Grinch" by Thurl Ravenscroft<br /><br />"The Cristmas Song" by Nat King Cole<br /><br />"Santa Clause is Comin' to Town" by Bruce Springsteen<br /><br />"Santa Clause is Comin' to Town" by Bing Crosby and the Andrew sisters (if for no other reason than "You mean the big fat man with the long white beard" at the end. <br /><br />"Santa Baby" by Eartha Kitt<br /><br /> Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34388335950480395352013-12-15T12:22:18.362-08:002013-12-15T12:22:18.362-08:00Check out Holly Cole's Christmas CD "Baby...Check out Holly Cole's Christmas CD "Baby It's Cold Outside." And thank me later, as Larry King would add.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70718207886640329832013-12-15T11:49:00.920-08:002013-12-15T11:49:00.920-08:00Well, here's my contribution:
My 2009 Christ...Well, here's my contribution: <br /><br />My 2009 Christmas album/mix, with title track by the inevitable Red Peters<br /><br />http://panther.baylink.com/pub/Holy%20Shit,%20It's%20Christmas%20'09.mp3 [warning: 109MB/72min MP3]Baylinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75617786995000334512013-12-15T10:21:00.146-08:002013-12-15T10:21:00.146-08:00Mostly, I don't like any of the pop sentimenta...Mostly, I don't like any of the pop sentimental tunes about the Christmas/holiday season. Except for a few, like White Christmas and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, avoiding the actual religious content and paying tribute just to some amorphous holiday atmosphere brings out the worst in lyricists. <br /><br />However, here's a good song, "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" and a great version by Billie Holiday:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs4AUuZ9TKk#t=40Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515313368190919011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44207432813977080592013-12-15T09:37:54.891-08:002013-12-15T09:37:54.891-08:00But Ken, were not you also at Delores' on Chri... But Ken, were not you also at Delores' on Christmas without family.Ronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-45909407832225025532013-12-15T08:03:23.048-08:002013-12-15T08:03:23.048-08:00The wonderful animated version of the Drifters'...The wonderful animated version of the Drifters' White Christmas. (Animator Joshua Held.)<br />http://youtu.be/ddVZOK_9UUICarolynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40090885888508149022013-12-15T07:33:18.999-08:002013-12-15T07:33:18.999-08:00Singapore (which I'm visiting for a math confe...Singapore (which I'm visiting for a math conference) has a great desire to celebrate Christmas, even though the Christian population is not very large (under 20% by Wikipedia). It has been surpassingly weird to hear invocations of snow in a land where the all time low temperature is 67. Not to mention repeated requests by Burl Ives to have a "holly, jolly" Christmas.brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867539918269604287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44882328736143993192013-12-15T07:14:06.663-08:002013-12-15T07:14:06.663-08:00I attended an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva between the ...I attended an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva between the ages of 3 and 9 so I love all Christmas music (sacred, secular and profane). Nothing like forbidden fruit to make you love something.<br /><br />And Greg Ehrbar - a big YES to "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol." The Styne/Merrill score is one of the greats of all times. I wish someone would turn it into a seasonal Broadway show (the songwriters' pedigree is certainly more impressive than those who wrote "Elf.") I believe they should drop the Mr. Magoo framing device (Jim Backus took that character with him)and go with the rest of it.LinGinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886475328549600984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67943981273998854022013-12-15T06:36:55.908-08:002013-12-15T06:36:55.908-08:00Allow me to second the hate for "Little Drumm...Allow me to second the hate for "Little Drummer Boy." The music is monotonous; the rhymes are built around onomatopoeia (e.g., drum/ta-dum), which is cheating (exception allowed for Poe's "The Bells"); and the story misrepresents the Biblical account of Jesus's birth. You would think that the last point would make more people angry, but the conservative church folk I know seem to have all convinced themselves that there really is a little drummer boy in the Bible.Jim Linzernoreply@blogger.com