OK the last one and Zorn have piqued my interest in a way I didn't expect this thread!
― Adam J Duncan, Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:29 (eight years ago) link
the two American Song-Poem Christmas song I've heard live in a sweet grey area between outsider art and major label pulp, pretty cool
― Sharkie, Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:44 (eight years ago) link
good stuff itt!
sinatra's "the christmas song" just came on the radio - it's amazing, what a voice
is there a good sinatra christmas album?
― niels, Monday, 7 December 2015 09:13 (eight years ago) link
Grab any old Rhino Christmas compilation you see, and you will find something to love on it.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 7 December 2015 09:16 (eight years ago) link
cool, thx! googling that led me to this decent overview http://hipchristmasmusic.com/lists/albums.php
― niels, Monday, 7 December 2015 10:08 (eight years ago) link
Sharon Jones + Dap-Kings Christmas album is a bit disappointing tbh, though "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects" is still a classic.
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Monday, 7 December 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link
^^^ my son played me this as we were trimming the tree over the weekend. I liked the whole thing, but yeah I thought "Chimneys" was the standout. Even The Eagles haven't ruined "Please Come Home For Christmas" for me; Charles Brown original is my favorite holiday tune.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Monday, 7 December 2015 15:17 (eight years ago) link
you might get a contact high listening to the Cassie Ramone.
― campreverb, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:22 (eight years ago) link
Christmas With Chet Atkins has been my favorite for a while -- any suggestions for similar albums?
― early rejecter, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
this is probably my country favorite:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dKmNarZNL.jpg
― campreverb, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
The Eagles get the words wrong, so screw 'em.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
i am quite proud of my xmas spotify playlist, fwiw (despite the fact that it can't have XTC's "Countdown to Christmas Party Time" on it
The Dandy Warhols - Little Drummer BoyCristina - Things Fall ApartCocteau Twins - Frosty The SnowmanLow - Just Like ChristmasThe Pogues - Fairytale Of New YorkSaint Etienne - I Was Born on Christmas DayTLC - Sleigh RideThe Waitresses - Christmas WrappingRun DMC - Christmas in HollisThe Sonics - Santa ClausThe Raveonettes - Come On SantaFear - Fuck ChristmasThe Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)Lisi - My Silent NightKurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin'Alan Vega - No More Christmas BlueSky Ferreira - OmankoCarly Rae Jepsen - Last Christmas
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 7 December 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
excellentalthough they do have the ronan keating version of fairytale of new york
― nxd, Monday, 7 December 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
My favorite Christmas album is this budget-label knockoff of The Tijuana Brass. I bought it as a gift for my dad with my allowance money when I was a kid, and it got played every year. I rebought a copy for myself in a thrift bin. Childhood memories...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjQDK7Ysr8
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Monday, 7 December 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
you might get a contact high listening to the Cassie Ramone.― campreverb, Monday, December 7, 2015 3:22 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― campreverb, Monday, December 7, 2015 3:22 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Playing this right now, pretty into it.
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Monday, 7 December 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
I tried listening to the Cassie Ramone record this morning and nothing really stuck out to me :( I was disappointed, I had high hopes!
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 7 December 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
Is there a standard version of "Jingle Bells" without any 'interpretation'? Maybe just sung by kids but not on a modern cloying kids album.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 7 December 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM38kN4AOys
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 December 2015 18:57 (eight years ago) link
if you don't rock Dylan's Xmas album during the season you are dead to me
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 19:04 (eight years ago) link
it's weird because it seems like a novelty record and one that you kind of like for the fun of it, but then you put it on and it's just GREAT
― niels, Monday, 7 December 2015 19:16 (eight years ago) link
I love The Ventures proto-indie version of "Silver Bells"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJMBMIJJGok
― Number None, Monday, 7 December 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
I like the "I Feel Fine" intro to rudolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTFw8CyMzz4
― niels, Monday, 7 December 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
I'd kind of been afraid to check out the Dylan album, but based on the rec above I just checked it out.Overall, pretty fun! Obviously he sounds a bit Tom Waits in places, which some may consider an asset-it certainly is on 'Must Be Santa'.
― campreverb, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOgBcA_oWuI
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Monday, 7 December 2015 20:44 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyk-Qu7sv1E
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 10:28 (eight years ago) link
xps there's some good jingle bells covers done by dogs and cats on spotify iirc
― nxd, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 10:34 (eight years ago) link
so far, the break-out hit at our house this year is "The Christmas Tree Angel" by the Andrews Sisters
― Dominique, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 17:56 (eight years ago) link
more Christmas jazz
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/784/MI0002784088.jpg
― Number None, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 19:26 (eight years ago) link
"What You Want For Christmas" by Quad City DJ's is officially the #1 Christmas song of all time
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
That Bley/Swallow one is awesome, but I've had more positive reaction from chamber music fans I've played it to than from jazz heads.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
I just heard the xmas version of Want You to Want Me!! I had no idea it existed! It was ... weird
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 20:14 (eight years ago) link
ok I had no idea that existed
so weird
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
"I'm begging you for Christmas"
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:10 (eight years ago) link
it's dreadful ;_;
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:12 (eight years ago) link
I didn't sell that Chet Baker christmas album properly when describing it as maudlin upthread, it is actually quite jaunty in places and I was overstating the amount of depresso variations on the album, which is only a few of the tracks really.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj90PQmVhPQ
― xelab, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
I really like the version of Amazing Grace on the Chet Baker.Every year it seems like there's one old Christmas record I'm super excited to find, only to discover it's a dud. Sadly this year it's the Gladys Night record. On the other hand, holy crap that Dwight Yoakam Christmas record.
― campreverb, Friday, 11 December 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
'Wonderful Christmas Time" is the best of the big pop hits.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 11 December 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
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― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Friday, 11 December 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
Important musical syncretism: http://merrykrishnas.bandcamp.com/album/we-wish-you-a-merry-krishna
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 22:01 (eight years ago) link
this is excellent (via Dan):http://red3blog.tumblr.com/post/135098280942/formeldeharv-i-put-all-i-want-for-christmas-is
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 December 2015 00:40 (eight years ago) link
yes indeed
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Thursday, 17 December 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
This is still my favourite version of AIWFCIY though: https://soundcloud.com/bigloverecords/nite-jewel-all-i-want-for
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Thursday, 17 December 2015 00:49 (eight years ago) link
I have a playlist that I've ''''curated'''' and fashioned over the past years. It's bloody amazing.can you post or link it?― campreverb, Saturday, 5 December 2015 21:05 (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― campreverb, Saturday, 5 December 2015 21:05 (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
here ya go (NB some are not at all christmassy, but are now because they've been on this playlist for a few years, iyswim)
HOME ALONE SOUNDTRACK JOHN WILLIAMSCall the Shots Girls AloudAll I Want For Christmas Is You Mariah CareyWrap It Up Super Furry Animals15 Minutes Johnny BoyAlmost Unreal Roxettechristmas reindeer The KnifeLast Christmas Scala & Kolacny BrothersFairytale of New York The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacCollStay Another Day East 17Shoes Reparata & The DelronsFloodlit World UltrasoundFrosty the Snowman Cocteau TwinsSomewhere in My Memory John WilliamsDecember Will Be Magic Again Kate BushI Wanna Be a King of Orient Aah ElasticaHelp I'm Alive - Acoustic MetricWalking In The Air Robin AllenderMaple Leaves Jens LekmanI Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You Saint EtienneO Holy Night John Williams & ChorusThe Christmas Song - Weezer Heartbeats (Originally Performed By The Knife) Scala & Kolacny BrothersGaudete Steeleye SpanIt's A Sin (Pet Shop Boys Cover) JJ72Santa's On His Way The PipettesAll I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey Cover) Heike Has The Giggles I'll Still Be Loving You Kylie MinogueThings Fall Apart CristinaWuthering Heights (Kate Bush Cover) The SweptawaysYou Only Live Twice BjorkInto The Clouds The Sound Of ArrowsThe Promise Girls AloudChristmas music - Home Alone Soundtrack It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas Pet Shop BoysChristmas Is Cancelled The Long BlondesChristmas (Baby Please Come Home) Slow ClubAll I Wonderful Christmas Is You Summer CampAs The World Falls Down Girl In A ComaHolding On For You Liberty XHappy New Year Abba
― kinder, Saturday, 19 December 2015 23:11 (eight years ago) link
ugh excuse lack of formatting
After listening to some of the recs here I feel my former opinion of "Solely Spector and Guaraldi" is the Xmas equivalent of "I love jazz! I own Kind of Blue."
― Adam J Duncan, Sunday, 20 December 2015 04:09 (eight years ago) link
Love that whole St Etienne Christmas record. Great list!
― campreverb, Sunday, 20 December 2015 05:05 (eight years ago) link
Xpost : Speaking of which, where is the love for Bob Dorough's "Blue Xmas" feat. Miles Davis?
― Die Angst des Elfmans beim Torschluss (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 December 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link
Rosie Thomas - Why Can't It Be Christmastime All Year
― how's life, Sunday, 20 December 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link
One of the great unrereleased Christmas albums is Hortense Ellis and Trinity's African Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iRUitMxJPY
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Monday, 21 December 2015 01:46 (eight years ago) link