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It's TIME for the annual XMAS music post**DISCLAIMER: This is a REPOST
‘Tis the season to be jolly, ENJOY the Saints Super Bowl run and play festive music, so I’ve put together a list of some of the best Christmas songs of all time.
and the WORST
So I've been pontificating this one for a while....
My whole take on XMAS tunes is good if you do them good if you don't.....I consider the classics the classics and they shouldn't be touched i.e. anything by Bing, Frank and yes Wham and Mariah
AND it explains why Maroon 5, Gwen Stefani, Train, The Beach Boys etc have put out albums....
Here is the compilation of "METAL" BANDS doing XMAS UGH
...and a link for you fools to buy it...Amazon will owe me 10% of $7.00 after all of the sales
SO.....with that said here it is ....The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Xmas tunes followed by MY favorites.....so if you don't see it on the list and you think I missed....WAIT and look at my list....I promise to not forget your Xmas needs
For the record BING appears more than once on this list....as it isn't Xmas if Bing isn't involved
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THE GOOD
“Winter Wonderland”
BING
Bing Crosby is the king of Christmas songs and is now so associated with the holiday that there’s an album of his music announcing him as “The Voice of Christmas”. He was the first popular singer to record Christmas songs, and his version of “White Christmas” remains the best-selling single of all time, with over 50m copies sold. It’s his version of “Winter Wonderland” that really gets me in the festive spirit.
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THE GOOD
THE GOOD
“Winter Wonderland”
BING
Bing Crosby is the king of Christmas songs and is now so associated with the holiday that there’s an album of his music announcing him as “The Voice of Christmas”. He was the first popular singer to record Christmas songs, and his version of “White Christmas” remains the best-selling single of all time, with over 50m copies sold. It’s his version of “Winter Wonderland” that really gets me in the festive spirit.
"BABY, It's Cold Outside" ESTHER WILLIAMS AND RICARDO MONTALBAN + BETTY GARRAT AND RED SKELTON
First is the original CLASSIC and It's Cold Outside second is the roles reversed one....ENJOY...TURN IT UP!!!!!
“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” – Brenda Lee
Brenda Lee was just 13 years old when she made herself a rockabilly legend thanks to the recording of this party classic.
and its most famously known from HOME ALONE...so...
"White Christmas"
BING
and its most famously known from HOME ALONE...so...
"White Christmas"
BING
The power of Christmas nostalgia itself is greater than real memories. Hence, all of us can hark back with Bing on this Irving Berlin-penned ’40s number to a white Christmas just like the ones we used to know, even if our true past is full of crushing disappointments
They don't make them like this anymore....
It’s about as traditional and classic as you can get in the genre without singing a carol.
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman"
Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
"Blue Christmas"
Elvis Presley
Elvis’ Christmas Album is, arguably, the best testament to the King’s artistic interests of all his albums as it masterfully tackles rockabilly, gospel, country, pop, and gospel across its 12 tracks. The most enduring cut, though, is the equal parts woeful and hopeful “Blue Christmas.” Give it a listen and you’ll see why.
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
Bruce Springsteen
One of the most buoyant takes on this ode to Father Christmas features Bruce Springsteen playfully needling his bandmates about their behavior over the past year and a joyous sax solo by Clarence Clemons.
"Merry Christmas Baby"
Otis's blazing version of this R&B Yuletide classic is spine-tingling nearly 50 years after its recording.
"Christmas Time Is Here"
Vince Guaraldi Trio
Seasonally appropriate melancholia from A Charlie Brown Christmas, which is still the greatest animated salute to the spirit of the season.
"Where are you Christmas?" Faith Hill
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
– Frank Sinatra
– Frank Sinatra
I love Frank Sinatra’s version of this song. It was originally written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane for Judy Garland to perform in the 1944 musical Meet Me in St Louis, and features an original line that’s a lot bleaker than the version most people know.
Call me sentimental, but I much prefer the way Sinatra’s version ove rall the rest
Call me sentimental, but I much prefer the way Sinatra’s version ove rall the rest
"All I Want For Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey
If you haven’t danced to this Christmas classic at an office party… you probably haven’t been to a Christmas party!
“It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
Andy Williams
Andy Williams
Andy Williams’ classic brings to mind the kind of big, brash Christmas’s you see in American films – lots of presents, blazing fireplaces and a huge feast – but also plays heavily on the importance of spending time with your loved ones. It consistently appears in the top 10s of Christmas song rankings, and more than 50 years in, the 1963 staple shows no signs of wearing out
"Run Run Rudolph"
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Recorded at the height of his powers, Chuck Berry rolls out his characteristic frenzied twelve-bar blues in reverence of everyone’s favorite reindeer. Despite not even managing to break the top fifty when it was first released, it has become an enduring holiday favorite and spawned plenty of covers.
"Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas Song)"
BING
Handel's Messiah "Alleluia" chorus
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THE NAUGHTY (AKA BAD)
"Oh Come All Ye FAithful"
Twisted Sister
Supposedly edgy bands releasing rockin’ covers of Christmas classics are a ubiquitous bad Christmas music trope. I think the idea is that you’re supposed to hear this track and be like, “Wow, these cool guys know about Christmas?” Unfortunately for Twisted Sister, they’re about as badass as a carton of store-brand non-alcoholic eggnog.
SOUND LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT doesn't it?
SOUND LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT doesn't it?
“HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER)”
MAroon 5
There’s something impressively audacious about Maroon 5 covering John Lennon, given that Lennon is maybe the most coldly intellectual pop star of all time and Adam Levine comes off as though his idea of a deep thought is noticing that different types of people have different haircuts.
“CHRISTMAS WRAPPING”
Spice Girls
“Hey, let’s do a cover of that Christmas song by The Waitresses.”
WHO????
"YULE SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT"
FAll Out Boy
Fall Out Boy specializes in making music for people who mention that they ‘wear their hearts on their sleeve’ in their Tinder bio and hang out at the vape store so much they get invited to the company Christmas party even though it’s technically employees only. These dude’s who, when they were eighteen, weren’t worried about their high school girlfriend’s going away to college while they stayed home and worked at Best Buy because their love was true and twice as intense as any love the world had ever known, who got dumped the day after Thanksgiving and never got over it. I guess it’s nice there’s a Christmas song for these guys. But still.....
THE UGLY
“FUNKY, FUNKY XMAS”
New Kids On The Block
No words....its the "Hangin Tough" of Xmas songs
“BACK DOOR SANTA”
Bon Jovi
There’s this whole gross strain of bad Christmas music that explores the horny side of the holiday season, but this one stands out for that awful opening blurt of a riff that sounds torn from a terrible Broadway musical about Santa and Mrs. Claus rediscovering one another sexually in their twilight years.
and Mr Jovi THIS is why you shouldn't be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame before Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Pantera.....
"Oh Holy Night"
Christina Aguilera
Aguilera sings this like she hates having oxygen in her body and wants to blast it all out as quickly as possible. It’s the official anthem of teenage choir students mistakenly convinced that a big-time music producer from Los Angeles is attending their high school’s holiday concert in search of discovering the next big thing.
i hate this woman for oversinging every fucking thing she touches from the national anthem to xmas tunes....great you have a good voice...now lets try and sing along without 67 extra notes for each word you sing....MORON
and Mr Jovi THIS is why you shouldn't be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame before Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Pantera.....
"Oh Holy Night"
Christina Aguilera
i hate this woman for oversinging every fucking thing she touches from the national anthem to xmas tunes....great you have a good voice...now lets try and sing along without 67 extra notes for each word you sing....MORON
"Wonderful Christmastime"Paul McCartney
Another song which could go either way...in this case...ugh....can't stand it...never liked it....that damn keyboard sound is worse than listening to Cardi B today
"All I want for Xmas is my 2 front teeth"
Jimmy Buffett
...KNOCKED OUT BY YOURS TRULY!!!
As sung by a child, this is a cute novelty song about a kid who doesn’t understand that Santa brings toys and has no power. As sleazily slurred by Jimmy Buffett, it seems to be about a man who ruined his mouth prying the cap off a bottle of Miller Lite and can’t afford dentures because cocaine is so damn expensive.
"Leroy The Redneck Reindeer"
Joe Diffie
"Leroy The Redneck Reindeer"
Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie
There are tons of Christmas songs celebrating redneck culture, and they all suck. This one sucks the most. Rudolph gets sick and calls his country cousin Leroy in to sub. The other reindeer rightly scoff when Leroy rolls up in a battered truck (in the video he loudly burps, too) so naturally Santa immediately puts Leroy in charge of the entire Christmas operation. Imagine being Donner in that situation. You’ve worked hard for centuries making sure toys get delivered smoothly, and you’re probably pretty much okay with Rudolph’s red nose getting all the credit, but now you’re supposed to defer to this Leroy cretin so Santa can make a point about bullying? If I were Donner I would have burned the North Pole to the ground. According to Diffie, it isn’t long before Leroy’s rowdy attitude and ‘rebel yell’ has Santa et al super stoked, to the point that Santa slaps a confederate flag on his big sack of toys. Yikes. I’d suggest that all existing copies of this track be loaded onto a rocket and shot into the heart of the sun, but the song is so bad that there’s a chance that doing so might result in sunlight suddenly developing an awful smell.
"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
Alvin And The Chipmunks
NOTHING and I mean NOTHING by the Chipmunks is ever enjoyable in a song
I was debating even posting this shit
I'd rather listen to Cardi B mumble
A divisive track, to be sure
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NOW FINALLY...the moment you've all been waiting for......
MY TOPS
"Let It Snow" Vaughan Monroe
For those who know me know Die Hard is one of it not my top movie of alltime simply for the plot, quotes, action and what became after....its the best....and this song graces teh end credits of both 1 &2 even though I don't like 2 and skip right to 3....."good luck mclane" (inside joke)
but watch this and you tell me if its a xmas movie or not
smooth, rich voice is as warming as a good glass of whisky; paired with sweeping, romantic strings and a chirpy flute, “Let it Snow!” conjures up images of stockings hanging up over the chimney, a Christmas tree glinting with baubles, and a frost-tinted window with snow falling outside
NEXT IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"
BING
BING
Nat
This Mel Torme composition was originally written, according to Torme, with Bob Wells as a mind-over-matter attempt to stay cool during a stifling summer day in 1945. It’s one of Cole’s most enduring hits, and one of the most beloved of all Christmas songs
The old ones really are the best, it seems!
"The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth"
Bing and David Bowie
Recorded for Bing Crosby’s TV special and framed around a strange scripted banter between the two, this mash-up only came about because Bowie hated the song, “Little Drummer Boy”, that he had been asked on the show to sing......Simply beautiful.
.....five weeks later, Crosby died.
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"Band Aid
A moment in time that created one of the fastest and best-selling singles in the history of British music. It has been remade several times since, but the 1984 collective remain the original and the best.
A moment in time that created one of the fastest and best-selling singles in the history of British music. It has been remade several times since, but the 1984 collective remain the original and the best.
AND THE EXTENDED VERSION
"Carol Of the Bells"Trans Siberian Orchestra
Lindsey Sterling WOW
"Jingle Bell Rock"
Daryl Hall and John Oates
Bobby Helms's 1957 celebration of Christmas rock is well-trod territory, but Hall & Oates' blue-eyed soul version is a cut above its peers.
Bobby Helms's 1957 celebration of Christmas rock is well-trod territory, but Hall & Oates' blue-eyed soul version is a cut above its peers.
"Christmas in Hollis"
Run-DMC
ANOTHER song which leap frogged in popularity after being heard in the movies "Less Than Zero" and of course "Die Hard"
"Last Christmas"
Wham!
Last Christmas is George Michael at his very best and a Christmas song that has truly stood the test of time. George Michael wrote, performed, produced and played every single instrument on this song, where the narrator looks back with sadness on a past relationship.
Last Christmas is George Michael at his very best and a Christmas song that has truly stood the test of time. George Michael wrote, performed, produced and played every single instrument on this song, where the narrator looks back with sadness on a past relationship.
"Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You"
Billy Squier
Anyone who watched MTV in the early years remembers this and it was cheesy but it has stood the test of time to me....
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Merry Christmas from my family to yours
May your holidays be filled with laughter, love and joy
Wishing you and your family a happy holidays!
May your blessings be overflowing
Jesus loves you, Santa loves you and I love you
OK I AM DONE!!!!!!!!
This was a long process.....
I am XMAS songed the fuck out
GEAUX TIGERS GEAUX SAINTS
PEACE
