Starting off, here are three Christmas Eve tunes.
And here we have 74 minutes of Christmas Day soundwaves. With a few exceptions, I've tried to avoid songs that have absorbed any hint of overplayed-Muzak stench.
On the one hand, this means that there's no appearance of Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time" (which I still haven't come to hate), but on the other hand, you won't hear Yoko honking her way through "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".
- Leadbelly - Christmas Is A-Coming
- Stan Freberg - The Night Before Christmas
- The Beatles - Third Christmas Record
And here we have 74 minutes of Christmas Day soundwaves. With a few exceptions, I've tried to avoid songs that have absorbed any hint of overplayed-Muzak stench.
On the one hand, this means that there's no appearance of Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time" (which I still haven't come to hate), but on the other hand, you won't hear Yoko honking her way through "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".
- El Vez - Brown Christmas
- Juan García Esquivel - Sun Valley Ski Run
I came to associate this song with the Cool Cool Mountain level in Super Mario 64. (And I also associate this song with this GoldenEye 007 level... but I guess that's neither here nor there.) - The Sisterhood - Christmas Treat, Peppermint
Pretty versatile items, those peppermint candies. - Kimi and Ritz - Merry Christmas Baby
Featuring a pre-Rocky Horror Richard O'Brien. - Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
Couldn't help it. - Bathing Beauty - Christmas Tears
This is just absolutely devastating. It comes to us via WFMU. - Freddie King - Christmas Tears
Not the same teardrops. - Rosalie Sorrels - Party Crasher's Carol
Enough with the maudlin lacrymosity, already! - Komeda - Top Star
In the late 90's, there was a fantastic FTP site called Gameraweb, which turned me on to so many amazing musicians. You have no idea how good it was. Gameraweb vanished one day and I never found out what happened to it, but I never forgot it. This next song was one of the first Gameraweb downloads I snagged, and it's the first Komeda song I heard. Instant love. Thanks, Gameraweb, wherever you've gone. - The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
- Sifl and Olly - Laser Eyes
Er, well, they mention Christmas lights... Apropos of nothing, I'm convinced I knew the real-life Chester. - RUN-DMC - Christmas In Hollis
- National Lampoon - Kung Fu Christmas
Features the talents of Christopher Guest, Brian Doyle Murray, and pre-SNL Bill Murray and Gilda Radner. - James Brown - Let's Make This Christmas Mean Something This Year
- Solomon Burke - Presents For Christmas
- Louis Armstrong - Christmas Night In Harlem
- Gene Autry - When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter
- James Brown - Santa Claus Go Straight To The GhettoYet another charming track from the hardest working defendant in show business
- The Sonics - Santa Claus
- Toni Stante - ¿Mamacita, Dónde Está Santa Claus?
- El Vez - Pancho Claus
Musically speaking, this is a pretty straight-ahead cover of Lalo Guerrero's 1956's tune, but it's got a wilder, post-punk spirit than the original. - Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper - Son of Santa
No comments:
Post a Comment
I will mercilessly trash any comments I deem unworthy. So if you're going to be offensive, you damn sure better be funny.
I may feed the trolls if they make it worth my while to do so. Here's a hint: I don't like typos. Run with it!