;)
ON THE MORE SERIOUS SIDE:
Faith Hill -- Where Are You Christmas
Josh Groban - O Holy Night
The King's Singers - Es Ist Ein Ros Ensprungen
The King's Singers - The Wexford Carol
Luciano Pavarotti - Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night)
Michael W. Smith - Gloria
Michael Gettel - Il Est Ne
NOT-SO-SERIES:
Bob Rivers - Sled Zeppelin
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Straight No Chaser - Who Spiked the Eggnog?
Thurl Ravenscroft - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Vic Damone - Christmas in San Francisco
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Last Month of the Year
Pretty much any Christmas tune by the Brian Setzer Orchestra
;)
Search for Pomplamoose Deck the Halls
“O’ I Want Crabs for Christmas”- check it out, it’s a Merryland special, hon
and on the serious side “In the Bleak MidWinter” by any English boy choir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRobryliBLQ
Drivin Home for Christmas - Chris Rea
Last Christmas - Wham
All I Want For Chrismas is You - Mariah Carey
Here Is Christmas - Heart
And of course, anything by Tony Bennett and Dean Martin (I won’t mention Frank who we all know has to be on the list).
Regards
PS - Bob Rivers - Walkin Round In Womens Underwear; How could you miss that one?
Playing this one has my dog barking at the front door...
Reggae Christmas Eve In Transylvania - Count Floyd
The Carpenters - Merry Christmas, Darling
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
Kenny Rogers - Mary Did You Know
George Strait - Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are)
As the ACLU, CAIR and others of their ilk spread warm greetings and cheer during this Holiday Season, I think it’s time for some politically INCORRECT Christmas Carols. I’m getting misty-eyed as I compile a list of my favorites while experiencing a warm glow coming over me (I certainly hope it’s not the same kind of warm glow experienced by Alexander Litvinenko). Anyway, let me share a few familiar song titles with you, albeit slightly modified.
1. Infidels, Infidels, it’s jihad time in the city (Silver Bells)
2. Frosty the Imam (Frosty the Snowman), also known as, “Come Fly With Me”
3. Jihadi Tree, O’ Jihadi Tree, there is a Jew behind thee (Christmas Tree)
4. O’ Little Town of Kandahar (O’ Little Town of Bethlehem)
5. Omar, the One-Eyed Mullah (Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer)
6. Deck the Halls With Bombs of Plastique (Deck the Halls)
7. Hark, Harold the Mullah’s Singhing (Hark the Herald Angels)
8. Here Comes Sadr Claus (Here Comes Santa Claus)
9. Away In a Bunker (Away in a Manger)
10. We Wish You a Merry Death Wish (We Wish You a Merry Christmas)
11. No Al Qaeda In Iraq, or Nancy Pelosi’s, I’m Too Sexy For My Shirt (Skin) (all right, it’s not a Christmas Carol – I know)
12. O’ Hillary, O’ Hillary, what happened to Vince Foster? (O Christmas Tree)
13. The Little Bomber Boy (The Little Drummer Boy)
14. I Saw Nancy Kissing Murthra’s Ass (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
15. Slay Ride (Sleigh Ride)
16. O’ Come All Ye Muslims, kill all non-believers (O’ Come All Ye Faithful)
17. All I Want For Christmas Is My I.E.D. (All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth)
18. I’ve Got My (Suicide) Vest to Keep Me Warm (I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm)
19. Alcee Got Run Over By Pelosi (Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer)
20. Iraqin’ Around the Sunni Tree (Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree)
21. Violent Night (Silent Night)
and my all time favorite,
22. People We Have Blown Sky High (Angels We have Heard on High)
Can you feel the love here? I’m thinking about releasing a CD, but will it play in Peoria?
Please feel free to add to this list – I’m sure you all have your own favorites.
Gayla Peevey - I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Two of my favorites:
A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi) - some nice jazz tunes and others from the TV special that originally aired back in the mid-60s.
Oy to the World (Jewish Klezmer Christmas Music - lotsa fun)
http://www.oytotheworld.com/
Another Klezmer oddity is the Klezmer Nutcracker, which also has some interesting takes on other classical tunes, including some Erik Satie pieces.
http://www.amazon.com/Shirim-Klezmer-Nutcracker-Orchestra/dp/B00000BIHR/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291307981&sr=8-1
O Come All Ye Faithful - Celtic Woman
Lots of stuff by The Roches on their We Three Kings album. Some of their modern songs are a little goofy, but they really have some amazing a cappella versions of classic Christmas songs. [Beware of iTunes though. It looks like they have the wrong song for Adeste Fideles, which may be the best song on the album. :-( ]
Still, Still, Still - Christmas with the Academy (Neville Mariner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields)
Wexford Carol - The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter cond.
What Sweeter Music - The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, cond.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy cond.
The most fun Christmas album ever: Holiday Sing Along with Mitch - Mitch Miller and the Gang
The Prayer- Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli
Ava Maria- Celine Dion
Ava Maria- Sarah Brightman
Ava Maria- Andrea Bocelli
O Holy Night- Celine Dion
Mary, Did You Know- Mark Lowery
O Holy Night- Celtic Women
Breath Of Heaven-Amy Grant
Tennessee Christmas-Amy Grant
The Gift- (the album) Jim Brickman
These Are Special Times-(the album) Celine Dion
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas- Mannheim Steamroller
Government Santa by Meadowman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAuw67BwCLY