The Official There isn't any good new Christmas Music Thread :D

Andyman

Andyman

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OK, so I'm at work verifying scans and decide to turn on the radio for a bit. It's set to a local soft rock station that's playing Christmas music and Johnny Mathis's "Sleigh Ride" comes on. Toe tapping good fun.

But them I get to thinking about how all the "good" Christmas music is the older stuff; Nat King Cole, Burl Ives, Der Bingle, Brenda Lee, and yeah, even McCartney and Lennon.

So being the aggravator I tend to be, I figured I'd start up another AK thread praising the virtues of the good old days and decrying the lack of any new Christmas classics.

What say ye? Who's got something new to spin after this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLpr0zVFwMg
 
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Andy, have you ever listened to any of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas albums? They offer quite an interesting twist to some old Christmas classics. I'll be playing a couple over the holidays.
 
Drybasement said:
Andy, have you ever listened to any of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas albums? They offer quite an interesting twist to some old Christmas classics. I'll be playing a couple over the holidays.
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I have. My daughter has a couple. I'll see if there's one on her laptop.

Actually, I was just using holiday music to fan the flames of old fogeyism in a new topic here.

Must be bored....:D

BTW, Merry Christmas!!
 
A few years back I picked up the 2 Cd set "Now That's What I Call Christmas" and play it this time of year. I like CD 1 a lot more than CD 2. I'll bet most those songs on the second part of Disc 2 don't get played to much these days as I expect they were the flavors of the month back then....

Track listing

Disc one

No. Title Artist Length
1. "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" Nat King Cole 3:09
2. "White Christmas" Bing Crosby 2:57
3. "Blue Christmas" Elvis Presley 2:07
4. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Frank Sinatra 3:27
5. "Winter Wonderland" Tony Bennett 2:13
6. "Sleigh Ride" Ella Fitzgerald 2:56
7. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Dean Martin 1:56
8. "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays" Perry Como 2:51
9. "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" Johnny Mathis 2:45
10. "A Holly Jolly Christmas" Burl Ives 2:13
11. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Gene Autry 3:12
12. "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" Elmo & Patsy 3:27
13. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 2:05
14. "Jingle Bell Rock" Bobby Helms 2:09
15. "Little Saint Nick" The Beach Boys 2:08
16. "Merry Christmas Darling" The Carpenters 3:05
17. "Christmas Collage" Kathy Mattea 3:33
18. "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" Bing Crosby & David Bowie 2:36


Disc Two

No. Title Artist Length
1. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir 3:32
2. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" Bruce Springsteen 4:25
3. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid 3:40
4. "Wonderful Christmastime" Paul McCartney 3:45
5. "Our Love Is Like a Holiday" Michael Bolton 3:16
6. "(It Must Have Been Ol') Santa Claus" Harry Connick Jr. 4:37
7. "Jingle Bells" Diana Krall 2:11
8. "Away in a Manger" Mannheim Steamroller 3:18
9. "Deck the Halls" Ottmar Liebert 3:06
10. "Love on Layaway" Gloria Estefan 4:26
11. "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" Celine Dion 4:35
12. "This Christmas" Joe 3:05
13. "Special Gift" The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley 3:57
14. "All We Need Is Love (Christmas in the Yard)" The Big Yard Family featuring Shaggy 3:58
15. "My Only Wish (This Year)" Britney Spears 4:15
16. "You Don't Have to Be Alone (On Christmas)" *NSYNC 4:32
17. "O Come All Ye Faithful" Luther Vandross 4:17
18. "Silent Night" Boyz II Men 2:31
 
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