It is that time of the year, Christmas time! So what is your favorite Christmas song by an artist? Mine is "Silent Night" by The Temptations and coming in second is "Let It Snow" by Boyz II Men. What are your's?
Off the top of my head, and in no particular order... Song for a Winter's Night - Sarah McLachlan Carol of the Bells - George Winston Here Comes Santa Claus - Doris Day Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry Frosty the Snowman - Gene Autry White Christmas - Bing Crosby The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole Skating - Vince Guaraldi Twelve Days of Christmas - Burl Ives Sleigh Ride - Boston Pops I can't friggin' stand (DAMN I hate these!): Santa Claus is Comin' to Town - Bruce Sprigsteen Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time - Paul McCartney Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon & Yoko "Satan" Ono Any Christmas song by Kenny G
Gotta go with Nat King Cole's version of The Christmas Song. Mel Torme wrote it and his version is great, but Nat's is the classic. I was just talking about this with someone - what is the best version of certain Christmas songs? Others... White Christmas - Bing Crosby I'll Be Home for Christmas - Frank Sinatra Blue Christmas - Elvis Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - I like the Pretenders version myself My Favorite Things - John Coltrane (ok, a little outside) Carol of the Bells - George Winston (great call!)
Santa Claus is coming to town by the Jackson Five Other than that I pretty much hate all holiday music.
Shameless plug: If anyone is in the San Marcos area. The Texas State Jazz Ensemble is performing the Duke Ellington arrangement of Tchaikovky's Nutcracker Suite in Evans Auditorium at 8PM. It it a great piece of music and is the answer to this thread's question.
Christmas Eve Sarajevo - TSO Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses Feed The World Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer ...and, of course, the Burger King Christmas Song!
I don't celebrate Christmas, so I don't know all the songs out there, but I absolutely LOVE 'O Holy Night' by Mariah Carey. 'It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year' by Amy Grant is also pretty sweet.
I think the most underrated christmas song and by far the best original pop christmas song is "This Christmas" by Donny Hathaway. Great Song. Why it's not mentioned more often is beyond me.
Nat King Cole? pffft, wtf do you old fogies know about good christmas music. Jingle Bells, Batman Smells Robin laid an egg, Batmobile, Lost a wheel And Joker Got away-ay Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells Santa Claus is dead G.I. Joe the eskimo shot him in the head Barbie Doll, Barbie Doll tried to save his life G.I Joe the eskimo stabbed her with his knife Now these are classics that will be sung by me and my family for years to come.
This is christmas - John lennon, that song always makes me teary eyed So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun Ans so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear one The old and the young A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear And so this is Christmas For weak and for strong For rich and the poor ones The world is so wrong And so happy Christmas For black and for white For yellow and red ones Let's stop all the fight A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear And so this is Christmas And what have we done Another year over And a new one just begun Ans so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear one The old and the young A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear War is over over If you want it War is over Now...
Every time I hear that song, I think of the tourism commercials for Jamaica: Come back to Jamaica What's old is what's new We want you to join us We made it for you So make it Jamaica Make it your own Make it Jamaica Your new island home Anybody else remember that?
