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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by ryan_98, Dec 25, 2008.

  1. ryan_98

    ryan_98 Contributing Member
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    in all my years here, this is one music thread i have yet to see.... so, allow me to present this topic.

    what are some of your favorite christmas/holiday tunes? post vids if you have them... otherwise titles will work.

    here are three of my favorites (with a different spin put on them)

    Apocalyptica - Oh Holy Night
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    Apocalyptica - Little Drummer Boy
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    Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Carol of the Bells
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  2. Preston27

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    The Night Santa Went Crazy
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    Christmas at Ground Zero
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  3. 111chase111

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  4. TexasFight

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  5. mateo

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    River by Jonie Mitchell is nice.
     
  6. MexAmercnMoose

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    Trans Siberian Orchestra = epic win
    the concert is amazing too, i went last year, too bad i can't go this year

    i learned Carol of the Bells on electric guitar, easy and fun to play
     
  7. SWTsig

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  9. B-Bob

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    Serious recommendation for those who like folk/blues/roots:

    Where Will You be Christmas Day (Dust to Digital series)
    24 recordings from 1917-1959

    Am listening to it now -- none of the normal cheesy stuff. Great, foot-tapping Xmas stuff.

    Bessie Smith, Leadbelly, Lightnin', and a ton of people most of us have never heard of before.
     
  10. BetterThanI

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    Two-year thread bump, but after all, Christmas only comes once a year (even if it does seem to stretch from October until January now). Let's spread some holiday cheer!

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  11. B-Bob

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    Have we ever played the Little Drummer Boy game on here? (No pedobear.)

    A group pledges to admit when they hear LDB and then eliminates themselves from the competition. You really have to work to avoid that song this time of year, running from places with awful Xmas soundtracks playing (like, you know, shopping malls and stuff.)
     
  12. Prince

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    When listening to Chrismas music, I still prefer listening to the ones I grew up with. That's the best way for me to look back and see my family back then.

    My favorite modern Christmas music now is Straight Up No Chaser.

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    Gotta say, I love the classics.

    Bing Crosby-White Christmas
    Brenda Lee- Rockin around the Christmas Tree
    Burl Ives-A Holly Jolly Christmas
    Nat King Cole- The Christmas Song
    Elvis-Blue Christmas
    Beach Boys-Little St. Nick
    Tony Bennet-My Favorite Things
    Dean Martin-Baby it's Cold Outside
    Andy Williams-Its the Most Wonderful Time of the year.
     
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  15. Uprising

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    Some of my all time favorites. Listen to them all every year.

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    I ordered this the other day

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    waiting until it comes in before i listen to any of it
     
  17. da Whopper

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    Awesome. I need to check that out.
     
  18. da Whopper

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    I'm not really into Christmas music, but I do like this husband/wife duo. Apparently they started performing in Houston although they are Canadians now living in Alabama.

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    Not too big on the Santa related songs. I cannot stand "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" song. Likely the song I hate most. Pure torture to listen to that one. However, I love the other ones from the classic movie especially this one.
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    I like the ones sung in church best.

    What Child is This?
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    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
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    Angels We Have Heard on High
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    It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
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    Oh Holy Night
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    O Come All Ye Faithful
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    The First Noel
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  20. basso

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    Handel: Messiah- Musica Sacra the perfect compromise between period and "big band" Handel, beautifully sung, played, and fantastically recorded. Plus, it features one of my best friends.

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker- Semyon Bychkov. there are many wonderful performances of the Nutcracker, but I'm partial to Bychkov's, a less well known conductor, leading one of the world's greatest orchestras

    The Roches: We Three Kings

    Joe Williams: That Holiday Feeling

    Diana Krall: Christmas Songs, accompanied by The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra- a fantastic big band, worth getting to know on their own.

    Ella Fitzgerald: Wishes You a Swinging Christmas

    Leontyne Price: Christmas Songs , grand in manner, Price in prime voice, with Karajan and the VPO

    Luciano "The Refrigerator" Pavarotti: O Holy Night. perhaps the definitive classical christmas album- there was a TV special from this recording, shot at Notre Dame de Montreal.

    Tony Bennet : Snowfall. if you're only buying one, get this.
     

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