<strong>Snoopy vs The Red Barron by Royal Guardsmen is my favorite christmas song and some of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra christmas stuff too.</strong><hr></blockquote>
HAHAHA I had that on tape as a kid!!!!
Love it! LOL <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
Bryan Adams has version that's as good as anybody's. This is just one of those basic, straight ahead, rock-a-billy classics that everyone likes to play.
But this time I've got a great reason for resurrecting this rather than starting a new thread.
First of all, there are a lot of good recommendations here, and it's the right time of year.
But also, near the end of this thread I had strongly recommended a record called "Christmas: A Touch of Bossa Nova". Well, I lost my copy sometime in 2001 or 2002 and I've been searching for it unsuccessfully every Christmas season since.
Unsuccessfully, that is, until today.
Tonight by cross-referencing the artists, I've found the same record, reordered and re-released under a different name, on iTunes.
So here it is: The best Christmas record ever. In my opinion. Well, Eddie Higgins and Mannheim Steamroller and the original "Very Special Christmas" get honorable mentions.
"Ho, Ho, Ho and a bottle of Rum", by Jimmy Buffett
Celebrating the winter solstice has been around for way more than 2000 years, so I don't really get into the "magic virgin-born baby" songs so much ... or perhaps I'm just feeling cynical.
Probably my favorite is "O Holy Night"... certainly one of the most moving songs ever written.
Another is "Hark the Herald Angels Sing". The third verse is Christianity in a nutshell.
I could name a bunch more but I won't. Suffice to say some of the best music ever written was around this one event. Not a carol but Handel's "Messiah" is one of the best ever.
"Ho, Ho, Ho and a bottle of Rum", by Jimmy Buffett
Celebrating the winter solstice has been around for way more than 2000 years, so I don't really get into the "magic virgin-born baby" songs so much ... or perhaps I'm just feeling cynical.
Well, when you think about it, Mary was the most famous adulteress ever. I mean, evidently, she had a sexual affair with God (or was it a rape?) before she had even had sex with her husband.
I get a kick out of subtly reminding the religious teachers at my schools that Joseph was Jesus' stepfather (many of them still tell kids he was Jesus' daddy, and many of the kids assume so). But I'm respectful, so I leave it at that.
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<strong>Snoopy vs The Red Barron by Royal Guardsmen is my favorite christmas song and some of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra christmas stuff too.</strong><hr></blockquote>
HAHAHA I had that on tape as a kid!!!!
Love it! LOL <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
Fellows
and dave edmunds....ah yeah i remember that one too! it was great! now i have a huge hankerin' to hear some edmunds but all i have is vinyl.
i remembered two more:
father christmas - the kinks
(i believe in) father christmas - elp
now i have to go buy an edmunds cd, my favorite was "subtle as a flying mallet" but i wonder if i'll be able to find that one.
I came THIS CLOSE to getting it, but never did.
He's great.
He's the fourth Stray Cat!
A lot of people sing this song. And like every version of it.
But Lorenna McKennit's version is my favourite
<strong>Run Run Rudolph- Sheryl Crow's version
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Bryan Adams has version that's as good as anybody's. This is just one of those basic, straight ahead, rock-a-billy classics that everyone likes to play.
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So, Leonis, you're also a Loreena McKennit fan? </strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeap. I have all here albums
First of all, there are a lot of good recommendations here, and it's the right time of year.
But also, near the end of this thread I had strongly recommended a record called "Christmas: A Touch of Bossa Nova". Well, I lost my copy sometime in 2001 or 2002 and I've been searching for it unsuccessfully every Christmas season since.
Unsuccessfully, that is, until today.
Tonight by cross-referencing the artists, I've found the same record, reordered and re-released under a different name, on iTunes.
So here it is: The best Christmas record ever. In my opinion. Well, Eddie Higgins and Mannheim Steamroller and the original "Very Special Christmas" get honorable mentions.
Christmas For Anyone? (US iTunes Store)
Oh, and can a mod move this to "Apple Outsider" please?
Mary, Did You Know?
I'm going to listen to several versions...
Thanks!
What you are going gift to the childs on this Christmas, I am thinking about new games DVD to all child of my nearer school.
What about you..?
Celebrating the winter solstice has been around for way more than 2000 years, so I don't really get into the "magic virgin-born baby" songs so much
Favorite? I have many, but here's a recent addition to my list:
Mary, Did You Know?
I'm going to listen to several versions...
Thanks!
Yes, that's a good one.
Probably my favorite is "O Holy Night"... certainly one of the most moving songs ever written.
Another is "Hark the Herald Angels Sing". The third verse is Christianity in a nutshell.
I could name a bunch more but I won't. Suffice to say some of the best music ever written was around this one event. Not a carol but Handel's "Messiah" is one of the best ever.
"Ho, Ho, Ho and a bottle of Rum", by Jimmy Buffett
Celebrating the winter solstice has been around for way more than 2000 years, so I don't really get into the "magic virgin-born baby" songs so much
Well, when you think about it, Mary was the most famous adulteress ever. I mean, evidently, she had a sexual affair with God (or was it a rape?) before she had even had sex with her husband.
I get a kick out of subtly reminding the religious teachers at my schools that Joseph was Jesus' stepfather (many of them still tell kids he was Jesus' daddy, and many of the kids assume so). But I'm respectful, so I leave it at that.