Good Christmas Music

Sparlingo

Anyone have some favourite Christmas music they would like to share?

My favourite discoveries of this year are Folk Angel (www.folkangel.bandcamp.com) and the collaboration For Folk's Sake it's Christmas (www.forfolkssake.bandcamp.com) - can you tell I enjoy folk music? I like to hear something other than the typical 300 versions of "Last Christmas" that I hear on the radio when I turn it to the 24-hour Christmas music station.

There's also a few great re-mixed versions of classics (like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWvb-PjPlo).

So what's your favourite Christmas tune right now? And, just for fun, what Christmas music can you just not stand? I think "Last Christmas" in any of its iterations will have to be my choice this year. So overdone.

5stringjeff

My favorite type of Christmas music is classical - in fact, there's a classical Christmas station on Pandora that I can listen to for hours.

The songs I can't stand to hear are Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer and 12 Days of Christmas.

n0ob

title is oxymoronic

_crafty_

title is oxymoronic

^this. no such thing as good Christmas music.

Sparlingo

My favorite type of Christmas music is classical - in fact, there's a classical Christmas station on Pandora that I can listen to for hours.

The songs I can't stand to hear are Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer and 12 Days of Christmas.

Want to know what's worse than the 12 days of Christmas? This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=CA&v=l2oPio60mK4 (my husband LOVES this version.)

However, if you asked me to listen to a similar-ish song, I'd choose Great Big Sea's "The Seven Joys of Mary" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnPgq7QV-c4) or "Come and I will Sing you" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHx6Idga4ww) which some believe is a precursor to the song.

As an aside, I need to learn how to do hyperlinks in this forum. Anyone teach me?

MiloBloom83

title is oxymoronic

^this. no such thing as good Christmas music.

I was about to say whatever regular music i happen to have playing from my cd player or iPod. Agree with the above statement, although a couple of things by Trans Siberian Orchestra are not horrible.

dirtnap63

Christmas In New York - The Pogues

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

Christmas/Sarajevo 2004 - George Lynch.

Best. Christmas. Music. Ever.

Sparlingo

Christmas/Sarajevo 2004 - George Lynch.

Best. Christmas. Music. Ever.

Thanks - enjoyed that. Not my usual style, but a nice change of pace.

JESSJESJ

Christmas In New York - The Pogues

this and the bing crosby / david bowie - peace on earth / little drummer boy

_the_feniks_

http://youtu.be/C5Ng1HbOAKs

Best Xmas song and video EVER!

creech6317

Mistress for Christmas by AC/DC

Sparlingo

http://youtu.be/C5Ng1HbOAKs

Best Xmas song and video EVER!

Can I have my 3 minutes back?

Sparlingo

Christmas In New York - The Pogues

I'm not sure if you appreciate covers or are more of a don't f* with the original kind of person, but if you do enjoy them here are my two favourite covers (admittedly nothing's as good as the original!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mn_8RYylII&list=PLD605344309E9B643 (Pilate)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gzJFwB0JzE (Walk off the Earth)

Darkskinned88

good christmas music is an oxymoron