Showing posts with label Bad Religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bad Religion. Show all posts

Sunday, December 17, 2023

Getting In the Mood: Best Christmas Albums (vol. 8)

 

It's been a busy week or so and I haven't been able to get back to the list, but Christmas is fast approaching so it's my duty to get you the quality Christmas tunes! With number 8 we're going to rock a bit.

Bad Religion: "Christmas Songs"

There's something wonderfully ironical about Bad Religion rocking out Christmas songs, and they don't shy away from religious ones. Lets get started with "O Come , O Come Emmanuel."




As you should know by now, "White Christmas" is one of my favorite Christmas songs, so we have to hear their version!




And this next one, takes me back to the days at St. James Elementary School, but we didn't do it like this..."Angels We Have Heard On High."




If your looking to spice up your Christmas music playlist, and get a little umph, this is the way to go. Enjoy!


Track List:

1. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
2. O Come All Ye Faithful
3. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
4. White Christmas
5. Little Drummer Boy
6. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
7. What Child Is This?
8. Angels We Have Heard On High
9. American Jesus

Sunday, December 20, 2020

Getting In the Mood (vol. 6)

 


There's the wife, in the white room, on the white loveseat, by the white Christmas tree asking for her white Christmas and I love giving her the white...Every day, not just Christmas!

All kidding and being a pervert aside, here we sit in Erie, PA, a place that never has trouble getting snow, and all I've got is rain. It often feels like we get snow 8 months out of the year. Just a couple years ago we got six feet in one night. But it's 2020 and everything is fuckered up. But damnit snow helps the wife and I both get in that holiday vibe. So today's song is a no-brainer..."White Christmas."

We'll start with the grooviest version out there, by Booker T. & The M.G.'s from their 1966 album, "In the Christmas Spirit." The coolest and most underrated Christmas album out there.




Speaking of cool, how can you not love The Drifters version?




Then of course there is Kenny Burrell's flawless Jazz version.




How about we shift gears in a totally different direction. Nothing shocked me more than, when Bad Religion put out a Christmas Album...And I love it!




How can you not think of Bing Crosby when talking "White Christmas?"




Which is your favorite? Are you hoping for a White Christmas?

Enjoy the music and enjoy the day!