It's the Holiday Season...And I haven't felt very festive...I've been too busy at work, and too broke to really get going into Christmas too much...We also just knocked out Molly's 4th birthday Sunday...4 years already...Holy shit...Now that both the girls birthdays are out of the way, it's time to get our Christmas on...So, I thought I'd revisit the old Christmas songs to see if that would help get me in the spirit...
So lets get right to it...
1. The Kinks- Father Christmas....The poor kids anthem, and a classic Kinks riff...
2. Billy Squier- Christmas is a Time to Say I Love You...Showing my age...The days when MTV played music...Totally underrated Christmas song...
3. Dead Sara- Snow in Los Angeles...This is a new one...Released a couple years just after I had done a list of Christmas songs...This one shot up right away on my list...
4. Pearl Jam- Let Me Sleep (It's Christmas Time) Back in the early '90s none of us expected these guys to do a Christmas song, but they did, and it's excellent...
5. "Blue Christmas" This one is an old standard...It always makes me think of those I wish were still with us...I'm sure there are plenty of people feeling this year...I don't like Elvis...And since my favorite band did it a couple years ago, I'll go with them...Our Lady Peace...
6. The Pretenders- 2000 Miles...I just flat-out love this song...My favorite song from the Pretenders...
7. Daniel Mustard- Since Santa Ain't Coming...I shared this a couple weeks ago...An anti-Christmas song, from a guy who just months before recoding it was homeless...
8. Let it Snow...Another old standard...You gotta love how Dean could lay it down...And I have to say, the Rat Pack Christmas album is awesome...
9. Silent Night....I'm going with the Sarah McLachlan version...But there are so many great versions, it's hard to screw up...If you really want to get depressed check out the Lisa Hannigan version...Uhgg
10. Chris Cornell- Ave Maria...Everyone knew the Soundgarden front man could sing, but when he did this for 1997's "A Very Special Christmas Volume 3" everyone was blown away to hear just how amazing of a singer he is...
11. "Memory" -Savatage...Long before you heard of TSO, some of those guys were in a group called Savatage that loved to write Metal Operas...This is from one called "Dead Winter Dead"...It's also where that famous TSO "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) came from...
12. "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" -Tom Waits...It's a beautiful song about, just what the title says...There is also a great remake by Neko Case...
That's it...What do you think? What are your favorite Christmas songs?
If you're interested, here's my LIST of the 15 top Christmas Movies...
Have a week...
The Beeze.
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