good holiday music

[TheNewChupe]

i was bored today and looked at amazon for some good holiday music.

i'm thinking about:

The Ventures' Christmas Album http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...=sr_1_69/102-5058511-4909760?v=glance&s=music

Hawaiian stuff http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/s...
1&sz=10&pg=12/ref=s_m_np/102-5058511-4909760

Leon Redbone http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...sr_1_222/102-5058511-4909760?v=glance&s=music

Christmas with the Rat Pack http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...gy_img_2/102-5058511-4909760?v=glance&s=music

Dave Brubeck Christmas http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...5058511-4909760?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846

The Holly and the Ivy- Clare College Choir http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...sr_1_266/102-5058511-4909760?v=glance&s=music

Bagpipes http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...sr_1_316/102-5058511-4909760?v=glance&s=music

whatcha think?

 

[TheNewChupe]

also, greg:

John Fahey http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...8675229/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/102-5058511-4909760

Merry axemas http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_2/102-5058511-4909760?v=glance&s=music

with steve vai, satriani, steve morse, etc.

 

[FalseTodd]

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[Space Ghost]

The Christmas album from Los Straightjackets is pretty good.

 

[The Sound Gardener]

Interlude 4!!! I know it's just one song and not an entire album but it's still perfect.
Ooh, and Blackwater Park by Opeth. Gives me the wintry chills whenever I listen to it.

 

[Autumn Falls]

"Christmas" by Low.

Brandon

 

[Baliset]

also, greg:

John Fahey http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004W579/qid=1068675229/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/102-5058511-4909760

Merry axemas http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002BP3/qid=1068675265/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-5058511-4909760?v=glance&s=music

with steve vai, satriani, steve morse, etc.

john fahey i have never heard of but i remember that merry axemas being uber-cheesy.

i have a metal christmas cd somewhere at my house with paul di'anno doing silent night or something like that. hilarity.

my two favorite metal christmas songs are definitely:

king diamond-no presents for christmas
fight-haunted sleigh-ride?? i forget the name but i heard it on the radio once while in high school and i thought it was the coolest thing ever.

 

[TheNewChupe]

i got a 12" vinyl version of No Presents. King Diamond on the front with a reindeer = classic

 

[avi]

yeah, that Low stuff is good.

and don't forget Notre Dame's xmass album!

 

[TheNewChupe]

John Fahey is (was, since he's passed now) considered kind of an Americana folk guitarist, only he's cool. a lot of his albums (i think) are solo acoustic guitar instrumental, and not "pretty, schmaltzy, perfect" playing- they're more gutsy, Fahey interpretations of the classic tunes. Very nice stuff. That one cd is basically two albums, I believe, and the first time i heard it was one Christmas when WNUR played the whole thing and i was in my car driving to the suburbs to my sister's house at night. awesome.

he's got several Christmas ones he did through the late 60s and 70s, and then one he did in the 80s with Terry Robb that is acoustic duets, but the one i linked is probably the best imo.

 

[Veils_of_Cerpintaxt]

As bad as it sounds, my girlfriend put on Bright Eye's christmas album yesterday and I found myself enjoying it for the most part.

And that King Diamond is the greatest thing ever.

 

[TheNewChupe]

didn't know bright eyes had a christmas album.