X-mas music in your collection

[Pellaz]

Great topic!

Let's see....

Gary Hoey - Ho! Ho! Hoey!
All TSO
Cast In Bronze, The Bells of Christmas (the world's only mobile bell carillon)
Dream Theater's Fan Club Xmas CDs 1995-2001
Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
Jonn Serrie, Upon A Midnight Clear (great synth composer, used to be from ATL)
Transfiguration Catholic Church Choir and Ensemble, Christmas at Transfiguration (my mom's church )
Merry Axemas Vol 1 and Vol 2
Winter Solstice IV (Wyndham Hill compilation, and a brilliant tour too)

I've also got the following mp3s, or songs from CDs:

Theocracy's Christmas medley
Bob River's "I am Santa Claus"
Type O Negative, "Red Water (Christmas Morning)"
The Waitresses, "Christmas Wrapping"
Billy Squier, "Christmas Is the Time"
Bob and Doug McKenzie, "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Cheech y Chong, "Santa Claus And His Old Lady"
(artist unknown), "Grab Your Balls Like Michael Jackson"
Sting, "Gabriel's Message"
(artist unknown), "Walking Around In Women's Underwear"
(artist unknown), "Twelve Things at Christmas That Are Such A Pain To Me" (this one's awesome)
Porky Pig, "B-B-B-B-B-Blue Christmas" (a few different versions)
Greg Lake, "I Believe In Father Christmas" (orchestral vers.)
King Diamond, "No Presents For Christmas"
The Kinks, "Father Christmas"
Weird Al Yankovic, "The Night Santa Went Crazy" (extra gory version)
South Park, "A Jew On Christmas" (orig. version)
The Cruxshadows, "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"
...and several miscellaneous Jingle Dogs and Jingle Cats novelty songs


Back in the day, Napster and AudioGalaxy ruled for finding some of this obscure stuff.


I guess I'll just have to broadcast Xmas shows on SeismicRadio this coming weekend, now.
I'm glad for this thread, since it's triggered me into formulating playlists.

 

[booB]

I'm not much of a Christmas music fan... I have the first two TSO discs, and Jewel's Joy: A Holiday Collection.

 

[RagePSV]

The Muppets with John Denver (good stuff!)

MP3 of South Park's Christmas Time in Hell

 

[Metal 99]

All TSO cd's my Favorites
Ho,Ho,Hoey
One Stryper song, winter Wonderland..It Rocks
One Mp3 of Twisted Sister
Lynyrd Skynyrd Christmas yes i said Lynyrd Skynyrd!
My Wife's Alan Jackson Cd
Very funny song from Some Pig singing blue Christmas!! sounds like Porky Pig!
Type O Negative Christmas Mourning

Well i done my best LOL

 

[Pellaz]

MP3 of South Park's Christmas Time in Hell

Oh shit, I forgot, I have that too! It's great. And more importantly, FM-radio friendly.

Very funny song from Some Pig singing blue Christmas!! sounds like Porky Pig!

Yeah, the best part about that mp3 is the guy dying of laughter in the background.

Supposedly, that was recorded in the Atlanta area, too. Somewhere around us, there might be some guy who will forever remember being "that guy who laughed at Porky Pig."

 

[KaptainKrude]

Run-DMC's Christmas in Hollis > Everything posted in this thread...

 

[TXHOSER]

The original:


[An incredible example of how far pop star talent has fallen (Yeah even you too, Bono). Gold star for anyone who can watch all the way to the end of this video.]

Aside from the fact that I didn't know who most of them were, it wasn't that bad. I did find it odd the the rapper was the only one holding a lyric sheet.

As for my collection, the only thing I have that hasn't been mentioned is a charity Xmas CD done by KLBJ here in Austin featuring all Austin musicians. Most are only known locally, but Ian Moore, Dexter Freebish, and Reckless Kelly have had moderate national success since recording that album about 9 years ago.

 

[Bryant]

My Mom sent me some Christmas CD she bought from QVC. It is a sax player and he is pretty good. Can't recall the artist (not Kenny G) and am too lazy to go fetch it. Pretty good though for background music.
I have the first TSO.... CD. I dig about ghalf of it.
I bought the "Through The Many Winters" CD by Michael McDonald last year and I really dig it. He really puts his style into it so...... if you dig his odd vocal style this CD is for you. If not, I wouldn't touch it.


Bryant

 

[Pellaz]

ooh, almost forgot... Tales From the Crypt, Have Yourself A Scary Little Christmas

Featuring such timeless classics as "Deck the Halls With Parts of Charlie", "We Wish You'd Bury the Missus", "'Twas the Fright Before Christmas" and "Should Old Cadavers Be Forgot."

Ahhh, gotta love the Halloween-season crossovers.

 

[rockyracoon]

ooh, almost forgot... Tales From the Crypt, Have Yourself A Scary Little Christmas

Featuring such timeless classics as "Deck the Halls With Parts of Charlie", "We Wish You'd Bury the Missus", "'Twas the Fright Before Christmas" and "Should Old Cadavers Be Forgot."

Ahhh, gotta love the Halloween-season crossovers.

Nobody better than The Cryptkeeper at weaving timeless holiday sentiment and ghoulishly clever comedy.


My Christmas playlist has included the following this season:


Stride - Bah Humbug
Jordan Rudess - Christmas Sky
A Very Special Christmas 1-5
Beach Boys Christmas
Bing Crosby Christmas
Home Alone 1&2 Soundtrack
Manheim Steamroller
Merry Axemas 1&2
Burl Ives
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Wham

 

[TheLongshot]

Yeah, the best part about that mp3 is the guy dying of laughter in the background.

Supposedly, that was recorded in the Atlanta area, too. Somewhere around us, there might be some guy who will forever remember being "that guy who laughed at Porky Pig."

It was recorded by Denny Brownlee about 20 years ago. For legal reasons, the performer was renamed "Seymore Swine", which is the way it comes up on XM nowadays.

Jason

 

[LunaTEKKE]

Queensryche - White Christmas

I don't think I've heard this one...was it part of a compliation?

Here’s my list:

Everything from TSO
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite
A Celtic Christmas – A Festive Journey
Handel – Choruses from Messiah
Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Extraordinaire
A couple of Windham Hill samplers
Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas
“It’s Christmas Time” – Compilation CD with classics from Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong

At one point, I had a cassette of Stryper doing “Winter Wonderland”…I need to track that one down…

Also, I recently did a volunteer presentation for a group of 4th graders and wanted to use a selection of different styles of holiday music, so I used:

Run DMC – Christmas in Hollis
Adam Sandler – The Chanukkah Song
Elmo & Patsy – Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Bing Crosby – Silver Bells
TSO – Grinch / Whoville Medley (from the Jim Carrey “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” soundtrack)

 

[mtlhd001]

Here is what I listen to:

A Brutal Christmas - Christmas Gone Metal '02 {224}
December People - Sounds Like Christmas
Gary Hoey - Ho! Ho! Hoey! 1 - 3
Gotthard - Merry X-mas
Merry Axemas 1 - 2
Monster Ballads - Xmas
Pretty Maids - In Santa's Claws
Bob Rivers - all of them
TSO - all of them
Twisted Sister - A Twisted Christmas
Twisted Sister - A Twister Christmas - Live
Various Artists - Rock 4 Xmas
Various Artists - The Glam That Stole Christmas
Various Artists - We Wish You a Hairy Christmas
Variuos Artists - Metal Christmas
Variuos Artists - X-Mas Project Vol. I+II
Theocracy mp3's