The local radio has started its annual holiday assault. The same 15-20 Christmas will be played, repeatedly, for the next 5 weeks.
What are some good, obscure, Christmas songs? My favorites are Dominick the Donkey by Lou Monte; Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC, and The Spirit of Christmas by Ray Charles.
> Also the Duke Ellington Nut Cracker suite is killer
Absolutely. Also Jimmy Smith's Christmas '64 album. I love introducing people to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Big Band Version) from that album. Crank it up.
Yes, Christmas’64 is excellent!
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Thank you!. I never knew the name of this song or who performed it. It's going on the playlist
Just Like Christmas - Low
They made a whole album, yet this is the standout track.
Thank you for the Asylum Street Spankers. I have not heard them before.
A Christmas Duel by The Hives and Cyndi Lauper
Not sure if it's obscure at this point, but Trans Siberian Orchestra is my go to on Christmas Eve.
I love the Trans Siberian Orchestra. I've seen them a few times in concert.
Here’s a few.
No doubt - Oi to the world https://youtu.be/ZFLExwIQKto
Beatallica - wonderful Christmas time. https://youtu.be/92Ib4YiZpV4
Salsoul orchestra Christmas (disco) medley https://youtu.be/RncPwcJT2DY
Dennis Leary - merry fucking Christmas https://youtu.be/RncPwcJT2DY (not one for the kids)
Bob & Doug Mackenzie 12 days of Christmas https://youtu.be/1DTwLqR071M
The Salsoul Orchestra is a great find! Thank you.
My "Happy Holidays" playlist has a mix of the well-known and more obscure tracks... a little something for everyone.
Low - Just Like Christmas
My favorite is Underneath the Christmas Tree by Bailey Jehl
She has a beautiful voice.
She does! Love her
12 Days of Christmas by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Each of the 12 days is performed in both a different key and a different time signature. For the time signatures, the number of beats per measure matches the number of the day of Christmas, ie, 11th day of Christmas = 11 beats per measure for that verse.
What a great rendition of that song. I don't typically like 12 Days of Christmas, but this is a nice version
I've seen them pull this off live, with no mistakes! It was a Christmas miracle.
"Christmas," by Blues Traveler. The music is based, in part, on the song "Divided Sky" by Phish.
Thank you. Good find. I was never a Blues Traveler fan until I was stationed in South Korea in the 90s. Blues Traveler put on a free concert for us. Great band.
You're welcome! I've never been a huge Blues Traveler fan, but I like them and I saw them live once. They put on a great show. I never knew about this Christmas song they did until one year when I was working at a radio station. One of the DJs put this song on the air and I was in the other room, working. I wasn't really paying much attention, and then all of a sudden I was like, "Wait a minute- that sounds like Divided Sky! What the heck is this?" Turns out it was released on a Christmas compilation album "A Very Special Christmas 3," which benefitted the Special Olympics.
I love Christmas must be tonight by Amy helm and the wood brothers!! Christmas wrapping is also an all time fav
What a great song! Thank you.
Christmas Everyday by The Frights
Very nice. They have a good sound. Thank you.
One that I used to hear a lot on rock radio in the 80s but not anymore was Billy Squier, "Christmas is a Time to Say I Love You."
That is a great christmas song. I had forgotten all about it
Yeah, you don't hear it much on the radio anymore. I still have it on a Christmas compilation CD I burned about 20 years ago.
Abney Park has a Christmas album. Almost all transposed in minor, with a few originals. Makes for a very different Christmas vibe.
That is interesting. Their version of Dance of the Sugar Plumb Fairy is good
Its Snowing Cocaine by Saint Nick
Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waits. Although it’s not really a Christmas song I suppose, but it has “Christmas” in the title, so I count it.
Tom Waits is fantastic. It took me too long in life to discover his music.
A Christmas song - Jethro Tull. ( they have a few )
A Christmas F*cking Miracle by Run the Jewels. The video is great, too.
Love the video
I Wish It Was Christmas Today - Julian Casablancas
He also has another version with his band the Voidz
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Fairytale of New York, the Pogues. Although it has some dated references to our gay friends.
This is a Christmas Oddity
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fredmull1973 t1_ixhcdrb wrote
Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses is a favorite. Also the Duke Ellington Nut Cracker suite is killer