Your non standard xmas faves

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 3:47 am

Without a doubt my number 1 alt xmas (if you will) song. So catchy.

What you got?

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:56 am

That's a great song, true, but it's not a Christmas song. It's a dating song with an awesome guitar riff.

There is no such thing as good Christmas music. There used to be, but the theme is played out. It's dead like Christmas is dead.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:56 am

There. I said it.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:58 am

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass beg to differ. Oh, and Sia has a Christmas album that just dropped (available on Amazon Music for Prime members).

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:28 am

Here's a nice, upbeat Christmas ditty

(May be NSFW)

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 3:10 pm

This video is not available. Boo

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:00 pm

Without a doubt, Father Christmas by The Kinks. I heard this play over the PA system at Toys R Us once...No wonder they are going broke.

For a more traditional carol check out The Dickies version of Silent Night. Nothing says Xmas like a speed metal version of an old standard sung by a heroin addled singer.

Finally, if you really don't want to offend anyone and pay tribute to a great singer lost this year, there's a video of Greg Lake singing Do You Believe In Father Christmas at some church along with Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson.

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:35 pm

https://play.google.com/music/m/Tbv74qw ... eph_Spence

Hope this works as a link on Google Play. I don't know why but love it

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:22 am

I have none.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:48 am

Type O Negative - Red Water (Christmas Mourning)

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 7:30 am

How can you top this?

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 11:55 am

triggercut's mixes

dfs · Post by **dfs** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:20 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:56 amThere is no such thing as good Christmas music. There used to be, but the theme is played out. It's dead like Christmas is dead.

Off the top of my head w/out looking for links here are some "new" Christmas songs.

Maybe this Christmas - Leigh Nash (and others)
Christmas in the snow - Marah
Joseph who Understood - The New Pornographers
Here's to Christmas - The Clumsy Lovers
Present Face - Garfunkle and Oates
Tinseltown - SheDaisy
Everything's gonna be cool this Christmas - the Eels (and others)
Let's Get Cozy - Three Day Threshold and Summer Villians
The Snows they melt the soonest - Cara Dillon
Rudy - The be good Tanyas
Toy Packaging - Sara Groves
Not on Christmas Eve - Boca Chika
Mrs. Clause aint got Nothing on me - Little Jackie
Coming Home - Ryan Tennis
The Earth Stood Still - The Future of Forestry
Uncle John - Jonathon Coulton and John Roderick
The Season - Elizabeth Morris
Jacob Marly - Ace Enders and Nik Bruzzese

I suppose you could take the same out on some of those that you took on Christmas Wrapping, but ...those are all as "Christmasy" as Let it Snow or Baby It's Cold Outside. You take one off this list and I can add another pretty easily. And I haven't even put up any covers of classic Christmas tunes.

Folks think Christmas music sucks because they hear lousy christmas music in the malls or on clearchannel. Listen in other places and you can find some pretty good stuff.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:23 pm

Good music is good music.

My point is that "Christmas" sucks.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:40 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:23 pm Good music is good music.

My point is that "Christmas" sucks.

Better say it a few more times in a thread about people's favorite Christmas music to make sure everyone heard you.

dfs · Post by **dfs** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:41 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:23 pm Good music is good music.

Agreed.

Holman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:23 pm My point is that "Christmas" sucks.

I can't help you with that.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:52 pm

wonderpug wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:40 pm
Holman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:23 pm Good music is good music.

My point is that "Christmas" sucks.
Better say it a few more times in a thread about people's favorite Christmas music to make sure everyone heard you.

You're very right that this is not the thread for that sentiment.

I do apologize. I shouldn't have dragged it in here.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:33 am

FWIW, I heard the Charlie Brown Christmas song this week and started crying.

paulbaxter · Post by **paulbaxter** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:31 pm

My favorite Christmas carol that almost no one has ever heard: O Babe Divine by Edgar Pettman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo3UcC2Blb4

My favorite semi-obscure Christmas album is Noel by Joan Baez. I'm not the biggest fan of her particular voice, but all the arrangements are by Peter Schickele, which makes it all wonderful.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 11:43 pm

paulbaxter wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:31 pm the arrangements are by Peter Schickele, which makes it all wonderful.

Intrigued. I must find this.

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 12:40 am

tgb wrote:How can you top this?

I like it!

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:05 pm

Fairytale of New York. Although that's probably a standard by now.

Also like She Won't Be Home by Erasure, hidden on the Crackers International EP.

dfs · Post by **dfs** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:59 pm

This years mix, Falling Like Forgiveness From the Sky is ready. It's not TC's mix, but it's what I do.

<a href=http://www.filedropper.com/2017 ... </a></div>

Note that several songs are not safe for either children or work. You won't like it all, but you may like some of it. I'll let you listen for a bit and post a track list later. At the end of Christmas, Jan 5-6. I will finish some liner notes and anybody that wants those will get them.

Yeah, I know a proper website would be a good thing. It didn't happen this year, let's hope it does in 2018!

Kurth · Post by **Kurth** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:19 pm

Not sure if it fits the non-standard bucket, but our new favorite is Leslie Odom Jr.'s "Simply Christmas, Deluxe Edition."

I heard him interviewed on NPR about his role in Hamilton as Aaron Burr, and they mentioned he had a new Christmas album coming out. Definitely worth a listen. That guy's voice is other-worldly.

Check him out doing I'll Be Home For Christmas.

Ænima · Post by **Ænima** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:19 pm

I like this one:

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:17 pm

The great Joseph Spence

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:26 am

I've been thinking and I consider Felice Natividad by Jose Feliciano a non Christmas standard and I like it real well.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:32 am

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:23 pm

I love Sarah Mclaghlan's version of Joni Mitchell's River, and for that matter I love her whole Wintersongs album:

Also love I'll Be Home Christmas Eve by the Ennis Sisters (Technically a cover too, of a song by the late Ron Hynes)

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:41 pm

Holman wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:33 am FWIW, I heard the Charlie Brown Christmas song this week and started crying.

We have this.

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:43 pm

Hi Tapatalk, could you even? LoL

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:47 pm

I wonder if it's doing that for everyone or just Tapatalk users. Sorry about that.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:52 pm

bigimg tags don't work for TT.

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:59 pm

Don't feel bad stess, is a Tapatalk thing. Just never seen one that big LoL

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:26 pm

He should feel bad for being a dirty hotlinker.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:40 pm

I see such long URLs when I try to link directly to a Google image search result rather than to the source page.

[Linus]
I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love.
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stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 6:45 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:26 pm He should feel bad for being a dirty hotlinker.

Does it matter that I'm hotlinking to my own account?

I searched for a way to share it and that was the best I came up with.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 6:58 pm

I'll let it slide. This time.

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:29 pm

www.northpolelive.com is live again this season. Seems to be at 9 Central each night. Eclectic mix of Xmas songs, def not mainstream. Bluegrass, dance, Louisiana blues, all kinds of stuff. Love love it every year.

Lineup:

North Pole Live Nightly Specials 9PM Central

Friday, December 16
Gregg Nog’s New Country Christmas”

Saturday, December 17
“Holly Ivy’s Lowdown Dirty Blues for Christmas”

Sunday, December 18
“Merry Christmas to ALT Part II” with Gregg Nog

Monday, December 19
Uncle Otis presents “The Greatest Christmas Songs Ever Recorded…”

Tuesday, December 20
“Kris Skellington’s Hipster Holiday Lounge”

Wednesday, December 21
“Holly Ivy’s Winter Solstice Eve”

Thursday, December 22
“Christmas in New Orleans with Candy Cane”

Friday, December 23
“Holly Ivy’s Tiki Party and Surfboard Classic”

Saturday, December 24
“Christmas Eve with the Family”

Sunday, December 25
Christmas greetings!

Monday, December 26
“Holly Ivy’s Post Christmas Bummout”

Tuesday, December 27
“North Pole Live’s Rockin’ Hanukkah”

Wednesday, December 28
“Jingle Bell Juke Joint with Candy Cane”

Thursday, December 29
“Kris Skellington’s Super Swanky Martini Party”

Friday, December 30
“‘Handcuffed for the Holidays’ with Uncle Otis”

Saturday, January 01
“NYE Staff Picks Party!”

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 8:19 pm

Triggercut's new Christmas mix is up.

I am editing this post, I doubt bandwidth will be an issue, that's a relic of The Olde Days...

https://popnarcotic.com/