Aprill, please don't get out the snow shovel and whop me upside the head, but I enjoy the barking dogs. Not as much as "Walking 'Round in Women's Underwear," but it's a good listen now and then.
Rebecca, I love "Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel" and I also loved, as a child, singing "Ding Dong Merrily on High" - especially the melismatic Gloria, Hosanna in Excelsis bit.
While we are on the topic of favorites, let me just give a "shout out" to my all time favorite Christmas song, "Oh come, oh come Emmanuel." I love that song! I don't like it when females sing it, or when it is accompanied by instruments. I love songs that haunt me - not that tickle my emotions, re: "Christmas Shoes."
AllisonMiles...different strokes for different folks. "Little Drummer Boy" is my all-time favorite Christmas song. My least liked is the dogs barking "Jingle Bells" closely followed by "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" and "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth." I didn't know Madonna had recorded "Santa Baby." That should be a crime. Eartha Kitt OWNS that song. Nobody can sing that like she can.
I am outraged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christmas Shoes by Newsong is one of the most amazing songs ever written. If that song doesn't touch your heart, then you don't have one. And as a matter of fact, my mom and I sing "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" to each other all the time. It's an incredibly cute song. I don't see how anyone could not like that song.
I always wondered band Aid's "Do they know it's Christmas time?" if the musical artists were simply being mean sods. However, I did enjoy their follow up song: "What is it about using a calender and remembering overly commercialized holidays you just don't understand???"
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Aprill, please don't get out the snow shovel and whop me upside the head, but I enjoy the barking dogs. Not as much as "Walking 'Round in Women's Underwear," but it's a good listen now and then.
December 3, 2010 at 7:59 a.m.Mannheim Steamroller - Deck The Halls (the "Axel F" of Christmas songs)
December 1, 2010 at 1:26 p.m.Robert Earl King:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37xPi...
December 1, 2010 at 11:05 a.m.I get chills (the good kind) everytime I hear "Do You Hear What I Hear?" by Whitney Houston.
December 1, 2010 at 10:51 a.m.My favorite is "Ave Maria," Schubert or Gounod's. It sends chills down my spine and hairs stand on my neck.
December 1, 2010 at 10:34 a.m.(I like it in Hebrew.)
November 30, 2010 at 10:22 p.m.Oh, it's more like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNuYlz...
November 30, 2010 at 10:21 p.m.The Jewish prayer Mi Chamocha?
http://youtu.be/QAhhBkjKKRM
November 30, 2010 at 10:11 p.m.Never mind, I can't find it on the internet. D=
November 30, 2010 at 10:09 p.m.I love that "michamocha..." song, too. It's easy to play on the guitar.
November 30, 2010 at 10:03 p.m.Rebecca, I love "Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel" and I also loved, as a child, singing "Ding Dong Merrily on High" - especially the melismatic Gloria, Hosanna in Excelsis bit.
November 30, 2010 at 9:53 p.m.While we are on the topic of favorites, let me just give a "shout out" to my all time favorite Christmas song, "Oh come, oh come Emmanuel." I love that song! I don't like it when females sing it, or when it is accompanied by instruments. I love songs that haunt me - not that tickle my emotions, re: "Christmas Shoes."
November 30, 2010 at 9:03 p.m.In that case, Thewaywardwind, Burl Ives owns all songs Christmas, especially "Frosty the Snowman." ::heart melts::
November 30, 2010 at 8:59 p.m.AllisonMiles...different strokes for different folks. "Little Drummer Boy" is my all-time favorite Christmas song. My least liked is the dogs barking "Jingle Bells" closely followed by "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" and "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth." I didn't know Madonna had recorded "Santa Baby." That should be a crime. Eartha Kitt OWNS that song. Nobody can sing that like she can.
November 30, 2010 at 8:24 p.m.I am outraged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christmas Shoes by Newsong is one of the most amazing songs ever written. If that song doesn't touch your heart, then you don't have one. And as a matter of fact, my mom and I sing "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" to each other all the time. It's an incredibly cute song. I don't see how anyone could not like that song.
November 30, 2010 at 7:47 p.m.That stupid Alvin and the Chipmunks xmas song - the one with the "hula hoop" line or whatever.
On the other hand here's a couple of Christmas tunes I have a fond spot for - not sure if they ever made it over here, though:
Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry (1980) - http://youtu.be/5hVEdE0O5tA
and the timeless
Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody (1973) - http://youtu.be/H6YbLZf8i5I
November 30, 2010 at 3:14 p.m.Agree with Rebecca, not The King's finest moment.
November 30, 2010 at 1:57 p.m.I don't want to be an iconoclast, but I can't stand the way Elvis starts the song "Blue Christmas."
http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tr...
Go listen to it and see what I mean!
November 30, 2010 at 1:55 p.m.I always wondered band Aid's "Do they know it's Christmas time?" if the musical artists were simply being mean sods. However, I did enjoy their follow up song: "What is it about using a calender and remembering overly commercialized holidays you just don't understand???"
November 30, 2010 at 12:40 p.m.I think my least favorite is The Little Drummer Boy. All those "pa-rum-pum-pum-pums" are just there to fill up space.
November 30, 2010 at 11:06 a.m.