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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: JC85 on December 23, 2019, 06:46:26 PM
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I thought it would be fun to share some of our favorite Xmas songs that are a bit different from the typical classics. After all, Guzzi riders tend to be a bit different, don't we? So post your favorite versions of Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer, I'm Gettin' Nuttin' For Christmas, or whatever other wierd holiday tunes you like. I'll start off by posting one that im pretty sure 99% of the people here have never heard. Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime, everybody!
https://youtu.be/B3DyxaCYlfg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVG7_6BQkhM&list=RDdVG7_6BQkhM&index=1
south Louisiana, O Little Town of Destrahan.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6hQWSoL4Es
Justin Wilson, Cajun story teller, and great cook.
Old Head
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"Merry Christmas From The Family" - Robert Earl Keen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37xPiRz1sg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ogYUx8lIXM
Brillant take on a kicked to death classic.(quality is a big average on the youtubes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVBzIRJgOXc
A classic from probablly the coolest grandpas on earth.
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https://youtu.be/m-dJyJg9UX8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90XHkRXPVjM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90XHkRXPVjM)
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Blue Xmas with Bill Dorough and Miles Davis.
Pretty cynical, good jazz. Dorough was the voice behind all the 'Schoolhouse Rock' songs-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqZ1O0YhY5Q
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AC/DC. A band for all seasons!
https://youtu.be/zK3QJP78mog?list=PLQRdbAkfk3oekCV6yHzAwhyDSP4qN_2YU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y5GtaTrPHM
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All I want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - The Three Stooges
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Or
'I Got a Cold for Christmas' Same artists
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https://youtu.be/qTx-sdR6Yzk
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Lots of good ones in here! Jukebox, that's another of my favorites!
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Mine is not so much an odd Christmas song, as an odd choice to associate with Christmas.
I always have to play Alexander Nevsky, by Prokofiev, on Christmas. It's majestic, and wintry, and great music.
And everyone else has to let me, because it's my birthday. ;)
PhilB
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After seeing this thread, I had to re-upload a Christmas blues / folk song I wrote in 2017. :)
It's not amazing, but it might fit the bill for this thread? :boozing:
The Best Gift (When Santa Got Drunk)
https://soundcloud.com/youraveragejoemccullough/the-best-gift-when-santa-got-drunk (https://soundcloud.com/youraveragejoemccullough/the-best-gift-when-santa-got-drunk)
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Not offbeat. I consider it a Modern Classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l14aDp-4NKk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l14aDp-4NKk)
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Look up: Samantha Fish, Run Run Rudolph
for a NOLA take on an oldie by a young up-and-comer.
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Stephen Colbert 'Another Christmas song'
https://youtu.be/lMMH_xDKE2A
Weird Al Yankovic 'The Night Santa Went Crazy'
https://youtu.be/Tb-Mce9VpmY
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Look up: Samantha Fish, Run Run Rudolph
for a NOLA take on an oldie by a young up-and-comer.
Interesting take....but...I prefer "Run run Rudolph" done in traditional 12 bar R&R by Chuck Berry, Keith Richards or Dave Edmunds...
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Blue Christmas by Porky Pig.
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Mr. Heat Miser - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GA5Mf-BCvk
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Generally I like reflective non-secular music.
Why? Because each of us only gets to celebrate Christmas a limited amount of times in our lifetime, and to me nothing symbolizes Christmas so much as the great music that has been written over the centuries, most of it originating in the church.
Some of my favorites are Lo Er a Rose is blooming, Bring a torch Isabella, and maybe the finest of them all Handel's Hallelujah Chorus.
There are lot's of interpretations of old pieces out there as well, such as this beautiful version of O Come Emmanuel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7ySn-Swwc
The rest of the year I like to rock with occasional forays into classical, jazz and certain oldies. Good Music is Good Music, but Christmas music has special meaning for me.
I return you to our regularly scheduled programming.
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Blue Xmas with Bill Dorough and Miles Davis.
Pretty cynical, good jazz. Dorough was the voice behind all the 'Schoolhouse Rock' songs-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqZ1O0YhY5Q
I'm always up for Miles Davis. Even On the Corner, one of my garage albums ;)
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Mine is not so much an odd Christmas song, as an odd choice to associate with Christmas.
I always have to play Alexander Nevsky, by Prokofiev, on Christmas. It's majestic, and wintry, and great music.
And everyone else has to let me, because it's my birthday. ;)
PhilB
Phil - Interesting choice. I was not familiar with that one, playing it now from Apple Music. How did you come to associate this one with Christmas? Did a parent play it for you as a child?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVG7_6BQkhM&list=RDdVG7_6BQkhM&index=1
south Louisiana, O Little Town of Destrahan.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6hQWSoL4Es
Justin Wilson, Cajun story teller, and great cook.
Old Head
I'm from Louisiana and my mother dated Justin Wilson ,he was one Hell of a Man !
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Late to the party here, but had a great Cool Yule album on vinyl in my stash somewhere. Always loved James Brown's version here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz48PR__uSo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz48PR__uSo)