Christmas Playlist
 

'Tis the season, as they say, and I'm wondering what sorts of yuletide songs y'all like to listen to. I tend to lean towards tracks that are original to break the usual traditional jingles (though those jingles are nice, too). I compiled a little list of songs I like to crank out every year to get me in the mood for some holiday cheer. Feel free to do the same if you like.

• Merry F***king Christmas - Denis Leary
• Christmas at Ground Zero - "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Father Christmas - The Kinks
• The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys
• Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) - The Ramones
• Christmas With the Devil - Spinal Tap
• Stripper Christmas Summer Weekend - GWAR
• The Night Santa Went Crazy - "Weird Al" Yankovic
• X-M@$ - Corey Taylor
• Heavy Metal Christmas - Twisted Sister
• Mistress for Christmas - AC/DC
• No Presents for Christmas - King Diamond
• Naughty Christmas - Lacuna Coil
• Viking Christmas - Amon Amarth
• Christmas Spirits - Sonata Arctica

And here's one that's a bit more conventional:

• It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
• A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
• Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon
• Do They Know It's Christmas - Band-Aid (1984 version)
• Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
• Happy Holidays (The Holiday Season) - Andy Williams
• Step Into Christmas - Elton John
• Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) - Bing Crosby
• Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano
• Do You Hear What I Hear - Perry Como
• Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby and David Bowie
• The Christmas Waltz - Frank Sinatra

Glad tidings.

I like to start my playlist with the Thanksgiving song “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” by Arlo Guthrie. I know it’s Thanksgiving but I think it’s appropriate to start a Christmas playlist.

Then I have a bunch of Mannheim Steamroller songs.

After that, my playlist is as follows:

Frosty The Snowman by Jimmy Durante
May You Always by Harry Harrison (for New Year’s Day but it sounds like Christmas to me)
Last Christmas by Wham!
Merry Christmas Wherever You Are by Judy Collins
Tiny Angels by Roger Whittaker
Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley

The ones that I like that haven't been mentioned:

The Vandals - Oi to the World

The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

Wizards in Winter by Trans-Siberian Orchestra is an absolute must. That gets extra volume.

It's not complete without some of the songs from The Polar Express.


Amy Grant's Grown Up Christmas List... love it, but damn it gets me every time. Where Are You Christmas, Faith Hill, is right behind that one, but no moist eyes.


Here we go, because I needed to go play it again. :D




edit: And now the [north] polar opposite in tone. Okay, gonna go cry over it. (Then replay the other one.)

All of the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums.

All of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas albums.

Christmas Time - The Krayolas
Grown-Up Christmas List - Amy Grant
Heavy Metal Christmas - Twisted Sister
Mistress for Christmas - AC/DC
Snoopy's Christmas vs. The Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen
Christmas Time - Smashing Pumpkins
Little Drummer Boy - Bob Seger
Deck The Halls / The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Kenny G
Winter Wonderland - Eurythmics feat. Annie Lennox
2000 Miles - Pretenders
Do They Know It's Christmas Time? - Band-Aid
Most of the Christmas songs done by The Carpenters (Blame my step-mom.)
River - Robert Downey Jr.
Jingle Bells - Crash Test Dummies
We Drank A Toast To Innocence - Dan Fogelberg
Santa Claus Is Watching You - Ray Stevens
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Kenny G
The First Noel - Karla Bonoff
Little Drummer Boy - Pentatonix
Redneck Twelve Days Of Christmas - Jeff Foxworthy
Winter Wonderland - Colbie Caillat
The Christmas Shoes - NewSong (I cannot get my step-mom to listen to this song. She won't do it.)
Twelve Days Of Christmas - Doug & Bob McKenzie
Jingle Bells (Santa Club Mix) - Yello

Most of the Christmas songs done by Jon Denver & The Muppets.

The Twisted Christmas albums - Bob Rivers Comedy Corp (The first few albums were alright.)

Most Christmas music done by L'Orchestra Cinematique.

I think that is most of them.

Thanks KROW. I saw a few songs that might grab my interest. Currently listening to Christmas Spirits by Sonata Arctica.