Christmas Music.

[The Chosen One]

Who fuggin' loves listening to Christmas music?

I have no shame in admitting I listen to Christmas music year round.

People complain that Christmas music has already started playing for a few weeks now, but I say no biggie since I'm in season year round anyways. :rock:


@BedellBrave (http://www.chopcountry.com/forums/member.php?u=68)

[Dalyn]

I don't care for it.

[The Chosen One]

On a side note, what are your top 5 (or top 10) Christmas songs?

1) Ave Maria (Connie Francis, Pavarotti)
2) Oh Holy Night (Nat King Cole or Andy Williams)
3) Winter Wonderland (Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin, Williams Brothers, Kenny G)
4) The First Noel (Nat King Cole or Andy Williams)
5) Silent Night (Nat King Cole)
6) It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Andy Williams) [Probably could go higher on the list, but it's been exploited too much by corporations]
7) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Frank Sinatra)
8) O Come All Ye Faithful (Frank Sinatra)
9) Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms)
10) Toss up between The Chipmunk Song (Alvin & Chipmunks) and All I Want for Christmas (Mariah Carey).

[The Chosen One]

I don't care for it.

Racist. http://media.gamebattles.com/forums/smilies/icon_santa.gif

[Krgrecw]

Billy Pilgrim ( a fantastic acoustic duo who released an amazing album in the early 90's) have a fantastic cover of Silent Night. Worth checking out. One of the guys is in a big country band nowadays.

[The Chosen One]

Billy Pilgrim ( a fantastic acoustic duo who released an amazing album in the early 90's) have a fantastic cover of Silent Night. Worth checking out. One of the guys is in a big country band nowadays.

Can't find it anywhere on youtube or google. Link?

[zitothebrave]

All Christmas music not about donkeys or sung by fast food sucks.

[The Chosen One]

All Christmas music not about donkeys or sung by fast food sucks.
:Gasp:

[Tapate50]

Alvin and the Chipmunks sings a mean Christmas song.

[Hawk]

I like Christmas music on X-Mas day and eve ... only.

It was 79 degrees here yesterday, turn that **** off!

[BedellBrave]

On a side note, what are your top 5 (or top 10) Christmas songs?

1) Ave Maria (Connie Francis, Pavarotti)
2) Oh Holy Night (Nat King Cole or Andy Williams)
3) Winter Wonderland (Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin, Williams Brothers, Kenny G)
4) The First Noel (Nat King Cole or Andy Williams)
5) Silent Night (Nat King Cole)
6) It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Andy Williams) [Probably could go higher on the list, but it's been exploited too much by corporations]
7) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Frank Sinatra)
8) O Come All Ye Faithful (Frank Sinatra)
9) Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms)
10) Toss up between The Chipmunk Song (Alvin & Chipmunks) and All I Want for Christmas (Mariah Carey).

Particularly like your crooner choices.

[The Chosen One]

Particularly like your crooner choices.

Crooners have the best rendition's IMO other than the actual church choir.

[Julio3000]

Only during enhanced interrogations.

[goldfly]

It is awful

Store in town was playing it before Halloween this year

[The Chosen One]

You guys are ruthless.

I'm not even a religious person, but I can enjoy me some Christmas music.

It's more nostalgic than anything. It just reminds me it's the time of year where everybody gets along and is happy and the gifts are being opened. Means more to me now that all my siblings are all adults and my parents are grandparents now. Fun for me when I was younger a decade ago, but it's just great seeing my parents happy to see all their kids together and happy and now a granddaughter.

[zitothebrave]

Work retail for one year, see if you still like it

[The Chosen One]

Work retail for one year, see if you still like it

I listen to it year round, and my pops used to have the oldies radio station on 24/7 at home. Oldies station here are pretty much gone, but they'd start playing Christmas music around the clock at the beginning of November.

It's on my MP3 player which has like 3,000 songs on it. When I'm driving, the entire library is on random and sometimes I'll skip if I am not feeling that song, but sometimes I don't mind listening to Winter Wonderland if it's at night and I'm just relaxing on my night drive back home.

[Oklahomahawk]

Sinatra does great Christmas music!!!

[TURBO]

I love Christmas music

[Gary82]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=674ZPMoQLR4

[Carp]

I love it.

My personal faves:

The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
Merry Christmas baby - Beach Boys
White Christmas - Bing Crosby
O Holy Night - Mariah Carey
Blue Christmas - Elvis (or Porky Pig)
Alvin and the Chipmunks - Plz Christmas Don't Be Late

[The Chosen One]

Christmas Song is growing on me, not sure if it's in my Top 10 yet.

[CrimsonCowboy]

A Baby Changes Everything (Faith Hill)
Deck The Halls (Mannheim Steamroller)
O Holy Night (John Berry)
Christmas Eve Sarajevo (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
Carol of the Bells (David Foster)
Mary Did You Know (Kenny Rogers/Wynonna)
Little Drummer Boy (Bing Crosby/David Bowie)
O Come All Ye Faithful (Nat King Cole)
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (Casting Crowns)
The Christmas Shoes (Newsong)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Kenny G)
The Christmas Song (Al Jarreau)
Do You Hear What I Hear? (Carrie Underwood)

[The Chosen One]

John Lennon - Happy XMas is also a good one, played out though.

[CyYoung31]

http://youtu.be/gaPj1GoDpQw

[Carp]

A Baby Changes Everything (Faith Hill)
Deck The Halls (Mannheim Steamroller)
O Holy Night (John Berry)
Christmas Eve Sarajevo (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
Carol of the Bells (David Foster)
Mary Did You Know (Kenny Rogers/Wynonna)
Little Drummer Boy (Bing Crosby/David Bowie)
O Come All Ye Faithful (Nat King Cole)
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (Casting Crowns)
The Christmas Shoes (Newsong)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Kenny G)
The Christmas Song (Al Jarreau)
Do You Hear What I Hear? (Carrie Underwood)

How did I miss Little Drummer Boy. :facepalm:

Probably my favorite Christmas song.

[zitothebrave]

Oops I forgot the best Christmas song on my list of acceptable Christmas music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1J2UoiHMXE

[AerchAngel]

John Lennon - So This Is Christmas
David Bowie - Little Drummer Boy
Cliff Richard - Mistletoe and Wine
Whitney Houston - Do you hear what I hear
Greg Lake - I believe in Father Christmas
Nat King Cole - Hark The Herald Sing
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir - Carol of Bells

[Runnin]

Christmas tunes are great for learning an instrument since you know the melodies so well.

Please Come Home for Christmas - Johnny Winter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeYHbm9ZGPc)

[The Chosen One]

Revisiting this thread, I may have to make some alterations @BedellBrave (http://www.chopcountry.com/forums/member.php?u=68)

First off, a song I had but never got around to really enjoying has now entered the top 10 and become my number 1.

This particular version of Greensleeves/What Child is This by Johnny Mathis is just such and such a beautiful song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwNb3RQYIAQ&spfreload=10

Will round out the Top 10 after my charger arrives to my hospital bed.

[The Chosen One]

This was last year's list
1) Ave Maria (Connie Francis, Pavarotti)
2) Oh Holy Night (Nat King Cole or Andy Williams)
3) Winter Wonderland (Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin, Williams Brothers, Kenny G)
4) The First Noel (Nat King Cole or Andy Williams)
5) Silent Night (Nat King Cole)
6) It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Andy Williams) [Probably could go higher on the list, but it's been exploited too much by corporations]
7) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Frank Sinatra)
8) O Come All Ye Faithful (Frank Sinatra)
9) Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms)
10) Toss up between The Chipmunk Song (Alvin & Chipmunks) and All I Want for Christmas (Mariah Carey).

Rounding out the Top 10 for 2014:

1) What Child Is This? (Johnny Mathis)
2) Ave Maria (Connie Francis, Pavarotti, Celine Dion in that order)
3) Winter Wonderland (Perry Como)
4) O Little Town of Bethlehem (Nat King Cole)
5) Happy Holidays (Andy Williams)
6) Away in a Manger (Nat King Cole)
7) Hark! The Herald Angel Sing (Nat King Cole)
8) The First Noel (Nat King Cole)
9) Silent Night (Nat King Cole)
10) Let it Snow (Dean Martin, Mathis)

Honorable - Jingle Bell Rock

Nat King Cole dominates the list, just an awesome overall voice.

[zitothebrave]

Ave Maria is not Christmas Music. It's not even expressly religious. It's a prayer said in an epic poem.

[BedellBrave]

Ave Maria is not Christmas Music. It's not even expressly religious. It's a prayer said in an epic poem.


Not expressly religious????? Are you nuts?

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and in the hour of our death. Amen.

Not Christmas music???? Again what are you talking about? Of course it can be used at other times than Advent or Christmas, but it is a text based on Elizabeth's greeting of a pregnant Mary.

[BedellBrave]

This was last year's list
1) Ave Maria (Connie Francis, Pavarotti)
2) Oh Holy Night (Nat King Cole or Andy Williams)
3) Winter Wonderland (Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin, Williams Brothers, Kenny G)
4) The First Noel (Nat King Cole or Andy Williams)
5) Silent Night (Nat King Cole)
6) It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Andy Williams) [Probably could go higher on the list, but it's been exploited too much by corporations]
7) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Frank Sinatra)
8) O Come All Ye Faithful (Frank Sinatra)
9) Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms)
10) Toss up between The Chipmunk Song (Alvin & Chipmunks) and All I Want for Christmas (Mariah Carey).

Rounding out the Top 10 for 2014:

1) What Child Is This? (Johnny Mathis)
2) Ave Maria (Connie Francis, Pavarotti, Celine Dion in that order)
3) Winter Wonderland (Perry Como)
4) O Little Town of Bethlehem (Nat King Cole)
5) Happy Holidays (Andy Williams)
6) Away in a Manger (Nat King Cole)
7) Hark! The Herald Angel Sing (Nat King Cole)
8) The First Noel (Nat King Cole)
9) Silent Night (Nat King Cole)
10) Let it Snow (Dean Martin, Mathis)

Honorable - Jingle Bell Rock

Nat King Cole dominates the list, just an awesome overall voice.


Nice Sav. Though I'd have a hard time including Celine Dion - but that's just me.

[zitothebrave]

Not expressly religious????? Are you nuts?

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and in the hour of our death. Amen.

Not Christmas music???? Again what are you talking about? Of course it can be used at other times than Advent or Christmas, but it is a text based on Elizabeth's greeting of a pregnant Mary.

Wrong sir.

Ave Maria was taken from "Hymn to the Virgin" by Sir Walter Scott in the context of Schubert's Opus 52. It's a song Ellen Douglas sings as a prayer to the virigin mary.

What the words of Ave Maria translate from is

"Ave Maria! maiden mild!
Listen to a maiden's prayer!
Thou canst hear though from the wild;
Thou canst save amid despair.
Safe may we sleep beneath thy care,
Though banish'd, outcast and reviled –
Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer;
Mother, hear a suppliant child!
Ave Maria"

Not the Hail Mary incantation you listed above.

Now it's a song about praying, but in and of itself, it's not expressly religious, as it's about a prayer of a character, it doesn't necessarily reflect true religious intent.

[The Chosen One]

Oh man this is going to be interesting.

[Dalyn]

I don't care for it.

[The Chosen One]

I don't care for it.


All Christmas music not about donkeys or sung by fast food sucks.


Only during enhanced interrogations.


It is awful

Store in town was playing it before Halloween this year


I don't care for it.


http://www.quickmeme.com/img/b6/b63ece67bfd4da2cd2c20fa48544e360850f87a139cc6e0361 ab074e2caad995.jpg

[BedellBrave]

Wrong sir.

Ave Maria was taken from "Hymn to the Virgin" by Sir Walter Scott in the context of Schubert's Opus 52. It's a song Ellen Douglas sings as a prayer to the virigin mary.

What the words of Ave Maria translate from is

"Ave Maria! maiden mild!
Listen to a maiden's prayer!
Thou canst hear though from the wild;
Thou canst save amid despair.
Safe may we sleep beneath thy care,
Though banish'd, outcast and reviled –
Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer;
Mother, hear a suppliant child!
Ave Maria"

Not the Hail Mary incantation you listed above.

Now it's a song about praying, but in and of itself, it's not expressly religious, as it's about a prayer of a character, it doesn't necessarily reflect true religious intent.

And of course when we are talking about those versions being sung at Christmas, we are talking about the "Hail Mary" prayer that is paired with the Schubert tune. And it is obviously a religious & appropriately Advent/Christmas song.

But even if you want to go to the Lady of the Lake poem of Scott, then once again it is religious - the prayer is invoking the aid of the Virgin Mary.

Your trying to correct Sav on the inclusion of the Ave Maria is silly.

[zitothebrave]

And of course when we are talking about those versions being sung at Christmas, we are talking about the "Hail Mary" prayer that is paired with the Schubert tune. And it is obviously a religious & appropriately Advent/Christmas song.

But even if you want to go to the Lady of the Lake poem of Scott, then once again it is religious - the prayer is invoking the aid of the Virgin Mary.

Your trying to correct Sav on the inclusion of the Ave Maria is silly.

I will keep correcting SAV!

As I said it's not expressly religious, it's character's intentions are religious, but does that mean that the Prayer recited by the main characters in Boondock Saints is religious? It's religious to said person, but not all.

I'll define expressly for you, it means explicitly or clearly.

It's not clear that the intent of the writer was true religious intent. COuld be wrong, but I'm stating a clear point. Even if it is religious in it's full intent, it isn't Christmas which was my original intent.

ON a different note Bedell, I forget around this time is some religious holiday, is the the Assumption?

[The Chosen One]

Zito are you referring to the Ginoud or Bach?

[zitothebrave]

Zito are you referring to the Ginoud or Bach?

You mean the version? I already specified that one buddy. Step up your German composer game!

[BedellBrave]

I will keep correcting SAV!

As I said it's not expressly religious, it's character's intentions are religious, but does that mean that the Prayer recited by the main characters in Boondock Saints is religious? It's religious to said person, but not all.

I'll define expressly for you, it means explicitly or clearly.

It's not clear that the intent of the writer was true religious intent. COuld be wrong, but I'm stating a clear point. Even if it is religious in it's full intent, it isn't Christmas which was my original intent.

ON a different note Bedell, I forget around this time is some religious holiday, is the the Assumption?


Like I said, silly. Sav, don't forget me defending you here. :)

I'm not a RC but I think what you are thinking of Z is Dec. 8 - Immaculate Conception Feastday.

[zitothebrave]

Yes that's it! One of the weirder holy days of obligation.

You know what's the weirdest thing I remember as a child and it's totally cause of my family was celebrating Saint Nicholas Day. I want ot say December 6th. Apparently it's a big German thing, which explains why my mom celebrated it (her family is German ancestry)

[BedellBrave]

This:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyK7iXVhLEs

[keithlaw]

On a side note, what are your top 5 (or top 10) Christmas songs?

1) Ave Maria (Connie Francis, Pavarotti)
2) Oh Holy Night (Nat King Cole or Andy Williams)
3) Winter Wonderland (Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin, Williams Brothers, Kenny G)
4) The First Noel (Nat King Cole or Andy Williams)
5) Silent Night (Nat King Cole)
6) It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Andy Williams) [Probably could go higher on the list, but it's been exploited too much by corporations]
7) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Frank Sinatra)
8) O Come All Ye Faithful (Frank Sinatra)
9) Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms)
10) Toss up between The Chipmunk Song (Alvin & Chipmunks) and All I Want for Christmas (Mariah Carey).

Faitytale of New York

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8

[Runnin]

Why Does Every Christmas Song Have So Many Chords? It starts out slow, then builds. Very impressive guitar stamina.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ouzVdDMJCM

[Gary82]

Why Does Every Christmas Song Have So Many Chords? It starts out slow, then builds. Very impressive guitar stamina.

I'm having flashbacks to when I used to take guitar lessons.