Fly-by post: Christmas music

[bunrab]

We have so many Christmas CDs that if we start listening immediately after Thanksgiving, we generally still don't get through all of them by New Year's. (Yes, we're atheists. No, that doesn't interfere in the slightest with our enjoyment of the music.) Anyway, I thought I'd post each day's Christmas CD listening, for any of you thinking of adding to your collections.

So here's yesterday's (today's will be posted later tonight):

Chris Isaak - Christmas. Slightly rockabilly-flavored pop. Mostly secular. Several original songs by Isaak. A very nice rendition of Willy Nelson's "Pretty Paper." A version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" that seemed like the words were slightly shuffled from what I remember, and that made squirrel_magnet wonder why Santa wasn't working for Homeland Security.

Peter, Paul & Mary - A Holiday Celebration. This one's a classic by now. Includes a couple of good Chanukah songs. Ends with "Blowin' in the Wind" which has nothing to do with Christmas and everything to do with peace. The line, "How many deaths will it take till he knows, that too many people have died?" brings tears to my eyes - slightly of anger, at the Current Occupant's senseless war. Anyway, this is one of my favorite albums.

Comments

[n5red.livejournal.com]

Bah! Humbug!

[bunrab.livejournal.com]

Matt, will you please email me your address, bah humbug or no? Surely you want a nice lethal stingray to not hang on your nonexistent christmas tree.