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A Christmas Gift For The OT (continuing TD's most beloved holiday tradition)
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:37 pm
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:37 pm
No, not that tradition.
As everyone knows, since 2009 I have posted A Kafkaesque Christmas, a 4 CD collection of Christmas songs.
At first I posted links to sites where uploaded all the music. But a couple of years ago TD guidelines changed, and such links are no longer allowed. (All the upload sites I used have gone out of business anyway). And I couldn't figure out a way to redo it -- at least, a way that didn't require a large amount of effort on my part.
But like Tevye, I believe in tradition. (Even Lou Gehrig once batted leadoff and immediately left the game to keep up his playing streak) So here is A Kafkaesque Christmas.
Maybe next year I'll figure out how to work it. But for now, look at this as a really cool playlist of songs to look for on YouTube.
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A Kafkaesque Christmas
Volume 1
White Christmas -- The Drifters
Give Me A Second Chance For Christmas -- Mike Viola
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas -- The Old 97s
Frosty The Snowman -- The Ronettes
Christmas Is My Time of Year -- Christmas Spirit
Christmas Time Is Here Again -- The Flirtations
Merry Christmas Baby -- Otis Redding
Santa's Out of Rehab by Christmas -- Adam's House Cat
Sock It To Me Santa -- Bob Seger and The Last Heard
Jingle Bells -- Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer -- The Temptations
Christmas Time All Over The World -- The Smithereens
Santa Claus Is Back in Town -- Elvis Presley
Merry Christmas From A Bar -- Mike Ireland
Please Come Home For Christmas -- Charles Brown
Mr. Santa Claus -- Nathaniel Mayer
Back Door Santa -- Clarence Carter
Christmas Everyday -- Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
In The Bleak Midwinter -- Bert Jansch
Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) -- The Ramones
Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas -- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Santa Teach Me To Dance -- Debbie and The Darnels
Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without The One You Love) -- The O'Jays
O Holy Night -- My Morning Jacket
2000 Miles -- The Pretenders
Go Tell It On The Mountain -- The Swan Silvertones
I'll Be Home For Christmas -- Bing Crosby
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Volume 2
Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas -- The Eels
We Wish You A Merry Christmas -- The Weavers
I Love Xmas -- The Screaming Santas
Christmas Time -- The db's
Santa's Messin' With The Kid -- Eddie C. Campbell
The Little Drummer Boy -- Harry Simeone Chorale (original 1958 version)
Christmas Day -- Detroit Junior
Fairytale Of New York -- The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
Hey, Santa Claus -- The Moonglows
I Don't Believe In Christmas -- The Sonics
Sleigh Bell Rock -- Three Aces and a Joker
Presents On Christmas -- Solomon Burke
A Child's Christmas in Wales -- John Cale
Christmas Boogie -- Canned Heat and The Chipmunks (!!!)
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday -- Roy Wood and Wizzard
Soul Christmas -- Graham Parker and Nona Hendryx
Trim Your Tree -- Jimmy Butler
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -- Los Straitjackets
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus -- The Crystals
Stupid Bells -- The Handsome Family
Christmas Time Is Here (vocal version) -- Vince Guaraldi Trio
Get Behind Me, Santa -- Sufjan Stevens
Run Rudolph Run -- Chuck Berry
Christmas Comes But Once A Year -- Amos Milburn
Just Like Christmas -- Low
Light of the Stable -- Emmylou Harris
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas -- Judy Garland
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Volume 3
All I Want For Christmas.-- Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns
Away In A Manger -- Plankeye
Christmas is Canceled -- Farah
Lonely Christmas -- The Orioles
Santa's Got A GTO -- The Ramonas
Home for the Holidays -- The db's
Christmas is for Mugs -- Graham Parker
Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto -- James Brown
Lonely Christmas Call -- George Jones
Christmas In Vietnam -- Johnny and Jon
Snoopy's Christmas -- The Royal Guardsmen
Rudolph The Red Neck Reindeer -- Rocket Park
I Want an Alien For Christmas -- Fountains of Wayne
Sleigh Ride -- The Ventures
Christmas Tears -- Freddie King
Santa Claus Is Coming To My House -- Karla DeVito
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear -- The Louvin Brothers
Father Christmas -- The Kinks
Santa And The Sidewalk Surfer -- The Crossfires
Christmas Celebration -- B.B. King
All I Want For Christmas is My Daddy -- Buck Owens
Christmas Boogie -- The Davis Sisters
Wombling Merry Christmas -- The Wombles
Christmas In Jail - Leroy Carr
Gift X-Change -- Calexico
Christmas Eve Can Kill You -- The Everly Brothers
Silent Night, Holy Night -- Mahalia Jackson
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Volume 4
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town -- Bruce Springsteen
Twas The Night Before Christmas -- Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns
It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad -- Sufjan Stevens
A Beguiled Christmas In Sales -- Jason Collett
Love for Christmas -- The Gems
Jesus Christ -- Big Star
Christmastime Here -- Wednesday Week
Pretty Paper -- Roy Orbison
Something to Hold On To (At Christmas) -- Ron Sexsmith
We Three Kings -- John Fahey
Christmas (I Remember) -- The Smithereens
Feliz Navidad -- El Vez
Merry Christmas Darling -- The Uniques
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) -- Darlene Love
Season's Greetings -- Robbers On High Street
Gee Whiz, It's Christmas -- Carla Thomas
Merry Christmas, Baby -- The Beach Boys
My Christmas Baby -- The Refreshments
She's Coming Home -- The Wailers
This Time of Year -- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
I'll Make Every Day Christmas (For My Woman) -- Joe Tex
If We Make It Through December -- Merle Haggard
This Christmas -- Donny Hathaway
Merry Christmas Everyone -- Shakin' Stevens
The Christmas Song -- Nat King Cole
Christmas Auld Lang Syne -- Bobby Darin
Oh what the heck...
Here are a few favorites:
The Old 97's - Holly Jolly Christmas
The Flirtations - Christmas Time Is Here Again
Rocket Park - Rudolph The Redneck Reindeer -- (A must listen for Skynyrd/Southern rock fans)
The Everly Brothers - Christmas Eve Can Kill You
Bobby Darin - Christmas Auld Lang Syne
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:39 pm to Kafka
Thanks Kafka now I only have about 24 hours to enjoy this
I do like me some doo wop
I do like me some doo wop
This post was edited on 12/24/14 at 7:40 pm
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:40 pm to Kafka
i never understood the candles by the fireplace?? why not just light a fire?
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:40 pm to Kafka
Thank you!
really nice gift!
really nice gift!
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:44 pm to Kafka
nice .....
(is that an old OT regular in the 1st pic?)
(is that an old OT regular in the 1st pic?)
Posted on 12/24/14 at 8:07 pm to Kafka
I don't know who that chick is but I want her for Christmas
Posted on 12/24/14 at 9:04 pm to Kafka
quote:
The Little Drummer Boy -- Harry Simeone Chorale (original 1958 version)
That's it. The Definitive version of that song and maybe the definitive Christmas song. Merry Christmas, my friend !
Posted on 12/24/14 at 10:55 pm to Kafka
I love that Old 97's you posted
Posted on 12/24/14 at 10:55 pm to Kafka
And merry Christmas
Posted on 12/24/14 at 11:02 pm to Kafka
no santa claus and his old lady by cheech and chong???????????
Posted on 12/24/14 at 11:02 pm to Kafka
No bungquisha from q93?
Posted on 12/25/14 at 12:10 am to Kafka
Those are all awesome! Particularly the versions by singers from back in the day - Sinatra, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Elvis, etc. ... I'm partial to "Silver Bells"- Johnny Mathis & "Do Ypu Hear What I Hear"- Whitney Houston, which I didn't see on your lists.
Posted on 12/25/14 at 12:20 am to Kafka
K,
Your normal yeoman work.
My personal favorite, and you have it at the fifteenth track on Album One, is Charles Brown's "Please Come Home For Christmas". It is the quintessential period New Orleans sound. To me it is the Holiday counterpoint to the Fat Man's "Blue Monday" which are both each simply perfect pieces of art.
Regards to you and yours, wishing you all the best sir.
Your normal yeoman work.
My personal favorite, and you have it at the fifteenth track on Album One, is Charles Brown's "Please Come Home For Christmas". It is the quintessential period New Orleans sound. To me it is the Holiday counterpoint to the Fat Man's "Blue Monday" which are both each simply perfect pieces of art.
Regards to you and yours, wishing you all the best sir.
Posted on 12/25/14 at 8:06 pm to Kafka
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