Thank you for this thread!
I have a friend who love Christmas and works hard to make it a truly special season, but this year just can't find her spark. Having a dire & chronic health condition doesn't help much. I'll send her your suggestions, and see if they work
Personally, I love Sting's old seasonal album but this year I'm finding it a bit gloomy instead of whimsically medieval.
I've also got a lovely, decades old steel-drum band album I play at work (when I work) which merry and fun.
I wonder if there's a hang-drum Christmas carols link nowadays?
All I need to keep hearing is the Cheap Trick CD that cuethesun recommended last year.
@author, do you have those albums (or CDs) of the usual carols but sung in Greek? I loved ringing Head Office and being on hold, listening to the muzak at this time of year
"We Three Kings" in Dave Brubeck fashion from The Maplewood Glee Club--snappy!
Here's one I'm always happy to hear come on the radio at this time of year. Couldn't find a great copy, and sorry for the ad, but you can skip it I hope. It's kind of fun to see all the words -- some of them have gotten by me all these years.
But I'm always hoping to find myself at the only all-night grocery store and end up bumping into that guy I've been chasing all year! Guess I'll have to remember to forget the cranberry sauce, and find the right guy to chase!
I've always enjoyed assembling musical playlists, as some of you might know. I've put together a four and a quarter hour SPOTIFY playlist of mostly offbeat Christmas music, although there are many, many familiar tunes. If anyone is interested and uses Spotify, I can share a link to the playlist. I think you have to have Spotify to play it. It's a really fun list to play in the house during the season for days of wrapping (rapping?) and entertaining. Send me a PM and I'll send you the link.
Artists include (sorry for the double spacing) :
Ella Fitzgerald
Harry Connick, Jr.
Frank Sinatra
Thurl Ravenscroft
Brave Combo
Bing Crosby,
The Andrews Sisters
Kathy Mattea
Elvis Presley
The Beach Boys,
Mariah Carey
Darlene Love
John Lennon, The Harlem Community Choir, The Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono
Paul McCartney
The Kinks
The Ronettes
Stevie Wonder
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Louis Jordan
James Taylor, Natalie Cole ("Baby, it's Cold....")
The Wynford Big Band
Leslie Odom Jr.
Bob Dylan
Eartha Kitt, Henri Rene & His Orchestra
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Barbra Streisand
John Denver
Mel Tormé
Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra
James Brown
Meshell Ndegeocello
Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash
Queen
B.B. King
Albert King
The Weather Girls
Chuck Berry
Gayla Peevey
Allan Sherman
Bob Rivers
Tom Waits
The Pogues,with Kirsty MacColl
Harry Nilsson
George Harrison
and more......
DaveSchmidt said:
All I need to keep hearing is the Cheap Trick CD that cuethesun recommended last year.
I love this CD. One of my favorite bands.
Just ordered We Wish You a Metal Christmas and a Headbanging New Year for Mr. Blackcat
Rod Stewart has a new album out!! Goodness - he’s 74!
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50792979
The Maplewood Glee Club was great as always tonight, and the guest chorale group, from Westfield HS, was especially excellent.
The_Soulful_Mr_T said:
Rod Stewart is my 2nd favorite singer, for sure.
who's my first favorite singer? everybody else....
The_Soulful_Mr_T said:
The_Soulful_Mr_T said:
Rod Stewart is my 2nd favorite singer, for sure.
who's my first favorite singer? everybody else....
LOL!
One that gets overlooked, from The_Soulful_Mr._T’s favorite singer.
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epic Greensleeves, by Alfred Reed, one of the best orchestrators of the last 50 years.