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Beausoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 01:35 AM
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Favorite Christmas Music? I gotta go with Vince Guaraldi. The Lettermen are a close second.
Natalie Cole's Holly and the Ivy is great.

Oscar Peterson is added into the mix.

Deano Martin never hurts.

John Pizzarelli has some great stuff.
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 07:58 AM
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1. Here’s the Christmas CD that’s been my favorite since the first time I heard it 5 or 6 years ago.
I put it in my CD player on Thanksgiving and don’t take it out until the day after Christmas.



It has a lot of the traditional music as well as some Christmas music that I have never heard before. Songs are done in Emglish, French and Gaelic. Follow this link to hear some samples:
http://www.amazon.com/Bells-Dublin-Chieftains/dp/B000003F53/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1198327878&sr=8-1
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 03:42 PM
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7. thanks, that looks like fun
I'm ordering it.
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Kucinich4America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 03:46 PM
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8. One of my favorite Christmas songs of all time is on that disc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOALofnjqpg

Jackson Browne
"The Rebel Jesus"

All the streets are filled with laughter and light
And the music of the season
And the merchants' windows are all bright
With the faces of the children
And the families hurrying to their homes
As the sky darkens and freezes
Will be gathering around the hearths and tables
Giving thanks for God's graces
And the birth of the rebel Jesus

Well they call him by 'the Prince of Peace'
And they call him by 'the Savior'
And they pray to him upon the seas
And in every bold endeavor
And they fill his churches with their pride and gold
As their faith in him increases
But they've turned the nature that I worship in
From a temple to a robber's den
In the words of the rebel Jesus

We guard our world with locks and guns
And we guard our fine possessions
And once a year when Christmas comes
We give to our relations
And perhaps we give a little to the poor
If the generosity should seize us
But if any one of us should interfere
In the business of why there are poor
They get the same as the rebel Jesus

But pardon me if I have seemed
To take the tone of judgement
For I've no wish to come between
This day and your enjoyment
In a life of hardship and of earthly toil
We have need for anything that frees us
So I bid you pleasure
And I bid you cheer
From a heathen and a pagan
On the side of the rebel Jesus
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 07:07 PM
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12. Mine too, I sing along with it every time!
He really has a way if describing what we see in a way that makes us think, doesn't he?
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 08:34 AM
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2. Guaraldi, Nat King Cole and Ray Charles.
All else is superfluous.
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auburngrad82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 09:12 AM
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3. Bruce Cockburn and the Roches
Both are great
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 12:03 PM
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4. Joel Kopischke and Bob Rivers
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 01:05 PM
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5. ENOUGH with the Josh Grobin! Enuff!
Lovely voice but, to my ears, he sings every song with the same cadence. Slow and opera like.
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 01:28 PM
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6. Linda Eder's version of Silent Night was a religious experience for me.
Just close your eyes and listen...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuUzeScZfLA
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Yukari Yakumo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 06:04 PM
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9. TSO. 'nuff said.
uguu
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 06:05 PM
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10. My 3 faves...
Vince Guaraldi :thumbsup:
Mannheim Steamroller (Yup, got the latest one)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Their Carol Of The Bells RAWKS!)
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 10:10 PM
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16. Niiiiice!
Those are my top three as well.

Mannheim Steamroller's version of Carol of the Bells is probably my favorite Christmas tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY-EL56ArUc
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 06:29 PM
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11. Even though...
...I've been an ex-Catholic since the 3rd grade, I prefer the full blown choir music at christmastime.

Although when I was a kid, it was all about Sing Along With Mitch.
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Missy Vixen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 07:12 PM
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13. I love Vince Guaraldi, too
I still love Phil Spector's Christmas record.

One of my other favorites is Peter White. I hate "smooth jazz", but this is the best recording of Joni Mitchell's "River" I have ever heard. http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Season-Peter-White/dp/B000002C1A/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1198368694&sr=1-4

Julie
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peacefreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 07:46 PM
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14. Dr Demento's Christmas Album
Phil Spector's Christmas (maybe the Wall of Sound fried his brain in later life)
Christmas morning I always play the Messiah.
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jcla Donating Member (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 09:52 PM
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15. Jessye Norman's Christmastide CD
Ray Charles,Stevie Wonder, Carreras, Cole (Both Nat and Natalie), Domingo, Pops and Ella
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