Since we are in the heart of the Christmas (holiday) season, I wanted to share my 5 favorite Christmas songs in no particular order:
5. Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid - Just a beautiful song by a group of talented artists that included members from U2, Wham, Sting, Duran Duran, and so on - really, the main artists of the time for the most part. Makes you think about the less fortunate at a time when you SHOULD be thinking about them.
4. Father Christmas by The Kinks - A great punk-sounding Christmas song - it starts off as very light-hearted and funny, but towards the later parts of the song, the message of once again remembering "The Kids who got nothing, while your drinking down your wine" appears. It's fun, certainly has a sing-a-long quality, and thought-provoking.
3. Happy Christmas (War is Over) by John Lennon - Man, I guess I'm a sucker for songs with meaning. It is a protest song about Vietnam, or at least that's what it originally was. It has now become a Christmas staple ... and even if you can hear Yoko's voice, it doesn't ruin the song.
2. Little Drummer Boy by David Bowie and Bing Crosby - The young meeting with the old ... the harmonies bring a tear to my eye.
1. Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bruce Springsteen - I'm a fan of Bruce, and this song just REMINDS me of Christmas memories. It's jovial, and fun ... and live, which means it's not over-produced ... the part where Bruce starts laughing is my favorite for some reason.
There are others - I just wanted to point out 5 of my favorite.
4 comments:
Good choices old bean.
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" by Wizzard I like but....
The Pogues / Kirsty McColl "Fairy Tale Of New York" IS THE Christmas song!
Little Drummer Boy with David Bowie and Bing Crosby in my favorite.
Yeah - David Bowie and Bing Crosby - fantastic! They took a good song and made it better with the extra harmonies. Also - when you have kids Los - it'll be that much better.... "I pray my wish will come true.. for my child and your child too."
"2. Little Drummer Boy by David Bowie and Bing Crosby - The young meeting with the old ... the harmonies bring a tear to my eye."
Harry Simon Symphony and Harry Simon Symphony only
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