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Title:MUSIC V4
Notice:New Noters please read Note 1.*, Mod = someone else
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Wed Oct 09 1991
Last Modified:Tue Mar 12 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:762
Total number of notes:18706

311.0. "Christmas Music" by DPE::STARR (Out Of The Cradle, Endlessly Rocking!) Mon Oct 26 1992 14:58

I don't know why, but I have a great affinity for Christmas music from rock
artists. And besides the Phil Spector Christmas album (and some of the Motown
stuff), my favorite album has been the Very Special Christmas LP that came
out a few years back. 

Now, it turns out that they have released A Very Special Christmas - Part II.
Some of the acts are repeats, but there are a lot of new artists on this
one as well. Here's a track listing:

"Christmas All Over Again" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers:
"Jingle Bell Rock" - Randy Travis
"The Christmas Song" - Luther Vandross
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" - Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper
"The Birth of Christ" - Boys II Men
"Please Come Home For Christmas" - Jon Bon Jovi
"What Christmas Means To Me" - Paul Young
"O Christmas Tree" - Aretha Franklin
"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" - Ronnie Spector and Darlene Love
"White Christmas" - Michael Bolton
"Christmas Is" - Run-DMC
"Christmas Time Again" - Extreme
"Merry Christmas, Baby" - Bonnie Raitt and Charles Brown
"O Holy Night" - Tevin Campbell
"Sleigh Ride" - Debbie Gibson
"What Child Is This" - Vanessa Williams
"Blue Christmas" - Ann and Nancy Wilson
"Silent Night" - Wilson Phillips
"I Believe In You" - Sinead O' Connor

I haven't heard the album yet, so I can't make any judgements. From a USENET
review, they said the Extreme song is the best one on there. I'm looking
forward to checking it out, and I'll post a complete review when I do.

alan
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311.1BUSY::SLABOUNTYI'm so damn cool.Mon Oct 26 1992 15:458
    
    	If you ever see Stryper's "Winter Wonderland" available on an
    	album, PLEASE let me know ... I've been looking for that for
    	about 4 years now with no luck.
    
    	Thanks!!
    
    							GTI
311.2DELNI::STHILAIREFood, Shelter & DiamondsMon Oct 26 1992 17:026
    re .0, I love the U2 version of "Please Come Home For Christmas."  How
    could they possibly want to include a Jon Bon Jovi cover instead of
    U2??  Yuck.
    
    Lorna
    
311.3DPE::STARROut Of The Cradle, Endlessly Rocking!Mon Oct 26 1992 19:0028
re: Lorna

> How could they possibly want to include a Jon Bon Jovi cover instead of U2??  

Well, I imagine that if U2 offered a new song for this time around, they would 
have taken it! U2 probably just didn't have anything to give them at this
time.

You should remember that Bon Jovi was on the first 'A Very Special Christmas'
also. And besides, keeping in mind that all profits go to children's 
charities, isn't it a good idea to include a best-selling artist like Bon
Jovi?

Speaking of the first 'A Very Special Christmas' album, here's a list of 
some of the songs and performers:

Back Door Santa - Bon Jovi
Run Run Rudolph - Bryan Adams
Baby Please Come Home - U2
Merry Christmas Baby - Bruce Springsteen
Silent Night - Stevie Nicks
Christmas In Hollis - Run DMC
Santa Baby - Madonna
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Pretenders
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - John Cougar Mellencamp
Santa Clause Is Coming To Town - The Pointer Sisters

alan
311.4'FNXmasREFINE::BARKERI like to do drawrings.Mon Oct 26 1992 19:096
    I got an 'Alternative' Xmas CD last year which was some traditional
    stuff by some not-so-traditional bands, like The Rollins Band, Crash
    Test Dummies, Hoodoo Gurus, and more.  Some pretty interesting
    renditions.  Anyone else hear of this?
    
    -Jesse
311.5I'll post a track listing later this weekDPE::STARROut Of The Cradle, Endlessly Rocking!Mon Oct 26 1992 20:2011
>    I got an 'Alternative' Xmas CD last year which was some traditional
>    stuff by some not-so-traditional bands, like The Rollins Band, Crash
>    Test Dummies, Hoodoo Gurus, and more.  Some pretty interesting
>    renditions.  Anyone else hear of this?

I just picked this up last week at Disc Diggers ($.99!), but I haven't given
it a listen yet. Any good??? (There was also another alternative one there
that I picked up also, for the same price - this one had Squeeze and Timbuk
Three on it, among others.

alan
311.6Kinks- Father ChristmasNEMAIL::MERCIERSo WhaT have YoU GotWed Dec 02 1992 13:034
    Does anybody know what album the Kinks "Father Christmas" can be found
    on??
    
    Bob
311.7Slow DancingTECRUS::TECRUS::ROSTLimo driver for Ringo StarrWed Dec 02 1992 13:286
    
    You can get "Father Christmas" on the "Slow Dancing" compilation.
    
    It was originally just a single.
    
    						Brian
311.8CorrectionCSC32::K_TOStop making senseWed Dec 02 1992 15:0712
Re:  Note 311.7

>    You can get "Father Christmas" on the "Slow Dancing" compilation.
>    
>    It was originally just a single.
>    
>    						Brian


I believe the correct compilation is called "Come Dancing".

Karen
311.9NEMAIL::MERCIERSo WhaT have YoU GotWed Dec 02 1992 17:053
    Thank you vedy Much!
    
    Bob
311.10Witches of freakin' Eastwick! Prizzi's freakin' Honor!!NEMAIL::CARROLLJThe Bright-Eyed BoyWed Dec 02 1992 20:0417
    
    the best Xmas disk I've ever heard is 'Twisted Christmas' by the
    <mumble mumble> comedy troupe.  Includes :
    
    Wreck the Malls
    Christmas with the King
    the 12 Pains of Xmas
    I'm Dressin' up Like Santa Claus ( when I get out on parole )
    The Chimney Song
    I Wish You Weren't Living With Us
    A Visit from St. Nicholson
    
    	the last is worth the price of the whole disk.
    
    					-Jimbo
    
    
311.11LANDO::HAPGOODThu Dec 03 1992 16:016
Check out Mojo Nixon's Christmas disk.

Now that's good Christmas music.

bob

311.12It sure sounded like him . . .NEMAIL::CARROLLJThe Bright-Eyed BoySun Dec 06 1992 12:576
    Re -.1
    
    	Was that who I heard doing a cover of The Grinch Song on FNX?
    
    					-Jimbo
    
311.13LANDO::HAPGOODTue Dec 15 1992 20:077
          <<< Note 311.12 by NEMAIL::CARROLLJ "The Bright-Eyed Boy" >>>
>    	Was that who I heard doing a cover of The Grinch Song on FNX?
    
Yea,  that was him...  

bob

311.14DPE::STARRTwo hot girls on a hot summer nightWed Dec 16 1992 14:0158
I think I had mentioned a while ago in this note that I had picked up two
Christmas CDs a couple months ago. Both are basically alternative music stuff,
and I thought people might like a track listing....


Just In Time For Christmas
IRS Records #13052 (1990)
-------------------------
Squeeze - Christmas Day
Rebel Pebbles - Cool Yule
Klark Kent - Yo Ho Ho
Torch Song - Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Reckless Sleeper - Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday
Steve Hunter - We Three Kings
The dB's - Home For The Holidays
Molly Johnson and Norman Orenstein - Silent Night
Deborah Holland - It Only Comes Once A Year
Timbuk 3 - All I Want For Christmas
Kennedy Rose - More Than One Night A Year
Dread Zeppelin - All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
Wall Of Voodoo - Shouldn't Have Given Him A Gun For Christmas

I like the Reckless Sleeper tune (never heard of them, but I liked it!). The
Timbuk 3 songs I had heard a few years ago, and it's a good one. The Steve
Hunter selection is an acoustic instrumental; nice but nothing special. Molly
Johnson and Norman Orenstein's "Silent Night" is nice, with some nice harmony 
guitar work on it. And the Dread Zeppelin tune is just hilarious, based on
Zep's "How Many More Times", and ending up with "Viva Las Vegas"! The Rebel
Pebbles reminded me a lot of the early Go-Gos. The Squeeze song was a bit
disappointing for me. And the dB's song was sorta country-ish, and decent.



A Lump Of Coal
First Warning/BMG Records #72705 (1991)
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HooDoo Gurus - Little Drummer Boy
Crash Test Dummies - The First Noel
The Wedding Present - Stepping Into Christmas
Drunken Boat - Blue X-Mas
Divine Weeks - O Holy Night
Carnival Art - Bring A Torch Jeannette Isabella
The Primitives - Silent Night
Fresh Young Fellows - O Little Town Of Bethlehem
The Odds - Kings Of Orient
Clockhammer - Here Comes Santa Claus
Henry Rollins - 'Twas The Night Before Christmas

Haven't heard much of this CD yet. The Hoodoo Gurus sounded ok doing an 
instrumental version of "Little Drummer Boy". I didn't like the male vocals
that started the Crash Test Dummies "First Noel", but once the female vocals
took over for the second verse, it was quite nice! And I hated The Wedding 
Present's version of Elton John's "Stepping Into Christmas". That's as far
as I got, although I did skip ahead to hear the Henry Rollins reading of 
"'Twas The Night Before Christmas", and that was.... well, interesting.....
maybe "morbid" would be a better word.....

alan
311.15Baby, I wanna trim yo' . . . treeNEMAIL::CARROLLJThe Bright-Eyed BoyThu Dec 17 1992 22:5221
    Bought Mojo's _Horny Holidays_
    
    defintely interesting listening
    
    The Grinch Song
    Good King Wencelas ( he doesn't know the words, so just goes
    la-la-la-la-la-la-la )
    an X-rated Twas the Night Before Christmas ( "it was the night before
    X-mas, and everything was all F_cked up!" )
    the versions of Jingle Bells we used to sing when we were 7 years old 
    (jingle bells, batman smell, robin layed an egg  . . .)
    Trim Yo' Tree ( with a blatant sexual reference )
    It's Christmastime ( with a blatant sexual reference )
    It'll be a Holiday ( with a sexually blatant reference )
    Happy Birthday ( to Jesus -natch- )
    
    	-all in all, a totally offensive, immature and amoral album.
      But if you thrive on stuff like that ( like me ), then by all means 
      go pick it up.
    
      						-Jimbo
311.16has anyone heard of these?CSC32::L_WHITMOREMon Dec 20 1993 23:485
    Has anyone heard of a couple of Christmas tunes called "Santa's Coming 
    In A Whirlybird" and "(Look Around You) It's Christmastime".   I heard
    these songs on the radio about 20 years ago(!) and have never
    heard them since.  Any help appreciated!   Thanks.  Lila