Overlooked Christmas Music Recommendations

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by BiffJackson, Nov 14, 2019.

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  1. Uncle Ernie

    Uncle Ernie Forum Resident

    Ages and Ages --We Need a Little Christmas. Never realized what a great little song this is until I heard this slightly somber take, which avoids the coke-fueled freneticism of the other versions I've heard:

     
  2. BlueJay

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    This has been my seasonal favourite for the last few years:

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  3. Uncle Ernie

    Uncle Ernie Forum Resident

    Heavy Blinkers -- Chaplin's Xmas. Odd but lovely Brian Wilson-style tune and arrangement:

     
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  4. RSteven

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    I think that is the most beautiful cut on his whole iconic Christmas album, and it also my just be the best vocal he ever did in my humble opinion. A terrific choice you made there and you are also right about the fact that it virtually never receives any airplay around the holidays as well.
     
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  5. Uncle Ernie

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    Mark Knopfler -- Ragpicker's Dream. Beautiful and poignant. Knopfler at his best.

     
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  6. jmobrien68

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    LOL... nailed it!
     
  7. BlueJay

    BlueJay Forum Resident

    And this will be for the next few years:

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  8. wabrit

    wabrit from gardens where we feel secure

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    The Sufjan Stevens Christmas collections are excellent.
     
  9. Uncle Ernie

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    The Beach Boys -- Morning Christmas. Dennis Wilson pens and performs one of my favorites of this genre.

     
  10. Stapani

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    Maybe not so overlooked but my all time favorit 50`s christmas song, not so easy to find in xmas collection cd.....
    Kay Starr - December (1950)

     
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  12. stetsonic

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    I'm a heathen but I much appreciate the idea of Christmas as a celebration of quiet joy and harmony in the middle of the darkest winter. "A L'Estampida" by the Dufay Collective is something I listen to every year during the Christmas holidays. It's not Christmas music per se, but for some reason it never fails to set me in the mood. GĂ©rard Le Vot's "Ultima Lacrima" does the trick also.
     
  13. bRETT

    bRETT Senior Member

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    This didn't get a lot of attention. Tio my mind it's the most classic Blondie-sounding thing they did since reuniting:

     
  14. Alexlotl

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    The Joyeux Mutato album by Mark Mothersbaugh is a festive favourite here.

     
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  15. evillouie

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    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]Three of my favorites, right there.
     
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  16. evillouie

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    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]And if you like the music from these guys, you might like Rick Wakeman's Christmas CD too. It's a solo piano CD that comes out in a couple of weeks.
     
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  17. evillouie

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    [​IMG]Great, great album!
     
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  18. Lemon Curry

    Lemon Curry (A) Face In The Crowd

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    It isn't Christmas Eve in my home without Mark Isham's Tale of Two Cities on Vol 1.

    Alas, it's also the only track of his I can bear listening to...
     
  19. Bob_in_OKC

    Bob_in_OKC Forum Resident

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    I always look forward to Vanessa Williams - Star Bright.

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  20. Lemon Curry

    Lemon Curry (A) Face In The Crowd

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    This isn't bad at all. More time arranging it and it coulda been a contender!
     
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  21. jmpatrick

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    Several years ago the mighty Foxy Shazam took a marginally Easter-ish song and turned it into a marginally Christmas-ish song.

     
  22. Jim Duckworth

    Jim Duckworth I can't lose with the stuff I use.

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    This entire album is a classic, but I find myself particularly drawn to this one:

     
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  23. Yakr

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    Half Man Half Biscuit's "It's Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas"

     
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  24. evillouie

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    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]Great collections of instro surf Christmas music, and volume 5 is coming out in December!
     
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  25. Luvtemps

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    I actually don't get in the -Christmas mood til about-ten days before.
     
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