I know we've done Christmas song threads before, but with the new youtube embedding shtick, it seems like a good time to revive. So - best Christmas Songs [a Jew could love]? I'll start with 3:
(Jewlia Eisenberg singing Rudolph in Yiddish)
(The Pogues - Fairy Tale, obv.)
(S+G - Silent Night)
Also, I love the Neko Case song "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis," but can't find it on youtube.
― Mordy, Friday, 19 December 2008 04:55 (seventeen years ago)
i like that song too. did you know it's a tom waits cover?
― Lingbert, Friday, 19 December 2008 05:06 (seventeen years ago)
ccfahim, that is
― aconner2, Friday, 19 December 2008 05:12 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.stonewallvets.org/images/songs_5/Phil-Spector-Artists.jpg
― өөө (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 19 December 2008 05:13 (seventeen years ago)
speaking of darlene love...
― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 19 December 2008 06:18 (seventeen years ago)
I was in a Juan Valdez Cafe recently and they had on a surprisingly good comp of contemporary *latin* arrangements of christmas songs. At least one sounded like Buena Vista Social Club. Anyone know what this might be?
― ichard Thompson (Hurting 2), Friday, 19 December 2008 06:20 (seventeen years ago)
hmm, actually it might have been this:
http://www.amazon.com/Its-Cuban-Christmas-Various-Artists/dp/B00005090I
― ichard Thompson (Hurting 2), Friday, 19 December 2008 06:23 (seventeen years ago)
There's this Pete Seeger song on an Christmas album that my family would always listen to while decorating the tree. One of those songs that I was so used to it took me forever to realize how good it was.
"Twas On a Night Like This" - http://www.zshare.net/audio/529579342a7872a5/
― when I wake up I see my self bearfooted (clotpoll), Friday, 19 December 2008 07:17 (seventeen years ago)
See Philip Roth and Jody Rosen for how Irving Berlin redefined the holiday in "White Christmas."
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 19 December 2008 23:39 (seventeen years ago)
'We wish you a Merry Xmas'? Pretty non-specific except for the name of the holiday.
― La plus perdue de toutes les journées est celle où l’on n’a pas (Michael White), Friday, 19 December 2008 23:55 (seventeen years ago)
I love this woman!
― Mordy, Monday, 22 December 2008 02:47 (seventeen years ago)