Christmas Albums

[Horn_Spanker 524]

I've always thought that when an artist produces a Christmas album, they've jumped the shark.  Today I see Eric Clapton has a new album out called Happy Xmas.  Sad day.

[mdmost 42999]

Modern day artists, yes. Artists from the 50s and 60s, no. 

[PRONG HORN 3140]

 

Def Leppard's new Christmas song for 2018

 

 

 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9323]

All you need. George Winston, Bing, and Vince Guaraldi.

[mdmost 42999]

Wrong.

Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song

Frank Sinatra's A Jolly Christmas

Willie Nelson's Pretty Paper

Beach Boys' Christmas Album

[miguelito 11255]

Andy Williams

[tbone_ 14112]

Very Special Christmas, the 80s compilation is cool

[Chad Fuck 17659]

This record.  Then this record.

 

[CooterBrown 18004]

 

[noharleyyet 2838]

 

[Jerry Callo 8698]

 

[BlueGreySky 1004]

Johnny Mathis one of the good ones...

 

[UTCzech III 2907]

 

 

[UTCzech III 2907]

and all of these, have about 10 of them, scratched to hell but they still play..

 

[Shenanigans 31]

GOAT Christmas album.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

17 hours ago, mdmost said:

Modern day artists, yes. Artists from the 50s and 60s, no. 

Nat Fucking King Cole 

[mdmost 42999]

Right. That's my point. The 50s, 60s crooner types like Deano, Sammy Davis Jr, Nat King Cole, Sinatra, hell even Elvis. Christmas songs weren't that far off from their existing genres. Guys like the Beach Boys and Willie were doing Christmas albums at the height of their popularity. Modern artists tend to do them on the downslope of their careers (Dylan, Rod Stewart, Clapton). Plus most modern Christmas albums just plain suck.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

5 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Right. That's my point. The 50s, 60s crooner types like Deano, Sammy Davis Jr, Nat King Cole, Sinatra, hell even Elvis. Christmas songs weren't that far off from their existing genres. Guys like the Beach Boys and Willie were doing Christmas albums at the height of their popularity. Modern artists tend to do them on the downslope of their careers (Dylan, Rod Stewart, Clapton). Plus most modern Christmas albums just plain suck.

Very true. 

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

 

Edited October 15, 2018 by Liquor and Poker

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

The classics never go out of style ^^^

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

Just now, Onboard 2.0 said:

The classics never go out of style ^^^

I sweatergawd my wife got that album at a White Elephant party in like 1998 and my MIL plays it every single year.  I will not tell her there's a DVD.

[Chad Fuck 17659]

 

[Grandioso 2592]

This album is legit good.

This track, featuring Leon Bridges, is the best post-60's modern Christmas song I've ever heard.

 

Edited October 15, 2018 by Grandioso

[Jerry Callo 8698]

1 hour ago, Shenanigans said:

GOAT Christmas album.

I would have loved seeing Ray drive that horse drawn sleigh.

[Rip76 4925]

 

This is a great album.

[NOMAAA 1696]

ive got a christmas playlist on spotify ive been adding to for a few years.  planning on starting work on it again after halloween.  username is elsmokeador. 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9323]

This album is legit good.

This track, featuring Leon Bridges, is the best post-60's modern Christmas song I've ever heard.
 

Es la verdad. Gave it to my wife as a gift last year. Spun it constantly.

[Guest]

We listen to this album every year coming home from Thanksgiving at my in-laws.  I tend to like hard rock/ metal, but this sucker just sounds like Christmastime to me.  Might be eligible for "Things about which i am slightly Embarrassed" thread.

When Love Came Down may be my alltime favorite Christmas song.

 

[Carl Spackler 3479]

 

[irishtexan 11515]

20 hours ago, Horn_Spanker said:

I've always thought that when an artist produces a Christmas album, they've jumped the shark.  Today I see Eric Clapton has a new album out called Happy Xmas.  Sad day.

This dork jumped the shark a whole helluva lot earlier than his Christmas record

[BigDHornfan 6545]

3 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

 

I will fight you.   God that is the worst.  And I love Paul.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

3 minutes ago, BigDHornfan said:

I will fight you.   God that is the worst.  And I love Paul.

It sucks huge jingle balls....

[Chad Fuck 17659]

6 minutes ago, BigDHornfan said:

I will fight you.   God that is the worst.  And I love Paul.

[UTCzech III 2907]

I'm the biggest Beatles/Paul fan there is, and Wonderful Christmastime is a steaming pile of cat shit.  

[Hate 20106]

19 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

All you need. George Winston, Bing, and Vince Guaraldi.

I have all 3.  December is perfect!

[Duke Silver 191]

 

[NWBuck 8552]

11 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

I would have loved seeing Ray drive that horse drawn sleigh.

So would he 

[Mole 4330]

It's fun to play Christmas tunes, people like to hear them, and everyone likes money.

[Chad Fuck 17659]

10 hours ago, Mole said:

It's fun to play Christmas tunes, people like to hear them, and everyone likes money.

And if you're playing in Texas at Christmas, you gotta play this one. Guaranteed money in the tip jar.

 

[irishtexan 11515]

and also this:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/12/darlene-love-last-letterman-christmas

 

[Chad Fuck 17659]

Check out the Phil Spector album I posted above.  You'll like it.

[Chad Fuck 17659]

I dig the U2 cover of that song on the Very Special Christmas album posted up above.  That was a great one.

[irishtexan 11515]

2 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Check out the Phil Spector album I posted above.  You'll like it.

I have it and I do love it. We listen to it about a dozen times every year between thanksgiving and christmas.

[Chad Fuck 17659]

Just now, irishtexan said:

I have it and I do love it. We listen to it about a dozen times every year between thanksgiving and christmas.

I figured you must have it about half a second after I typed that.  But I'm too lazy to edit.  

[Hate 20106]

Gotta play this one too!

 

[MAROON 445]

The answer is the Bing Crosby and Vince Guaraldi albums mentioned earlier.

here are a couple other not mentioned that are pretty good

 

[crash_davis 23101]

thread bump apropos the seasons. 

my favorite Christmas song versions.  when i hear these songs, i can think of no others who sing it as well, except maybe the Christmas Waltz by peggy lee.  her version comes a close second to sinatra's.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2018 by crash_davis

[alincoln 2371]

On 10/15/2018 at 12:36 PM, Rip76 said:

 

This is a great album.

 

back door santa bringing in the butt plug.  lol

Edited November 21, 2018 by alincoln

[C-Man 27194]

 

I also love She & Him's Xmas album -- partly because I want to do unholy things to Zooey Deschanel but it's also a great little album to have on while opening presents on Xmas morning. I think the Old 97's have a new Xmas album coming out.

[HOOK'EMHOOAH 1610]

This is the ONLY album I will listen to.