Let's discuss the greatest Christmas songs and albums ever. Here's my nominees.
Songs:
1. Father Christmas (Kinks)
2. Blue Christmas (Elvis)
3. I Hate Christmas (Oscar the Grouch)
4. Happy Xmas (John Lennon)
5. Little Saint Nick (Beach Boys)
Albums.
Phil Spector (runaway winner. Love it through and through despite some questionable song choices (Marshmallow World?)
A Reggae Christmas. Excellent from tiny RAS Records including Freddie MacGregro, Eek-A-Mouse, and drum titans Michigan & Smiley. May be hard to find now.
The Christmas Song - Nat. Of the big three crooners, this is the best half-hour. No crap songs like Sinatra's Mistletoe and Holly (Oh by gosh by golly!).
Sesame Street Christmas. Anyone with kids appreciates the fact that Sesame Street music is so good, otherwise we'd all be tortured for hours.
The Ventures. The songs sort of evolve out of the the usual sound. Extremely cool.
George Winston, December. Whoa! Major mid-80s New Age flashback when you put this on! Hard to believe this style of music was "it" for a year or two. Paints a nice picture late at night.
This of course, is the tip of the iceberg. I forgot about Chuck Berry and Keith's version of his song, Springsteen, and a million other nominees. What are they? I'm tired of the same old
Happy Xmas!