LostControl Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 I noticed your song Marvin, and I was going to write to ask you if you'd post it for us to listen to. None of us are able to list it in our "top 10" if we've never heard it before.As for Christmas songs - has anyone ever heard Meryn Cadell's "Cat Christmas Carol"? It's the saddest song in the world - I forbid my husband to play it every year as it always gets me crying. It's about a cat who sacrifices it's life for a mouse to live. My husband plays it every Christmas and has a good cry. You can't give a bigger gift at Christmas than to sacrifice your life so that someone (or something) else will live. Tearing up just thinking of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallytosa Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 What? No "Baby It's Cold Outside"? Did you ever hear Dean Martin's version? Classic. And now James Taylor has a really nice version out on his Hallmark Christmas CD. And Jovie singing that song in the shower in a duet with Buddy from the movie Elf. Favorite all time song for me though, has to be "Happy XMas/War is Over" by John and Yoko. "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid is right up there, too. Anything by the Carpenters and of course Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Hey AllDoes George Harrisons' "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" count as a Christmas/Holiday song? I heard it today, and I am reminded how great that song is. ITs style certainly should appeal to the berrieheads here .... Certainly is also in my top 10 holiday tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor4Life Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Anybody here heard Ringo's Christmas album? It's a classic! Heart's christmas album is actually under listed under thier "Lovemongers" moniker.I've never been a big Chris Isaak fan, but I highly recommend his new Christmas CD as well...Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Bernie-I'll join you on that Angel road trip. I know that I had one of their albums on cassette in the late 70's- I might still have it. I used to play the hell out of it. I was on Amazon.com looking but I think the one I had was "On Earth As It Is In Heaven" which is out of print and only an album is available at $50. Might order the Anthology just to remember the songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 I heard the saddest, most beautiful country song today--about a little boy buying shoes for his mother for Christmas. The lyrics are something like: "These shoes are just her size, I know they'll make her smile. She's been sick a long time, Dad says there's not much time. I want Mom to look beautiful when she meets Jesus tonight..." It had me in such tears...Does anyone know the song or artist? Someone here will, I'm sure. It was a male country artist, and there was a little boy singing on it at the end. *Very* heartrending. --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliaD Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 "Christmas Shoes" by Newsong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 "Hey Santa" Wilson sisters (great choice Larry)"Grown Up Christmas List" Amy Grant"Breath of Heaven" Amy Grant"Emmanuel" Amy Grant"Closing of the Year" Toys Soundtrack-Wendy and Lisa"The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" Johnny Mathis""Chrsitmas Song" Nat King Cole"Thank You Very Much" Scrooge Soundtrack"Come Home For Christmas" David Gates"Merry Christmas" Butch Walker bootlegI want to hear Marvin's X-mas collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 JuliaD, Thank you. I just have to get it. It's so beautiful, in the saddest way.--D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy K. Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Darlene, the "Jeanette Isabella" single was released under "Ann and Nancy Wilson" name, and not actually under the Heart name, and just a 45rpm single.Poor4life, did that finally get released onto the Lovemongers album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostControl Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Darlene - If yo like the shoe song, you should try to get the cat christmas carol too. Damn saddest song in the whole world.On the flip side, on the radio this morning everyone was trashing 'Silent Night' by Stevie Nicks - sounds like gargling chainsaws. Why do singers think they can sing the classics? There are SO many examples of Christmas songs being ruined by bad singer - anything by Mariah Carrey comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Well as much as I'm not a fan of Mariah, she adds fire to "All I Want For Christmas Is You."Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Yes, She does good on that one, as well as her first 3 CDs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Mariah's debut is a classic. "Emotions" was garbage!!! Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Oh Matt "classic" is a pretty strong word so be careful how you throw it around. Mariah's song"Emotions" is a rip-off of "Best of My Love" by the Emotions. Listen to them back to back and tell me if it's not a coincidence that Mariah's song is titled the same as the name of the band that did the other song.Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilyn Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" (with Kirsty MacColl) is my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordharris Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 The Honeymoon Suites-"Father Christmas"Paul McCartney's- It's A Wonderful Christmas Time"R.S. v.P.-By the KingsThe Pretenders- Christmas song. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy the Nick Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Silver Bells- Wilson PickettI believe in Father Christmas- Greg LakeWhite Christmas- DriftersMan with the toys- Beach BoysWinter Wonderland- Tony Bennett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy the Nick Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Pretenders is "Have yourself a merry little christmas". It was on the first "Very Special Christmas" CD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordharris Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Thank you Jimmy The Nick, you know Emerson,Lake And Palmer, were the first ones to do "I Believe In Father Christmas" then HoneyMoonSuite, did it too.Honeymoon Suite- did a great job on that, I think.I had a Emerson Lake And Palmer album, with thatsong on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Foil Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 My all time favorite is Billy Squire's "Christmas is the time to say I Love You." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Marvin: I was talkin' about Mariah's CD "Emotions" not the song. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smittie Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 Hey, How about "Dominick the Donkey"? Hee-haw, Hee-haw!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 I heard "Santa and His Old Lady" by Cheech and Chong not too long ago. Hadn't heard it for a long time. Kind of a hoot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 My sister-in-law nearly had a bathroom accident when one of her friends played an obscure record called "I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas" by some Swedish singer named Yules Yorgenson (I think he spells it with Ys to be funny--they're j's in Swedish). Never heard the song, but she said it's hysterical. --D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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