Holiday Music

What are you CURRENTLY playing? Are you listening to a particular playlist while wrapping gifts? braving the late shoppers at the mall?


Here's mine:


Jingle Bells -- Skid Row
Jingle Bell Rock-- Nelson
Santa Claus is Coming to Town -- Dokken
I'll be home for Christmas --Twisted Sister and Lita Ford
Carol of the Bells -- no fuckin clue
All I want for Christmas -- Mariah Carey
The Chimpmunk Song
Happy Christmas(WIO) --- John and Yoko
Holly Jolly Christmas --- Burl Ives
I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday -- Wizzard
Run Rudolph Run --Chuck Berry
When my Heart Finds Christmas -- Harry Connick Jr.
Christmas in Hollis -- Run DMC
Please Come Home for Christmas -- John Bon Jovi
Where are you Christmas? --Faith Hill

Then I have a whole CD of nothing but instrumentals of Christmas Songs. I'm a sucker for X-mas music.

I never could get into Christmas music.
Perhaps Festivus music would suit me better.

The only christmas music I enjoy is Trans-Siberian Orchestra I'm afraid.

Here's mine:

House of Hair, hosted by Dee Snider.

Sweet!!!

Actually, there are some pretty funny rockin' X-mas songs done by the old metal hair bands.

You ain't done X-mas until you've heard "My Heavy Metal X-mas"

Check it out:

Twisted Sister Heavy Metal Christmas Lyrics
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
a tattoo of Ozzy!
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
10 pairs of platforms
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
11 black mascaras
10 pairs of platforms
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
12 silver crosses
11 black mascaras
10 pairs of platforms
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!
Lyrics > Twisted Sister Lyrics > Twisted Sister Heavy Metal Christmas Lyrics

I've been playing my collection of Black Sabbath albums on my iTunes. Right now it's Live Evil.

I usually just put iParga on random while I drive. The last few songs:

"Doomsday Clock" by SMashing Pumpkins
"Green GRass and High Tides" by The Outlaws
"Live for the Moment" by Monster Magner
"So What" by Metallica (That one's awful Christmassy)
"Who'll Stop The Rain" by CCR

I like some Christimas music but stuff like Trans Siberia Orchestra and Manheim Steamroller. Even at that though if I listen to too much it really gets on my nerves. I really hate it when they constantly play it for days and days and days. So I listen to other stuff I like.

My favorite song though is Holly Jolly Christmas performed by Burl Ives.

A few weeks ago I was playing Black Sabbath's Mob Rules during my prep hour. I had to go to the office for a couple minutes and forgot to lock the door before I left. Several of my 4th hour students arrived before I got back.

I like the old, traditional stuff.

The Little Drummer Boy.

Both the Bing Crosby/David Bowie version and one that Joan Jett and the Blackhearts did, circa "I Love Rock 'N Roll".

I've got a nifty Christmas sampler CD but sadly It is in storage in Oregon.

Speaking of Christmas CDs in storage in Oregon--if you ever get a chance to hear Kevin Kling's "View From a Card Table" you must listen to it. Kling is a Minnesota humorist and the piece is a 27 minute story about going down to Missouri in the station wagon, to the Grandparents' for Christmas, circa 1967. It has about 4 stories, all rolled into one, and they are all, IMO, hi-larious.

I like a lot of different stuff--some traditional carols, and some modern stuff like TSO and Manheim Streamroller. I also like rock versions of some of the carols, like Carol of the Bells (possibly by Gary Hoey?)

I'm dead sick of holiday music of any kind.