Bob & Doug McKenzie - 12 Days of Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2oPio60mK4
Cheech And Chong - Santa Claus And His Old Lady http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbw9-uq9sMU
A fake duet between Tom Waits and Peter Murphy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3gwbDcMY5I
The Pogues & Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwHyuraau4Q
Reel Big Fish - Mele Kalikimaka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-VRlrNg-GI
Tom Lehrer- A Christmas Carol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlpCBek1_M
The Kinks -- Father Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaPXihbORk
The Ramones - Merry Christmas ( I Don't Want To Fight Tonight ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y5GtaTrPHM
Twisted Sister - Oh Come All Ye Faithful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV-SpT69IZ8
Skid Row - Jingle Bells (Rock Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQjINiDA1n0&feature=related
RUN-DMC - Christmas In Hollis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8
I'm a big Leon Redbone fan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7JUBN1YXaA
"Christmas Freilachs" by The Angstones. You have to love Frosty the Snowman sung in a phrygian scale. Only available from one or two local Ottawa record shops, no online linkage available.
The Vandals--Oi To The World (covered nicely by No Doubt FWIW) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKk-2Pu2N8g
Old 97's--Here it is Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBA766evAGA
Death Cab...--Baby Please Come Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Yxq4QEkUE
Shoes--This Christmas (not that hideous "Christmas Shoes" song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BE-iPVFUXU
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I am listening to some of these songs to drown out the horrible christmas music that plays at work constantly.
The Christmas anthem of the cynical and misanthropic. And a quite nice song to boot.
jg
Can't believe I forgot this one: John Prine - Christmas in Prison
Actually, the entire John Prine Christmas album is very good.
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Can anybody tell me who sings....er.....grunts "Here comes Santa Claus"? I think its some jamaican dude- a guy used to play it on the local community radio station here, but he's gone, and I haven't heard it for years now.
It's kinda emo, but its not bad
Relient K 12 days of Xmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA6QsHdXwdI
Youtube is a thief of time. Went to listen to John Prine, which took me to "In spite of ourselves" with him and Iris DeMent which let to George Jone and Tammy Wynette to Willie Nelson to Alanis Morissette to a bunch of Weird Al. I love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1sos
Vince Vance and the Valiants All I want for Christmas is you. Possibly too sappy for the list, but she can hit a note out of the park.
Interesting: The chick in the video there doesn't seem to be the actual singer. Look on youtube and you'll find the original singing it, Lisa Layne.
bit of a slow starter this one. Henry Rollins "Twas the night before Christmas". love the gunshots and copters in the background. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFUgRRYmLvk
I don't have links to them, but:
August Burns Red- O Come O Come Emmanuel- drop C power chord version of the song, very metal!
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones- 12 Days of Christmas- each day is a different time signature and different chromatic key...even when they go back down to the first day
If you want something that is cynicism-free, Brian Setzer's Dig that crazy Santa Claus has a fun rockabilly/swing feel.
He also does a killer version of "Baby It's Cold Outside" that I haven't even heard this season.
Billy Idol-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpOpxcknNP4
Brian Setzer-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGirb_wgkcw&feature=related
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