Christmas playlist

[gwalla]

Because nobody demanded it, here's my Christmas playlist* on iTunes. Album titles are in italics, individual tracks are in artist - title format. Album tracks are not listed except for various artists compilations. Comments are in brackets:

• Abney Park - Carol of the Bells
  
• Béla Fleck & the Flecktones Jingle All the Way
  
• Bob Rivers - Walkin' 'Round in Women's Underwear
  
• Bob Rivers - Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire
  
• The Bomboras - Lil' Drummer Boy
  
• California Guitar Trio Christmas Album [The CGT are disciples of King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, playing surf-inspired guitar instrumental versions of mostly classical but some pop tunes]
  
• Carla Bley Carla's Christmas Carols [Bley is an avant-garde jazz pianist and bandleader; this album is amazing]
  
• Clockhammer - Here Comes Santa Claus
  
• Commodore 64 - A Commodore Kind of Christmas [Christmas nerdcore rap]
  
• Dale North, Mustin, Nate Cloud, The OneUps - Super Mario World Super Mario's Sleigh Ride OC ReMix
  
• Danny Elfman - Scrooged: Main Titles - Show Time at IBC - Elliot Gives Blood - Walter Ablaze - Wild Cab Ride - Luncheonette - Asylum - Crematorium
  
• Dave Brubeck A Dave Brubeck Christmas
  
• Esquivel Merry Christmas from the Space-Age Bachelor Pad [hi-fi lounge]
  
• The Flaming Lips - Christmas at the Zoo
  
• Joe Meek Vampires, Cowboys, Spacemen & Spooks
  
  
  • The Fabulous Flee-Rekkers - Green Jeans
    
  • Roger LaVern & The Microns - Reindeer Ride
    
  • Roger LaVern & The Microns - Christmas Stocking
  
  
• John Fahey - Christmas Medley: O Tannenbaum/Angels We Have Heard On High/Jingle Bells
  
• Joseph Spance - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
  
• Kick the Can Crew - Christmas Eve Rap [Japanese Christmas rapping!]
  
• Los Straitjackets 'Tis the Season for Los Straitjackets [Christmas surf guitar]
  
• Loudon Wainwright III - Suddenly It's Christmas
  
• Moon Duo - Silver Bells
  
• Pac-Man The Pac-Man Christmas Album [yes, you read that right]
  
• The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
  
• Red Peters - Holy Shit, It's Christmas
  
• Rev Run - Santa Baby (feat. Mase, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Salt 'N Pepa, Onyx, Keith Murray)
  
• Smashing Pumpkins & Radiohead - If There Is A God (Acoustic Christmas '98)
  
• Squirrel Nut Zippers Christmas Caravan
  
• Stan Kenton - What Is A Santa Claus
  
• Sufjan Stevens - Christmas In The Room
  
• Sufjan Stevens - O Holy Night
  
• Sufjan Stevens - That was the Worst Christmas Ever!
  
• Sufjan Stevens - It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad
  
• Sufjan Stevens - Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time
  
• Sufjan Stevens - Get Behind Me, Santa
  
• Sy Mann Switched On Santa! [Christmoog]
  
• The Vandals - Christmas Time For My Penis
  
• The Vandals - A Gun For Christmas
  
• The Vandals - My First Christmas (As A Woman)
  
• Various Artists The American Song-Poem Christmas: Daddy, Is Santa Really Six Foot Four?:
  
  
  • Heather Noel - Santa Came on a Nuclear Missile
    
  • Bobbie Boyle With The Singers - Santa Claus Goes Modern
    
  • Norris the Troubadour, Seaboard Coastliners - Christmas Time Philosophy
    
  • Dick Kent with the Lancelots - A New Year's Dawning
    
  • Sisterhood - Rocking Disco Santa Claus
    
  • Stan Beard & The "Swinging Strings" - Snowbows
    
  • Bobbie Boyle With The MSR Singers - Randy, The Lil' Elf
    
  • Rodd Rogers - Maury, The Christmas Mouse
    
  • Randall Reed With The Forerunners - Peppermint Stick Man
    
  • Sisterhood - Christmas Treat, Peppermint
    
  • Kay Brown - Daddy, Is Santa Really Six Foot Four?
    
  • Rodd & The Librettos - How Do They Spend Christmas In Heaven?
    
  • Sisterhood - Ole Year Christmas
    
  • Gene Marshall - Evelyn Christmas
    
  • Rodd & Nita - Jolly, Jolly Santa Claus
    
  • Sonny Cash - Merry Christmas Polka
    
  • Rodd & Judy - Santa Fix My Toys For Christmas
    
  • Sisterhood - Baby, It's a Cold Night In December
    
  • Rod Rogers & The Librettos - Santa Claus Goes Modern
    
  • Cara Stewart With Lee Hudson Orchestra - The New Year Song
    
  • Teri Summers & the Librettos - Season's Greetings
  
  
• Various Artists A Jazz Christmas:
  
  
  • Chet Baker and Ross Freeman - Winter Wonderland
    
  • Benny Green - Silent Night
    
  • Bobby Watson & Horizon - Vauncing Chimes
    
  • Dianne Reeves - A Merrier Christmas
    
  • Joey Calderazzo - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    
  • Kurt Elling - Cool Yule
    
  • Charlie Hunter - Christmas Time Is Here
    
  • Eliane Elias - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
    
  • Javon Jackson - Santa Baby
    
  • Count Basie and his Orchestra - Jingle Bells
    
  • John Hart - O Tannenbaum
    
  • Pat Martino - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  
  
• Various Artists Thunderdome: The Xmas Edition: [holiday happy hardcore techno]
  
  
  • The Prophet - Sick christmas
    
  • DJ Sim - What you can do for others
    
  • Lenny Dee & Ralphie Dee - Brooklyn x-mas
    
  • Donner & Blitzen - Frosty's dance [actually samples the cartoon version of the song]
    
  • Adropin Project by Genlog - Silent night
    
  • Alec - Gloria in excelsis deo
    
  • Northpole gangster - Bethlehem riot
    
  • Critical mass - Let's be jolly
    
  • Buzz fuzz - ... And a wappie new year
    
  • The Silverbelly's - Santa comes tonight
    
  • Funny gabber freaks - A white x-mas
    
  • Scott Brown - Megaloid
    
  • PCP - Holy jungle mess
    
  • Ilsa Gold - Euter of Vienna
    
  • X-mess - X-bell
    
  • Simstim - Back to Bethlehem
    
  • Buzz fuzz - Christmas can be a bitch sometimes
    
  • 3 steps ahead - It's x-mas
    
  • The Prophet - Gabba bells
  
  
• Various Artists A Very Indie Xmas:
  
  
  • The Walkmen - No Christmas While I'm Talking
    
  • Low - Silent Night
    
  • Bright Eyes and Friends - Silver Bells
    
  • Belle & Sebastian - Christmas Time Is Here
    
  • Of Montreal - Christmas Isn't Safe For Animals
    
  • Yo La Tengo - It's Christmas Time
    
  • Palace Songs - Christmastime In The Mountains
    
  • The Flaming Lips - A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So)
    
  • Aerogramme - Asthma Came Home For Xmas
    
  • Mark Kozelek - White Christmas
    
  • Melt Banana - White Christmas
    
  • Kind Of Like Spitting - Tyco Racing Set And A Christmas Story Fifteen Times
    
  • Save Ferris - Christmas Wrapping
    
  • Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime
    
  • The Knife - Christmas Reindeer
    
  • Eels - Christmas Is Going To The Dogs
    
  • Weezer - The Christmas Song
    
  • Aislers Set - Christmas Song
    
  • Pedro the Lion - The First Noel
    
  • Jimmy Eat World - Last Christmas
    
  • Cocteau Twins - Frosty the Snowman [the tune remains the same, but in true Cocteau Twins fashion, the lyrics occasionally wander into glossolalia]
    
  • Destroyer - Every Christmas
  
  
• Vince Guaraldi Trio A Charlie Brown Christmas
  
• Wesley Willis - Kris Kringle Was a Car Thief [technically not a Christmas song at all, but c'mon]
  
• Wonderful World of Joey - What Sweet Child O' Mine Is this?
  
• Wooden Shjips - O Tannenbaum
  
• Various Artists The Edge of Christmas:
  
  
  • Queen - Thank God It's Christmas
    
  • Pat Benatar - Please Come Home For Christmas
    
  • The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
    
  • Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again
    
  • Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy [whose idea was this?]
    
  • Cocteau Twins - Winter Wonderland [not even trying to follow the lyrics this time]
    
  • The Smithereens - Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer
    
  • Dave Edmunds - Run Run Rudolph
    
  • Payolas - Christmas Is Coming
    
  • The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (feat. Kristy MacColl)
    
  • The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) [I think this is a different version]
    
  • The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
  
  
• Various Artists The Original Soul Christmas:
  
  
  • Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa
    
  • King Curtis - The Christmas Song
    
  • Otis Redding - White Christmas
    
  • Joe Tex - I'll Make Everyday Christmas (For My Woman)
    
  • Booker T. & The MG's - Silver Bells
    
  • Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
    
  • Otis Redding - Merry Christmas Baby
    
  • Solomon Burke - Presents For Christmas
    
  • Booker T. & The MG's - Jingle Bells
    
  • William Bell - Everyday Will Be A Holiday
    
  • King Curtis - What Are you Doing New Year's Eve
    
  • Carla Thomas - All I Want For Christmas Is You
    
  • Ray Charles - Christmas Time
    
  • Booker T. & the MG's - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  
  
• Various Artists We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year!:
  
  
  • Jeff Scott Soto, Bruce Kulick, Bob Kulick, Chris Wyse, Ray Luzier - We Wish You A Merry X-Mas
    
  • Lemmy Kilmister, Billy F. Gibbons & Dave Grohl - Run Rudolph Run
    
  • Alice Cooper, John 5, Billy Sheehan, Vinny Appice - Santa Claws Is Coming To Town
    
  • Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Rudy Sarzo, Simon Wright - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [dunno why they credit everybody separately: this is Dio-era Black Sabbath]
    
  • Geoff Tate, Carlos Cavazo, James Lomenzo, Ray Luzier - Silver Bells
    
  • Dug Pinnick, George Lynch, Billy Sheehan, Simon Phillips - Little Drummer Boy
    
  • Tim 'Ripper' Owens, Steve Morse, Juan Garcia, Marco Mendoza, Vinny Appice - Santa Claus Is Back In Time
    
  • Chuck Billy, Scott Ian, Jon Donais, Chris Wyse, John Tempesta - Silent Night
    
  • Oni Logan, Graig Goldy, Tony Franklin & John Tempesta - Deck The Halls
    
  • Stephen Pearcy, Tracii Guns, Bob Kulick, Billy Sheehan, Greg Bissonette - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
    
  • Joe Lynn Turner, Bruce Kulick, Bob Kulick, Rudy Sarzo, Simon Wright - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
    
  • Tommy Shaw, Steve Lukather, Marco Mendoza, Kenny Aronoff - Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)

*I should point out that I don't listen to this playlist straight through. Instead, I have smart playlists that select rotating sections of it to mix in with other stuff.