Not All Christmas Music Is Terrible (2022, 2023 Music Links)

[CleverNickName]

Some of it? Undoubtedly.
A lot of it? Sure.
Most of it? Yeah, that's fair.
...but all of it? Absolutely not, and this thread is here to prove it.

Post a link (or two, or three) to good Christmas music right here in this thread, and share the holiday spirit.

 

[CleverNickName]

Exhibit 1: David Bowie and Bing Crosby, "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth," 1977

 

[CleverNickName]

Exhibit 2: Simon and Garfunkel, "7 o'Clock News/Silent Night," 1966

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I try to buy at least one new great Christmas album every year, after realizing, some years back, that I had nothing but horrible stuff I had bought to help my kid practice for early elementary Christmas concerts at school. No more!

 

[payn]

The bad rep of holiday music for me, is the same 12 standards repeated over and over. I need more variety, I want to be in the spirit, I just need more. I also have a thing with music that I cant ignore it like white noise, I just cant...

 

[Cadence]

One of the scouts this weekend at the campout introduced me to "Joy to the World, Barney is Dead."

Exquisite. Not sure if there are any recordings of it.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Apparently you can only put up to five videos in a post, so here's one more.

Note: It's NSFW if anyone is paying attention to the machine gun of double entendres. You can probably play it in front of little kids or your minister, though.

 

[payn]

 

[CleverNickName]

Okay, this isn't a good song. It's terrible, but in a good way (and for a good cause).
I present, for your enjoyment/torture, "Silent Night," as performed by A Bunch of Goats.

(what a great idea for a fundraiser.)

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If you take nothing else away from this thread, it should be that you should go out and buy Sharon Jones' (alas, now forever complete) album catalog immediately.