Rock Town Hall Christmas, Part Two!
By northvancoveman on Dec 11, 2009

Last year, the Whos of Rock Town Hall's Whoville put together what was only, probably, the GREATEST CHRISTMAS RECORD OF ALL TIME!. There are still a ton of great Christmas songs out there, but beating 2008 will be hard to do. Here is the record, which was sequenced by The Great 48
1. "Santa Claus is Back In Town" -- Elvis Presley
2. "Run Rudolph Run" --Chuck Berry
3. "Little Saint Nick" -- The Beach Boys
4. "Christmas In Suburbia" -- Martin Newell
5. "Father Christmas" -- The Kinks
6. "Christmas Wrapping" -- The Waitresses
7. "Sleigh Ride" -- The Ventures
8. "Blue Christmas" -- Elvis Presley
9. "Fairytale of New York" -- The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl
10. "Please Come Home For Christmas" -- Charles Brown
11. "2000 Miles" -- Pretenders
12. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" -- The Plastic Ono Band
13. "Jesus Christ" -- Big Star
14. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" -- Darlene Love
15. "Christmas Time Is Here" -- Vince Guaraldi Trio
You know the rules by now. You nominate a song for inclusion. The moment another villager seconds your vote, it's in. We keep going until we have 15.
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"Christmas Party" buy the Dead Milkmen. It's from a cassette only self release called "Someone Shot Sunshine" 1984.
Basically just Joe and Dave.
1. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" -John Cale
2. "White Christmas" -The Drifters
http://bit.ly/6GrjHc
Seconding "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto."
2. "White Christmas" -The Drifters
3. "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto." -James Brown
Maybe we can pull great48 out of RTH retirement to sequence this again this year. I think he did a good job last year. Has he been put on RTH waivers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50_61zrWdgw
And Spinal Tap's seasonal offering always tears me up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sixsHSheV4g
I'll second NRBQ. I'm surprised it didn't come up last year.
2. "White Christmas" -The Drifters
3. "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto." -James Brown
4. "Christmas Wish" from NRBQ
I should have known better than to doubt, but so far "Xmas Part Deux" actually looks set to rival the first. I hadn't heard that NRBQ song before -very nice! Yesterday I thought this concept would have two years tops, but the challenge of uncovering hidden gems is a task that turns RTH'ers into fucking 007's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4eoRedhTU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbIdCfqyvJk
Tried to get a little kiss
from a pretty little miss
she slapped me down, said "You jerk"
mistletoe doesn't work
2. "White Christmas" -The Drifters
3. "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto." -James Brown
4. "Christmas Wish" from NRBQ
5. "Frosty the Snowman" by the Ronnettes
I said this last year, and I'll repeat it: There are three ESSENTIAL rock Christmas albums. Elvis, The Beach Boys, and Phil Spector's. There are other GREAT rock Christmas tunes (alot of which we nominated last year).
That being said, there were two Spector cuts that made my mix this year: Darlene Love's immortal "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" AND "Frosty" by The Ronette's. So, if it's good enough for mine, then it's certainly good enough for ours. I'll second Spector's "Frosty".
I would also like to nominate Run DMC's "Christmas In Hollis."
TB
What about the Jackson Five's version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"?
Much better than the constipated Springsteen version (although I do generally like the Boss).
I nominate AC/DC's "Mistress for Christmas."
"Get a date with a woman in red
Wanna be in heaven with three in a bed"
2. "White Christmas" -The Drifters
3. "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto." -James Brown
4. "Christmas Wish" -NRBQ
5. "Frosty the Snowman" -Ronnettes
6. "Christmas in Hollis" -Run DMC
2. "White Christmas" -The Drifters
3. "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto." -James Brown
4. "Christmas Wish" -NRBQ
5. "Frosty the Snowman" -Ronnettes
6. "Christmas in Hollis" -Run DMC
7. "Don't Believe in Christmas" -The Sonics
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that "Must be Santa" is going to become a sort of Christmas Classic. I nominate it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVs6X9yIM_k
Yes, I have just heard this at my mother-in-law's house. She has filed it in the so-bad-it's-awfully funny file and I think she's right.
My personal favourite - gee, so many to choose from - is Let's Spend Christmas on Christmas Island. OMG.
Ugh! I love Stew but, I canna get that link to work!
Anybody else???
Help!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r61noMrx3qw
Sorry about the broken link for the Stew song. I just heard about the song on 12-7 and now it doesn't work.
I tried finding it again but no luck...
1. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" -John Cale
2. "White Christmas" -The Drifters
3. "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto." -James Brown
4. "Christmas Wish" -NRBQ
5. "Frosty the Snowman" -Ronnettes
6. "Christmas in Hollis" -Run DMC
7. "Don't Believe in Christmas" -The Sonics
8. "River" -Joni Mitchell
1. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" -John Cale
2. "White Christmas" -The Drifters
3. "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto." -James Brown
4. "Christmas Wish" -NRBQ
5. "Frosty the Snowman" -Ronnettes
6. "Christmas in Hollis" -Run DMC
7. "Don't Believe in Christmas" -The Sonics
8. "River" -Joni Mitchell
9. "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" -Tom Waits
1. "Purple Snowflakes" by Marvin Gaye
2. Pretty Paper" by Roy Orbison
3. "Christmas Party" by the Dead Milkmen
4. "This Christmas" by Donny Hathaway
5. "Postcard From London" by Ray Davies
6. "Christmas with the Devil" by Spinal Tap
7. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by The Jackson Five
8. "Back door Santa" by Clarence Carter
9. "Little Dealer Boy" by Stephen Colbert and Willie Nelson
10. "Mistress for Christmas." by AC/DC
11. "Must be Santa" by Bob Dylan
12. "It's Christmas Again" by Stew
13. "Christmas at the Zoo" by The Flaming Lips
14. "Ding Dong" by George Harrison
Meanwhile, I was reminded of a Christmas tune by the General's Big Mess Orchestra: "Snow."
You can hear it and other excellent Christmas tracks here:
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Big+Mess+Orchestra/_/Snow?autostart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6YbLZf8i5I
1. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" -John Cale
2. "White Christmas" -The Drifters
3. "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto." -James Brown
4. "Christmas Wish" -NRBQ
5. "Frosty the Snowman" -Ronnettes
6. "Christmas in Hollis" -Run DMC
7. "Don't Believe in Christmas" -The Sonics
8. "River" -Joni Mitchell
9. "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" -Tom Waits
10. "Merry Christmas Everybody" by Slade
TB
This might be the one you're thinking of, Mod.
1. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" -John Cale
2. "White Christmas" -The Drifters
3. "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto." -James Brown
4. "Christmas Wish" -NRBQ
5. "Frosty the Snowman" -Ronnettes
6. "Christmas in Hollis" -Run DMC
7. "Don't Believe in Christmas" -The Sonics
8. "River" -Joni Mitchell
9. "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" -Tom Waits
10. "Merry Christmas Everybody" by Slade
11. "Must be Santa" -Bob Dylan
12. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by The Jackson Five
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF1meLIHcEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s6WMCSGUlQ
It's a crappy sounding video, but one of my favorite christmas songs, for sure!
I've never heard the Billy Childish song, but it sounds promising...
1. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" -John Cale
2. "White Christmas" -The Drifters
3. "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto." -James Brown
4. "Christmas Wish" -NRBQ
5. "Frosty the Snowman" -Ronnettes
6. "Christmas in Hollis" -Run DMC
7. "Don't Believe in Christmas" -The Sonics
8. "River" -Joni Mitchell
9. "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" -Tom Waits
10. "Merry Christmas Everybody" by Slade
11. "Must be Santa" -Bob Dylan
12. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by The Jackson Five
13. "Merry Christmas, Baby" -Otis Redding
http://therealbigrockcandymountain.blogspot.com/
And there's a ton of additional obscure Xmas tuneage there.
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