Once Joan Jett did it, everybody else should just step off.
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jon B. - Dec 16, 2008 8:01:07 am PST #186 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
DavidS - Dec 16, 2008 8:26:19 am PST #187 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I beg to differ!
I haven't heard the Deerhoof version.
I do really like Evan Johns and the H-Bombs "Little Cajun Drummer Boy" though. That's one of my favorites. I usually pair it with Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." I also like the Hoodoo's version.
I'm not a fan of either the Jingle Cats or the Barking Dogs xmas excursions.
Also, I need to remind everybody that Laura is the absolute Queen of Carol of the Bells, and posted multiple versions last year.
Ah! I just remembered there is another version of Frosty that I love. Kevin & Bean did a parody of the Gorillaz "Clint Eastwood" using Frosty lyrics. "Clint Frostwood" by the Chillaz - it's great. "I'm Frosty / I'm made of snow / corn cob pipe / and button nose" all set to that slow, lurching beat.
Steph L. - Dec 16, 2008 8:30:02 am PST #188 of 6436
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Jackson 5 or Bruce Springsteen. Ideally with the Bruce version you get the long intro story about how he got stuck carrying the amps. But nothing really tops an 8 y.o. singing about Santa Claus coming.
My favorite version of this is performed by Chris Isaac with Stevie Nicks.
Steph L. - Dec 16, 2008 8:31:22 am PST #189 of 6436
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Kevin & Bean did a parody of the Gorillaz "Clint Eastwood" using Frosty lyrics. "Clint Frostwood" by the Chillaz - it's great. "I'm Frosty / I'm made of snow / corn cob pipe / and button nose" all set to that slow, lurching beat.
Man, I *love* that one. I have it in my iTunes, so I'm assuming I got it from you.
Shir - Dec 16, 2008 9:13:34 am PST #190 of 6436
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Just in case Shir has not experience the Jingle Cats: [link]
I haven't, till now. I also don't know 97% of the Christmas songs you're talking about.
My Jewish observation of watching (almost half) of Jingle Cats:
1. People have way too much spare time on their hands. They should give it all to me.
2. I felt horrified. Then amused. Then disturbed, and had to close that tab.
tommyrot - Dec 16, 2008 9:19:33 am PST #191 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
2. I felt horrified. Then amused. Then disturbed, and had to close that tab.
Heh. I mean, sorry.
At least now you've seen the worst of American culture....
Fred Pete - Dec 16, 2008 9:25:52 am PST #192 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
But nothing really tops an 8 y.o. singing about Santa Claus coming.
Especially when that 8 y.o. is Michael Jackson.
I was given the Jingle Cats CD. It falls into the "one song is cute, an entire album is overkill" category. Though the last track -- a spoken-word story about a homeless cat's Christmas -- brings me to tears just thinking about it.
Barb - Dec 16, 2008 9:34:12 am PST #193 of 6436
“Not dead yet!”
How about versions of "Baby it's Cold Outside"?
Depending on my mood I veer between Jane Monheit & Steve Tyrell, Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel, or Brian Setzer Orchestra.
It's amazing how many BAD versions there are of that song.
Not as many as "Little Drummer Boy" but still.
I also like Judy Garland's version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Meet Me in St. Louis is one of my holiday staple films.
DavidS - Dec 16, 2008 9:44:43 am PST #194 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
juliana - Dec 16, 2008 9:53:46 am PST #195 of 6436
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
How about versions of "Baby it's Cold Outside"?
Dean Martin, dude. He wins.
Though the Bette Midler and James Caan version is pretty awesome.