Ten Christmas Songs That Won't Make Me Want To Turn My Radio Off: - Page 2

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• 1 - Eric Olsen

  Dec 03, 2002 at 6:41 pm

  Great list for a freaky Scandinavian dude.

• 2 - Bill Sherman

  Dec 04, 2002 at 10:57 am

  A few others I like to hear this time of year:
  
  Ramones, "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" (the album version);
  Wall of Voodoo, "Shouldn't Have Given Him A Gun for Christmas" (yeah, it's a novelty song, but it still makes me laff);
  XTC, "Thanks for Christmas" (love the hook on this 'un);
  Timbuk 3, "All I Want for Christmas" (neo-hippie folkie sentiments beautifully presented - whatever happened to these two?);
  and
  T-Bone Burnett's lovely rendition of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."
  
  I also love that Pogues song.

• 3 - Jen Raj

  Dec 04, 2002 at 5:36 pm

  My Morning Jacket- Xmas Curtain, Best line, "We are criminals who never break the law"
  
  And, for some odd reason, I kinda like Run DMC's Xmas in Hollis Queens..

• 4 - Eric Olsen

  Dec 04, 2002 at 5:42 pm

  My fave is probably the Drifters' "White Christmas."

• 5 - Bill Sherman

  Dec 04, 2002 at 6:28 pm

  The Drifters' version is indeed fine: I'm also partial to Otis Redding's take on the Berlin song.
  
  Perhaps the one all-Xmas disc that gets the most play in our house during the season is Rhino's collection of jazz & rhythm-and-blues tunes, Hipsters Holiday. It includes another personal fave, Louis Armstrong's "'Zat You, Santa Claus?," as well as Miles Davis' ultra-hipster cynical "Blue Xmas."

• 6 - John Fogde

  Dec 04, 2002 at 7:58 pm

  A friend of mine mentioned that 2000 Miles by The Pretenders is another great Christmas song.

• 7 - Sarah D

  Dec 06, 2002 at 4:26 am

  I absolutely adore the Pogues Christmas song, its about the only song I actually like hearing when I walk past a dept store or standing in a queue somewhere. It reminds me of someone special and just makes me smile.

• 8 - Jon P

  Dec 06, 2002 at 1:47 pm

  What about "santa Claus and his old lady" by cheech and Chong? Also, christmas is never complete without hearing Bob and Doug McKenzie's "12 days of christmas". And a beeer in a tree!!!!

• 9 - Eric Olsen

  Dec 06, 2002 at 2:05 pm

  More great ones - thanks. Hey all you USA Today visitors, do you have any holiday favorites? What about songs you never want to hear again? When should the Xmas songs start up each year? Doesn't it get earlier and earlier?

• 10 - Dave

  Dec 06, 2002 at 5:38 pm

  How about "Father Christmas" by The Kinks...great song.

• 11 - Drclueful

  Dec 08, 2002 at 7:01 pm

  Run Rudolph Run - Keith Richards
  Jesus Christ - Big Star
  Merry Christmas Will Do - Material Issue
  Little Drummer Boy - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  Feliz Navidad - El Vez

• 12 - Cracker

  Dec 09, 2002 at 8:28 am

  Bing & Bowie's "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy".
  Remember how odd this pairing seemed at the time?
  Still gives me chills.

• 13 - Nathan

  Jun 19, 2003 at 2:24 am

  Pearl Jam's Let Me Sleep is kool. Len Monahan's Being Alone for Christmas is really great and hurts in a good way. Pogues' Fairytale is about here and now.

• 14 - Naomi

  Aug 24, 2003 at 2:08 pm

  I once met Len Monahan in a resturant in D.C. He's really a cool guy. I told him that Being Along For Christmas was my favorite Xmas song ever. He just laughed and paid for our dinner. It was over $100! Now how many people would do that?

• 15 - Daryl

  Nov 30, 2003 at 12:06 am

  "Silent Night" by The Only Ones
  "Santa Claus Go Down To The Ghetto" by James Brown
  

• 16 - Tony Iovino

  Nov 30, 2004 at 8:50 pm

  I add Steve Earle's "Nothing But a Child"

• 17 - Amy

  Dec 23, 2004 at 2:11 pm

  Fairytale of New York is the best...but I also love, Merry Christmas (I don't want to fight) - Ramones;I won't be home for Christmas _ Blink 182,; Please Come Home for Christmas - Aaron Neville; the South Park version of Oh Holy NIght; and Christmas in Hollis
  Clearly you need a sense of humor this time of year!
  

• 18 - HW Saxton

  Dec 23, 2004 at 8:12 pm

  Gotta agree with Eric's pick to click of
  The Drifter's "White Xmas". Those bass
  vox on that song give me the chills.
  
  
  
  

• 19 - The Theory

  Dec 23, 2004 at 9:29 pm

  the ones I like don't get played on radio... but they are...
  
  Dear Ephesus- The Holidays
  and anything Sufjan Stevens

• 20 - TiggerUSM

  Dec 29, 2004 at 9:16 am

  I really like "Daddy Christmas" by "Who's the Daddy now?". WTDN are a tribute band to CarterUSM - an indie band from the 1990's. The curio about them is that the tribute band features both members of the original band!

• 21 - Nick Jones

  Dec 29, 2004 at 3:43 pm

  James White and The Blacks 'Christmas With Satan'.

• 22 - cr0wgrrl

  Dec 29, 2004 at 5:08 pm

  Can't forget Tom Waits' "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis"

• 23 - Steff

  Dec 08, 2005 at 5:12 pm

  The song 'I Hate Christmas Parties' by Relient K...It's not cheerful, and it's not fun, but it's my favourite, and considering my lack of enthusiasm for the glittery 'good will to all men and peac on earth' part of the holiday, and my over enthusiasm for the 'let's break out the whisky I was given last year, oh yeah i drank it on new years eve' part of the holiday, i think the song is amazing!

• 24 - gobraves

  Dec 16, 2006 at 10:29 pm

  Santa can't stay Dwight Yoakum

• 25 - jd

  Dec 17, 2006 at 7:01 pm

  The Yuletunes Christmas compilation is the best modern Christmas record -- all the way through.