This is the time of year I keep my car's satellite radio tuned to Christmas music. There are several holiday stations to choose from, but I prefer the one called "Holiday Traditions" which plays music from the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Think Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby and the like.
I have a much wider variety of Christmas music in my iTunes library. I didn't post an iPod Roulette entry in December of last year, but looking back at my entry from 2008 find it odd that with more than 300 songs to choose from I ended up with several repeats this year. I still question the "randomness" of the iPod shuffle feature. Oh well. I spent an entire evening listening to Christmas music, but here are the first 15 that came up.
1. We'll Sing You A Christmastime (American Boyschoir) - There's nothing quite like a good boyschoir.
2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (various artists) - This instrumental album titled "Peaceful Christmas" features harp, flute, english horn, cello, and guitar.
3. Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Pointer Sisters) - A very 80s sound, but it's fun.
4. Silent Night (Phil Keaggy) - An instrumental album, one of my very favorites.
5. It Just Don't Feel Like Christmas (Rihanna) - I'm not sure how I ended up with this!
6. Silent Night (The Temptations) - I got this as a free download from iTunes.
7. Up On the Housetop (Pete Jacobs Orchestra) - Big Band music from the 40s.
8. I Believe in You (Sinead O'Connor) - From the "A Very Special Christmas 2" album.
9. Up On the Housetop (The Jackson 5) - Back when Michael was a child.
10. O Holy Night (Al Green) - I love to hear the Rev. Al sing.
11. The Little Drummer Boy (Peggy Lee) - This is my younger daughter's favorite version of "Little Drummer Boy". I like it, but I like Mandisa's version better.
12. White Christmas (Bing Crosby) - A classic. What more can I say?
13. Once in David's Royal City (The Chieftans) - From their "Bells of Dublin" album.
14. Mary's Little Boy Child (Harry Belafonte) - This is from the same album as the boyschoir from #1.
15. I Saw Three Ships (Bronn Journey) - Another instrumental album.
I have a much wider variety of Christmas music in my iTunes library. I didn't post an iPod Roulette entry in December of last year, but looking back at my entry from 2008 find it odd that with more than 300 songs to choose from I ended up with several repeats this year. I still question the "randomness" of the iPod shuffle feature. Oh well. I spent an entire evening listening to Christmas music, but here are the first 15 that came up.
1. We'll Sing You A Christmastime (American Boyschoir) - There's nothing quite like a good boyschoir.
2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (various artists) - This instrumental album titled "Peaceful Christmas" features harp, flute, english horn, cello, and guitar.
3. Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Pointer Sisters) - A very 80s sound, but it's fun.
4. Silent Night (Phil Keaggy) - An instrumental album, one of my very favorites.
5. It Just Don't Feel Like Christmas (Rihanna) - I'm not sure how I ended up with this!
6. Silent Night (The Temptations) - I got this as a free download from iTunes.
7. Up On the Housetop (Pete Jacobs Orchestra) - Big Band music from the 40s.
8. I Believe in You (Sinead O'Connor) - From the "A Very Special Christmas 2" album.
9. Up On the Housetop (The Jackson 5) - Back when Michael was a child.
10. O Holy Night (Al Green) - I love to hear the Rev. Al sing.
11. The Little Drummer Boy (Peggy Lee) - This is my younger daughter's favorite version of "Little Drummer Boy". I like it, but I like Mandisa's version better.
12. White Christmas (Bing Crosby) - A classic. What more can I say?
13. Once in David's Royal City (The Chieftans) - From their "Bells of Dublin" album.
14. Mary's Little Boy Child (Harry Belafonte) - This is from the same album as the boyschoir from #1.
15. I Saw Three Ships (Bronn Journey) - Another instrumental album.
3 comments:
I bet Sinead's voice is perfect for Christmas music. And I question the shuffle too ... I feel like I hear the same songs over and over despite having 400+ to choose from.
I bought 3 new cds this year: Josh Groban Christmas, Andrea Bocelli and Jackie Evancho.
I have sooooooooooooo many Christmas cds.
I also got "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Jars of clay and "The Prayer" by Celine and Groban and Celine and Bocelli.
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - one of my favourites.
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