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[green_queen]

To celebrate the fact that your Christmas cards are written and sent, here is the Christmas music meme I've been promising:

All I Want for Christmas - My Chemical Romance
Everybody's favourite Christmas song right now, it would seem, and with good reason. It's really fun and a nice contrast to the more mellow Christmas songs. Gerard singing a happy, upbeat song, who would've guessed?

Baby It's Cold Outside - Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel
MY favourite Christmas song right now. Not strictly a Christmas song so much as a winter song and therefore totally irrelevant to me at Christmas, this has the best and warmest vocals *ever* and it makes me smile just listening to it. I adore it.

Carol of the Bells - The Calling
And this is my favourite new actual Christmas carol - one of the few Calling songs I like (do yourselves a favour and listen to Adrienne.) The Carol of the Bells is a fantastic, amazing carol all by itself, but the lead singer of the Calling has such an amazing, raw quality to his voice and it makes the song really moving. Beautiful song.

Bizarre Christmas Incident - Ben Folds Five
And now for something completely different! A hilarious Christmas comedy song by Ben Folds Five. Don't download if you take the sanctity of Santa Claus too seriously.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlan
I've seen this recced probably more than anything else this Christmas season but there's a good reason - namely, it's really, really cool. I didn't think these two artists would go together so well but it works really well and the result is funky.

Sleigh Ride - Ella Fitzgerald
Have I mentioned lately how much I love Ella? My favourite female singer *ever*, so I had to rec something by her. This song is so gorgeous and her voice is perfect for it.

The Christmas Song - Guy Sebastian
Um, this is the first Australian Idol winner. And he had a cold when he recorded this. Still, you should download this song anyway, because it's the best version of the Christmas song I've EVER heard, including Ella's. I love Guy, he's got the most incredible voice and he makes me really happy.

White Christmas - Bing Crosby
It's impressive that even though I love my hot, summery Australian Christmasses and I hate snow, Bing always makes me want a white Christmas. He IS Christmas.

Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth by Bing Crosby & David Bowie
Speaking of which, this song is AWESOME. Bing & Bowie, man!

Santa Baby - by Marilyn Monroe, Everclear and Eartha Kitt
...I like this song. That's pretty much it. I mean come on, how much fun it is? Plus with Everclear you get a GUY singing it.

Run Rudolph Run - Hanson
I've recently realised, having downloaded both this and a 'Silent Night Medley' they did when they were younger, that I really only like Hanson now. They sound great, especially doing this song.

The Chanukah Song - Adam Sandler
Because it's fun to celebrate holidays that aren't Christmas too, and because Adam Sandler is funny.

Father Christmas - The Kinks
I just think it's awesome that I even have a Christmas song by The Kinks.

Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano
It's also fun to celebrate Christmas in other languages, as long as Elmo and Rosita aren't singing it.

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Peggy Lee and LeAnn Rimes
I'm not cool enough to know whether or not LeAnn Rimes is still considered the height of ick, but I haven't been able to get this song out of my head for the last few days (it's so much fun!) and I like her version of it, so whatever.

Happy Christmas (War is Over) - John Lennon
Ah yes, a lovely modern peace-on-earth Christmas message song. Wouldn't be a complete list without it.

And there you have it! Christmas away, folks.
Green Queen

Comments

[hobbitofkobol.livejournal.com]

yay Xmas songs! and cards! I haven't sent any yet... *facepalm* but wrote 9 of them!

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

OOO! I've always hated that Christmas Bells song (DING, DONG!) because, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?!

But I really liked this version. Thanks so much!

[supertrink.livejournal.com]

i downloaded a whole bunch of these! thanks! i normally can't stand cristmas music, but some of these seem like things i could actually listen to and not get annoyed. so thanks!

Thanks for the tunes!

[coell.livejournal.com]

I nabbed the ones I didn't have. Merry Christmas!

[kjerstin.livejournal.com]

great! I've been missing the holiday spirit lately, downloaded a few :)

[kira-snugz.livejournal.com]

am entirely loving the everclear santa baby. thanks!

[branchesofpaper.livejournal.com]

thanks for the mcr! ;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/__outofmymind/]

grabbed them all. hopefully this will get me in the christmas mood.

[seren-mahtori.livejournal.com]

Downloaded Carol of the Bells. It's been my favorite christmas song for as long as I can remember. This is a fantastic version of it!

THANKS!

Thank You

[maubast.livejournal.com]

I dl'ed Happy Christmas (War is Over) - John Lennon. Thank you for sharing.

Re: Thank You

[mystic20.livejournal.com]

Whoo, Hanson/Rudolph, YE-EAH.

Oh, and I grew up with Happy Christmas as a holiday staple around my house. *loves*

[tristantrakand.livejournal.com]

OMG HANSON!

*is a fangirl*

I actually have their Christmas album, but in cassette format. Yes, it was that long ago. XD Downloaded a whole buttload of the songs. Thanks! :D

[sylvertongue.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for posting these - much enjoying!

[gobsmackit.livejournal.com]

I downloaded a bunch, thank you very much!

[anniversaire.livejournal.com]

I LOVE "Baby, It's Cold Outside." Is that really Zooey Deschanel? It doesn't feel like that's the kind of voice that would come out of her. It's really lovely. :) THANKS!

[rosamundeb.livejournal.com]

I think I took them all - wonderful, thank you!

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

That's what I was told. It's labelled as her and it's off the "Elf" soundtrack so I wouldn't be surprised.

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

No worries, hope you enjoy them!

[kaidysoft.livejournal.com]

These are great!!!! Thanks so much!!!

[http://users.livejournal.com/twistedlogic_/]

Could you please please please upload these again? I'm really in the mood for christmas songs right now, but Limewire refuses to work properly..

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

Since there's rather a lot of them, do you think you could pick out a few for me to re-upload? I'll get onto them tomorrow.

[http://users.livejournal.com/twistedlogic_/]

My Chemical Romance, The Calling, Marilyn Monroe, The Kinks, Bing Crosby and John Lennon are a must, and if you've got some more time, I'm very curious about

Baby It's Cold Outside - Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlan

and

Sleigh Ride - Ella Fitzgerald.

Thank you so much! <333

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

All I Want for Christmas (http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3HXZQZMI8ZJ1X3SRO46ZPCWMYN) - My Chemical Romance
Carol of the Bells (http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0ZKXGFQSW9TYS23B3IMQ6NGC64) - The Calling

Erm, I'll do the rest later. It's 4 am here now.

[http://users.livejournal.com/twistedlogic_/]

Downloaded, thankyouthankyouthankyou!

[subtle--sarcasm.livejournal.com]

I just saw this, could you maybe maybe maybe upload Carol of the Bells again? pretty please? *makes puppy dog eyes*