The annual proggy Chistmas songs poll

[PeterDa193]

Open invitation for everyone to throw in their 2 cents. With Napster still up
and running, I'm looking to make a damn good Christmas mix this year!

(Please no e-mails or comments about artists' rights - this is neither the time
nor the venue)
" Like a nun with a gun, I'm wonderful fun."
- Happy The Man, Genesis

-Pete-

[· c j ·]

Yesterday I posted a review of a Gary Hoey show I attended last week.
That guy has a serious thing for Christmas tunes. Check out his site
at:

http://hoey.net/

· c j ·

(PeterDa193) wrote:
> Open invitation for everyone to throw
> in their 2 cents. With Napster still up
> and running, I'm looking to make a damn
> good Christmas mix this year!
>
> (Please no e-mails or comments about
> artists' rights - this is neither the
> time nor the venue)

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Before you buy.

[Brian Worthing]

Here's some ideas Pete:

Dream Theater - Oh Holy Night
Jon Anderson - Oh Holy Night, Three Ships (mostly anything from the Three
Ships album)
Keith Emerson - Anything from The Christmas Album.
ELP - I Believe in Father X-mas, Nutrocker
Trevor Rabin - Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Rick Wakeman - Anything from Christmas Variations
Kitaro - Anything from Peace on Earth
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Anything from Christmas Eve, and Christmas Attic
Mannheim Steamroller - tons of Christmas releases
(for humor's sake) King Diamond - No Presents for Christmas
(not prog but I like) Fishbone - It's a Wonderful Life, Just Call Me Scrooge

[Matt Barber]

peter...@aol.com (PeterDa193) writes:
> Open invitation for everyone to throw in their 2 cents. With Napster
> still up and running, I'm looking to make a damn good Christmas mix
> this year!
>
> (Please no e-mails or comments about artists' rights - this is
> neither the time nor the venue)

I think "artists' wrongs" is a better phrase to use in connection with
Christmas songs. Still, here are some candidates for you I recall from
a similar thread a couple of years back:

Jon Anderson - "3 Ships"
Dream Theater - "O Holy Night"
ELP - "I Believe In Father Christmas"
Keith Emerson - "Christmas Album"
Mike Oldfield - "In Dulce Jubilo"
Robert Fripp - "Silent Night"
Yes - "Run With The Fox"

Be warned though, as for the most part they are extremely cheesy.

Bye,
Matt

np: The Gathering - "Superheat"

[stuart pledger]

Don't forget my personal seasonal fave!

"Solstice Bells" Jethro Tull

I'm constantly amazed when this one gets dragged out every year. Despite the
fact that probably 90% of the people who hear it don't even know who it is.

Stuart.

PeterDa193 wrote:

> Open invitation for everyone to throw in their 2 cents. With Napster still up
> and running, I'm looking to make a damn good Christmas mix this year!
>
> (Please no e-mails or comments about artists' rights - this is neither the time
> nor the venue)

[John Rice]

and Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow!!! Why this was only a b-side I'll never know. It's a favorite Tull song of mine. Never would
of heard it if it wasn't for the box set.

John L Rice
Dru...@ImJohn.com

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[vca...@my-deja.com]

> Jon Anderson - Oh Holy Night, Three Ships (mostly anything from the
Three
> Ships album)

Oh, no; you'd have to know with that dippy eunuchesque falsetto, he'd
have to grab out on some of those wonderfully hokey Christmas bag of
songs. Take any genre of music, throw in a little cheesy new-age
schtick, and you have Jon Anderson sings _________. If there is a hell,
unlike Sartre's anti-musings, I believe, in constant rotation, plays
'Loved by the Sun' ad infinitum. The original Tangerine Dream
instrumental base is not half bad, but then they did the idiot thing and
sold the rights to the movie studio who, in turn, allowed Jon Anderson's
annoyingly cheery gayness and most awful lyrics to be stamped onto the
song. *chin up side look smile*

Sven

[Cebalrai]

tbk wrote:

>What's the name of that old song where the dogs are barking Jingle Bells?
>
>If I knew the title, I'd look for it on Napster. I used to die laughing
>when I was a kid in the 70's listening to it.
>
>That's kind of proggy.
>
Well, it's basically the same (however more rudimentary) tape-manipulation
trick avant-garde "electronic" musicians of the day used to practice their
craft. Anyway, the song in question is "Jingle Bells" (duh!) by the Singing
Dogs. For a more elaborate variation on the same theme, search out (I haven't
been able to, so far) Jim Fassett's _Symphony of the Birds_. Recorded in the
early 60's, it's music composed entirely of re-edited field recordings of
birdsongs.

>Also, what's the name of that song (it's not Christmas) where it's nothing
>but a few chickens clucking a catchy tune for a few minutes

Ah, a version of Glenn Miller's evergreen "In The Mood." Nominally, it was
by Henhouse Five (Plus Too), but it was really just corn-pone novelty artist
Ray Stevens under a fake group name. My dad bought the single when it was new,
which was soon warped into unplayability when either my sister or I left it out
in the sun.

MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")

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