Last month, with the help of Dirk Digglinator over at Hambonian Studios, I put together my very own Christmas compilation album. Click here for more on that "release." Here's a closer look at side two:
"Last Christmas" by Wham
single release (1984)
single release (1984)
"Please Come Home for Christmas" by the Eagles
single release (1978)
single release (1978)
"Merry Christmas Darling" by the Carpenters
from the album Christmas Portrait (1978)
This song is one of my favorites from that last one. Karen Carpenter's pure voice smites me every time. It's as if she's singing just to me. Love the brief sax solo and the vocal harmonies that tie it all up at the end. Just writing about this song pretty much ensures that I'll listen to that album at least two times today, mostly like singing along with every word.
"Santa Claus and Popcorn" by Merle Haggard
from his album Goin' Home for Christmas (1982)
The lyrics are delightfully, horrifically memorable. When Merle cheerfully sings, "We celebrate 'cause the King was born/with Santa Claus and popcorn" it becomes one of those moments where you ask, "Did he just say what I think he said?!?"
"One Christmas Catalog" by Captain Sensible
single release (1984)
from their album Christmas Jollies (1976)
100% Christmas, 100% disco, 100% wonderful. Funky bass lines like you've never heard before on any Christmas tunes. Twelve minutes of danceable medley with religious and secular Christmas favorites:
My Favorite Decade wishes you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!
- Joy to the World
- Deck the Halls
- O Holy Night
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- Jingle Bells
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- The Christmas Song
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
- Winter Wonderland
- The First Noel
- Joy to the World
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
I can hardly wait for next year's sequel, "Christmas 2: Electric Boogaloo!"
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