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Old 08-25-2007, 01:05 PM   #31
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Have you listened to the song posted above? That should give you an idea...
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Old 08-25-2007, 01:31 PM   #32
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ugh christmastime is the worst. you should do happy christmas (war is over) even though there are some hard notes to hit

 
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Old 08-25-2007, 01:43 PM   #33
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do run d.m.c. - christmas in hollis

 
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heh! Yea and I want in! Please?
everyone who submits something is in.

 
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it might be cool if the song was ready by Christmas.
that's crazy talk.

 
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that's crazy talk.
Christmas 2008, obviously.

 
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Old 08-25-2007, 01:53 PM   #37
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I wanna do a noisecore version of 'Santa Claus is coming to town'.

 
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we will play instruments.
There's no instruments in rap songs

 
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skip to 3:05


you better start practicing now - you can start with the dress and make-up!

Joeri demostrated mad skills last time, too.

 
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Old 08-26-2007, 12:00 AM   #42
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Found this on Wiki if it helps in the decision. (read it, its not a troll post.)

Popular Christmas songs
The following is a partial list of well-known Christmas songs that have been performed and recorded by countless artists:

"2000 Miles" - recorded by The Pretenders.
"All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - written by Donald Yetter Gardner and first introduced by Spike Jones in 1948.
"Angels We Have Heard on High" - based on a French tune, Les anges dans nos campagnes. In Britain the words of Angels from the Realms of Glory are sung to the same tune, except with the Gloria in excelsis Deo refrain.
"Ave Maria" - heard in two versions, one by Franz Schubert and another by Charles Gounod, set to a prelude from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier.
"Away In A Manger" - heard in two tunes, in America to a tune by James R. Murray, in England to the Cradle-Song by William J. Kirkpatrick.
"Blue Christmas" - introduced by Ernest Tubb (1949), famously recorded by Elvis Presley. Well-known 1993 version by Wynonna Judd.
"Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)" - famous versions by Amy Grant, Jessica Simpson, Vince Gill, and Donna Summer.
"Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" - traditional French carol.
"Carol of the Bells" - Ukrainian-American carol by Mykola Leontovych and Peter Wilhousky, sung by many choruses, but notably the Robert Shaw Chorale. Recent versions ******* popular rock renditions by David Foster, Gary Hoey, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
"Carol of the Birds" - most famously recorded by Mannheim Steamroller.
"Caroling, Caroling" - a carol written by Alfred Burt and popularized by Nat King Cole.
"Children, Go Where I Send Thee" - traditional. Well-known version by Natalie Merchant.
"Christmas Is Coming" - adapted from a traditional nursery rhyme.
"Christmas Island" - Andrews Sisters, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Jimmy Buffett.
"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" - cowritten and recorded by Mel Tormι. Most famous version by Nat King Cole (1946). Best-selling recent versions ******* Natalie Cole (Nat's daughter), Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera and The Carpenters.
"The Christmas Waltz" - originally recorded and popularised by Frank Sinatra.
"Coventry Carol" - traditional.
"Deck the Halls" - traditional. First famous arrangement and recording by the Robert Shaw Chorale. Also featured in a lively arrangement by John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers.
"Ding Dong Merrily on High" - Jehan Tabourot. Words by George Ratcliffe Woodward set to the Branle de l'officiale from the Orchesogrophie. Recent hit version by Celtic Woman (2006). Popularised by the King's College Choir.
"Do You Hear What I Hear?" - Originally recorded by the Harry Simeone Chorale and later re-recorded by Bing Crosby in 1963. Recent hit renditions by Linda Eder, Martina McBride, and Destiny's Child.
"The First Nowell" (sometimes spelt Noλl) - English traditional. A reharmonisation by Sir David Willcocks is *******d in the Carols for Choirs books.
"Frosty the Snowman" - written by Steve "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson 1950. Originally recorded in 1950 by Gene Autry but later recorded famously by Jimmy Durante, who sang it for the TV special of the same name.
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (also spelt "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen") - English traditional. Best known as the carol that angered Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. A reharmonised choral arrangement by Sir David Willcocks is *******d in Carols for Choirs.
"Go Tell It on the Mountain" - traditional black spiritual. Recent well-known renditions ******* Vanessa Williams and the Cambridge Singers.
"Good Christian Men, Rejoice" - traditional. Words by John Mason Neale set to the tune of In Dulci Jubilo.
"Good King Wenceslas" - traditional. Words by John Mason Neale set to a tune from Piae Cantiones.
"Grown-Up Christmas List" by David Foster and Linda Thompson. One of the most recent classics, with original version by Natalie Cole, and other famous renditions by Amy Grant, Barbra Streisand, and Michael Buble.
"Handel's Messiah" - highlights often recorded on choral Christmas albums.
"Happy Holiday" - first performed by Bing Crosby in the 1942 musical Holiday Inn. Famous versions also ******* Perry Como. Not to be confused with more traditional-sounding British "(Have a) Happy Holiday", most recently recorded by Billy Idol (2006).
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - written by Charles Wesley in 1739; set to a tune by Felix Mendelssohn, performed by many artists, including Stephen Cleobury and the King's College Choir, Mariah Carey (1994) and Bradley Joseph (2000); also appears in A Charlie Brown Christmas and It's a Wonderful Life. Recessional hymn at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols sung by the King's College Choir, with a descant in the last verse.
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - introduced by Judy Garland in the film Meet Me In St. Louis (1944); covered by many others.
"Here Comes Santa Claus" - written and most famously recorded by Gene Autry.
"The Holly and the Ivy" - traditional.
"A Holly Jolly Christmas" - famously sung by Burl Ives in the TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964).
"Home for the Holidays" - popularized by Perry Como (1954), later covered by The Carpenters for their Christmas album An Old-Fashioned Christmas.
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" - adapted from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, heard in two settings, one by Johnny Marks, composer of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and another by John Baptiste Calkin.
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" - written by Thomas Connor and first introduced by Jimmy Boyd in 1952
"I Saw Three Ships" - traditional. Modern hit versions by Sting, Beach Boys. In 1961 Sir David Willcocks wrote a popular choral arrangement for the series of Carols for Choirs books.
"I Wonder As I Wander" - traditional Appalachian folk carol, but also heard in a modern setting by Carl Rutti.
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" - one of the most recorded in recent years.
"In the Bleak Midwinter" - Gustav Holst. Also often heard in a setting by Harold Darke, as popularised by the King's College Choir on their broadcasts of Nine Lessons and Carols. Latest hit version of the Gustav Holst setting by James Taylor (2006).
"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" - Sung to two tunes, in America to a tune by Richard Storrs Willis, in England to a tune by Sir Arthur Sullivan. The Willis tune was covered by many recently, from Hall & Oates (1984) and Leontyne Price to Sixpence None the Richer (2005).
"It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" - by Meredith Willson. First recorded by Perry Como (1951), but also by Johnny Mathis and Bing Crosby.
"It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – introduced by Andy Williams (1963)
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" - a classical favorite, with famous variations including Dame Myra Hess, George Winston (instrumental) and Josh Groban (2005) (vocal).
"Jingle Bells" - Composed by James Pierpont (1857), originally as a Thanksgiving song; Covered by everyone from the Bach Choir and Dean Martin to Kimberley Locke (2006), not to mention Jingle Cats, Jingle Dogs, and Jingle Frogs. Most successful cover by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters.
"Jingle Bell Rock" - originally released by Bobby Helms in (1957). Popular covers ******* Hall & Oates and Brenda Lee.
"Joy to the World" - hymn by Lowell Mason, one of the best known of all. John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers have recorded this hymn in an arrangement reminiscent of Handel.
"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" - Vaughn Monroe (1945), Dean Martin (1966).
"The Little Drummer Boy" - Also known as "Carol of the Drum". Famous versions ******* the Vienna Boys Choir from the same-named Rankin/Bass TV special, and the 1958 version by the Harry Simeone Chorale.
"Little Saint Nick" - first recorded by The Beach Boys (1963).
"Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" - traditional.
"Mary, Did You Know ?" - Famous versions ******* Kenny Rogers w/Wynonna Judd and Natalie Cole.
"Mary's Boy Child" - best-known versions by Harry Belafonte, Boney M, and Tom Jones.
"Mele Kalikimaka" - (title: 'Merry Christmas' in Hawaiian) Famous versions by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, Jimmy Buffett, The Blue Hawaiians, and Bette Midler.
"Merry Christmas Baby" - blues song famously introduced by Charles Brown in 1947.
"Merry Christmas Darling" - first recorded by The Carpenters (1970).
"Miracles" by Kenny G. Instrumental has become a perennial favorite, performed the world over. Written for what was to become THE all-time best-selling Christmas album, "Miracles: The Holiday Album" (1995).
"The Nutcracker Suite" - the most famous ballet music associated with Christmas.
"O Come All Ye Faithful" - John Francis Wade. Sir David Willcocks wrote a descant for the third verse and rearranged the harmony of the last verse, and published this arrangement in the Carols for Choirs series. This is the second-last hymn that King's College Choir sings at the Nine Lessons and Carols.
"O Holy Night" - Adolphe Adam, composer of the ballet Giselle. Famous versions ******* Michael Crawford and John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers. One of the most recorded of all Christmas songs.
"O Little Town of Bethle**** - Sung to two tunes, in America one by Lewis Redner and in England to an English folk tune known as The Ploughboy's Dream. Famous renditions ******* Dolly Parton (Redner version) and the King's College Choir (English folk tune version).
"O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)"
"Once in Royal David's City" - words by Cecil Francis Alexander, music by Henry John Gauntlett. Famous as the opening boy soprano solo of the first verse, as sung at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in King's College, Cambridge.
"Patapan" - traditional French folk song, reintroduced to a new generation with a music video by Mannheim Steamroller in 1995.
"Please Come Home for Christmas" - Originally made famous by Charles Brown in 1961. Recent best-sellering versions by the Eagles, Willie Nelson, and Jon Bon Jovi.
"River" by Joni Mitchell has become a standard, with many recent versions catching on (including those by Linda Ronstadt, Barry Manilow, Sarah MacLachlan, and Travis) .
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" - best-known version is by Brenda Lee (1958). This song was also covered by Amy Grant and LeAnn Rimes.
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - first famous version was by Gene Autry (1949) .
"Santa Baby" by Eartha Kitt, in 1953 and various other artists including a famous charity single version by Madonna.
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" - Perry Como, Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. Later famous versions by Jackson 5 (1970), Bruce Springsteen.
"Silent Night" - Austrian Carol written by Josef Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber for their church in Oberndorf. Best known in the English translation by John Freeman Young. Perhaps the best-known and most popular of all.
"Silver and Gold" - original by Burl Ives from Rankin/Bass' TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964).
"Silver Bells" by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Originally written for the 1951 Bob Hope film The Lemon Drop Kid. Famous versions by Perry Como, Bing Crosby.
"Sleigh Ride" - composed and recorded originally by Leroy Anderson (1948). Famous vocal versions by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Amy Grant and Johnny Mathis w/ Percy Faith & His Orchestra (1958). Famous instrumental version by Arthur Fiedler w/ Boston Pops.
"Snow Miser/Heat Miser" - written for the Rankin/Bass TV special "The Year Without A Santa Claus." Several recent hit versions, including Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (2005). Also in the 2006 live action film version, sung by Michael McKean and Harvey Fierstein.
"Sweet Little Jesus Boy" - traditional. Famous version by Natalie Cole and Leontyne Price.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" - traditional.
"Up On the House Top" - written by Benjamin Hanby. Popularized by Gene Autry (1953) and most recently covered by Kimberley Locke (2005).
"Veni Veni (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)" - famous versions ******* Mannheim Steamroller.
"We Need a Little Christmas" - originally written for the Broadway show Mame, sung by Angela Lansbury. Repeated in the Mame movie with Lucille Ball and in many recordings since.
"We Three Kings" - American carol by Rev. John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1863).
"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - traditional.
"What Child Is This?" - words by William Chatterton Dix sung to the traditional melody of "Greensleeves".
"White Christmas" by Irving Berlin. First performed by Bing Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn. He rerecorded it for that film's remake, named after this song. Crosby's version became THE best-selling Christmas single of all time.
"Winter Wonderland" - Perry Como (1946), The Andrews Sisters (1946), Johnny Mathis (1958), Tony Bennett (1968).
"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" - first appeared in the 1967 animated TV special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". The original is by Thurl Ravenscroft, and cover versions ******* Aimee Mann's in 2006.

[edit] Not intended as Christmas songs
Some songs are frequently associated with Christmas because of the time they were released, or for other less obvious reasons, rather than explicit references to the holiday. They are sometimes given a Christmas feel by adding sleigh bells or by recording a Christmas video.

"Baby, It's Cold Outside" – a pop standard composed by Frank Loesser, describing an intended winter-night seduction and usually performed as a male-female duet. Recorded by many artists including Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan, etc.
"The Bells of St. Mary's" – first published in 1917, this Douglas Furber tune was popularly revived in the 1945 film of the same name. Both the film and song have come to be commonly associated with the Christmas season, and the latter has been covered on many artists' Christmas albums.
"Celebrate Me Home" by Kenny Loggins, from the 1977 album of the same title. In recent years this has been featured in the "all-Christmas" format of numerous US AC radio stations.
"Dear Mr. Jesus" – PowerSource from their Shelter From The Storm album. It is sung by a 9 year old girl named Sharon Batts. Richard Klender wrote it in 1985. The song is about child abuse awareness and it has nothing to do with Christmas. Connie Bradley, Director, ASCAP, on April 11, 1988 said that this song was one of the, "most requested songs in the history of radio," (it is still highly requested every holiday season).
"Feed the Birds" sung by Julie Andrews from Mary Poppins is often associated with the holiday making many references to "saints and apostles" and "St. Paul's Cathedral". The song is popular with Christmas carolers as well, but it is not related to the holiday.
"From a Distance," the Grammy winner for Best Song (1990) was also a number one hit for Bette Midler. She later recorded a Christmas version, which *******s lyric changes and sections from several popular carols.
The "Hallelujah Chorus", from Handel's Messiah oratorio, is often performed at Christmas (as is, occasionally, the larger work), although it was originally conceived and performed as an Easter piece.
"If We Make It Through December," recorded by Merle Haggard in 1973. The song is a lament of a father who loses his job at the factory just as the holidays are approaching. Depressed over his predicament during what normally should be a "happy time of year," he observes that his little girl "don't understand why Daddy can't afford no Christmas here." The song reached No. 1 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart on December 22, 1973 ... just in time for Christmas. (It should be noted, however, that the song did first appear on Haggard's Christmas-themed album entitled "A Christmas Present.")
"It Won't Be Long 'Til Christmas" from the Walt Disney musical film The Happiest Millionaire is sung by two aging parents, lamenting their children growing up and leaving home. Although the Sherman Brothers' lyric references Christmas throughout the song, it is not in fact about the holiday at all.
"I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" – a 20th century pop standard written by Irving Berlin that mentions winter themes such as snow, icicles, and December. Often performed as a duet, notably by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, which appeared on the album Ella and Louis Again in 1957.
"Jingle Bells," often called the 'most-popular' "Christmas" song, and cetainly one of the most omnipresent every year, has no lyrics referring to Christmas at all. As holidays go, its first known performance was for a church Thanksgiving program in 1857, and was originally sung more around that holiday by Americans heading by sleigh to nearby family gatherings.
"Jesus, Take the Wheel," Carrie Underwood (2005). Although the song does briefly mention the setting of Christmas Eve in passing, the song is more of an evangelical contemporary Christian song than an explicitly Christmas-themed song.
"Last Christmas" – Wham! (1984) (reached no. 2 in the UK Christmas charts, beaten by Band Aid- Feed the World) George Michael originally wrote the song "Last Easter", the record company asked him to change it to Christmas as it would catch a larger audience.
"Linus and Lucy" - Vince Guaraldi's jazz tune was used in many of the animated TV specials featuring Charles Schulz's Peanuts characters, but is particularly associated with A Charlie Brown Christmas and commonly played on the radio during the holiday season.
"Mad World" – Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules (2003) (this Tears for Fears cover is *******d on several Christmas compilation albums. It was Christmas Number One in the UK in 2003, ahead of the livelier "Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)" by British rock band The Darkness.)
"My Favorite Things" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music. US radio stations that play Christmas music typically air various versions of this show tune, relating "favorite things" to Christmas gifts. It has recently become a 'signature' Christmas song for Tony Bennett.
"The Power of Love" – Frankie Goes to Hollywood released this song close to Christmas 1984, and was thus given a Nativity themed video and album cover. The song could be argued to be more suited to Halloween, with its references to vampires.)
"Put a Little Love in Your Heart", originally a hit for Jackie DeShannon, was covered by Annie Lennox and Al Green for the soundtrack of the 1988 movie Scrooged, a modernized retelling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The promotional video for the song featured scenes from the movie and Christmas-related visuals.
"River" by Joni Mitchell begins with the sound of "Jingle Bells" and makes brief mention of the Christmas holiday. It is otherwise a fairly somber song. This song has become a Christmas standard, with many recent versions catching on (including Linda Ronstadt, Barry Manilow, Sarah Maclachlan, and Travis) .
"Somethin' Stupid" – Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman (2001) (reached no. 1 in the UK Christmas charts, therefore commonly associated with Christmas)
"Song for a Winter's Night" – written and originally recorded by Gordon Lightfoot, this seasonal tune was covered by Sarah McLachlan for her 2006 holiday album Wintersong.
"Sound of the Underground" – Girls Aloud (2002) (reached no. 1 in the UK Christmas charts, therefore commonly associated with Christmas)
"Stay Another Day" – East 17 (1994) (added sleigh bells)
"Stop The Cavalry" – Jona Lewie (1980) (released in late November when the record company spotted the line "Wish I was at home for Christmas")
"Thank God For Kids" – The Oak Ridge Boys (1982) This song does mention Santa Claus at the beginning of the song, but according to Eddy Raven, its writer, it is not intended to be a Christmas song. However, the Oak Ridge Boys did release it on their first Christmas album in 1982.
"What a Wonderful World" – long associated with Louis Armstrong, this 1967 ballad has no holiday or seasonal content in its lyrics, but has been featured on a number of artists' Christmas albums in recent years.

 
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