Christmas Music with a Twist

Suggested by Zeldar in this thread.

Only a couple of days until radio stations that haven’t done so already start up their all-Christmas formats. This thread is for tracks that aren’t typical of such playlists. No lyrics required.

“Twistin’ Bells” - Santo & Johnny

“Winter Wonderland” - Harry Connick, Jr.

“Sleigh Ride” - The Ventures

“Winter” - The Mello Men backed by Spike Jones

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” - Jewel and her mother

Fairytale of New York – The Pogues

Is this what you want?

Yogi Yorgesson
The Christmas Party
I Yust Go Nuts for Christmas
Yingle Bells
I Was Santa Claus At The School House

Define what you want better.

Carolina Christmas - Squirrel Nut Zippers

Fine by me, a fourth-generation Scandinavian-American, but this was Zeldar’s idea.

This is the fourth thread for Christmas songs and in recent weeks I was just trying to set it apart. :slight_smile:

John Fahey: Silent Night

Santa Lost a Ho - The Christmas Jug Band

Dance in the Dark of the Year - Bittersweet Christmas Band

Don’t Make Me Play That Grandma Song Again

Randolph the Brown-Nosed Reindeer

She’s A Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas. Patent Pending.

The whole Vandals Christmas album. Gun For Christmas and Christmastime For My Penis are my two faves.

You Ain’t Getting Shit For Christmas won’t be heard on many radio stations.

Really, I’ve got sooooo many twisted Christmas songs on my iPod people may mistake me for Scrooge.

I’m also quite fond of Collective Soul’s Blue Christmas.

It’s Christmas at Ground Zero

*"What a crazy fluke!

We’re gonna get nuked

On this jolly holiday!"*

A Fine Traditional Tune

Christmas Boogie by the Davis Sisters – not the gospel group, rather Skeeter Davis and friend early in Skeeter’s career.

Elvis Presley-Merry Christmas Baby

“Leroy the Redneck Reindeer” - Joe Diffie

Martin Mull’s immortal "Santa Doesn’t Cop Out On Dope." (ignore the video; it’s just dumb).

Tom Lehrer’s Christmas Song

Straight No Chaser-12 Days Of Christmas
The Roches-Winter Wonderland

Leroy the Redneck Reindeer (Youtube video)

Great choice and there’s also their Christmas Can-Can