# Strange Versions of Traditional Christmas Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140 "2014-12-02T17:40:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/21 "2014-12-03T03:22:44Z")
[The Twelve Days of StarCraft](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-Yvk8nN20). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/22 "2014-12-03T03:28:35Z")
[The Yobs, _Christmas Album_](http://smile.amazon.com/Christmas-Album-Yobs/dp/B002TETZI8/) [Stiff Little Fingers, _White Christmas_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WO-J5xLqXc) ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/23 "2014-12-03T05:22:52Z")
I bring you [Klezmer Nutcracker.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovBZoL9J7jQ&list=PLeNtM_z-xoeBdXGG51V7rs6TzmEZ148yz&index=1) It’s just…wrong somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/24 "2014-12-03T07:50:41Z")
Not as out there as some of these, but I’ll mention nonetheless: Sufjan Stevens [Emmanuel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zz53Rwp3ME) ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/25 "2014-12-03T08:03:46Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > **Love Spirals Downward** : [Welcome Christmas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdafbvxbBNk) This one’s off the [Excelsis collection](http://www.projekt.com/store/product/pro00138/), and pretty representative of the style of the music there. You can probably get some mileage out of those tracks. But even if you don’t, Area’s version of [O Come, O Come Emmanuel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8cbznTtzuo) is a must-hear. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/26 "2014-12-03T12:10:52Z")
[Susy Snowflake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJWY114SJ0c) by Soul Coughing ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/27 "2014-12-03T12:20:13Z")
Bing Crosby and David Bowie need no introduction. ---
**Author:** ![alted315](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alted315](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alted315)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/28 "2014-12-03T12:25:23Z")
deck the halls by Gary Hoey it’s a instrumental heavy metal version ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/29 "2014-12-03T15:22:07Z")
All of mine are [in this old thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=586656). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/30 "2014-12-03T15:28:51Z")
“O Little Town of Bethlehem” and “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” can each be sung to the other’s tune.\* Get someone with a good voice and a guitar to do so, record the results, and play the recordings over the air. \*These are a small subset of the rather extensive list of Ballad (or Common) Meter songs that can be sung to one another’s tunes. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/31 "2014-12-03T15:32:46Z")
[Silent Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOMwxANznS0) by The December People ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/32 "2014-12-03T17:57:28Z")
Not mentioned in my above link is “Silent Night” by The Music City Brass on [this CD](http://www.amazon.com/Favorite-Songs-Christmas-Music-Singers/dp/B002KHRZOK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1417629200&sr=8-2&keywords=%22music+city+brass%22). Has a Tijuana Brass feel to it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/33 "2014-12-03T19:12:00Z")
> [@alted315](#): > > deck the halls by Gary Hoey That’s quite the speech impediment you’ve got there. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/34 "2014-12-03T19:25:19Z")
I recommend closing the show with [Bob Rivers’ Twelve Pains](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQRpygqYLBA). Not traditional but for eerie, you can’t go wrong with [Zat You, Santa Claus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUDCtuJjAXU) ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/35 "2014-12-03T19:55:26Z")
The Moog Machine - [“Patapan”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty7rIK7JgJU) ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/36 "2014-12-03T19:57:50Z")
Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band - [“Xmas at K-Mart”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X96Un6POoo8) ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/37 "2014-12-03T20:00:34Z")
Ben Folds Five - [“Brick”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5EHAqhR1c), of course. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/38 "2014-12-03T20:05:21Z")
Cocteau Twins - [“Frosty the Snowman”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e874vKfYfuU) ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/39 "2014-12-03T20:11:43Z")
Beck “Little Drum Machine Boy” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OV9tJ-YTnTQ/hqdefault.jpg "Beck - The Little Drum Machine Boy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV9tJ-YTnTQ) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140/40 "2014-12-04T08:18:38Z")
Wow. I’ll comment tomorrow on more of these selections, but right now it is three in the morning after a long hectic day of holiday retail work and I am just BLOWN AWAY listening to some of this music. **blondebear** , the December People Pink Floyd \*Silent Night \*is truly awesome! The _12 Pains_ is great fun. Thanks, **skywatcher**! Check it out folks! Christmas music does not have to be bad! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-versions-of-traditional-christmas-music/706140.md?page=3)