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Holiday songs?

MtManiac

MtManiac

Mar 6, 2007
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#1
We might get booked for a $1200 Christmas Party gig coming up this December, and are starting to think about what holiday songs we could learn and play. Te one that springs to mind immediately is Jingle Bell Rock... anyone else have some other suggestions? They should be easy to learn. :)
 
#3
BillMason said:
We might get booked for a $1200 Christmas Party gig coming up this December, and are starting to think about what holiday songs we could learn and play. Te one that springs to mind immediately is Jingle Bell Rock... anyone else have some other suggestions? They should be easy to learn. :)
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Hi, my band is doing a cover of a cover by a group Relient K.
The song is "Sleigh Ride," and it has a nice, swinging bass line. A little Pop-esque, it looks like it'll be fun to perform.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74VJFOGv5IM
(First 40 secs are slow and without bass, but it picks up quite a bit.)
 
#5
Phalex said:
Last year we did a killer version of Winter Wonderland ala Stryper. That one was a whole lot of fun.

I've always thought that Christmas with the Devil by Spinal Tap would be awesome. Great Acoustic version: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCjZJenyN8 Harry Shearer is the man!
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Only if you can have a dwarf run on stage and throw a smoking Christmas tree.

Actually some good songs are:
This Christmas - Donny Hathaway version
I Believe in Father Christmas - Emerson Lake and Palmer
What Christmas Means to Me - Stevie Wonder (it was on a Gap commercial or something last year)

Hopefully this is few outside the box tunes so you not just playing Jingle Bells for 30 minutes.
 
#12
Do yourself a huge favor - go buy a copy of Twisted Sister's "A Twisted Christmas". Seriously. You wanna do Christmas songs the RIGHT way? Just listen and emulate.

Is there anything better than "We're Not Gonna Take It" with the words changed to "O Come, All Ye Faithful"? No. There is nothing better than that in the entire Christmas season!

IMH (yet correct) O

...or, if your tastes are a little more subdued (aka WIMPY), go get the Bare Naked Ladies' Christmas CD.
 
#13
The Roches "Sultans of Swing" version of We Three Kings is pretty great. Springsteen's Santa Claus is Coming to Town will probably work. If you have a female singer you might consider The Waitresses Christmas Wrapping.

You should probably look at the track lists for the Cool Yule, Very Special Christmas, etc. pop / rock Christmas collections for ideas.

Good luck.
 
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scottbass said:
Do yourself a huge favor - go buy a copy of Twisted Sister's "A Twisted Christmas". Seriously. You wanna do Christmas songs the RIGHT way? Just listen and emulate.

Is there anything better than "We're Not Gonna Take It" with the words changed to "O Come, All Ye Faithful"? No. There is nothing better than that in the entire Christmas season!

IMH (yet correct) O

...or, if your tastes are a little more subdued (aka WIMPY), go get the Bare Naked Ladies' Christmas CD.
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I took my son to that tour last year, it rocked hard. anything off that album would be a great bet.
 

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