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What Music You Should Be Listening To This Holiday Season
Stephen Ortiz
Issue date: 12/10/07 Section: Finals Extra
While the weather outside might not be as frightful as some wish, it's still the holiday season and you know what that means:
Holiday themed music from Thanksgiving until after New Year's! May the human race let out a collective groan. Now obviously I can't change the set lists for radio stations across America, but I hope to offer an alternative. With this special holiday edition of The Playlist, I hope to spread my holiday cheer and some of my favorite tunes that the radio stations don't seem to play enough of.
And that "Christmas Shoes" song is really wearing on my nerves.
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" Soundtrack - The Vince Guaraldi Trio's masterpiece was released in 1965, the same year as the CBS holiday special of the same name, and is a timeless classic that can be enjoyed by any age group. The collection of songs is short and sweet, 12 tracks that amount to around 40 minutes, but really racks up points in nostalgia. Just listening to the original cast sing "Christmas Time Is Here" conjures up memories of Christmases throughout the years. From classic moments of the kids skating on the frozen pond in the aptly named, "Skating," to the ever-so-memorable theme, "Linus and Lucy," the Guaraldi Trio's smooth jazz never gets old. Oh, and nothing tops the kids singing "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." Heartwarming, to say the least.
Bruce Springsteen's "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" - Where do I begin with the Boss' rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town?" For starters, it is hands down the best recording of the holiday classic. Featured on his single, "My Hometown," Springsteen's rendition of the song has a certain magic about it, mostly due to the support he receives from the E Street Band. The song was first recorded in 1935 by Tommy Dorsey and the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra and has been re-recorded countless times since then by many big-name artists, yet none appeal quite like Springsteen. Maybe it's his familiar voice, the warm charm of the introduction when Springsteen asks saxophonist Clarence Clemons if he "had been rehearsing real hard, so Santa would bring him a new saxophone" or Clemons' wonderful saxophone solos. Well, whatever it is, it's magical.
Holiday themed music from Thanksgiving until after New Year's! May the human race let out a collective groan. Now obviously I can't change the set lists for radio stations across America, but I hope to offer an alternative. With this special holiday edition of The Playlist, I hope to spread my holiday cheer and some of my favorite tunes that the radio stations don't seem to play enough of.
And that "Christmas Shoes" song is really wearing on my nerves.
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" Soundtrack - The Vince Guaraldi Trio's masterpiece was released in 1965, the same year as the CBS holiday special of the same name, and is a timeless classic that can be enjoyed by any age group. The collection of songs is short and sweet, 12 tracks that amount to around 40 minutes, but really racks up points in nostalgia. Just listening to the original cast sing "Christmas Time Is Here" conjures up memories of Christmases throughout the years. From classic moments of the kids skating on the frozen pond in the aptly named, "Skating," to the ever-so-memorable theme, "Linus and Lucy," the Guaraldi Trio's smooth jazz never gets old. Oh, and nothing tops the kids singing "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." Heartwarming, to say the least.
Bruce Springsteen's "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" - Where do I begin with the Boss' rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town?" For starters, it is hands down the best recording of the holiday classic. Featured on his single, "My Hometown," Springsteen's rendition of the song has a certain magic about it, mostly due to the support he receives from the E Street Band. The song was first recorded in 1935 by Tommy Dorsey and the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra and has been re-recorded countless times since then by many big-name artists, yet none appeal quite like Springsteen. Maybe it's his familiar voice, the warm charm of the introduction when Springsteen asks saxophonist Clarence Clemons if he "had been rehearsing real hard, so Santa would bring him a new saxophone" or Clemons' wonderful saxophone solos. Well, whatever it is, it's magical.
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