As the title says, this year’s holiday playlist, currently in heavy rotation on the iDevices, is a little stranger than usual. Although it has a little taste of tradition towards the end, the list is still completely Glee-free. And just because I’m in that kind of mood, a couple of bonus tracks, tangentially related to the season.
- ¡Happy Birthday Guadalupe! – The Killers
- Eight Days a Week – The Bobs
- Come On Santa – The Raveonettes
- Christmas is Just Around the Corner – Barry Manilow
- One Wish This Christmas – Nikki Yanofsky
- Peace on Earth – Brian Wilson
- Santa Stole My Lady – Fitz & The Tantrums
- Winter Night – Little & Ashley
- Must Be Santa – Bob Dylan
- The Cowboys’ Christmas Ball – The Killers
- Calling on Mary – Aimee Mann
- All I Want for Christmas – Vic and Nick
- Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad – Michael Bublé and Thalia
- Let’s Make This Christmas Mean Something – The Bobs
- A Great Big Sled – The Killers
- Fruitcake – The Superions
- My Dear Acquaintance – Regina Spektor
- Stille Nacht – King’s Singers
- There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In – Stephen Colbert, Elvis Costello, Feist, John Legend, Toby Keith & Willie Nelson
- Very Merry Christmas – Dave Barnes
- Angels We Have Heard on High – Brian Setzer
- Holiday Medley – Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Just to add a little more diversity…
Atheists Don’t Have No Songs – Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers
And for all the Mayans out there…
It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – REM
Whatever you celebrate this time of year, enjoy.
So pleased to see you included the Bobs. First concert I saw w/my then-girlfriend, now-wife, many many moons ago on the banks of the Old Raritan.
And may I suggest “Christmas Wrapping” by the Waitresses? I know it gets a lot of play, but it’s still awesome. (Or did you have that one in an older list?)