In this week’s Ten on Tuesday, Carole asked folks to hit “shuffle all†and list the first 10 songs that play on their iPod or whatever device they use for music.
These come from the “holiday” genre on my iPod. Lest you think that might prove limiting, that’s a pool of 451 songs:
- “Here We Come A-Wassailing”—Steve Schuch & The Night Heron Consort
- “Pretty Paper”—Roy Orbison
- “Pax Um Biscum”—Ringo Starr
- “Pretty Paper”—Willie Nelson
- “Christmas Is the Time”—Katharine McPhee
- “California Christmas”—Sleepy Rebels
- “O Holy Night”—Lettermen
- “Deck the Halls”—The Everly Brothers
- “A Child Was Born”—The New Christy Minstrels
- “You Make It Feel like Christmas”—Neil Diamond
I’ll admit that I groaned when Willie’s version of “Pretty Paper” followed Roy’s within 5 minutes. One or t’other is fine, but it’s really not cool to only split them up by a single Beatle.
How about you? What’s your random play?
A shuffle from my admittedly shallow holiday song pool on the iPhone:
1. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” – Band Aid (the original one from 1984)
2. “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” – The Jackson 5
3. “Christmastime is Here Again” – The Beatles
4. “Nutmeg” – John Legend & Stephen Colbert
5. “Must Be Santa” – Bob Dylan
6. “Fairytale of New York” – The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl
7. “Santa ist das Bein Stalker” – ATOM
8. “Skating” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
9. “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” – John & Yoko
10. “Christmas With The Devil” – Spinal Tap
My holiday genre:
1 “Hey, Santa Claus” – Moonglows
2 “Little Drummer Boy” – Grey Eye Glances
3 “New Kid in Town” – Trisha Yearwood
4 “Christmas is Coming” – Kingston Trio
5 “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”- Brenda Lee
6 “Dominick the Donkey” – Doug Kershaw
7 “The Holly and the Ivy” – Cast of Phantom/Opera
8 “I Want a Beatle for Christmas” – The Fans
9 “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” – Gene Autry
10 “O Holy Night” – John Wallace/Willow Place Men’s Choir.
Thanks for letting me play along. Always fun.
Comment by bob fearnley 12.10.14 @ 12:06 pm