Christmas Rock Music Mix
So, this year, with all of my commuting, I decided that I wanted a CD of the “fast” rock-ish Christmas songs. About half of my morning drive, I like mellower music (to get me started in my morning), and then I like to switch to something fast. There is a radio station here 102.9, that plays all Christmas music from just before Thanksgiving until Christmas. So, I listened to their station about a week during my drives, and any time a fast song that I liked would come on, I’d write it down.
I bought all of the songs off of iTunes and made the following playlist:
All I want for Christmas is you – Mariah Carey <– my favorite of them all, really gets me going
Christmas (baby please come home) – Mariah Carey
God rest ye merry gentlemen – Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan
Santa Claus is coming to town (single version) – Bruce Springsteen
I saw mommy kissing santa claus – John Mellencamp (almost cajun/bayou/Louisiana sounding)
Feliz Navidad – Jose Feliciano (would any mix be complete without it?)
Step into Christmas – Elton John
Wonderful Christmastime – John McCartney <– very techno, 80′s sounding
Winter Wonderland – Eurythmics – a little slower than the others, but more rock/pop than anything else
Last Christmas (single version) – Wham! <– remember Wham!?
Sleigh Ride – The Ronettes
The man with all the toys – The Beach Boys
Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Helms & the Anita Kerr Singers
Little saint nick – The Beach Boys
A holly jolly christmas – Burl Ives
The chipmunk song (Christmas don’t be late) – Alvin and the Chipmunks
Hey Santa! – Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson
Merry Christmas Baby – Bruce Springsteen and the E street band
Please Come Home for christmas – Eagles <– also slower, but I wanted it on here and stuck it toward the end in case I wanted to skip the slower ones
Song for a Winter’s Night – Sarah McLachlan <– very slow, but very pretty, and I’ve always wanted a copy of it
I’d make you copies if I could and send them to you, but unfortunately there are laws against that.
So, maybe this will inspire you to choose some of them and make your own mix CD. Of all of them, make sure you get the first one, even if you aren’t usually a Mariah Carey fan. I’m not much of one, but it is definitely the best fast Christmas song out there right now, I think. That and God rest ye merry gentlemen by the Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan.
Do you have favorite fast songs (or slow ones too) that aren’t on here?
Squirl says:
Good set! I’m pleased to see a couple Beach Boys on there. Not sure I know the Wilson girls’ song.
I do like the first one. The first time I remember hearing it was in the movie Love Actually. That’s become “my Christmas movie.”
I like to play the Christmas stations, but they talk too much and I don’t always like what they play. Glad you found a mix you can enjoy.
Jenski says:
I LOVE the Sarah McLachlan BNL God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen!!! Great mix. My sister bought a Rosie O’donnell Christmas mix and there was an American Idol one after one of the first couple of seasons that was good.
We have the Christmas station on in lab right now.
Amber says:
All BNL Christmas songs really get me going.
I also love Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.
One of my favorites is All I Want For Christmas Is You, as well. I remember doing that song in choir for my junior and senior year and it was a blast.
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