December 2008

Hey…for those expecting some angst ridden and pessimistic music favorites after my recent posts, sorry for the pump fake. Those cuts will come later.

As I sat down to write this, I thought, what kind of out of touch, bitter a-hole does that during the holiday season? Not me.

Change of Heart for the Holidays

So…At the risk of showing optimism despite ample evidence to the contrary, I wanted to share the music that is helping me keep a clear head and a smile on my face this holiday season. Unlike Oprah, and her Holiday Mix Tape however, I don’t have the music licensing connections or technical sophistication to avoid getting sued if I gave these to you for free…so I’ll find the music. I hope there are a few that at least get you to say, What the Hell!?!?! If you want Oprah’s cuts, you can right-click on the song titles and hit “save as” to grab the .mp3s.

Happy Holidays to you and yours and let’s remain cautiously optimistic about ‘09 and pessimistic  about the fact that there will be people who will try to take advantage. Let’s expose and shame them together, for the sake of all that is good and right in the world.

Fa-la-la-la-la…..

Cheers,

Ev

EvPrah’s Holiday Mix Tape

Side A

Carol Of The Bells – George Winston

White Christmas — Bing Crosby

Father Christmas – The Kinks

Wonderful Christmas Time – Paul McCartney & Wings

Happy X-mas (War is over) – John & Yoko

Christmas is Coming Soon – Blitzen Trapper (Free on Amazon.com!)

Blue Christmas – Bright Eyes

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Barenaked Ladies + Sarah Mclachlan

Maybe Next Year (X-mas song) – Meiko

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – The Carpenters

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – Dean Martin

A Marshmallow World [Live] – Dean Martin/Frank Sinatra (video…can’t find an .mp3)

Silver Bells – Tony Bennett

You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch – Dr. Seuss

Christmas Wrapping (Long version) – The Waitresses

I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Elvis Presley

Side B

Sound the Trumpet — The Wailers featuring Bob Marley

Soulful Christmas – James Brown

Baby, It’s Cold Outside Soulful Christmas – Ray Charles & Nina Simone

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Ella Fitzgerald

Lonesome Christmas – Blues Boy Willie

At the Christmas Ball – Bessie Smith

Merry Merry Christmas – Alton Ellis and the Lipsticks (found it here, but don’t know the site. download at own risk)

Christmas All Over Again – Tom Petty

What a Wonderful World — Joey Ramone

Bonus Tracks:

Horny Christmas – Loo and Placido (go to Blip.fm and listen. Hard to find!)

Christmas in Hollis – Run DMC

Rollin’ on X-mas Eve — Booyaka

Also…check out Xmas in Frisco on Twitter and  Clark W. Griswold on blip.fm