Do You Hear What I Hear? : November 2011

Nov 28, 2011

"Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy"

Guitarist/producer Joe Thurber's holiday project dubbed Christmas at the Devil's House is the embodiment of this site's premise that seasonal songs should rock -- "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy" from the "Nutcracker Suite" will fray the curtains. Crank it.

on Spotify.com

Nov 27, 2011

"Skating"

FEATURED: Cyrus Chestnut covers the Vince Guaraldi "Charlie Brown Christmas" classic in this audio-only YouTube video.

Nov 26, 2011

"O Holy Night"

pic: soulbounce.com

Angelique Kidjo from World Christmas

"Zan Vevede (O Holy Night)" on Spotify.com.

Nov 25, 2011

"Shoplifting"

via DestroyBeforeReading.com

A PG-rated song for Black Friday by iconic '70s female punk bank The Slits – "Shoplifting"
through Spotify.com

"Do You Hear What I Hear?"

via Roches.com

For openers, this eponymous post highlights a favorite Christmas album: The Roches' We Three Kings selection of "Do You Hear What I Hear?"

at Spotify.com

What site is this?

This site is an outgrowth of my belief that Christmas songs don't have to suck, put you to sleep or make you want to shove an icicle in your ear.

The goal is to filter out the tired, trite, moldy and manic tunes (sifting out the crud, so you don't have to) and offer stylish remakes, solid standards and cool originals.

This page started as a lark -- as many things do, with a preoccupation that may look to others like a compulsion -- and expanded as the possibilities became obvious that there is a tune for (mostly) everything.

New content regularly (well... mostly). Check back.