{"id":6402,"date":"2009-12-23T16:17:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T21:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=6402"},"modified":"2013-04-20T15:01:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T19:01:29","slug":"a-quirky-eclectic-christmas-music-playlist-2009-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/a-quirky-eclectic-christmas-music-playlist-2009-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quirky<\/del> Eclectic Christmas Music Playlist (2009 ed.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Taking off from the first edition<\/a>… All I’m going to do for the music portion here is just add<\/em> ten songs (and pray that, over time, I won’t blow the little WordPress audio-player thingie out of the water).<\/p>\n

As before, these artists and numbers appear, back-to-back, in the playlist:<\/p>\n

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  1. Peter Robbins et al.: dialogue from A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Anonymous 4: Hodie Christus Natus Est<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Waverly Consort: Three Spanish Villancicos – Dadme Albcrecias<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Perry Como: Home for the Holidays<\/li>\n
  5. Mannheim Steamroller: Joy to the World<\/li>\n
  6. George Winston: The Holly and the Ivy<\/li>\n
  7. Celtic Woman: O Holy Night<\/li>\n
  8. John Denver and the Muppets: The Twelve Days of Christmas<\/li>\n
  9. Al Hirt: Nutty Jingle Bells<\/li>\n
  10. The Roches: Deck the Halls
    \n— 2009: —<\/li>\n
  11. Charlotte Church: Mary’s Boy Child<\/li>\n
  12. Madeleine Peyroux\/k.d. lang: River<\/li>\n
  13. George Winston: Variations on the Kanon<\/li>\n
  14. Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops: The Toy Trumpet<\/li>\n
  15. Eartha Kitt: Santa Baby<\/li>\n
  16. Mannheim Steamroller: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer<\/li>\n
  17. Celtic Woman: The Wexford Carol<\/li>\n
  18. The Brian Setzer Orchestra: Jingle Bells<\/li>\n
  19. Jimmy Boyd: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus<\/li>\n
  20. Cumberland Gap Reunion: Silent Night<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (Note:<\/strong> The playlist goes automatically from start to finish, once you click the little Play button. To fast-forward to the next number, once a song is playing you’ll find a little fast-forward button to the right of its progress meter. And a fast-rewind to the left, for that matter.)<\/em><\/p>\n

    [audio:00_dialoguefromacharliebrownchristmas.mp3, 01_hodiechristusnatusest_anonymous4.mp3, 02_threespanishvillancicos_dadme_albricias_waverlyconsort.mp3, 03_homefortheholidays_perrycomo.mp3, 04_joytotheworld_mannheimsteamroller.mp3, 05_thehollyandtheivy_georgewinston.mp3, 06_oholynight_celticwoman.mp3, 07_12daysofchristmas_denvermuppets.mp3, 08_nuttyjinglebells_alhirt.mp3, 09_deckthehalls_theroches.mp3, 11_marysboychild_charlottechurch.mp3, 12_river_peyrouxlang.mp3, 13_variationsonthekanonbypachelbel_georgewinston.mp3, 14_thetoytrumpet_fiedler.mp3, 15_santababy_earthakitt.mp3,
    \n16_rudolphtherednosedreindeer_mannheimsteamroller.mp3, 17_thewexfordcarol_celticwoman.mp3, 18_jinglebells_briansetzerorchestra.mp3, 19_isawmommykissingsantaclaus_jimmyboyd.mp3, 20_silentnight_cumberlandgapreunion.mp3|titles=’A Quirky\/Eclectic Christmas Music Playlist’|artists=Various Artists]<\/div>\n

    <\/p>\n

    About Christmas via TV, I confess I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the 1962 special, Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol<\/em>. You may or may not know of the animated Mr. Magoo character, whose distinctive voice was that of actor Jim Backus (probably better known for his part of Thurston Powell III, on Gilligan’s Island<\/em>.) Says Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n

    Quincy Magoo is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of sticky situations as a result of his nearsightedness, or myopia, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem. Affected people (or animals) consequently tend to think that he is a lunatic, rather than just being nearsighted. In later cartoons he is also an actor, and generally a competent one except for his visual impairment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Magoo’s Christmas Carol<\/em> features him (not surprisingly) as Ebeneezer Scrooge. It’s pretty much the conventional storyline from Dickens, but is distinguished by three things:<\/p>\n