This month, Scott and Duane discuss the iconic song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.”
Versions played in this episode:
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71: You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
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This month, Duane and Scott dive deep into the history of “O Come, All Ye Faithful”.
Songs played in this episode:
- Freddie McGregor (Reggae)
- For King and Country (Acoustic)
- Brett Eldredge (Country)
- Twisted Sister (Heavy Rock)
- Matthew Green’s Orchestral Rainbow (Rock Opera)
- Luther Vandross (R&B/Soul)
- Jigsound (Chiptune)
- Bad Religion (Punk Rock)
- Strada9 (Ska)
- City High (Hip Hop)
We didn’t play this one, but Duane wanted to include Olivia Newton John’s “reimagined” version.
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Title: 70: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Scott and Duane are joined by Adam Parker from the Merry Britsmas podcast to listen to the 2018 album “Christmas with The Fizz”.
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This month, Gerry Davila from The Totally Rad Christmas Podcast joins Duane and Scott to discuss Christmas albums from 1980s cartoon character properties.
Songs/Albums played:
- Strawberry Shortcake – Christmas Album, KidStuff Records, 1981
- A Pink Panther Christmas, KidStuff Records, 1981
- Pac-Man Christmas Album, KidStuff Records, 1982
- A Care Bears Christmas, KidStuff Records, 1982
- Merry Christmas With The Smurfs, Polygram Records, 1983
- A Cabbage Patch Christmas, Parker Brothers Music, 1984
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLreHEyGJh3_MdLrm-K9dqWAiy_JrO0TTc
- Christmas With The California Raisins, Priority Records, 1988
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Title: 68: 80s Cartoon Character Christmas Albums
This month, Duane and Scott review metal and heavy rock Christmas songs with special guest, listener Matt Wheeler.
Matt’s Songs
- Jingle Bells by Austrian Death Machine
- Joy to the World (Cover by Minniva feat. Orion’s Reign)
- All I Want For Christmas Is You by Leo Moracchioli
- Christmas Truce by Sabaton
- Deck the Joy by Theocracy
- The Chronicles of Jacob Marley by Order of Nine
Duane’s Songs
- Another Rock-n-Roll Christmas by Paul Di’Anno
- O Holy Night by Floor Jenson
- We Three Kings by Rob Halford
- Carol of the Bells (symphonic heavy metal version) by Orion’s Reign
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Charlie Parra Del Riego
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Title: 67: Metal and Heavy Rock Christmas Songs
This month, Scott and Duane listen to Christmas songs about summer and warm weather.
Songs played during the episode:
Summer Wonderland by Ronan Keating from Dec 2016
Christmas in Summer by Itty Bitty Beats and Suzy Cato from Nov 2019
Te Harinui – New Zealand Christmas carol, written by Willow Macky, performed by David Lyle Morris, from Nov 2013
Christmas in the Summertime by The Funky Monkeys
Christmas In Summer by Teeny Tiny Stevies
Christmas on the Beach by BERA from 2023
(C’mon a) Surfin’ Christmas Holiday by the Hollyberries
All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good Tan by Paul Overstreet (Kenny Chesney cover)
Christmas Day (I Wish I was Surfing) by Emmy the Great & Tim Wheeler
Aloha Christmas by The Dukes of Surf
The Aussie Christmas Song by Batesy
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Title: 66: Summer Christmas Songs
This month, Duane and Scott listen to funny, silly, and parody Christmas songs that were submitted by listeners.
Here’s the playlist of all the songs played on the episode:
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Title: 65: Funny and Silly Christmas Songs
This month, Duane and Scott listen to the First to Eleven album “A Very First to Eleven Christmas”
Songs played:
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- The Most Wonderful time of the year
- All I want for christmas is you
- Feliz Navidad
- Underneath the tree
- Santa tell me
- Christmas C’mon
- This Season
- Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree
- Santa Baby
- Last Christmas
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
YouTube playlist:
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This month, Duane and Scott listen to Christmas songs about trains.
Article on the History of trains and Christmas
Songs played on this episode:
- Tom Hanks and the children cast – The Polar Express Theme
- Blake Shelton – Santa’s Got a Choo Choo Train
- Sarah Connor – Christmas Train (Destination Hope)
- Patty Loveless – Santa Train
- James Coffey – Magical Christmas Train
- Roger Miller – Old Toy Trains
- Carey Bell – Christmas Train 1996
- Brett Dennen – Christmas Train
- The Tractors – Santa Claus Is Coming (In a Boogie-Woogie Choo-Choo Train)
- Bet Smith and the Currie Brothers – That Christmas Train
- Paul Kelly and Vika Bull – Christmas Train
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This month, Duane and Scott discuss the carol “Angels We Have Heard on High”.
Versions of the song played on this episode:Angels We Have Heard on High (fingerstyle guitar)
Les Anges dans nos Campagnes (version complète)
Angels from the Realms of Glory by Matthew Green’s Orchestral Rainbow
Angels from the Realms of Glory, David Archuleta and the Tabernacle Choir
Angels from the Realms of Glory (1967 version)
Gloria (Piano version) by Hymns, Chorales & Classics On Piano
Punk version by Reliant K
Acapella version by Home Free
Metal version by Dan Vasc
Ska version by On the Upbeat
Rock version by Bayside
Country version by Josh Turner
Chiptune version by Peter Hunter
Instrumental version by the Piano Guys
Big Band/Rockabilly version by Brian Setzer Orchestra
Versions of the song played on this episode:Angels We Have Heard on High (fingerstyle guitar)
Les Anges dans nos Campagnes (version complète)
Angels from the Realms of Glory by Matthew Green’s Orchestral Rainbow
Angels from the Realms of Glory, David Archuleta and the Tabernacle Choir
Angels from the Realms of Glory (1967 version)
Gloria (Piano version) by Hymns, Chorales & Classics On Piano
Punk version by Reliant K
Acapella version by Home Free
Metal version by Dan Vasc
Ska version by On the Upbeat
Rock version by Bayside
Country version by Josh Turner
Chiptune version by Peter Hunter
Instrumental version by the Piano Guys
Big Band/Rockabilly version by Brian Setzer Orchestra
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This month, Duane and Scott listen to some new (and new to them) Christmas Music submitted to them by artists in 2023.
Songs played:
1. Jingle Punx punk cover of Last Christmas by Wham:
https://jinglepunx.bandcamp.com/track/last-christmas-wham-cover
2. Christmas Cheer by Rob Lawlor:
https://robertlawlor.bandcamp.com/track/christmas-cheer
3. Santa’s Takin’ Over the Town by Rehya Stevens:
https://rehyastevens.com
4. Recipe for a Merry Christmas Eve by Alicia Stockman:
https://aliciastockman.bandcamp.com/track/recipe-for-a-merry-christmas-eve
https://aliciastockman.com/recipe-epk
5. Christmastime in Maine by Kevin Scott Hall and Judy Pancoast:
6. Oh Chanukah by Sukey Malloy:
7. Ugly Sweater Time by The Sweaterettes:
https://thesweaterettes.hearnow.com/ugly-sweater-time
https://www.instagram.com/uglysweaterpartyla/
8. O Come, O Come, Emanuel by Joe Beier:
https://joebeier.bandcamp.com/track/o-come-o-come-emanuel
9. What’s a Christmas Eve Without My Baby? by Lee Langdon:
https://leelangdonmusic.bandcamp.com/track/whats-a-christmas-eve-without-my-baby
https://linktr.ee/leelangdon
10. Christmas Wish by Gregory Porter:
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Title: 61: New Christmas Music for 2023
This month, Duane and Scott look at the carol “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear”.
Songs played in this episode:
Choral version by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Noel version by St Michael’s Singers
Orchestral version by The London Symphony Orchestra
Barbershop version by Julien Neel
Acapella by Home Free
Reggae version by CHRISTAFARI
Country version by Highway 101
Hard Rock version by The Beautiful Distortion
Chiptune version by MixSound
Solo guitar instrumental by R.L. Solberg
Duet version by The Hound and the Fox
For copyright reasons, we couldn’t play these versions, but you should definitely check them out:
Ella Fitzgerald
Anne Murray
Frank Sinatra
Johnny Mathis
Burl Ives
Josh Groban
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This month, Duane and Scott review the song “What’s This?” from the Nightmare Before Christmas with special guest Jack Ford from the Total Christmas Podcast.
Songs played:What’s This? (Official Soundtrack Version)
“The Simpsons” theme song
“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Tchaikovsky
Pirates of Penzance
Love Shack by the B-52’s
Danny Elfman sings “What’s This?” live at Lincoln Center
Fall Out Boy (from Nightmare Revisited)
Songs played:What’s This? (Official Soundtrack Version)
“The Simpsons” theme song
“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Tchaikovsky
Pirates of Penzance
Love Shack by the B-52’s
Danny Elfman sings “What’s This?” live at Lincoln Center
Fall Out Boy (from Nightmare Revisited)
Other versions of “What’s This?” that were played:
Orchestral version by Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France
Acapella by Voiceplay
Rock by NateWantsToBattle
Solo Piano by Natalya Plays Piano
Ukelele by Thomas Benjamin Wild
Metal by Lauren Babic
Jazz by Disney Dave
Club remix by FThisRemix
Female singer by Caroline Makes Music
Chiptune by Professor Shyguy
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This month, Duane and Scott do something a little different and talk to Glen Warren from the Seasons Eatings podcast about a food-related song called “Miss Fogerty’s Christmas Cake”.
Versions played on this episode:The McNulty Family
The Irish Rovers
William Brady
Wolfetones
Sharon Lois and Bram – Canadian Children’s Entertainers
Rum Ragged – Newfoundland band
Clinton Ford
Fire in the Glen
Ruby Murray – Miss O’Leary’s Irish Fruit Cake
David Jones
Folk songs out of Wisconsin – 1941 – Lewis Moody
Trinity Cake by Allan Mills
Versions played on this episode:The McNulty Family
The Irish Rovers
William Brady
Wolfetones
Sharon Lois and Bram – Canadian Children’s Entertainers
Rum Ragged – Newfoundland band
Clinton Ford
Fire in the Glen
Ruby Murray – Miss O’Leary’s Irish Fruit Cake
David Jones
Folk songs out of Wisconsin – 1941 – Lewis Moody
Trinity Cake by Allan Mills
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Duane and Scott discuss the carol “O Little Town of Bethlehem”.
Versions of the song played on this episode:
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- Ploughboy’s Dream
- Chapel Choir of King’s College
- Nat King Cole
- Dolly Parton
- Jewel
- Sarah McLachlan
- Acapella version by Voiceplay
- Metal version by Paster Brad Rocks
- Reggae version by The Reggae All Stars
- Chiptune version by J. S. Salonen
- Folksy version by Blackmore’s Night
- Trance version by Eros
- Punk version by Severe
- Hip Hop version by Crew X
- Vocal version by Hayley Westenra
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This month, Duane, Scott, and special guest Todd Killian (from Christmas Clatter) discuss the song “Jingle Bell Rock”.
Versions of the song played on this episode:
Bobby Helms (1957 version)
Bobby Helms (1970 version)
Brenda Lee
Thousand Foot Krutch
Randy Travis
Kenny G
Hall & Oates
The Ventures
Brian Setzer
Mister Chicken (rubber chicken style)
Trap Music Now (trap)
Billy Idol (rock)
First to Eleven (hard rock)
Eddie Lovette (reggae)
The Holophonics (ska)
Chiptune & 8bit Planet (chiptune)
Skyway Avenue (pop punk)
Straight No Chaser (acapella)
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This month, Duane and Scott review the 2022 Christmas album by the Youtube artists “SingIt Live”. Check out the whole playlist.
Songs played in this episode:
- All I Want for Christmas is You (Mariah Carey)
- Silent Night
- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
- Merry Christmas Baby
- Last Christmas (Wham)
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
- White Christmas
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Feliz Navidad
- Mary Did You Know
- The Prayer
Special thanks to SingIt Live for letting us use their music for this episode. Check them out on all the major streaming platforms!
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In this episode, Scott and Duane take a deep dive into the song 1953 “Santa Baby”.
Songs played in this episode:Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt (1953 version)
Philip Springer playing and singing his original version
Madonna – Santa Baby (1987)
Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby (1960 version)
Mae West – Santa Baby (1966)
LeAnn Rimes – Santa Baby (2004)
Taylor Swift – Santa Baby (2007)
Kellie Pickler – Santa Baby (2007)
Shakira – from 2009 NBC Special “Christmas in Rockefeller Center”
Kylie Minogue – Santa Baby (2010)
Kelly Clarkson – Santa Baby (2021)
Michael Bublé – Santa Baby (2011)
Everclear – Santa Baby (1997)
Ska version by Ska-J
Rock Version by First to Eleven (2018)
Reggae Version by Deynque
Barbershop Quartet Version by Fiveways Barbershop Quartet
Chiptune Version by Scarlet Lotus
Songs played in this episode:Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt (1953 version)
Philip Springer playing and singing his original version
Madonna – Santa Baby (1987)
Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby (1960 version)
Mae West – Santa Baby (1966)
LeAnn Rimes – Santa Baby (2004)
Taylor Swift – Santa Baby (2007)
Kellie Pickler – Santa Baby (2007)
Shakira – from 2009 NBC Special “Christmas in Rockefeller Center”
Kylie Minogue – Santa Baby (2010)
Kelly Clarkson – Santa Baby (2021)
Michael Bublé – Santa Baby (2011)
Everclear – Santa Baby (1997)
Ska version by Ska-J
Rock Version by First to Eleven (2018)
Reggae Version by Deynque
Barbershop Quartet Version by Fiveways Barbershop Quartet
Chiptune Version by Scarlet Lotus
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Title: 54: Santa Baby