“Love Will Find A Way” from Michael Franti and Spearhead.
More from Michael Franti & Spearhead–not Christmas songs–but because he makes fun and beautiful music videos 🙂
Tag: Christmas Carol Countdown
EIGHT DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS CAROL COUNTDOWN: (Edited) RAMONES – MERRY CHRISTMAS (I DON’T WANT TO FIGHT TONIGHT)
Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)
Addendum – My husband Tom shares a photo that he took of Joey Ramone. His band The Atlantics were opening for the Ramones at The Club in Cambridge in May 1976. I think a bootleg album was made that night and you can see the Atlantics on the marquis in the first minute of the video.
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NINE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS CAROL COUNTDOWN: JAMES CORDEN AND MARIAH CAREY WITH ADELE, CHRIS MARTIN, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, LADY GAGA, AND ELTON JOHN
How to get in the holiday spirit ~ a Christmas thank you from James Corden to his Carpool Karaoke fans
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TEN DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS CAROL COUNTDOWN: ONE REPUBLIC’S CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU
One Republic makes some beautiful music
And here is there new song, “Let’s Hurt Tonight,” written for the much anticipated forthcoming film Collateral Beauty.
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TWELVE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS CAROL COUNTDOWN: THE KILLERS’ NEW CHRISTMAS ALBUM “DON’T WASTE YOUR WISHES” FOR (RED)
Annually since 2006 the Killers have released a holiday-themed new single for Bono’s charity (RED), which strives to end aids in Africa. The band has collected all ten songs on a new website and Christmas album Don’t Waste Your Wishes, released on December 9th. Featured guests on the singles include Toni Halliday, Elton John, Jimmy Kimmel, Neil Tennant, and Dawes. The songs are melodic, quirky, comic, provocative, some a little dark, some beautifully moving, and the videos for each, always entertaining.
My favorite, “A Great Big Sled,”
“Joel the Lump of Coal”
“The Cowboy’s Christmas Ball”
There’s no video yet for this year’s single “I’ll be Home For Christmas” but here is a link to the website where you can hear it and all ten songs.
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REQUESTS FOR CHRISTMAS CAROL COUNTDOWN
Do you have a favorite Christmas carol or holiday music that you would like to share? For the past several years we have featured a twelve days before Christmas carol countdown and I would love to continue the tradition, beginning on the 13th of December. Please send your suggestions to kimsmithdesigns@hotmail.com or leave a comment in the comment section. Thank you!
This Tom Petty song always gets me in the mood for decorating our home and I’ve been blasting it loudly off and on all day, much to my husband’s dismay 🙂
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Christmas Must Be Tonight by Daryl Hall feat. Shelby Lynne
A very special rendition of “Christmas Must Be Tonight” recorded Live at Daryl’s House. I think this is a somewhat obscure Christmas song; perhaps in time Daryl Hall’s version will help it gain recognition, deservedly so!
Going down to Bethlehem, see the little son of man
Lying away in the manger, praise the Prince of Peace
Wheels start turning, fires start burning
Shine a light on the wise men journeying from the East.
[Chorus:]
How could a little baby boy, be bringing down so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
It must be Christmas, must be tonight
See the shepards on a hillside, looking up at the sky
On a cold winter night they hear the angel’s sing
In a dream I heard a voice, said fear not, come rejoice
It’s the end of the beginning, praise the new born King
Just a little baby boy, he’s brining us so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
It must be Christmas, must be tonight
[Chorus]
Then it came to pass, the child was born at last
Happened right before the star that shines on high
How could a little baby boy, be bringing down so much joy
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
It must be Christmas, must be tonight
[Chorus]
Must be tonight, it must be tonight
Christmas must be tonight
Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light
All right and it’s all right, Mary carried the holy light
The original recording by The Band (1977), written by Robbie Robertson.
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One Day Before Christmas Carol Countdown: Mary Did You Know? by Pentatonix
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Two Days Before Christmas Carol Countdown: Hallelujah by Jon Bon Jovi
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Five Days Before Christmas Carol Countdown ~ Happy Xmas (War is Over) by John Lennon
An eye for an eye, leaves the whole world blind ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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Six Days Before Christmas Carol Countdown: Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bruce Springsteen
Springsteen laughs throughout ~
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Seven Days Before Christmas Carol Countdown: Christmas Lights by Coldpaly
Beautifully filmed and beautifully choreographed ending ~
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Eight Days Before Christmas Carol Countdown: Mele Kalikimaka Ukelele Tutorial!
Rather than post the beautiful and familiar Bing Crosby rendition of “Mele Kalikimaka,” we have here a ukelele tutorial brought to you by Mele Fong from the shores of Hawaii!
To add to your Hawaiian Christmas experience, learn how to hula to “Mele Kalikimaka,” with this dance tutorial.
Another fun rendition ~
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Nine Days Before Christmas Carol Countdown ~ What Child Is This
Andrea Bocelli’s (featuring Mary J. Blige) stunning rendition of “What Child Is This” from Bocelli’s album Mi Navidad. The live recording is lovely, but if you have a moment, listen to the recording from the album ~ a true Christmas treasure.
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Ten Days Before Christmas Carol Countdown ~ It Must Be Santa by Bob Dylan
Thanks Bing McGilvray for submitting–reminds me of a Dropkick Murphy’s kind of Christmas!
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Eleven Days Before Christmas Carol Countdown ~ Oh Happy Day by Aretha Franklin and Mavis Staples
“Oh Happy Day,” sung by Aretha Franklin and Mavis Staples, is one of my favorite songs at Christmastime and it was a delight to discover this video of fantastic early footage of Aretha Franklin performing at Detroit’s New Bethel Baptist Church, the church founded by C.L. Franklin, Aretha’s father.
Please send us your suggestion of favorite holiday music. We would love to include in the Christmas Carol Countdown!
Mavis Staples will be performing at the Shalin Liu on February 20th!
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Twelve Days Before Christmas Carol Countdown ~ Christmas in Gloucester
Thank you Tim Perkins for sharing your favorite ~
Everett Harlow writes: “An original song by Paul “Sasquatch” Cohan celebrating America’s Oldest Seaport, Gloucester Massachusetts. Sasquatch covers the vocals and guitar, John Hicks plays mandolin and bass, and Ev Harlow did the video. Special thanks to Joey at Good Morning Gloucester for some of the images. Merry Christmas Cape Ann!”
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Send in Your Requests for the Twelve Days Before Christmas Carol Countdown!
Last year we featured a Christmas Carol Countdown, taking requests for GMG FOB’s favorite holiday tunes. I thought we’d do it again this year; it’s just not possible to hear too much holiday music! Please send us your favorites and we’ll post as many as we can. Looking forward to hearing all!
Countdown begins on Saturday night. Send requests to kimsmithdesigns@hotmail.com. Thank you.
Stevie Wonder’s “What Christmas Means to Me” is such fun and so upbeat. CeeLo does a version, too, which I’d never heard until this year. Which is your favorite?
Good Morning Gloucester 