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You can get a ton of free Christmas music thanks to Suburban Sprawl's downloads of their Christmas albums going back to 2002.
Also, check the fun holiday stuff at Check the cool wax for some hilarious and weird finds, like a Christmas album from some of your favorite super heroes.
FaLaLaLaLa is great resource for classics on vinyl. And it's educational, too. This essay on the history of "Baby, it's Cold Outside" was really interesting and it boasts a collection of 14 versions of the song.
Here in central Illinois we've entered that transitional period between lovely, sunny fall days and freezing cold, blustery winter. Currently it is gray, raining and in the 40s. It pretty much makes me want to stick my head in a bucket and just have someone gently tap me on the shoulder when spring arrives.
To while away the hours, my friend Mollie and I made playlists for our funerals. Some people get their wills in order or decide what will happen to their kids or pets - we make sure the right music is selected. But really, it's a load off my mind to know if I go tomorrow no one will be playing Wind Beneath My Wings.
Here is my list (in no particular order - just put it on shuffle and let the tears flow):
In This Heart, Sinead O'Connor When It's Cold I'd Like to Die, Moby Sleeping With the Lights On, Teitur Casimir Pulaski Day, Sufjan Stevens World Waits for You, Son Volt Wait, Sarah McLachlan Hard Way To Fall, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Nightswimming, REM The Obvious Child, Paul Simon In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel This Year, The Mountain Goats Float On, Modest Mouse Such Great Heights, Iron & Wine Perfect Day, Lou Reed Explain It To Me, Liz Phair Thank You, Led Zeppelin River, Joni Mitchell Amen, Jolie Holland Smile, The Jayhawks Fire and Rain, James Taylor Naked As We Came, Iron & Wine Next Exit, Interpol Fare Thee Well, Indigo Girls Do You Realize?, The Flaming Lips Get Me, Dinosaur Jr. We're Leaving, DeVotchKa Anchor, Devendra Banhart Sons And Daughters, The Decemberists Everything's Not Lost, Coldplay Lived in Bars, Cat Power Forever Young, Bob Dylan Breathe Me, Sia (a sentimental pick thanks to Six Feet Under) Sovay, Andrew Bird Heartbeats, Jose Gonzales Let it Be, The Beatles
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I'd like to add
Stardust - Artie Shaw & Orchestra What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love And Understanding - Elvis Costello I Can't Be Myself - Merle Haggard Fools Rush In - Brooke Benton Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson Sin City - Flying Burrito Brothers
Wow...what a great list to be whisked away to the afterlife with! Excellent selections ;-)
I thought I was weird for picking out my funeral song(Jeff Buckley's version of Satisfied Mind)...but I guess I really should have an entire list, I don't want to bore anyone with one song repeating over and over again!
And I like the idea of some more upbeat songs like 'Float On'...have you seen Love Actually? I love the funeral scene for Liam Neeson's wife...her memorial tune was Bye,Bye Baby by the Bay City Rollers...perfect!!
You know - I realized as I was doing it that it can go a couple ways. You can put songs on there that you really love, which would make a good funeral mix, or you can go for the songs about death, loss, moving on, etc. which is what I did. I really want people going through the kleenex.
I was an iPod ad last year, my friend Daphne was Steve Jobs and her husband was a nano. This year I am doing something decidedly low-maintenance.
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My favorite Christmas song ever is Scott Allen's "Winter's Wonderland" from those Suburban Sprawl comps ... Good stuff.
I'm normally a Scrooge-ish asshole when it comes to holiday music, but I love the reverb-filled stocking offered by "A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector" and Vince Guaraldi's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" soundtrack.