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Topic: Offbeat Christmas Songs

No irreverence intended, but I am always seeking new and interesting songs to sing at Christmas.
I love the traditional standards ( O Holy Night is my favorite). But when I find myself picking and grinning at a marina full of sailors pounding beers,
"Silent Night" and "Deck the Halls" don't seem to cut it. Yes, you can occasionally throw in a old favorite from the traditional list, but something new and different is needed to hold a crowd.
I have come up with "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" http://www.links2love.com/christmas-son … otamus.htm
Also Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas From the Family" is a big hit with jaded sailors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6owbYgcA … mp;index=6
I would like to hear what you guys have come up with for a Christmas music changeup.
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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Hi toots. I don't know if this is what your looking for. It's an oldy we used to listen to every year. big_smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8SqY9crHA8

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Look under "SONGS" and check out HOTEL CAN'T AFFORD YA. It's HOTEL CALIFORNIA with the Christmas Story for Lyrics.

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

KAP54, that is a wonderful bit of treasure from the past. Great! Thanks, I am old enough to remember Gabriel Heater on the radio. roll
Deadstring, I'm looking that one up now. I have already the bassline (on tuba) and guitar chords down on that one. Cool!
I really appreciate it,sir.
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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

tubs,

I quite enjoy doing silent night, you can crank it up a bit so it is not the normal slow depressing song.

I also like to do a few others.

I wish it could be xmas everyday.           wizard
merry christmas everyone...................slade
christmas in prison..............................john prine
winter wonderland................................no idea

and i canny leave out

Fairytale of new york by the pogues, the best ever christmas song ever to be released without a doubt.


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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

tubatooter1940 wrote:

KAP54, that is a wonderful bit of treasure from the past. Great! Thanks, I am old enough to remember Gabriel Heater on the radio. roll
Deadstring, I'm looking that one up now. I have already the bassline (on tuba) and guitar chords down on that one. Cool!
I really appreciate it,sir.
toots

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Here's an old one Tuba,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVrpg3D0 … =rec-HM-r2

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

and





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGL1pHEWBXg





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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Wj2CjM1E8

Nice one fatstrings, never heard that one before. Thank You.

Pearl jams, Wishlist is a fab song. Eddie Vedders voice for me is the berries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr3H1UQcrYs

This one is truly beautiful, but with a rowdy crowd ???.

Jerry Lynch, Christmas 1915. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT0ysO58KXE

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Not exactly a Christmas tune but it's turned into a holiday classic  (sort of)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrd9p47M … re=related It's fun to play and belt out smile After a few, this is fun to play for thanksgiving...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z27FKwu … re=related Get's lots of laughs!

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

How 'bout -

"Ghost Reindeer in the sky" - played to the tune of Ghost Riders in the Sky.

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

You guys rock. This is so cool.
Thank you all.
Old Doll, dear Ms. Lena, Your Christmas 1915 vid is what we in the Southern U.S. call a tear jerker.
It brought a tear to my eye. A song like that can work amidst a series of funny songs and can bring a rowdy crowd up short and have 'em crying in their beer. But you better follow it up with another silly sing before they rush the stage.

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Here's one more Toots,

Drunken Santa,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKdYTOKvt1k

I was just working on the Drunken Sailor song and gonna change to Drunken Santa and checked Youtube to see if anyone had done it and come across this one.

Later, Wayne P

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14 Reply by tubatooter1940 (edited by tubatooter1940 2009-11-22 13:41:57)

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

That was a great one, Wayne. Never heard that one before. Loved it.
Your post got me thinking about the same song John Reno and I recorded on his "Magic Chair" C.D. called "What Will We Do With a Drunken Sailor"

http://johnreno.com/audio/JOHN_RENO_THE … Sailor.mp3 (Trop rock version)
Here is the Irish Rover's version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGyPuey-1Jw

(chords are E minor and D)

I also was contemplating substituting "Drunken Santa" instead of "Drunken Sailor".
I bet it will work. What think you?
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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Alot of folks love to raise their mugs or glasses and have fun with that one. I thought it would be cool with a Santa twist .

I like to take a song and give it a Weird Al Yankovic  twist.

Here's one I am making a video on soon, a few lyrics that I wrote about an old gal that like to party too much. She was quite a lot older than alot of the boys she partied with. She had an accident in her white hot  pants one night at a beach party as we were singing and dancing around the fire. About 30 years ago

First verse

I knew a gal named Dee Dee and she'd dance for you, Around the Fire
She did her dance, ya she  S&#T her pants and she danced some more round the fire
She let one rip, ya she let one slip, ya she pooped her pants. Them white hot pants

Chorus
Miss Dee Dee , Miss Dee Dee
Pooped her Pants

You can probably figured out the melody I used from another song smile

The names have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty smile

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16 Reply by marcalan (edited by marcalan 2009-11-22 15:33:00)

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

try this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO4EqxK- … re=related

looks like Badeye beat me to it

I thought ; If I had one idea,
and took it from beginning to end.
I would try another.

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Try an old Buck Owens tune Santa Looks alot like Daddy....

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Hi tubatooter,

Dave Matthews has a really nice one he does with Tim Reynolds. It's called "Christmas Song". Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbdylEE-0e4

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http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea … d=24288677
CHEECH& CHONG

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Wlbaye, you are refering to a parody of "Mister Bojangles" with a Weird Al Yankovic twist. Interesting.
duxrus, Buck Owens? Take me back. I remember that one. Cool!
mrjay, Thanks for the Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds. Fine tune and new to me.
deadstring, I'm a Cheech and Chong fan too. You heard they recently got back together - white hair and all.
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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

This is so bad it's almost good:


http://www.youtube.com/meowychristmas

Leon Redbone plus sign language (music starts at 0.27)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3LmvvOSwKM

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22 Reply by Old Doll (edited by Old Doll 2009-11-25 08:00:12)

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Thanks toots,

My dogs are tear-assing around the room here looking for the cats.
Hahahahahahahhahaha, hilarious  to see. Me thinks my dogs dont like cats :lo:

Love the signing video as we do have a profoundly deaf family member.
That is  a sweet video.

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Ps Was this one mentioned ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THcbQyFtCqg

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Dear Old Doll,
"Driving Home for Christmas" is a great song you honored us with. New to me as well.
I saw Chris Rea at the New Orleans jazz festival.
He has a manly man voice. I would give a bunch to sound like that.

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Tubatooter,

Im not suggesting you should perform this one, but its soooooooo funny to listen to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsZGhJih5qI

This ones an Irish one always played on the radio at christmas time. I to find this hilarious .
You may have a problem with the  west of Ireland accent in this. Its also funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJoXCwkPVi8

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Re: Offbeat Christmas Songs

Dr. Demento a well known radio personality in the US, has a couple of collections of off beat xmas songs you could check out.

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