No one does Christmas like WFMU, and they've always made my holidays all the better. I hope, and thank you, if you listen your Christmas will be more complete as mine has over the years.
All MP3 and RealAudio links are streaming links from the WFMU archives.
Rock And Roll
The Campbell Brothers - "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" RealAudio from Ken's show
Doomtree - "White Christmas" RealAudio from Pat Duncan's show
Die Roten Rosen - "Come All Ye Faithful" RealAudio from Pat Duncan's show
International
Petty Booka - "Rudolph The Red-Nose Reindeer (Japanese Version)" RealAudio from HotRod's show
Bernie Witkowski & His Silver Bell Orchestra - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" RealAudio from Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Experimental
Klaus Nomi - "Silent Night" RealAudio from This Is the Modern World with Trouble
Jingle Cats - "Little Drummer Boy" RealAudio from Ken's show
Dance
Brave Combo - "Oh Hannukkah" RealAudio from Zzzzzzero Hour with Bill Mac (filling in for Evan Muse)
The Jingle Cats - "Oh Holy Night" RealAudio from Ken's show
Humor
Tom Smith - "12 Days of Star Wars" RealAudio from Zzzzzzero Hour with Bill Mac (filling in for Evan Muse)
Instrumental
Gloria Parker & Her Singing Glasses - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" RealAudio from Ken's show
Fave Songs of the Week
Alan Mann Band - "Christmas On the Block" RealAudio from Zzzzzzero Hour with Bill Mac (filling in for Evan Muse)
Vashti Bunyan - "Coldest Night of the Year" RealAudio from Choking On Cufflinks with Michael Goodstein
Les Baxter - "Santa Claus' Party" RealAudio from Michael Shelley's show
Jump the flip for old Christmas favorites from the archives, and my favorite releases from 2007
Here's some of my favorite Christmas and Hanukkah music played over the years on WFMU. I do put some of these on at family get togethers to the bafflement and horror of relatives (that's to say if I'm invited).
(Click any link to stream a song from the WFMU archives in RealAudio)
Star Wars Christmas album - "R2D2, We Wish You A Merry Christmas" from Mark Allen's show, December 17, 2005
The Kezmonauts - "Deck the Halls" from Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall Change, December 19, 2003
Corporal Blossom - "The Little Drummer Boy" from Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall Change, December 22, 2002
Gonzales - "Return of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall Change, December 25, 2001
Coldcut - "Coldcut's Christmas Break" from Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall Change, December 25, 2001
Detskorgsekalf - "Black XMas" from Brian Turner's show, December 20, 2005
Milton Delugg & The Little Eskimos - "Hooray for Santa Claus" from Three Corde Monte with Joe Belock's show, December 20, 2005
The Fluffy Kittens - "Hooray For Santa Claus" from Greasy Kid Stuff, December 22, 2001
Jerry Lewis - "I've Had A Very Merry Christmas", from Michael Shelley's show, December 23, 2006
Lola Dutronic - "XMas Without Snow" from This Is the Modern World with Trouble, December 22, 2005
The Three Wiessman - "Schlepp the Halls with Loaves of Hollah" from Greasy Kid Stuff, December 23, 2000
Brave Combo - "Must Be Santa" from Greasy Kid Stuff, December 23, 2000
Brave Combo - "Hey, Little Dreidel" from Greasy Kid Stuff, December 24, 2005
unknown - "We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Chinese)" from Greasy Kid Stuff, December 22, 2001
unknown - "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Chinese)" from Greasy Kid Stuff, December 20, 2003
The Kabalas - "Snow Miser / Heat Miser" from Greasy Kid Stuff, December 22, 2001
The Kabalas - "I Have A Little Dreidel / Chanukah Oy Chanukah" from Greasy Kid Stuff, December 20, 2003
WFMU Archive Picks of the Year 2007
One thing I never thought I'd see is Yoko Ono appearing on my picks of the year. And isn't it great what Trent Reznor can do when he takes a break from being high? There's not really a particular reason why these songs ended up as my faves of the year, other than they lifted my spirits immensely, and that's reason enough for a lot of praise. If you were paying attention, all of these were culled from my posts over the year.
(Click any link to stream a song from the WFMU archives in RealAudio)
Plastic Little - "Get Close" Crambodia (12" ep)
Yoko Ono - "Toyboat (with Antony & Hahn Rowe)" from Yes, I'm A Witch
Tartit - "Houmeissa" from Abacabok
Zofka - "Chapeau Claque" from Bikini
Coco Rosie - "Animals" from The Adventures of Ghosthorse And Stillborn
Vomit Orchestra - "Stigmatized in Reverie" from Antecrux
Gia Din (Ba Pho) - "Ve Voi Anh" from Que Hurong
Nine Inch Nails - "In This Twilight / Zero Sum" from Year Zero
Hannu - "Haapavesi" from Worms In My Piano
Pam Leeson - "The Wishing Machine" from V/A: Constellation of Luminous Details
I, Ludicrous - "We're The Support Band" from 20 Years In Show Business
Apparat - "Not A Number" from Walls
Jozef Van Wissem - "All Day Within the Dreamy House..." from Stations of the Cross
Serpents of Wisdom - "Mine Eyes" s/t
The Tuss - "Last Rushup 10" from Rushup Edge
Shitmat - "'94 Abyss" from Grooverider
Eroc - "Kleine Eva" s/t
Krista Muir - "Concrete Love Song" from Leave Alight
Yelle - "Les Femmes" from Pop-Up
Alejandro Franov - "Nyamaropa" from Khali
White Magic - "Shine On Heaven" from Dark Stars
Common - "The People" from Finding Forever
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