Favorite versions of holiday songs

[ChrisLong]

IT'S THE GUITAR BALLLLLLEEEETTTTTT

Great song but "When The Crowds Are Gone" was their masterpiece.

Wow. I knew none of this, never heard of Savatage. Wiki has a very lengthy entry on them. Stayed up past my bedtime last night checking it out. Thanks for the into. BYH.

 

[Slacker]

Jennifer Cella sidejack: Even when the sound quality sucks,
she makes a cheesy '80s hit LOOK good ... ... ... darn good!

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

Wife loves Christmas music, mostly Der Bingle and Sinatra. I got some relief when I introduced her to "Quality Street," Nick Lowe's excellent Christmas album. I tried but failed to get her into the treasury of doo-wop Christmas tunes.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Wow. I knew none of this, never heard of Savatage. Wiki has a very lengthy entry on them. Stayed up past my bedtime last night checking it out. Thanks for the into. BYH.

That's me, the king of useless information! And a shoutout to @DanielSimpsonDay for augmenting his info with a video.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

An atheist's favorite Christmas tune;

 

[Roscablo]

As awesome as it is it owes more than a little (something I'm sure Springsteen would acknowledge) to the Crystals' seismic reworking of it on Phil Spector's Christmas album.

I can hear it. Pretty cool.

 

[bigpern23]

Does this count?

 

[Twirling Time]

What's the closest comp to Savatage? Queensryche perhaps?

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Of their contemporaries (and in order). probably Shadow Gallery, Crimson Glory, Virgin Steele, and some Fates Warning on their Perfect Symmetry and Parallels albums.

If you like TSO, try everything from Gutter Ballet onward. You might not like half of Edge of Thorns as it's an updated take on the the more traditional metal they did on Sirens through Hall of The Mountain King.

 

[bigpern23]

Bruce Springsteen's Santa Claus is Coming to Town.

Hard to argue with this one.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

John Mellencamp's "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus."

 

[Slacker]

John Mellencamp's "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus."

One of my favorite feel-good Christmas videos.
Recorded during a sound check, wasn't it?