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It's that time of the year....for Billy Idol's X'mas CD

post #1 of 19
11/6/06 at 1:12pm
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In the tradition of Nat "King" Cole and Bing Crosby....



Tracks include all of you holiday favorites....
Frosty the Snowman
Silver Bells
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas Baby
White Christmas
Here Comes Santa Claus
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Let It Snow
Winter Wonderland
Run Rudolph Run
Blue Christmas
Jingle Bell Rock
Christmas Love
Oh Christmas Tree
Silent Night
Auld Lang Syne

Check it out on Billy's official website. Hmmmm....I wonder if "White Christmas" will be done in a style like "White Wedding"??
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post #2 of 19
11/6/06 at 4:07pm

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oh man, make it stop
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post #3 of 19
11/7/06 at 7:28am

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Hey, I would like to hear this but I don't have a clue what he thinks he is doing.

Chris
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post #4 of 19
11/7/06 at 8:21am

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I'm sure this well be no "Twisted sister - A Twisted Christmas".

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post #5 of 19
11/25/06 at 5:32pm

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I wonder if "White Christmas" will be done in a style like "White Wedding"??
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I'm sure this well be no "Twisted Sister - A Twisted Christmas".

How ironic...I picked up Twisted Sister's CD yesterday, and lo andd behold, IT IS A LOT OF FUN! No, really! But the big irony in those two statements is that Sister sings "O Come All Ye Faithful" to the tune and rythym of "We're not Gonna Take it", and it actually works.

Twisted Christmas is a MUST BUY for the holiday season.
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post #6 of 19
11/25/06 at 7:38pm

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I was just about to make a joke abou the Twisted Sister Christmas album too.... then again, I'm assuming every song on it has to sound like "We're Not Gonna Take It."
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post #7 of 19
11/25/06 at 11:34pm

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In the midnight hour
He cried, "HO, HO, HO!"
With a rebel yell
He cried, "HO, HO, HO!
"HO, HO, HO!"
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post #8 of 19
11/26/06 at 9:50am

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post #9 of 19
11/26/06 at 8:35pm

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Brian, I am pretty sure that every song on there is the traditinal lyrics, except for "Heavy Metal Christmas", which is a semi-spoof of "The 12 Days of Christmas". To be sure, none of the songs on this album have had such bitchin' guitar solos before!
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post #10 of 19
12/11/06 at 9:22pm

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Originally Posted by Danny Tse
In the tradition of Nat "King" Cole and Bing Crosby....

I knew I would end up with this. I have an extensive collection of Christmas music and embrace all sorts of seasonal recordings...from the traditional to the oddball. This actually turned out to fall more under the category of "traditional".

I picked it up for $10 at Best Buy the other day. It's pretty good! It's got a little bit of everything on it...from hymns to a jazzy interpretation of O Christmas Tree...to that rock 'n roll classic Run, Run Rudolph! The Auld Lang Syne is acapella!

Billy's British accent is front and center...which makes it fun, too. There is more than a passing resemblance between his accent and Ringo Starr's. Vocal stylings are completely different, of course. But, it's well-produced and doesn't try to be more than it is.

From his liner notes:

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Dear Friends,

Before our 2006 European Tour, I recorded a number of seasonal songs.

Whenever I am hosting Christmas at my house, I am the designated music provider. After ten or more years of doing that, I decided to add my voice to the selections we all have.

A tree-trimming, fireside, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, intimate album was the result (although I do believe if you turn it up, you could party to it) most probably essential at Christmas, is that the music, is in the spirit, knowing that family, friends, and children might be listening. I wanted a selection that would please all, while still exploring the awe and mystery that is Christmas.

The grammar of the last paragraph has been left intact...part of its charm.

Greg: I laughed out loud at your lyrics to "Rebel Yell".
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post #11 of 19
12/12/06 at 1:37am
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So this is available at Best Buy? Hmmm....must resist
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post #12 of 19
12/12/06 at 6:07am

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Originally Posted by Danny Tse
So this is available at Best Buy? Hmmm....must resist

Just ask the nice young man in the blue shirt where their Christmas music is...
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post #13 of 19
12/13/06 at 10:33am

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
Just ask the nice young man in the blue shirt where their Christmas music is...
"I don't know that, but I would like to point out that I don't work on commission, so please feel free to ask me for anything else with which I may or may not be able to help."

I received the CD as a semi-gag birthday gift from my brother. It's amusing because it's Billy Idol doing something so square, straight, and earnest, but production-wise, it sounds like a collection of carefully recorded demos. The only outright disaster is his take on "Merry Christmas, Baby" which for some reason uses an arrangement that just sucks all of the blues right out of the song and turns it into something tepid. That was actually one of the songs I thought he would have an easier time fitting into his established style.

Regards,
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post #14 of 19
12/13/06 at 10:51am

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As soon as Merry Christmas, Baby started...I clicked the "next track" button!

Bring on the great Charles Brown...and accept no substitutes!

A quick "Merry Christmas, Baby" story. I am forever playing Christmas music in my car around the holidays. When my daughter was young (maybe 5 or 6 years old), one day we were driving around and I found her singing along to the music--a not-unusual circumstance. But it did sound strange when I realized that coming out of her little voice was the lyric: "But I'm all lit up...like a Christmas tree."! Classic.
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post #15 of 19
12/13/06 at 2:52pm

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FYI Aimee Mann has a Christmas album out too:
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinf...=7280571&BAB=M
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post #16 of 19
12/14/06 at 5:34am

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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Billy Idol's rendition of Jingle Bell Rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_5R1UiaO0U

And for you Twisted Sister fans out there, the video for We're Not Gonna...er, I mean Oh Come All Ye Faithful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De47fjH6RKY

Personally, I think they should have had Neidermeyer dress up like Santa Claus - "Is that a Twis-ted SIS-TER ornament on your Christmas TREE?!"

My keyboard and monitor will forever have coffee in all kinds of strange nooks and crannies thanks to that Billy Idol video.
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post #17 of 19
12/14/06 at 5:40am

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Bring on the great Charles Brown...and accept no substitutes!



Couldn't resist.
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post #18 of 19
12/14/06 at 6:25am

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Originally Posted by Patrick.C
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Billy Idol's rendition of Jingle Bell Rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_5R1UiaO0U

And for you Twisted Sister fans out there, the video for We're Not Gonna...er, I mean Oh Come All Ye Faithful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De47fjH6RKY

Personally, I think they should have had Neidermeyer dress up like Santa Claus - "Is that a Twis-ted SIS-TER ornament on your Christmas TREE?!"

My keyboard and monitor will forever have coffee in all kinds of strange nooks and crannies thanks to that Billy Idol video.

Nice!
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post #19 of 19
12/29/06 at 1:02am
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Re: It's that time of the year....for Billy Idol's X'mas CD

Billy Idol's X'mas CD is now $7.50 at your local Best Buy. Picked it up today.
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