I don't want to hear Christmas music. If I hear 'Angels We Have Heard On High' one more time, somebody's gonna get it. That seemed to be the 'safe for the whole family' song for last year. They played it every hour at least once.
So, this year I set out to write and find some decent... NEW... Christmas music. I can see why rock bands don't invest much time in Christmas music: it takes a lot of time and effort to write a good song. Why 'waste' that time and effort on seasonal music? I challenge all you artists out there: write some new Christmas tunes!! Something we can use for worship, too. No more sappy, sentimental junk like 'The Christmas Shoes' and 'Mary Did You Know?'
The stuff that I've written isn't quite ready. It'll be ready next year. For this year, here's a few tunes to help de-scrooge you:
"Heaven's Got a Baby" (OC Supertones)
"The Glory of it All" (David Crowder*Band -- not actually a Christmas song, but it works as one)
"What I Want for Christmas" (Big Tent Revival)
"Who You Are" (Smalltown Poets)
"Deliver Us" (Derek Webb)
"Angels Sing" (Inhabited)
"Christmas In My Heart" (By The Tree)
"While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" (Andrew Peterson)
"Christ is Come" (Big Daddy Weave)
"All Because of You" (Kate Hurley)
Got any other suggestions??
FWIW, most of the above songs are found on the 'Absolute Favorite Christmas' CD (http://www.independentbands.com/cd/absolute/absolutefavoritechristmas.html). The DC*B song is on the Remedy CD.
[Origionally posted on my Myspace on 2008-11-20]
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