Christmas Music Meme

Top 5 On Friday - Week 203
From The Music Memoirs

Top 5 Non-Traditional Christmas Songs

» "Chiron Beta Prime" by Jonathan Coulton
"Merry Chistmas
From Chiron Beta Prime
Where we're working in a mine
For our robot overlords
Did I say 'Overlords'?
I meant 'Protectors'...."
For the rest of the lyrics, click here.

» "A Christmas Carol" by Tom Lehrer
Really the only song that celebrates the True Spirit of Christmas, at least as we celebrate it here in America: the Commercial Spirit of Christmas.
Again, click here for lyrics.

» "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" by Gary Hoey
If any Christmas song ever cried out for a growling, screaming electric guitar treatment, this is the one. Great fun.

» "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" by Kitaro
What would a Japanese composer and pioneer of the New Age music movement know about Christmas? Nothing, maybe, but he sure knows his Bach. This is one of the most beautiful arrangements of an already beautiful piece.

» "O Come All Ye Faithful/O Holy Night" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Sure, it gets overplayed every year now, but it's still a great piece. You wouldn't think a hard rock group like Savatage (the forerunner of TSO) would be able to make pleasant-sounding Christmas music, but they do.