Flavorwire posted "11 Criminally Underrated Songs." It is a pretty amazing list (the first two songs on this list come from there). This is my list of awesome songs. It is naturally better.
01) Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree ~ the Magnetic Fields [video]
- Best line: "Stop mumbling and cheer up/Put down the book, pick beer up." It is followed later by "If they don't like you, screw them." I love this song.
02) Pretty Paper ~ Willie Nelson [video]
- Bittersweet Christmas song that will put teardrops in your eyes.
03) Fairytale of New York ~ the Pogues [video]
- This song is amazing. If you need a hopeful bittersweet irish ballad for the holidays- this is your song.
04) Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy ~ Jack Black & Jason Segel [video]
- Bing Crosby and David Bowie did this duet originally. The link is to the Jack Black/ Jason Segel version because I love Jason Segel. Viscerally. Also- the beginning is better than the strange banter David Bowie and Bing Crosby had (Jason Segel: "I was just at home, making gingerbread, fretting about war and hatred...")
05) Christmas TV ~ Slow Club [video]
- Happy little hipster Christmas song. Its basically a song about wanting someone to cuddle. If you don't get all verklempt on "you pulled me out of the dark into the light"- the last part is both of them repeatedly asking their love to "just come on home"... to cuddle... for Christmas.
06) Christmas in Hollis ~ Run DMC [video]
- One of my friends said this only made the list because of my recent obsession with Run-DMC's "Tricky." They are not wrong (no apologies!).
07) A Christmas Together [Album] ~ John Denver & the Muppets
- Everything on this album is amazing. This CD might be enjoying a lot more playtime due to the "Muppet Movie" coming out- but it has been a Christmas staple in my house for years. I tend to gravitate to the more solemn songs (The Peace Carol,When the River Meets the Sea, Christmas Eve, 1913, and Christmas Wish) but there are nice festive songs too. *Bonus- Muppets singing "It's In Everyone of Us"
08) Much Worse Things To Believe In ~ Stephen Colbert & Elvis Costello
- It was between this song and "What's So Funny (About Peace, Love, and Understanding). Both have made their way into my Christmas playlist.
09) Winter Song ~ Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson [video]
-Alright, this might be being played on repeat in some places (I wouldn't know- I refuse to go shopping). Whatever. I like it.
10) Theme from "The Snowman"/ Walking in the Air ~ Howard Blake [video]
- Channels hemorrhage Christmas specials come December and most are just awful insipid tales of banality. This amazing (and beautiful) little short often gets forgotten. Is there a christmas tune more beautiful and haunting? I submit that there is not!
*Spiderman photo at the top is from Ty Templeton's ART LAND! I got it off his "Top 7 Homicidal Santa Comics." My second favorite one is the Iron Man one... (Ho-Ho-Homicide!)
