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December 19, 2005
If I were a Personal Friend of Colin Meloy, I would...
The Christmas cover album seems to be some sort of weird rite of passage in the recording industry: release at least two full length albums on a major record, then pause for a quick Christmas album. Most of my favorite arists and groups, however, seemed to have missed this, and, really, that's okay.
But, if I were to have a slew of them at my creative disposal, I would have, in short order:
A Nickel Creek cover of "Tennessee Christmas"
U2 singing "Angels We Have Heard on High," just to hear what Bono would do with the "glo---rias."
A Darkness cover of "O Holy Night."
Joss Stone singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside"...with whoever she wanted to.
Innocence Mission covering "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear."
Out of peverse curiousity, I would have Radiohead try their hand at "What Child is This?"
Jack Johnson would, of course, give me a local twist on "I'll Be Home for Christmas."
Sufjan... oh wait, he already did three volumes.
And, of course, a fifteen-minute The Decemberists ballad recounting the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future.
It would be fabulous.
Culture, Yo | By elissa | 04:39 PM
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You forgot my favorite: Ice Cube and Eazy-E on "Twas the Night Before Christmas".
I'm still running through the possibilities of that one.
Posted by: Noel at December 20, 2005 03:22 PM
