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Favoriting December 22, 2014: Christmas Spectacular!

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Artist Track Approx. start time
AC/DC  Mistress For Christmas   Favoriting 0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Slade  Santa Claus Is Coming To Town   Favoriting 0:03:33 (Pop-up)
Esquivel!  Jingle Bells (Greetings from Esquivel!)   Favoriting 0:06:05 (Pop-up)
Aztec Camera  Hot Club Christmas   Favoriting 0:08:20 (Pop-up)
The Free Design  Close Your Mouth (It's Christmas)   Favoriting 0:10:01 (Pop-up)
Margo Guryan  I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You   Favoriting 0:12:03 (Pop-up)
Dean Martin  Baby It's Cold Outside   Favoriting 0:14:21 (Pop-up)
Power Records  Batman Christmas Carol Caper Part 2   Favoriting 0:16:38 (Pop-up)
Belle And Sebastian  Santa Claus   Favoriting 0:21:45 (Pop-up)
The Sonics  Don't Believe In Christmas   Favoriting 0:24:26 (Pop-up)
The Rolling Stones  Cosmic Christmas   Favoriting 0:26:07 (Pop-up)
The Limiñanas  Christmas   Favoriting 0:26:36 (Pop-up)
The Fall  Jingle Bell Rock   Favoriting 0:29:25 (Pop-up)
The Chills  Christmas Chimes   Favoriting 0:30:32 (Pop-up)
It Hugs Back  Dear Santa   Favoriting 0:33:32 (Pop-up)
Iggy Pop  White Christmas   Favoriting 0:35:39 (Pop-up)
The Magnetic Fields  Mr. Mistletoe   Favoriting 0:39:03 (Pop-up)
Marc Bolan & T. Rex  Christmas Jingle   Favoriting 0:41:59 (Pop-up)
Bob Runyon  Drew Holt Dreams While Vipers Pass And Neighbors Gossip   Favoriting 0:42:14 (Pop-up)
Mark Kozelek  Hark! The Herald Angels Sing   Favoriting 0:46:02 (Pop-up)
Mikado  Un Noel Ensoleille   Favoriting 0:48:06 (Pop-up)
The Dog Knots  Silent Night   Favoriting 0:52:25 (Pop-up)
 
Riff Raff And Kid Sister  Kris Krangle   Favoriting 0:59:43 (Pop-up)
69 Boyz And Quad City DJs  What I Want For Christmas   Favoriting 1:02:45 (Pop-up)
DJ Butch Reid  Not Your Grandpa's Christmas Mix (Excerpt)   Favoriting 1:06:56 (Pop-up)
The Waitresses  Christmas Wrapping   Favoriting 1:17:11 (Pop-up)
JD Twitch  Psylent Night   Favoriting 1:22:29 (Pop-up)
Carla And Linda  New Year's, 1959 (What We Got For Christmas)   Favoriting 1:25:18 (Pop-up)
Francis J. Lapitino  Christmas Hymns   Favoriting 1:26:20 (Pop-up)
Bob & Ray  Matinee with Bob & Ray from 12/22/1949 (Excerpt)   Favoriting 1:29:18 (Pop-up)
Bing Crosby  Silver Bells   Favoriting 1:32:47 (Pop-up)
Burl Ives  Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem   Favoriting 1:35:44 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash  I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day   Favoriting 1:37:46 (Pop-up)
John Zorn  Waiting For Christmas   Favoriting 1:40:18 (Pop-up)
Culturcide  Depressed Christmas   Favoriting 1:43:28 (Pop-up)
Herb Alpert  Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring   Favoriting 1:45:59 (Pop-up)
Dementia 13  Snow Is Falling   Favoriting 1:49:19 (Pop-up)
Mark Lanegan  The Cherry Tree Carol   Favoriting 1:52:47 (Pop-up)
 
Sam Ulano  The Story Of Santa Claus   Favoriting 2:01:05 (Pop-up)
James White  Christmas With Satan   Favoriting 2:03:08 (Pop-up)
Jeff St Pierre and Phillip Antoniades  Rubber Bell Rock   Favoriting 2:12:59 (Pop-up)
Thomascow  Cancel Christmas   Favoriting 2:14:49 (Pop-up)
Tor Lundvall  Yule Song   Favoriting 2:16:32 (Pop-up)
The Harlem Children's Chorus  Black Christmas   Favoriting 2:19:53 (Pop-up)
Otis Redding  Merry Christmas Baby (Take 1)   Favoriting 2:22:18 (Pop-up)
Secret Chiefs 3  I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus   Favoriting 2:24:50 (Pop-up)
The Business  Bollocks To Christmas   Favoriting 2:26:58 (Pop-up)
The Who  Christmas   Favoriting 2:30:00 (Pop-up)
Pink Floyd  The Christmas Song   Favoriting 2:33:20 (Pop-up)
Mae West  Santa Come Up and See Me   Favoriting 2:35:22 (Pop-up)
Vince Guaraldi Trio  Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal)   Favoriting 2:37:47 (Pop-up)
Wooden Shjips  O Tannenbaum   Favoriting 2:40:31 (Pop-up)
 
Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme  That Holiday Feeling   Favoriting 2:54:18 (Pop-up)
  Christmas Episode (Excerpt)   2:56:46 (Pop-up)
Esquivel!  Auld Lang Syne (Adios from Esquivel!)   Favoriting 2:57:56 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:02am
GeesyCreesy:

Morning, all. Happy Holidays.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:02am
Marcel M:

Morning Chris. Morning guys. I don't have to go to work today... Its a Christmas miracle!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:03am
Sem Chumbo:

hahah, AC/DC. Now that IS spectacular. Good morning, Chris, and all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:04am
common:

what was he getting at, there? hello chris and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:04am
Ken From Hyde Park:

This is indeed spectacular!
Avatar 9:05am
adrian in mpls:

SLADE!!!!!!
Avatar 9:05am
adrian in mpls:

...and, uh, good murnin
Avatar 9:06am
V Priceless:

Morning Chris and all! Slade for my birthday - YAY! I'm buying....cheers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:08am
SeanG:

Chevere!
Avatar 9:08am
adrian in mpls:

Equivel! noticed my boots!
Avatar 9:10am
Chris M.:

good morning and happy holydays to everyone!

happy bday, V Priceless!
Avatar ♥ 9:10am
PKNY:

I sure hope the AC/DC boys maintain proper emission control with their Christmas mistresses.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:10am
DCE:

morning, Happy Holidays, etc
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:11am
common:

happy happy vp!
Avatar 9:12am
V Priceless:

Thanks Chris M. & common! Love me some Free Design too! Woo!
Avatar 9:14am
adrian in mpls:

Happy birthday V Priceless!!
Avatar 9:15am
V Priceless:

cheers, adrian in mpls - thanx!
  9:15am
fxo:

happy holidays.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:16am
common:

this song always creeped me out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:21am
Marcel M:

@Common: Yeah its like a date rape song
Avatar 9:22am
V Priceless:

looks like Dr. John was in the right place at the wrong time! ; )
  9:26am
Stashu Claus:

Wah wee woo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:29am
SeanG:

fuzzy christmas time
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:29am
Greg from Bloomfield:

Happy Xmas, Chris! Happy Xmas, gang! Santa killed the video card on my computer, so I'm commenting on a 10-year old laptop.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:30am
Greg from Bloomfield:

MES!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:31am
common:

@marcel. yes. and hello!
Avatar 9:41am
Chris M.:

today's official playlist comments topic is: what do you want for christmas? you can also answer for other holy days, but please rephrase it as though you celebrate christmas.
Avatar 9:43am
Chris M.:

(santa actually listens to my show and he will be checking this comments page and he honestly doesn't care what holy day you celebrate as long as you specifically ask him for something.)
  9:43am
blee:

For Christmas, I would really enjoy a new wetsuit.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:44am
Ken From Hyde Park:

I'd like peace on earth and good will toward all. That and a new mountain bike!
  9:46am
blee:

Good idea Ken. If good will and peace go awry, you can pedal out to safety.
  9:47am
blee:

Hark!
Avatar 9:47am
bobdoesthings:

ahhhhh Xmas!!!
Avatar ♥ 9:49am
Jeezy:

Can't wait for the Hanukah segment...
  9:57am
blee:

Don't forget Winter Solstice for the pre-holiday pagans and naturalists.
  9:58am
KP:

Happy Krimble, Chris!
  9:58am
fredr:

Great show! Thanks for the Christmas ambience Chris!
  9:59am
KP:

Smells Like Christmas Spirit
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:00am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Tomorrow is Ye Olde Festivus. Be prepared to air your grievances.
Avatar 10:02am
Grok-o-matic:

Yes! Love me some Riff Raff.
  10:02am
blee:

Hizzapy Cray Cray Chreeesmahs.
Avatar ♥ 10:03am
βrian:

My, that orange soda looks appealing. Or orange pop, I should say.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:03am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Wasn't Riff Raff one of Underdog's arch-enemies?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:03am
SeanG:

Hey Hey Hey!
  10:04am
KP:

I Am the Eggnog
Avatar 10:05am
bobdoesthings:

oooophh.. this is too painful.
Avatar 10:06am
adrian in mpls:

Click! Brings back the memories of driving around in my escort listening to my Quad City DJs tape
Avatar 10:06am
Grok-o-matic:

Krispy Kreme!
Avatar ♥ 10:12am
βrian:

Cold Duck. Dear God.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:14am
Sem Chumbo:

Cold Duck, the Ur-gateway drug leading to 4Loko.
  10:15am
Stashu Claus:

You're killing it in the best way possible. Thank you Chris M!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:15am
Greg from Bloomfield:

My family did a names-in-a-hat thing, and everybody wrote down some of their interests to help their shopper out. Mine said "Greg: send money to WFMU."
Avatar 10:16am
Chris M.:

thanks Stashu Claus!
Avatar 10:19am
doca:

Hey, Chris M! Great Christmas show!
Avatar 10:21am
Chris M.:

thank you doca!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:22am
common:

love the waitresses
  10:22am
Stashu Claus:

I don't want anything this Christmas. I want to not want things :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:24am
SeanG:

love is the answer
Avatar 10:25am
Cecile:

hola!

I want to get drunk at the gay bar on Christmas Eve, and have dim sum for breakfast the day after. Everything is gravy. Also, I want to see my husband open up his Complete Batman Blu-Ray set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:26am
DCE:

wanting is a part of the human condition...it's getting control over it and not letting it control you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:26am
DCE:

this is so cute!
Avatar 10:26am
Cecile:

Also, do you have anything insane from the NRBQ Christmas record?
Avatar 10:27am
V Priceless:

I really want a Slade reunion in NYC for Christmas, or a Stranglers reunion, I'm not picky.
Avatar 10:28am
d¢ pät:

I want to not be able to sleep at night then get up to a blizzard and get GI Joes for Christmas....wait, I already did that.
Avatar 10:30am
d¢ pät:

there's 100 year old German music box under my Xmas tree that sounds a lot like this.
Avatar 10:31am
Cecile:

Also, do you have any version of Mele Kelekimakka floating around?
Avatar 10:31am
Chris M.:

@d¢ pät: that song was actually from almost 100 years ago! 1917
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:31am
Sem Chumbo:

Bob and Ray, excellent. Thanks, Chris.
Avatar 10:31am
Cecile:

ha, finnish Hawaiian.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:32am
Greg from Bloomfield:

NAILED IT, Stashu...that said, I do want a new camera...
Avatar 10:33am
Chris M.:

this is actually me singing but i was too shy to admit it so i put down Bing Crosby.
Avatar 10:35am
Cecile:

wow, you are talented, Chris.
Avatar 10:35am
d¢ pät:

My music box (my mom got it from her German grandma so it's probably older than 100 years) plays various German carols including Stille Nacht und O Tannenbaum...
Avatar 10:36am
Claw!:

Hey hey hey and ho ho ho!
Avatar 10:37am
adrian in mpls:

what do i want for xmas? no things.....just a low-simmering buzz all day long and karaoke that night!
Avatar 10:40am
Cecile:

Three words, Christmas in Hollis
Avatar 10:41am
d¢ pät:

John Zorn??
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:42am
common:

john zorn? never woulda thunk it.
Avatar 10:43am
Cecile:

it sounds like brain parasites got to him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:43am
common:

exactly dcp.
  10:43am
dennis diken:

digging the show Chris!
Avatar 10:43am
Claw!:

We need some Singing Dogs' "Jingle Bells" up in dis piece!
Avatar 10:44am
Cecile:

Or something obnoxious from a John Fahey Christmas album. A bar I knew would play them over and over to clear people out.
Avatar 10:44am
Chris M.:

thanks dennis!

@Claw!: played that last year but i'll play something like it
  10:44am
KP:

Is this our Chris
Avatar 10:45am
adrian in mpls:

wait, is this Bing Crosby?
Avatar ♥ 10:45am
PKNY:

Sounds like someone needs to turn that frown upside-down!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:46am
steveo:

i have much happiness for imaginary depresssed christmas
Avatar 10:46am
d¢ pät:

holy crap! the DB admin just gave me a bunch candied pecans. AMAZING!
Avatar 10:46am
Claw!:

Right on, Chris. I have complete confidence that you'll play just the right song.
Avatar 10:48am
Cecile:

this piece was played at my wedding on the church organ.
Avatar 10:48am
V Priceless:

been spinning the Herb Alpert Xmas record at the Priceless pad..
  10:50am
Mark:

Wow Cecile, I love the John Fahey Christmas album. I must be an idiot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:52am
Whosondephone:

Great show Chris. Some popular favorites and WFMU favorites of mine. Not to mention great songs I haven't herd. I appreciate it. Merry Christmas all!
Avatar 10:53am
d¢ pät:

roto-toms!!
Avatar 10:53am
Chris M.:

thanks whosondephone and steveo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:55am
Parq:

Enjoying the seasonal music very much. Is there anyone else who find the Cherry Tree Carol (the song itself, not this arrangement of it) a little creepy?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:56am
Stevel:

Parq: A little?
Avatar 10:56am
Cecile:

Mark, you are not. But listened to over and over and over and over, it can really set some people on edge. That is its power.

Parq, I think it's hilarious. She's saying, Joseph, don't be a dick. Pick me some damn cherries.
Avatar 10:57am
Cecile:

I love Mark Lanegan. I don't generally like this type of dark folk, but he has the pipe for it and picks interesting songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:58am
Greg from Bloomfield:

I keep expecting you to say Christmas SPOOKtacular...
Avatar ♥ 10:58am
Roberto:

Bob still kickin' 65 years later! 91 years young.
Avatar 11:03am
d¢ pät:

"chimaney"
Avatar 11:05am
Cecile:

wow, James White doing evil Mose Allison.
  11:05am
Mark:

I guess I never had to listen to John Fahey in perpetual rotation like that, Cecile. I worked on a TV commercial with "Paperback Writer" playing over and over and now I can't stand to listen to that, either.
Avatar 11:07am
d¢ pät:

WOOOO! JAMES WHITE
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:09am
Sem Chumbo:

Kickin' Santa's ass, all reindeer and elf ass. Love the White sound.
Avatar 11:10am
d¢ pät:

man, this tune doesn't sound like it's going to draw to a close any time soon...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:12am
DCE:

no, it does not
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:13am
rsj:

is this the red tape song guy?
Avatar 11:14am
Claw!:

Nice. Well played, Chris.
Avatar 11:15am
d¢ pät:

cracking me up in the office...why are rubber bands so funny??
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:19am
DCE:

Tor is good, I like Tor
  11:20am
Mark:

I never understood why Tor wasn't a big star like Slim Whitman.
Avatar 11:22am
d¢ pät:

www.visitgavle.se...
Avatar 11:23am
Cecile:

Tor is about 50 times more frightening than Slim, maybe?
Avatar ♥ 11:24am
PKNY:

"feel mighty fine, y'all, I've got music on my radio"

GOTDAMN RIGHT, OTIS!
  11:24am
Mark:

Oh.
Avatar 11:25am
Joe B:

Bob and Ray finally got me in the Christmas spirit!
Avatar 11:26am
Cecile:

those multiple deaths in his song kind of deflate the Christmas buzz. JMHO, YMMV,
Avatar 11:27am
Chris M.:

@Joe B: i'm so glad to hear it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:28am
Mike East:

this really is a spectacular xmas show, Chris. Good morning and good job.
Avatar 11:28am
Chris M.:

thanks, Mike East!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:29am
SeanG:

BOLLOCKS!
Avatar 11:29am
Claw!:

Damn, Chris. Killer Xmas jamzz.
Avatar 11:31am
Claw!:

I've now got a hankerin' for "Grandpa's Last Christmas."
  11:31am
KP:

Yeah!
Avatar 11:31am
d¢ pät:

YEAH! one of my fave Xmas tunes, the WHO!!
Avatar 11:32am
V Priceless:

'oo!
  11:32am
paul:

This sounds different from the Tommy version.
Avatar 11:33am
Chris M.:

@paul this is from Live at Hull 1970
@Claw! glad you're enjoying it
Avatar 11:33am
d¢ pät:

it's missing the HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA part.
  11:34am
paul:

I miss the hahahaha part.
  11:36am
paul:

Great selection of tunes, Chris.
Avatar 11:36am
d¢ pät:

wow. never heard the PF tune...gulp...
Avatar 11:37am
adrian in mpls:

ooooooo Mae!
  11:37am
Mark:

Wow Mae West, I didn't realize she had dementia at the end...
Avatar 11:37am
Claw!:

Mae West is going to fuck Santa, you guys.
  11:38am
jack:

she's a ho ho ho
Avatar 11:38am
d¢ pät:

sounds like it...
Avatar 11:39am
V Priceless:

I'm a sucker for the Charlie Brown Xmas record!
Avatar 11:39am
adrian in mpls:

@Claw! - that comment just made me laugh waaaaay too loud for the office
Avatar 11:40am
Chris M.:

@Claw! wins comment of the day
Avatar 11:43am
Claw!:

*drops mic*
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:44am
Marcel M:

hahahhahah
Avatar 11:46am
Cecile:

I thought it was Lena Horne on a ventilator for about three seconds.
Avatar 11:48am
d¢ pät:

I knew if I went to get coffee and stopped off at the bathroom, when I got back this Shjips tune would still be going...
Avatar 11:48am
Claw!:

This version of O Tannenbaum is brilliant, tho. I really dig Wooden Shjips. :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:49am
Guido from Cologne:

Best version ever!
  11:49am
jack:

three card monte coming up :)
Avatar 11:53am
V Priceless:

Great program, Chris M.! Thanks and have a Very Merry!
Avatar 11:53am
Cecile:

ooh! Micah's show is really cool. And scary.
Avatar 11:54am
d¢ pät:

I have to go eat Amsterdam Falafel. Thanks for the tunes Chris M. I feel better now.
Avatar 11:55am
Claw!:

Thanks for the awesome Crimbus special, Chris! Very nicely done.
Avatar 11:56am
Chris M.:

thanks everybody! mistletoe-ing outta here!
Avatar 11:56am
Grok-o-matic:

You're killin' it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56am
Marcel M:

Thanks Chris Merry Christmas!
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