Oh No
I’ve been looking for good music for the Christmas holiday. Christmas music is not always easy to find. Guess what I accidentally stumbled across? The Regis Philbin Christmas Album. Whaaaat? Given the musical careers of Hillary Duff and Lindsay Lohan, I should not be surprised that one only needs achievements in acting in order to record tremendously average music. Listening to the samples of this album was not a pleasant experience: imagine impeccable production mixed with the most stunningly mediocre, digitally corrected ‘singing’ you have ever heard. One review:
This album is what it is. And what it is, is Regis Philbin singing Christmas songs. REGIS PHILBIN. SINGING CHRISTMAS SONGS.
Shaking that bomb of an album off, we move on to the best Christmas albums you will ever hear (well some of them fit that qualifications … how more than one is the ‘best’ I do not know … anyhow):
- Christmas with the Rat Pack
- Christmas Songs, by Diana Krall
- A Renaissance Christmas
- Christmas with Johnny Mathis
- Merry Christmas from Cole and Fitzgerald
- Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Songs
Those last four are the albums I grew up with at Christmas. They mean Christmas to me … finding them on CD, still in print, amazes me. I hope to buy them soon, and therefore move our aging vinyl records into the 21st century. Many memories to come.
Comments
Richard Roche
some of my favorites:
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
John Denver and the Muppets - A Christmas Together
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and other Stories
Nils
Yeah, I am a huge fan of Christmas with the Rat Pack. I love all those songs. Bing Crosbyæs "White Christmas" is also a classic, mostly because it is used perfectly in Home Alone. Actually, the soundtracks for the first two Home Alone movies are AWESOME! Tons of great Christmas songs, and then there's John Williams' theme that is the best Christmas-themed score ever created. Other favorites of mine: Mannheim Steamroller and Trans Siberian Orchestra. Christmas rocks!
Markoe
I cant believe that "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" hasnt been mentioned.
Katy
Some things should simply not be allowed. Regis Philbin, singing Christmas songs, is one of them.
Alexander Micek
Together, we could compile a wonderful Christmas collection … without Regis.
And with "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."