jude111 wrote:
I'm not asking for prog Christmas albums. That's been done many times here, and frankly the pickings are really slim. The *only* one I really like is Jethro Tull's Christmas album.
But how about prog songs that seem wintry or Christmas-y to you? Or they mention Christmas in the lyrics? Suppose you were going to make a playlist, what might you include?
Here's a few to get us started:
Strawbs - Benedictus Genesis - Blood On the Rooftops Vangelis (w/ Jon Anderson) - So Long Ago, So Clear Steve Howe - All's a Chord Echolyn - Winterthru Emerson Lake & Palmer - I Believe in Father Christmas Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo Yes - Soon
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I agree in regards to the Tull album, Michael (but Tull's original "Christmas Song" from Living in the Past was much better than the version on the album). I don't equate these to prog (and a few you've listed aren't technically prog either), but here are ten favorites:
Simon and Garfunkel - Silent Night/7 O'clock News
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
The Doors - Wintertime Love
Blackmore's Night - Greensleeves
Steeleye Span - Gaudete
Bruce Cockburn - Iesus Ahatonnia/The Huron Carol
Bert Jansch - In the Bleak Midwinter
Tom Waits - Silent Night/Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - David Qualey
Genesis - Snowbound