Prog christmas albums
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Topic: Prog christmas albums
Posted By: Matte
Subject: Prog christmas albums
Date Posted: December 22 2014 at 15:47
Prog artists often seems to have a little more integrity than other génres - maybe that´s why there are so few prog christmas albums out there. ( And it´s nothing that i´m sorry about!!  )Right now I can only think of one really good album - and that is Jethro Tull Christmas Album. It doesn´t feel rushed or predictable as these albums often do. And maybe it´s the last thing we will hear from JT since Ian Anderson seems to create music only in his own name nowadays? Those who appreciate the later albums from Moody Blues may find their christmas album December listenable too? But when it comes to Blackmore Night......  ...and Chicago... Well....anyone here who have other examples?
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 22 2014 at 16:25
| Keith Emerson has one but I don't like it much (although it has got some good reviews) |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 22 2014 at 20:52
| Was Chris Squire's Swiss Choir a Christmas album ?? |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 22 2014 at 21:30
Ok maybe not prog but certainly prog related ... sigh   Bing Crosby & David Bowie - The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiXjbI3kRus" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiXjbI3kRus
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Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: December 23 2014 at 05:03
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A vision of mine is to see the original Jethro Tull Christmas EP's released in a box set with the original covers/sleeves ..along with many bonus tracks from those 70's sessions and possibly unreleased material. The box set could include a lovely enjoyable booklet to read on the history of the Jethro Tull Christmas EP's and a dvd featuring a chat with Steve Wilson, Ian Anderson, and Santa Claus. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 23 2014 at 07:44
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Not strictly prog but this has a few prog-related people on it (and the version of Silent Night has to be heard to be believed!).  |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 23 2014 at 08:44
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I am not interested in christmas albums at all, prog or not, but I remember having heard the Horslips album Drive the Cold Winter Away last year. A decent album. ------------- 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 23 2014 at 08:48
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Hi,
I was thinking that the Bulgarian Women choir (never know their name!) would be a good one, and the other is the album by HORSLIPS.
A lot of the Brittish folk/rock scene has an incredible amount of holiday music for every holiday including hard-ons! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: December 23 2014 at 08:53
| Stuff like 50 Words For Snow and Wind & Wuthering work pretty well in Christmas, but can't think of any albums other than Jethro Tull's (and Moodies) solely about Christmas... |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 23 2014 at 09:40
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moshkito wrote:Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: December 23 2014 at 12:33
Merry Christmas Mr. Scrooge... |
Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: December 23 2014 at 12:33
 Track Listings
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 24 2014 at 03:01
Was this Trio Bulgarka that appeared on Kate Bush's Sensual World? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trio_Bulgarka" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trio_Bulgarka |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 24 2014 at 03:09
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And there is this lot of course http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=819" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=819
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Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: December 24 2014 at 11:15
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The ELP Xmas EP is my favorite music from the band....and Father Xmas is my favorite Xmas "carol". Simply lovely stuff....can't say the same for any ELP beyond the first album. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 25 2014 at 02:45
| Neal Morse and friends did A Very Proggy Christmas album that was released a few years ago. I heard a couple of tracks yesterday for the first time including Shred Ride ( based on Sleigh Ride) and Frankensence based on Edgar Winter's Frankenstein but with some Christmas themes worked in. Good fun. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: December 25 2014 at 03:53
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I love the Beatles Christmas flexis, which they recorded for their fan club every year from 1963 to 1969, then in 1970 they were all collected into probably the best Christmas album by any band listed on PA. Not necessarily all music, but very entertaining. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: December 25 2014 at 07:13
Have this on cd with bonus tracks that are out-takes. I like Paul McCartney's acoustic Christmas songs and the strange chat between John and Yoko toward the end of the 69' message. "I'll be a good boy mommy...as long as you get me a teddy bear". Very sad to hear the 4 of them talking and laughing care-free..at a time when tragic events of their future were distant by years. |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: December 25 2014 at 14:16
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There is a ton of classical Christmas music, just google for it. There's also a major selection in one YouTube vid. Now, all we need is some prog bands to do versions of these songs, and we are set for life ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: Gully Foyle
Date Posted: December 25 2014 at 18:25
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I have always felt Tull's Songs From The Wood is very appropriate for Christmas, though not strictly christmas themed, Solstice Bells is really my favorite Christmas song of all time also, Magma's Felicite Thosz
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 26 2014 at 08:10
You obviously never heard of all the holidays and its appreciation the world over.
  ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 27 2014 at 03:42
| If anyone can decipher exactly what Moshkito is on about then I advise they check themselves into the nearest hospital immediately. |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 27 2014 at 03:48
lol RichardH you and Moshkito are just too adorable and funny too, if you both don't see eye to eye right now,. to the naughty corner both of you! 10 min time out, give it a go at yay it's good! group hug again
 mhwoaahhxxx |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: December 27 2014 at 03:50
| I like Moshkito tho' he types a lot, bibles long but I do like him a lot really xxxxx |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: December 27 2014 at 04:19
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Kraut Christmas from 1971 http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnpKpiu_6ZzorgTzByDIWZcnyCMj4NdKM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnpKpiu_6ZzorgTzByDIWZcnyCMj4NdKM http://www.discogs.com/Various-Heavy-Christmas/release/2137652" rel="nofollow - http://www.discogs.com/Various-Heavy-Christmas/release/2137652 |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: December 27 2014 at 17:41
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Can you say Prog Christmas? Sure ya can. Hello boys and girls! Today were gonna talk to a Prog musician and you know what a Prog musician is don't ya? Can you say that? Don't? Sure ya can. Mr. Rogers: Hello, how are ya? Prog musician: You think maybe you can get somebody to get me a cup of coffee? Mr. Rogers: You're not used to gettin' up early are ya? Prog musician: Hee hee, I'm not here yet Mr. Rogers: What time do ya usually get up? Prog musician: I like to get up when the sun is warm ...around one or 2 in the afternoon Mr. Rogers: I like to get up around 6:30 Prog musician: Ha! Ha!...that's insane! Mr. Rogers; Huh? Prog musician: You're stupied. You should sleep late , it's a lot easier on your constitution. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 28 2014 at 03:13
ok as its Christmas one for you Kati and one for Moshkito  |
Posted By: terramystic
Date Posted: December 28 2014 at 13:25
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I've always liked The ELP-style cover of The Little Drummerboy by The December People (from album Sounds Like Christmas): http://youtu.be/C0MEnsmK56M But Pentatonix a capella version is even better IMO: http://youtu.be/qJ_MGWio-vc California Guitar Trio also have a nice Christmas album. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 29 2014 at 03:50
cheers for that  was Robert Berry involved in that album by any chance? btw please use hyperlink function when posting you tube links as below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0MEnsmK56M&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0MEnsmK56M&feature=youtu.be |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: January 02 2015 at 12:51
| Does anyone here think that Keith Emerson X-mas CD from the '90s is any good? I heard some of it, and it was a little too sugary for my tastes. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: January 02 2015 at 12:52
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: January 02 2015 at 12:54
| ^Sure. I knew you could! |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 08:48
Mr. Rogers: Is that your instrument...a bass? It looks like a violin, but it's a lot bigger isn't it? Prog musician: It's a hell of a lot bigger! Da violin is a little wimpy thing! Mr. Rogers: Can you say wimpy? Prog musician: Wimpy, wimpy thing. Mr. Rogers: I like the way you say that, did ya know that? Prog musician: I do now? Hell, you're easily amused aren't you? I say wimpy, wiggly, whatever? Mr. Rogers: Yeah..I know what you mean. Ya know something, I like what your face does when you play. It sort of gets all folded up. Prog musician: Yea..well someone told me once that my face when I play the bass..looks like a fruit or something. It just keeps flashing at you and real ugly sometimes like rubber Mr. Rogers: Yeah..I know what ya mean. Tell me some of the things ya think about when you're playing...the images..because of course ..when you were playing I thought about things like sheep and candies, fresh little candies, do you think about those things too? Prog musician: Oh...I basically think about my financial situation. I think about every note I play in a space, I mean out into space and I am workin' cheap . Mr. Rogers: Must be sort of a struggle keepin' your band together? Prog musician: Oh man, especially when you be movin' piano man that is the worst. I worked as a mover for 2 years and I've also made pizza. Mr. Rogers: And so now you're playing music and so the story sort of has a happy ending doesn't it? Prog musician; UH...sort of a happy ending? We just got the shaft from the record company... Mr. Rogers Awww..that's too bad. Prog musician: They promised to pay us a certain amount of royalties..which amounted to nothing Mr. Rogers: Oh, that's too bad Prog musician: I'm sick of this crap...getting the sh-t end of the stick! Mr. Rogers: Sure, sure..I know whatcha mean..sure Well I'm sure a lot of people out there would like to know what a big strong guy like you eats to be so big, what he eats to play like that...can you tell us that? Prog musician: Well...I eat a lot of garbage food. Chicken from a chain store or rubber breakfast sandwiches, blatter puffs, diesel fuel, rum gasoline or even the disease of the day sometimes Mr. Rogers: Do you ever have Egg Mcmuffin? Prog musician: Sometimes or turkey jerky strudel. Mr. Rogers: Can you say Egg mcmuffin? Prog musician: Egg-a-meffin..yeah Mr. Rogers: Well I know what I'd like to do now, I'd like to hear you play some bass. Prog musician: Well...I'd like to do that! Mr. Rogers: Well...were gonna go to the magic prog kingdom. Prog musician:, Oh no man..it's too early for me...I gotta drive. |
Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 08:57
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please tell me that no prog musician would say 'da violin' ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 09:10
Only in America. |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 09:19
Woah, this that for real? I might have to try that for next year. This was about the extent of my christmas spirit this year ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |