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Love, love, love my Harry

Ruth Anne Maddox — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:58:16 -0600

Love, love, love my Harry Connick Jr. Christmas CD, "When My Heart Finds Christmas." It came out in 1993 but the first time I heard it (and about the time I realized Harry existed) was five or so years ago.

I then discovered that my daughter like Harry, as well, when I walked in on her marching along to "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers."

She played that song over and over that Christmas and pretty much choreographed a routine to it. Now that's a great Christmas memory!

I don't really look at the

bhall09 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:44:33 -0600

I don't really look at the Christmas albums, unless you are talking about Bing, but I have downloaded a bunch of songs recently for the Ipod.

I have to go classics. I don't like much of the new songs, or the old ones by new artists. I like to stick with the classics.

I think for me, it is all about Christmas and Christmas memories. I have such fond memories of the holidays growing up, and I try and keep that going. So, I listen to the stuff I have always grown up listening too. Bing Crosby is great. I have his "White Christmas" CD, and then a bunch I downloaded on itunes (Burl Ives, Gene Autry, Andy Williams, Nat King Cole, etc.) Got to stay with the classics.

And, while I am not a big choir listener, the classic songs done by choirs (I downloaded some from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir) are great around the holiday times.

(Brian Hall is the Sports Editor for the Jordan Independent and Shakopee Valley News, and can be reached at bhall@swpub.com.)

Brandon, Glad you had a

KoolD — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:01:44 -0600

Brandon,

Glad you had a chance to listen to Diana Krall. I have listened to most of the Relient K tracks on Yahoo Music. Kind of like to have something that allows me lots of variety. Personally it is hard to beat Bing Crosby and David Bowie in their duet.

This year have been exploring some alternatives. The old stuff is always good. Louie Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald. At the same time, there are lots of theme albums out there like Southern Rock Christmas with Foghat and Lynyrd Skynyrd add some Willie Nelson.

Thanks

KoolD

I can’t really listen to

Brandon — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:22:31 -0600

I can’t really listen to Christmas music on the radio for that reason – and because there are too many awful Christmas pop songs out there.

KoolD, I downloaded the Diana Krall album this year, and it is pretty darn good.

I’m going to have to add a few great songs to my favorite Christmas songs list. I forgot about another of my childhood Christmas song memories in Amy Grant. Her version of “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree” is pretty classic, as is “Breath of Heaven.”

I also really like one of the new songs from Relient K’s recently extended Christmas disc – “Merry Christmas, Here’s to Many More.”

Yeah, that's cool. I'd

Mathias Baden — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:00:08 -0500

Yeah, that's cool. I'd highly recommend this fun video. It's only three minutes long.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I can do you one better,

J-Town Knitter — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:55:34 -0500

I can do you one better, Mathias. This is a one for fans of Broadway Musicals AND everyone's favorite wizard, Harry Potter. Check it out at YouTube. To those not sure of the music source, it's from the Broadway show "Wicked," the story the Wicked Witch of the West and the good Witch Glinda before Dorothy landed in Oz.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WBIE4SSnf34

Ha, ha! Thanks -- you gave

Mathias Baden — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:31:06 -0600

Ha, ha! Thanks -- you gave me a good laugh today. To see what kthill is talking about, read my blog about text messaging at http://www.jordannews.com/node/1920.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Just be sure to text message

Kyle Thill — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:27:13 -0600

Just be sure to text message Mathias all about it.

I love Balderdash, but

Brandon — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:59:47 -0600

I love Balderdash, but penmanship has gotten me in trouble countless times. In fact, penmanship has been my downfall for as long as I can remember. Even as far back as elementary school, I would get lowered grades because the teachers couldn’t read my handwriting. I often got notes on my report cards from my teachers telling my parents that I pressed too hard. You could usually read what I had written in pages underneath the actual paper I was writing on because I left indentations. There are even a few places on my parents' kitchen table where you can read my name and whatever homework I was doing.

Sunday was a good day to put

Mathias Baden — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:15:33 -0600

Sunday was a good day to put up the tree, listen to Christmas music, and drink hot chocolate. Perfect. That really hit the spot.

I love Christmastime, too, but on KOOL 108, there were way too many repeated songs. I heard several songs, albeit good ones, more than three times each. That's too much in eight hours.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I, too, love the Bing Crosby

Brandon — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:16:10 -0600

I, too, love the Bing Crosby and David Bowie "Peace on Earth." I’ll have to look into the Johnny Cash Christmas album. I only own one Johnny Cash album (Live at San Quentin), but I love that one. I downloaded two songs from the Diana Krall CD for free somewhere last year, and I love them. I should invest in the whole CD, but there are always so many new Christmas CDs out there that I never know which to buy each year!

I am not all the good with

KoolD — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:17:44 -0600

I am not all the good with the links and all. But I am certain that some searching would bring some of these up. I use MusicMatch primarily and it is a nice way to get variety and some streaming music. In any case my list of favorites. It is really hard to choose.

Have fun KoolD

Christmas Favorites

Top Five Albums
1. The Lost Christmas Eve Trans Siberian Orchestra
2.Christmas Songs Diana Krall
3.Johnny Cash Christmas with Johnny Cash
4.Best of the 20th Century/Christmas BB King
5.A Very Special Christmas Series Volume 1-5 A blend of all alternative styles with well known classics. A nice change of pace.

Top Five Contemporary
1.Peace on Earth Medley By David Bowie and Bing Crosby Duet (For real)
2.Feels Like Christmas by Cyndi Lauper
3.Get Here by Brenda Russell
4.Santa Claus is Coming to Town Bruce Springsteen
5.Louisiana Christmas Day Aaron Neville
6.Merry Christmas Baby (Live) by Sheryl Crow

Top Five Christmas Classics
1.What Child is This
2.Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem
3.Hark the Herald Angels
4.Silent Night
5.It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

For Something Completely Different
1.Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer by Dr. Elmo
2.Happy Clucking Holidays by Dirk Keysser
3.Christmas in Hollis (Live) by Run-D.M.C
4.Mary (The Return Of Calvary) by Mark Farner (lead singer for Grand Funk Railroad)
5.Daddy's Drinkin' Up Our Christmas By the Christmas Jug Band

I hate to be the first

Brandon — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:11:04 -0600

I hate to be the first person to comment on my own blog post, but I finally got all the links up and working right. You can click on any of the album or names to hear all or a sample of some of these songs. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!