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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Burl Ives, baby. That cat was the shit (that he allegedly hated children gives it a John Watersish campy comedic undercurrent). And the Bowie/Crosby version of Little Drummer Boy is killer.
I hate the Harry Connick xmas disc. I don't hate Connick; I just think that disc blows.
ETA: I just cited Waters and Streisand back to back. That should disturb me. Somebody start a thread about hot wings and strip clubs... must redeem myself.
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John Waters has his own
xmas CD. I haven't heard it, but it sounds intriguing:
Baltimore’s greatest filmmaker has demonstrated a deep appreciation for that very American crossroads of kitsch and sensationalism since the late ‘60s, at least. Of course, quirky Christmas anthologies abound already – the three best probably being Christmas Party With Eddie G, American Song-Poem Christmas, and Where Will You Be Christmas Day. But the songs on A John Waters Xmas are novelty songs for the true connoisseur, including recordings so saccharine and horrifying you wonder how the engineers did not run from the booth screaming; "Happy Birthday Jesus" by the precocious Little Cindy is likely the scariest thing you will ever hear in your life. Not everything is so "Outsider"-y and thrift store score; there’s the rocking, funny "Fat Daddy" by Fat Daddy, a delightful song by the Coctails with the singing saw as the lead instrument, and a gorgeous obscure doo-wop number called "Christmas Time Is Coming (A Street Carol)" by Stormy Weather.
These Christmas classics were hand picked by Waters himself: "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" by Tiny Tim, "Happy Birthday Jesus" by Little Cindy, "Sleigh Ride" by Alvin And The Chipmunks, "Here Comes Fatty Claus" by Rudolph And Gang, and "Santa Claus Is A Black Man" by AKIM & The Teddy Vann Production Company, to name a few.
"Have a merry, rotten, scary, sexy, biracial, ludicrous, happy little Christmas"--John Waters
