CHRISTMAS MUSIC (most of which is twisted)
2018 Releases
If Rush Sang
"Christmas in Killarney" (Inspired by Jason Rosello)
If Hendrix Did
Chestnuts Roasting
Some People Call Him
the Messiah
Coming Soon
Santa's
Little Helpers
2016 Releases
If the Moody Blues did Fum Fum Fum (a re-rendering of an obscure traditional
carol, including a lyrical update)
2013 Releases
If Led Zeppelin Did Deck the Halls
2011 Releases
(It's a Nice Day for a) White
Christmas [What would Billy Idol do for a Christmas song?]
It Is Over (Happy
Christmas) [You know, I never liked the original version of
this one]
It’s
The Most Stressful Time of the Year [Sorry, I don’t have Andy
Williams’ voice. He doesn’t have it any more either.]
2010 Releases
Here
Come Old Fat Man (Beatles style)
I Wonder as I Wander (an untraditional rendering of an old melody, Green Day style)
2009 RELEASES:
Resolution
(my wife says this isn’t one of my better parodies—I’ll try
to do better next year!)
Please Go Home for
Christmas (with a lot of
help from my Sophomore Seminar students)
2008 RELEASES
O Come O Come Emmanuel
(a.k.a. what would happen if the band Rush
got caught at a monastary during a snowstorm at Christmas?)
When the Bills Come
Pouring In (suggested by my wife, Terry)
EARLIER RELEASES
Another
Tear-Jerking Christmas Song++ (if I never hear “Christmas Shoes again it
will be too soon!)
Bring Those Funky
Presents Santa
Please Stop Ye Merry Gentlemen (Acapella)
Please Stop Ye Merry
Gentlemen
No Place Like
Walmart for the Holidays
Online Presents Coming
to Town
The 12 Digital Days
of Christmas
Up For The Bargains (Black
Friday)
Rudolph Got Run
Over By My Grandma (v2)
Bad
King Wenceslas (did Scrooge write this?)
Here We Come A Caroling
(instrumental)
·
All
lyrics by Bill Griffin except the re-renderings of traditional Christmas carols
“O Come O Come Emmanuel,” “I Wonder as I Wander,”
“Rudolph,” “Deck the Halls,” and verse 2 of “Fum
Fum Fum” (I wrote verses 1 and 3).
·
Music
and lyrics on ++ by Bill Griffin.
·
All
instruments (6 & 12 string guitars, electric guitars, bass, mandolin,
harmonica, percussion and synthesizer programming) and vocals by Bill Griffin
except #additional vocals by Jim Griffin, and $mandolin by Steve Fielding and
vocal by Pat Plymire.