Dec. 24 Christmas songs

This is Jackson Browne's Christmas song, "The Rebel Jesus", performed by him with the Chieftains. The video part could fairly be described as, uh, static. But the song is great. The song actually ends at 3:48, but they've included the next instrumental track on the YouTube video.




This is Jewel singing, "Silent Night, Holy Night". I should add that the original is "Stille Nacht, Heilege Nacht", and it was written in the Austrian state (province) named Upper Austria. I really like Jewel's Christmas album. And listening to it reminds me I need to get to know some of her other music better. (A second or two at the start is missing.)



There's another version from Jewel in 2000 at this link but I like the first one better.

Okay, I know this is three "Silent Night" versions in this one post, but hey. This one is by Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt. Both have fantastic voices.



This is John Lennon's 1971 "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)". Surprisingly - to me anyway - Julian Ruiz at El Mundo writes that this is the song that is most heard at Christmas all around the world. There's something incredibly fitting in that. He also says that the song is a "re-creation" of a popular song from the 18th century called "Skewball".



Tags: aaron neville, christmas songs, jackson browne, jewel, john lennon, linda ronstadt

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