Dec 20, 2018
The Albums:
Vince Guraldi's A Charlie Brown
Christmas (1965)
Andy Williams' The Andy Williams Christmas
Album (1963)
Stax Records' Christmas in Soulsville (2007)
Heat Rocks was hyped to have film critic Alonso Duralde (The Wrap), one of the hosts of Maximum Fun's movie podcast Who Shot Ya? guest with us to talk about our favorite Christmas songs, holiday fare, songs that should play when it's cold outside, baby.
We visit the canon of Christmas music over the years (Andy Williams 1963 The Christmas Album, Vince Guaraldi Trio's A Charlie Brown Christmas and Stax Record's 2007 compilation Christmas In Soulsville and across genres and styles - crooners, sweeping orchestral cinematic pieces, summer songs vs. winter songs, modern Christmas traditions, etc.
Alonso broke down the power of nostalgia as it relates to Christmas music and how our tastes in music are informed by tradition.
Don't be a grinch. Listen to this wintery wonderland of an episode about favorite Christmas tracks.
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Show Tracklisting
Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
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