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Sean_of_detroit
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Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 2:41 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What are "musts" for a Detroit Christmas song play list?
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Detroitplanner
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Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 2:51 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Christmas in the City" Motown
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Jcole
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There's the one by Karen Newman 'Christmas Eve on Woodward Ave.'
It's a little lame IMHO, but a lot of other people like it, so far be it from me....
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Hmmmm, Sean_of, this is a stretch, but "River" by Joni Mitchell is a Christmas song and she lived in the Cass Corridor for a while. There is at least a Detroit connection there.
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Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 3:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah, Anything by the Ronnettes.
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Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 3:34 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"It's So Cold in the D"...
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"Santa Claus is Comin' to the Ghetto" by James Brown or "Please,Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas ('Cause I Don't Want to See Mommy Cry)" by John Denver.
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Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 8:14 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jingle Bells

"Oh what fun it is to ride in a 57 Chevrolet"
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Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 9:20 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Nobody In Detroit"
"Christmas In Jail"
"Junkyard Jesus"
All by the Howling Diablos
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Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 10:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I.C.P - "Santas a Fat Bitch"
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Either Temptations Christmas album/CD or the CD with the "best of" from both albums.
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Dtowncitylover
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Karen Newman's Christmas Eve on Woodward would be better if Woodward had any shopping district whatsoever. I can't find the lyrics (posting them would be great!), but it seems pretty bust when the child singers had never gotten the chance to shop at Hudson's or anywhere downtown.

IMO, Christmas Eve on Woodward Ave., is just the same as any other seasonal winter day.
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Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 9:41 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

No playlist would be complete without Bob Seger's "Sock it to me Santa".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =SLS2Nk8P4lE
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"Mr. Santa Claus" Nathaniel Mayer
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N7hn
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********to the beat of "let it snow" *********

Oh the people outside are frightful
but this crack is so delightful
That hookers got no where to go
shes a ho
shes a ho
shes a ho
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Det313grrl
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Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 11:41 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If you can find these, they're truly Detroit classics.



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Lostlegumes
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What Christmas Means To Me by Stevie Wonder.
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Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 9:23 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The Animals 1964

"We got to get out of this Place".
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Gds
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"A Christmas Eve Get Together" - Goober and the Peas

Especially the song Tell the Lord (What Santa's Done)
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Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 10:54 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm getting a good guffaw out these Detroit Lions parodies:
LosingLions.com

Today they put up a "White Christmas" parody!
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Jimb
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Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 11:49 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

another Seger song - Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
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Sock it to Me Santa repeats the line "Santa's got a brand new bag," as Bob does his best James Brown/Wilson Pickett. Same song.
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Ed_golick
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We Wish You A Scary Christmas by Count Scary.

Santa's Helper by Wixie (Marv Welch).
http://www.detroitkidshow.com/ Wixie_Christmas.htm
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Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 6:51 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Panic in Detroit?
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Sean_of_detroit
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Thanks!
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Posted on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 8:30 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Let it Snow...Boys II Men

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