Barry and Abigail discuss A Very Special Christmas 3 and sample The Stoutmare Before Christmas, The Abominable Snow Stout, and How The Stout Stole Christmas! from Tarpon River Brewing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Barry and Abigail both recommend If On a Winter’s Night by Sting.
We reviewed Natalie Merchant’s rendition of Children Go Where I Send Thee. Listen to the original recording of Go Where I Send Thee by The Golden Gate Quartet.
Barry played a sample of Eartha Kitt’s Santa Baby.
We reviewed Sheryl Crow’s version of Blue Christmas. Listen to the original recording of Blue Christmas by Doye O’Dell.
We played a sample of Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song to compare it to the version by Hootie & The Blowfish.
We also played a sample of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Ave Maria to compare it to the version by Eleven and Chris Cornell.
We also played a sample of Elvis Presley’s Santa Claus Is Back in Town to compare it to the version by Jonny Lang.
Barry compared the lyrical content of Christmas Song by Tim Reynolds and Dave Matthews to Christmas Day by Squeeze.
Barry entered We Three Kings by Patti Smith into the Abigail Hummel School of Speaking Smartly About Music with a comparison to Blue by R.E.M. (which features Patti Smith!).
If you are looking for more great holiday music, check out our Pops on Hops 2023 Christmas Playlist, featuring Christmas songs from many of the artists featured during our third season in 2023!
You can also check out the collection of the Hummel family’s favorite Christmas songs!
Up next… The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch by Cute Is What We Aim For. This episode will be released on March 3, 2023.
Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.
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