Little Drummer Boy is my favouritest Christmas song ever, so I’ve tried to collect the best versions of Little Drummer Boy in one convenient list, presented in order of personal preference.
Little Drummer Boy – David Bowie & Bing Crosby
Little Drummer Boy – Grace Jones
Little Drummer Boy – Johnny Cash
Little Drummer Boy – Tori Amos
Little Drummer Boy – RuPaul
Little Drummer Boy – The Polyphonic Spree
Little Drummer Boy – The Dandy Warhols
Previously in Cool Christmas Music: Cool Christmas Music Mixtape – Pop Edition, Cool Christmas Music Mixtape – Oldies Edition, Cool Christmas Music Mixtape – Funk+Soul Edition.
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
…start with the trusty classics
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis – Tom Waits
Spotlight on Christmas – Rufus Wainwright
Thank you Loofah Wetwipe…. So he is able to laugh at himself! Adorable.
Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) – The Ramones
A Great Big Sled – The Killers
Oh Come All Ye Faithful – Twisted Sister
Totally ridic…
Is This Christmas? – The Wombats
Well, that college education isn’t going to pay for itself…
Put the Lights on the Tree – Sufjan Stevens
..and obviously the whole twee-tastic Sufjan Stevens Christmas album
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – Polyphonic Spree
Happy Hippie Christmas!
Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas – Okkervil River
…and every song on the great Resonanz Records compilations Music To Listen To When You Drive Home For Christmas, Vol. 1+Vol.2.
Blip is my new obsession.
Listen, follow and start your own blippin’ here.
If it’s not fun, you’re doing it wrong!
These songs all went on a mixtape we made for a friend who had just passed her final exams to become a teacher. A hot teacher, obviously. Songs about teachers, schools and students abound…
Handsome Boy Modeling School – I’ve Been Thinking
Hot Chip – Boy From School
Beck – Everybody’s gotta learn sometime
The Tough Alliance – First Class Riot
Andre 3000 – Class of 3000
Fiery Furnaces – Teach Me Sweetheart
Tokyo Police Club – A Lesson In Crime
Gwen Stefani – hollaback girl
Nada Surf – Popular
Pulp – Common People
Shampoo – School Is Boring
Elton John – Teacher I Need You
Thought that was all the teacher-related music I dragged up? You thought wrong!
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Like most bad ideas, the Hot for Teacher mixtape idea was conceived in a bout of enthusiasm which lasted long enough to ensure the mixtape was completed, despite being quite low on the required input – expected output scale.
A friend was celebrating her graduation and thus the beginning of the rest of her life as a teacher. Of course, I couldn’t not procure a copy of Van Halen’s Hot for Teacher as the only suitable gift to celebrate this momentous occasion. Van Halen being Van Halen, though, there was only one place that could possibly deliver and, as ebay’s law dictates, the gift would naturally arrive a day late, so I devised the genius plan of copying my CD version of the song (don’t ask) and adding some more school-and-teacher-themed songs to make an interim gift for presentation on the night.
Long story short, I lost a week of my life and enjoyed the experience immensely, which is why I will continue to dedicate large portions of my time to the quest for the perfect songs for themed mixtapes. Coming up – the Hot for Teacher Mixtape. Gift it to a hot teacher near you today!
