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70. "Do You Hear What I Hear" - a plea for peace

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 11:03 AM

Dec 2013

originally written in 1962 in the aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis, recorded by Bing Crosby in 1963, played during Christmas 1963 in the aftermath of the JFK assassination, recorded numerous times in numerous styles.

This version is sung by country artist Carrie Underwood:

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It's time for the best Christmas song ever! What's yours? [View all] BainsBane Dec 2013 OP

That's a cool song! Now what is that dude's name, the cop right at the beginning? NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #1

Have you been getting into the eggnog, NYC_SKP? BainsBane Dec 2013 #3

LOL! They give it to you here! When you check it there's wine at the desk!!!! NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #5

Did you see BainsBane Dec 2013 #6

I somehow missed that! NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #10

sure, let's be friends BainsBane Dec 2013 #11

That one's a big fave... cyberswede Dec 2013 #2

I like that song too BainsBane Dec 2013 #4

Oh yeah - love that. Two singers I've always liked for wildly different reasons. cyberswede Dec 2013 #7

awesome BainsBane Dec 2013 #8

Man, I have a couple awesome versions of that! cyberswede Dec 2013 #9

Ok - I just found this... cyberswede Dec 2013 #12

That was really good! BainsBane Dec 2013 #14

Santa Baby is another favorite of mine BainsBane Dec 2013 #15

Agree! cyberswede Dec 2013 #16

You're so right. BainsBane Dec 2013 #18

Mine too! B Calm Dec 2013 #24

OMG cyberswede Dec 2013 #17

There was a time when this was my favorite Christmas song: Art_from_Ark Dec 2013 #13

That is so awesome! cyberswede Dec 2013 #19

Wasn't Grinch voiced by Boris Karloff, a fine old English actor? Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #59

Indeed he was - and he was the narrator, too. cyberswede Dec 2013 #61

I like the Grinch song BainsBane Dec 2013 #22

My favorite that I played on... GReedDiamond Dec 2013 #20

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing it! BainsBane Dec 2013 #21

Thanks for Listening... GReedDiamond Dec 2013 #23

�. handmade34 Dec 2013 #25

Merry Christmas Baby Sedona Dec 2013 #26

I like Little Drummer Boy, but it's been posted. So, try Christmas In Washington -- Steve Earle Hoyt Dec 2013 #27

... Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #28

Yay! discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2013 #55

Merry Christmas, discntnt_irny_srcsm !! Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #60

Thank you. To you, too. discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2013 #68

Hot-lanta. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #72

I prefer the bucks... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2013 #80

LOVE EL&P!! Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #64

ELP is one of my top ten favorite R&R bands, ever. Saw them live for their Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #65

Cool. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #66

ELP, Yes and The Moody Blues are right there in my Top Ten R&R ... Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #67

I figured out instantly you were a Moody Blues fan. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #82

I guess my name gives away my fandom ... haha Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #86

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee Little Star Dec 2013 #29

Alison Krauss' "Shimmy Down the Chimney"... Tom_Foolery Dec 2013 #30

same one I posted in my holiday music thread Phentex Dec 2013 #31

Here's one by the great Root Boy Slim Kingofalldems Dec 2013 #32

Barenaked Ladies - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings" charlie and algernon Dec 2013 #33

The Twelve Days of Christmas sharp_stick Dec 2013 #34

You already posted mine, so I got nothin' HarveyDarkey Dec 2013 #35

What can I say? BainsBane Dec 2013 #51

Santa On A Helicopter!!! Initech Dec 2013 #36

Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks - Carol of the Bells Brother Buzz Dec 2013 #37

Christmas in Killarney - Irish Rovers Avalux Dec 2013 #38

Chiron Beta Prime Cadfael Dec 2013 #39

Listen to it daily damnedifIknow Dec 2013 #40

Away in a Manger ArnoldLayne Dec 2013 #41

One of my all-time favorites: Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #42

Walking 'Round in Women's Underwear pokerfan Dec 2013 #43

A rockin' song by one of my favorite groups-THe Kinks and "Father Christmas" (1977) Rowdyboy Dec 2013 #44

And also The Dropkick Murphys and "The Season's Upon Us" Rowdyboy Dec 2013 #45

And a final one before I shut up...Emerson Lake & Palmer "I Believe in Father Christmas" Rowdyboy Dec 2013 #46

I like that one Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #81

I could never decide between them so here are my 3 favorites in no particular order: IrishAyes Dec 2013 #47

Most of my favorites are hundreds of years old. kwassa Dec 2013 #48

It can only be... "Rusty Chevrolet" krispos42 Dec 2013 #49

Is that a parody of a MN accent? BainsBane Dec 2013 #50

Michigan's Upper Peninsula krispos42 Dec 2013 #53

Ah, not familiar with the term BainsBane Dec 2013 #56

There are only about 300k people on the U.P. krispos42 Dec 2013 #57

Yoopers mockmonkey Dec 2013 #54

Sounds like the guy who sang for Spike Jones. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #62

Merry Christmas From The Family mulsh Dec 2013 #52

Yep. Never gets old! vanlassie Dec 2013 #94

"Christmas in Heaven", of course! GoCubsGo Dec 2013 #58

Christmas at Ground Zero Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #63

Father Christmas - The Kinks lame54 Dec 2013 #69

"Do You Hear What I Hear" - a plea for peace DinahMoeHum Dec 2013 #70

Barry Gordon's "Nuttin' for Christmas"... Tom_Foolery Dec 2013 #71

"Silent Night," Streisand version. (nt) Paladin Dec 2013 #73

That's mine! geardaddy Dec 2013 #74

The best! BainsBane Dec 2013 #76

I am Santa Claus pokerfan Dec 2013 #75

I like this one today cyberswede Dec 2013 #77

I like it! BainsBane Dec 2013 #78

Seymour Swine - Blue Christmas (MP3) (not) benld74 Dec 2013 #79

Since I'm a big listener of hard rock, this is a favorite of mine. CRF450 Dec 2013 #83

David Bowie and....... whistler162 Dec 2013 #84

I like that one! BainsBane Dec 2013 #85

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #87

This is is goofy... that's why I like it! Texasgal Dec 2013 #88

I love this song: Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #89

Although I'm a sucker for a really good "Carol of the Bells," this one phylny Dec 2013 #90

I love Stevie at Christmas time... SidDithers Dec 2013 #91

Christmas Wrapping! begin_within Dec 2013 #92

Can't forget this. IGoToDU Dec 2013 #93

It's Cliche To Be Cynical At Christmas, by Half Man Half Biscuit fishwax Dec 2013 #95