for those about to rock...

as requested, here is the track listing for my xmas cd from last year. i should mention that i do have a couple of rules when i make my tape/cd.

1. a song can only be represented once on the tape/cd. (ie.. only one version of "jingle bells' per year)
2. only one appearance per artist is usually allowed. short spoken messages are not included so the artist can also have a song on as well as a message.
3. once a track has made an appearance, it gets retired and doesn't appear again.

since last year was the first year for the cd, all songs were ruled eligible.

each year tape/cd has a different good/bad name.

trad side.

1. jingle bells (greetings from esquivel!) - esquivel!
2. baby, it's cold outside - dean martin
3. sugar rum cherry (dance of the sugar plum fairy) - duke ellington
4. mambo santa mambo - the enchanters
5. a party for santa claus - lord nelson
6. rudolph the red-nosed reindeer - the cadillacs
7. linus and lucy - vince guaraldi trio
8. you're a mean one, mr. grinch - thurl ravenscroft
9. here comes santa claus - elvis presley
10. rockin' around the christmas tree - partridge family
11. winter wonderland - aretha franklin
12. have yourself a merry little christmas - ella fitzgerald
13. go tell it on the mountain - mahalia jackson
14. who took the merry out of christmas? - staple sisters
15. we wanna see santa do the mambo - bill darnell & the smith brothers
16. christmas kisses - ray anthony
17. papa noel - brenda lee
18. santa looked a lot like daddy - buck owens
19. santa's beard - the beach boys
20. christmas time's a-coming - emmylou harris
21. i won't decorate your christmas tree - loretta lynn
22. it's beginning to look a lot like christmas - bing crosby
23. mistletoe and holly - frank sinatra
24. o little town of bethlehem - willie nelson
25. joy to the world - patty loveless (duet with jon randall)
26. god rest ye merry, gentlemen - t-bone burnett
27. what are you doing new years eve? - mary margaret o'hara
28. blue christmas - johnny cash
29. silver bells - merle haggard
30. christmas is a-comin' (may god bless you) - lorne greene

rad side

1. holiday message - johnny cash
2. feliz navi-nada - el vez
3. captain morgan's rum - ddt
4. don't believe in christmas - the sonics
5. back door santa - jet
6. christmas (baby, please come home) - new bomb turks
7. i did it for the toys - dance hall crashers
8. santa's got a gto - ramonas
9. twelve days - the dino martinis
10. clint frostwood - chillaz
11. little drummer boy - dandy warhols
12. fairytale of new york - the pogues
13. christmas - the posies
14. silent night - the dickies
15. father christmas - the kinks
16. stepping into christmas - the wedding present
17. always after christmas, boring - the sixth great lake
18. first snow of the year - hawksley workman
19. kidnap the sandy claus - paul reubens, catherine o'hara, and danny elfman
20. santa's pissed off - andy dick and the bitches of the century
21. merry christmas (i don't want to fight tonight) - ramones
22. the christmas song - the raveonettes
23. hooray for santa claus (theme from "santa claus conquers the martians") - sloppy seconds
24. run, run rudolph - humpers
25. xmas eve (she got up and left me) - rancid
26. homeless for christmas - black halos
27. auld lang syne (adios from esquivel!) - esquivel!