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World’s Greatest Christmas iMix List
You can go to the link and click on any song and buy it for $.99 at iTunes. If you don’t use iTunes, you can still hear a sample of songs to see what they sound like at the link.
Click HERE for Samples of The World’s Greatest Christmas iMix
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Okay, so you don’t have iTunes…here’s my list:
| Walkin’ In a Winter Wonderland | Michael Bolton | |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Frank Sinatra | |
| This Christmas | Ashanti | |
| Peace | Norah Jones | |
| The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) | Nat King Cole | |
| Frosty the Snowman | Willie Nelson | |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | Aaron Neville | |
| Silver Bells | Johnny Mathis | |
| I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Single Version) | Josh Groban | |
| Blue Christmas | Elvis Presley | |
| Christmas Canon | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | |
| Angels We Have Heard On High | Josh Groban & Brian McKnight | |
| Sleigh Ride | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| Carol of the Bells | Mormon Tabernacle Choir | |
| This Christmas | Gerald Albright | |
| Do You Hear What I Hear | Nichole Nordeman | |
| Ordinary Miracle | Sarah McLachlan | |
| Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | Dean Martin | |
| Silver Bells | Bing Crosby & Carole Richards | |
| It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas | Bing Crosby | |
| (There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays | Perry Como | |
| Carol of the Bells | Mannheim Steamroller | |
| Up On the Housetop | Gene Autry | |
| The Christmas Song | Luther Vandross | |
| My Favorite Things | Tony Bennett | |
| Jingle Bells | Barry Manilow | |
| Jingle Bell Rock | Bobby Helms & The Anita Kerr Singers | |
| O Come All Ye Faithful | Josh Groban & Mormon Tabernacle Choir | |
| I Wonder As I Wander | Vanessa Williams | |
| On Christmas Morning | Kenny Loggins | |
| Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | Brenda Lee | |
| My Grown-Up Christmas List | Kelly Clarkson | |
| Angels We Have Heard On High | Chris Tomlin | |
| We Need a Little Christmas | Johnny Mathis | |
| Christmas Is Paintin’ the Town | The Oak Ridge Boys | |
| Caroling, Caroling | Nat King Cole | |
| White Christmas | Bing Crosby | |
| Little Saint Nick | The Beach Boys | |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Christina Aguilera | |
| Celebrate Me Home | Kenny Loggins | |
| (There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays | Carpenters | |
| Jingle Bells | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Gene Autry | |
| Thank God for Kids | The Oak Ridge Boys | |
| Santa’s Song | The Oak Ridge Boys | |
| Sleigh Ride | Boston Pops Orchestra | |
| It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Andy Williams | |
| What Christmas Means to Me | Paul Young | |
| Pretty Paper | Willie Nelson | |
| Song for a Winter’s Night | Sarah McLachlan | |
| Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow | Michael Bublé | |
| Believe | Josh Groban | |
| The Little Drummer Boy | Harry Simeone Chorale | |
| Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | Mariah Carey | |
| Feliz Navidad | José Feliciano |
Okay, so maybe the mix was not voted “The World’s Greatest” technically, per se…but it should be. We didn’t have a lot of the traditional songs, or current pop songs that have become classics, so it’s chocked full of those. My husband LOVES for me to make him holiday CDs for his office and begs me for fresh stuff each year, so it was a big part of his Christmas this year…and he didn’t even have to ask! I hope it makes his season enjoyable.
I went through about 12 people’s iMix favs to come up with this list, so I’m sure it is the best! BE SURE TO VOTE AT iTunes! (I’ll probably win a prize, or something. Okay, probably nothing.)
Video: “You Make Everything Glorious”–David Crowder Band
Another Crowder video…I know, I’m eat up. I actually have a third in mind, so brace yourselves. It’s just a Crowder kind of week over here, people.
But, give me credit, seems everywhere I go, people are referencing David Crowder this week! Pondering this mystery, I think it’s probably in the changing of seasons–Crowder’s lyrics explodes our praise toward Creator God!
A new local blog personality in these parts, In This Communion, (go say howdy), referenced ”You Make Everything Glorious” by none other than David Crowder when I was catching up over there yesterday. (Embarrassingly, I had not even heard the song! How could I be behind on Crowder-ness? I haven’t been under the weather THAT long!)
This morning, I thought of that word again “Glorious”, when I saw this:
Thought I’d better go have a listen, so here you go: (…best graphics put to a song I think I’ve ever seen.) Enjoy!
~Everything Glorious, David Crowder Band
Sunday Song Review
Not really where I am today, but song on my “repeat play” this week. Man…wish I could sing it anything like that! She’s got it. It’s so beautiful and moving. I love to listen and worship and just get in “receiving” mode from the Lord.
The Real Me
Foolish heart, looks like we’re here again.
Same old game of plastic smile,
Don’t let anybody in.
Hiding my heartache,
Will this glass house break?
How much will they take before I’m empty?
Do I let it show?
Does anybody know?
CHORUS:
But You see the real me.
Hiding in my skin, broken from within.
Unveil me completely.
I’m loosening my grasp,
There’s no need to mask my frailty
Cause You see the real me.
Painted on, life is behind a mask,
Self-inflicted circus clown.
I’m tired of the song and dance,
Living a charade, always on parade.
What a mess I’ve made of my existence.
But You love me even now
And still I see somehow…
CHORUS
Wonderful, beautiful is what you see
When You look at me.
You’re turning the tattered fabric of my life
Into a perfect tapestry.
Oh, I just wanna be me,
I Just wanna be me.
CHORUS
And you love me just as I am.
Wonderful, beautiful is what you see
When you look at me.
Natalie Grant
Christian Music CCM Top Hits Release List: Free for All– July 2006
Hey! See the much anticipated cutting edge releases for CCM for this month. Simply copy and paste the titles into iTunes for about $.99 a peice and buy yourself a cutting edge Christian “Best of ” CD! Very easy, very easy, only get what you like, and learn the new names in Christian music. Refresh the sound of your band. Love to hear what your favs are. Jamie Jamgochain has to be sweeping the nation…I’m getting hits every day. Check out the newest release.
Because Of Your Love – Paul Baloche (Long time fav of mine)
Back to You- Fighting Instinct
Gotta Forgive Them — Wayburn deanSinti (Without you)-Michelle Bonilla
Love Found Me–DecemberRadio
Coming Back–Desperation Band
Goodbye — Audio Adrenaline
Everyday – Jesse Daniels
Winds Of Change — Kutless
A Better Way — downhere
Come Alive — Warren Barfield
Hear My Worship– Jamie Jamgochain
Sound of Melodies — Leeland
How To Save a Life — The Fray
Collide – Krystal Meyers
Hear Our Song — Jadon Lavik (ever hearing this new name.)
The Face Of Love – Sanctus Real
Grey — BarlowGirl
Hallelujah God is Near — Robbie Seay Band
Drifter — DecemberRadio
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Let me know if you enjoy having the list.
Have fun! Great CDs to work out or run to. Get the tunes going, and pump some pedals, or iron, or whatever it is you do!
11 yr. old Bianca Ryan: America’s Got Talent
The amazing performance of 11 year-old Bianca Ryan on “America’s Got Talent” 6/28/06. As first, I thought she must be lip syncing, but I think it was my slow connection. I don’t know how she got that kind of sound of a mic the way she was holding it to the side of her face…some mic. Anyway…a few moms on the net were wondering your opinion of the judges’ comments. Tell me what you think? It’s really worth watching. If you have time, let it load, then come back and watch it the second time…it will play smooth. It’s worth it.
Link for ”Bobby Badfingers”, “All That”, ”Wrappin’ Granny”
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Weekend Warriors
Okay, so today did not turn out as I had supposed. First, I wanted to paint the two decks that needed painting. Ever tried to match a paint sample, and well…it ending up involving WAY too many trips back and forth to the paint store? This is one of those tales. Not a happy ending yesterday. Rainy, misty forecast anyway.
You know, after this week, I was really in a mood to GET AWAY. I’ve burnt all my stress steam cleaning all I wanted to clean and do around the house already this week. But, my Mr. Wonderful had himself a task list like a mile long and I pretty much moped all day deciding whether or not to fold the laundry in the dryer. It is still there.
I did, however, get the kids to help me vac the van and clean the inside windows. This is a first in the life of our van. It just seems pointless to clean the side windows at this stage in the game. But, since they are getting old enough to be trusted with Windex, I thought the lesson might stick.
I asked them if they wanted to do this again NEXT Saturday, just for fun. They were like, “NO!” So, we’ll see. I wonder how many Saturdays I could stand it myself. A great mom would whip them into shape, I’m sure.
My husband was Edward Scissorhands for me today…whacking at all my shrubs. Wow. He has gone nonstop all day working out there. I’m impressed.
Tommorrow I’m supposed to sing and play the invitation solo. I’ve done it before, but this is the first time I’ve actually had any time to prepare for the event. It seemed it should be memorized…great song, a fav of mine anyway, goes with my “life verse”, so I really wanted to learn it. I just got the chorus down on keyboard today. Well, sort of, most of the time. It seems memorized would be easy, but memorization just doesn’t come quickly to me…or perhaps I’ve been doing it wrong, or haven’t found a good way, or haven’t REALLY needed to much. Anyway…here’s goes a try. I’ve worked on that off and on all day trying to learn it.
My life verse, I’ve decided lately (at least this decade is from John): “and this is eternal life, that you may know the Father, and the Son, whom He has sent.”
The song is “One Pure and Holy Passion” by Watermark (the fact that they are “retiring” as Watermark causes me much sadness. I’m hoping they’ll keep doing something for Passion.) But, the song also goes with the Crowder book I’m really into this week: “Praise Habit”.
Well, I’m off to see if my sweet friend has posted anything new on her new blog.
I’ve read a lot late that an indication of a successful blog when you get a lot of comments. I don’t know. I have a lot of private friends who’d rather email or are quiet online and prefer to keep it that way. I’m honored a few of you want to ‘blog’ back, either by email or private blog you share with me. How cool is that?
Thanks! Have fun!
~Me!
Toby Mac’s “Diverse City”
I love this song…and I’m not even a fan of wrap. Check it out.
iTunes Link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=25516223&s=143441&i=25516190
Words: (Load ‘em on the pod):
They call us Diverse City we’re colorful good/It’s like a freak show in your neighborhood/So, if you wanna pray you can come on down/ cause this freak show’s leaving the ground/
Up, up and away, baby we don’t play, maybe you thought you was done for the day/He said, she said, I said this, that you can’t get away from the moment of bliss/Stirring, we’ll lure you in and we’ll make room for the shade of skin/Short ones, tall ones, skinny ones, bigger./ Love is the gun and we pullin’ that trigger/you send me and I’ll send you/ hope in the form of a new tattoo/Mine is the shiny city on a hill/ and yours, of course, is the colors that fill it/
We’ll take you high, we’ll take you higher/They call us Diverse City/we’re colorful good/It’s like a freak show in your neighborhood/So, if you wanna pray you can come on down/cause this freak show’s leaving the ground/
Now come to the city where you can praise/,if you’re black, if you’re white, if you’re yellow or grey/In the morning, in the night, anytime of day/What’s that place-Diverse City/With curls in your hair and braids on the side/Straight shake’em loose, just come on and ride/We’re a body with parts, like you and me/Together we make diversity/We’ll take you high, take you higher/Welcome to Diverse City, we’re colorful good/It’s like a freak show in your neighborhood/So, if you want to pray you can come on down/Cause this freak show’s leaving the ground/Said we’re Diverse City, we’re colorful good/It’s just a state of mind, the way that we should, baby/So, if you wanna pray you can come on down/Cause this freak show’s leaving the ground/
You bring the heart, I’ll bring the soul/I’ll bring the flag, you bring the pole/We’ll fly it high so the whole world knows/The dream of a king ’bout to unfold/We ’bout to do this thing for real/Diverse city got mass appeal/So put your hand in the hand of mine/And we’ll spread this love like dandelions
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Blogger isn’t reading any font well for this post…not sure why. Hopefully you can scan around it. Cool song on diversity. I love the line: “Love is gun and we’re pullin’ the trigger.”
Contemporary Christian Music Releases –May 2006
Happy ~ Ayiesha Woods
The More ~ downhere
More To This Life ~ Story Side B
Bless The Broken Road ~ Selah
History ~ Matthew West
The Noise ~ Jessie Daniels
You Never Let Go ~ Matt Redman
Real To Me ~ Nichole Nordeman
Nothing Left To Lose ~ Mat Kearney
Just Showed Up For My Life ~ Sara Groves
Mountain Of God ~ Third Day
Bittersweet ~ Plumb
Breakthrough ~ Nate Sallie
Something Beautiful ~ Natalie Grant
Everything You Ever Wanted ~ Hawk Nelson
Crazy In Love ~ Nicol Sponberg
Forever ~ Edison Glass
Light Of The World ~ Watermark
Blogger: CCMs Latest Hits List
I don’t have time to get you guys the iTunes link list for these songs this month. If you want ‘em, you’ll have to dig in iTunes.
But…here’s a gold list of new Christian releases out there to explore. It’s put together by a former DJ who loves to stay ahead of the release lists and tries to beat it. Usually hits a great percentage of winners up and coming. He usually hits 98% of the year’s WOW list in his lists as well.
Click for:
Blogger: CCMs Latest Hits List
You can either cut and paste into iTunes search bar, or print it off for a reference as you dig and create your new Spring jammin’ CD for your window down, bass up loud, cruisin’ car time.
Contemporary Christian Music Releases –April 2006 Releases
April 2006
Love Rains Down ~ Jamie Jamgochain
Nothing Compares ~ Jadon Lavik
Sometimes By Step ~ Bebo Norman f/Rich Mullins
Fisher Of Men ~ Joanna Martino
Diverse City ~ tobyMac
Everything And More ~ Story Side B
Orphans Of God ~ Avalon
Wholly Yours ~ David Crowder Band
Sweetly Broken ~ Jeremy Riddle
Call Upon His Name ~ Darlene Zschech
Welcome Home ~ Brian Littrell
So Long Self ~ MercyMe
The Real Me ~ Natalie Grant
Can’t Go On ~ Monday Morning
The Need To Feel Alive ~ Forever Changed
Don’t Forget To Remember Me ~ Carrie Underwood
My Jesus ~ Todd Agnew
April ½ 2006
Shut Me Out ~ Kutless
Closer ~ Sanctus Real
Fearless ~ Building429
I Can Feel It ~ Third Day
I’m Not Alright ~ Sanctus Real
Fire ~ Krystal Meyers
Undefeated ~ Audio Adrenaline
Miracle ~ Story Side B
It’s On ~ Superchick
My Generation ~ Starfield
Only You ~ Disciple
Good Behavior ~ Plumb
Rocketown ~ Shaun Groves
Show Me Everything You’ve Got ~ The Rocket Summer
Somewhere In The Sky ~ Kutless
Things We Go Through ~ Hawk Nelson
Love’s Done Something ~ Casting Pearls
Breathe ~ Jeremy Camp
Christian Dating / Free Christian Music
Stay ahead of CCM! See the sidebar for Music listings of the top Christian songs being released to radio each month ahead of CCM listings. I have my sources. Here a portion of the song and download the songs for for a buck a peice at iTunes. I’m getting a ton of hits to this post due to the title, but I’ll tell you: as far as I know, there is no way to get “free” Christian music otherwise legally. Anyway, don’t you want to support starving Christian artists out there? Feel little Jimmy and Sue.
As far as free tab sheets, guitar chord charts go, do a search with the title of the song you want in ” “s, if you want a certain chord and know part of the chord sequence, type that in. Sometimes that helps. If you need to, add the word “free” to the search mix. You’ll probably find it– if it’s out there–note: usually you have to put the words back in to the chord charts. Few websites are allowed to place the words and song chords together due to current copyrite restrictions.
You know, if I were looking for Christians to date, I’d go to a church with a good Christian singles ministry. People go to bars to look for “a good Christian man”, but don’t get involved in their churches to get to know poeple? I get so confused. Go put yourself in some circles where you can get some adult interaction, even with married couples. Stay with them long enough, and eventually, one of them will want to introduce you to a great person. That’s my advice. I’m sure people meet some great people online, but don’t discount live community in dating. Accountability and others knowing the person is often very helpful.
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