With all due respect to Rufus’ list, when I think of Christmas at its most heartfelt and warm, there is only one version of one song that has popped into my head for the last several years since I first heard it. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Otis Redding:
Merry Christmas, Ordinary Leaguers!
Mark of New Jersey
Mark is a Founding Editor of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, the predecessor of Ordinary Times.
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This is also a classic. I came really close to including Otis Redding’s absolutely wonderful “Merry Christmas, Baby”, but had limited myself to 20 songs. This is also why I included nothing from the Jackson 5 Christmas album, which is playing right now in our house.Report
One cannot go wrong with Otis Redding. Or the J-5.Report
Yeah, no kidding. Watch this and see if you’re not convinced that the universe is completely unfair for killing this man at age 26:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvMxaDZfA9Y&feature=relatedReport
Surely it is not the first time I am so convinced.Report
Looks like LoOG lost the War on Christmas (T)(R).Report
I see it more as a Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Christmas, myself.Report
I think it means me and Mark are a treacherous fifth column.Report
Merry Christmas, Mark.Report
There will never be another Otis Redding — thanks.Report
Wow. Thanks for that. Just this evening, my UW-Madison student daughter was lamenting the death of OR. Nice, nice tune.Report