01 S CLUB 7 - Perfect Christmas 02 Amy Grant - Have Yourself a Merry Christmas 03 Chris Botti - The Christmas song 04 Diana Krall - I'll Be Home For Christmas 05 Vanessa Williams - Angel We Have Heard On High 06 Baby Face - It came upon a Midnight 07 Amy Grant - Christmas Can't be very Far Away 08 Vanessa Williams - I'll be home for Christmas 09 Baby Face - Winter Wonderland 10 Randy Travis - Jingle Bell Rock 11 Diana Krall - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve 12 Amy Grant - A Christmas to remember 13 Baby Face - I'll be home for Christmas 14 Michael Franks - The Way We Celebrate New Year's 15 Diana Krall - The Christmas Song 16 Warren Hill - Frosty The Snowman 17 Joyce Cooling - The Christmas Song 18 Diana Krall - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Hello friend, it's me again I just called to tell you, Even though I miss you so I've been thinking of you All my dreams are coming true, at last...oooh
The perfect ending to a wonderful year (oooh) Will be to celebrate the good times with you here Cuz I know, For sure, I never wanted anything more
The greatest gift that there could be Wrapped underneath my Christmas tree Would be the same my whole life through I'd spend the perfect Christmas with you Though the winter seems so long My faith in love has kept me strong So if I had a wish come true I'd send the perfect Christmas with you
I can't wait Till the day When I finally see you So hold on I wont be long Got so much to show you All our dreams are coming true at last...ooh
So when you ask me what I mean To me the Christmas is complete Boy can't you see You're the one thing missing for me
Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o'er the plain And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains Glo-glo-glo-gloria, in excelsis Deo Ooh, no, yeah yeah
Shepards, why this jubilee Why your joyous song prolong What the gladsome tidings be, ohh That inspire your heavenly song Glo-glo-glo-gloria, in excelsis Deo Oh oh oh, ooh oh, oh yeah
Ohh, come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing, oh Come on adore on bended knee Christ, the Lord, our new-born King Glo-glo-glo-gloria, in excelsis Deo, oh yeah
Eric Dawkins: On the day, that Christ was born The angels sang such a heavenly song In excelsis Deo, ohh
Angels we have heard on high Angels we have heard on high Angels we have heard on high Angels we have heard on high In excelsis Deo In excelsis Deo
It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold: "Peace on the earth, good will to men, From heaven's all-gracious King." The world in solemn stillness lay To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come With peaceful wings unfurled, And still their heavenly music floats O'er all the weary world; Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering wing, And ever o'er its Babel-sounds The blessed angels sing.
Yet with the woes of sin and strife The world has suffered long; Beneath the heavenly strain have rolled Two thousand years of wrong; And man, at war with man, hears not The tidings which they bring; O hush the noise, ye men of strife, And hear the angels sing!
O ye, beneath life's crushing load, Whose forms are bending low, Who toil along the climbing way With painful steps and slow, Look now! for glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the wing; O rest beside the weary road And hear the angels sing!
For lo! the days are hastening on, By prophets seen of old, When with the ever-circling years Shall come the time foretold, When peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendors fling, And the whole world give back the song Which now the angels sing.
07 Amy Grant - Christmas Can't be very Far Away
窓には素敵なものが見えるわ
この汚い街もすぐに新しい雪に覆われるのね
ブーツを履いて外に出ましょうね
だって、クリスマスはそう遠くないはずだから
と始まるこの曲では、歌詞の素晴らしさを堪能することができる。
Little bits of heaven Floating gently by the window Soon this dirty city will be Covered with a new snow Let's put on our winter boots Go outside and play Christmas can't be very far away
Weather girl says "bundle up" It's gonna be a cold one I'll put on my wooly hat You'll wear your dad's old Stetson Pretty lights are everywhere Shining night and day Christmas can't be very far away
Let's take a walk downtown and Go dream shopping in the mall The kids can do the Santa thing Photographs and all We'll get the biggest tree this year And trim it to the top And spend a whole lot more Than what we've got But so what
Come next spring I know we will be Ready for the sunshine Right now throwin' snowballs At each other's such a fun time Kids will think we're crazy For a while and that's okay Christmas can't be very far away Christmas can't be very far away
この曲は、Amy Grant の新しいアルバムクリスマスアルバム、A Christmas to remember に収められている最初の曲だ。
Sleigh bells ring Are you listening In the lane Snow is glistening A beautiful sight We're happy tonight Walking in a winter wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird Here to stay is a new bird He sings a love song As we go along Walking in a winter wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman Then pretend he is Parson Brown He'll say: Are you married? We'll say: No man But you can do the job When you're in town
Later on We'll conspire As we dream by the fire To face unafraid The plans that we've made Walking in a winter wonderland Winter wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman And pretend that he's a circus clown We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman Until the other kiddies knock him down
When it snows Ain't it thrilling Though your nose gets a chilling We'll frolic and play The Eskimo way Walking in a winter wonderland Yeah we're walking in a winter Yeah we're walking in a winter We're walking in a winter wonderland Wonderland Winter wonderland
途中で４ビート寄りのリズムに乗ってピアノソロが入り、歌へと繋がれてゆく。
ストリングスなしで、ドラムも軽いミディアムテンポでノリを重視したアレンジが施されている。
ストリングスはちょっと控えめ。
ベースの二泊三連気味のフレーズも乱入し、そこでは16分の速いフレーズもちりばめられている。
しかしこのサウンドのゴージャスさはどうだろう。
高品質なオーディオシステムをお持ちの方は、音の素晴らしさでも圧倒されるはず。
10 Randy Travis - Jingle Bell Rock
いわゆるオールドスタイルのカントリーロック風でグイグイ聞かせるたいぷだが、声がとにかく渋い。
こういう雰囲気 は日本人ミュージシャンには出せない味だ。
Jingle bell, jingle bell Jingle bell rock Jingle bell swing And jingle bells ring Snowin' and blowin' Up bushels of fun Now the jingle hop has begun
Jingle bell, jingle bell Jingle bell rock Jingle bells chime in Jingle bell time Dancin' and prancin' In jingle bell square In the frosty air
What a bright time It's the right time To rock the night away Jingle bell, time Is a swell time To go glidin' in a one horse sleigh
Giddy-up, jingle horse Pick up your feet Jingle around the clock Mix and mingle In a jinglin' beat That's the jingle bell rock
I'm dreamin' tonight of a place I love Even more then I usually do And although I know it's a long road back I promise you
I'll be home for Christmas You can count on me Please have snow and mistletoe And presents under the tree Christmas Eve will find me Where the love light beams I'll be home for Christmas If only in my dreams
Christmas Eve will find me Where the love light beams I'll be home for Christmas If only in my dreams If only in my dreams
14 Michael Franks - The Way We Celebrate New Year's
Out of all the ways there are To spend the holidays Only ones a cure for the blues Just renew that perfect groove With the one you love At home by the fire How can you lose?
On the year's last night Who cares if Christmas was white When we're in our igloo alone I prefer your kiss to schnapps While the popcorn pops And Bird reinvents the saxophone
Comes the countdown Soon the ball will drop We climb love's mountain Listening to bebop Take me to the top Please don't ever stop The way we celebrate New Years For excitement We don't need champagne Snow-bound, love-lucked How can we complain? People think we're strange But lets never change The way we celebrate New year's
what we first got hitched When invited we never missed The chance to hang socially Now we quench our thirst At home every thirty-first Reclusive as Salinger, J.D.
Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Let your heart be light From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Make the Yule-tide gay, From now on, our troubles will be miles away.
Here we are as in olden days, Happy golden days of yore. Faithful friends who are dear to us Gather near to us once more.
Through the years We all will be together, If the Fates allow Hang a shining star upon the highest bough. And have yourself A merry little Christmas now.
