Christmas songs get lullaby treatment :: Music News :: Articles

[Above: Sufjan Stevens]

What do lullabies, rock, and Christmas have in common? Until a few weeks ago, not so much. But following the release of Lullaby Renditions of Christmas Rock Classics, the three will be permanently intertwined, so that the next time you decorate a tree, you will have to think of the Killers, and the next time you attend a Sufjan Stevens concert, your mind will turn to Santa, and the next time… You get the point.

Lullaby Renditions is the latest compilation from the mad geniuses behind Rockabye Baby!, who have compiled an impressive array of Christmas-themed songs perfect for the young child who cannot yet critically assess the difference between Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and “Merry Christmas” by the Ramones. Previous compilations have given the lullaby treatment to such artists as the Beatles, Nirvana, and Radiohead, whose “Karma Police” still seems way too haunting for sensitive, baby ears, even when performed in lullaby form.

Lullaby Renditions tracklisting:

1. Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time (Lullaby to Sufjan Stevens)
2. 2000 Miles (Lullaby to The Pretenders)
3. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Lullaby to Death Cab for Cutie)
4. Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) (Lullaby to Ramones)
5. Do They Know It’s Christmas? (Lullaby to Band Aid)
6. Happy Xmas (The War Is Over) (Lullaby to John Lennon)
7. Christmastime (Lullaby to Smashing Pumpkins)
8. Oi to the World (Lullaby to No Doubt)
9. Christmas Wrapping (Lullaby to The Waitresses)
10. Great Big Sled (Lullaby to The Killers)
11. Father Christmas (Lullaby to The Kinks)
12. I Won't Be Home for Christmas (Lullaby to blink-182)
13. Some Day at Christmas (Lullaby to Pearl Jam)