We're slowly drifting towards Christmas again, which obviously will bring out all those classic Christmas songs. Dug up the Rockin' Good Christmas CD, which has a bunch of way over the hill 80s British hardrock singers (most notably ex-Iron Maiden Paul di Anno and Girlschool's Kimi McAuliffe) doing rocking version of various classic Christmas songs. Winter Wonderland, White Christmas and even Silent Night get the treatment. What struck me that when you'd take the vocals from here and put them in the traditional musical environment, they'd sound traditional. The only real change is the addition of some guitars. It's not exactly the inspired work that Trans Siberian Orchestra performs or Stu Hamm's rendition of Sleigh Ride. Can't remember where I ran into that last one, but it's stuck with me as one of the most groovie performances of a Christmas song ever!