Wow, I thought I had posted here days ago, but unless I missed something I have not. Oops!
BillyMaysF, you'll be missed here. You know that. You'll be welcome whenever you chance back to these parts.
Christmas songs are not really my thing, but I've always loved the Bing Crosby/David Bowie
Little Drummer Boy. I wasn't aware of it when it came out in 1977, but it was a hiddenish thing until the early 80s, when it exploded all over. By then, David Bowie and Elvis Costello were my favorite artists.
Bowie was such a counterculture icon, flitting as he did in and out of the mainstream, that it was bizarre to think of him performing with a golden-years performer like Crosby. I wasn't yet at the point in my own growth when I would realize that music from all eras is just a matter of style and smoke and mirrors, and that a reliable talent from the current age will always find common ground with a great one from the past. Back then, to me, the pairing was mind-blowing. Almost as bizarre as if, say, Lady Gaga were to perform with Tony Bennett.
Obviously,
that will never happen. 8)
As a plus, their version is a beauty. It's more of a showcase for Bowie than for Crosby, but that's all right - someone has to play lead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiXjbI3kRus