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Weekend Rock List: Holiday Songs

5/22/09, 5:53 pm EST


We feel like we need a vacation after this week’s American Idol madness, so Memorial Day couldn’t have arrived at the perfect moment. To celebrate the long weekend, this Rock List is dedicated to Holiday Songs. Whether the word “holiday” is in the title or the song pays homage to a special day on the calendar, suggest your favorite tunes and on Tuesday we’ll reveal the Readers’ List. Before we all start boarding buses to the beach, check out our picks (and some photos of rock stars on the sand) for inspiration:

• Weezer – “Holiday”
• OutKast – “Happy Valentine’s Day”
• Madonna – “Holiday”
• Bruce Springsteen – “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)”
• Teenage Fanclub – “Alcoholiday”


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Tommy | 5/22/2009, 6:08 pm EST

Good list, heres a couple I could think of;

“Halloween” Dave Mathews Band

“Happy Christmas (War is Over) John Lennon

“Christmas Song” DMB

Anonymous | 5/22/2009, 6:14 pm EST

Green Day – Holiday
Sex Pistols – Holidays in the Sun
Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
Bruce Springsteen – Independence Day
U2 – New Year’s Day
John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

your mom | 5/22/2009, 6:16 pm EST

“Holiday in Cambodia” – Dead Kennedys
“Holiday Road” – Lindsey Buckingham
“Holiday” – Green Day
“Holiday” – Madonna
“Do They Know It’s Christmas” – Band Aid
“Christmas in Hollis” – Run DMC
“New Year’s Day” – U2

thezero | 5/22/2009, 6:17 pm EST

andre 3000 – happy valentine’s day

madonna – holiday

dead kennedys – holiday in cambodia

ministry – everyday is halloween

leo3375 | 5/22/2009, 6:22 pm EST

The Misfits, “Halloween”
Soundgarden, “Fourth of July”
Dead Kennedys, “Holiday in Cambodia”
Madonna, “Holiday”
Ministry, “Every Day Is Halloween”

coonsy | 5/22/2009, 6:28 pm EST

Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
Green Day – Holiday
Soundgarden – Fourth of July
Sex Pistols – Holidays in the Sun

Dude Man | 5/22/2009, 6:48 pm EST

John Lennon-”Happy Christmas(War is Over)”
Twisted Sister-”Heavy Metal Christmas”
Slade-”Merry Xmas Everybody”
Billy Squier-”Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You”
Steppenwolf-”Happy Birthday”
The Darkness-”Christmas Time(Don’t Let the Bells End)”
U2-”New Year’s Day”

johnny | 5/22/2009, 7:04 pm EST

green day holiday

Anonymous | 5/22/2009, 7:11 pm EST

“Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en”

Anonymous | 5/22/2009, 8:15 pm EST

St. Patrick’s Day – John Mayer

ElJayVee | 5/22/2009, 8:43 pm EST

New Year’s Day and 4th of July by U2

sy | 5/22/2009, 8:52 pm EST

blur – bank holiday

BillyBreathesJF | 5/22/2009, 9:34 pm EST

Tommy’s Holiday Camp – The Who
Holidays in The Sun – The sex Pistols
4th of July – Soundgarden
Permanent vacation – Aerosmith
Endless Vacation – The Ramones
Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wan to Fight Tonnight) – The Ramones
Christmas – The Who

Anonymous | 5/22/2009, 9:38 pm EST

“New Year’s Day” – U2
“Kids on Holiday” – Animal Collective
“4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” – Bruce Springsteen
“Holiday” – Green Day
“Holiday” – Madonna

BillyBreathesJF | 5/22/2009, 9:38 pm EST

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – John Lennon
Valentine – Bryan Ferry
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer

BushCrimeFamily | 5/22/2009, 9:56 pm EST

Holidays in the Sun – The Sex Pistols

Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) – The Ramones

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – John Lennon

slingshot | 5/22/2009, 10:59 pm EST

Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday”, about the Martin Luther King holiday;

“Christmas with Satan” by James White and the Blacks.

athens | 5/22/2009, 11:09 pm EST

“memorial day night” Dead Confederate

Anonymous | 5/22/2009, 11:15 pm EST

Lakeside park by RUSHHHH

Peace | 5/22/2009, 11:30 pm EST

Happy Xmas War is Over – John Lennon
Mother’s Day – Blink-182

Michael | 5/22/2009, 11:35 pm EST

Holiday In The Sun — The Sex Pistols
Holiday In Cambodia — Dead Kennedys
New Year’s Day — U2
I Saw Mama Kissin’ Santa Claus — John Mellencamp.

Rothyman | 5/23/2009, 2:56 am EST

Cliff Richard: Summer Holiday

mr wildflowers | 5/23/2009, 11:43 am EST

Dead Kennedys – Halloween

thatguy | 5/23/2009, 1:58 pm EST

the inclusion of Christmas songs makes it so weird to do in May. but whatever.

Brian Wilson – On A Holiday
Jens Lekman – Firecracker (On Our Way To A New Years Party)
Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Come)
John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”
John Cale – Child’s Christmas In Wales
Stevie Wonder – Happy Birthday

Rabbitbunny | 5/23/2009, 5:43 pm EST

Here are 21 Madonna tunes to get me
in a positive carefree holiday mood. Dedicated to RS’s Detroit Editor Mark Binelli on Woodward Avenue and to former RS staffer
Dave Marsh

1. Holiday
2. Angel
3. La Isla Bonita
4. Who’s That Girl?
5. Spotlight
6. Like a Prayer
7. Vogue
8. Into the Groove
9. Deeper and Deeper
10. Don’t Stop
11. I’ll Remember
12. I’d Be Surprisingly
Good for You
13. Ray of Light
14. Music
15. Beautiful Stranger
16. X-Static Process
17. Love Profusion (rock mix)
18. Get Together
19. Imagine
20. I Love New York (live version)
21. Beat Goes On

-Leo Rabbit

Anonymous | 5/23/2009, 11:20 pm EST

Here is my list of Madonna tunes that put me in a good mood:

jtrain | 5/24/2009, 1:44 pm EST

halloweenhead – ryan adams
4th of july – soundgarden

al | 5/24/2009, 6:06 pm EST

john lennon-merry christmas(war is over)

adam sandler-the hannukah song

the who-christmas

Doug | 5/25/2009, 11:50 am EST

The Beat – Elvis Costello
Hawaii – The Young Canadians

pompous fool | 5/25/2009, 3:18 pm EST

“Halloween”—Siouxsie & The Banshees

“Island In The Sun”—Weezer (come on, how could anybody ommit that on a Memorial Day Weekend?)

“Summertime”— DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

“Summer Holiday” — Cliff Richard and The Shadows

“All I Want for Christmas Is You”—Mariah Carey

“All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”—Spike Jones & His City Slickers (corny, but cute!)

pompous fool | 5/25/2009, 7:53 pm EST

I forgot “Hey Baby” and “Underneath It All” by No Doubt!

Anonymous | 5/26/2009, 11:32 am EST

halloween, dave matthews band
maybe this christmas, ron sexsmith
christmas song, dave matthews band

Whalespoon | 5/26/2009, 12:49 pm EST

Pretty good list, but you gotta add “Vacation” by the Go Go’s

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