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12 Best Christmas Songs: No. 4

'River'
--Joni Mitchell (1971)

It's not technically a Christmas song -- it's your basic garden-variety "Look-what-I've-gone-and-done" lost-love song. But Joni's from Canada, and when they start "putting up reindeer" in L.A., she's hopelessly homesick. She wishes she had a river to skate on, long enough so she could fly. But she's stuck in the crazy scene in La La Land, where the only river is a dry concrete aqueduct.

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BiG RiCe

Come on, Please get it off of best sing.... go to worst sing .. I dont know who is she .. she looks like a crackh**d...or what ?

December 01 2008 at 5:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
William

RE DO the whole list for God sake

November 30 2008 at 6:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mistv182

I was expecting to see this song on the 12 worst songs list. It's NOT a Christmas song and even as a regular song, it sucks!!!

November 30 2008 at 8:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Carissa

I really, really love this song...but it does NOT get even me in the Christmas spirit! Okay, they should have renamed this list "Best Christmas Songs in POP Music," because we all have noted that NONE of these are traditional Christmas carols. And I agree, "White Christmas," which can be considered a pop Christmas tune, MUST be on this list (tell me it is coming up???) There IS some good secular Christmas music and these are not some of them. I still go for the songs about Jesus as my favorites though.

December 23 2007 at 1:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
aquadonia

As much as I love this song, it does not belong on this list, whether or not it's a Christmas song.

December 17 2007 at 11:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Amy

Robert Downey, Jr. sings an awesome version of this song. Yes, you read correctly. Robert Downey, Jr.

December 11 2007 at 2:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jb

maybe instead of putting a non-Christmas song, you could have popped in the Pogues' Fairytale of New York, which would be #1 on my list.

December 10 2007 at 3:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
xpsgracie

Hey, Spinner staff.......when you make your list of "Spinner's Worst Lists", this list should top it! You're breadth of musical knowledge is as great as this list. Any guy on the street could do better.

December 09 2007 at 4:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gariadea33

Oh Jesus! I'm wondering what drugs these people were using when they chose these songs!

December 08 2007 at 6:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Susan

I'LL SAY IT AGAIN - WHO PICKED THESE SONGS FOR THE BEST - THEY ALL SUCK!!!

December 08 2007 at 5:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply