Christmas Must Be Tonight - The Band

A fantastic Christmas song by The Band.  Set to photos and art.

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• Christmas
• Tonight
• Band
• Holiday
• Joy
• Jesus
• Mary
• Angel

[alive1945]

Under-rated??!! Not then, they weren't. Not by a long shot:

"Rolling Stone magazine lavished praise on the Band in this era, giving them more attention than perhaps any other group in the magazine's history; Greil Marcus's articles in particular contributed greatly to the Band's mystique. The Band was also featured on the cover of Time Magazine's January 12, 1970 issue."

Clapton wanted in, (after Blind Faith) if just as a sideman. Or ask Van Morrison.

Read Levon's book ...

[RolioRudus]

@alive1945 Yet they were under-rated by the public.  Three Dog Night, Creedence and others of the same era were far better known than The Band. Yet, The Band was recognized by critics and their peers as one of the most influential groups of the 60s and 70s. I still listen to them more than almost anyone else of that era. Long live The Band!!!

[Diana5230]

Thank you so much. My 22 year old son died 3 weeks ago of pneumonia. He was otherwise healthy. I know where he is and that I'll see him again. This song comforts me more than you know.

[RolioRudus]

Please accept my most sincere condolence. I cannot imagine your loss.

This song is a modern Christmas classic, which I believe was written and performed with divine inspiration. Only that inspiration deserves your appreciation.

May the New Year bring you Peace, Comfort and Joy.

[MMJGO4IT]

The Band was one of my favorite bands back in the day and I was fortunate to see them live a couple of times. If you want to follow a current band that channels The Band and many others from that era check out My Morning Jacket. The just release an iTunes EP with that includes a beautiful cover of this song.

[oldsoul247]

Goodnight everyone, this is the only way I know to end this great holiday

[paschal421]

merry christmas-we all love and miss you rick...thanks for touching our hearts,our lives...

[ttfnjohn01]

This may be one of the few songs from the 1950-? era that will one day be called and used as a Christmas carol. It's that good and the pacing here is almost perfect for that.

[ttfnjohn01]

@RolioRudus They were also the studio band and backing tour act with more people than most of us from that era even remember. No, they weren't fancy showmen. Just great musicians.

[ttfnjohn01]

@Lazairus There are a number of cuts and out takes from the movie that can be staid to make it look "bigger" and, I've seen, even "smaller" than it was. It's pretty much standard operating procedure when filming a concert for crowd shots to be both tighter and wider than they really need to be. It doesn't change the fact that it was one hell of a show.

And that The Band were in their comfort zone as the backing band with the "start" taking the spotlight. Like when they started with Dylan.

[Lazairus]

@RolioRudus its not that they were never appreciated, its just they never were really a live band, the last waltz was staged to look bigger than it actually was.

if you look at the footage from wolfgangs vault, you will clearly see this

[upahill23]

Great cover version by Screenprints if you can track it down.

[pappawheelie09]

Thank You i knew I heard this in the 70's was Beginning to think it was one of those Flash Backs they Promised Me LOL