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Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 12:54 am
by hoosier-daddy
Not for everybody, so see how it goes.
John Lennon & Yoko Ono Happy Xmas (War is Over) on HQ Vinyl with Lyrics in Description
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9bLVLu9Da8
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 6:43 am
by Anonymous Claret
Greg Lake
I believe in Father Christmas
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 7:07 am
by ClaretinJapan
Half Man Half Biscuit - All I Want For Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit. No mention of Christmas in it which elevates it further.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 7:16 am
by burnmark
Anonymous Claret wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2024 6:43 am
Greg Lake
I believe in Father Christmas
Was just about to post that.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 7:53 am
by bfcjg
Carol...Silent Night
Song...Fairytale of New York.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 7:54 am
by Greenmile
ClaretinJapan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2024 7:07 am
Half Man Half Biscuit - All I Want For Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit. No mention of Christmas in it which elevates it further.
It’s cliched to be cynical at Christmas
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:20 am
by Stalbansclaret
Still love Fairytale of New York. Haven’t liked much the Killers have done since the first album but their Christmas song Christmas in LA is great.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:32 am
by aclaretinstevenage
bfcjg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2024 7:53 am
Carol...Silent Night
Song...Fairytale of New York.
Good, but I'd go
Carol....Oh Holy Night
Song Greg Lake I believe in Father Christmas.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:39 am
by Jambounchained
A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris de Burgh
A Christmas Duel - The Hives & Cyndi Lauper
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:48 am
by gawthorpe_view
As posted above, Greg Lake, nothing else comes close.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:49 am
by AlargeClaret
They certainly don’t make Xmas songs like they used to do that’s for sure .
Elton John’s -Step into Xmas quite an underrated tune.
Bowie&Bing Little Drummer Boy
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 10:13 am
by houseboy
Jambounchained wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:39 am
A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris de Burgh
A Christmas Duel - The Hives & Cyndi Lauper
Love spaceman. But the good thing is it doesn’t have to be Christmas, it works at any time.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 10:17 am
by houseboy
I have to come down on the side of Greg Lake really. Loved his voice anyway but the lyrics to that song are really very cynical.
Hallelujah, Noel, be it heaven or hell,
The Christmas you get you deserve.
Pure magic.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 10:28 am
by fatboy47
Tallest dwarf contest.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 10:36 am
by rufus lumley
James Brown' --Hey America
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 10:43 am
by NottsClaret
'Do you hear what I hear' by Jonny Mathis, just because it's on Gremlins and is burned into my mind ever since. That or Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 1:15 pm
by hoosier-daddy
Jambounchained wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:39 am
A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris de Burgh
Now that is a blast from the past. I totally forgot about that.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:41 pm
by Cajun
Not the "best" but a favourite. For the sheer fun of it, this has always brought a smile to my face. Saw Slade perform it live at a wild Christmas gig in Staffordshire in 1977, good times. "Merry Christmas Everybody"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM7M7zSMJcw
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:50 pm
by Bosscat
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 5:13 pm
by Rowls
Some great ones already mentioned.
In Dolce Jubilo by Mike Oldfield is one that hasn't yet been.
edit- By which I mean his version. Obviously he didn't write the tune.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 5:19 pm
by Vegas Claret
This is still the most under rated and unheard Christmas song of all time imho, it's brilliant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr_zo8ivUCY
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 5:37 pm
by DXS
Carol Silent night Sinead O'Connor hauntingly beautiful
Song Last Christmas don't know why just like it
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 5:40 pm
by Enola Gay
Gotta be Mariah.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 5:53 pm
by hoosier-daddy
DXS wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2024 5:37 pm
Carol Silent night Sinead O'Connor hauntingly beautiful
Song Last Christmas don't know why just like it
Just played it. What a voice. RIP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHNygqhBCs
Last Christmas another good one.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:18 pm
by karatekid
First time I’ve really listened to the Gregg Lake lyrics and it is a pretty awesome song. Nothing like all the times it has played in the background at Xmas and I never really listened to the lyrics. I didn’t get it.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:19 pm
by karatekid
The Sinead O’Connor one is beautiful too.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:21 pm
by karatekid
I watched the Wham! Last Christmas special the other night where all the original cast from the video reunited. 40 years ago this year.
Wham gave all the royalties to Band Aid .
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:18 pm
by Middle-agedClaret
I Believe in Father Christmas is hard to beat.
I saw Greg Lake perform it as featured vocalist with Ian Anderson and his Band in Salisbury Cathedral in Dec 2011. He sang it beautifully, and the setting made it even more impressive.
On a rather more anarchic level, I’ve always enjoyed There Ain’t No Sanity Clause, by the Damned.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oN8n99BUO-A
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:19 pm
by Middle-agedClaret
karatekid wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:21 pm
I watched the Wham! Last Christmas special the other night where all the original cast from the video reunited. 40 years ago this year.
Wham gave all the royalties to Band Aid .
ALL the original cast?
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:42 pm
by Bosscat
karatekid wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:21 pm
I watched the Wham! Last Christmas special the other night where all the original cast from the video reunited. 40 years ago this year.
Wham gave all the royalties to Band Aid .
did they have a seance perhaps
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:47 pm
by Jakubclaret
Bosscat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:42 pm
did they have a seance perhaps
All but george michael does it matter enough to be nitpicking another poster. Let it go.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2024 11:51 am
by BurnleyFC
I know he’s a **** and an absolute deviant, but I love “Another Rock ‘N’ Roll Christmas” by Gary Glitter.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2024 12:31 pm
by Clovius Boofus
My favourite song is Roll on Boxing Day by Clovius Boofus.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2024 12:32 pm
by Dassey
Another rock and roll christmas....gary glitter.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2024 2:00 pm
by hoosier-daddy
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2024 2:11 pm
by Steve1956
Mmmmmmm ..let me think.....no there isnt one.
Re: Christmas best songs?
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2024 2:50 pm
by basil6345789
The Drifters - White Christmas awesome!
did they have a seance perhaps