I *did* post my playlist after all!Christmas Songs - S&D!!!!
thank you for these Old Lunch et al! Love the Cymbals one.That Fuzzy one is going on the list
― kinder, Friday, 21 December 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
ah yes, love that cheech & chong track! i also love the barking dogs version of jingle bells from Dr Demento, cracks me up every time
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 December 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
Chris Molanphy's latest fits in with all this
https://slate.com/culture/2018/12/the-annual-contest-to-score-the-u-k-christmas-no-1.html
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 22 December 2018 00:39 (five years ago) link
FTR, I wasn't asserting that we've gone a quarter century with no good/great xmas music, just that nothing since Mariah has become a regular xmas rotation staple that you regularly hear on the radio or out shopping or whatevs. As someone else noted, anything 'new' I hear in those contexts is almost always a cover and rarely sticks around beyond the moment it was released. I'd even settle for a novelty single at this point. Where is the Jingle Cats of the 21st Century, I ask you?
― Loggins and Rogers and G are...K3NNY (Old Lunch), Saturday, 22 December 2018 04:18 (five years ago) link
my personal favourite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrVI9rgF3sY
― Number None, Saturday, 22 December 2018 06:32 (five years ago) link
https://authorsrecording.bandcamp.com/album/yuletide-bangerz
― errang (rushomancy), Saturday, 22 December 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
My Christmas 2018 Spotify playlist; the usual approach taken:https://open.spotify.com/user/worrellj14/playlist/34MKnVSxVRZC7iuIZsHBkR?si=vcMwerW-S4mNIgsvTE_coQ
Check out also the latest Project Moonbase playlist, 'Santa Claus's Tomb':https://open.spotify.com/user/projectmoonbase/playlist/0A4VrRUKNqMDtf1OEWU5ML?si=9TZTZIWnQrupSydGCI8mPg
Happy holidays, everyone.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 23 December 2018 22:56 (five years ago) link
Only slightly updated since last year, but still all my fav Christmas songs (that are on Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/user/seandalai/playlist/1c1STHtL9vh4ZDHgvwYNoc?si=hQyqRucDQCe6GIENNCp2rg
― seandalai, Monday, 24 December 2018 22:50 (five years ago) link
Atlas Sound - Artificial Snow :*(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuBrMnQ0XmU
― J. Sam, Monday, 24 December 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
BLISSmas
https://soundcloud.com/bigloverecords/nite-jewel-all-i-want-forhttps://soundcloud.com/mike-simonetti/pale-blue-just-like-christmas-1https://banjoorfreakout.bandcamp.com/track/merry-christmas-baby
― seandalai, Monday, 24 December 2018 23:53 (five years ago) link
My 2019 Spotify playlist. As ever, a mix of new or new to me, plus a few old favourites.https://open.spotify.com/playlist/472GsKvoB9YiBmaRTJttB2?si=uqithpceRcq21X_003kEIA
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 23:09 (four years ago) link
Also made a playlist (partly inspired by ilxor threads):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1m444tcGkY42aZ2y8Fadmm
More winter than Xmas.
― djh, Thursday, 26 December 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
If there was ever a year to listen to John Prine's "Christmas in Prison" on repeat, it's this one.
The searchlight in the big yard swings round with the gunAnd spotlights the snowflakes like dust in the sunIt's Christmas in prison, there'll be music tonightI'll prob'ly get homesickI love youGoodnight
― Lily Dale, Sunday, 6 December 2020 02:55 (three years ago) link
Really feeling “Christmas Island” this year - Ernest Tubb & Leon Redbone versions.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 December 2020 04:08 (three years ago) link
Heard something interesting off the radio today, a special on Nat King Cole: he recorded "The Christmas Song" three times with three different arrangements, and you can tell the earliest one because he incorrectly pluralizes "reindeers."
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 December 2020 04:12 (three years ago) link
This seems quite Christmas-y to me ...
https://hamrahlidchoir.bandcamp.com/album/come-and-be-joyful
― djh, Sunday, 6 December 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
An actual xmas banger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTiWbbFFhGgJohnny O. Bazz – Xmas Eve
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Monday, 14 December 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
extremely festive!
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 December 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbeG1XrZPJs
― xzanfar, Monday, 14 December 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFnGtRWa7Yk
― xzanfar, Monday, 14 December 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMIa7A0boKo
― xzanfar, Monday, 14 December 2020 22:12 (three years ago) link
this worked perfectly as my Xmas song Last Christmas, and will no doubt do so again this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCZVL_8D048Master KG ft. Nomcebo Zikode • Jerusalema
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 December 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL6NnhCUpNM
― xzanfar, Monday, 14 December 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xpcrBioETw
― xzanfar, Monday, 14 December 2020 22:23 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfbQCmafsQg
― xzanfar, Monday, 14 December 2020 22:27 (three years ago) link
Johnny O. Bazz – Xmas Eve― kites aren't fun (NickB), Monday, 14 December 2020 20:58 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Monday, 14 December 2020 20:58 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
This is great! Had never heard it before.
― timber euros (seandalai), Monday, 14 December 2020 23:20 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVgRsWBb2l4
― timber euros (seandalai), Monday, 14 December 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
just heard the bad religion christmas album from 2013. I’m sure the novelty will wear thin fast but in my current fragile state its synthesis of superficially opposed nostalgias seems to reconcile some sort of deep seated turmoil in my psyche and it moves me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB2l6UESSyo
― Left, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 13:42 (three years ago) link
Here’s a new one
We are pleased to announce The Long Blondes 'Christmas Is Cancelled' will be released just in time for Christmas by @BlowUpRecords #thelongblondes #Christmas2020 #newmusic @NME @BBC6Music @marcrileydj @steve_lamacq@matteveritt https://t.co/Sn2mRKLuzA— Blow Up Records (@BlowUpRecords) December 16, 2020
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 13:45 (three years ago) link
had slept on this: https://santasabbath.bandcamp.com/album/children-of-the-sleigh
― timber euros (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
Listening to the Soulful Strings recommended way upthread, this is great! Hits the perfect spot for me between jazz and kitschy easy listening.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
i am going to get my hands on this, it sounds perfect
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
Annual post of my favourite-Christmas-songs playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1c1STHtL9vh4ZDHgvwYNoc
― timber euros (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 19:13 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVYXGoH_peg
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 17 December 2020 06:32 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjPm0o04lGE
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 17 December 2020 06:34 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry7PcYtKPhA
Discovered a Johnny Horton christmas song & it is a goddamn treathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZVHlRYhbCo
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 December 2020 07:07 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHRINgBk3YA
― groovypanda, Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHQRKxJyHvQmary margret o hara - silent nightalways pull this e.p. up, this time of year, happy xmas, everyone
― Swanswans, Saturday, 19 December 2020 13:31 (three years ago) link
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE3185A180A218F2Dcount your blessings - a selection of seasonal songs with ace vocalists including mary margret o hara
― Swanswans, Saturday, 19 December 2020 13:37 (three years ago) link
S: James Brown - “let’s make Christmas mean something this year”
― brimstead, Saturday, 19 December 2020 16:57 (three years ago) link
I have that album! beat to shit with some skips on side 1 but it's hard to find
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 19 December 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link
I've just put out a mix / compilation of very old Xmas recordingshttps://centuriesofsound.com/2020/12/21/centuries-of-sound-presents-deep-magic-christmas-recordings-1902-1924/
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 21 December 2020 11:27 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbL9Vsobx8I
― cajunsunday, Monday, 21 December 2020 13:05 (three years ago) link
not xmas per se, but extremely seasonal and guaranteed to lift the spirits of all:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdJ0FcjMGD8Samthing Soweto ft. Mzansi Youth Choir • The Danko! Medley
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 21 December 2020 13:12 (three years ago) link
Here's a playlist of new xmas songs from this year that I enjoyed. Only 4 out of 47 are "Last Christmas" covers.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6g0NuGUoyTyqXmIHnKM2D6?si=U-v86VgdQry3pWs7zY8Gpg
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 21 December 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
My all-time favorite Xmas song. Cary Grant's "Here's to You" - the smooth "a votre santé", the sincere "shalom, sha - lom!", the rushed "kung hee fat choy" - is the gift that has kept on giving to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGPKnVHL1yY
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 21 December 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
Here's my heavy 2020 list-https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6s88CJdMQ9Wbudqe5DcY5iBelated discovery of the year-I'd been aware of the Arbor Records Christmas comps (https://www.npr.org/2016/12/20/506152779/songs-we-love-the-classic-brown-christmas-sweaters) but had never really dug in before. Man was I missing out. Great original Christmas albums are pretty rare, but this one sure made 2020 a little more tolerable.https://theclassicbrown.bandcamp.com/
― campreverb, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
I've been enjoying The Angry Snowmans this year. Christmas punk parodies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ji9K3sz56A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkdWAuqXvaQ
They even did a Nomeansno parody this year.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6YjlTMg-Vk
Only so many gifts can be slung with eight deer, one sleigh, on one run.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
Oh, I posted this in another thread but I guess this is the one that is popping
Thom Gill has a gift for us all:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJEXDhqgtcw/?igshid=1po3b1tjo8nt7
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link