arrrgh! "For YouTube embedded videos: Simply paste in the URL of the YouTube web page containing the video you wish to embed" why why why does this not work for *me*?
― messiahwannabe, Monday, 8 October 2012 04:40 (eleven years ago) link
think you should take the "s" out of "https"
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 8 October 2012 05:18 (eleven years ago) link
thanks anagram!
i think this is worth reposting for ease of reference, i can't believe no one's put it up yet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCY2JhrwxVs
― messiahwannabe, Thursday, 11 October 2012 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
also this is pretty sick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e25McLH-I04
― messiahwannabe, Thursday, 11 October 2012 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
Right, recommend songs which mention Christmas in the lyrics, or which feel Christmassy, but which aren't quite "Christmas Songs", per se.
In the former category, I Am An Ape by David Byrne and St. Vincent mentions Christmas Day in the lyrics, but has seemingly nothign else to do with Xmas.
In the latter (and former), Jona Lewie (sic?) always says Stop The Cavalry isn't a Xmas song, even though it emntions Xmas in the refrain, and has a Xmassy feel.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 29 October 2012 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
None of these are really "about" Christmas:
Trinity - Santa Claus Comes Once a YearCaetano Veloso - In the Hot Sun of a Christmas DayAugust Darnell - Christmas on Riverside Drive
― Well, ILE be damned! (seandalai), Monday, 29 October 2012 11:29 (eleven years ago) link
never too early for this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODjDz_6SWik
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 16:38 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ4ApY9YbYw
― xelab, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-i8S-1MzKI
― Say Goodbye To That Blood (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 17:14 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/localactionrecords/dj-q-all-i-want-for-xmas-is-q
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 17:14 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtbkcVd0ODM
― dutch_justice, Monday, 23 November 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link
the Carly Rae version of Last Christmas is kind of a disappointment.
― campreverb, Monday, 23 November 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
yes
how about a collaborative ilx christmas playlist without songs that will drive you insane when you hear them for the 15th time this year? MY OFFICE NEEDS ONE
no Slade!
1) Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas
― niels, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 08:58 (eight years ago) link
i just put on soul christmas and the guaraldi peanuts stuff and that does me just fine
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 09:14 (eight years ago) link
true, I put on Christmas in the Heart :-)
― niels, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link
If you like Christmas music, I have a thing for you:
http://everynoise.com/xmas.html
There's a monitoring graph showing Christmas-music listening on Spotify by day by country, and links to daily-updating charts of emerging Christmas music by country, and giant playlists of the distinctive Christmas music people listened to last Christmas in particular countries and cities.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 17:54 (eight years ago) link
neat!
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link
wow! Hey when I try to pull up last year's playlists by city/country, it doesn't go anywhere?
― campreverb, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link
It's a damn shame that Tracey Thorn only appears on the Sweden list. Her Christmas album is great.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 23:21 (eight years ago) link
what's with the abnormally high rate for christmas music in the philippines?
― rushomancy, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 23:50 (eight years ago) link
am I alone in finding Freddie Mercury's dramatic style a bit... inappropriate in "Thank God It's Christmas"?
― niels, Saturday, 5 December 2015 10:27 (eight years ago) link
Nope...kind of feel the same way about the Prince Christmas tune too.
― campreverb, Saturday, 5 December 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link
OMG it is not!
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 5 December 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
haha I was hoping she would turn it into a more upbeat synth-ed out ham.I should clarify on Queen, I don't mind an over the top Christmas song (I love that Lady Gaga x-rated x-mas tune), but 'Thank God It's Christmas' is just a dud.
― campreverb, Saturday, 5 December 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link
I have a playlist that I've ''''curated'''' and fashioned over the past years. It's bloody amazing. It's not only Christmas songs, soundtrack stuff, but also things that were xmas number ones or popular around Christmas time like Girls Aloud 'promise' or anything else I decide just sounds Christmassy. My OH added about 20 versions of 'last christmas' to it but I had to cull most of them.
― kinder, Saturday, 5 December 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
2010- Bigg Robb "I Want a Big Woman for Christmas" southern soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7zWxgTUzvk
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 5 December 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
I have a playlist that I've ''''curated'''' and fashioned over the past years. It's bloody amazing. can you post or link it?
― campreverb, Saturday, 5 December 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
preach, Big Robb
― Sharkie, Sunday, 6 December 2015 01:42 (eight years ago) link
Any good jazz xmas albums out there apart from Vince Guaraldi (my fave)?
― Adam J Duncan, Sunday, 6 December 2015 06:18 (eight years ago) link
this is quite nice
http://eil.com/images/main/Ramsey+Lewis+Sound+Of+Christmas+479333.jpg
― Number None, Sunday, 6 December 2015 11:26 (eight years ago) link
this toohttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ccOv7TRyL.jpg
― campreverb, Sunday, 6 December 2015 13:53 (eight years ago) link
Loving this Lewis, thanks campreverb!
― Adam J Duncan, Sunday, 6 December 2015 13:57 (eight years ago) link
I have a thing for Chet Baker's quite maudlin Silent Nights album, it is way underrated imo.
― xelab, Sunday, 6 December 2015 15:34 (eight years ago) link
Don't forget
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71wkh%2BQqxML._SL1200_.jpg
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Sunday, 6 December 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
http://funky16corners.com/pictures/sschristmas.jpg
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Sunday, 6 December 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Srk4HBY5R48/UM-FZHsirmI/AAAAAAAAAMY/BETfVwFiORk/s640/xmas.jpg
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Sunday, 6 December 2015 16:59 (eight years ago) link
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/533c2608e4b0a32be0b5e65d/533db24de4b0f0bdc6e14819/543c3aa4e4b0f23a04309ca2/1413233325388/songpoemxmas_mini147.jpg
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Sunday, 6 December 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
^^^ now playing
OK the last one and Zorn have piqued my interest in a way I didn't expect this thread!
― Adam J Duncan, Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:29 (eight years ago) link
the two American Song-Poem Christmas song I've heard live in a sweet grey area between outsider art and major label pulp, pretty cool
― Sharkie, Sunday, 6 December 2015 23:44 (eight years ago) link
good stuff itt!
sinatra's "the christmas song" just came on the radio - it's amazing, what a voice
is there a good sinatra christmas album?
― niels, Monday, 7 December 2015 09:13 (eight years ago) link
Grab any old Rhino Christmas compilation you see, and you will find something to love on it.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 7 December 2015 09:16 (eight years ago) link
cool, thx! googling that led me to this decent overview http://hipchristmasmusic.com/lists/albums.php
― niels, Monday, 7 December 2015 10:08 (eight years ago) link
Sharon Jones + Dap-Kings Christmas album is a bit disappointing tbh, though "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects" is still a classic.
― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Monday, 7 December 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link
^^^ my son played me this as we were trimming the tree over the weekend. I liked the whole thing, but yeah I thought "Chimneys" was the standout. Even The Eagles haven't ruined "Please Come Home For Christmas" for me; Charles Brown original is my favorite holiday tune.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Monday, 7 December 2015 15:17 (eight years ago) link
you might get a contact high listening to the Cassie Ramone.
― campreverb, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:22 (eight years ago) link
Christmas With Chet Atkins has been my favorite for a while -- any suggestions for similar albums?
― early rejecter, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
this is probably my country favorite:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dKmNarZNL.jpg
― campreverb, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
The Eagles get the words wrong, so screw 'em.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
i am quite proud of my xmas spotify playlist, fwiw (despite the fact that it can't have XTC's "Countdown to Christmas Party Time" on it
The Dandy Warhols - Little Drummer BoyCristina - Things Fall ApartCocteau Twins - Frosty The SnowmanLow - Just Like ChristmasThe Pogues - Fairytale Of New YorkSaint Etienne - I Was Born on Christmas DayTLC - Sleigh RideThe Waitresses - Christmas WrappingRun DMC - Christmas in HollisThe Sonics - Santa ClausThe Raveonettes - Come On SantaFear - Fuck ChristmasThe Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)Lisi - My Silent NightKurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin'Alan Vega - No More Christmas BlueSky Ferreira - OmankoCarly Rae Jepsen - Last Christmas
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 7 December 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link