Good/Appalling Christmas hits from the UK

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For the non-UK residents, what are the cream of this years crop of great/appalling Xmas tunes. I'm thinking of things like "Proper Crimbo" by Bo Selecta.

― everything, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

I hope Crazy Frog will delight us with a Christmas serenade.

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

"Chicken Song" by Spitting Image?

― B.O.B., Wednesday, 7 December 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

i think the england cricket team are bringing a record out...

― dumdum, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

I'm Luke, I'm 5, and my Dad's Bruce Lee. We drive around in his JCB:

http://www.jcbsong.co.uk

― Mitya (mitya), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

I still love the Darkness' Christmas song.

― jonviachicago, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

Is this it? Is Ozzy not doing a Christmas record this year, or someone from Coronation St? Where is this year's Mr Blobby?

― everything, Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

OK, Tony Christie has done an easy-listening big-band version of Merry Christmas Everybody. It's not very good. There is a bunch of horrible little choirboys singing Clapton's "Tears in Heaven". They are like a pre-pubescent G4, who have also released a (gasp!) cover version, this time it's "When A Child Is Born". Christmas number one likely to be either the winner of the X Factor doing a cover version or Westlife duetting with Diana Ross on a (guess what!) "When You Tell Me That You Love Me". Or Girls Aloud with (wait for it...) a cover of Dee C Lee's "See The Day".

In other news, I believe the Crazy Frog offering involves "U Can't Touch This".

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 9 December 2005 00:00 (twenty years ago)

This is more like it. Thanks Ailsa - that all sounds completely gruesome. I'm looking forward to hearing that Cricket Team tune - I'm sure it will be compelling.

― everything, Friday, 9 December 2005 01:10 (twenty years ago)

Here's the current Ladbrokes odds for the UK Christmas #1. Someone is calling themselves "Santa"?

X Factor winner 4/6
Nizlopi 2/1
Westlife + Diana Ross 8/1
Chico Slimani 12/1
The Pogues 14/1
The Choirboys 16/1
Crazy Frog 20/1
James Blunt 25/1
Take That 25/1
The England cricket team 25/1
Robbie Williams 33/1
Santa 33/1
G4 + Cliff Richard/R Gibb 40/1
Girls Aloud 40/1
Charlotte Church 50/1
Coldplay 50/1
Eminem 50/1
Franz Ferdinand 50/1
John Lennon 50/1
Kelly Clarkson 50/1
Madonna 50/1
Mariah Carey 50/1
McFly 50/1
Oasis 50/1
Patrolman Pete 50/1
Pussycat Dolls 50/1
Sugababes 50/1
The Darkness 50/1
Tony Christie 50/1

― everything, Friday, 9 December 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

So, G4 are singing with Cliff? on "When a child"? Good outside bet.

Bad outside bet: "Happy Christmas (War is over)" at 50/1, might as well throw your money in the air and go "Whee".

Girls Aloud, maybe. Xmassy video.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 9 December 2005 09:46 (twenty years ago)

The England cricket team's "song" is a version of "Jerusalem". Despite having been off work and watching a background of crappy cable music channels all day yesterday, it remains the only thing on that list I haven't heard. I strongly suspect I might hear it on Sunday when Freddie Flintoff gets the BBC Sports Personality of the Year and the Ashes squad the equivalent team award.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 9 December 2005 09:55 (twenty years ago)

slade.

― The Velvet Overlord (The Velvet Overlord), Friday, 9 December 2005 11:59 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

I still haven't heard most of these. How's the UK chart action this week then?

― everything, Friday, 23 December 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

That dude with the rapist dad is bitch-smacking up the charts, with "Your Dad Committed Suicide Because Your Music Sucks" at #2, and some other stuff is still around.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 23 December 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

Can anyone from the UK give us a role call of this year's contenders? The Ladbrokes list doesn't really have anything fun looking:

X-factor winner 1/10
Susan Boyle 8/1
Michael Jackson 11/1
John & Edward (Not being the X Factor Winner) 10/1
Cheryl Cole 21/1
Alexandra Burke 25/1
Boyzone 25/1
JLS 25/1
The Beatles 28/1
Robbie Williams 40/1
Take That 40/1
Westlife 40/1
Rihanna 50/1
Cliff Richard 66/1
La Roux 66/1
Lady Gaga 66/1
Michael Buble 66/1
Wham 66/1
Britney Spears 75/1
George Michael 75/1
Peter Andre 75/1
Victoria Beckham 100/1
Basshunter 150/1

― everything, Sunday, 29 November 2009 23:07 (sixteen years ago)

interesting lack of amateurish novelty garbage from not-already-famous people there

― mdskltr (blueski), Sunday, 29 November 2009 23:22 (sixteen years ago)

That is what is so disappointing about it. Where are the soap opera stars, childrens choirs, fictional characters, sports teams and so on?

― everything, Sunday, 29 November 2009 23:30 (sixteen years ago)

It's taken a recession to finally put ostensible dampeners on Chrimbo commercialism. Even big consumer brands are going for a demure, Dickensian approach this year I've noticed. Even pious PR-circuit twits are likely to be steering clear of it this year.

― dog latin, Sunday, 29 November 2009 23:40 (sixteen years ago)

that Bo Selecta one from a few years back was probably the worst

― mdskltr (blueski), Sunday, 29 November 2009 23:45 (sixteen years ago)

No, there has definetely been worse than that.

― everything, Monday, 30 November 2009 00:12 (sixteen years ago)

Not a lot of space for new Xmas records on the lists anymore, now that the incorporation of downloading in sales causes numerous classics to re-enter the charts every Christmas.

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Monday, 30 November 2009 00:12 (sixteen years ago)

And btw. "Christmas Day" by Squeeze, "Thanks For Christmas" by Three Wise Men (XTC) and "One Christmas Catalogue" by Captain Sensible are all great and very underrated classics.

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Monday, 30 November 2009 00:13 (sixteen years ago)

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