Christmas Songs - S&D!!!!

donny hathaway, "this christmas"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q5O6WnBF6g

I will never ever grow tired of this.
david axelrod and lou rawls in their prime.

some of my favorites from dr. demento's xmas shows ca. '87-88:

bob rivers, "wreck the malls"
yogi yorgesson, "i yust go nuts at christmas"
cheech & chong, "santa claus and his old lady"
bob & doug mckenzie, "the 12 days of christmas"

that whole Lou Rawls album, my god.
I suppose think it's lazy to say there has been nothing great since Carey. Low's "Just Like Christmas" is pretty much canon at this point, and there's great stuff every year, note the Khruangbin above.

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

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

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

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?

my personal favourite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrVI9rgF3sY

https://authorsrecording.bandcamp.com/album/yuletide-bangerz

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.

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

Atlas Sound - Artificial Snow :*(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuBrMnQ0XmU

BLISSmas

https://soundcloud.com/bigloverecords/nite-jewel-all-i-want-for
https://soundcloud.com/mike-simonetti/pale-blue-just-like-christmas-1
https://banjoorfreakout.bandcamp.com/track/merry-christmas-baby

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

Also made a playlist (partly inspired by ilxor threads):

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1m444tcGkY42aZ2y8Fadmm

More winter than Xmas.

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 gun
And spotlights the snowflakes like dust in the sun
It's Christmas in prison, there'll be music tonight
I'll prob'ly get homesick
I love you
Goodnight

Really feeling “Christmas Island” this year - Ernest Tubb & Leon Redbone versions.

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."

This seems quite Christmas-y to me ...

https://hamrahlidchoir.bandcamp.com/album/come-and-be-joyful

An actual xmas banger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTiWbbFFhGg
Johnny O. Bazz ‎– Xmas Eve

extremely festive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbeG1XrZPJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFnGtRWa7Yk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMIa7A0boKo

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_8D048
Master KG ft. Nomcebo Zikode • Jerusalema

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL6NnhCUpNM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xpcrBioETw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfbQCmafsQg

Johnny O. Bazz ‎– Xmas Eve

― kites aren't fun (NickB), Monday, 14 December 2020 20:58 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

This is great! Had never heard it before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVgRsWBb2l4

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

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

had slept on this: https://santasabbath.bandcamp.com/album/children-of-the-sleigh

Listening to the Soulful Strings recommended way upthread, this is great! Hits the perfect spot for me between jazz and kitschy easy listening.

i am going to get my hands on this, it sounds perfect

Annual post of my favourite-Christmas-songs playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1c1STHtL9vh4ZDHgvwYNoc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVYXGoH_peg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjPm0o04lGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry7PcYtKPhA

Discovered a Johnny Horton christmas song & it is a goddamn treat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZVHlRYhbCo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHRINgBk3YA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHQRKxJyHvQ

mary margret o hara - silent night

always pull this e.p. up, this time of year, happy xmas, everyone

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE3185A180A218F2D

count your blessings - a selection of seasonal songs with ace vocalists including mary margret o hara

S: James Brown - “let’s make Christmas mean something this year”

I have that album! beat to shit with some skips on side 1 but it's hard to find

I've just put out a mix / compilation of very old Xmas recordings

https://centuriesofsound.com/2020/12/21/centuries-of-sound-presents-deep-magic-christmas-recordings-1902-1924/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbL9Vsobx8I

not xmas per se, but extremely seasonal and guaranteed to lift the spirits of all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdJ0FcjMGD8
Samthing Soweto ft. Mzansi Youth Choir • The Danko! Medley

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