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
For me it's the Eurythmics' version of "Winter Wonderland" as one of the most iconic Christmas songs.
I remember it being huge as a kid on the radio, in department stores (seemed like everyone had that "A Very Special Christmas" album), so I was shocked to see how low its play counts were in the digital world these days. None of the multiple decade-old uploads on Youtube have yet to crack a million; it has about 3.5 million plays on Spotify (roughly the same as some of the tracks on the Sufjan Stevens Christmas album). Apparently only made the Billboard Holiday chart at #41 in 2011 and not since then... Both the Phil Spector/Darlene Love & Tony Bennett versions have charted from airplay and streaming in more recent years.
― gregorianpants, Thursday, 24 December 2020 06:13 (three years ago) link
I never forget to come back to the Mountain Goats' rendition of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5I7y4xvPoU
Through the years we all will be together...
In the grave. That's where we'll all actually be together is in the grave.
...if the fates allow
― peace, man, Thursday, 24 December 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
I bought the Soulful Strings’ ‘Magical Christmas’ album (recommended itt) & it is delightful. Love!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 December 2020 17:05 (three years ago) link
^yep, one of the very best
Here is my Spotify Christmas playlist for this year. The usual mix of new and not so new. At 45 songs, it’s a bit longer than usual. There seem to be a LOT more new seasonal recordings this year compared with the norm. Also, there were quite a few finds from the People’s Pop polls on Twitter (just finished) that I had to squeeze in.
Link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4054OsQgPWQejHoBtxJsOa?si=JwfloeTsSLWWjSXItV2MzQ
― Jeff W, Thursday, 24 December 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
Mi Burrito Sabanero - originally from Venezuela - is very popular in latinamerican countries and has the plus of being a christmas song that you can dance to.
Get to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36074Q1G7U
Also if you’d rather dance to it “banda” style:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKNQudGnLuo
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
Thanks, that one's new to me! I haven't really dug into Spanish-language Christmas apart from all the Fania Christmas albums and some Celia Cruz.
I see Calexico cover Mi Burrito Sabanero on their new Christmas album/I see Calexico have a new Christmas album/it's kind of boring
― timber euros (seandalai), Friday, 25 December 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link
Speaking of Spanish language Christmas, just came to say ¡Feliz Vanidad!
― And Then There’s Maudit (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 December 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link