Greatest Christmas Song of all Time

backontrack · 21 Dec 2015

Anyway, I think this thread has been taken over by Weird Al. Not that that's a bad thing at all.

I prefer carols and orchestral things...I'm not religious, but they're certainly more nostalgic than listening to Paul MuckCartney - and much nicer, too.

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Seacook · 21 Dec 2015

I am rather fond of There's No Lights on the Christmas Tree, Mother, They're Burning Big Louie Tonight by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.

Searle · 21 Dec 2015

ungreat said:
All Christmas songs suck. I absolutely HATE the whole time of year. As for that bloody Pogues song,the only reason it's popular is because there's a bit of swearing in it

are you serious? :lol:

Johnuk123 · 21 Dec 2015

The Pogues dirge is without doubt one of the worst Christmas songs ever made, tuneless and lyrically inept.

Butts · 21 Dec 2015

Johnuk123 said:
The Pogues dirge is without doubt one of the worst Christmas songs ever made, tuneless and lyrically inept.

It remains however, a great advertisement for the beneficial aspects of dental hygiene

richw · 21 Dec 2015

Butts said:
It remains however, a great advertisement for the beneficial aspects of dental hygiene

Shane MacGowan I saw on Daily Mail yesterday has had a tooth transplant and now has 22 nice looking nashers.

Butts · 21 Dec 2015

richw said:
Shane MacGowan I saw on Daily Mail yesterday has had a tooth transplant and now has 22 nice looking nashers.

Sell out as opposed to a tooth out :roll:

Can we have at least one other endorsement of my Wizard choice please ?

CharlieSpotted · 21 Dec 2015

Allow me to nominate (with tongue firmly in cheek) the hilariously cheeky:

The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

[youtube]VQhuoY5h2kE[/youtube]

Number 2 in the chart, Christmas 2003.

306024 · 21 Dec 2015

Butts said:
Can we have at least one other endorsement of my Wizard choice please ?

See My Baby Jive was my Wizzard favourite but in the Christmas context yes it would be on my Christmas Island Discs. I'd struggle to find seven others to go with it though, certainly not most of the dross in this thread

Did I hear Elton John's Step Into Christmas played at Vicarage Road after Watford trounced Liverpool 3-0 yesterday?

richw · 21 Dec 2015

CharlieSpotted said:
Allow me to nominate (with tongue firmly in cheek) the hilariously cheeky:

The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

[youtube]VQhuoY5h2kE[/youtube]

Number 2 in the chart, Christmas 2003.

I always remember Justin Hawkins saying how he managed to get bell(s) end into a Christmas song without it getting banned! (And ring piece!)"

cjp · 21 Dec 2015

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ungreat said:
All Christmas songs suck. I absolutely HATE the whole time of year. As for that bloody Pogues song,the only reason it's popular is because there's a bit of swearing in it

Bah Humbug to you to

One gets the Christmas one deserves

I Believe in Father Christmas

[youtube]2xKGc0-PUp8[/youtube]

or, religiously, how about a Sussex Carol?
[youtube]I2q4BfdShew [/youtube]

IanD · 22 Dec 2015

Yesterday, I had the misfortune to watch "A Very Murray Christmas" on either Netflix or Amazon in which Bill Murray murdered a Fairytale of New York. I'll never be able to unhear that and it has ruined my enjoyment of the song forever.

CharlieSpotted · 22 Dec 2015

For longer works, can I recommend:

Imagene Peise - Atlas Eets Christmas
Spotify

Smith and Burrows - Funny Looking Angels
Spotify

Glasvegas - A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss)
Spotify

12CSVT · 22 Dec 2015

CheekyBandit said:
Saw this band perform this number live the other day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkNDraXuRcI

Like it !

Here's another one (very topical when it came out in 1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNace1KBqac

And there's this rendition of a more conventional Christmas song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvR66bZBCIk

Tracked · 24 Dec 2015

Low - Just Like Christmas

Although, having learned Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas on the Ukulele recently, I quite like that as well (more a playing thing though)

yorksrob · 25 Dec 2015

It's quite disappointing that I've not heard any Slade this festive season. Seem to have heard Chris Rea's 'Driving Home for Christmas' a few hundred times.

Heinz57 · 26 Dec 2015

Fairytale of New York, there is no competition! But Slades Merry Christmas is deffinatly second place

AM9 · 26 Dec 2015

yorksrob said:
It's quite disappointing that I've not heard any Slade this festive season. Seem to have heard Chris Rea's 'Driving Home for Christmas' a few hundred times.

Nor have I heard 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' played in full. Not that it is a favourite.

craigwilson · 26 Dec 2015

Pogues and Kirsty definitely the best Xmas song for me.

For worst song, well this one's definitely up there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3p-Zea_0pE (slightly NSFW)

yorksrob · 27 Dec 2015

AM9 said:
Nor have I heard 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' played in full. Not that it is a favourite.

I certainly wouldn't mind hearing it a few times.

12CSVT · 27 Dec 2015

craigwilson said:
Pogues and Kirsty definitely the best Xmas song for me.

For worst song, well this one's definitely up there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3p-Zea_0pE (slightly NSFW)

There is far worse (although this one was intentionally bad, in a scene intended to resemble a tacky variety show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kntQNeSge5s

jayalongtheway · 27 Dec 2015

Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel by Bad Religion. Superb punked up version

61653 HTAFC · 30 Dec 2015

A bit late to the party here, but here's a couple:

Half Man Half Biscuit - It's Clichéd To Be Cynical At Christmas https://youtu.be/cxqQtUQErhQ

Tim Wheeler & Emmy the Great - Zombie Christmas
https://youtu.be/eGukj0g5gqY

I was also going to post "I Want an Alien for Christmas" by Fountains of Wayne, but there's only covers of it on YouTube. Some are pretty good though.

yorksrob · 30 Dec 2015

I suppose we ought to be on New Year songs by now. I can't think of many, but Abba's "Happy New Year" from their Super Trouper album has to be up there with the best.

backontrack · 30 Dec 2015

Auld Lang Syne?

Domh245 · 30 Dec 2015

backontrack said:
Auld Lang Syne?

Because it signals the end of the christmas period? Perhaps for some...

backontrack · 30 Dec 2015

I don't really care, TBH.

61653 HTAFC · 31 Dec 2015

yorksrob said:
I suppose we ought to be on New Year songs by now. I can't think of many, but Abba's "Happy New Year" from their Super Trouper album has to be up there with the best.

The Breeders - New Year

Case closed.

https://youtu.be/F1TOkSYmNFE

miami · 3 Jan 2016

backontrack said:
Auld Lang Syne?

Switched on to bbc at new years, they did the countdown, however after the 5,4,3,2,1 [thunderbirds are go] bit it didn't seem to be auld lang syne, or even Old Lang's Eye

Domh245 · 3 Jan 2016

paulweaver said:
Switched on to bbc at new years, they did the countdown, however after the 5,4,3,2,1 [thunderbirds are go] bit it didn't seem to be auld lang syne, or even Old Lang's Eye

Auld lang syne came after about 10 minutes or so of fireworks and other music. Even then it was the version that could have been a single by some obscure scottish band rather than a traditional poem

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