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Post by Timeblue on Dec 10, 2017 11:58:28 GMT
Just to balance things up a little,some of my faves are not Xmas songs per se but were issued at Xmas such as In Dulce Jubilo by Mike Oldfield, but I like the 70s Xmas songs like Lonely This Christmas by Mud, I Believe In Father Christmas by Greg Lake.
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Post by Horacewimp on Dec 10, 2017 12:20:16 GMT
Christmas Wrapping is good
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Post by Timeblue on Dec 10, 2017 12:22:39 GMT
Christmas Wrapping is good Yes! a great song that was unsung for so long (came out in '81 I think) great tune and it tells a story too. |
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Post by vlogdance on Dec 10, 2017 12:39:11 GMT
Not strictly Christmassy but I've always liked this one. And it is a winter song, and was a hit at Christmas time.  |
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Post by Timeblue on Dec 10, 2017 12:54:53 GMT
Not strictly Christmassy but I've always liked this one. And it is a winter song, and was a hit at Christmas time. Just like I said earlier,it's a song that is not strictly an Xmas song but is always associated with the festive period. |
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Post by eloneen on Dec 10, 2017 14:15:46 GMT
Here's a nice one, one of Hubby's favorites. I like it, too. He's a jazz fan, so he likes this cover better than the original by the Pretenders.
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Post by queenofthehours on Dec 10, 2017 15:18:19 GMT
Just to balance things up a little,some of my faves are not Xmas songs per se but were issued at Xmas such as In Dulce Jubilo by Mike Oldfield, but I like the 70s Xmas songs like Lonely This Christmas by Mud, I Believe In Father Christmas by Greg Lake. These are my favourites too.
And other than the festive offerings from the ELO family such as Tom Petty and Roy Wood I also love those by Lennon, Slade, Pretenders, David Essex and Phil Spector's Christmas album (especially 'Sleigh Ride'). I like 'The Power of Love' by Frankie Goes to Hollywood too, even if it's not a proper Christmas tune it does have a Christmas video. But my guilty favourite has to be 'A Spaceman Came Travelling' by Chris de Burgh.
In my head Christmas does not officially start until I hear the Jona Lewie's 'Stop the Cavalry'.
No Christmas is complete without Tchaikovsky though, and a bit of Berlioz -
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Post by unomusette on Dec 10, 2017 18:44:32 GMT
As well as most of the above*, I like I'm Not Dreaming of a White Christmas by Gilbert O'Sullivan and I LOVE the cheeky Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) by The Darkness. Not only a great song but a hilarious video too.
*except Christmas Wrapping, I find it unreasonably irritating and have to turn it off if it comes on the radio. I think it might be the lacklustre way the vocals are delivered.
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Post by Chippa on Dec 10, 2017 19:43:59 GMT
"Father Christmas" by the Kinks. Oh, and this little known gem by Everything but the Girl....
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Post by BSJ on Dec 10, 2017 23:37:38 GMT
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Post by elophile on Dec 11, 2017 0:04:44 GMT
I own Bob's Christmas album this song comes from and it's fantastic! It's horrible and wonderful at the same time. I highly recommend it. I was nice and brought it into work and the philistines I work with hated it. |
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Post by BSJ on Dec 11, 2017 0:15:45 GMT
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Post by Buttler on Dec 11, 2017 11:18:36 GMT
My Christmas playlist.  1) John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 2) Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 3) Wham! - Last Christmas 4) Coldplay - Christmas Lights 5) Marvin Gaye - I Want To Come Home for Christmas 6) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 7) Pugwash - Thanks For Christmas 8) Katharine McPhee - Jingle Bells 9) Cliff Richard - Mistletoe and Wine 10) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 11) Sarah McLachlan - Happy Xmas (War is Over) 12) Kula Shaker - Christmas Time Is Here Again 13) Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 14) Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas 15) Kenny Burrell - Silent Night 16) Snoopy's Christmas vs. The Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen 17) The Moody Blues - When A Child Is Born 18) Darlene Love - White Christmas 19) The Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas 20) Freedom Fry - What Child Is This? |
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Post by Helmut83 on Dec 11, 2017 17:18:43 GMT
Do I sound like an old grouch if I say I hate all Christmas songs? Anyway, not that I'm going to fool anyone here if I act otherwise, you already know me, so... ...yes, I hate every single corny, cheesy, greasy, tacky Christmas song.  My five cents to the discussion.  |
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Post by unomusette on Dec 11, 2017 17:47:23 GMT
There's a whole album of Bob doing Christmas? Best news I've heard all day  |
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, but we're OK. 
Apparently it's quite hard to see them with the naked eye, you need to be looking through a camera or other type of lens?