Favourite Christmas Songs?

[thewarlock]

Got a little playlist on Spotify of Christmas tunes, but what are your favourites?

Few of mine would be:

Korn - Kidnap The Sandy Claws
Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
Christopher Lee - The Little Drummer Boy
Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis

But, always looking for more to add to the playlist.

What you got?

Edit, can't believe I forgot Louis Armstrong - 'Zat you Santa Claus?

Edited by thewarlock on Friday 4th December 12:16

[anonymous-user]

Not sure if it's strictly a Christmas song but... 'A Snowflake Fell (and it felt like a kiss)' by Glasvegas

And 'Tar Barrel in Dale' by The Unthanks tends to be the last song played on New Year's Eve

[55palfers]

A couple from The Moodies.

Don't need a reindeer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ATtFaKQR8&li...

December Snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0grDRA4kC8&li...

[FunkyNige]

The Vandals (Skate Punk) did a Christmas album, "Oi to the World" is probably the pick of the bunch -



Just found a quote about the album saying "If you do happen to enjoy their ridiculously stupid jokes, Oi to the World is nearly as fun as anything else in their catalog, even though you might admit their fast, goofy, and essentially tuneless songs are beginning to wear a bit thin." which is probably accurate

[Hub]

Greg Lake's is an all time classic, but in terms of lesser known ones... been done before and I probably said the same thing, but...

Oceansize's cover of 'Walking in the air'

https://youtu.be/coOz5pzCpMk

Smith and Burrows - 'As the Thames froze'

https://youtu.be/644U-jMpDUw

Low - 'Just Like Christmas'

https://youtu.be/IippcraBPKA

And the Home Alone theme by John Williams always gets me in the festive spirit!

https://youtu.be/GbUeK1PP7-s

[rowley birkin]

A Christmas Twist by Si Cranstoun

https://youtu.be/Bys-OE_C7lQ

[witteringon]

Couple of oldies:

Silent Night/7 O'clock news - Simon and Garfunkel (1966 - bit dated now?)

Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt. Timeless! (and Madonna did a pretty good version too)

[craig1912]

The Pogues. Fairytale of New York
Springsteen. Santa Claus is coming to Town

[rover 623gsi]

Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFtA7IHZgzw

[Louis Balfour]

For me it's Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses. The hipster in me says that I liked it before it became popular.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARq6uYSsUq0

[Brave Fart]

Louis Balfour said:

For me it's Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses. The hipster in me says that I liked it before it became popular.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARq6uYSsUq0

Spot on Mr Balfour. Spot on. One of the very few tunes they play in Tesco that doesn't make me grind my teeth.
The others being:

• 2000 miles; The Pretenders
• Run With The Fox; Chris Squire
• Driving Home For Christmas; Chris Rea
• Last Christmas; Wham!

Everything else makes me want to throw up into the frozen peas. Especially "Mistletoe and fking Wine" which I loathe with a passion. "Children singing Christian rhyme"? ps off!

[jet_noise]

The daddy is Wizzard's I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday.
Newly discoved this year Lemmy/Gibbons/Grohl's metalish take on Chuck Berry's Run Rudolph Run.

This is my Christmas music folder:

[SomersetWestie]

Kate Bush........ I think this sort of just scrapes in as a Christmas song........... !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4GF7imFczI

[Dave.]

The Killers - Don’t Shoot Me Santa

https://youtu.be/cglLJJ0Czo8

[HD Adam]

The late, great Louis Prima

Shake hands With Santa Claus

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?view=detail&amp...

[andySC]

Ray Connliff Singers - Ring Christmas Bells.
Low - Just Like Christmas.
Elton John - Step Into Christmas (...also covered by The Wedding Present)
Greg Lake - I Believe etc....
BEAK> (Merry Xmas) Face The Future.

[bristolracer]

Santas got a bag of soul - the Poets of Rythym
Presents for Christmas-Solomon Burke
Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley

[Riley Blue]

O/H is from Aberdeen so hers is 'Santa's a Scotsman'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkpOfHW75ck

If I have to suffer it, so do you.

[Sticks.]

It's not Christmas until I've heard this on the radio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzAL9ELsFRw

[droopsnoot]

jet_noise said:

This is my Christmas music folder:

Is "Don't stop the cavalry" by Jonah Lewie some sort of alternative version?