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I wonder if much has changed over the last 10 years in the Favourite Christmas Song department?
My top three are:
Fairytale of New York..................... The Pogues
I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day.... Wizard
Merry Xmas Everybody...................... Slade
I'd share the same No1 as you, but I have a liking for Christmas Wrapping, the Waitresses, so that would be my No2 off the top of my head.
Driving Home for Xmas - Chris Rea also has a good vibe.
But I'll throw in Oh Holy Night - when it's done well it just makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
In 1957 a record called Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
It was a hit again in 1958, 60, 61, 62...it featured in an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie in 1959, etc.
So what?
The tune is now being used in a TV advert. I hope the dependents of the two composers (Joe Beal/ Jim Boothe) are still receiving the composer royalties!
I would add 'Santa Claus is coming to town' as covered by Springsteen.
Probably its earliest rendition was in June 2016 at the Etihad stadium when a fan dressed in a full Santa outfit requested this. After a scurry around to find some glockenspiels etc, Bruce and the band played this with much hilarity.
Yes, I agree with this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witton Park
Apart from that, Hanneke's choices on the first page of this thread are very much to my taste.
It's a bit like being asked what your 3 favourite tudor executions are.
Yeah i'm not a fan of xmas songs.
In fact i'm not much of a fan of xmas altogether. much prefer the summer!
and some people accuse me of being a miserable bugger :D
It's got nowt to do with Christmas but that Jona Lewie ditty always hits the spot for me. Something about the jaunty brass interjected against the gloomy environment seems to sum up the feeling of the Christmas season.
Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, and Mary Queen of Scots. Damn, now I'm going to be accused of being a misogynist.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
Dependants!Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Standards, Graham ;)
He must have cracked open his Christmas bottle of Canadian Club early this year, Noel!
You are quite right.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
I have dismissed my amanuensis.:mad:
Well this about hits the spot for me - a couple of Midlands legends and punk/folk deities. Especially poignant this year with the sad loss of Shane.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
But let's face it, it's not Christmas until Noddy says so!
I might be inclined to extend it to Jona Lewie (although it's not a Christmas song) and John Lennon's Happy Christmas (war is over), but otherwise that's the top 5 seen up for me.
W&J Graham's Port at Christmas in named glass ware. Well after a visit - nothing else quite marks the occasion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Good calls:
Fairytale of New York..................... The Pogues
Merry Xmas Everybody...................... Slade
And of course, I Want An Alien For Christmas by Fountains of Wayne
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You should know with a name like yours! And you are not the first!Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
I must say I am devastated that nobody has mentioned a track off Bob Dylan's Xmas album.
You didn't know Bob Dylan had released a Xmas album? I am truly shocked. Sometimes I wonder if I waste my time on here...
It is called Christmas in The Heart and was released in 2009. There are 15 tracks.
Clearly it would be impossible to choose between them and so I suggest one starts with track 1 - Here Comes Santa Claus.
My relationship with dear Robert goes back 60 years now and so I can say with total confidence that after you have listened to this opening track...life, the world, and Christmas, will never be quite the same again.
And not for the better.
It means I get more Christmas cards. People find one with my name on in their selection box and think of me. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MattPo
We've got a bauble in the tree with my name on too. One year the kids got Mrs Noel one with her name on, then she didn't feel left out.