Bumper Christmas Song Thread for Xmas

[dfx-]

I *suppose* I would......:rolleyes: ;)

[finlma]

Driving home from Christmas - Chris Rea

Easily the best :)

I'd agree with that. I really hope they play it on the radio when I'm driving home to Kilkenny on Friday.

[finlma]

Mariah Careys Christmass song is my favourite.

I presume thats a joke - I hope so anyway.

I'm really only posting cause my post count is on 666 and slightly disturbing me.

[hamish]

I presume thats a joke - I hope so anyway.

I'm really only posting cause my post count is on 666 and slightly disturbing me.

It's disturbinf us to finlma:p :D

Ah, just kidding

Happy Christmas, you young devil you. lol:D

[hamish]

I cannot stand 'White Christmas'

I hope you'll be able to visit Hamish Mansion some Christmas dfx.

I have a very large animated deco of (a very young) Binh Crosby siging White Christmas with a lovely window in the background with stars, snow and twinkly lights 'n' everything plus he's standing beside a Christmas tree. :D

You'd absolutely love it.:p :D LMAO

[Hulsey]

Gotta be "I won't be home for Christmas" by Blink 182. Don't like most of their stuff, but this songs fcukin' hilarious.

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[beautifulrock]

Grandma got run over by a Reindeer... great tune :D

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[hamish]

Anyone ever heard "Guadete"???:confused:

Gaudete
Gaudete! gaudete! Christus est natus ex Maria Virgine: Gaudete!

Tempus adest gratiae, Hoc quod optabamus;
Carmina laeticiae Devote redamus.

Gaudete! gaudete! Christus est natus ex Maria Virgine: Gaudete!

Deus homo factus est, Natura mirante;
Mundus renovatus est, A Christo regnante.

Gaudete! gaudete! Christus est natus ex Maria Virgine: Gaudete!

Ezechiellis porta Clausa pertransitur;
Unde lux est orta, Salus invenitur.

Gaudete! gaudete! Christus est natus ex Maria Virgine: Gaudete!

Ergo nostra concito Psallat iam in lustro;
Benedicat Domino: Salus Regi nostro.

Gaudete! gaudete! Christus est natus ex Maria Virgine: Gaudete!

[Lionel Ritchie]

Cashing in on Christmas by Bad Newshttp://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000032RP.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Fairytale of New York by the Pogues and Kirsty McColl

It's Clichéd to be Cynical at Christmas by Half Man Half Biscuit

absolutely cannot stand Mariahs yoke of a thing.

Also for some reason Bruce Springsteens version of Santa Claus is coming to Town makes my fcuking flesh crawl. I think it might've been an 'in' joke that got out of hand. It's a poor performance, dreadfully recorded and about as funny as a rs e cancer.

[Dublin12]

Fairytale of New York -The Pogues.

Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie.

Christmas(Baby please come home) - Darlene Love.

Frosty the Snowman - The Ronettes.

Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love.

Wham,Rea,Carey,are all a joke compared to the above.:)

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[Eire06]

Mariah Careys Christmass song is my favourite.
Mine too even though I can't stand her
Always gets me out on the dance floor
I get a good slagging for liking it from my friends ..

One of the best things about the Christmas is dancing to cheesy christmas songs after a couple of jars its great fun :D

[Thunderblaster]

Anyone ever heard "Guadete"???:confused:

Gaudete
Gaudete! gaudete! Christus est natus ex Maria Virgine: Gaudete!

Tempus adest gratiae, Hoc quod optabamus;
Carmina laeticiae Devote redamus.

Gaudete! gaudete! Christus est natus ex Maria Virgine: Gaudete!

Deus homo factus est, Natura mirante;
Mundus renovatus est, A Christo regnante.

Gaudete! gaudete! Christus est natus ex Maria Virgine: Gaudete!

Ezechiellis porta Clausa pertransitur;
Unde lux est orta, Salus invenitur.

Gaudete! gaudete! Christus est natus ex Maria Virgine: Gaudete!

Ergo nostra concito Psallat iam in lustro;
Benedicat Domino: Salus Regi nostro.

Gaudete! gaudete! Christus est natus ex Maria Virgine: Gaudete!

Was that Hymm Number 632 at the Tridentine High Midnight Mass to start things off??:confused: :D Or the Responsorial Psalm??

[Thunderblaster]

Top three Christmas ditties:

Band Aid-Do They Know It's Christmas (the original, obviously)
The Pogues and Kirsty McColl-Fairytale of New York (wouldn't win a beauty contest though)
Jonah Lewie-Stop The Cavalry (Kirsty McColl featured as a backing dancer in a previous hit for Jonah Lewie)

[gustavo]

Last Christmas
Belleau Wood -Garth Brooks
Silent Night
O Holy Night

[hamish]

Was that Hymm Number 632 at the Tridentine High Midnight Mass to start things off??Or the Responsorial Psalm??

What's that now??? Sorry, TB, haven't a clue what your'e on about:o

Love that song though Thunderblaster. In the early 70s K-Tel and Ronco were the forerunners of the Now, multi-hit albums. That's where I first heard Steeleye Span's version of Gaudete.

Hot albums then had a very eclectic mix, from pop to heavy metal to folkie stuff to soul. etc etc. Nowadays, the various hit albums appear to have a collection of samey-samey stuff. Maybe I'm just showing my age.

Can't imagine a group relessing a song similar to Gaudete nowadays.

Beautiful song.:)

[A face]

Obviously this one is always going to get a mention

The Pogues & Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCr30OVMjHA)

[SkStu]

the one, the only and still the best Christmas #1 EVER.



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the one, the only and still the best Christmas #1 EVER.


Jebus, fairly brutal i would have thought. Not really an Xmas song either

[strangeirish]

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[SkStu]

Jebus, fairly brutal i would have thought. Not really an Xmas song either

it was Christmas #1 FFS!! More than fairytale of new york ever was!!

Its a super xmas tune.

edit: its actually just a great tune anyway - pretty touching song written about one of the East 17 lads' brothers committing suicide.

[thischarmingman]

My favourite Xmas song:

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[the 12 th man]

Silent Night (Even Hannibal Lecter enjoys Christmas):D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA5Gj2l4AMk


(Well worth a look-nearly 16 million hits)

[SkStu]

is that a "Best Xmas #1 Ever" poll i can smell (or is it just my feet?)

[Longfordian]

I'll plump for this one. Wouldn't be Christmas without Slade.

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[paul_oshea]

edit: its actually just a great tune anyway - pretty touching song written about one of the East 17 lads' brothers committing suicide.

?!?!? Baby if you've got to go away....Thought I heard you say you loved me?!

[SkStu]

baby brother....who'd have thought brothers could love each other! :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_Another_Day#Background_and_release

heres another festive masterpiece.

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[Lionel Ritchie]

Ah Skstu you'd me goin' til you posted sir cliff ....you ARE on a wind up.

Anyway sticking a bunch of gluesniffers in dufflecoats and dropping some false snow on them does not a christmas song make.

Anyway I like Slade as well ...and Wizzard of course ...and Boney M. Pogues and Kirsty is a classic - recorded in seperate sessions on two seperate 2" tapes y'know. Originally just kicked straight into "They've got cars big as bars..." -then someone suggested it needed an intro. This was recorded on a seperate 2" reel and they were just cellotaped together as was the way in the time when recording was analogue and linear.

Most of ye won't know this one. It's bloody marvelous mind...
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[SkStu]

Sir Cliff was a joke :D

I was deadly serious about East 17 - doesnt get the recognition it deserves at this time of year.

[NeilMcD]

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genius

[NeilMcD]

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[theworm2345]

Ms. Fogarty's Christmas Cake

I think its the Irish Rovers version I have, has a nice solo at the end that took me forever to master on guitar

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[The Good Son]

The Ramones - Merry Christmas I Don't Want To Fight Tonight

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[stann]

Two great shouts by Neil McD, but Bing is Mr Christmas, and this is the classic one:
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This is the best one:
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And of course, there's this, mawkish, cheesy, and utterly gorgeous!
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Another great source of Christmas tunage is the mighty Tull, such as A Christmas Song here, live by Ian Anderson and band. Original is here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yibz4xAejos).
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And Ring Out Solstice Bells
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[gustavo]

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[The Good Son]

A Christmas album from ex-Grandaddy man Jason Lytle available on a free download from his website-
http://jasonlytle.bandcamp.com/

[DaveyCakes]

Stay Another Day is an excellent song...

[noby]

Wedding Present - No Christmas (with a little 120minutes nostalgia thrown in)

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Ooh, and The Crystals (or any of that album):

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[thischarmingman]

Something slightly different:

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[thischarmingman]

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[Magicme]

my favourite of the traditional christmas songs is Oh Holy Night. Gives me shivers up and down my spine.

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[davey]

Best 21st century xmas song. Beautiful

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[sligoman]

Oh yes;):

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Bit of a sad Christmas one:

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[Lionel Ritchie]

Stay Another Day is an excellent song...

... I dunno. I prefer the simple honesty of the exercise on display here.

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[jebus]

Surprised Mariah Carey's one hasn't been mentioned yet, I do like it through it's connection with Love Actually to be honest

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[Lionel Ritchie]

baby brother....who'd have thought brothers could love each other! :)


Okay -given. Now talk us through
"Oh don't leave me alone like this, please don't say it's the final kiss".

Wait, wait ...I'm still tuning up my banjo.

[jebus]

Incest brothers are still brothers Lionel, probably solved

Except for those sick freaks in East 17

[SkStu]

Okay -given. Now talk us through
"Oh don't leave me alone like this, please don't say it's the final kiss".


christ, i didnt think this would be so bloody controversial... :D

first part - his brother dies
second part - have you never kissed a dead body (cue necrophilia jokes)

[Wolfie]

I'd like to nominate schmalzy Christmas Ballad:

"Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine.

[A face]

Any more to be added to this thread?

[Lionel Ritchie]

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It’s Cliched to be Cynical at Christmas

Now how did I guess
You were going to express
Your disdain at the crane
With the bright fairy lights
And you moan at the snow
‘Cos your car wouldn’t go
Oh it’s cliched
To be cynical
At Christmas

You don’t have a tree
And your smile has a fee
All the same, here’s a card
For your boring facade
Jingle Bells, piney smells
All the boys and the girls
Say it’s cliched
To be cynical
At Christmas
Oh it’s cliched
To be cynical
At Christmas

See how we yawn
At your bile and your scorn
It’s a beautiful day
Peace on Earth has been played
Make a noise with your toys
And ignore the killjoys
‘Cos it’s cliched
To be cynical
At Christmas

Oh it’s cliched
To be cynical
At Christmas

I saw three ships
Come sailing in
Come sailing in
Come sailing in
I saw three ships
Come sailing in
On Christmas Day
In the morning