Bumper Christmas Song Thread for Xmas

**Eire06** · 19/12/2005, 1:40 PM

Originally Posted by jorge

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

**Thunderblaster** · 23/12/2005, 8:41 PM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

Anyone ever heard "Guadete"???

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??

Or the Responsorial Psalm??

**Thunderblaster** · 23/12/2005, 8:47 PM

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** · 23/12/2005, 10:32 PM

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

**hamish** · 24/12/2005, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by Thunderblaster

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

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** · 07/12/2009, 5:36 PM

Obviously this one is always going to get a mention

The Pogues & Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York

**SkStu** · 07/12/2009, 5:39 PM

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

**A face** · 07/12/2009, 5:52 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

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** · 07/12/2009, 6:05 PM

**SkStu** · 07/12/2009, 6:15 PM

Originally Posted by A face

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** · 07/12/2009, 6:23 PM

My favourite Xmas song:

**the 12 th man** · 07/12/2009, 6:23 PM

Silent Night (Even Hannibal Lecter enjoys Christmas)

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

(Well worth a look-nearly 16 million hits)

**SkStu** · 07/12/2009, 6:24 PM

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

**Longfordian** · 07/12/2009, 6:52 PM

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

**paul_oshea** · 07/12/2009, 6:54 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

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** · 07/12/2009, 6:58 PM

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_An...nd_and_release

heres another festive masterpiece.

**Lionel Ritchie** · 07/12/2009, 10:52 PM

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...