QuoteWedding Present - No Christmas
So, an old reliable at this time of year, but I'm trying to do up a Christmassy CD mainly comprising what would have been called indie bands in the good old days. It's to dovetail with me Best Christmas Tunes Ever mix CDs so there can be no crossover with that - that has most of the classic tunes already.
I'm looking to pick peoples' brains and fill out the CD with gems I've not heard of, with a sort of indie guitar feel but a few dance or hip-hop tunes would not go astray either. Reworkings of old standards would have to be fairly radical though. Some of the ones I have already:
Throwing Muses - Santa Claus
Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
St. Etienne - I Was Born On Christmas Day (prefer this one to The Christmas Prayer)
The Knife - Reindeer
Smashing Pumpkins - Christmas Time
and the classics:
The Dandy Warhols - Little Drummer Boy
Die Toten Hosen - Auld Lang Syne
That's the sort of thing. Any more?
Pixies doing Frostie The Snowman? Dizzie Rascal doing Mistletoe & Wine? All help appreciated.
Last edited by stann; 11/12/2007 at 3:09 PM.
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Wedding Present - No Christmas
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Last Christmas - The Manic Street PreachersOriginally Posted by stann
So, an old reliable at this time of year, but I'm trying to do up a Christmassy CD mainly comprising what would have been called indie bands in the good old days. It's to dovetail with me Best Christmas Tunes Ever mix CDs so there can be no crossover with that - that has most of the classic tunes already.
I'm looking to pick peoples' brains and fill out the CD with gems I've not heard of, with a sort of indie guitar feel but a few dance or hip-hop tunes would not go astray either. Reworkings of old standards would have to be fairly radical though. Some of the ones I have already:
Throwing Muses - Santa Claus
Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
St. Etienne - I Was Born On Christmas Day (prefer this one to The Christmas Prayer)
The Knife - Reindeer
Smashing Pumpkins - Christmas Time
and the classics:
The Dandy Warhols - Little Drummer Boy
Die Toten Hosen - Auld Lang Syne
That's the sort of thing. Any more?
Pixies doing Frostie The Snowman? Dizzie Rascal doing Mistletoe & Wine? All help appreciated.
James Dean Bradfield did a cover of Wham's "Last Christmas". Not a radical re-working but simply Bradfield and his trusty acoustic guitar.
You're call on that one, Stann.
Quoting years at random since 1975
Live on TGIF, yes?
It's almost time for me to dig out Phil Spector's 'A Christmas gift for you'. That fills my needs.
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Not really indie of course but Sinead O'Connors version of "Silent Night" is quite brilliant.
Bad News -Cashing in on Christmas
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Bruce has some classics on Youtube
Low - Just Like Christmas
Half Man Half Biscuit - It's Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas
Malcolm Middleton - Burst Noel
The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
Anything from the Vince Guaraldi Trio album - A Charlie Brown Christmas. Great stuff.
Low, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Bright Eyes, Belle & Sebastian all have some Christmas material out there.
Allez les Bleus
Bare naked ladies - Good king wecesles
Fountains of Wayne - I want an alien for Christmas
superbly catchy.....
"Well I think they'll be a little disappointed with that" - Matt Holland on TV3 after 5-2 drubbing by Cyprus
donna and blitzen- Badly Drawn Boy
Also the "secret" song on O by Damien Rice....Lisa Hannigan singing silent night, witht the lyrics changed to make it darker
My Goal Is To Deny Yours...
Excellent, folks, ta muchly. Lots to scout out there. Keep them coming!
Have tunes from Low and Belle & Sebastian alright, and the Ramones is up there amongst the classics already. Arcade Fire though, that's intriguing.
Last edited by stann; 12/12/2007 at 9:46 PM.
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Just saw the Killers have a new one out at the mo called Don't Shoot me Santa
its a bit weird....
"Well I think they'll be a little disappointed with that" - Matt Holland on TV3 after 5-2 drubbing by Cyprus
For anyone who likes Sufjan Stevens, hes bringing out a 42 trackChristmas album
<insert witty remark>
Christmas with the Devil -Spinal Tap
"The elves are all in leather and the angels are in chains"
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
It's out since last year.For anyone who likes Sufjan Stevens, hes bringing out a 42 track
For anyone who doesn't like Sufjan Stevens, START.
Arcade Fire - The Great Arcade Fire
One hot summer's day
I was playing in the arcade
I never thought I'd see flames
Rising out of my favorite games
Great arcade fire
I'm looking at our stage
The lion in our cage
They lit the cage on fire
It was supposed to disappear
Oh no, the lion's on fire
The lion's on fire
My good god, the lion's on fire
When I was a little kid
I was sleeping in my bed
My mom said, "Wake up, sleepyhead
The house is on fire, follow me"
We ran downstairs past the burning Christmas tree
Christmas on fire
Christmas on fire
Christmas on fire
My good god, Christmas on fire
This happens every time
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
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