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Favorite Christmas Songs

dmsmithdmsmith
edited December 2020 in Chit chat
I'll start:

Stop the Cavalry : Jona Lewie

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stop+the+cavalry
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  • LunyLuny
    I second that, I have fond memories of Stop the Cavalry. Followed by Fairytale of New York.
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  • dmsmithdmsmith
    edited December 2020
    I not sure I heard this quite as an anti-war song when I was a kid, I thought stop the cavalry was from the perspective of what it was like to be a footsoldier.

    I see it was about the Charge of the Light Brigade

    https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/story-behind-the-christmas-song-stop-the-cavalry-by-jona-lewie/

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  • Your Spec-chumYour Spec-chum
    My faves are Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas, and Chris de Burgh - A spaceman came traveling.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    I remember reading somewhere that Jonah Lewie never intended stop the cavalry to be an actual Christmas song. But it was perceived that way just because of the line I wish I could be home for Christmas. Not sure how much truth is in that statement due to the time it was released, and let’s face it that brass band, and all those bells certainly make it sound like a Christmas song.
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  • dmsmithdmsmith
    edited December 2020
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    I remember reading somewhere that Jonah Lewie never intended stop the cavalry to be an actual Christmas song. But it was perceived that way just because of the line I wish I could be home for Christmas. Not sure how much truth is in that statement due to the time it was released, and let’s face it that brass band, and all those bells certainly make it sound like a Christmas song.

    It morphed into a christmas song. At the begginning when Lewie was composing it though he had in mind a protest song. It was the record company that picked up on the line you mentioned, wanted to make it more christmassy, and suggested adding some tubular bells to the arrangement. See story behind the song link above.
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  • GreenCardGreenCard
    Fairytale of New York and Baby Please Come Home (the original Darlene Love version) are probably my favourites. :)
  • XTM of TMGXTM of TMG
    edited December 2020
    There's this song by a band whose name also was used by a Speccy music program, now what were they called again? ... ah, there's my coat!
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  • VampyreVampyre
    2000 Miles by The Pretenders and Fairytale of New York are my favourites.
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  • DarenDaren
    Do They Know It's Christmas (original version obvs.). I also like Stay Another Day by East 17.

    There, I've said it.
  • GwynGwyn
    I think Maria Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" is probably the ultimate.

    But I've always had a soft spot for "Driving Home For Christmas" by Chris Rea.
    Without fail, every year there's some time that I'm in the car going home from a busy day's Christmas shopping or one of the last drives from work to start the holidays and it comes on the radio. It always completely captures the mood and I just can't help singing along to it!

    Except for this year of course, because I'm stuck at home the whole time and have gone nowhere... :(
    Gift shopping has been mostly online and I'm working from home.
    Maybe I'll get lucky when I'm out buying a turkey sometime this week! B-)
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    Way things are going I think Road to Hell would be a better Chris Rea choice...
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  • dmsmithdmsmith
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Way things are going I think Road to Hell would be a better Chris Rea choice...

    That, or Road to Nowhere (Talking Heads)
  • dmsmithdmsmith
    edited December 2020
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    As well as Jona Lewie and The Pogues this is one i play a lot

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  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    I did a rather crappy dance mix of Last Christmas which is now my daughters favourite song. She might be biased though.
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  • dmsmithdmsmith
    edited December 2020
    I like Annie Lennox /Al Green Put a Little Love in Your Heart, from Scrooged



    And Our First Christmas from Alexander O'Neal

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  • dmsmithdmsmith
    edited December 2020
    Any love for Cindy and Allan (oops I mean Simply having) a wonderful christmastime?


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  • mik3d3nchmik3d3nch
    mel the bell wrote: »
    As well as Jona Lewie and The Pogues this is one i play a lot


    I was expecting the worst but to my surprise Mel, I enjoyed that so much I played it over again to listen to the surprisingly good arrangement, really good mixture. Thanks.



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  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    Daren wrote: »
    I also like Stay Another Day by East 17.

    There, I've said it.

    Oh my, that was like a time tunnel for my brain, yes an amazing christmas song.
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    Just playing some faves now, lol

    Riders of the night - What did i get for Christmas?


    Dropkick Murphys - The seasons upon us


    Judge Dread - Jingle Bells


    The Vandals - Oi to the world


    Frank Sidebottom - Christmas is really fantastic
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  • mermanmerman
    The correct answer is of course Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited December 2020
    Iggy Pop


    Iggy sneaking in on this one
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  • zx1zx1
    Driving home for Christmas - Chris Rea.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited December 2020
    I'm so glad nobody has mentioned Wizzard! That song needs to go away, but they're playing a modern cover of it on the radio at work, by some American Twonk. Every time I hear it I hate it more than the original which I literally despise! Wonder if the people here hearing that sh*te though have even heard the original? If not they should count themselves lucky they haven't had to listen to that a thousand times a day, everywhere you go, for the last 6 weeks of the year, every year, for the last 40 years!

    I think I may hate "I wish it could be Christmas every day", more than I Hate "Last Christmas" by Wham! That's a hard one to top, I've hated that song pretty much since it was out, although Last Christmas is a few years younger than Wizzard's aural torture, so Roy Wood's literal only source of income has had a bit longer to fester.....
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited December 2020
    zx1 wrote: »
    Driving home for Christmas - Chris Rea.
    hes not allowed to, its tier 3
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  • mel the bellmel the bell

    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    I think I may hate "I wish it could be Christmas every day", more than I Hate "Last Christmas" by Wham! .
    No Whamgeddon yet here, still managed to not hear Last Christmas, mind u i control what i listen and see so
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  • VampyreVampyre
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    I'm so glad nobody has mentioned Wizzard! That song needs to go away, but they're playing a modern cover of it on the radio at work, by some American Twonk. Every time I hear it I hate it more than the original which I literally despise! Wonder if the people here hearing that sh*te though have even heard the original? If not they should count themselves lucky they haven't had to listen to that a thousand times a day, everywhere you go, for the last 6 weeks of the year, every year, for the last 40 years!

    I think I may hate "I wish it could be Christmas every day", more than I Hate "Last Christmas" by Wham! That's a hard one to top, I've hated that song pretty much since it was out, although Last Christmas is a few years younger than Wizzard's aural torture, so Roy Wood's literal only source of income has had a bit longer to fester.....
    Roy Woods daughter (Holly - yeah, Roy and his wife went there) used to live in the house opposite. Will never forget leaving the house one day and Roy was standing by his car. I must have stood there for a good ten seconds, stock still, like some starstruck idiot. He just waved and I went back to normal.

    And it's also 9 years to the day that I was in the queue of a local mini co-op. People were being weird and peering around corners at me, teen girls giggling and whispering to each other. I said to the young bloke in front of me in the queue "they must be looking at you mate, I'm good looking but I ain't that pretty". He laughed and we had a little chat about what we were doing for Xmas. His girlfriend paid up, they went on their merry way and suddenly I'd got surrounded by about 10 people asking how I knew him. Hadn't got the faintest idea what they were talking about.

    Turns out it was Liam Payne from One Direction who was visiting his folks for Xmas.
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited December 2020
    The Lemster


    Run DMC


    Ramones


    The Kinks


    ACDC


    Dio


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  • zx1zx1
    mel the bell wrote: »
    zx1 wrote: »
    Driving home for Christmas - Chris Rea.
    hes not allowed to, its tier 3


    :))
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  • dmsmithdmsmith
    I tend to get Slade's and Wizzard's christmas hits mixed up in my head, ie who did which? I agree WIZZARD's I wish it could be christmas every day, could do with rest. It become a casualty of its own success. We got it on cassette from a box of Frosties years ago and it got played about 50 times over the christmas season that year. @-) In its favor I will say it was good for a number of years and it has a very christmassy feel, but over-exposure has taken a bit of the edge off it.
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