Barenaked For The Holidays has some great tracks but Elf's Lament is my favorite since it's a cynical take on the commercialism of Christmas. https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=M4dxqHmhLaE
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- Stan Rogers - First Christmas
- Tim Minchin - White Wine in the Sun
- Paul Kelly - How to Make Gravy
- Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas
might add more later if i think of them
The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York
Dropkick Murphys - The Season's Upon Us
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
The Flaming Lips - Christmas At The Zoo
Fountains of Wayne - I want an alien for Christmas
Excellent tracklist. The Pogues are heavily featured in our household
Classic:
Gloucestershire Wassail
Modern Enough:
Weird Al's Christmas At Ground Zero
Finally a christmas thread where I can answer with passion: August Burns Red - Flurries
Volume: 11/10
It's an instrumental, but nobody in their right mind would claim that it's anything but a Christmas song.
Carol of the bells fucks
Patty Gurdy feat. Fiddler's Green - The Yule Fiddler (Christmas Time Is Coming 'Round Today) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqesZeoiE6I
She has a lot of great stuff with a rare instrument, she's also in a pirate-metal band playing it
Fairytale of New York by The Pogues
Cashing in on Christmas by Bad News
Fuck Christmas by Fear
Almost everything on Soma.FM's Christmas Lounge
Don't Let The Bells End by the Darkness?
Fairytale of New York
My two favorites:
Santa Claus Go(es) Straight To The Ghetto by James Brown
Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
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From the category COUNTRY, NON-SHITTY VERSION, I have some good ones:
- Merry Christmas from the Family, Robert Earl Keen
- The sequel, Happy Holidays Y'All
- Grateful for Christmas, Hayes Carll
- (Close enough to Christmasy) Snowin' on Raton, Townes Van Zandt
- Arbolito, Tish Hinojosa
- Literally any traditional carol sung by Willie Nelson or Emmylou Harris
- X-Mas on the Isthmus, Terry Allen and Guy Clark
- Christmas in Washington, Steve Earle
Merry Christmas (I don't want to fight tonight) by The Ramones
Christmas Everyday by The Frights
A fond favourite of mine https://youtu.be/ZE4shVkwqIk?si=RjYhXFC4Xk4jF77f
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Sarah McLachlan's album Wintersong is one of my go-tos
Thank you for recommending this! I've always liked her song on the Barenaked Ladies Christmas album. Wintersong now has a permanent spot in my Christmas rotation for a relaxing listen.
Glad you enjoyed it! And I just listened to the barenaked ladies christmas album, thanks for the rec! I don't have many Christmas songs in that style, so it's good to expand my options.
If you liked Wintersong there's a chance you may also like Christmas Day by Dido
"Altfel de colind"
Tarja Turunen Dark Christmas. It's not 100% spectacular but it's close.
I dig bad religions cover of the kink's father Christmas.
But I also put together a pop punk Christmas playlist together for a friend. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2KDLktij5weEe8wjoVpI2z?si=r4mAHZSlQRuROLnF3Lg-vA&pi=luEP0SsOQY6Cn
Look for wassailing music. It’s old caroling music that tends german, and can be a nice change of pace.
This Eastern Canada duo did a great Christmas album last year, very Celtic folk style. Here is Cassie and Maggie.
I love (loooove) Nutmeg by John Legend and Stephen Colbert. The entire Colbert Christmas album is great imho but Nutmeg is the best by far. Also 12 Days of Pop Punk Christmas is pretty fun.
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waits
I always like playing the Wexford Carol on my violin around this time of year.
It's only a Christmas song in context, but In Our World from Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas popped into my head a couple days ago.
A Christmas Song by Jethro Tull
The Creator Has a Master Plan (edit: by Pharaoh Sanders)
- Leon Thomas' vocal excerpt (3:50): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ixv0kX3niA
- the full song (32:47): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViweO33oo2Y
Andrea Perry's "Fat Aunt Bette"
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