Christmas merengue/bachata/cumbia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOddkg4YhRQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trX--P5cSoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxroevObByU
― freemen (on the) space (seandalai), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 03:13 (ten years ago) link
not so hot on the polyphonic spree album tbh
― freemen (on the) space (seandalai), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 03:14 (ten years ago) link
This year's Christmas mix:
Batman - Christmas Carol CaperElectric Jungle - Funky Funky ChristmasBanda Jaripera - Otra Vez NavidadThe Klezmonauts - Joy To The WorldKay Martin and Her Body Guards - I Know What You Want For ChristmasJoe Gibbs - Let X-Mas Catch You In A Good MoodThe Trashmen - Dancin' With Santa ClausLittle Eva and Big Dee Erwin - I Wish You A Merry ChristmasLord Nelson - Party For Santa ClausPastor TL Barrett and The Youth For Christ Choir - Jingle Bells (Part 1)Bert Jansch - Mary and JosephMargo Guryan - I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without YouMarlene Paul - I Wanna Spend Christmas With ElvisColdcut - Coldcut's Christmas BreakLynne Richards - Christmas In IrelandThe Soulful Strings - Sleigh RideMagic In Threes - We Three KingsNazir Ali, Nahid Akhtar and Mehnaz - Happy ChrismisMargie Joseph - Christmas GiftChucho Avellanet - Winter WonderlandJimmy Smith - God Rest Ye Merry GentlemenX Ray Pop - Fuzzy ChristmasThe Everly Brothers - Christmas Eve Can Kill YouMista E - Mista E Says Merr(e) Xmas And A Happ(e) New Year
http://www.mixcloud.com/ialadnaes/christmas-2013/
― freemen (on the) space (seandalai), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 23:46 (ten years ago) link
ilxor mackro alerted me to wprb, playing 25 straight hours of christmas punk rock and hiphop and weirdness. in hour 6 or 7 right now
― anky, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 03:04 (ten years ago) link
ANYBODY ELSE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT CHRISTMAS YET? JUST ME? whereas normal people are probably thinking of how their 2014 Top 10's are looking (well, normal music nerds), I am busy beefing up my Christmas song collection. For one, I love Christmas music, and two, my local newspaper here in Texas has a Christmas playlist competition I am yet to win, despite my pandering with the odd terrible Fabulous Thunderbirds track. Anyway, I'm kind of treating this guy's WFMU playlists like the Stranded discography or something. http://thehoundblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/x-mas-part-one.html
This year I will win!
― campreverb, Thursday, 21 August 2014 13:08 (nine years ago) link
I am always excited about Christmas! There's a lot of good stuff in that list. What's the competition about?
― slip jig (seandalai), Thursday, 21 August 2014 14:02 (nine years ago) link
Or rather, how does it work?
― slip jig (seandalai), Thursday, 21 August 2014 14:04 (nine years ago) link
the local newspaper here has a best Christmas playlist contest, judged by the staff on criteria like sequencing and originality. I guess.
here's the last one, they are a bit intermittent about it: http://www.austin360.com/news/entertainment/music/holiday-playlist-contest-2012-we-have-winners/nTXJg/
― campreverb, Thursday, 21 August 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
went christmas music foraging at my used record store & found THIS awesome euro time-life compilation(I'm not gonna lie, I totally bought it just for Wizzard) http://hitparade.ch/cdimag/-time_life_the_rock_collection_-_rock_christmas_a.jpg
CD 1:1. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?2. Elton John - Step Into Christmas3. The Beach Boys - I'll Be Home For Christmas4. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again5. David Essex - A Winter's Tale6. Darts - White Christmas7. Wham! - Last Christmas8. The Pretenders - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas9. Laura Nyro - Christmas In My Soul10. Mud - Lonely This Christmas11. Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord12. Gary Glitter - Another Rock 'n' Roll Christmas CD 2:1. The Jets [UK] - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree2. Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 3. Squeeze - Christmas Day4. Shakin' Stevens - Blue Christmas5. New Kids On The Block - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)6. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday7. Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas8. The Weather Girls - Dear Santa (Bring Me A Man This Christmas)9. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling10. Greedies - A Merry Jingle11. Elvis Presley - Santa Claus Is Back In Town12. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
http://hitparade.ch/compilation/Time-Life:-The-Rock-Collection-Rock-Christmas-105894
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 04:23 (nine years ago) link
oh and this (I have the Have a Nice Day set, had no idea this existed!)
http://www.allmusic.com/album/have-a-nice-christmas-holiday-hits-of-the-70s-mw0000626272
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/505/MI0001505866.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 04:25 (nine years ago) link
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=4901
― djh, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
^ Saint Etienne presents: Songs for a London Winter.
― djh, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
I'm groaning at the effortless predictability of that compilation. Tracklist, title, cover, sleevenotes, ad copy et al. all apparently created by a St Etienne compilation app.
― everything, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I can see that. It was posted in more of a "I wonder if this is of interest?" kind of way than as an endorsement.
― djh, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
have a pretty low tolerance for Xmas pop, but enjoy hearing this
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
Dinah Washington's Ole Santa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UMwfdY_90s
― xelab, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
I love Chet Bakers' underrated as fuck Silent Nights. It is more like an album to commit suicide to, but still a wonderfully majestic shambles of a christmas album.
― xelab, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link
^^^OTM!
― *tera, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:36 (nine years ago) link
From the great Dust to Digital release, Where Will You Be Christmas Day?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBcJGIwy3Ns
― Jazzbo, Saturday, 22 November 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
some incredible advice in this
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11258606/Cool-party-playlist-how-to-compile-the-ultimate-one.html
― piscesx, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link
has anyone seen the Edyie Gorme and Trios Los Panchos Christmas record anywhere?http://www.allmusic.com/album/navidad-means-christmas-mw0000264013
― campreverb, Thursday, 4 December 2014 02:21 (nine years ago) link
This year's mix.1 Hell's Threshold Clark Griswold2 My Girlfriend (Forgot Me This Christmas) The Click Five3 Holly Jolly Christmas Old 97's4 Santa Done Gone Hip The Marquees 5 Frosty the Snowman The Ronettes6 I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You Saint Etienne7 Winter Wonderland Peggy Lee8 Cool Yule Louis Armstrong9 Run Rudolph Run Keith Richards10 Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus George Jones & Tammy Wynette11 I Love The Holidays Office Romance12 Last Month Of The Year Chris Isaak13 2,000 Miles Mark Kozelek14 My Christmas Card To You The Partridge Family15 The Little Drummer Boy Kenny Burrell16 Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses17 Christmas Lights Billy Childish18 It's Christmas Time Yo La Tengo19 Linus and Lucy Vince Gueraldi Trio20 Christmas All Summer Long Deer Tick21 Please Come Home For Christmas The Insight 22 The Christmas Waltz She & Him23 No Lou This Xmas Tom Dyer24 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Vanessa Carlton25 A Christmas Duel The Hives & Cyndi Lauper26 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Cat Power
― campreverb, Friday, 19 December 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
man, only a week til coffee shops no longer require earplugs
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 December 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
would happily take most of that list over the crap you usually hear in coffeeshops
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 19 December 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link
well yeah last night i got the recordings no one need ever hear again
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 December 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
could definitely do without most of the 40s/50s standards at this point. also kind of resent any song about snow since i live in the desert.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 19 December 2014 22:43 (nine years ago) link
Here's mine:
1. The Snaildartha 6 - A Snail Is Born2. The Salsoul Orchestra - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3. Martin Mull ft. The Sondra Baskin Glee Club - Santafly4. Gilberto Santa Rosa - Medley De Navidad5. The Boss Jaguars! - O Come, O Come Emmanuel6. The Dukes Of Dixieland - Frosty The Snowman7. Fire Eyes - O Falling Snow8. Bob Seger & The Last Heard - Sock It To Me Santa9. The Goons - I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas10. Saturday's Children - Deck Five11. Gable Hall School Choir - Reggae Christmas12. Bindley B - Santa Looking For A Wife13. Vin Bruce - Christmas on the Bayou14. Booker T & The MGs - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town15. Sheb Wooley - Santa Claus Meets The Purple People Eater16. Debbie & The Darnels - Santa Teach Me To Dance17. Whistle - Santa Is A B-Boy18. Tav Bains - Dil Diya (Last Christmas)19. Owen Gray - Christmas Greetings20. Carollers From The Royal Hotel, Dungwort - Pentonville21. John Denver - Christmas For Cowboys22. Douglas Leedy - Joy To The World23. The Uniques - Merry Christmas Darling24. Machinefabriek - Silent Night
http://www.mixcloud.com/ialadnaes/christmas-2014/
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Friday, 19 December 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
OMG Christmas on the Moon with Tim Dinkins (i.e. this thing) has just been added to Spotify. No Christmas playlist complete without a track from it.
― Jeff W, Saturday, 20 December 2014 14:24 (nine years ago) link
you'd think that John Denver christmas album would be amazing, but it's not.
― campreverb, Monday, 22 December 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
I wouldn't think that, actually. :-)
Brave Combo did a live webcast from their studio last week that made me as happy as anything has this holiday season:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PZzFlcGb2s
― The Thelonius Monk of nu-ki? (Dan Peterson), Monday, 22 December 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaRaZlYbwq0
this one you guys.
― how's life, Monday, 22 December 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
I find "Christmas for Cowboys" quite special but the Denver album as a whole isn't great. The Red Simpson Christmas album, on the other hand:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK5CZZpaQ4Q
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 01:02 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfZj_QHspg
i kinda love this album.twee excess.crimbo excess.no shame.
― mark e, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 01:13 (nine years ago) link
a bit more xmas glam in the groove ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMiTNe8gHIg
― mark e, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 01:14 (nine years ago) link
and not one mention of the girls aloud xmas album !?
which i happen to think is rather bloody good.
― mark e, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
My 2014 Advent Calendar / mix
Bobby Sherman - Prologue01 The Bird and The Bee - A Christmas Compromise02 Earth, Wind and Fire - December03 Hot Chocolate - Brand New Christmas04 Frank Sidebottom - Christmas is Really Fantastic05 Kierra Sheard and Chrisette Michelle - Angels We Have Heard On High06 The Soulful Strings - Snowfall07 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree08 Celia Cruz - Jingle Bells09 Princess Superstar - Hope I Sell A Lot of Records at Christmas10 Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Santa Claus is Coming To Town11 Douglas Leedy - The Coventry Carol12 Far East Movement feat. MNEK - Christmas in Downtown LA13 Nina and Frederik - Christmas Time in London Town14 Roland Kirk - We Free Kings15 X Ray Pop - Fuzzy Christmas16 Christopher Lee - Darkest Carols, Faithful Sing17 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me18 Susan Kay (w/ Tim Dinkins) - I Won't Let You Lick My Candy Bar19 Raymond Scott - Siberian Sleighride20 Donny Hathaway - This Christmas21 Eric Winstone and His Band - Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?22 Man Or Astroman? - Frosty the Snowman23 William Shatner - Good King Wenceslas24 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Il Est Ne Le Divin EnfantBobby Sherman - Amen
Link to Spotify playlist - http://t.co/ehXNuIfcZf or http://spoti.fi/1wF8f64
Merry Chritsmas!
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T-3FtRFsxw
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
ctrl-f indicates a lack of John Prine in this thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD2_gx9PrZc
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
15 X Ray Pop - Fuzzy Christmas
so good
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuTWA6SBupY
Departure Lounge - Christmas Downer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOgBcA_oWuI
― you've got no fans you've got no ground (anagram), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
Feeling this right nowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StpqrzdLTFM
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
Happy Holidays everyone.
(Just posted this on a thread for Nico at ILM, but maybe I should have posted it here?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5WlUKxLKT4
― am.curious.sometimes, Thursday, 25 December 2014 02:19 (nine years ago) link
oh hey I never heard that version before
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Thursday, 25 December 2014 03:21 (nine years ago) link
real talk there is no better Christmas song than "Morning Christmas"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of72CQmBKvw
― ticket to rmde (seandalai), Thursday, 25 December 2014 03:24 (nine years ago) link
Fantastic Everlasting Gobstopper - Schoolgirl Psychedelia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah9U5BHoiF4
― yusef latifah (unregistered), Thursday, 25 December 2014 03:35 (nine years ago) link
that Dennis Wilson song is amazing!
― yusef latifah (unregistered), Thursday, 25 December 2014 03:38 (nine years ago) link
The Flirtations - Christmas Time Is Here Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6wjchvZMDE
― yusef latifah (unregistered), Thursday, 25 December 2014 03:46 (nine years ago) link
Kathy & Carol - Brightest and Best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzQz8nzWs2A
― yusef latifah (unregistered), Thursday, 25 December 2014 03:48 (nine years ago) link
Chauntelle DuPree - Walking in the Air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQR0oVYJLPE
I've never even seen The Snowman, but this is beautiful
― yusef latifah (unregistered), Thursday, 25 December 2014 04:06 (nine years ago) link
I must be the only person I know who does not like Phil Spector's Christmas Album.
Give me Andy Williams and Johnny Mathis any day. They remind me of my grandfather's Oldsmobile and his Benson & Hadges.
― Threat Assessment Division (I M Losted), Thursday, 25 December 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link