definitely too early to start with this, but it has happened.
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 11 November 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
I had a blast of it the other week.
― famous for hits! (seandalai), Monday, 11 November 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
i have been secretly listening to the christmas fm station
i know it's too early but :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
Happened today for me, on the radio...I actually started, secretly, three weeks ago. Here and there. No playlists.
― *tera, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 03:51 (ten years ago) link
:)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 03:54 (ten years ago) link
Had my first encounter with Xmas music of 2013 tonight while shopping in a bookstore that had some horrible version of "Marshmallow World" playing over their speaker.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:03 (ten years ago) link
Christmas music can kiss my ass
― paolo, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 10:34 (ten years ago) link
In a Bleak Hindquarter
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 12:59 (ten years ago) link
just the traffic passing by for this bloke...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHFdYYIaEIc
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 14:12 (ten years ago) link
Christmas music is hard.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link
Tom Lehrer not mentioned once in this thread
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" is more of an Easter song, really.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 November 2013 18:41 (ten years ago) link
Does anyone know about 80s Benelux electronic/industrial/ambient comps "Oscar's X-Mas Songs"?
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Oscars-X-mas-Carols-1984/release/504675http://www.discogs.com/Various-Santa-Claus-Comes-Oscars-X-Mas-Carols-1985/release/794802http://www.discogs.com/Various-Is-That-You-Santa-Claus-Oscars-X-Mas-Carols-Vol-3/release/793284
― famous for hits! (seandalai), Thursday, 28 November 2013 17:57 (ten years ago) link
yesssss minimal wave christmashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJvU0ub2fVg
― famous for hits! (seandalai), Thursday, 28 November 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
John Zorn's A Dreamers Christmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Mtoqt92Ek
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Thursday, 28 November 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
my current favorite christmas albums:-Louvin Brothers Christmas-Ser Christemas - The Elizabethan Singers (Louis Halsey conductor)really feeling trad carols at the moment
also finally was introduced to Aimee Mann's Christmas album and I looooooooove it
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 23 December 2013 17:57 (ten years ago) link
the new xmas album by the polyphonic spree is just gorgeous.
― mark e, Monday, 23 December 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
Or rather, how does it work?
― slip jig (seandalai), Thursday, 21 August 2014 14:04 (ten 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 (ten 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