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Post by WH241 on Dec 21, 2021 20:28:35 GMT
So we only a few days away from Christmas so I thought I start a thread to share our favourite Christmas songs!
My go to classic is this
Elton John - Step Into Christmas
I also like this years number one
Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas [Official Video]
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Post by southlondon413 on Dec 21, 2021 20:39:58 GMT
Without a doubt the best Christmas song is Fairytale of New York with “offensive” lyrics and all.
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Post by richard on Dec 22, 2021 3:53:38 GMT
Without a doubt the best Christmas song is Fairytale of New York with “offensive” lyrics and all. Raido 1 has cut that "offensive" lyric out in around 2018. |
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Post by YX10FFN on Dec 22, 2021 5:01:51 GMT
I wish it could be Christmas Everyday- Wizzard
Driving Home for Christmas- Chris Rea
One More Sleep- Leona Lewis
Little Saint Nick- The Beach Boys
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Post by Alex on Dec 22, 2021 11:14:19 GMT
I’m not really a Christmas song person but the general feeling amongst people I know is that the best Christmas album is ‘A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector’. A load of stuff from The Ronettes, The Crystals etc which despite being around 60 years old is still catchy now. However this year the one I want for number 1 has a title I can’t repeat on the forum….
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Post by Paul on Dec 22, 2021 17:16:46 GMT
I’m not really a Christmas song person but the general feeling amongst people I know is that the best Christmas album is ‘A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector’. A load of stuff from The Ronettes, The Crystals etc which despite being around 60 years old is still catchy now. However this year the one I want for number 1 has a title I can’t repeat on the forum…. That the one about Boris Johnson? 😂 |
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Post by M1199 on Dec 22, 2021 18:07:50 GMT
In no particular order: Queen - Thank God its Christmas Darlene Love - All Alone for Christmas Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year The Darkness' Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) gets an honorary mention, as it was released when I was in the height of my Punk Rock 'grunger' phase! - Even to this day I'm baffled as to how it was pipped to the post for the Christmas No.1 by Gary Jules & Michael Andrew's version of Mad World. One Christmas song I hate though is Mariah Carey's All I want for Christmas is You. I despise it with passion!  |
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Post by wirewiper on Dec 23, 2021 10:10:50 GMT
The song that gets to me at Christmas is Roy Wood and Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day". Not so much the song itself - although as a joyous, rousing, over-the-top glam-rock Christmas anthem it is superb. It's the way at the end, they suddenly rein it all in and slow it right down, and Roy Wood sings a hearfelt "Why don't you give, your love, for Christmas". It still gets me every time.
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Post by Alex on Dec 23, 2021 19:25:10 GMT
That the one about Boris Johnson? 😂 It could well be! The one that as I type is number 2 on Amazon….. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Dec 24, 2021 11:45:15 GMT
Never bought any song for Chhristmas and do not see the fascination of getting a song for number 1 on Christmas day as it makes no sense whatsoever. It is as though we Brits have an obession of hitting number 1 like it means you have won something. Hitting number 1 for just one week means nothing. Keeping a single in the top 10 for weeks is more relvant and makes far more money than a single boosted for number 1. It is also why many UK artists fall off the cliff after.
At Christmas over the years Simon Cowell has been guilty of this and in some ways has ruined it till we had that pathetic Rage against the machine song hit number 1 on Christmas day.
I much prefer the hits that get played year after year even if they do not get to number one; that people want to listen to, instead of some dopey Christmas track for one year.
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Post by vjaska on Dec 24, 2021 11:57:52 GMT
pathetic Rage against the machine song hit number 1 on Christmas day. Have no problem with you not liking it but to call it pathetic is harsh. |
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Post by busman on Dec 24, 2021 13:35:39 GMT
How can this thread go so far without mention of Mariah Carey’s “All I want for Christmas”?!
Not saying it’s the best ever, but it’s a classic. Also have to shout out Slade, “Merry Christmas Everybody”
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Post by Alex on Dec 24, 2021 15:20:34 GMT
How can this thread go so far without mention of Mariah Carey’s “All I want for Christmas”?! M1199 mentioned it earlier ; ) |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Dec 27, 2021 18:03:11 GMT
pathetic Rage against the machine song hit number 1 on Christmas day. Have no problem with you not liking it but to call it pathetic is harsh. I find it was pathetic for people to just buy the song for a Christmas number 1 in protest to Cowell. There were many other ways to do this. The song had nothing to do with Christmas and more a joke imo |
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Post by vjaska on Dec 27, 2021 18:29:09 GMT
Have no problem with you not liking it but to call it pathetic is harsh. I find it was pathetic for people to just buy the song for a Christmas number 1 in protest to Cowell. There were many other ways to do this. The song had nothing to do with Christmas and more a joke imo It was absolutely fitting in one sense in that it was a protest song that stopped another dull and uninspiring Simon Cowell pop act hit the number one with a lifeless song. On top of that, and I'm no metal fan at all, possibly one of my least favourite genres in fact, but "Killing in the Name" is a great song as I discovered when playing GTA San Andreas. |
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