Christmas songs

[teamsaint]

Even the Xmas songs I could once tolerate, such as the Waitresses, I have heard too many times.
Loved the both Pogues and Kirsty, but FoNY does my head in .

I like this as much as any of their records though. which isn't a great deal.

Oh yes, Land of make Believe. sort of Xmas record. Rather like the drums.

[teamsaint]

here's one for John Corrigan, PG, and all of our friends NoTB.

Happy days.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I find most of Christmas music inoffensive but that terrible 'Fairytail in New York' by the Pogues and Kirsty Mccoll drives me nuts! Horrible singing and dreadful lyrics.

Me too, if you're talking about the stuff Tesco and Sainsbury's switch on every December, after 11 months of blissful silence.

I was at school with one of The Pogues.

[BBMmk2]

While I tend to find most Christmassy music pretty dire, I must confess to enjoying one particular song whenever I hear it, and that's Chris Rea's 'Driving Home for Christmas'. Dunno why!

Strangely enough LMcD, I was playing this on my keyboards this morning! I was playing Fairytale in New York too!

[vinteuil]

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... much 'Christmas' music is pretty repulsive.

I do like this one, though -

http://amzn.eu/d/7EQhvEh

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[Richard Barrett]

This will do for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_jRAJZ9_y0

[MickyD]

I think it's a pity that we don't hear this more often; recorded by Dietrich in her later years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ8VhLQx9CY

[Joseph K]

This will do for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_jRAJZ9_y0

This for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqZ1O0YhY5Q

[Padraig]

Could be any of a million but I recently discovered this one in this form:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcUjtgbBLjg

[antongould]

Squire Trelawney has just decreed he’s having none of this nonsense until 16 December so please be good .....

[cloughie]

Squire Trelawney has just decreed he’s having none of this nonsense until 16 December so please be good .....

Does that apply to Advent music also?

I think the BBC generally seem to work on the first Monday in December, though R Cornwall did play Robbie Williams big band version of the Slade song - actually it sounds quite good!

[Oakapple]

Grandma got run over by a reindeer. A classic if ever there was one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIwLeASnkw

[MrGongGong]

Could be any of a million but I recently discovered this one in this form:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcUjtgbBLjg

Thanks for this
I really miss Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin ... a wonderful man

[BBMmk2]

One of my favourites is Leroy Anderson’s medley A Christmas Festival, also Canadian Brass did a wonderful version of the 12 Days of Christmas, featuring various composers and well know. Works.

[Padraig]

Thanks for this
I really miss Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin ... a wonderful man

Re #24

Oh MrGongGong! What a pleasant surprise!

I'm delighted you enjoyed that version, which reminded you of a friend.