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Obligatory Christmas music post
The English have come up with another excuse for a "top ten songs" list, this one the best Christmas songs as voted by British VH1 viewers.
1. "Fairytale Of New York," The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, 1987
2. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid, 1984
3. "Last Christmas," Wham! 1984
4. "Merry Xmas Everybody," Slade, 1973
5. "Do They Know It's Christmas," Band Aid 20, 2004
6. "All I Want For Christmas is You," Mariah Carey, 1994
7. "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday," Wizzard, 1973
8. "White Christmas," Bing Crosby, 1942
9. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir, 1971
10. "Stay Another Day," East 17, 1994
via Launch
I would in fact put "Fairytale" on my Top Ten, though by this point I'm not sure it's necessary to actually ever hear again - which in fact applies to a lot of this list, but there you are... This list is top of the head; once I start nosing around the Xmas singles this weekend I'd probably come up with a few more, but with that caveat here it is:
About half of the Ventures' Christmas album
Little Cajun Drummer Boy - Evan Johns and the H-Bombs
Someday at Christmas - Stevie Wonder
Jingle Bells - Booker T and the MGs
Jingle Bells - Buck Owens
Don't Believe in Christmas - Wailers
Please Come Home for Christmas - Charles Brown
Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC
Fairytale of New York
Jolly Old St Nicholas - SSD (on the Boston Rock Xmas, early 80s)
And if you're looking for imaginative mixes of holiday favorites, do a search for the DJ RIKO "Merry Mixmas" Christmas mixes. They're usually posted on mash-up sites like gybo.org.
Some Christmas songs that originally appeared as album tracks on regular (non-Xmas) albums
By which I guess I mean to imply also, some Christmas songs good enough to listen to all year long...
Fairytale of NY - The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
Christmas is Coming - The Payolas
Jesus Christ - Big Star
Xmas - Jesse Malin
2000 Miles - Pretenders
River - Joni Mitchell
Christmas Vacation - The Descendents
Santa's Beard - They Might Be Giants
25th December - Everything But the Girl
Christmas - The Who
More suggestions welcome...
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