Christmas Songs that Don’t Suck
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[digg-reddit-me]Face it. Christmas music sucks. It seems there are only a handful of songs, and they get remade over and over and over again. Every singer in the world thinks he/she has to make a Christmas album, and does anyone ever come up with anything new? Rarely!
Have you ever worked in retail? Christmas begins on August 31 and isn’t over until January 31. That’s five months of the same ten songs brainwashing you into becoming a frakkin’ zombie a Christmas cheerbot. You start to understand why the suicide rate is so high during the holidays.
So, how about a list of Christmas songs that don’t suck? Yes, they are few and far between, but I have a list for you! More than likely, you’ve never heard these songs before, or you’ve never heard versions like these!
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December 14th, 2008 at 10:58 am
I’ll have to check these out, thanks!
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December 14th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
@Jeni, Let me know what you think!
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December 14th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I would add Destiny’s Child’s Carol of the Bells to this list and of course The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York with the late Kristy Macoll.
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December 14th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
But how could you forget “Chiron Beta Prime” by Jonathan Coulton?
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December 14th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
@ Lisa: I am not adding Destiny’s Child to my list. I’m sorry, it’s just not gonna happen!
@ yyzed: I’ll definitely get on checking that one out; thanks!
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December 15th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I know I’m going to get trampled to death for mentioning this one, but how about “Don’t They Know It’s Xmas,” by Band Aid?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jEnTSQStGE
Up until this year, I despised this song, but this year I’ve been singing it out loud when no one is around. As an added bonus, the video features Bono without sunglasses.
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December 16th, 2008 at 8:54 am
I think you have to include the Entirety of The Vandals’ “Oi to the World” album – it’s a little sick and demented at times (“My First Christmas as a Woman,” “Grandpa’s Last Christmas,” “Thanks for Nothing”), but for those who are tired of the X-Mas drivel out there will be happy for a little change in scenery. The punk version of the “Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies” is wild, and the title track has been posthumously covered by No Doubt.
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December 25th, 2008 at 12:26 am
You should check out “Xmas Curtain” by My Morning Jacket. Definitely not your standard Christmas Song, and guaranteed not to put you to sleep like some of the old standards might.
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December 29th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Excellent blog, very imformative and to the point, keep up the good work.
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March 7th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Jesse McCartney looks scared shitless to be sandwiched in between all those badasses.
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March 7th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
I bet she
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November 2nd, 2009 at 4:07 am
I just found Being Alone for Christmas & Christmas Lullaby. I really enjoy them. Len Francis Monahan sings these songs.
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December 21st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Nice list!
Picking up where this leaves off, this is a playlist of holiday treats from The Flaming Lips, Bob Dylan, Beck, Tom Waits, The Vandals, The Who, The Polyphonic Spree, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Super Furry Animals, The Kinks, Sufjan Stevens, Dar Williams, The Dandy Warhols, Radiohead, Sleater-Kinney, Vince Guaraldi, Jimi Hendrix, Louis Armstrong, Yoko Ono, Skip Spence, The Sonics, The White Stripes, MGMT, Bjork, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Teenage Fanclub, Low, T-Rex, Badly Drawn Boy, Belle and Sebastian, Miles Davis, Roland Kirk, Keith Richards, Lightnin Hopkins, Ernest Tubb, Charles Brown, The Drifters, Booker T. and the MGs, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and over one-hundred others
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D50CD8E649FE5D30
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December 24th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
And still more holiday tunes written all about at http://psychexfutureheart.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/12-days-of-martian-christmases-at-the-zoo-countdown-%e2%80%93-day-8-%e2%80%93-ghosts-of-christmas-music-present/
and http://psychexfutureheart.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/12-days-of-martian-christmases-at-the-zoo-countdown-%e2%80%93day-9-%e2%80%93-ghosts-of-christmas-music-past/
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December 26th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
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