Alkaline Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 I'm compiling a playlist of shop friendly tunes indie/alternative christmas songs, and i'm fresh out of ideas. Here are the ones i have already, anyone got any more ideas/suggestions?The Raveonettes- The Christmas SongJimmy Eat World- Last ChristmasDismemberment Plan- This ChristmasDeath Cab For Cutie- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)Yo La Tengo- Its Christmas TimeColdplay- Have Yourself A Merry Little ChristmasCopeland- Do You Hear What I HearFall Out Boy- Yule Shoot Your Eye OutArcade Fire- Jingle Bell RockMew- She Came Home For ChristmasTravis- Alone On Christmas DaySomething Corporate- Forget DecemberMatches- December Is For CynicsMatchbook Romance- Ill Be Home For ChristmasNew Found Glory- ExmissGatsbys American Dream- Christmas Time Is HerePunchline- IciclesJason Gleason- Sleigh Bells And WineNo Use For A Name- Fairytale Of New YorkJimmy Eat World- 12.23.95Counting Crows- A Long DecemberDavid Gray- DecemberSixpence None The Richer- Youre A Mean One Mr GrinchI obviously don't care whether you like them or not, so no opinions or "that's shite" please, i'm only looking for suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam_b Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Is All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit by Half Man Half Biscuit too old for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 That's a pretty nifty playlist.The Chinkees do a song called Christmas but that's all I can think of at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 'i was born on christmas day' by st ettiene and tim burgess - a seasonal classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Is All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit by Half Man Half Biscuit too old for you?Not at all, Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 'i was born on christmas day' by st ettiene and tim burgess - a seasonal classic!Beat me to that by about two minutes.....The Blue Nile - Xmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 there's a sufjan stevens xmas cd out there somewhere, and i think david bazan releases a xmas single each year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 anything off james brown's funky christmas or phil spectors christmas gift for you.also check out the xfm christmas album called it's a cool cool christmas. it's got some crackers(and some stinkers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 the cocteau twins versions of winter wonderland and frosty the snowman - fun for all the family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Play the Pogues & Kirsty Macoll (?) one on repeat with the one that goes "rapapumpum" on every tenth song to break the monotony. Joni Mitchell's "River" is a nice een that's a bit Chistmassy. Go with the sad numbers! Also The Vandals have a song about a post-op tranny's first Christmas as a woman which is amusing if nothing else. I've got it on a compilation somewhere. Springsteen's "Santa Claus is coming to town" is one of the only songs he's done that I will accept criticism of (outwith "Human Touch"). Tom Petty has a self-composed Christmas song which is gash too. Also it was the beginning of the end for the Darkness (you could throw that one in?). Christmas songs are by and large shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-matthEw- Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Eels - Everythings Gonna Be Cool This Christmas & Christmas is Going to the Dogsmodern xmas classics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydoll Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Low - Just Like ChristmasN00bZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 fountains of wayne - i want an alien for christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 What were those christmas albums that loads of American artists used to record for..... argh.... there were a few of them.....EDIT:'A very special christmas', that's it. 3 volumes of it available.There's also a taste of chaos christmas album, cunningly titled 'taste of christmas'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 The Waitresses - "Christmas Wrapping".Superb - that discordant Valley Girl rap/rant is infectious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 The Waitresses - "Christmas Wrapping".Superb - that discordant Valley Girl rap/rant is infectiousaye thats one of my fave xmas tunes, only got to number 45 in the hit parade fact fans. spice girls did a version, its not too bad in fact sounds pretty much like the original only the vocals not as good.the fudge christmas album is a hoot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 The Waitresses - "Christmas Wrapping".Superb - that discordant Valley Girl rap/rant is infectiousI vaguely remember that one. It was infuriatingly catchy though (in a good way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbage_star Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Bright Eyes did a cover of Blue Christmas. I think he did a whole album of christmas songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 I'm compiling a playlist of shop friendly tunes indie/alternative christmas songs, and i'm fresh out of ideas. Here are the ones i have already, anyone got any more ideas/suggestions?The Raveonettes- The Christmas SongJimmy Eat World- Last ChristmasDismemberment Plan- This ChristmasDeath Cab For Cutie- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)Yo La Tengo- Its Christmas TimeColdplay- Have Yourself A Merry Little ChristmasCopeland- Do You Hear What I HearFall Out Boy- Yule Shoot Your Eye OutArcade Fire- Jingle Bell RockMew- She Came Home For ChristmasTravis- Alone On Christmas DaySomething Corporate- Forget DecemberMatches- December Is For CynicsMatchbook Romance- Ill Be Home For ChristmasNew Found Glory- ExmissGatsbys American Dream- Christmas Time Is HerePunchline- IciclesJason Gleason- Sleigh Bells And WineNo Use For A Name- Fairytale Of New YorkJimmy Eat World- 12.23.95Counting Crows- A Long DecemberDavid Gray- DecemberSixpence None The Richer- Youre A Mean One Mr GrinchI obviously don't care whether you like them or not, so no opinions or "that's shite" please, i'm only looking for suggestions. Did you know that Mew song is in fact apparently about incest. The earlier version has the line "Don't touch her there, when he fucked her". Very strange, although the Frengers version doesn't really have any hint of incest and is also ace, so good choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Did you know that Mew song is in fact apparently about incest. The earlier version has the line "Don't touch her there, when he fucked her". Very strange, although the Frengers version doesn't really have any hint of incest and is also ace, so good choice.Aye, i've heard the version from 'A Triumph For Man'. Both versions are cracking tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Hanson have done a Christmas album too:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluesxman Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Too Much Wine by The Handsome Family has a Xmas theme and is a great song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 For modern ones I'll suggest:Christmas in Washington - Steve EarleThe Ragpicker's Dream - Mark KnopflerAs for all time classics in addition to The Pogues/McColl and Christmas Wrapping, you can't beat Mike Oldfield's In Dulcio Jubilo, I Believe in father Christmas by Greg Lake (mainly the Prokofiev bit at the end) and Keeping the Dream Alive by Freiheit, which isn't really a Cristmas song but seems to end up on all the Christmas CDs anyway, and in any case everyone thinks it's ELO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime...since no one has mentioned it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluesxman Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 With A Rebel Yell...Billy Idol has done a Christmas album! Called 'Happy Holidays' the track listing will be -Frosty The Snowman Silver Bells Happy Holiday Merry Christmas Baby White Christmas Here Comes Santa Claus God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen Santa Claus Is Back In Town Let It Snow Winter Wonderland Run Rudolph Run Blue Christmas Jingle Bell Rock Christmas Love O' Christmas Tree Silent Night Auld Lang SyneMy word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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