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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2019 2:09:37 GMT
December is upon us, meaning it’s socially acceptable to put the tree up, warm the mulled wine and listen to Christian music.
So what are our favourite go-to Christmas records and guilty pleasures?
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Post by Jon on Dec 1, 2019 2:19:19 GMT
I've had my Christmas playlist since the middle of November! My favourite Christmas song varies depending on my mood but at the moment it's between Feliz Navidad and Fairytale of New York.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Dec 1, 2019 7:13:41 GMT
December is upon us, meaning it’s socially acceptable to put the tree up, warm the mulled wine and listen to Christian music. So what are our favourite go-to Christmas records and guilty pleasures? Pinch and a punch for the first of the month! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2019 8:44:00 GMT
My guilty pleasure is Christmas puddings, although they are more of a November to March thing than strictly Christmas.
As for music, spare a thought for all the unfortunate staff of shops and restaurants who are going to hear the same seasonal playlist fifteen times a day for the next five weeks.
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Post by freckles on Dec 1, 2019 8:57:01 GMT
I always enjoy my Christmas in New York CD. Used to love those concerts, which ran for a few years.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Dec 1, 2019 9:17:30 GMT
Harry Connick Jr Christmas album is my absolute favourite. His Parade of the Wooden Soldiers is my first go-to Christmas song and I'll be playing that today.
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Post by talkingheads on Dec 1, 2019 9:41:12 GMT
Christmas Time by The Darkness and Alone on Christmas by Darlene Love are my two favourites.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 1, 2019 10:10:11 GMT
I like exploring some European Christmas music
Riu riu chiu is a favourite. Gaudete is a great sing. The St Basil Carol from Greece is lovely.
There are some great French carols too particularly Il est ne.
The Wexford carol is really haunting. A friend of mine is singing it next week in a concert we are giving. I get to do the less haunting Winter Wonderland
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Post by craig on Dec 1, 2019 10:14:09 GMT
I LOVE Christmas music! My favourite new Christmas album this year is Lea Michele's. Her O Holy Night is absolutely stunning.
Some of my all time faves:
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
Winter Song - Sarah Dawn Finer & Lousie Hoffsten
It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring) - Love Unlimited Orchestra
Please Come Home For Christmas - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Wrapped In Red - Kelly Clarkson
Only You - Kylie Minogue & James Corden
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Post by jek on Dec 1, 2019 11:22:58 GMT
We're big fans of all of Sufjan Stevens' output in this household (no mean feat when the ages range from 18-57, but especially of his Christmas box sets (there have been two). Also love a bit of Tracey Thorn's Tinsel and Lights and Carla Bley's Christmas CD which has lots of brass - important in a house where two members are serious brass players. For the first year this year our teenage daughter is a chorister at her Cambridge University college and so I expect we'll listen to a bit more traditional Christmas choral music than we would normally. Like many people our tradition is that today is the first day we will listen to any Christmas music. Sufjan is already playing out loudly!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2019 11:48:00 GMT
With streaming now dominating the music industry, there seems to be a sort of resurgence in new Christmas songs over the last few years. A few modern classics in the making, like ‘One More Sleep’ by Leona, ‘Underneath The Tree’ by Kelly or ‘At Christmas’ by Kylie.
For the last few years Idina Menzel’s first Christmas album has become a traditional play, as has Kylie’s. It’s the only time of year I like to listen to Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey, both having great Christmas albums too.
I have a huge soft spot for Girls Aloud’s Christmas album (which was criminally tagged into one of their studio albums) - any song with lyrics like ‘bish bash bong whoo’ deserves a listen. Steps also delivered a great little Christmas song two years ago called ‘Dear Santa’ that absolutely love, and Claire Richards releases a much underrated original Christmas song called ‘My Heart is Heading Home (This Christmas)’.
There’s a whole load of new albums for 2019. I’m looking forward to listening to Lea Michele’s new Christmas album and I can now finally listen to Idina’s new one too. But the one that interests me most this year is Robbie Williams’ - a mammoth 28 songs (with 19 original Christmas songs).
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Post by richey on Dec 1, 2019 12:24:46 GMT
In terms of Christmas Music, my two go-to cds are Annie Lennox's Christmas Cornucopia and Enya's Winter Came. My single most favourite Christmas song though is Erasure's "She won't be home"
Was also pleased to rediscover last year (after my ex kept his copy when we split) the CD made back in the 80s of all the West End casts singing the old favourites. I love that.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 1, 2019 17:04:33 GMT
This is one of my new favourites -
and the work of Barlow and Smith should be more widely known
Just a couple of favourites of their songs:
Do check out their other stuff - would love to hear more from them.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Dec 1, 2019 18:11:22 GMT
The Nutcracker. Such a glorious score that I have on repeat at this time of year.
The Partridge Family Christmas album is wonderful bit of kitch
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Post by Jon on Dec 1, 2019 20:51:30 GMT
A more recent Christmas song I like is Christmas Lights by Coldplay although I prefer Kylie’s cover to the original
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Post by tmesis on Dec 1, 2019 21:59:41 GMT
The gold standard from the Great American Songbook era has a tie for first place with
Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Hugh Martin
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Christmas Song - Mel Torme
both superb songs.
Amongst Christmas carols three favourites are
Coventry Carol
The Angel Gabriel
O come, O come Emmanuel
There's a bit of a trend to my carol likes - they're all in a minor key/mode.
Just to lower the tone - I remember teaching the latter carol to a class of 14 year olds on teaching practice in the 70s and being baffled by all the sniggering going on, until I realised they were all associating it with a series of soft core porn films that (unbelievable to think of it now) were doing the rounds simultaneously in mainstream cinemas.
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Post by anita on Dec 2, 2019 10:05:30 GMT
Can't believe no one has said "Slade".
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2019 10:27:46 GMT
Can't believe no one has said "Slade". Goes without saying, surely? |
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Post by Dave25 on Dec 2, 2019 10:40:55 GMT
I love these songs:
A Winter's Tale (Queen):
O Holy Night (David Phelps):
Do You hear what I hear (Kristin Chenoweth):
Somewhere in my memory (John Williams, Home Alone 2):
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Post by anita on Dec 2, 2019 10:47:37 GMT
Nat King Cole & Bing Crosby always make me think of my childhood.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Dec 3, 2019 18:42:06 GMT
Johnny Mathis When a Child is Born
Last Christmas Wham
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Post by Marwood on Dec 3, 2019 19:50:07 GMT
Run-DMC, Christmas In Hollis 😉😎
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Post by Phantom of London on Dec 3, 2019 20:23:36 GMT
Stuck in a queue in Asdas playing all the seasonal music being told over and over again, between songs "Best Christmas Ever."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2019 21:13:38 GMT
Johnny Mathis When a Child is Born Last Christmas Wham As much a i like the Johnny Mathis original, i do prefer the Michael Ball and Claire Moore version with the cast of Phantom. |
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Post by hulmeman on Dec 3, 2019 22:29:47 GMT
Fascinating Aïda Christmas song gets my vote this year. Search because I'm not posting the link!! It's very rude!
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