2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316963#Comment_316963 2011-11-27T17:08:37-08:00 2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 Fishelle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8854

It's that time of year. The month of gorging on fudge and being surrounded by green and red is nigh. Every year, I run into this dilemma. The air is filled with overly sentimental, awful, generic ...

Every year, I run into this dilemma. The air is filled with overly sentimental, awful, generic tunes. The worst bit is that you know every word, because you grew up singing the damn things.

Somewhere out there, there is some Christmas music that expresses the joy of the season, that you actually want to sing along with, because it's actually good. Unfortunately, I don't have very much of this music. So I spend the month listening to one album on repeat.

This year I have the addition of New Year's Eve by Tom Waits. But it's not enough. I want some jolly old tunes. I want music on the theme of my favorite fudge filled month. But I want it to be good.

So, Whitechapel, recommendations?


(This thread has happened previously with some success, but it has been a long time, and I feel like it's worth a revisit.)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316964#Comment_316964 2011-11-27T17:26:50-08:00 2011-11-27T17:28:45-08:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961

Not originally a Christmas song, but grandfathered in because of its traditional inclusion in the Christmas Revels show: John Langstaff's Version of Lord of the Dance

John Langstaff's Version of Lord of the Dance]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316966#Comment_316966 2011-11-27T17:44:17-08:00 2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 ZJVavrek http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4243

The Winter's Solstice collection from Windham Hill. The entire thing. (There are somewhere over half a dozen albums.) I grew up listening to A Winter's Solstice II, because my father's a fan of ...

I grew up listening to A Winter's Solstice II, because my father's a fan of Windham Hill.
The first song of that album.

The related videos on the side of that YouTube page have many of the other songs from the album and some from the other albums. Through the series, they vary from closer and farther from a 'traditional' Christmas sound, but they are all excellent and lacking in that awful generic quality which so mars popular Christmas music.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316970#Comment_316970 2011-11-27T18:23:51-08:00 2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 Stoto http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=757

Cool! I'll keep my eye on this. I previously bookmarked the Rovi Christmas Findr but haven't checked it out yet. Also, the Midwinter Music thread from last year might be worth mining.

Rovi Christmas Findr but haven't checked it out yet.

Also, the Midwinter Music thread from last year might be worth mining.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316971#Comment_316971 2011-11-27T18:27:00-08:00 2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 voyou http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2205

I always enjoy the midlands glam rock of Slade and Wizzard at Christmas, which I'm sure you're familiar with. What you may not know is that Girls Aloud released a Christmas EP which (aside from ...

Christmas Round at Ours Not Tonight Santa]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316975#Comment_316975 2011-11-27T19:09:05-08:00 2011-11-27T19:09:24-08:00 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8236

I'm a bit more of a traditionalist. or What Child Is This? by Dead Heart Bloom

or

What Child Is This? by Dead Heart Bloom]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316978#Comment_316978 2011-11-27T19:26:07-08:00 2011-11-27T19:27:33-08:00 Warped Savant http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2376

Good ol' Billy Idol And, of course, I can't get this to post the video... gimme a minute, I'll get it... There we go!

And, of course, I can't get this to post the video... gimme a minute, I'll get it...
There we go!]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316980#Comment_316980 2011-11-27T19:38:20-08:00 2011-11-27T20:00:32-08:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

Loreena McKennitt: One of Canada's greatest exports. I play this on my iPod when I'm walking down a snowy street with all the shoppers out.

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316983#Comment_316983 2011-11-27T20:08:24-08:00 2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 glukkake http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1693

Fairytale of New York. Always.

Fairytale of New York. Always.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316985#Comment_316985 2011-11-27T20:16:32-08:00 2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 Paul Sizer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=44

Does this count? FUCK CHRISTMAS

FUCK CHRISTMAS]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316986#Comment_316986 2011-11-27T20:19:00-08:00 2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316994#Comment_316994 2011-11-27T21:53:34-08:00 2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 Rootfireember http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551

I usually just put in a bunch of gregorian chant, or stuff by the anonymous four when the season comes around. Our local stations started playing christmas music after halloween and I've come to the ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316998#Comment_316998 2011-11-27T22:09:45-08:00 2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 taphead http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284

These tend to be regulars on my yuletide playlists:

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=317000#Comment_317000 2011-11-27T22:28:43-08:00 2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 brittanica http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2296

My absolute favorite Christmas song is (not on YouTube, of course) "There Are Worse Things to Believe In"- Stephen Colbert and Elvis Costello. The entire soundtrack to A Colbert Christmas ...

Also, this:
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Aw, you people have made me feel all full of cheer! This is the album I've listened to when wrapping gifts for the last few years. It's a tradition I enjoy very much. This I only heard ...

This is the album I've listened to when wrapping gifts for the last few years. It's a tradition I enjoy very much.



This I only heard about a week ago, but I love the sentiment:

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=317053#Comment_317053 2011-11-28T13:05:48-08:00 2013-06-19T02:50:49-07:00 icelandbob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250

well there is this...... you better be good to Santa or Krampus will rape your corpse!

you better be good to Santa or Krampus will rape your corpse!]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=317069#Comment_317069 2011-11-28T17:04:30-08:00 2011-11-28T17:06:25-08:00 Orpheus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6151

Not really a christmas song person when it comes to it. If there would be music, I would rather have the normal playlest rater than the seasonal one. Having said that, Tim Wheeler (of Ash) and ...

Having said that, Tim Wheeler (of Ash) and Emmy the great have released a chistmas album. Great things have ensued.

I give you "Christmas Day (I Wish I Was Surfing)"



And a Spotify link to the album:
This Is Christmas.]]>