Thu, 23 May 2013 02:44:12 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316963#Comment_316963 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316963#Comment_316963 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:08:37 -0800 Fishelle
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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316964#Comment_316964 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:26:50 -0800 StefanJ John Langstaff's Version of Lord of the Dance ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316966#Comment_316966 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316966#Comment_316966 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:44:17 -0800 ZJVavrek
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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316970#Comment_316970 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:23:51 -0800 Stoto 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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316971#Comment_316971 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:27:00 -0800 voyou Christmas Round at Ours Not Tonight Santa ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316975#Comment_316975 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316975#Comment_316975 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:09:05 -0800 Beamish


or

What Child Is This? by Dead Heart Bloom ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316978#Comment_316978 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316978#Comment_316978 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:26:07 -0800 Warped Savant


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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316980#Comment_316980 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:38:20 -0800 oldhat
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Fairytale of New York. Always. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316985#Comment_316985 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316985#Comment_316985 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:16:32 -0800 Paul Sizer FUCK CHRISTMAS ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316986#Comment_316986 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=316986#Comment_316986 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:19:00 -0800 oldhat

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Also, this:
]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=317048#Comment_317048 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=317048#Comment_317048 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:29:55 -0800 curb
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 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=317053#Comment_317053 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:05:48 -0800 icelandbob
you better be good to Santa or Krampus will rape your corpse! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=317069#Comment_317069 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10361&Focus=317069#Comment_317069 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:04:30 -0800 Orpheus
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. ]]>