Whitechapel - Christmas Music Wed, 22 May 2013 23:36:55 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8893#Comment_8893 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8893#Comment_8893 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:37:44 -0800 biglig All this reminded me to dig out my own Christmas song playlist. Over the years I've gotten this to the point where it has almost none of the things Radio 1 were reluctantly playing, so I reckon one good push of suggestions from the Whitechapel locals will make it completely interesting.
I'll offer up one of my favorites to get started: I am a big fan of Marcy Levy (a.k.a. Marcella Detroit), and her version of Santa Baby can be streamed from here. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8895#Comment_8895 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8895#Comment_8895 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:05:15 -0800 joe.distort Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8907#Comment_8907 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8907#Comment_8907 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:24:06 -0800 Vespers Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8913#Comment_8913 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8913#Comment_8913 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:56:55 -0800 Mark Sweeney Bob Rivers Twisted Christmas Tunes
My Favorites are: The twelve Pains of Christmas, We wish you weren't living with us, Yellow Snow, and Sled Zepplin ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8916#Comment_8916 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8916#Comment_8916 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:15:28 -0800 ravnos Jethro Tull has a Christmas Album I enjoy...
ummm...
Keith Emerson (from The Nice and Emerson Lake & Palmer) has one, very good.
and I have a Christmas Jazz Piano album that bschory gave me, very good.

other than that I really hate Christmas music.
The Bob Rivers stuff is great.
there are songs here and there that I guess are christmas-y (like the Vandals ones) that I like, but I can't think of any of them off the top of my head.

Wait, yes I can - Emerson Lake & Palmer's I Believe in Father Christmas. It's a good tune.
Thats it though.
~Ian ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8918#Comment_8918 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8918#Comment_8918 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:23:32 -0800 Cat Vincent Anything from Danny Elfman's Nightmare Before Xmas score (for that matter, the score for Die Hard 1 has a christmassy feel...)
Neglect not the Cthulhu Carols from the HPL Historical Society! ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8923#Comment_8923 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8923#Comment_8923 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:27:18 -0800 ARES I like the Trans-Siberian Orchestra stuff simply because it's usually ridiculous.
Jethro Tull has a Christmas Album I enjoy... I agree with this.

I also listen to a lot of black metal this time of year. Unrelated, but still, just like clockwork! This year has been Farsot, Deathspell Omega, Darkestrah, Watain, and a bunch more I'm lacking the proper memory to discuss.
Neglect not the Cthulhu Carols from the HPL Historical Society!
This, I must investigate. Cheers. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8925#Comment_8925 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8925#Comment_8925 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:31:30 -0800 Solario
Otherwise this is pretty much it, except "We're All Going to Die" by Malcolm Middleton. Because I'd be very happy if this somehow ends up on some chart.

]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8933#Comment_8933 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8933#Comment_8933 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:30:22 -0800 Unsub Imagine working in some retail hell for 12 hours at a time ,tons of rude people and the same 10 Xmass carols over and over again. Canada and especially the US are the worst for all the consumer crazyness. The sheer mass of Xmass related garbage boggles the mind as well. I am all for spending time with your families and giving gifts but the carols and all the endless wrappings .cards and garbage I can do without. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8939#Comment_8939 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8939#Comment_8939 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:41:27 -0800 amp The 8bitpeoples - The 8bits of Christmas

Yes, Christmas chiptune. I mean what's the point of xmas songs if not to annoy? This one will do the trick.
The release underneath it is pure genius though. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8940#Comment_8940 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8940#Comment_8940 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:48:09 -0800 greg.baldino this little ditty.

Especially as it emphasizes the importance of connecting with those closest to you this season. After all, it's not what we buy for each other that is really important, but the meaning behind the gift.

When you give the gift of yourself unmediated, you truly capture the spirit of the season.

Oh, and no, it's not safe for work. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8941#Comment_8941 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8941#Comment_8941 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:50:42 -0800 matt bevilacqua
I like the song Father Christmas by the Kinks. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8997#Comment_8997 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=8997#Comment_8997 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:46:19 -0800 MagicSword!
C'mon! Just a little?

OK so anyway the best Christmas song ever is The Jackson Five's version of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, but after that I'd strongly recommend:

Low - Just Like Christmas
James Brown - Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto
Milton Delugg & The Little Eskimos - Hooray For Santa Claus
Crash Test Dummies - Jingle Bells (kind of a Ukrainian-death-chant version, lots of fun)

All of Phil Spector's "A Christmas Gift For You..." except for that final Christmas message from Phil that kinda makes my skin crawl.

Any of Johnny Cash's Christmas stuff is guaranteed to be PHENOMENALLY depressing if that's what you're looking for this season.

All those great Christmas hits that y're all probably pretending to dislike, but especially:

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
Wham - Last Christmas
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

Such great songs.

And for more obscure pop stuff...

Someone gave me a Christmas CD by a Danish Beatles covers band, where every song is a classic Christmas song fitted perfectly into the exact rhythm, style and structure of a classic Beatles tune. I can only find White Christmas/Ticket To Ride at the moment, but it's all awesome.

There was some sort of b-list power-pop Christmas supergroup called The Tycoons who did a fantastic song called Every Other December, sung from the perspective of a couple at a Christmas familly gathering, who everyone thinks are going to break-up, but who in fact have fallen back in love, and are secretly expecting a baby, but perhaps that's the only thing that's bringing them back together, so maybe it's not such a great thing.... a fabulously complicated and subtle love song.

The Damned - There Ain't No Santa Claus is lots of fun too, but doesn't sound too festive. Same with The Eels - Everything's Going To Be Cool This Christmas, which does include the line: "Baby Jesus / Born To Rock".

Sorry about the long post, but somebody had to take this post seriously. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9011#Comment_9011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9011#Comment_9011 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:07:15 -0800 Solario Someone gave me a Christmas CD by a Danish Beatles covers band, where every song is a classic Christmas song fitted perfectly into the exact rhythm, style and structure of a classic Beatles tune. I can only find White Christmas/Ticket To Ride at the moment, but it's all awesome.

Apparently we do that with fucking everything. Not all of it good though.

I did like the danish Cohen covers by a variety of artists though.

Under Byen's cover of I'm Your Man ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9014#Comment_9014 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9014#Comment_9014 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:15:55 -0800 Randy74


FEAR and the great Lee Ving

]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9022#Comment_9022 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9022#Comment_9022 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:41:57 -0800 robb http://xlr8r.com/mp3/2007/12/winter-wonderbells

somewhere out there, a Bad Religion cover of "noel" exists which i've only ever heard once. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9024#Comment_9024 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9024#Comment_9024 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:52:35 -0800 ratjin http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=4

Of course, I also rather enjoy the Bowie/Crosby duet "Little Drummer Boy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKTHvW2JcAA ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9051#Comment_9051 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9051#Comment_9051 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:10:31 -0800 JoeViturbo Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9141#Comment_9141 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9141#Comment_9141 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:21:06 -0800 Brandon Seifert A country in Europe banned then from the workplace except on the 24 and 25th as a health and welfare law.@Unsub: Which country was this exactly? And where did you hear about this?

Very interesting, if true. I'd definitely like to know more.

I do indeed work in retail. And the holidays do indeed infuse my days with cheer, let me tell you. Nothing brings out the happiness in people quite like feeling obligated to figure out gifts their loved ones might like, purchase those gifts on time, and plan and execute a big shenanigan about the whole thing, all at the time of year when their circadian rhythms are constantly asking them why they got out of bed that day.

The phrase "Christmas music" for me is a synonym for a horrible strangled sound in the back of my throat. But "Fairytale of New York" is indeed great. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9142#Comment_9142 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9142#Comment_9142 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:34:24 -0800 Svetlana
Mojo Nixon and the Toad Liquors' Horny Holidays
(includes a great cover of "You're a mean one Mr. Grinch)
Hawksley Workman's "Almost a Full Moon"
(A secular Chritsmas album! All lovely tunes about love, friends and family) ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9172#Comment_9172 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9172#Comment_9172 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:59:46 -0800 Benjamin Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9174#Comment_9174 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9174#Comment_9174 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:10:14 -0800 Miss A John Waters Christmas. Will probably do it again this year, for that is what happens when they do not lock up the stereo.

And, while not a Christmas tune, Banging In the Nails by Tiger Lillies is jolly good fun. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9181#Comment_9181 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9181#Comment_9181 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:17:08 -0800 MagicSword!
For all you retail workers, I pity you greatly. The music shop two doors down from where I work has, at present Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You, Wham's Last Christmas, John & Yoko's Happy Christmas (War Is Over) and Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime on constant repeat from the speakers outside their store. So, blasting that music onto the pavement. ONLY those four songs AND ONLY 30 seconds of each at a time. It's like the most annoying ADD Christmas mix ever.

And I still love Christmas music!

And spare a thought for the poor staff of the stores in Otaru, Japan. Otaru is famous for making intricate glasswork, music boxes and kaleidoscopes, and has dozens of shops selling these ummm... trinkets? And EVERY SINGLE ONE has a different, horrendous music-box-chime-muzak Christmas Mix CD. I cannot imagine that any of the people working in those stores will be anything less than genocidal by the end of the holiday season. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9236#Comment_9236 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9236#Comment_9236 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:33:25 -0800 Casey Moore
Merry Christmas from the Family by Robert Earl Keen is pretty good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37xPiRz1sg

My other favorite is The 12 Yats of Christmas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da3hxKYTXKw ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9241#Comment_9241 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9241#Comment_9241 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:42:00 -0800 AlephNought
djbc has some nice Christmas mixes / mashups, as well. Hit-or-miss at times, but the hits are lovely.

Can't believe Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis hasn't been mentioned.

Louis Armstrong - Cool Yule seems fairly friendly as well. And I'm personally partial to Wesley Willis - Merry Christmas. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9316#Comment_9316 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9316#Comment_9316 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:39:57 -0800 alwayscrashing Pretty Paper by Willie Nelson

His cover of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is especially good. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9318#Comment_9318 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9318#Comment_9318 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:43:25 -0800 ArlingtonJB Charlie Brown Christmas Special Soundtrack is a crowd-pleaser. Good jazz and no annoying lyrics to get stuck in your head (other than 'Christmas Time is Here'). ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9487#Comment_9487 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9487#Comment_9487 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:49:04 -0800 Eithin Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh. Other than that and the canonical Fairytale, I avoid Christmas music except when I want to make a point and annoy someone. In which case it's Christmas Elvis back-to-back. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9490#Comment_9490 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9490#Comment_9490 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:58:16 -0800 olivertwisted
http://mrdankelly.vox.com/library/post/porn-orchard-this-holiday-season.html

It's a song that imagines what might happen if Pete Murphy (of Bauhaus) and Tom Waits collaborated on an Xmas song. It involves reasonably good impressions of the aforementioned legends and some very silly lyrics. Awesome stuff.

Aside from that I've been working in retail for the last six years so actual Xmas music tends to make me slip into a coma and mutter about wrapping paper and seasonal discounts until people take pity on me and shoot me full of tranquilisers until the holiday period is over. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9563#Comment_9563 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9563#Comment_9563 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:22:04 -0800 cragum it's probably more because i hear too much of it when i hear it at all: many of the songs are actually quite good, and it takes at least some skill both to write and to preform them. if it weren't for the fact that they're played nonstop for 2 or 3 months in every store ever, i might even enjoy the occasional song.
that said, when far removed from the flood of other songs, most variations of santa baby are fairly enjoyable. ]]> Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9647#Comment_9647 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9647#Comment_9647 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:41:40 -0800 screechin Christmas Music http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9660#Comment_9660 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=351&Focus=9660#Comment_9660 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:07:29 -0800 Alan Tyson