Comments on: The 'other' Xmas tunes

The 'other' Xmas tunes

snowgoon — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:12:06 -0800

12 oddest Christmas hits... ever! Almost December, the stores are playing the usual Xmas compilations (already) so I propose a change to the usual "Rockin around the Christmas Tree". Which ear worm do you want?

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:28:46 -0800

WDEF used to play Stan Freberg's Christmas Dragnet on winter mornings when I was very little. "What do you do for a living?" "I'm a Brownie." "Could we talk to your boss, please?" "Oh, he's out. You would have to come on the one night he's out on the whole year." Well, it was funny when I was six....

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:34:47 -0800

Sled Zepplin's rendition of "Jingle Bells" to the tune of "D'yer Maker". I win.

By: JanetLand

JanetLand — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:44:53 -0800

Huh. I never thought of "Dominique" as a Christmas song before. Is it considered one in the UK?

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:57:02 -0800

Bah, Humbug! There's no mention of: "F*** Christmas" by Fear Fishbone's "It's a Wonderful Life" EP Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster's Holliday" The Royal Guardsmen performing "Snoopy & the Red Baron" The "We Three Bings" compilation "(There Ain't No) Sanity Clause" by the Damned "Christmas in Jail" by the Youngsters And mind you, that's Santa's short list!

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:00:32 -0800

Okay, Dave.... I see your "Sled Zeppelin" and I raise you "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" by Cheech & Chong. Chong: Some magic dust? Cheech: Yeah, magic dust, y'know? He used ta give a little bit to da reindeer, a little bit to Santa Claus, a little bit more for Santa Claus, a little bit more...

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:05:09 -0800

"2000 Miles" by the Pretenders. "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses.

By: SealWyf

SealWyf — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:06:41 -0800

Or the Baltimore classic, "Crabs for Christmas":
Ow! I want crabs for Christmas! Ow! Only crabs will do. If I get crabs for Christmas My Christmas wish'll come true! .

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:08:54 -0800

My wife is fond of the Christmas classics as reworked by Bob Rivers.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:11:39 -0800

Last one, I swear.... Red Peters, "Holy Sh*t, It's Christmas!"

By: backOfYourMind

backOfYourMind — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:12:15 -0800

Don't know if this quite counts, but what about The Exploited's "Fuck a mod" - to the tune of Jingle Bells? Now that's some yuletide cheer.

By: jozxyqk

jozxyqk — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:45:04 -0800

The elves are dressed in leather and the angels are in chains, Christmas with the Devil (Spinal Tap) and, if the term hadn't been usurped by recent real tragedies, Christmas at Ground Zero from Weird Al was always a classic...

By: mazola

mazola — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:53:24 -0800

These must be included in anyone's Christmas listening: - "R2D2, We Wish You A Merry Christmas" from the most excellent Star Wars Christmas album - "Oi to the World" by the Vandals - "Silent Night" by the Dickies - "Bugs for Christmas" by Deja Voodoo And nothing off of Bob and Doug's 'Great White North' Christmas LP.

By: lnicole

lnicole — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:58:28 -0800

aww, man... they already put "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" on the list, and that was going to be my choice. I thought I was the only one who liked that song.

By: the fire you left me

the fire you left me — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:07:34 -0800

Santa Doesn't Cop Out on Dope.

By: Zonker

Zonker — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:32:16 -0800

I still prefer Monty Python's Christmas in Heaven. WHFS in Washington DC used to play that one pretty heavily around this time of year.

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:34:26 -0800

The Pogues Fairytale of New York It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank...

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 08:14:58 -0800

And there's that old classic Christmas Gas from Slim Spincter.

By: PenDevil

PenDevil — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 08:24:07 -0800

Ahem, I present to you: Hey Santa Claus You Cunt Santa claus you cunt Where's my fucking bike I've unwrapped all this other junk There's nothing what i like I've wrote you a letter And i've come to see you twice You geriatric wanker Where's my fucking bike

By: KirkJobSluder

KirkJobSluder — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 08:56:03 -0800

There are really very few Christmas songs that don't drive me up the wall. (And hearing Kirstie Alley warble "Santa Baby" for Pier 1 last night put me in the Bah Humbug Spirit.) The Ramones "Merry Christmas (I don't want to fight tonight)" is good.

By: konolia

konolia — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:00:32 -0800

Percy the Puny Ponsettia B side of Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. "Even a plant with no uncle or aunt shouldn't spend Christmas Eve by himself"

By: erebora

erebora — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:53:06 -0800

I must mention the christmas album by The Ghostly Trio. Can't find links, but it's wonderfully mournful, minor-key renditions of all the classics, featuring a few members of the Violent Femmes. One of my Dad's favorites.

By: LinusMines

LinusMines — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:39:32 -0800

Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto -- James Brown Christmas in Hollis -- Run-D.M.C. (and the aforementioned Fishbone EP)

By: tapeguy

tapeguy — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 12:43:32 -0800

Last Christmas b3ta featured this in their mail out. In the office I work in, a mad women from of the regional offices sent in a tape of her Christmas songs to our head office. It's a recording of her, a guitar, and her mother on the tambourine. I'm looking forward to this year's offering.

By: divrsional

divrsional — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 12:57:59 -0800

Inicole: You are definitely not alone in being a Gayla Peevee fan. Quite honestly, I don't know how I could get through Christmas without it. And the hundreds of people I've given it to over the years all agree. Mona Abboud's Pretty Little Dolly also helps bring yuletide cheer. And for serious grinches, the Yobs do a great song called C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S, in which each letter represents something crude.

By: kindall

kindall — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 12:59:27 -0800

"Sounds Like Christmas" by the December People is an album of traditional Christams tunes done in the style of various '70s and progressive rock bands. "Carol of the Bells" a la Yes, "Silent Night" a la Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon era), "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" a la Queen, "What Child Is This" a la early Genesis, "Little Drummer Boy" a la ELP, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" a la Zeppelin, "Up On The Housetop/Deck The Halls" a la Kansas, "The First Noel" a la King Crimson, and several more pastiches. Also, to top it all off, a new Christmas song by Kansas. You'll laugh, perhaps in recognition or perhaps in derision, but you'll laugh.

By: vers

vers — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 14:02:09 -0800

This definitely qualifies as an earworm for me - don't worry, you already know the tune. Walking 'round in Women's Underwear

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:31:04 -0800

I'm afraid I have no choice but to heartily endorse the entire Christmas Turkey album by The Arrogant Worms, including such favourites as Santa's Gonna Kick Your Ass, Santa Got Arrested, Christmas Turkey Blues, and the classic Oh God, I'm Santa Claus!

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:37:37 -0800

Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid *warning: instrumental midi version at site* --hokey and cheesy i know : > I second Christmas Wrapping too.

By: kickingtheground

kickingtheground — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:40:40 -0800

I suppose I should mention the The Vandals' Christmas album* * no endorsement of album, band, or genre expressed or implied

By: Beansidhe

Beansidhe — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:45:16 -0800

How about "Pagans and Christians" by Dar Williams?

By: stifford

stifford — Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:48:45 -0800

Chingedy ching

By: ScarletSpectrum

ScarletSpectrum — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:51:17 -0800

"Xmas Sucks" by the unlikely duo of Tom Waits and Peter Murphy. "Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:36:38 -0800

I don't know who did it...but it was to the tune of "Iron Man" except it's "I Am Santa Claus"....which when I heard it driving down the street made me laugh out loud...