Monday 17 December 2012

Twenty great (alternative) Christmas songs

Music is a big part of the festive atmosphere, so as I haven't blogged in a while and in the spirit of the season, here's my personal selection of some yuletide tunes - a mix of cover songs and originals you might not be so familiar with.

I ho ho hope you enjoy it!

1. Paul Simon - Getting Ready For Christmas Day



2. The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)



3. Ringo Starr - I Wanna Be Santa Claus



4. Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas



5. Podge and Rodge - There's A Dead Man Up The Chimney!



6. Aidan Moffat - Plastic Mistletoe



7. Loudon Wainwright - Christmas Morning



8. Travis - Last Christmas



9. Mark Hoppus and Ben Folds - Happy Holidays, You Bastard



10. Thea Gilmore - That'll Be Christmas



11. Sufjan Stevens - That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!



12. Eric Idle - Fuck Christmas



13. Glasvegas - Stay Another Day



14. Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town



15. Sting - I Saw Three Ships



16. Foster Brooks - Twelve Drunken Days Of Christmas



17. U2 - I Believe In Father Christmas



18. Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)



19. Diamond Rugs - Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant



20. The Dan Band - I Wanna Rock You Hard This Christmas



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Outstanding and loved every song...thank you

Anonymous said...

Loved this and every song...shared it with as many people as I could. Eric Idle is my favorite...Merry Christmas Bah Humbug...lol

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