Following the mini-discussion in the Songs Owning You Right Now thread I got to thinking about christmas music.
So this is my soundtrack to all yuletide activities at the moment. It’s perhaps a little early still, but all this snow and an abundance of Irish coffee has got me all festive feeling.
It's made up of more traditional fare, some great alternate takes on classics and some pieces which are all about the mood than specific Christmassyness (which should explain the Ladytron/Ryuichi Sakamoto).
You can find my playlist below, with nice youtube links.
1)Put The Lights on the Tree – Sufjan Stevens
2)It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – Andy Williams
3)Intervention – Arcade Fire
4)Wish Liszt – Trans Siberian Orchestra
5)The Night Santa Went Crazy – Weird Al Yankovich
6)God Red Ye Merry Gentlemen – Bright Eyes
7)Proper Crimbo – Bo Selecta
8)Hemvagen – Detektivbryan
9)Jingle Bells – Natalie Cole *Apologies for the truly terrible video, all I could find
10)Fairytale of New York – The Pogues
11)Frosty the Snowman – Fiona Apple
12)I Saw Three Ships – Sufjan Stevens
13)Christmas Time Is Here – Vince Guraldi Trio
14)Winter Wonderland – Jewel
15)Salvatore Amato – Bell Orchestre
16)The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
17)Stop the Cavalry – Jona Lewie
18)Come On! Lets Boogey to the Elf Dance – Sufjan Stevens
19)Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt
20)Little Drummer Boy – Johnny Cash
21)Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence – Ryuichi Sakamoto
22)All The Way – Ladytron
I know Sufjan Stevens has been done to death, but goddamn if that little folk rocker isn’t a genius Christmas song maker. Also special attention should be paid to Johnny Cash’s seriously apocalyptic version of Little Drummer Boy and Fiona Apple’s adorable version of Frosty the Snowman.
The pertinent question however is what do you guys listen to at Christmas and why?
So this is my soundtrack to all yuletide activities at the moment. It’s perhaps a little early still, but all this snow and an abundance of Irish coffee has got me all festive feeling.
It's made up of more traditional fare, some great alternate takes on classics and some pieces which are all about the mood than specific Christmassyness (which should explain the Ladytron/Ryuichi Sakamoto).
You can find my playlist below, with nice youtube links.
1)Put The Lights on the Tree – Sufjan Stevens
2)It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – Andy Williams
3)Intervention – Arcade Fire
4)Wish Liszt – Trans Siberian Orchestra
5)The Night Santa Went Crazy – Weird Al Yankovich
6)God Red Ye Merry Gentlemen – Bright Eyes
7)Proper Crimbo – Bo Selecta
8)Hemvagen – Detektivbryan
9)Jingle Bells – Natalie Cole *Apologies for the truly terrible video, all I could find
10)Fairytale of New York – The Pogues
11)Frosty the Snowman – Fiona Apple
12)I Saw Three Ships – Sufjan Stevens
13)Christmas Time Is Here – Vince Guraldi Trio
14)Winter Wonderland – Jewel
15)Salvatore Amato – Bell Orchestre
16)The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
17)Stop the Cavalry – Jona Lewie
18)Come On! Lets Boogey to the Elf Dance – Sufjan Stevens
19)Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt
20)Little Drummer Boy – Johnny Cash
21)Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence – Ryuichi Sakamoto
22)All The Way – Ladytron
I know Sufjan Stevens has been done to death, but goddamn if that little folk rocker isn’t a genius Christmas song maker. Also special attention should be paid to Johnny Cash’s seriously apocalyptic version of Little Drummer Boy and Fiona Apple’s adorable version of Frosty the Snowman.
The pertinent question however is what do you guys listen to at Christmas and why?
