Christmas Songs Top 10

[Arkless Electronics]

Nice special mention to those amazing non-Christmas Christmas songs

Caravan of Love - The Housemartins
Stay - East 17
Power of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

I would add to that The River - Joni Mitchell. Not really a xmas song even though it starts with "It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees"...

 

[Stunsworth]

I would add to that The River - Joni Mitchell. Not really a xmas song even though it starts with "It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees"...

And includes a snippet of Jingle Bells. Lord, Blue is a cracking album, if I'm in the right mood it can reduce me to tears.

Wikipedia thinks it's a Christmas song, so it must be...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_(Joni_Mitchell_song)

 

[jan tomczak]

i rather like 'sleigh ride' by the ronettes.....very xmassy

 

[Marchbanks]

I'd be quite happy never to hear ...the sodding Pogues' Christmas song ever again.

Hooray - I thought it was only me...

Nice special mention to those amazing non-Christmas Christmas songs

Bohemian Rhapsody, Art For Art’s Sake and Golden Years always remind me of being a relief postman during my student Christmas hols in 1975.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

And includes a snippet of Jingle Bells. Lord, Blue is a cracking album, if I'm in the right mood it can reduce me to tears.

Wikipedia thinks it's a Christmas song, so it must be...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_(Joni_Mitchell_song)

They are wrong. More like she's on a Greek island considering leaving/just left her boyfriend on the island and considering moving back to Canada and her old life there and in USA and picturing what people would be doing back home...

 

[seagullsnacker]

I’ve always been partial to Greg Lake’s "I Believe in Father Christmas"

 

[Jamie]

And at the other end of the Christmas spectrum is this blast from Christmas past (perhaps the first single I ever bought - I was very young).

Great choice. You never hear much of The Wombles these days, a very under-rated band.

Other than Kirsty & The Pogues, I also like this one from my era:

 

[Jono_13]

This is my favourite Christmas LP https://www.ltmrecordings.com//index.php?target=/ghosts_of_christmas_past_ltmcd2426.html

The original also had this gem on it if I remember correctly...

 

[Seeker_UK]

 

[35451]

Not forgetting the man who brought us "The Ladyboy in Red"

 

[badlyread]

Smith & Burrows did a Christmas album (not your usual affair) called Funny Looking Angels that has a track called This Ain't New Jersey that I adore at this time of year.

 

[Bananahead]

 

[Colonel_Mad]

Not forgetting the imense 'No X-mas for John Keys' also by The Fall

 

[Colonel_Mad]

Another non-Christmas themed Christmas number 1 that often comes round on my playlist this time of year 'Another Brick In the Wall' by Pink Floyd.

 

[Seeker_UK]

It isn't Christmas until the Bob Rivers gets played.

 

[35451]

Another non-Christmas themed Christmas number 1 that often comes round on my playlist this time of year 'Another Brick In the Wall' by Pink Floyd.

Is ‘Walking in the Air’ a non-Xmas song in your book?

Poor Aled.

 

[Woodface]

Hard to look past Slade & Wizzard.

 

[maccar]

My top 10 are:
Clannad, Christmas Angels
Greg Lake, I believe in Father Christmas
The Ronettes, Sleigh ride
Steve Winwood, Christmas is now drawing near at hand
St Agnes Fountain, Spirit of Christmas
Melisa Manchester, Breath of Heaven
Amy Mann, God rest ye merry gentlemen
Joni Mitchell, River
Thea Gilmore, Listen, snow is falling
Alid Jones, Walking in the air!
Mac

 

[Lliure]

I somehow managed to get through all my life without having been aware of the gem that is the Jackson Five Christmas album, recently discovered...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL20kP9WyHsDjx8egu0B8Dv-wETLBHcDPv

 

[nobeone]

Saint Etienne featuring Tim Burgess, I was born on Christmas Day.
Eartha Kitt, Santa baby, though I can swap that for Kylie at random.
Under no circumstances any Mariah Carey.
Motown Christmas album when in doubt.