mentalextra Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) After a long argument with my 14yr old daughter about the lack of Christmas songs from todays "talent" because they are too scared of ruining their reputation. Its the time of year for those old 'chestnuts' from Wizzard, Elton John, Wham etc for us to hum and whistle. But will we be humming the same tunes in another 30yrs or will one of these heavy weights of popular music attempt a Christmas song. Has anyone written a Christmas song. If not, why not! Edited November 29, 2012 by mentalextra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Mr Venom and myself have been threatening for the last 3 years to write a Dick Venom christmas song. However we always leave it too late. Still there's always next year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 My band The Tuesday Club have an Xmas single on its way. Think it`s a free download (we`ve a "real" single, plus album - on vinyl - on the way, so I get kind-of lost as to how they`re all going to materialise). When it`s up/out, I`ll put the link up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) Don't forget the more recent classic 'Christmas Time (Dont let the bells end)' from The Darkness... More of this please! Edited November 29, 2012 by skej21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrismanbass Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rECGTM-gfk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rECGTM-gfk[/url] no real point here just like the song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulconnolly Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 We (OH, 19yo daughter and 17yo son) had a great laugh after tea this evening. Mum and I were picking our best and worse songs from NOW That's what I call christmas. 17yo was disappointed there was no folk/viking metal christmas songs. The closest was (according to him) In Dulce Jubilo. OH was adamant that The Cranberries sang a christmas song about cranberries (until we demonstrated that the reference to cranberries was one phrase in Christmas Rapping by The Waitresses). Time was - write a Christmas hit or have a Christmas No.1 and you'd be made for life - Slade, Mud, Pogues (god I hate that song), Jonah Lewie - best Christmas song ever ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTaff Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) Best christmas song, ever, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od7GUy9XS7c Edited November 30, 2012 by MrTaff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 I was sitting in a Harvester with a lady friend and my daughter arguing about the Christmas songs that were being piped in. I asked by 14yr old daughter when they were going to play Justin Biebers new Christmas song! I said "I wonder if she will be sitting in a place like this when she's my age and still listening to mud, slade, Elton john, Roy Wood etc" I bet she will! My daughter thinks that "slade" are a bunch of weirdo's, but she knows the christmas song like everyone on the planet. Will we be listening to Justin Bieber or Rhianna, or Dr Dre in 35yrs time, I wonder? What is so special about "those" Christmas songs. I can promise anyone that is going shopping this weekend, they will hear any of the above but none from the last 30yrs, it cant be just copyright can it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Folks, your golden opportunity is here... ;-) http://basschat.co.uk/topic/193270-december-composition-competition/page__pid__1885883#entry1885883 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 So, the local radio station are having a "battle of the Christmas songs", no prizes for guessing who the finalists will be. Practically everything was pre '90! Obviously there's no Christmas in "the cluuuuurb" this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 [quote name='paulconnolly' timestamp='1354229401' post='1884012']Time was - write a Christmas hit or have a Christmas No.1 and you'd be made for life - Slade, Mud, Pogues (god I hate that song), Jonah Lewie - best Christmas song ever ) [/quote] I wonder why no current artists want to make a shed load of money out of a Christmas song? I dont think Jusin Bieber has even brought out a Christmas song this year. Or are they scared it will upset the religious demographic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 My favourite christmas song is still Shonen Knife's 'Space Christmas', a charming story about Santa arriving on his bison sleigh and delivering a spaceship, which the singer intends to use to travel to pluto to eat marshmallows and ice cream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I wrote a christmas song once. I cant imagine party hatted discoers singing along with "Where's Jesus this Christmas?" though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Dammit. I thought we were going to get an interesting thread about songwriting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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