niagra Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Just been watching some xmas songs on Vintage TV and they played a Pet Shop Boys number from 1997 which was vaguely humbugish. That got me thinking about it, I can only think of Fairytail of New York. Any other miserable, bah humbug Christmas songs out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 (edited) Try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckGOCu-Omc Edited December 20, 2016 by walbassist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 The whole of the Aimee Mann [url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Drifter-Snow-Aimee-Mann/dp/B000IY01QG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482226225&sr=8-1&keywords=One+More+Drifter+In+The+Snow]One More Drifter In The Snow[/url] album. Even traditionally upbeat songs like "Winter Wonderland" have a melancholic feel to them. Should be retitled "Slit Your Wrists At Christmas". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I Believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Mud, lonely this Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3kPH2MJzlg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgYFXCUEL4Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgYFXCUEL4Y[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Christmas blues show on radio 2 last night was great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Not a miserable song per se, but there's always one at every Christmas party isn't there? http://youtu.be/a8qE6WQmNus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Oh, and this isn't miserable, but isn't exactly a happy ending [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIwLeASnkw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIwLeASnkw[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 And of course, Wham! Last Christmas isn't exactly a bundle of laughs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambo Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 My favourite is 'The Junky's Christmas' by William Burroughs & The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkO_-6cCYXY[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 River - Joni Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Most Christmas songs are miserable, aren't they? Eg. Merry Christmas, war is over if you want it (but you'll probably choose to carry on killing each other anyway); Feed the world (because loads of kids are starving to death all over it); and what's the line from Fairytale of New York? Merry Christmas, my arse, I pray to God it's our last. It is indeed the season to be jolly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 http://youtu.be/vD9VD6xT1FA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I doubt you'll find a more miserable song than this: [media]http://youtu.be/SzaflC73iTk[/media] Even more miserable these days than when Peter Steele wrote it, too. I guess it's what he would have wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1482252794' post='3198925'] I doubt you'll find a more miserable song than this: [media]http://youtu.be/SzaflC73iTk[/media] Even more miserable these days than when Peter Steele wrote it, too. I guess it's what he would have wanted. [/quote] Somehow I've managed to go through my life so far without ever hearing any Type O Negative - just had a little hunt around YouTube and I quite like it. I might have to invest in a couple of CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 (edited) I love Aimee Mann's One More Drifter in the Snow. My additions to the playlist would be: That'll Be Christmas by Thea Gilmore http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qQAE794uvo Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly (or Leigh Nash) http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YIS5lSDO7tU Or John Prine's subime Christmas in Prison http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jj-Vff5HPhc Edited December 21, 2016 by TrevorR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 2000 Miles by The Pretenders. Written for James[color=#252525][font=sans-serif] Honeyman-Scott, who died the year before it was released.[/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Le Cragg Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I tried to write the most depressing Xmas song I could. I suceeded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Here's one, but: Brace yourselves! Calling this garbage is being mean against garbage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0G0NidIbIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1482255968' post='3198982'] Or John Prine's subime Christmas in the Jailhouse, [/quote] Excellent choice, Sir. Outstanding song that's sad and uplifting at the same time. Version here off 'Souvenirs': [media]http://youtu.be/jj-Vff5HPhc[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 All of them... A recent thread on BassChat got me to pick up the Penny Whistle again and the time of year demands that I go through Christmas songs. It could be said that I am a little rusty, well, I sound like an old rusty hinge... my wife looks like I have set about her fillings with some tin foil and a car battery. I think she'll be glad when it's all over for another year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The fasting showman Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Cristina-'Things fall apart' from the Ze records Christmas album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1482263303' post='3199091'] Here's one, but: Brace yourselves! Calling this garbage is being mean against garbage. [/quote] Think you've missed the remit BT. OP looking for miserable, that was just sh*t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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