Unusual Christmas Songs please :-)

[Richard R]

Song suggestions please for a Christmas Playlist. Songs suitable for general listening but which avoid the bleedin' obvious!

 

I'll add them to this Spotify playlist (and maybe change the cover art)

 

 

 

 

[Tim Chapple]

 

[Leonard Smalls]

Backdoor Santa - Clarence Carter

Silent Night - Bootsy Collins

Christmas with the Devil - Spinal Tap

[Hellzero]

Not a Christmas song per se, but the full piano version of Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence by Ryūichi Sakamoto himself is a delight for the ears, and you can add the sung version from David Sylvian called Forbidden Colours.

[Lozz196]

A Merry Jingle - The Greedies (which were a “supergroup” made up from Thin Lizzy & The Sex Pistols)

[joeystrange]

Bowling For Soup - Father Christmas

The Hives & Cindi Lauper - A Christmas Duel

Bad Religion - O Come All Ye Faithful

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here

Edited 15 hours ago by joeystrange

[pete.young]

 

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

King diamond - no presents for Christmas 

[Richard R]

1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said:

Silent Night - Bootsy Collins

 

I can't find this one on Spotify 

[Judo Chop]

 

[AlexDelores]

 

[lowdown]

 

[Ed_S]

 

 

[StingRayBoy42]

Half Man Half Biscuit - It's cliched to be cynical at Christmas

Bob Dylan - Must be Santa (Not sure if this counts as 'obvious' but it's an absolute fever dream)

[Jackroadkill]

F*** Christams - Eric Idle

The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys

 

[miles'tone]

Straight No Chaser - 12 days of Christmas.

It's a cracker (sorry).

 

Not unusual, but I'm loving the bass playing on The Waitresses crimbo number this year. I must learn it!

 

If you like jazz, the Diana Krall Christmas album.

Edited 11 hours ago by miles'tone

[itu]

Try Boney M's Xmas album. I'd say different versions. No, I can't say I like them. 

[itu]

[Franticsmurf]

Step Into Christmas - Elton John. I played it with the band last night and it went down well. I'd never heard it before being given it in the set list about two weeks ago. 

[ezbass]

White Wine the Sun - Tim Minchin

 

 

 

 

[Richard R]

Great suggestions, I can't keep up!

I'm travelling for work now, so I'll do a mass update of the playlist probably tomorrow evening or Tuesday.

 

 

 

[Leonard Smalls]

4 hours ago, Richard R said:

5 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said:

Silent Night - Bootsy Collins

 

I can't find this one on Spotify

Shame! Tis excellent (as is the album)... Though I think some sort of rights issue took it of Spotty.

[Grassie]

 

[franzbassist]

“Joys of Christmas” Chris Rea

"December Will Be Magic Again” Kate Bush

 

[Ruarl]

Il est Ne, Le Divin Enfant by Dr John