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10 Dec 2011, 03:14 AM | #91 | |
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BTW, I like the Christmas Lullaby and have added it to my playlist, Thanks Adam |
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One recent addition to my Christmas playlist is Jean-Jacques Perrey's The Rose and the Cross, a beautiful instrumental (organ/synth duet) which fits the mood perfectly.
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23 Dec 2011, 02:52 AM | #95 |
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non christmas songs with chrismas lyrics
Following on from Tsnami's post, I've been racking my brain for non-Christmas songs which mention Christmas in the lyrics somewhere. I had a few the other day but today I can only remember Mary Chapin Carpenter : He thinks he'll keep her. Thanks Tsunami for this new challenge!
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Agreed, Buble is getting a little too much radio play at the moment, but at least it's not Bieber or however it's spelt
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Not a Christmas song. The English translation is available on the YouTube site quoted by David, below the video.
'Beyond the Sea" is the same tune with totally unrelated English lyrics. |
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I was listening to La Mer after going out sailing (on Christmas day) - so, I cheated.
Incidentally, the French lyrics far outshine the English ones IMO |
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David's counting of "La Mer" (lovely song, pity I only have the English version at present) is to my mind in the same vein as my including such as "Classical Gas" (Mason Williams), "Forever Tonight" (Jan Hammer) and "The Rose and the Cross" (Jean-Jacques Perrey) on my Christmas playlist; none of these are actually "Christmassy" (well, the Perrey one sounds with a bit of imagination like a carol), but they're such feel-good tracks that they fit the supposed Christmas mood perfectly. Far more so than tagging the Hallowe'en song "The Power of Love" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood as a Christmas song, merely because that happens to be when it first came out.
(Just under an hour (UK time) of Twelfth Night to go, then Christmas will be over for another 11^W 9 months...) |
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Just a week to go, and nobody's given this thread its annual bump yet?
All together now: "It's Christmas time — — Again — It's time to be nice to the people I just can't stand, All year, I'm growing tired of all this Christmas cheer." (Blink-182, I Won't Be Home For Christmas) |
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I'm just reminded of a Youtube clip in the news a few days ago, with Kim Wilde and her brother on a train trip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ij8BpOa-Pg |
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I hope this is no creepy omen that I see this topic pop up while listening to this ; most likely my worst ever guilty pleasure, I should be hiding in my basement out of shame now Well, the song does preach spreading love so with a little twist it would suit the Christmas mood...
Anyways, 10,000 Maniacs have a beautiful song called "Noah's Dove", not sure if it is metaphorically or Christmas inspired but it's very beautiful and calming (as are many Natalie Merchant songs, both solo and with 10,000 Maniacs) |
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I like them all.
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