OUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONGS
by Hazed
As promised in last week's Star, here are some of our favorite seasonal songs.
Hazed
Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade
The quintessential 70s Christmas rock song - in the UK it gets played to death every year, but who can resist the siren call of lead singer Noddy Holder as he bellows out "It's Chriiiiiiiiistmaaaaaaaas...!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWgwTe01kMU
Christmas with the Devil - Spinal Tap
The best rock parody band combines Satanism with Christmas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sixsHSheV4g
To bring it a little more up to date, some bright spark has put together footage from the Dr Who Christmas specials to go with the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eslCm7M6OPg
Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) - The Darkness
In the early noughties, retro band The Darkness made us love 70s rock all over again, and this was their Christmas song, complete with ridiculous, over-the-top video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-eslNwGXrI
Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire - Bob Rivers
Bah, humbug!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3M7IR6jkpc
In the Bleak Midwinter - Corinne May
My favorite carol, very apt right now because as I write this London is in the grip of an ice age - the earth really does stand hard as iron, and frosty winds are moaning very loudly!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC9C5kHL884
Gaudete - Steeleye Span
I sang this at school and can still remember all the different melody lines that come together to make the wonderful harmony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDc2FD-vy8M
Edward Scissorhands soundtrack - Danny Elfman
It's not really intended to be Christmassy, but it crops up in an awful lot of Christmas adverts in the UK, so I guess it counts!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uil_moZTQk
White Christmas - Jim Carrey
Hilarious clip of Carrey "singing".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvF233fW4cI&feature=related
Christmas Carol - Tom Lehrer
The true spirit of Christmas!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw
Walking in the Air - from the film The Snowman
It's not so much the song I love as the video that goes with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubeVUnGQOIk
Irn Bru advert
And then there's the version that was used to advertise a Scottish soft drink...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2-qmMv5XXg
Bella
Everybody's favorite green-skinned Goddess decided to stick with songs from her native star system of Rigel, and sadly none of these songs have made it onto YouTube yet.
The Christmas Nova Song - Stella Nucleosynthesis
One for the Pot - Heisenberg's Turkey
Good King Mingceslas - Grunge & The Gangsters
Tangled Snowflakes - The Quantum Mechanics
The 0x0C days of Christmas - Hex and the Hackers
I Saw Three Spaceships - The Gaelaan Male Voice Choir
All I Want for Christmas is New Front Sensors - The Sen'Sations
I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas - Redmund Toenail and the Snarcots
Frosty the Snow Droid - The Pearly Droids
She did grudgingly find one song from Earth:
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuTHxMjVivg
Here's an excerpt from the lyrics:
'When they found her Christmas mornin',
At the scene of the attack.
There were hoof prints on her forehead,
And incriminatin' Claus marks on her back.'
Freya
Alice Smith - Silver Bells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43penUDNgDI
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Carol of the Bells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vNcGlM8O3I
(and also, because you can never have too many Christmas lights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0IwpRzWL_4)
Go Tell It On the Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd02dhWBV3w
Charlotte Church - O Holy Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRqycwRFWuc
Do You Hear What I Hear - Ed Ames
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s684Ac7Wzc
O Come, o Come, Emmanuel - Robert Shaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv927QNtz78
Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsWR4qU
Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGuCvFdrWPg
Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4FK1uXm_U
The Holly and the Ivy - Maddy Prior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcAjCm8L9Ws
Walking Around In Womens Underwear - Bob Rivers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N17V9Uu3qVc
Players
Christmas Mistress - AC/DC
This is DJentsch's favorite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mOBUUhsRwc
Mr Grinch - Busta Rhymes ft Jim Carrey
Another one sent in by Dj.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Q2csuodko
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Viva Voce
This suggestion was sent in by Liandri, who clearly shares my love of rock music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHt-PFJSbtU
Jingle Bells
The player who suggested this version wishes to remain anonymous. I'm not surprised!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRkgq4QTR9Q
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