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It's CHRRIIIIIIIISTMAASSS!
To use Noddy Holder's warcry.
The christmas iTunes playlist got the first airing of the year over the weekend and got me to thinking: Just how many 'Christmas' songs are actually not really anything to do with Christmas?
Of the ones that popped up 'Last Christmas' by Wham could be written about absolutely anything - substitute 'Christmas' for 'Summer' and get rid of the sleighbells and it still works. Same with Jonah Lewry's 'Stop The Cavalry'. Take out the line 'Wish I was at home for Christmas' and the sleighbells again and it's as festive as Edwin Starr's 'WAR'.
And let's not mention those chancers East 17 who did a snow and white-parka filled video for 'Stay', bunged on some sleighbells and churchbells and reap in the royalties annually.
Any others spring to anyone's mind?
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The lovely Kate Bush
December Will Be Magic Again. This video of Kate is utterly wonderful - I feel I need to lie down after seeing it for the first time...just don't let Mark Ellen see it.
Seasonal music
A fairly recent phenomenon when it comes to Christmas festivities is the springing up of various temporary outdoor skating rinks (in London, anyway, not sure if they happen elsewhere). My daughter came home from one last Saturday raving about this fantastic record she’d heard (they play loud music to skate along to). We soon established what it was.
Imagine being a 14-going-on-15 year old girl, still young enough to be giddy about Christmas, but old enough to be spending the build-up shopping in Covent Garden with your mates before shooting off to go ice-skating in front of a beautifully-lit Hampton Court Palace. And hearing Love Unlimited’s “It May Be Winter Outside” for the first time. What a feeling. Shame you can’t bottle it.
Erasure....
Stuck on some sleighbells and chime for their Christmas hit "Stop!" from the charmingly named "Crackers International" EP
2000 miles by the
2000 miles by the pretenders, even with it's allusion to festivity.
and for some reason never ever by all saints. just a lovely cosy record.