Much as I genuinely quite like Elbow's cover of Golden Slumbers, wouldn't you rather hear some less well-known seasonal tunes? Something that isn't being used to flog you something, maybe? So hear we go, with the New Amusements 2017 musical advent calendar. Knock yourselves out.
December 1st REM - Ghost Reindeer In the Sky
December 2nd They Might Be Giants - Santa's Beard
December 3rd Timbuk 3 - All I Want For Christmas (suggested by C )
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December 4th No Doubt - Oi To The World
December 5th Sparks - Thank God It's Not Christmas
December 6th Wedding Present - No Christmas
December 7th The Fall - (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas
December 8th Scritti Politti - Snow in Sun
December 9th Tracey Thorn - Tinsel And Lights
December 10th Margo Guryan - I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You
December 11th Half Man Half Biscuit - All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit (suggested by Mark )
December 12th Laura Marling – Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)
December 13th Of Montreal – Christmas Isn't Safe For Animals
December 14th The Kinks - Father Christmas
December 15th Badly Drawn Boy - Donna and Blitzen
December 16th Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Christmas All Over Again
December 17th Beck - Little Drum Machine Boy
December 18th Elastica - Gloria
December 19th Wild Billy Childish And The Musicians Of The British Empire - Christmas 1979 (suggested by Swiss Adam )
December 20th Ryan Adams – Hey Parker, It's Christmas
December 21st Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! – In This Home On Ice
December 22nd Best Coast & Wavves – Got Something For You
December 23rd Yorke and Björk - Merry Christmas
December 24th Squeeze - Christmas Day
A great start!
ReplyDeleteIt's all downhill from here. Like a metaphorical sleigh ride...
DeleteGreat idea. Wish I"d thought of it. Not that I'd have had time to put it into practice.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Rol. It gets a bit trickier every year.
DeleteThanks for putting this one up today - still sounds good to me. The message is perennial but some of the lyrical references have dated so charmingly!
ReplyDeleteYes, sounds good, doesn't it?
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