It's christmas again and I for one could not be happier.
I love christmas. I love the lights, the films, the biblical stories etc . . . But most of all I love the music. Like photographs or smells, music brings back vivid memories for me. Hearing one song on the radio can take me back to the time I first heard that song. But not only does it transport me back to that time it also makes me feel what I was feeling at that time and reminds me of my interests and worries and dreams and friends and general life. Music is awesome.
Christmas music, obviously, reminds me of winters past. Driving in the car, in the dark with rain/snow slashing down on the windscreen as Bublé and Shakin' Stevens and Paul McCartney and Cliff Richard and Bruce Springsteen and Otis Redding and Mud and Wizzard blast seasonal tunes from inside the radio. Decorating the house with umpteen fairy lights and glittery baubles with the melody of silent night whispering in the background. Slade soundtracking a night of friends, family, champagne and pigs in blankets. Simply - christmas would not be christmas without the music be that carols, gospel, rock n roll, folk, blues or pop.
Last year I made a little alternative christmas playlist and these are still some of my favourite seasonal covers but I thought I'd make an extended version this year. Just click on the song and enjoy. Alternatively you can click here for the whole playlist on YouTube.
Also, if you are looking for more christmas playlists head on over to Spotify they have some crackin' ones.
- Merry Christmas Baby - Bruce Springsteen (the B.B. King version is also insanely good)
- The Christmas Waltz - She & Him
- Do You Hear What I Hear - Bob Dylan
- Christmas Time's a-Comin' - Johnny Cash
- Christmas in Harlem - Kanye West
- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2
- Don't Shoot Me Santa - The Killers
- Baby, It's Cold Outside - Rufus Wainwright & Sharon Van Etten
- I Want an Alien For Christmas - Fountains of Wayne
- Frosty the Snowman - Fiona Apple
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) - Paul McCartney
- Someday at Christmas - Stevie Wonder
- Home - Blake Shelton, Michael Bublé
- This Christmas - Lady Antebellum
- Hard Candy Christmas - Dolly Parton
- Christmas in Hollis - Run-DMC
- Sleigh Ride - TLC
- What Christmas Means - Hanson
- The Spirit of Christmas - LeAnn Rimes, Aloe Black
- Back Door Santa - BB King
- The Snow Is Falling - Ray Charles
- Silent Night - The Staple Singers
- Children Go Where I Send Thee - Kenny Rogers
- Silent Night, Holy Night - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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