Christmas Songs

[fruitsalad]

I expect it's due to age that I say Christmas is not like it use to be, but what I have noticed is they don't bring out new Christmas songs like they use to Slade, Wizard, Cliff Richard, Boney M etc why don't we hear new songs christmas anymore.

[Fanriffic]

Artists do bring out and release new Christmas songs every year but they tend to be by-passed by the repeated radio plays of the old classics like Wham!, Slade, Shakin' Stevens etc etc.
The old ones really are the best even if they are a bit naff and cheesy.
It's seems that artists release full albums rather than just one stand alone Christmas song.
Over the years we've had Crimbo Albums from:
Michael Buble, Rod Stewart, Neil Diamond, Shakin' Stevens, Sia, Kacey Musgraves, Tom Chaplin (Keane), Leona Lewis, Katie Melua, Gwen Stefani, Kylie Minogue, Alexander Armstrong, Susan Boyle and Kelly Clarkson plus loads loads more.
I think it all depends on your taste in music and your age. This will determine wether you like the new stuff or regard it all as rubbish and make a fast buck from the Christmas commercialism.
I can highly recommend Shakin' Stevens album "Merry Christmas Everyone" which has 12 or 15 great Christmas songs to get you in the festive mood.

[-Talbot-]

Wow Shakin' Stevens has done a Christmas album?

Do tell me more...

[Fanriffic]

For Talbot:

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It's from the 1990s but has recently been remastered.

[yogi-bear]

Replastered would be an improvement.

[DTCwordfan]

Telling me, we had our local crem last year offering a carol service with re-writes, specials like:

Silent Night - (say no more)
We Saw Three Coffins Go Sailing By.
Hark the Herald Undertakers
Ding Dong, Merrily Underground.
In the Bleak MidWinter
O Little Centre of Crematoria
Joy to the Dead
It came upon a Midnight Black

[Mamyalynne]

Most Christmas songs released after 2000 have been modern artists rehashing old classics.

[douglas9401]

Stuff's written to a formula now, very little of note registers with all but the youngest and they're as fickle as.

Pretty boys and girls surrounded by the obligatory dancers all doing the same routine from video to video then back to selling shoes or whatever they did before they made some money for the Cowels of the world.

Merry Christmas. :-)

[fiction-factory]

In most of the last dozen years or so the Christmas number one has been either the X factor winner or a charity record (Band Aid, Gareth Malone/Military Wives etc). The top 10 singles at Christmas usually still include Fairy Tale of New York and Maria Carey's Christmas one. Maybe this year we'll see Last Christmas at number one a year on from George Michael's death, but it'll probably be another X factor reworking of an old non-Christmas classic- we haven't had Unchained Melody for a few years

[-Talbot-]

Awwwww, I don't like remastered music ... pity.

[davegosling]

The greatest ever "Xmas" song.

[nailit]

No one plays Gary Glitters Rock 'n' Roll Christmas anymore that's for sure!
Shame really, quiet liked that song!

[fiction-factory]

I did hear GG being played at the christmas Markets/last week, nailit, and also remember seeing it being played in a shopping mall a few years ago with a troop of young pre-teen girls dancing to it in cheerleader outfits which I felt a little uncomfortable seeing. Shame, as it was a great record, as were some of GG's other tracks

[nailit]

// with a troop of young pre-teen girls dancing to it //
That's a near the knuckle ff.
Like the song but forget that...

[SIRandyraven]

I'm sure I read a few years back , that GG had sold the rights to his music for £20 million. Prior to his convictions.

[emmie]

i like Christmas carols as opposed to wham, cliff etc, my favourite is carol of the bells, or silent night...

[Cloverjo]

I don't know if the Christmas number 1 is still the coveted spot that it used to be.

The old'uns are the best anyway: Fairytale of New York (always makes me cry), Mel Smith and Kim Wilde, Shaky, BandAid...

[gulliver1]

We used to keep a public house , and if we could not get the customers out after last orders ,I would put Cliff Richards on the juke box singing mistletoe and wine full blast, it never failed .

[emmie]

only one i really like

[-Talbot-]

Were you having a stopper in Gullivers pub when you heard that, sirandy?

[hereIam]

I love the old Christmas songs. My favourite is A Spaceman Came Travelling by Chris De Burgh. My fave hymn is Hark the Herald Angels Sing. I agree fruitsalad, but they just don't make 'em like they used to ...