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Anyone fed up of the drivel that passes for Christmas music these days? Here are 3 playlists that will rock your Crimbo! (These have been a bit of a tradition now, I make one every year. I really must get a life...!)

Christmas With The Devil I: Don't Let The Bells End (2006)
1. Spinal Tap - Christmas With The Devil
2. The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
3. The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)
4. My Chemical Romance - All I Want For Christmas Is You
5. Ted Nugent - Deck The Halls
6. Blink 182 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas
7. Roy Wood & Wizzard - I Wish It Could be Christmas Every Day
8. Weird Al Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy
9. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
10. The Ramons - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
11. Jimmy Eat World - Last Christmas
12. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
13. Zakk Wylde - White Christmas

Christmas With The Devil II: Mistress For Christmas (2007)
1. The Finals - Last Christmas
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Siberian Sleigh Ride
3. Marc Bolan & T-Rex - Christmas Bop
4. AC/DC - Mistress For Christmas
5. Weezer - Christmas Celebration
6. Queensryche - White Christmas
7. The Eagles - Bells Will Be Ringing
8. Fall Out Boy - Yule Shoot Your Eye Out
9. U2 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
10. The Killers - A Great Big Sled
11. Funeral For A friend - Miracle of Christmas
12. Stryper - Winter Wonderland
13. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Run Run Rudolph
14. The Kinks - Father Christmas
15. New Found Glory - Ex' Miss
16. No Use For A Name - Fairytale of New York
17. Fountains of Wayne - I Want An Alien For Christmas
18. Steve Vai - Christmas Time Is Here

Christmas With The Devil III: Don't Shoot Me Santa (2008)
1. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve in Sarajevo
2. Twisted Sister - White Christmas
3. Sum 41 ft Jack Black - Things I Want
4. The Killers - Don't Shoot Me Santa
5. Fuel - We Three Kings
6. Good Charlotte - Christmas By The Phone
7. No Doubt - Oi To The World
8. The Black Crowes - Back Door Santa
9. Status Quo - It's Christmas Time
10. Bad Religion - The First Noel
11. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - This Time Of Year
12. Less Than Jake - Frosty The Snowman
13. MXPX - Christmas Night of Zombies
14. Simple Plan - My Christmas List
15. Skid Row - Jingle Bells
16. Sugarcult - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
17. Fall Out Boy - What's This?
18. Weezer - The Christmas Song
19. Snow Patrol - When I Get Home For Christmas
20. Phantom Planet - Winter Wonderland


Enjoy!

I'll stick with the fall-no Xmas for John Quays.

I'm quite partial to:

Everybody's waiting for the man with the bag by Kay Stark

Sleigh Ride by Glen Deringer (from 'Cool Yule, The Swingin' side of Xmas')

I've got a CD of traditional carols (very traditional, even medieval in some cases) sung by various choirs. Can't beat that.

Although Weird Al Yankovic's "Christmas at Ground Zero" is good too.

No "Christmas Rapping" by The Waitresses?

Santa Claus you C&#t - Kevin bloody wilson....

GAH music, Christmas music.... tearing....me...up....inside!!!!!!

There a few great albums out there, I usually listen to a home made Christmas compilation pieced together from various Indie Christmas albums - Traditional and original songs that are actually good songs, from the likes of Eels, Low, Bright Eyes etc.

But otherwise, I prefer older Christmas music, what would probably be described as folk. Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band's "Carols & Capers" is a favourite, and for very traditional, try Sneak's Noyse "Christmas Now is Drawing Near."

Oh, and Sufjan Stevens has some great Christmas albums. His version of Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing and O Holy Night are fantastic.

I dont listen to Christmas music by choice, but I have been listening to Jeff Dunhams 'Dont Come Home for Christmas' CD. It does help if youve seen his DVDs and know the characters before you listen to it

http://www.nightmarevariations.com/
Xmas carol with style...

Maybe some of you metalheads can help me here...

Today at work whilst discussing Christmas songs, it occured to me that I remembered hearing a metal Christmas song. Not a cover version but an original one.
I'm sure it was released on MySpace but I can't remember:
a) The name of the band
b) The name of the song
c) If it was an original band or one consisting of members from other bands
d) If this is real and I didn't just imagine a song, MySpace page and video

Anyone able to help with any of these?

EckoZero wrote:Maybe some of you metalheads can help me here...

Today at work whilst discussing Christmas songs, it occured to me that I remembered hearing a metal Christmas song. Not a cover version but an original one.
I'm sure it was released on MySpace but I can't remember:
a) The name of the band
b) The name of the song
c) If it was an original band or one consisting of members from other bands
d) If this is real and I didn't just imagine a song, MySpace page and video

Anyone able to help with any of these?

You wanna vague that up a little bit?

King Diamond-no presents for Christmas
Korn and most of the new metal bands did awful Christmas covers during there careers. Blind Guardian did silent night. Paul Dianno did a few covers. Twisted sister did a full cover album a few years back. Type O Negative-Red water. Trans Siberian orchestra have done several albums of Christmas themed music. On the whole it's all awful though and should be avoided.

This is about the peak of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De47fjH6RKY

EckoZero wrote:Maybe some of you metalheads can help me here...

Today at work whilst discussing Christmas songs, it occured to me that I remembered hearing a metal Christmas song. Not a cover version but an original one.
I'm sure it was released on MySpace but I can't remember:
a) The name of the band
b) The name of the song
c) If it was an original band or one consisting of members from other bands
d) If this is real and I didn't just imagine a song, MySpace page and video

Anyone able to help with any of these?

Any chance it was Reuben with Christmas Is Awesome?

Fraid not, but that's pretty cool