The Best Christmas songs ever!!

[ex-pirate]

I know it's early, but I'm carrying out some research, for the best christmas songs of all time.
I know stations up and down the country do it around Chrimbo time, but I'm wondering from my fellow radio friends here, what your top 10 christmas songs would be.
When I mean the best christmas songs ever, I mean the classic ones and not the spice girls or westlife recent christmas no.1's.
Post here your favourite all time christmas top 10, and many thanks in advance for your selection.
:rolleyes:

[Sarah Baybay]

jingle bells jingle bells la la la la la
is that wat u mean? :D

[Elaine]

Christmas? Its not even hollween yet..... but since i love christmas, heres my top christmas songs. Sorry if there not all classic ones btw but these are the ones i like.

1- John lennon "war is over" so this is christmas.
2- Bing crosby "white christmas"
3- Band aid "Do they know its christmas"?
4- wham "last christmas"
5- shakin stevens "merry christmas everyone"
6- Cliff richard "mistletoe n wine"...... ill be shot for that one!!!
7- Maria carey "all i want for christmas"
8- em... i suppose ill go with sarah n say jingle bells la la la or whatever it was she was singing lol
9- Dean martin "let it snow"
10- and okay i know its not really a christmas song but "oh holy night"

There ya go..... fa la la la la la la la la and all that stuff!!!

[NoelRock]

5- shakin stevens "merry christmas everyone"

That'd be the first song I think of when it comes to christmas...

mmm...

[The Real Stuttering John]

1"Grandma got run over by a reindeer" Elmo and Patsy
2"Santa Claus is Coming to town " Bruce Sprinsteen
3"Last Christmas" Wham
4"12 days of christams and a Beer in a tree" bob and Doug Mc Kenzie
5"Christams in Hollis" Run DMC
6"Do they know" Band Aid
7"Fairytale Of New York" Pogues & Kirsty McColl (a classic)
8"Stay Another Day" East 17
9" Driving Home For Christmas" Chris Rea
10"Sleigh Ride" Ronettes

2fm even have a gap in their top 100 for 2002

http://www.2fm.ie/charts/top100_xmas.html



Let's see how many US stations flip to "all chritmas , all the time" formats this year. Many did last year

[Turiel]

Anyone remember "Kevin Bloody Wilson - Santa Claus you C*nt"? I used to love that when I was eh, 10 or so...

[Dane Bowers]

East 17 - Stay Another Day. Still sounds as good as the first time I heard it

[Shane Pearce]

Roy Chubby Brown - Wheres Me Fcuking Bike?

[Elaine]

Hey santa claus ya smelly c**t wheres me fu***ng bike.
God i remember that.............so funny!!!

[Arnold]

Easy list this

1. Slade: (So here it is) Merry Christmas
2. Band Aid: Do they Know (btw do the royalties still go somewhere?)
3 - 20. The Phil Spector Christmas Album

[ex-pirate]

Many thanks for some of your favourite christmas songs, and some strange ones including jingles bells!!!
Keep them coming in to this post, and again, thanks in advance once again.
Will look at 2 fm website (thanx for that tip)

[TonyCurrie]

1. "I Believe in Father Christmas" - Greg Lake

2. "Step into Christmas" - Elton John

3. "Fairytale of New York" - Kirsty McColl & The Pogues

4. "Santa Claus is Coming To Town" - The Crystals

[Slicklink]

1.Paul McCartney - Woderful Christmas Time
Jonie Lewie - Stop The Cavalry

[DeargDoom]

Fairytale of New York - I can still remember where I was the first time I heard it (doing my homework listening to Energy 103!)

Here Come the Good Times - A House (okay a borderline one)

Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses which is one of only two christmas songs that also mention Hallow'een (can you think of the other one? If not, ask Ronan Scanlan!).

[John Fleming]

Nobody mentioned:

'Little Drummer Boy'

Bing Crosby & David Bowie

Shame on you all!

[Peadar]

1. Band Aid - Do they know it's christmas
2. Roy Wood & Wizzard - I wish it could be christmas everyday
3. Elton John - Steppin' into christmas
4. Mariah Carey - All i want for christmas...
5. Wham! - Last Christmas
6. Slade - Merry Christmas
7. Chris Rea - Drivin home for christmas
8. Mel & Kim - Rockin' around the christmas tree
9. John Lennon - War is over
10. Boney M - Mary's Boy Child

[Elaine]

Ah peadar i like your list.... its slightly like mine.

What about little donkey?

[KJ]

Elaine, your obssession with donkeys and horses is a tad unsettling

KJ

;)

[Elaine]

I dont have an obsession with donkeys? That just sounds so stupid..... i have an obbsession with unicorns. Can you not see his big horn in my picture for gods sake. (the unicorns btw) lol

[ex-pirate]

Little donkey, and the drummer boy?
I remember singing them at choir practice but never heard them on any radio station!!!! (ha HA)
Keep them coming, I'm overwhelmed by your responses to this early festive question.

[Peadar]

Bets on when the xmas songs hit the playlists anyone?

[7incher]

Last weekend of November

[Mikeyboy]

I think Kevin Wilson's song went like this:

Oi Santa Claus you c.nt where's my fu.king bike?
I've unwrapped all this other junk
And there's nothin that I like.
I wrote you a fu.king letter
And I come to see you twice
You worn out geriatric fart you forgot my fu.kin bike!

There was something about his little sister and the pram too ... and the classic fade-out line "I saw mummy sucking Santa Claus"

Have to admit, I was quite impressed with 'Mick the Master Farter' too — when I was 12. Still have two of his tapes somewhere.

BTW, my all time favourite Chrimbo songs have to be Fairytale of New York at Number 1 and that Pretenders song that I can never remember the name of.
Oooh, and Paul McCartney's Frog Song — reminds me of my childhood, but for some reason you never hear it any more.

[Elaine]

aww i love the frog song....also reminds me of when i was ikle!!!

[Ger Roe]

Somewhere in the back of my mind I remember listening to Radio Dublin in d'old days of AM radio and heard Thin Lizzy being played at Christmas time with a rock version of Jingle Bells.

This would have been around 1978 and I don't think I have heard it since or come across anyone else who did. It was a great version and I would love to hear it again.....anyone got any ideas on where it might be ?

Ger Roe.
Phantom FM, Dublin.

[KJ]

1) John Lennon - Happy Christmas (War is over)
2) The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (Still sounds amazing)
3) East 17 - Stay Another Day (ditto)
4) Dean Martin - Baby Its Cold Outside
5) The Ronnetes - Sleigh Ride
6) Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
7) Dean Martin - Let It Snow
8) Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
9) Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
10) Luthor Vandross - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas


KJ

;)

[Radioshack]

gotta be the pogues - faurytale of ny cracker. okay thats my one post on this board for the year. smell yis later.
just thinking, some individuals spent half their lives on this board? no offence but have they nothing else better to do? i wont dare name names! total anoraks, (shudder)

cya, happy xmas and a great new year!

[Peadar]

Elaine's not too fond of Steppin' into Christmas are ya ;) lol

[Elaine]

lol.... no peadar not really. I wasnt even supposed to play that....i was supposed to play john lennon.....damn computer....oh ok so it was my fault :o

[Katy Lied]

Fairy Tale of New York - The Pogues, etc

Last Christmas - Wham

Sleigh Ride - the Ronnettes

I believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake

Merry Christmas Everyone (originally Slade) - Oasis


Byee

[DeargDoom]

"Christmas Wrapping" - the Waitresses


"Power of Love" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (okay, doesn't actually mention christmas)

"Caravan of Love" - Housemartins (ditto)

[ex-pirate]

Thank you to everyone who helped out on the best christmas song ever, going by your votes The Pogues had it with Fairytale of New York, a cracker, which is ten times better than Ronan Keatings' version which I heard recently!!

[The squire]

Just wondering............

Mine are:

1. Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
2. Wham - Merry Christmas Everyone
3. Band Aid - Feed The World (Original - NO DIZZIE RASCAL!)
4. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
5. Kylie - Santa Baby

AHHH.... but theres so many more!!!!!!!!!! Bloody jervis centre has me in the christmas mood, ill be an alcho by Wednesday!!:cheers:

Merry not christmas for a another month!:cheers:

[Cian Farrell]

The Pogues feat. Kirsty McColl is my favouirte christmas song
Wham Last Christmas is brilliant too!

Any christmas song that comes on, I listen to...!!!...

I LOVE XMAS

rc

[DJ Franco]

I'd 2nd Elaine's selection;). On the subject though we haven't had what ya call a classic christmas tune since that era and its fair to say Band 20 stands well short of that this time around.

Franco

[darraghjm]

jackson 5 - santa claus is coming to town

[clampett]

am surprised that no one has mentioned frank kellys 12 days of christmas .. absolutely hilarious if you ask me ... thank you gubnet for your kindness .. lmao ... ... brilliant ..

[Iano]

Im not a big fan of xmas tunes , i find they tend to get boring after a while , maybe because like everybody else here , were playing them at least 5 nights a week over a short period.

Having said that , i have a few that i will always enjoy playing and never really tire of them .

''I wish it could be xmas everyday'' by Wizzard , it has everything a good xmas song should have , great melody, lots of xmas jingles, great lyrics and superb music .A genuine classic.

Last Christmas by Wham, it just smells of Christmas , again very catchy , great melody and clever lyrics . Superb.

Stay another day, by East 17 , it was just a f**kin great pop song .

All i want for Xmas by Mirah Carey, catchy as f**k, great vocals , builds really well into another great pop record and has PARTY written all over it . Brilliant tune.

Finally , , Lynott, Jones ,Cook and as far as i can remember Mick Jones of the Clash ? i may be wrong .''A Christmas punk rock''a merry jingle''
It was so different , a bit repetitive i know but f**kin great guitar and because of my loyalty to Mr Lynott and the Pistols i just have to mention them.

I think the reason we dont have any decent xmas tunes nowdays is just a lack of talent in todays market.
If you take Wizzard for example , Roy Wood will never ever come up with a tune like that again as long as he lives , it was a one off , same goes for Wham , a moment of brilliance at the right time . Its the same with all great music , only a very few will ever be consistent with quality music which is very rare in the current music climate .

Iano.

[Cian Farrell]

Here's my Top 10:

1) Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
2)Band Aid - Do They Know it's Christmas? (the original!)
3)Wham- Last Christmas
4) Mariah Carey - All I want for Christmas is you
5) Chris Rea - I'm driving home for Christmas
6)Tony Bennett - Winter Wonderland
7)Eva Cassidy - Over the raimbow
(ok, it may not be christmas-e but still on christmas cds)
8)Frank Sinatra - Let it snow
9)Spike Jones- All I want for christmas
10) Brenda Lee - Rockin' around the Christmas Tree

RC