25 December 2016
Show 312
All I want for Christmas by Timbuk 3. 1987 anti-war song released for Christmas. Thought I’d start with this in this troubled time of potential major conflict…
+Little Drummer Boy by David Bowie & Bing Crosby. From 1977.
+Cold as Christmas by Elton John. 1986 live recording with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
December will be Magic Again by Kate Bush. 1979 live recording.
+Father Christmas by The Kinks. From 1977. Dave Davies has come out since then.
+We Wish you a Merry Christmas by Husker Du. From 1986, a promo release from Warner music. Both Bob Mould & Grant Hart have come out as gay or bi since then.
I’d Like to Spend Christmas with Santa by Dolly Parton. From Smokey Mountain Christmas in 1986.
12 Daze of Christmas by Steve Ivings. Circa 1980. Recorded by a Canadian disc jockey who could imitate celebrities.
2000 years of love by 54-40. From the 1988 Winter Warnerland compilation. They are a Canadian alternative rock group from Vancouver who take their name from the slogan Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!, coined to express the unsuccessful expansionist agenda of James K. Polk’s presidency, intent upon controlling a contested U.S.-Canada border area in the Oregon boundary dispute.
Ways to save money for Christmas by Julie Brown. From that same Winter Warnerland album in 1988.
Cold Chillin’ Christmas by Cold Chillin’ Crew. Again, that same album, Winter Warnerland.
Back Door Santa by Bon Jovi. From A Very Special Christmas in 1987, an album to raise money for the Special Olympics.
Christmas Lullaby by Belinda Carlisle. From the 1995 compilation, Mother and Child.
Aussies
*Little Saint Nick by ‘Ol 55. From 1976.
*Santa Never Made it into Darwin by Bill & Boyd. Released in 1975 in honour of the victims of cyclone Tracy, which hit Darwin at Christmas in 1974.
*Christmas Photo by John Williamson. From his 1990 album, J.W.’s Family Album.
*Merry Christmas by INXS. Released in 1984, at that time just to their fan club. It featured Kirk Pengilly on lead instead of Michael Hutchence.
*Mistress for Christmas by AC/DC. From their 1990 album, The Razor’s Edge.
*Home and Broken Hearted by Cold Chisel. From their 1978 self-titled album.
Christmas Day by Squeeze. A holiday single released in 1979, only in the United Kingdom. It failed to chart and was not included on an album.
Christmas in the Caribbean by Jimmy Buffett. From the 1985 country music compilation, ‘Tennessee Christmas.’
Hey Santa by Carnie & Wendy Wilson. This is the title track to their 1993 holiday album.
Dingo Bells by Telex. From their 1988 album Looney Tunes. They are Belgian.
Frosty the Snowman by Cocteau Twins. From the “Snow” EP in 1993.
Rudolph the Manic Reindeer by Los Lobos. From 1988’s Winter Warnerland.
Santa Claus is Getting Down by Jesse Ed Davis. From 1988’s Winter Warnerland.
Christmas Without You by Tommy Page. From 1988’s Winter Warnerland.
God Rest the House by Jeff Lorber. From 1988’s Winter Warnerland.
(Why the variety of fonts? I have no idea! They are all Times New Roman 14 on the original so I have no idea why they look different here…)
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