Home› Music

Christmas songs

[Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 935
Forum Member
✭✭
in Music #1
Can anyone recommend me some Christmas songs that aren't that well known, that are actually good?

Would love to listen to some different Christmas songs this year, from a range of different genres.
«1

Comments

  • AaronWxAaronWx Posts: 2,531
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    #2
    Have a listen to Kelly Clarkson's Christmas album "wrapped in red" :)
  • Dave0893Dave0893 Posts: 13,659
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    #3
    I agree with AaronWx you should give Kelly's album a listen, some really good originals on there.

    You should also check out Leona Lewis' "Christmas With Love", it has a few originals on there, including One More Sleep, which you may have heard last year, it was heavily played on radio.

    Both great Christmas albums imo.
  • Renegade MasterRenegade Master Posts: 913
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    #4
    Mele Kalikimaka - The Hawaiian Christmas Song
  • LandslideBradLandslideBrad Posts: 5,085
    Forum Member
    ✭
    #5
    White Winter Hymnal by Pentatonix
  • ArcanaArcana Posts: 37,521
    Forum Member
    ✭
    #6
    The Christmas Song - London After Midnight

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2zqNeYmCQM
  • dee123dee123 Posts: 46,258
    Forum Member
    ✭
    #7
    Christmastime - The Smashing Pumpkins

    What Do Bad Girls Get? - Joan Osborne

    Oh Santa - Mariah Carey
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
    Forum Member
    ✭
    #8
    My Only Wish (This Year) - Britney Spears
    Christmas Tree - Lady Gaga
    Tears and Tinsel - Northern Kind
    Home For The Holidays - Emmy the Great
    Girls Aloud's Christmas album (was a bonus add on to their Chemistry album)
    Leona Lewis' Christmas album

    Try these few and see what you think :cool: I'm always looking for new Christmas songs as well as I'm fed up of hearing the same old crap year after year >:(
  • thewaywardbusthewaywardbus Posts: 2,738
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    #9
    Weird Al Yankovitch - The Night Santa Went Crazy
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTGlUMvbhSw

    Fountains of Wayne - Alien For Christmas
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXEjd_vz-Hk

    Eels
    Christmas is Going to The Dogs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqUKbP_9lNo
    Everything is Gonna Be Cool This Christmas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0G7Cs5fQKk

    Drugstore
    christmas at the Arctic Pole - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD1qQ122Lco
  • GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,389
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭✭
    #10
    On Grafton Street by Nanci Griffith:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npaG55vfe9c
  • Hound of LoveHound of Love Posts: 80,082
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    #11
    Things Fall Apart - Cristina

    Christmas On Riverside Drive - Kid Creole & The Coconuts

    December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush

    The Cocteau Twins' cover of Winter Wonderland, is lovely.
  • Blondie XBlondie X Posts: 28,662
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    #12
    Phil Spectors Christmas Album
  • mimicolemimicole Posts: 50,989
    Forum Member
    ✭
    #13
    Maybe This Christmas - Ron Sexsmith

    This has been used a lot in TV and film. I've always liked this one.
  • Peter the GreatPeter the Great Posts: 14,228
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    #14
    Blondie X wrote: »
    Phil Spectors Christmas Album
    I think it is safe to say that most of the tracks on that album are very well known.
  • KikiDafuqKikiDafuq Posts: 203
    Forum Member
    ✭
    #15
    Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas - Eels
    A Great Big Sled - The Killers w/ Toni Halliday
    All I Want for Christmas is New Year's Day - Hurts
    Believe in Me - fun.
    Christmastime - The Smashing Pumpkins
    Last Christmas - Jimmy Eat World
  • DandemDandem Posts: 13,340
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    #16
    Melee - Christmas This Year
  • SweetHeartHollySweetHeartHolly Posts: 1,565
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    #17
    My five most favorite Christmas songs are "Fall Softly Snow" from Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius, "What Do You See?" from Sonya Isaacs, "Only You Can Bring Me Cheer" from Alison Krauss, "Mary, Its Christmas" from Toby Keith, and "Go Tell It On The Mountain" from my most favorite singer James Otto. :):):)

    God bless you and these awesome singers always!!! :):):)

    Holly
  • Barry_ClarkeBarry_Clarke Posts: 2,683
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    #18
    Leona lewis -your hallelujah
  • shankly123shankly123 Posts: 598
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    #19
    Thea Gilmore's 'Strange communion' abum is great, especially 'That'll be Christmas'. I'd second the above recommendation of The Cocteau Twins 'Winter wonderland'/ 'Frosty the snowman' EP. If you want 'different', try Bob Dylan's 'Christmas of the heart' album - take it in the tongue in cheek spirit it was recorded and it's quite fun.
    Kate Rusby has recorded a couple of nice Christmas albums 'Sweet bells' and 'Whilst mortals sleep'
  • shelleyj89shelleyj89 Posts: 16,292
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    #20
    Dave0893 wrote: »
    I agree with AaronWx you should give Kelly's album a listen, some really good originals on there.

    I third this! Plus, her version of Run, Run Rudolph is awesome.
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
    Forum Member
    ✭
    #21
    Forgot to mention She & Him's Christmas album.
  • mimicolemimicole Posts: 50,989
    Forum Member
    ✭
    #22
    cnbcwatcher wrote: »
    Forgot to mention She & Him's Christmas album.

    Love this!
  • SparklySwedeSparklySwede Posts: 1,112
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    #23
    My absolute favourite Christmas albums are the two by The Carpenters. Christmas Portrait and Old Fashioned Christmas.

    Not exactly unknown of course, but they are my first picks for any Christmas albums.

    I'd also recommend Leona Lewis' and Kelly Clarkson's Christmas albums from last year, although they have already been mentioned.

    Edit - I also discovered last year that Lady Antebellum have a Christmas album, On This Winter's Night. There's some lovely covers on there which I found provided some variety to the usual versions of certain Christmas songs. I had thought there were originals on there too but looking at the track list now it seems I was wrong. Still, I'd recommend a listen even if covers aren't necessarily what you're looking for!
  • biscuitfactorybiscuitfactory Posts: 29,392
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    #24
    My brother bought me an album a couple of years ago that has now become a Christmas staple in our house.
    It's really christmassy in a traditional sense and it's all original music written by the artist, John Rutter and performed by The Cambridge Singers.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00006JJ4T/?tag=mh0a9-21&hvadid=3170856923&ref=pd_sl_7kwxbvjzpx_e
  • icanboogieicanboogie Posts: 770
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    #25
    River - Joni Mitchell (one of the best songs ever).
    Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine
    Winter Song - Kim Wilde
    It's Christmas (All Over The World) -Sheena Easton (this one always reminds me of Christmas as an 80's kid).
    Christmas Isn't Christmas - Worzel Gummidge
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
    Forum Member
    ✭
    #26
    Boney M - Christmas Party is also a favourite in my house. My parents love it and I quite like it as well because it's different to all that Slade and Cliff Pilchard tripe.
Sign In or Register to comment.