LIST 56 - 24/12/10 (Christmas Special, part two)

As promised, and indeed threatened, here is the second half of the That Music List Christmas Special for your delight and delectation just 24 hours shy of the main event. Nothing too festive about the likes of The Fall and HT & OJ's respective efforts, of course, but the likes of the late Frank Sidebottom certainly redress the pro-Christmas balance and then some.

That's it from That Music List until sometime in the New Year (probably midwinter), but return it will. All that remains for me to do is to thank everyone who's been in touch about the blog this year and last, and anyone else who has enjoyed the selections over this period of time. Certainly more to come... 'Til then, however, very best wishes of the season to you all, and may 2011 deal you a kind hand.

Jeremy xx



THE FALL – No Xmas for John Quays (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHFdYYIaEIc

BILLY ELLIOT (original cast recording) – Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czVPqqWFVFM

MOGWAI – Christmas Song (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJpn4oLiwlE

GOLDBLADE ft POLY STYRENE – City of Christmas Ghosts (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mikNOuYWOC8

VISCHIZO – Winter (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fOCD1F-me4

SPARKS – Thank God It’s Not Christmas (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UbkDzp5LuY

XTC (as THE THREE WISE MEN) – Thanks for Christmas (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DBJRSMP8Uw

CAMERA OBSCURA – Happy New Year (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSexCt6NSZA

TWIG – Antoinette’s Christmas Wedding (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt62mzQgCRw

ELASTICA – All for Gloria (Peel Session) (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDyLsCIrQu8

HIS CLANCYNESS – Memories Are Made Of This (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQzJH8KXBZ4

NEKO CASE – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis (2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTPo4zRI2Q

FRANK SIDEBOTTOM – Christmas is Really Fantastic (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM8qQ2LUeq8

THE LONG BLONDES – Christmas is Cancelled (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4s76oLcPTo

HOLLY GOLIGHTLY – Christmas Tree’s on Fire (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4qexogn7Ss

STINA NORDENSTAM – Soon After Christmas (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPsWT_3ypmo

JOHN CALE – Child’s Christmas in Wales (1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9IKnVVRsmk

HONG KONG IN THE 60s – Walking in the Air (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXr1lUU_hY

MJ HIBBETT & THE VALIDATORS – I Got You What You Want For Christmas (single version) (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjRzIFtjC78

LIST 55 - 17/12/10 (Christmas Special, part one)

Hello again,

Jarringly self-explanatory, this update - the first of two assortments of festive tracks known and less well known... and not very festive at all, in the case of the likes of Charlie Brooker! More of the same seven days hence, in the final That Music List of 2010. Stay safe, stay warm.



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SLOW CLUB – Christmas TV (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E1hCYVTvZ4

MJ HIBBETT & THE VALIDATORS – The 29th Day of December (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnXvnH-aZwk

BUCK OWENS – Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_LSPB6HyHo

PARENTHETICAL GIRLS – Thank God It’s Not Christmas (2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCel7hwGI8M

GRANDADDY – Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland (2000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXrzgqR0T1w

EUX AUTRES – Another Christmas at Home (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkk1BtivuT0

MOGWAI – Christmas Steps (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZuXtXQ7ZQM

CAMERA OBSCURA – Little Donkey (live at Peel Acres) (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGMILV7pZ28

THE GRANVILLE WILLIAMS ORCHESTRA – Santa Claus is Ska-ing to Town (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaKeI-97me0

THE FALL – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Peel Session) (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU4dLGwfsqY

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT – Spotlight on Christmas (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO_9TmPZbY

HELEN LOVE – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight) (2001)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpOHKP6cpGk

CHARLIE BROOKER & THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF LARD – If God Exists, Does He Have a Sense of Humour? (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHYMYS5vOso

THE BEACH BOYS – Little Saint Nick (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8bGYXgiqbM

THE WOULD-BE-GOODS – Christmas in Haiti (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-SHKIgMRk0

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – It’s Cliched to be Cynical at Christmas (2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqQtUQErhQ

SQUEEZE – Christmas Day (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB6BIYjPeHM

HONG KONG IN THE 60s – Winter Symphony (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtahleXtY10

ELASTICA – King of Orient (Peel Session) (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCh3AIual6E

XTC – Countdown to Christmas Party Time (198x)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWXslmrB7IE

JEFF MELLIN – Every Year (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_FKyMwxCtQ