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