LIST 83 - 23/12/11 (Christmas special)

Hello there,

Time, alas, for the final That Music List of 2011, and as in the previous two years we finish off with an assortment of lesser-known and unheralded (or even unharktheheralded) festive songs.

Actually, I should qualify these as being for the greater part lesser-known, as the Frank Kelly track was actually a top 30 hit upon original release. This comedy track pre-dates his metamorphosing into Father Jack Hackett by all of 11 years - which reminds me, I hope they're going to show the priests-trapped-in-the-lingerie-department episode of Father Ted again this Yuletide. Quality.

All that remains for me to do, then, is to thank you all again for your continued interest in That Music List, and to assure you that it will return in the new year after its usual winter hiatus - I've still a backlog of so much stuff to play through during that time, never mind start to compile it into lists! Very best wishes of the season to you all, and let's make a date sometime in 2012.

Cheers,

J x



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

JESSY & THE JINGLE BELLES – Dear Santa (live in Boston) (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbfQKX5-zcQ

SCREAMING MALDINI – Restless Hearts and Silent Pioneers (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z04FSeP27oY

SONIC YOUTH – Santa Doesn’t Cop Out on Dope (1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7sa1eFGUuI

THE PIPETTES – Santa’s On His Way (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5fxdcKu_8k

FRANK KELLY – Christmas Countdown (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJoXCwkPVi8

MOMUS – Little Lord Obedience (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iej3qBEKILE

GRUFF RHYS – Slashed Wrists This Christmas (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPlZ0d-huTc

HENRY ROLLINS – ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFUgRRYmLvk

YO LA TENGO – It’s Christmas Time (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b8dT_OpHuQ

ELASTICA – Father Christmas (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbLQYXkOfjI

SPEARMINT – Oklahoma (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPLx5bokNb8

THE VANDALS – Oi! To the World (1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKk-2Pu2N8g

FANTASTIC EVERLASTING GOBSTOPPER – Schoolgirl Psychedelia (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah9U5BHoiF4

DANIEL JOHNSTON – Rock Around The Christmas Tree (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xntRjBdwYAg

BERT JANSCH – In The Bleak Midwinter (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ZYxTPhXA8

ATOM & HIS PACKAGE – What WE Do on Christmas (1998)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGC0ga4ifUE

QUASI – Merry X-Mass (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SnOwOMKzf0

WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE - Poundland Christmas (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVvVzmyDFfA

EMMY THE GREAT & TIM WHEELER – Home for the Holidays (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URCNMEbgd_w