Saturday 22 December 2018

Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody

Final one of the festive season, there can be only one, 
this is Slade with Merry Christmas Everybody


Friday 21 December 2018

Chris DeBurgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling

Penultimate one before the final Christmas tune tomorrow, this is Chris DeBurgh with a tale about visiting aliens called A Spaceman Came Travelling.



Thursday 20 December 2018

Basshunter - Jingle Bells

Let's get a bit lively, Basshunter with Jingle Bells, yes it's crap but it's got some energy


Tuesday 18 December 2018

East 17 - Stay Now

Not actually about Christmas but it was a Christmas hit even though the story behind it is really quite sad, getting near the end of the Christmas list now, this is East 17 with Stay Now.




Monday 17 December 2018

Saturday 15 December 2018

Cliff Richard - Saviours Day

Everybody knocks Cliff, but he's made some of the longest lasting Christmas songs out there, this particular one is about the bloke that started it all.




Friday 14 December 2018

Thursday 13 December 2018

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas

It wouldn't be Christmas without this charity song from Band Aid, this is the original version and the best. From 1984 Do They Know It's Christmas.


Wednesday 12 December 2018

The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

We've got one from the beginning of the 21st Century now, very much in the style of the old 70s ones, this is The Darkness and Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End).





Tuesday 11 December 2018

Monday 10 December 2018

Wizzard - I WIsh It Could Be Christmas Every Day

Here's another one from when Christmas Music was fun and happy and had sleigh bells and children singing, this is Wizzard with I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day.


Sunday 9 December 2018

The Pogues & Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York

The original and best version, not like the watered down version with Ronan Keating, this is the Pogues with Kirsty McColl and Fairytale Of New York.



Saturday 8 December 2018

Nightwish - Walking In The Air

Another seasonal classic for the Hogwatch season, this is Walking In The Air, not the Aled Jones version, this is Nighwish making it heavy, not arf pop pickers.



Friday 7 December 2018

Trans Siberian Orchestra - This Christmas Day

Here's another track in the rundown to Christmas, something completely different, this is The Trans Siberian Orchestra with This Christmas Day.
Hope you enjoy





Thursday 6 December 2018

Hogswatch Time, time to drink some wine, have some cheesecake and then some more wine.

It's December, that means that it's nearly time for the retail stores to get Easter eggs out, it also means that it's the time of year when they play Christmas music or in the case of stupid stores, "Winter Holiday Music".

I find it dissapointing that very most of the great Christmas tunes come from the about 20 years or so ago. There's nothing that I'm aware of being produced these days but I really would like to be proven wrong

This time of the year is supposed to be a joyous occasion, designed to bring loved ones and families together to celebrate the birth of a child just over 2,000 years ago. The fact that he wasn't born in December has nothing to do with it whatsoever.

At this time of the year, the music world needs another Slade or Wizard or even Cliff Richard, nobody is taking up the challenge. 

And so we begin with my countdown to Christmas, Hogfather's Day or whatever your belief is.

I'm starting with a track from a chap called Pete Jones and this is a newer track.

If this track doesn't do anything for you then you ain't human.

This is Pete Jones in the guise of Tiger Moth Tales and Match Girl.



And so it begins

It's about time I started sharing out some music with the world, Google blogger seems the ideal place to make a start. I'm going t...