![]() You know what? Not sure if this track is Christmas and/or snowman related, but we don’t care, Edward Ka-Spel can do no wrong. The late Caroline Crawley’s vocals are hauntingly beautiful on this sad Christmas song. The other is a stunning take on the John Lennon/Yoko Ono classic. In 1993, Cocteau Twins released the Snow EP, featuring the best versions of “ Winter Wonderland” and “ Frosty The Snowman” ever recorded.ĭream pop favorites Cranes have released two delicate Christmas tracks, one of which is an original composition. The Damned issued this 1980 tongue-in-cheek Christmas single around the time they released their Black Album. Saint Nik is not singing about Thanksgiving turkey here! The two songs were originally recorded for a TV piece to be used by Factory boss Tony Wilson on his new Granada Reports TV programme, but went unaired, and unused until they were given away as a holiday gift. Included were the band’s take on the classical pieces “Rocking Carol” (aka “We Will Rock You “) and Beethoven’ s “ Ode To Joy,” utilizing lo-fi drum machines, sequencers and, overzealous use of the vocoder. …But did you know that the earlier single “ Israel” is a Christmas song? This may surprise some given Siouxsie’s rumored Jewish background and iconic use of the Star of David on a t-shirt, but it is there in the lyrics:īack in 1982, New Order decided to give the patrons of their club The Hacienda a gift bag with a special Flexi Single (limited edition of 4000), just in time for Christmas. ![]() When Robert Smith was a Banshee, this b-side to “ Melt!” was recorded, with the accompanying French Television performance where Robert and Budgie’s eyes say it all. ![]() Okay, okay, “Last Dance” is a Christmas song, but definitely not one to listen to while spreading holiday cheer. Robert Smith and his band The Cure are noted for their love of Christmas and use the holiday as a metaphor in songs like “ Other Voices,” “ Hey You!,” “ Last Dance,” and “ The Snakepit,” but only one studio recording directly refers to celebrating the holiday in such a festive manner enough to be called a Christmas song – 1982’s “Let’s Go To Bed”.ĭespite this, The Cure actually did celebrate the holiday at Wembley Arena 1987, singing “Merry Christmas Everybody.” This outtake from Saint Nick’s 1997 10th studio LP The Boatman’s Call will get you in the Christmas feels, guaranteed. serenade us about kidnapping Santa Claus on repeat, there are plenty of other less-obvious options available from the post-punk cannon that can easily liven up a dead Christmas playlist. These are certainly Christmas films of the gothic variety, with the early harmonious early 90s archetypal children’s choir evoking the crystalline beauty of snowfall, also used in popular films such as Home Alone and Harry Potter.īesides listening to Jack Skellington and co. “Walkin in a Winter Wonderland” aka Max Shreck’s Christmas Speech from Batman Returns “What’s This?” from The Nightmare Before Christmas On the holidays you get to be a hero too.Most goth-inclined families and individuals can usually satisfy their holiday music needs through the soundtrack work of former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman on such Tim Burton films as Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Patrick Stump, "Merry Spidey Christmas" Lyrics And being even more honest, I had had the 'Christmas Christmas Christmas' melody kicking around my brain for years without a place to use it, so somehow when I saw the phrase 'Merry Spidey Christmas,' the rest of the song sort of wrote itself."Ĭatch up on Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends here. ![]() ![]() He continues, "Honestly I just had fun with it. Harrison had sent some lyrics, I think I changed some here or there but really, all the music sort of appeared to me fully formed just by reading what was on the page (or well, e-mail, haha)." Speaking with Consequence about the song, Stump revealed, “'Merry Spidey Christmas' really just came from the lyrics - that’s usually the way I write… I almost just read and listen to the music in my head that the words inspire. ![]()
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