digitalfreaknyc

Hey all,

Since the 80's are making a big comeback...i was thinking of making a CD-R of all 80's christmas songs. Can anyone list their favorites?

I can think of...

Santa baby- Madonna
Last Christmas- WHAM
Christmas Time- Bryan Adams
Reggae Christmas- Bryan Adams
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)- U2
Christmas Wrapping- The Waitresses
Do They Know It's Christmas Time- Band Aid


any others????

WillieTheShakes

Some more -
2000 Miles - The Pretenders
Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
Sometimes You Have To Work on Christmas - Harvey Danger
All I Want For Christmas - Timbuk 3
Any number of tracks from the Very Special Christmas album

Josh-da-man

"Dead by Christmas" by Hanoi Rocks
The Vandals also put out a punk Chiristmas album
"Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues
"Christmas With the Devil" by Spinal Tap

('Tap released "Christmas With the Devil" on their early 90s album "Break Like the Wind" but they first performed it on Saturday Night Live sometime in the mid-80s.)

zak52

Billy Squire - Christmas is the time to say I love you
David Bowie and Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy

GuessWho

RUN-DMC.... Christmas in Hollis

Rogue588

Damn, you read my mind GuessWho.

Beside the Very Special Christmas series, I would always put on:

• Put A Little Love In Your Heart by Annie Lennox & Al Green

• We Three Kings Of Orient Are by Larry Carlton, David Sanborn, Paul Shaffer & Miles Davis.

Both can be found on the Scrooged soundtrack.

And I hate to say this...but I do like the majority of Mariah's X-Mas disc. [this was back when she was singing, not whispering her songs]

Another good one is Alexander O'Neal's "My Gift To You" which was produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Good stuff on there.

And don't forget that perennial favourite "Christmas With the California Raisins". [Which, by the way, features vocals by Madonna's backing singer Niki Harris]

But the best HANDS DOWN X-Mas album in the history of music is A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
[Okay...I know it's not from the 80's, but I needed to get it off my chest. [/hijack]

mllefoo

Santa's Gonna Get His Head Kicked In Tonight
Silent Night - Sinead O'Connor
I Saw Three Ships - Jon Anderson (of Yes)
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - The Alarm

GuessWho

Mariah's album is from '94, but ummm, sure, we'll call it 80's

audiofool

Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie

bigjim25

Grandma Got Runned Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy
Santa Claus Is Watchin' You (MCA) - Ray Stevens
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Pointer Sisters
Winter Wonderland - Eurythmics
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
Sock It To Me Santa & Little Drummer Boy - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
Santa Baby - Madonna
Step Into Christmas - Elton John
Last Christmas - Wham! Featuring George Michael
Please Come Home For Christmas - The Eagles
Do You Hear What I Hear? - Whitney Houston
Jingle Bell Rock - Hall & Oates
Christmas In Hollis - Run-D.M.C.
Merry Christmas Baby - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas -The Pretenders
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - John Cougar Mellencamp
Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie/Bing Crosby
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2
Run Rudolph Run - Bryan Adams
Back Door Santa & I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas - Bon Jovi
Christmas In Dixie - Alabama
Jingle Bells - Brian Setzer Orchestra
Chicago 25: The Christmas Album (1998)

Samuel

Ramones- Merry Christmas I Don't Want To Fight (70s?)



Also there's one by Buster Poindexter but the title escapes me right now

Rogue588

Quote:

Originally posted by GuessWho
Mariah's album is from '94, but ummm, sure, we'll call it 80's

Oops. I was...um...thinking of Glitter. Yeah, that's it.

Samuel

Ooh, cannot forget Weird Al; Christmas At Ground Zero and The Nght Santa Went Crazy.

Numanoid

Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie/Bing Crosby

Have to say this is '70s, not '80s.

Josh-da-man

And speaking of the 80s, didn't Max Headroom do a Christmas song? I seem to remember seeing it play on MTV.

Annoyumous

Various 80's Christmas music with links to other Christmas music from different eras and genres.

bigjim25

Zat You Santa Claus?, I forgot about that one.
Also lets not forget Santa Claus And His Old Lady by Cheech & Chong

echo725

Whirling Dervishes - "The Grinch" - awesome rendition.

Nick Danger

I dug out my old Ze Records "Christmas Record" from 1982.

Chistina: Things Fall Apart
Suicide: Hey Lord
The Three Courgetes: Christmas is Coming
James White: Chistmas with Satan
The Waitresses: Christmas Wrapping
August Darnell: Christmas on Riverside Drive
Material with Nona Hendrix: It's a Holiday
Was (Not Was): Christmas Time in the Motor City
Davit Sigerson: It's a Big Country

fallow

I want to burn Christmas cds for my friends, however I don't want to do the "department-store" Christmas songs. So far, I've come up with these songs, and I would appreciate any other suggestions.

Mogwai - "Christmas Steps"
Elton John - "Step Into Christmas With Me"
The Flaming Lips - "White Christmas" (from the Radio Sessions cd)

Please, don't suggest traditional songs. I'm going for songs and/or artists they may not have heard before.

zak52

I like the Billy Squire song "Christmas is the time to say I love you"
I also like the anti Christmas song by Blink 182 "I won't be home for Christmas"

DJLinus

For the past 4 years I've made a Christmas disc for friends and family and I like to put more unfamiliar things on them. Some of the stuff that I've put on there:

-"Christmas in New Orleans" - Louis Armstrong
-"Merry Christmas Eve" - Better Than Ezra
-a lot off of the Squirrel Nut Zippers Christmas disc (excellent)
-"Back Door Santa" - Clarence Carter (Run-DMC sampled this for "Christmas in Hollis")
-"Talking Christmas Goodwill Blues" - John Wesley Harding
-"Fairytale of New York" - The Pogues w/ Kirsty MacColl
-"Baby Jesus" - Matthew Sweet
-"Christmas Song" - Weezer
-"Give Me a Second Chance For Christmas" - Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers
-"Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey" - Lou Monte (!!!!!)
-"Christmas Day" - The Beach Boys
-"Suddenly It's Christmas" - Loudon Wainwright III
-"Christmastime" - Aimee Mann and Michael Penn
-"The Man in the Santa Suit" - Fountains of Wayne
-"Merry Christmas Emily" - Cracker
-"Donna and Blitzen" - Badly Drawn Boy
-"Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year" - James Brown
-"Holy S**t! It's Christmas" - Red Peters

and a few others

The Cow

Trans Siberian Orchestra... Check them out!

Giles

"Mary Xmess" from the group Sun 60. HFS plays this alot at their Holiday 'nutcracker' gig.

Samuel

Tom Petty- Christmas All Over Again
Beatles-Christmas time Is Here Again
John Lennon- Merry Christmas War is Over
Chuck Berry- Run Run Rudolph
Beach Boys-Little Saint Nick
Eagles- Come Home This Christmas
Queen- Thank God Its Christmas
Ren & Stimpy- 12 Days of Yaksmas, Muddy Mudskipper Holiday Hop