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Thread: Favourite Christmas song
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21-12-2020 12:56 PM #31
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21-12-2020 03:31 PM #32
Every year, the choir of King’s College, Cambridge do a concert on Christmas Eve. The carols are interspersed with readings from the Testaments.
IIRC it is broadcast live on th radio and then shown on TV on Christmas Day. I suspect it.wont go ahead this year but it is magnificent.
Previous years will be on Spotify or YouTube I’m sure.
My favourite is “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”, it is marvellous,There's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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21-12-2020 03:39 PM #33
I love choral music, especially the more popular pieces and also gaelic choirs (even though I understand nothing).
With that said I don't like well know Christmas carols being sung too well by choirs. I'm far more moved by ordinary bods & kids singing together albeit a wee bit out of tune.
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21-12-2020 03:54 PM #34This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I also have a soft spot for Little Donkey as well.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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21-12-2020 04:34 PM #35This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Low’s ‘Just like Christmas’ has just been on the radio, which reminded me how much I like it.Last edited by hibsbollah; 21-12-2020 at 04:55 PM.
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21-12-2020 06:01 PM #36This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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21-12-2020 06:38 PM #37This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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22-12-2020 11:38 AM #38
Aniother couple have come to me.
The Rebel Jesus by Jackson Browne, and Nothing But A Child by Steve Earle.
Both with a political edge, as you might expect from those guys. And you can chuck in Winter Song by Lindisfarne.
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22-12-2020 01:43 PM #39
I think we can all agree that Do They Know It's Christmas is the worst Christmas song.
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22-12-2020 01:46 PM #40This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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22-12-2020 07:48 PM #41
Perhaps not one Christmas song, but the album by Zooey Deschanel (actor) she made about 10 years ago, "A very she & him Christmas".
If pushed though, I'd have to go for her cover of "Have yourself a merry little Christmas".
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22-12-2020 07:49 PM #42This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
"Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you".
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22-12-2020 08:53 PM #44
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22-12-2020 08:54 PM #45
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Has anyone said Another Rock’n Roll Christmas yet? Seems to have slipped off the playlists in recent years.
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22-12-2020 09:28 PM #46This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I wonder why.
I'm sticking Up for Do They Know Its Christmas, I really don't want to hear it again any time soon but I loved it back in the day and the George Michael and Bono vocals are iconic.
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22-12-2020 10:00 PM #47This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
That was before he became Bono, of course 😆
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23-12-2020 06:32 AM #49
Another vote for In The Bleak Midwinter. And Silent Night. The rest, absolute dug*****.
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23-12-2020 07:28 AM #50
I think Do They Know It's Christmas first became problematic a few years back when Buzzfeed and the Huffington Post both ran with an article suggesting it was racist and stereotyped Africa. The latter charge is probably correct to be fair. Since then it has become quite fashionable to have a pop at it. There has been criticism before of course but that brought to a more mainstream and younger audience.
I think it's another one of those things that has to be judged as being off it's time. It was hastily written and it was reacting to an ongoing situation and that comes through when you listen to it retrospectively. Did Bob Geldof and Midge Ure set out to write a song that was condescending or stereotyping? I doubt it, I think they wrote something based on what they saw on their TV screens with the best of intentions. Indeed Geldof and Ure have recognised the song was pretty crap but it was never the point of the exercise, it was written to make a lot of money. There was also a rewrite for the 2014 version to try and iron out a few of the lyrics that were seen as a problem.
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23-12-2020 08:17 AM #54
Do They Know It's Christmas is a song written and recorded with one message and one aim in mind, ie. there are people worse off than us, let's help them.
It raised awareness and triggered different initiatives across the planet.
In terms of christian values it's spot on.
Despite some slightly clumsy lyrics and some bad 80s haircuts, anyone suggesting that it's a bad Christmas song (let alone the worst ever) is quite simply wrong.
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When he sings his line I’ve been known to go ‘that’s a bit selfish Bono, you twat’, but that’s in company, for laughs.
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23-12-2020 09:25 AM #56
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This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteI didn’t think it was difficult to understand.
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23-12-2020 10:23 AM #57This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I admit to being a bit of a troll with my post. So sorry for that. I knew it would spark some discussion and people would disagree, that song Dominic The Donkey or whatever it is much worse.
I just get irritated by people singing along to Do they know it's Christmas with a big smile on their face.
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23-12-2020 07:43 PM #58
5 weeks ago a bunch of Calmac employees decided to put together a virtual choir and have been practicing via zoom (or whatever). I think this is brilliant.
https://youtu.be/0EpPFehu8jk
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24-12-2020 08:22 AM #60
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