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Is there a good place to share modern Xmas songs across the Fediverse? (I'll lead off with a couple...) (media.piefed.social)

submitted 11 months ago by JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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XTC - Thanks for Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VhonU1aMw4

Bethan - In the Bleak Midwinter: (lullaby; wait for the moody strings)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmMQvU13Wi0

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, featuring Obama - Silent Night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuFURWSZkcI

Pearl Jam - Someday at Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGCnzz9H0Ws

EDIT: Is there also a place for classic folk songs across the FV..?
Me, I've found three absolute corkers, all tackling the song "500 Miles." I find each version remarkably unique and moving in their own ways, but I'd rather unleash them upon the most-appropriate community, if that makes sense...

EDIT2: If you really insist upon a small sample of such, then let's go with Joan Baez:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_K6z3HiRAs

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

My top ten:

100 gecs — "Sympathy for the Grinch"
Andrea Perry — "Fat Aunt Bette"
The Primatives — "You Trashed My Christmas"
The Barbary Coasters — "I've Been Naughty (and Nice)"
Fountains of Wayne — "The Man in the Santa Suit"
The Killers — "Cowboys' Christmas Ball" (cover)
The Kinks — "Father Christmas"
Thomas Heinl — "Christmas Tree on Fire"
Emmy the Great — "Christmas Day (and I Wish I Was Surfing)"
The Reverend Horton Heat — "Santa Bring My Baby Back"

I'll try to loop back through and add non-spotify links as I can.

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Whoa! That list looks interesting, maybe with some Dr. Demento vibes..?

I'll be wading in to it! :D
Thank you, NEMO, thank you...

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago

Here's my whole Christmas playlist on spotify. Some folk, some oldies, some covers, some weird stuff, some new stuff. It's been both expanded and winnowed every Advent for the last five years.

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 point 11 months ago

I can make a more Demento-like list, too, but these are ones I genuinely just like.

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