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

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 7 points 3 days ago (1 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.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 3 days 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...

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days 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.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

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

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

New found glory-let it go (frozen cover)

The kinks-father Christmas

Bad religion has an entire Christmas themed album

The pogues-fairytale of New York

[–] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I always lean to Xmas with Doom for my seasonal vibes.

[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The whole album is amazing but "XXXmas ladies" is my fuckin jam

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Off topic but I do t like that santa pictire

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wow, AI got the number of strings right… but then you notice the belt buckle.

[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

It's santas chastity belt

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

The mouths always look like some kind of eldritch horror to me. I've noticed this also on AI-generated blue singers on YouTube.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Metal Santa goes well every time.

[–] buttmasterflex@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

Some personal favorites of mine:

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

If you want to cry

Tim Minchin - White wine in the sun

[–] onTerryO@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

The Pogues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8

[–] ClipperDefiance@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Weird Al" Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy

DEVO - Merry Something to You

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Hahaha... I love that DEVO song, plus the video!
Thank you for that.

At the same, I also love Weird Al. And yet, that was one of the truly WORST songs I've ever heard of his, oh dear... XD

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Midnight Riders - All I want for Christmas is to kick your ass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTZc3z21YVU

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Holy hell, that was both hilarious and awesome!

Also, that caused me to remember that one Eddie Vedder tune. (now added to the list, above)

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Uncle John by Jonathan Colton

"Your uncle's late again, last minute Christmas shopping at the airport, a dozen ringer tees he bought at Eddie Rickenbacker's bar–ladies extra extra large" is such a mood

[–] goosehorse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Edit: jfc I keep fat-fingering my phone today, posting before finishing my thoughts. Here's what I intended:

I also really enjoy Christmas in Jail from that same album!

Found it a few years ago after discovering the Omnibus podcast that John Roderick co-hosts with Ken Jennings.

[–] OldManWithACane@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

August Burns Red - Carol of the Bells

Honestly most of that album “Sleddin’ Hill” shreds pretty hard 🤘

[–] VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Can you make it a playlist and add all suggested songs? Would love to hear through them

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Anything recently published by "There I ruined it" (the full songs are locked on his Patreon but well worth it for darker themes.

Same with "Almost Vinyl" (The only good reason for AI edited songs):
https://open.spotify.com/album/3VZ6JgoLOMQlnQCQQcqaMA

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

I'm quite partial to Lil Jon's All I Really Want For Christmas, featuring the Kool-Aid Man.

Yes, the Kool-Aid Man.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Police nabbed my Dad - Bobnoxious https://youtu.be/SUqp-COhlMc

[–] danielsan256@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://wavlake.com/album/31bab476-03c2-4c89-b417-c4910b0a8b6f

[–] danielsan256@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

I think I answered the wrong question 😅

But you can post to wavlake.com or fountain.fm and monetize too if they're original compositions.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

It's not new necessarily, but Father Christmas by the Kinks is criminally underplayed

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Grant-Lee Phillips, Yuletide

Mary Margaret O'Hara, Christmas EP