Poptimists Advent Calendar Day 7

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The best Christmas records - he theorises on the fly - are songs about Christmas that also fit with all the other music an act makes. So Belle And Sebastian squeezing into choristers outfits makes for a BAD Xmas treat, whereas Red Simpson singing about trucks and Slade doing a boozy stomper are GOOD Wobs fare, in that they're Red Simpson and Slade songs before they're Christmas songs.

That - aside from the top tune and heartfelt performance - is one reason why today's advent calendar song is such a favourite...



The O'Jays - Christmas Ain't Christmas, New Year Ain't New Year, Without The One You Love

This is first and foremost a top O'Jays record - a sweet hook, impassioned fallen-preacher solo verses, and a lush arrangement. It showed up on a MOJO Compilation this time last year but is otherwise not the Wobs comp fixture it perhaps should be.

Comments

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

is this uploaded correctly? it won't open ):(

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think it was BLOCKED! I will put it onto FT tomorrow morning at the same time as I do my Wobs Owl photos.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

i can't even get into ysi...