Now That's Wobs I Call Music

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

You might remember a few weeks ago I posted asking for suggestions for a Poptimists Christmas Compilation.

Well, here it is - all the songs suggested and a few of the least liked to provide the rusty sixpences in the pudding. Can you guess which is which?


TAPE 1 SIDE 1
Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
The Chrystals - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Tori Amos - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
East 17 - Stay Another Day
Wham! - Last Christmas

TAPE 1 SIDE 2
Saint Etienne - I Was Born On Christmas Day
Pet Shop Boys - It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
Hanson - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Paul McCartney And Wings - Wonderful Christmastime
Shakin Stevens - Rockin Round The Xmas Tree
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry

TAPE 2 SIDE 1
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Kristin Hersh - Jesus Christ
The Handsome Family - Too Much Wine
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Christmas In Nevada
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer
John Lennon - Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
Fountains Of Wayne - I Want An Alien For Christmas

TAPE 2 SIDE 2
The Pogues Ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Blue Christmas
David Bowie and Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy
Chris DE BURGH - A Spaceman Came Travelling
Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine
The Kinks - Father Christmas
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas (12" Mix)


Is it any better than any other Christmas compilation? No, not really. Would I buy it? Are you kidding! It doesn't even have SLADE on! But that wasn't really the point. Thankyou for your replying and merry wobs one and all.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

do people actually like slade?! i really can't stand that song.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

also, mariah <3

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

oh i don't know how to do cis's hearts

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I like it!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

i have seen lots of people round these parts proclaim their love for it recently!

i think i am just a bit scroogey.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

do you mean chris de burgh - a spaceman came travelling or chris rea - driving home for christmas?

also, what a lot of nindie!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There's lots of 'trad' Wobs stuff that I don't like - chestnuts roasting etc, Elton John, John Lennon, and so on. But "Merry X" is basically a terrific Slade song that happens to be about Christmas, so I'm very happy with it.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Ah yes well spotted.

I tried to bunch together the nindie in classic NOW style. You will have to work out for yourselves who nominated what.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

yeah, i just don't like slade - glam stuff tends to turn me off (unless it's r stevens appropriating it in 2005)

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

kristen hersch = either boyofbadgers or catsgomiaow

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A lot of The Young Folk don't seem to have much time for glam.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

Guilty as charged m'lud...

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

hehehe, oh i can't wait for freakytigger to put the bandaid 12" mix up, it is TEH MENTAL

[friedslice.livejournal.com]

Shocking omission of The Millennium Prayer

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Shout out to spittake for nominating it.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

bad rob!

M&W is GRATE, MP is teh suck.

best thing about "mistletoe and wine" = cliff using PAGAN SYMBOLS as his title ;)

[friedslice.livejournal.com]

Best thing about MP = Harry Hill doing Teh Lord's Prayer to the tune of Match of the Day on his Wobs show that year.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

Dick n Dom's initial opener when they pop out the cupboard at the start was Santa Baby, with one of them dressed as Santa... IN A NAPPY. DO YOU SEE!!! Santa Baby then jumped in the arms of the other one dressed as a "mum". they are so great

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I like the Wizzard Wobs song lots for the same reasons that you like teh Slade, but I am not so keen on teh Slade - except for the "It's Chriiiiiiistmaaaaaaas" bit, which now has iconic status I note. Lots of imitations this year.

heh, I never got around to suggesting anything for this. As long as The Waitresses are in there, I'm not that bothered what else goes on a Wobs comp.

Still, I might yet post some of my favourites, probably on Boxing Day or something just when everybody's thoroughly fed up with Christmas.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

How does the Hanson version of "C(BPCH)" compare to Darlene L's?

YSI?

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Mariah's Christmas song is her best - one of the few by her I can stomach in fact.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

ha ha I own up to all the nindie. ok some of it. ban me from poptimists NOW!

The Waitresses

[(Anonymous)]

I love Christams Wrapping. Here's a short, short Xmas film I made that uses part of it for a soundtrack.

http://www.anthologise.com/johnvslaura/

Please share the link with EVERYONE because the film will be out of season in a week and I'll be expected to retire it.