Some other kinds of christmas songs...
A few years ago, alarmed once again by the wretched stuff that blares from shops, pubs and radios during the three months of christmas in Ireland, I started to wonder if any good, interesting, amusing or useful christmas-related songs had ever been written. I came up with a list of candidates. This year, now that this website is up and running, it occurred to me to assemble the list here in the form of youtube videos. So here we go...
If you have any further suggestions, send me a telegram. (Just don't mention any putrescent, putrid, pustular, purgatorial, puerile, puke-inducing or..(okay I'll stop now).. 'fairy-tales' of New York ....Shudder)
If you have any further suggestions, send me a telegram. (Just don't mention any putrescent, putrid, pustular, purgatorial, puerile, puke-inducing or..(okay I'll stop now).. 'fairy-tales' of New York ....Shudder)
1. Tom Waits - Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis
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2. Loudon Wainwright - Christmas Morning
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