An Indie/Punk-ass Christmas Mix

By Thomas Purves on December 15, 2006 | | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0)

My latest podcast is up! #5 20 awesome songs for christmas.

A mixture of new and old indie and punk rock classics. Every year I used to burn a CD of punk rock christmas songs (much to the sometimes lamentation of my younger sister, my typical traveling companion of the annual cottage/family-visitation roadtrips).

This time, I’ve spiced it up the classics with a bunch of modern indie xmas tunes (some great stuff this year!) as well as christmas blues and a Tom Waits Christmas Bonus Track… But some of my favourites will always be “Fairytale of New York” by the Pogues (the original and a brilliant Stars cover in this mix) and the punk renditions of “12 days of christmas” (the Sex Pistols, clearly, and hillariously, hammered out of their gourd make it as far as number 4…) and of course the hardcore/tongue-firmly-in-cheek punk-christmas anthem “A Gun for christmas” by the vandals.

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Song Artist Time Year
1. Fairytale Of New York Stars 4:05 2005
2. God Red Ye Merry Gentlemen Bright Eyes 1:52 2002
3.Get Behind Me, Santa! Sufjan Stevens 3:49 2005
4. Merry Christmas The Ramones 2:38
5. Oi to the World No Doubt 2:42 2005
6. 12 Days of Christmas Punk Sex Pistols 0:57
7. A Gun For Christmas The Vandals 3:00 2005
8. everything s gonna be cool this christmas Eels 2:52
9.The Christmas Song The Raveonettes 2:13 2003
10. Reindeer The Knife 7:11 2001
11. Little Drummer Boy Bright Eyes 2:34 2002
12. Christmas Blues Saturday Looks Good To Me 3:16 2005
13. Spotlight on Christmas Rufus Wainwright 3:24 2003
14. Cold White Christmas Casiotone for the Painfully Alone 4:56 2005
15. O Holy Night Sufjan Stevens 4:04 2005
16. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Aimee Mann 2:06 2005
17. whitechristmas the pipettes 2:19 2005
18. The Ice Storm (Live) The Go Team 3:54
19. Fairytale Of New York The Pogues 4:35 1991
20. Silent Night/A Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis Tom Waits 5:53 1978

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  • Very much enjoyed your Christmas mix - I also chose to put "Get Thee Behind Me, Santa" in my mix this year, which I think you might like, and is available
    here     Last year's mix is also available on the same post.

    Thanks again!
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