Thursday, December 10th 2009
Christmas Songs
It’s that time of year now when we walk into a shop, turn on the radio or watch music channels that every other song is a Christmas song. These songs that we hear are not from the noughties, they all tend to be from the 70/80s but why is this? There have been Christmas songs made by more recent artists but for some reason they just do not seem the stand up against the older, classic Christmas songs.
Christmas songs are meant to be cheesy and can never be cool, as this Guardian article states. Christmas songs made by more recent artists such as Destinys Child or The Killers are played around the Christmas period but they do not get the amount of play that the classics receive and if someone asks you to name a Christmas they probably will not be the first songs that pop in to your head.
Maybe these songs are trying to be too different, the 8 Days of Christmas by Destiny’s Child tried to make Christmas rnb and Goldfrapp tried to give Winter Wonderland a slightly electronic twist. I think that for Christmas songs the classics are the best – Christmas is the one time of year where cheesiness is acceptable!
Here is a classic Christmas song for you to enjoy:
Posted by Sally on Thursday 10th of December 2009 at 9:36am
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What about The Pogues - gotta be the coolest seasonal song ever!
Posted by The Toecutter on Thursday 10th of December 2009 at 11:23am