By Darlene Barss
We Three Kings were Comin’ Home For Christmas which was 2000 Miles away. “Carry Me Home!” I cried. “I swear I’ll Be Home For Christmas.” I really want to Sing O’Holy Night because It’s Christmas Time. Yes It’s Xmas Time Again. Tonight It’s Christmas and we will see What Christmas Brings this year. Maybe This Christmas I will hear Merry Christmas (I Love You) and I will reply Merry Christmas Darling. I hope you Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas as well and All I Want For Christmas Is You to be as happy as us. We Wish You a Merry Christmas and Merry Christmas Maybe to a sweetheart of your own. If you have a relationship I Hope It’s Something Good and you have at least Three Generations at your next Christmas.
If you have a little one they may write a letter to Dear Mrs. Claus to hand over to that Power Pop Santa. Sadly Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo but My Gift is Under The Tree all Wrapped Up In Your Green Trees Red Hearts paper. We will Hang a String of Lights so the Kids Come Back Again At Christmas. They can play in the Snow and sing a Wintersong and keep warm with a fire of Branch’s Arms and Burning the Hickory.
Christmas in Paradise would be lovely though. A Christmas Day In The Sun and the surf sounds fantastic. Where lovers tell each other First I Make Love To You, Then I Make Love to Christmas. There may be some single ladies saying “All I Want For Christmas is a Cowboy” while some guys might receive a Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis. People have different desires.
Adam Called Me Over Christmas and told me I Can’t Have A Merry Christmas. He felt It’s Not Christmas not Sincerely Christmas without his family. It’s no Fairytale of New York for all. The season can be lonely and go on through to the Day After Day After Christmas and on to the New Year’s Eve Blues. I tried my best to reassure him that we are Gonna Make It Through This Year and I truly mean it.
My Christmas story ends on a bit of a sad note but the truth is while Christmas can be a joyous season for some it isn’t for others. Be kind to each other.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, or however you want to say it! Enjoy the playlist that the story came from.
Good morning!
Hi. I have trouble believing the date, despite snow and carols and all.
This post seemed like a lot of work, good on you Darlene. BTW – sadly other than the traditional songs, I only knew “First I Make Love To You, Then I Make Love to Christmas”, Ivan Hrvatska, quite unforgettable.
Hi everybody
Great post Darlene, I am currently listening to the playlist.
SADLY??? That should be PROUDLY, maybe TRIUMPHANTLY. grrf.
Hi all. It took a little work but not as much as I should have. I would have liked more time to work on it. I am also thinking I should use italics instead of bold for the titles or something.
Thanks though. 🙂
Wynnzie,
so, you either don’t know Fairytale of New York, or you consider it a classic…
I wish people wouldn’t cover it. Nobody, but nobody will ever do it justice
anyone going to wear a miniskirt of Christmas lights this year?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBkvew0DreE
@DBS, I hope you don’t mind but I tweaked the page a bit to make the titles stand out
Good morning. I recognized this as a Darbar post immediately. Nicely done!
I don’t recall ever hearing of Jen Lane before, but she’s got a really nice voice. I think I like her version of 2000 Miles at least as much as the Skydiggers’.
Thanks Garf.
Yes I prefer the Pogues version krib but this Stars one isn’t bad.
Thanks Loozrboy. Jen Lane is a Sask artist. There are a few of them sprinkled in there.
We seemed to have lost my last sentence in the edit.
@Krib, well I’m not sure what defines a classic, but I would say it’s been played as a Christmas song for 30 years or so, so… for me it’s a known entity and traditional in the expectation that it will keep being played.
You’re right though it’s not your typical traditional Christmas song, but it does fall in with “Wonderful Christmastime”, “Happy Christmas” & “Do they know it’s Christmas”. All instantly recognizable.
@DBS,, sorry, fixed?
yeah…Torq’s just too much of a smooth crooner to pull it off. It’d be like asking Harry Connick, Jr or Buble to do it.
Amy Millan almost pulls it off, but still about as insipid as any others I’ve had to listen to
this live version is a little better than the MUZAK-y studio version, but only a little
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HGODNLO90g
here’s a really terrible version. KT Tunstall has the right voice, but it’s like they didn’t actually rehearse it or listen to the original more than once before getting up to play it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QY3Ne_xRdA
There’s a spotify project for you, Garf: (bad – because there aren’t really any good) covers of Fairytale of New York
@krib, no thanks, I’m trying to avoid the song at all costs and I would have to check each version to see if someone didn’t reuse the title for a different song (unlikely I know but still possible)
here’s an interesting one. It’s everyone except Cait O’Riordan, by the look of it. And, of course, Kirsty MacColl.
that must be Jem Finer’s daughter singing. and Shane hasn’t gotten his new teeth yet, so he’s lisping like crazy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIh6-aD-Cc0
nice improvised cymbal stand in that strombo clip 😛
I only put a few traditional songs in the playlist on purpose. I of course have some old favourites but do prefer hearing non-traditional. I am still sad Wintersleep’s Little Drummer boy isn’t on Spotify. I love that version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbT5nODTgo8
yeah, I noticed that, too
Here’s the song after being Walked off the Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gzJFwB0JzE
this one’s hilarious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riN4M_x0pj4
Well I haven’t listened to all of them, but I’m going to go ahead and nominate this as the worst version. Listen if you dare:
(I forget, can we put Spotify embeds in the comments? Let’s find out…)
(No. No we can’t.)
One thing I will give full marks to the Stars’ version is that Amy sings the chorus with the original harmonies that Kirsty MacColl sang. Most just sing the melody
http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/25-things-you-didnt-know-about-fairytale-of-new-york-778774
good morning peeps.
I am having a hard time with the site this morning. The formatting is all off on the posts. One word at a time vertical! I have reloaded, exited and returned. I also can’t play the Spotify playlist:(
Wow, that’s not funny, but… it’s funny! One word at a time…vertically!
it makes for a very long scroll down!!
@darbar I can’t listen to your masterpiece either!! this is not good:(
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Loozrboy,
I’m inclined to agree re: Fairytale of New York
that version sucks worse than any other I’ve ever heard
@b from o looks the same to me!
what time are we opening presents on Sunday BTW?
I am not sure we are going to manage a group opening.
Can you get it from this Morgana?
http://open.spotify.com/user/darbarspecial/playlist/1pEEaBT7efcDgkLTvHvN7K
@darbar no! it opens spotify but that is all. same from FB.
I just made it Public again. I know I had earlier but it didn’t seem to be.
I think Garf has it working for him. Weird.
Weird.
The office lappy displays the vertical comments, yet the downstairs one does not.
I am out for a bit. I may or may not be back. If not…
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
yeah, we close early today, so I’ll be outta here soon. Hoping this winter storm they’re saying is coming isn’t too bad so I can drive on the highway on Christmas
here’s a a little holiday cheer for you all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tp1YvfHCdw
“It’s pronounced Ex-Mus” Futurama
Hello R3 survivors. It’s actually storming here in northern California today – kinda like days gone by when it would rain here – and snow in the mountains.
2016 was a year with minimal Canadian indie impact on me. I only saw Islands, The New Pornographers and Elephant Stone here in Sacramento. Missed seeing Sloan in San Francisco when our grandson was born. And not one new record. But in the first week of 2017, I’ll see our own Mr. Lawrence and his revived band, The Smugglers down in Berkeley.
All the best to all of you. And this morning, on the drive into work, I was listening to our local K-Hits, and I heard them play, “Our Lips Are Sealed” by the Go-Go’s. I knew it was going to be a good day.
Can you hear them?/They talk about us/Telling Lies/Well, that’s no surprise…
Hmm, has the tumbleweed gone south for the winter?
Hmmm. I wished everyone well. Silence ensued. *sigh*
And not a creature was stirring . . .
rustle, rustle … squeak.
I love my R3 refuge Secret Santa prezie!
Are we here at all today to share …
I saw CMac post a photo of her secr3t Santa gift on facebook
But that is the only one I have seen
Happy holidays, fine people of R3!!!! My SecR3et Santa got me an excellent pair of coffee mugs and a fine-smelling pine candle. It certainly smells like Xmas! I hope all are well and enjoying some quality time with family and friends. Cheers!
What a more appropriate place to wish you Happy Birthday today than here in your creation, Garry! So happy birthday, CBC Radio3 2013 Fan of the Year!
Hello all! Just checking in. I hope everyone is enjoying their holidays. I have yet to receive my SecR3t Santa gift but I sent mine late so my recipient probably hasn’t received theirs yet either.
Happy Birthday to Garf as well. I will always remember as it is my mother’s birthday also. 🙂
Thank you 🙂
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
the holidays are fun!
Sorry about the lack of a new post today
I am a little I’ll but I will try to have a new post for tomorrow
No worries Garf! I can do a playlist one on Friday again. Feel better!!
definitely slow in here today.
how are you all (or two) doing? Good Christmas?
I had a lovely Christmas. I am on holidays still. How was yours krib?
@DBS, yes please