The Third Band of the Red Hand Musical Advent Calendar (15th December)

[Corki]

After the success of this idea last year and the previous year, the musical advent thread returns even if I do not feel very Christmasy at the moment - this is because I am preparing for horribley accountancy exams and work is quite busy. But I will do my best to bring a festive spirit to the Band - here is the third installment of the Musical Advent Calendar from the Band of the Red Hand!

 

Each day, between now and Christmas Eve, I'll be posting a musical treat for you. Some songs will be Christmasy, others will be just absolute classics that everyone loves. And to add to the surprise, all there will be is the link to youtube. So sit back and enjoy the surprises for each day! And I will try not to match the songs to previous years - or get songs on the same day!

 

THE DAYS

 

1. Christmas at the Zoo by The Flaming Lips

2. Don't Shoot Me Santa by The Killers

3. Cool Yule by Louis Armstrong with the Commanders

4. 2000 Miles by The Pretenders

5. It's Christmas All Over The World by Sheena Easton

6. Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney by Ella Fitzgerald

7. Greatest Time of Year by Aly and AJ

8. Christmas Round At Ours by Girls Aloud

9. Where are you Christmas? by Faith Hill

10. A Winter's Tale by David Essex

11. Wombling Merry Christmas by The Wombles

12. I Saw Three Ships by Sting

13. Christmas Through Your Eyes by Gloria Estefan

14. It's Christmas Time by Status Quo

15. I Was Born on Christmas Day by Saint Etienne

16. Early Christmas Morning by Cyndi Lauper

17. My December by Linkin Park

18. Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart by LeAnn Rimes

19. Song for a Winter's Night by Sarah McLachlan

 

EDIT: I have managed to find the link for the 2008 Musical Advent Calendar for people to listen to if they want a trip down Band memory lane! Corki

[Corki]

1st December 2010

 

Something a bit wild and wacky to start off with!

 

[Corki]

2nd December 2010

 

Something a bit different and a non-traditional Christmas song.

 

[NetSlider]

LOL

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI

Old school, baby!

[Imperium]

argh wham!!!!!

[Corki]

Please refrain from posting videos in this thread. This is my thread alone for everyone's enjoyment.

 

If you want to start a thread to discuss festive music in it, then be my guest.

 

Updates to come later today for the days I have missed...and hopefully a few other things...

[Corki]

3rd December 2010

 

Time for a Christmas tune from Satchmo!

 

[Corki]

4th December 2010

 

A little Christmas song from a group still going strong!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmx3QC7n6sk

[Corki]

5th December 2010

 

The song from the 1985 film Santa Claus: The Movie.

 

[Corki]

Since I have been a bit slack, time for a bumper bundle of songs for the musical advent calendar!

[Corki]

6th December 2010

 

Time for the wonderful Ella Fitzgerald!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odqsnneeD6M

[Corki]

7th December 2010

 

A tune from the film The Santa Clause 3.

 

[Corki]

8th December 2010

 

A festive song from a girl group who managed a Christmas number 1 in 2002.

 

[Corki]

9th December 2010

 

Originally intended for Mariah Carey, Faith Hill stepped in and appears in the 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

 

[Corki]

10th December 2010

 

It's going back a fair few years, but I have seen this guy in a Pantomime!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3UrDdyBUd8&feature=fvst

[Corki]

11th December 2010

 

So, who is your favourite Womble?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lst2Q6iErw

[Corki]

12th December 2010

 

Time for a Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer!

 

[Corki]

13th December 2010

 

A song taken from Gloria Estefan's 1993 album, Christmas Through Your Eyes.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To0vDizpeRA

[Corki]

14th December 2010

 

Even Status Quo have got on the Christmas song bandwagon!

 

[Corki]

15th December 2010

 

This English alternative dance act is named after the French football team from the city, not the city itself!

 

[Corki]

16th December 2010

 

The only single from Cyndi Lauper's 1998 album Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBSO6qYJruY

[Corki]

17th December 2010

 

An offering from 2001 from Linkin Park.

 

[Corki]

18th December 2010

 

This single was available as a bonus CD when you bought Rimes' 1996 album Blue at Target stores.

 

[Corki]

19th December 2010

 

McLachlan's version appeared in the 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street, and was a cover of the 1966 version by Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot.