There wasn't a better Christmas album last year than JD's 'Socks'. Beau’s motivation for creating this beautiful record is one of love, but also of loss.' To quote the mighty Christmas Underground: 'The warmth and love that emanates from that track is undeniable and can be found in the tone and pacing of the instrumentals as well. An xmas song with a hint of bells, mostly just guitar, a voice and a deep meaningful story. Christmas is the time you miss dear people the most, as many songs state, but Beau states it better. Arguably the most touching Christmas song of the year is this one, a song Jennings wrote in honour of his mother, who passed away. Beyond bells, spruce needles and stuffing your mouth with food, so to speak. The best Christmas songs aren't about Christmas, but have a deeper meaning, a more heartfelt message. This list isn't really ranked, but ten songs that stick out are: Making a list, checking it twice, it's all about Christmas, right? So before we go to the bestest Christmas songs of the decade (thanks for all your submissions so far), here's a list of all the newbies released this year. Oké, een nogal obsessieve liefde misschien, maar daar houden we hier wel van.
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Want hoe tragi-komisch sommige teksten ook zijn, uit alles blijkt een oprechte liefde voor Kerst. En ze doen dat zonder ook maar ergens te cheesy te worden of in gemakzuchtige Christmas bashing te vervallen. Het wordt allemaal in maar liefst dertien nummers gevangen op hun heerlijke Kerstalbum Gloria. Verloren en onbereikbare liefdes, hang naar een gevoel van, ja van wat eigenlijk en verlangen. Ze verstaan de kunst om de tristesse en blues die er onmiskenbaar ook om Kerst heen hangt, luchtig en vanzelfsprekend te mixen met hoop, humor en heimwee naar dat échte Kerstgevoel. In de afgelopen weken tuimelde bijna de voltallige Nederlandse (muziek)pers over elkaar heen om in superlatieven te spreken over wat we hier bij Christmas A Go Go! stiekem al jarenlang weten: Loes en Renée Wijnhoven delen gewoon de allerlekkerste Christmas treats uit.ĭe tweeling met de charmante Brabantse tongval weet muzikaal, maar zeker ook tekstueel precies de juiste Kerstsnaar te raken.
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(This concert review of Clean Pete's Christmas show goes in Dutch, sorry folks.) Holland's own A Balladeer, singing beautifully how he hates Christmas: Very nice list from TapeMixTape, including this great stop-motion clip by Nat Jay:Īnd this would be on my own Top 20 list. Martin/Stubby came up with A LOT of great tracks, like this one from 2011:Ī very tender song by Chely Wright, from an EP I seem to have missed in 2018 (thanks Stuart, loved that David Mead song too): Thanks David, for reminding us all about this glorious track by The Heathen & the Holly: Thanks to Cor, I became familiair with this track by Australian phenomenon Kate Miller-Heidke (yep, this Kate): This track is about the song Silent Night, and what it does to a preacher and a performer. Swedish songstress Annika Norlin is part of Hello Saferide, and thanks to Wouter and George I now know she recorded an album this year, with Jens Lekman. Larry unearthed this gem of a French rockin' tune by Sugar et Tiger, a French band that now seems defunct. It's funny, it's catchy and I forgot all about this album the both of them made in 2012 (tho I posted a song from it): They're all from 2010-2019, suggested by readers of this blog.įirst up, this song (suggested by David and Dan) by Jonathan Coulton & John Roderick (of The Long Winters), about that uncle that probably everybody has, and don't want to invite to Christmas dinnner. Let's settle for this great song then.Īnyhoo, to make the most of out all your submissions, I decided to post ten submissions that I either forgot all about, hadn't heard of, or/and were just too darn good to pass.
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EDIT: Although, as Stubby has just mentioned in the comments, Sufjan's from 2003 so cannot be named in this list. The song that got the most mentions was 'That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!' by Sufjan Stevens, followed by 'My & My Baby (Spend Christmas With Me)' by The Faithettes. I received about 15 lists and scattered songs so much different tracks, it's nearly impossible to make a solid ranking. A while back, I asked via social media and this blog, for your list of the 20 bestest Christmas songs of the decade.