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I think NS needs a Christmas song thread so Jolt knows what to play on NSG come December!

so whats your favorite song and what will you probabaly be doing on Christmas? I have this* (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0uizWNy3Q1I) stuck in my head now and will probabaly be getting pissed being what with being dull :p

*I'm quite enjoying this song

"Ring Their Bells", or "The Munchkin's Carol"
--by the Sea Wasp
(to the tune of Jingle Bells)


"Slashing through the Orcs
With a good two-handed blade
Over corpses we go
And through the gore we wade
Mace on helmet rings
Making bodies fly
What fun to sing our SLAYING song
And watch these suckers die!

Chorus:
Oh, ring their bells with swords and spells
Don't let 'em get away!
We're brave and bold for fame and gold
We'll make a lot today!
Oh, ring their bells with swords and spells
Don't let 'em get away!
We'll hack and slash and blast and trash
And blow these dudes away!

Crashing through the door
Into the dragon's nose
Our mage whips out a Cone of Cold
And out its fire goes!
Elven bowstrings sing
Making balrogs fall
And our thief finds a secret door
Into the treasure hall!

(Chorus)

Then appears the Lich
With his demon guard
Our wizard yawns and wishes
We'd run into something HARD...
He begins to cast
His 19th level spell
That damn Lich throws a Gate at us
And drops us all in Hell!

(Chorus)

We appear in Hell
In front of Satan's Throne
Our cleric waves us out the door
And takes him on alone!
Satan's legions don't
Want to let us go
Our Techno pulls a bazooka out
And NUKES 'em 'til they GLOW!

Oh, ring their bells with prayers and spells
Don't let 'em get away!
We're brave and bold and CRAZED, we're told
To think we'll live the day!
Oh, ring their bells with swords and shells
Don't let 'em get away!
We'll hack and slash and blast and trash
And blow these dudes away!
Yes, we'll hack and slash and blast and trash
And drag our loot away!!"


since I saw this like 5 years ago it has been in my head every Christmas.

http://www.geocities.com/rowenaknill/jokes/xmas.html

I really like the traditional songs... the hymns and such. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Angels We Have Heard on High, The First Noel... I also like Sarah McLachlan's "Winterson" CD, though it's a rather depressing mix.

Something from A Christmas with Morrisey

I love the old carols no one listens to anymore, and hate pretty much every Christmas carol that makes it on the radio except for "Silent Night," which inexplicably manages to get occasional airtime without being insanely irritating. Songs like "Last Christmas," "All I Want For Christmas Is You," "Santa Baby," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," "Frosty the Snowman," "Walking in a Winter Wonderland," "The Little Drummer Boy," and the five million skillion versions of basically every "easy listening" singer ever doing "The Christmas Song" make me want to go on a murderous rampage.

Songs like "In Dulci Jubilo," "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming," the Coventry Carol, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," "Once In Royal David's City," and so forth, however, are lovely and make me happy. :)

As a Metalhead, the only Christmas music I can really stand is by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and I think a few songs by Manheim Steamroller weren't too bad.

Oh yeah, and some of the parody music can be pretty good too.

Anything other than that is pure torture... I definatly need to make sure I have my MP3 player with me at all times...

Well, there's this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-UXXISpuH8), this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgosQEE90H8), best version of this song ever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pikz3DMhu54), Santa's shop goes union (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4AuQHmtgpM).

"Ring Their Bells", or "The Munchkin's Carol"
--by the Sea Wasp
(to the tune of Jingle Bells)
<SNIP>

Found a video (http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ring+their+bells&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#).

This is my fave xmas song. Corny, I know. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rYoO3xmmyqk)

O Holy Night is usually my favorite song. I've never heard a cover as good as a girl I knew in high school gave it though.

Failing that (And much to my wife's annoyance) I'll pop out the Trans-Siberian and play their Carol of the Bells. :)

Silent Night (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=87q5dmW6zDg)

I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.
Or Grandma gpt run over by a reindear.

Franz Xaver Gruber - Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV191lFjkzs) plus two other typical German Christmas songs, O Du Fröhliche & O Tannenbaum. We always sing these on the market place on Christmas Eve.
Franz Schubert - Ave Maria (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVz6vuNq7s)

No Presents for Christmas - King Diamond.
Christmas time is here again
Santa needs a helping hand
He cannot find a single sheep
To draw his sleigh across the night
So all the waiting Christmas trees
Gonna hear the master say

There's no presents not this Christmas
There's no presents
Tom and Jerry drinking sherry
They don't give a damn

Christmas time is here again
Santa needs a helping hand
It's getting very very late
Saint peter's closed the golden gate
And Donald Duck is still in bed
I wonder who is gonna help

There's no presents
Not this Christmas
There's no presents
Tom and Jerry
All that sherry
They don't give a damn

There's no presents
Not this Christmas
There's no presents
Tom and Jerry
Still drinking sherry
They don't give a damn

I'm dreaming of a white sabbath



Best. Christmas. Song. Ever.

I will wage war on Christmas... in the name of Hanukkah!

Light one candle for the Maccabee children.
Give thanks that their light didn't die.


Light one candle for the pain they endured
when their right to exist was denied.


Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice
justice and freedom demand.


Light one candle for the wisdom to know
when the peacemaker ' s time is at hand.


Chorus:

Don't let the light go out.

It's lasted for so many years.

Don't let the light go out.

Let it shine through our love and our tears.



Light one candle for strength that we need
to never become our own foe.


Light one candle for those who are suffering
the pain we learned so long ago.


Light one candle for all we believe in,
let anger not tear us apart.


Light one candle to bind us together
with peace as the song in our heart.

Chorus



What is the memory that's valued so highly
that we keep alive in that flame.


What's the commitment to those who have died
when we cry out “ They've not died in vain.”


We have come this far always believing
that justice will somehow prevail.


This is the burden and this is the promise
and this is why we will not fail.

Chorus

Christmas songs.. Probably Feliz Navidad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihW56Xa3XGQ).. Always good.

Break Forth, and also The First Noel, Come all ye Faithful and Deck the Halls. I can sing the bass part to all of those.

O Holy Night is usually my favorite song. I've never heard a cover as good as a girl I knew in high school gave it though.

Failing that (And much to my wife's annoyance) I'll pop out the Trans-Siberian and play their Carol of the Bells. :)
I know that O Holy Night is supposed to be a solo piece, but I actually like it better with a full chorus.

I'm already sick of Christmas music.

I love the old carols no one listens to anymore, and hate pretty much every Christmas carol that makes it on the radio except for "Silent Night," which inexplicably manages to get occasional airtime without being insanely irritating. Songs like "Last Christmas," "All I Want For Christmas Is You," "Santa Baby," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," "Frosty the Snowman," "Walking in a Winter Wonderland," "The Little Drummer Boy," and the five million skillion versions of basically every "easy listening" singer ever doing "The Christmas Song" make me want to go on a murderous rampage.

Songs like "In Dulci Jubilo," "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming," the Coventry Carol, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," "Once In Royal David's City," and so forth, however, are lovely and make me happy. :)

I can't stand Christmas pop songs. At all. They sound awful to me, I like choral stuff.

I can't stand Christmas pop songs. At all. They sound awful to me, I like choral stuff.

Yeah, off the top of my head, here's the complete list of Christmas songs that could possibly be categorized as pop that I actually like:

- the Sarah McLachlan/BNL collaboration on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"/"We Three Kings"

...yup, that's pretty much it. :p

Yeah, off the top of my head, here's the complete list of Christmas songs that could possibly be categorized as pop that I actually like:

- the Sarah McLachlan/BNL collaboration on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"/"We Three Kings"

...yup, that's pretty much it. :p

It's a sin not to like this song by the way, considering you're female already, I'd say you're close to being burnt at the stake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff3aoSyYOVs&feature=related

It's a sin not to like this song by the way, considering you're female already, I'd say you're close to being burnt at the stake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff3aoSyYOVs&feature=related

I can't see the video, sadly, but from the title I can tell you that I have heard of that song, and have heard good things about it, but have never actually heard it. The Pogues tend to be fun in a depressing, drunken sort of way, though, so I'd probably like it. :tongue:

I can't see the video, sadly, but from the title I can tell you that I have heard of that song, and have heard good things about it, but have never actually heard it. The Pogues tend to be fun in a depressing, drunken sort of way, though, so I'd probably like it. :tongue:

I don't understand how anybody could have not heard that song!?

It's pretty much the most famous Christmas song there is!

I don't understand how anybody could have not heard that song!?

It's pretty much the most famous Christmas song there is!

Not on this side of the Atlantic, it's not. :p

I don't understand how anybody could have not heard that song!?

It's pretty much the most famous Christmas song there is!

What about "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"? That's the only Christmas song I don't get sick of.

I don't understand how anybody could have not heard that song!?

It's pretty much the most famous Christmas song there is!

I'd never heard it before.

Not on this side of the Atlantic, it's not. :p

Don't you live in Alabama or something, maybe that's why you haven't heard it, yet even you've heard of it.

Santa is watching you ~ Ray Stevens (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g1TtJqHY_s)

I'd never heard it before.

http://dbwf.net/images/Order_of_Saint_Barnabas_Grand_Commander_Medal.png

I don't understand how anybody could have not heard that song!?

It's pretty much the most famous Christmas song there is!

Th only reason I've heard of it before this is this Megatokyo strip (http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/58).

For those of you unfamiliar with the strip the little winged lady is the conscience of the guy with the glasses. She's also based off the authors wife (and the guy with the glasses off the author).

Don't you live in Alabama or something, maybe that's why you haven't heard it, yet even you've heard of it.

Good heavens, no. I'm from Missouri, but I've really only heard of it by virtue of having a friend who's really into the Pogues. They're not a terribly well-known band in this country.

*to the tune of "O Tannenbaum"*

Lutefisk, O Lutefisk, how fragrant your aroma,
Lutefisk, O Lutefisk, you put me in a coma.
You smell so strong, you look like glue,
You taste just like an overshoe,
But lutefisk, come Saturday,
I tink I eat you anyvay

Lutefisk, O lutefisk, I put you in the doorvay.
I wanted you to ripen up just like they do in Norvay.
A dog came by and sprinkled you.
I hit him with my overshoe.
O lutefisk, now I suppose
I`ll eat you while I hold my nose.

*to the tune of "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas"*

I'm screaming at a white sheepdog,
Each time he sits upon my chair.
It's a thing I'm dreading,
The way he's shedding,
And coats everything with hair.
I'm screaming at a white sheepdog,
And may he visit you some night.
May his bark be worse than his bite
And may all your furniture be white.

"We three Kings"

We three kings, of orient are
smoking on a rubber cigar.
It was loaded,
it exploded!

*BOOM!*

We two kings, of orient are
smoking on a rubber cigar.
It was loaded,
it exploded!

*BOOM!*

I, one kings, of orient are
smoking on a rubber cigar.
It was loaded,
it exploded!

*BOOM!*

Silent night...

and lastly,

While shepherds washed their socks by night
All watching MTV
An angel of the Lord came down
And switched to BBC.
And switched to BBC!

Th only reason I've heard of it before this is this Megatokyo strip (http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/58).

For those of you unfamiliar with the strip the little winged lady is the conscience of the guy with the glasses. She's also based off the authors wife (and the guy with the glasses off the author).

A comic strip?

I despair sometimes, I really do despair.

But what about Dr. Elmo's Classic Christmas Carol?! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vPaGQEskSKM)

A comic strip?

I despair sometimes, I really do despair.

Most stations in America would be forced to play an edited version, there's no way the FCC would let them get away with **** or fagot, they might also have trouble with "old slut on junk".

Most stations in America would be forced to play an edited version, there's no way the FCC would let them get away with **** or fagot, they might also have trouble with "old slut on junk".

Yes, I work in radio and the FCC is fucking ridiculous.

Most stations in America would be forced to play an edited version, there's no way the FCC would let them get away with **** or fagot, they might also have trouble with "old slut on junk".

Funnily enough, last year the BBC's main popular/commercial music radio station, Radio 1, decided it had to be censored and was, in the space of one day, forced to reverse its decision by popular demand...

You may have to enlighten me as to the content of the four *s. Also, faggot doesn't mean what you think it means in this context.

Good heavens, no. I'm from Missouri, but I've really only heard of it by virtue of having a friend who's really into the Pogues. They're not a terribly well-known band in this country.

No matter, from now I dub thee Polly Gump and I will read your posts in that accent from here on in.

I think the song is more famous than the band to be honest, although the Pogues are pretty well-known in the UK, it was this song that meant everyone heard of them.

Perhaps when you hear it, you'll realise you've actually heard it before.

Perhaps not.

Funnily enough, last year the BBC's main popular/commercial music radio station, Radio 1, decided it had to be censored and was, in the space of one day, forced to reverse its decision by popular demand...

You may have to enlighten me as to the content of the four *s. Also, faggot doesn't mean what you think it means in this context.

Well, if you missed the furor when it happened there are two words that you can not say on NSG anymore, one starts with an N the other with a C. Of all the definitions of faggot I can find, only one makes sense. I doubt she's calling him a "a bundle of sticks and branches bound together", OK I guess the meatball one MIGHT make sense as it's "made from meat off-cuts and offal". I still think that in the context "gay man" makes more sense.

No matter, from now I dub thee Polly Gump and I will read your posts in that accent from here on in.

I think the song is more famous than the band to be honest, although the Pogues are pretty well-known in the UK, it was this song that meant everyone heard of them.

Perhaps when you hear it, you'll realise you've actually heard it before.

Perhaps not.

Never heard it till I clicked your link.

I doubt she's calling him a "a bundle of sticks and branches bound together"

That's exactly what it means, where it's cheap and lousy.

Well, if you missed the furor when it happened there are two words that you can not say on NSG anymore, one starts with an N the other with a C.

If these are the words I think you may possibly be referring to, neither appear in the song.

Unless the "c" word is "came", and the "n" word is "nypd".

Of all the definitions of faggot I can find, only one makes sense. I doubt she's calling him a "a bundle of sticks and branches bound together", OK I guess the meatball one MIGHT make sense as it's "made from meat off-cuts and offal". I still think that in the context "gay man" makes more sense.

None of the above; it ties in closely with "scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy". More or less a lazy bum.

If these are the words I think you may possibly be referring to, neither appear in the song.

Unless the "c" word is "came", and the "n" word is "nypd".


Didn't think there was a use of the N word, just stating that it was one of two that can't be used here anymore. Not sure why I thought c*** was in there, maybe I just compounded slut with more gender based insults . . .

None of the above; it ties in closely with "scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy". More or less a lazy bum.

I'm sorry, I may well be wrong, often am, but will check this...

Hmm, doesn't seem to be much consensus but my theory doesn't seem to hold any water whatsoever.

None of the above; it ties in closely with "scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy". More or less a lazy bum.

I'm sorry, I may well be wrong, often am, but will check this...

Hmm, doesn't seem to be much consensus but my theory doesn't seem to hold any water whatsoever.

And Nadkor's theory doesn't match any definition of the word faggot I can turn up. So, source for the fact that she's not calling him gay? It's a pretty common tactic when you want to insult a guy.

And Nadkor's theory doesn't match any definition of the word faggot I can turn up.

Unless you have a source that goes into obscure and probably undocumented colloquialisms I will be very surprised if you can find a definition that matches what I've said.

So, source for the fact that she's not calling him gay?

Context allied with knowledge of a colloquial use of the word.

Didn't think there was a use of the N word, just stating that it was one of two that can't be used here anymore. Not sure why I thought c*** was in there, maybe I just compounded slut with more gender based insults . . .

I missed the memo on this. Imagine my disappointment when I tried to say "c u n t"

The other one I don't use, so I don't really care that it's asterisked out.

Could be worse, you all could have to put up with the, uh, interesting Christmas songs we have over here.

I will leave you with one I had forgotten, near and dear to my heart:

(Sung to O Christmas Tree)
O' Yog-Sothoth
O' Yog-Sothoth
We worship you
O' Yog-Sothoth
Not Santa Claus, not Jesus Christ
We worship Yog 'cause he's not nice
We'll celebrate with some stray dog
That we'll cut up and serve to Yog
O' Yog-Sothoth
O' Yog-Sothoth
We beg you to not eat us...

Adam Sandler's Chanukah song! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrd9p47MPHg)

chipmonks roasting on an open fire ...

actually i was going to go with john lennon's 'and so this is christmas',
then that damd chipmonk satire thing crossed my twisted mind.

the real spirit of the midwinter warm hug and snuggle season is of course lennon's immagine. at least it is for me.

i think the idea of everybody mellowing out for a couple of weeks is really a pretty darn good one.

its easy to want to bash both the bizdroids and the christers and their eternal battle of which of them ought to own it.

in reality of course neither of them do. the celibrating of midwinter's eve and that's implied by, hey, we've made this far into the lean cold months of long nights and short days and not much to forrage in the ground but we've got all this preserved stuff put by to make through the rest of the winter to celibrate, has a kind of universal numinosity not owned by any one belief, viewpoint, or endevour.

i really think the important thing is for more people to try and remember that and look at it that way.

as for the birth day of that guy a couple of thousand years ago, well, december, as the name implies, before julius and agustus were added to the calander, was the TENTH month, so the 24th of october really seems a much more likely date for that blessed event to have occured. you know, the inkind tax collecting and all.

and there were other birthdays and celibrations on that date, long before the armies of saul of tarsus pre-empted it. probably at least half us on here know about mythrus, who was anything but peaceful, but was, supposedly, actually born on midwinter's eve or something.

how do i attack christermass? with the simple truth. but not with the intention of undermining its potential for joy and love and unity.

There is something after the word "thread" in the title. It looks like a dog turd.

I almost forgot this classic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssa_56NzKOM).

There is something after the word "thread" in the title. It looks like a dog turd.
it looks like a commercial symbol for something, i've seen it before but can't quite place it. looks a lot like the letters "c" and "p" shoved togather, like for canadian pacific railroad or something, but i'm pretty sure that's not it.

might be some kind of currency symbol or maybe something to do with soverignty or religeon.

it looks like a commercial symbol for something, i've seen it before but can't quite place it. looks a lot like the letters "c" and "p" shoved togather, like for canadian pacific railroad or something, but i'm pretty sure that's not it.

might be some kind of currency symbol or maybe something to do with soverignty or religeon.

It's the symbol for Phi, the Greek letter.

Gothic Xmas - Within Temptation woowoo!! :P


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7SSXcWhCL0w

"ring their bells", or "the munchkin's carol"
--by the sea wasp
(to the tune of jingle bells)



winner!!! :D

So good that I listen to it throughout the year - Vince Guaraldi's 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'.

Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah
Come light the menorah
Let's have a party
We'll all dance the horah

Gather round the table
We'll give you a treet
S'vivon to play with
And latkes to eat

And while we are playing
The candles are burning low
One for each night
They shed a sweet light
To remind us of days long ago
One for each night
They shed a sweet light
To remind us of days long ago

the Kinks - Father Christmas

When I was small I believed in santa claus
Though I knew it was my dad
And I would hang up my stocking at christmas
Open my presents and Id be glad

But the last time I played father christmas
I stood outside a department store
A gang of kids came over and mugged me
And knocked my reindeer to the floor

They said:
Father christmas, give us some money
Dont mess around with those silly toys.
Well beat you up if you dont hand it over
We want your bread so dont make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys

Dont give my brother a steve austin outfit
Dont give my sister a cuddly toy
We dont want a jigsaw or monopoly money
We only want the real mccoy

Father christmas, give us some money
Well beat you up if you make us annoyed
Father christmas, give us some money
Dont mess around with those silly toys

But give my daddy a job cause he needs one
Hes got lots of mouths to feed
But if youve got one, Ill have a machine gun
So I can scare all the kids down the street

Father christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
Well beat you up if you dont hand it over
Give all the toys to the little rich boys

Have yourself a merry merry christmas
Have yourself a good time
But remember the kids who got nothin
While youre drinkin down your wine

Father christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
Well beat you up if you dont hand it over
We want your bread, so dont make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys

Old Saint Nick's got Bourbon breath
It's so cold you could catch your death
A cop sold me some crystal meth
It's a merry f***in' Christmas

Everything's so Christmas-y
The streets are twinkling with frozen pee
My priest just sat on Santa's knee
It's a merry f***in' Christmas

All the kids go to bed each night
To dream what Santa brings 'em
Unless they're Jewish or Muslim
Or some other gyp religion

Crappy toys flyin' off the shelves
Midgets dressed up to look like elves
Spread good cheer or burn in Hell
It's a merry f***in' Christmas

Cracklin' fires to keep me warm
And my collection of Asian porn
Cradle my bells and work my horn
It's a keep-on-truckin'
Last-year-suckin'
Midget-chuckin'
Slap-the-puckin'
How-much-wood-could-a-woodchuck-chuckin'
Merry f***in' Christmas

Here's a big ol' lump o' coal for you, political correctness!

Oh Blanca Navidad,
sueño y con la nieve alrededor,
blanca es mi primera
y es mensajera de paz y de puro amor

Oh Blanca Navidad, nieve
un blanco sueño y un cantar
Recordar tu infancia podrás
al llegar la blanca navidad.


Oh Blanca Navidad, sueño
y con la nieve alrededor,
blanca es mi primera
y es mensajera de paz y de puro amor.


Oh Blanca Navidad, nieve
un blanco sueño y un cantar,
recordar tu infancia podrás
al llegar la blanca navidad.

Oh, Blanca Navidad (http://es.getalyric.com/escuchar/2xxXKwnT3IY/blanca_navidad): Spanish Christmas song

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer! *has coronary*

Old Saint Nick's got Bourbon breath
It's so cold you could catch your death
A cop sold me some crystal meth
It's a merry f***in' Christmas

Everything's so Christmas-y
The streets are twinkling with frozen pee
My priest just sat on Santa's knee
It's a merry f***in' Christmas

All the kids go to bed each night
To dream what Santa brings 'em
Unless they're Jewish or Muslim
Or some other gyp religion

Crappy toys flyin' off the shelves
Midgets dressed up to look like elves
Spread good cheer or burn in Hell
It's a merry f***in' Christmas

Cracklin' fires to keep me warm
And my collection of Asian porn
Cradle my bells and work my horn
It's a keep-on-truckin'
Last-year-suckin'
Midget-chuckin'
Slap-the-puckin'
How-much-wood-could-a-woodchuck-chuckin'
Merry f***in' Christmas

Here's a big ol' lump o' coal for you, political correctness!

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

:D

Proper Crimbo. It's way to early for a Christmas thread anyway.