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  • irishtimes.com - Posted: December 23, 2009 @ 10:42 am

    The Far Side of Christmas – playlist for December 22

    Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, December 22, 10pm-midnight.

    Julian Casablancas “I Wish It Was Christmas Today” (Rough Trade)
    Can “Silent Night” (Mute)
    Ike & Tina Turner “Merry Christmas Baby” (Harmony)
    Soul Saints Orchestra “Santa’s Got A Bag of Soul” (Jazzman)
    The Ventures “Jingle Bell Rock” (EMI)
    Reverand Horton Heat “Winter Wonderland” (Yep Roc)
    The Ramones “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)” (Sire)
    The Sonics “Santa Claus” (Etiquette)
    The Kinks “Father Christmas” (Deram)
    Snoop Dogg “A Pimp’s Christmas Song” (Doggystyle)
    Run DMC “Christmas In Hollis” (A&M)
    The Ronettes “Frosty the Snowman” (Abkco)
    Stevie Wonder “What Christmas Means To Me” (Tamla)
    James Brown “Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto” (People)
    Louis Armstrong “Christmas In New Orleans” (Decca)
    Musicians of New Orleans “O Holy Night” (Studio 60 On Sunset Strip)
    Miles Davis “We Three Kings Of the Orient Are” (Columbia)
    Zooey Deschanel/Leon Redbone “Baby It’s Cold Outside” (Watertower)
    Badly Drawn Boy “Donna & Blitzen” (Twisted Nerve)
    Lord Beginner “Christmas Morning, The Rum Had Me Yawning” (Dust to Digital)
    Lee “Scratch” Perry “Santa Claus” (White)
    Glasvegas “Silent Night” (Columbia)
    Johnny Cash “Little Drummer Boy” (CBS)
    Low “Blue Christmas” (Tugboat)
    Gillian Welch “Winter’s Come and Gone” (Acony)
    Tom Waits “Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis” (Island)
    Joni Mitchell “River” (Reprise)
    Feist “Lo! How A Rose E’re Blooming” (Best Buy)
    Marvin Gaye “Purple Snowflakes” (Motown)
    Darlene Love “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” (Abkco)
    Billy Bragg & Florence Welch “Fairytale of New York” (MP3)
    Blind Boys Of Alabama “Silent Night” (Real World)

  • 5 Comments

    1.
    December 23, 2009
    11:42 am

    Good to see Low in there. Their Christmas album is a cracker (pun intended).

    Happy Christmas Jim

    Comment by Neill
    2.
    December 23, 2009
    12:18 pm

    Great playlist Jim, raging I missed it :-(

    Comment by Colmahhhh
    3.
    December 23, 2009
    1:42 pm

    Some great old-school Christmas tunes there Jim! Only heard from halway but those jazz numbers were really good and had me googling the rest of the night.

    For new Christmas tunes, Indiecaters realease has been on the ear quite a bit (http://www.indiecater.com/an-indiecater-christmas-2009/). Excellent harmonies from Adam and Darcy on It Came Upon A Midnight Clear and sublime electronics on new tune We Don’t Cry At Christmas from Oldfolks Home- great stuff!

    Comment by Tim
    4.
    December 23, 2009
    4:39 pm

    That’s a remarkable collection of Christmas songs! Got to say though, my favourite Christmas number is Jon Spencer’s ‘Big Yule Log Boogie’. Number one in New York City! And Number one in, eh, The Liberties!

    Comment by Fiona
    5.
    December 23, 2009
    6:10 pm

    Neill – it wouldn’t be Xmas without that Low album

    Colmahhhh – only 12 months to the next one

    Tim – ta for email last night!

    Fional – that will be in contention for 2010!

    Comment by Jim Carroll

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