There’s nothing quite like snow covered mountain tops at Christmas, it’s the icing on top of the sweet, sweet cake that is serving up delicious lumps of disbelief amongst the lifeless couch potatoes, starving them of their daily fix of pathetic nothingness as the signal fails to reach the satellite dish. Whilst people were “moaning at the snow because their cars wouldn’t go” I put together a Christmas mix cd, which contains mostly the same gems as every other year but with a few new sparkling snowflakes that have just reached me.
So go grab your hat and jumper that your granny just made you, go get your friends off the phone to sky, and kick up a fuss and have some fun! And don’t forget to put glitter and a keytar on your Christmas list, because theres no substitute for Glam at Christmas!
A Winter Story – Symphonika
Countdown to Christmas – Glam Chops
Frosty the Snowman – The Ronettes
Pipers Piping – Lucky Delucci
Fairytale of New York – The Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl
Merry Christmas (I don’t want to fight tonight) – The Ramones
December Boy – The Loves
Abominable Snowman in the Supermarket – Jonathan Richman
Kiss you in the Snow – The School
Heavenly Christmas – A Smile and a Ribbon
Tyrannosaurus Rex for Christmas – The Lovely Eggs
Christmas Wrapping - Waitresses
I took some time for Christmas – Belle and Sebastian
I’d like you for Christmas – Julie London
Red Santa – Lucky Lucky Pigeons
Lonely this Christmas – Carter USM
What’s this? – Nightmare before Christmas
Christmas is Cancelled – The Long Blondes
Stop the Revelry – Shrag
It’s Clichéd to be Cynical at Christmas – Half Man Half Biscuit
Christmas Teardrops ‘Neath Mistletoe – Just Joans
Santa Claus is coming to town - Crystals
Lords Keep Leaping – Silence At Sea
The Christmas Song - Raveonettes
Run Rudolph Run – Chuck Berry
Hey Turkey – Turkey Basil
Autumn's sparkling skies fade behind the deep cloud as November's moon empties its pockets, sprinkling the ground with glittering snow, ready for the birth of December's moon. And to accompany its arrival are two slices of Wales’ finest Pop, which along with a homemade woolly hat and some fine ales, will warm our hearts through the winter months.
The Loves ‘December boy’ shimmers and bounces along with Pipette like vocals over a stunning festive sound borrowed from the past master Phil Spector. Simon Love has recently announced that as of February 2011 the band will be no more, it would be a fine nugget to go out on but I’m sure Simon and the Loves will be back at some point in the future, with a pocketful of 60s drenched Pop slices.
And so as one journey nears its end, in the true spirit of pop, another is just beginning. Josef Prygodzicz’s innocent tales of love and friendship have always captured little moments and betrayed them in the truest most beautiful way. Lucky Delucci’s latest release ‘Winter on the Moon’ (due for release January 2011) is no exception, it ebbs away on Josef’s trademark guitar sound with his subtly enchanting lyrics portraying a poetic beauty and a sad loneliness that the winter can bring. And it’s probably the best video I’ve ever seen.
Lucky Delucci, the Loves and the School play some Christmas gigs at the Luminaire, London on the 4th of December and then at Buffalo Bar, Cardiff, on the 5th December. This is to be the Loves last ever Cardiff Gig so not one to miss.
Lucky Delucci - Winter on the Moon from Bubblewrap Collective on Vimeo.
