We Wish You A Miserable Christmas

**Rob McCow** · 24th Nov 2006, 4:08 PM

I'm looking to put together a compilation of the dreariest, most heartbreaking and downright miserable Christmas tunes, including carols and classical music. What do you think should be included? So far I've got Mad World, I'm not sure about the Nizlopi song (it's jolly, but it's also quite melancholy) and No Surprises by Radiohead, which is Christmassy enough to qualify.

Clearly, that's a pathetic list, so what else should be going on the CD of Seasonal Sorrow?

**Anthony Williams** · 24th Nov 2006, 4:16 PM

Lonely this Christmas, by Mud!

Ant x

**Paul Monk** · 24th Nov 2006, 4:25 PM

I'll have to let you have a look at some of the songs I found for my xmas compilation cd last year. It was more alternative xmas songs than miserable though.
I'm looking at doing another one this year so maybe we could collaborate?

Check out Father Christmas by The Kinks. Thats sort of miserable. Also Souxsie and the Banshees did a christmas song callec Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant which is very Gothic as you'd expect. I would also recommend The Cocteau Twins version of Frosty the Snowman which you'd expect to be miserable but is actually quite jolly.

Trudi G · 24th Nov 2006, 10:16 PM

The Cocteau Twins version of Frosty the Snowman

Is Ms Frazer singing in English, or her own made-up language on this one?

**Philipnet** · 24th Nov 2006, 10:19 PM

Wham / Last Christmas
The sort of song you want to listen to when you're single at Chistmas

East 17 / Stay another day
Another 'happy' song from the pop world

Cliff Richard / Mistletoe and wine
Another bad song

From Phil L, Michael, and Ashley C (down the pub posting on my Blackberry!)

Pip Madeley · 24th Nov 2006, 10:21 PM

Why do you want to make a miserable Christmas compilation?

Teresa · 24th Nov 2006, 10:27 PM

I find I can't be miserable from Dec 1st to Jan 6th!!

so none of these songs would make me miserable!
having said that... "Stop the Calvary" wasn't the happiest of Christmas songs!

Teresa
xx

**Rob McCow** · 24th Nov 2006, 10:34 PM

I don't think the miserable songs of Christmas are celebrated enough.

And it looks like Si and me won't be spending Christmas day together! :'(

**Paul Monk** · 25th Nov 2006, 2:47 PM

Stop the Cavalry isn't really a christmas song but it is quite good. I forgot earlier about prog rock miserablist Greg Lake and his sarky I Believe in Father Christmas.

Teresa · 25th Nov 2006, 3:02 PM

Originally Posted by Paul Monk

Stop the Cavalry isn't really a christmas song but it is quite good.

I was sure it was Christmas number one at some point? Might have been mistaken though

Teresa
xx

**Larry** · 25th Nov 2006, 4:42 PM

just about any thing from Cliff Ricard - Saviours Day, i think is one.

Paul Mccartney - Simply Having a Wonderfull Christmas Day.

Band Aid - do they Know its Christmas" - the most recent version.

**Stuart Wallis** · 28th Nov 2006, 3:08 PM

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Mistletoe and Wine, simply for the following unused verse-

Christmas time
Filth, muck and grime
The cleaners are drinking vodka and lime
There's gifts on the fire
And logs on the trees
And five foot of dust, so try not to sneeze

A Spaceman Came Travelling does slightly detract from the true message of the time of year with its aliens and stuff. I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek, cos it's so bad it's awful. And I don't care whether this is heresy, has anyone actually bothered to listen to the lyrics of Fairytale of New York. Let's discuss the festive appropriateness, shall we?

**Si Hunt** · 28th Nov 2006, 3:28 PM

"Stop the Cavalry" features the lyric "wish I was at home... for Christmas" and is all about a soldier at war over Christmas wishing he could come back home for the season. So it IS a Christmas song!

Si.

Teresa · 28th Nov 2006, 9:51 PM

Originally Posted by Si Hunt

"Stop the Cavalry" features the lyric "wish I was at home... for Christmas" and is all about a soldier at war over Christmas wishing he could come back home for the season. So it IS a Christmas song!

Si.

Thank you Si!!
I was sure it was a Christmas song... it is on my Christmas No. 1's album that I can start playing as of Friday!!

Teresa
xx

**Jeff** · 28th Nov 2006, 10:27 PM

First off, I can't believe no one has mentioned the ultra obvious 'Blue Christmas' recorded by Elvis Presley.

Now that that's out of the way, the MOST DEPRESSING Christmas song of all time has to be 'The Christmas Shoes' by NewSong (also recorded by Alabama). A depressing, manipulative tearjerker about a boy trying to buy shoes for his dying mother. I absolutely hate the song btw, and turn the station if it comes on.

**Paul Monk** · 29th Nov 2006, 9:13 AM

Originally Posted by Si Hunt

"Stop the Cavalry" features the lyric "wish I was at home... for Christmas" and is all about a soldier at war over Christmas wishing he could come back home for the season. So it IS a Christmas song!

Si.

In my book the song is a political message about the futility of war and only uses that christmas bit to highlight that. It's not therefore about christmas it merely mentions it. The song could be set in any other month. So nar

**Anthony Williams** · 29th Nov 2006, 11:09 AM

but it WAS a Christmas number one!

and mentions snow!

so nar again!

Ant x

**Paul Monk** · 29th Nov 2006, 11:43 AM

Don't care! You're all wrong and I'm right.

***Sticks fingers in ears***

La la la la LA LA LA

**Larry** · 29th Nov 2006, 8:08 PM

one more for the miserable Xmas song list is Tony (Show me the way to Amorillo) Christie's remake of Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" boy he absoloutly murdered it..'

**Paul Monk** · 15th Dec 2006, 12:24 PM

Attention Ant! I got this from Wikipedia!

Although now one of Britain's (and, incidentally, Germany's) most familiar Christmas singles, "Stop The Cavalry" was not originally intended as a Christmas song – it was released in late November after the record company spotted the line referring to the festival: 'I wish I was at home, for Christmas' . Not only this but the specific style of the brass instruments and bells in the chorus are very noticable as a "Christmas" style theme.

So narrrr!

I was right.

Pip Madeley · 15th Dec 2006, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Paul Monk

Attention Ant! I got this from Wikipedia!

Because THAT'S reliable

**Paul Monk** · 15th Dec 2006, 1:11 PM

IT IS! Its the font of all knowledge.

**duncan** · 15th Dec 2006, 2:23 PM

A Wombleing Merry Christmas. A criminal record if ever I heard one.

**SiHart** · 20th Dec 2006, 9:50 AM

I rather like that one, but the mix of that with I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everday to produce I Wish It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas Everyday is one of those things you just can't fathom why they did it.

So is Mr McCow ready to reveal the exclusive track listing of the long awaited Miserable Christmas CD?

Si xx

**Paul Monk** · 20th Dec 2006, 10:09 AM

Yeah come on. Surely "Do they know its Christmas" is the most miserable christmas song of all time? As well as they stupidest lyrically.

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