Littlesparks advent 2022

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Someone could have reminded me what date it was….

After last years music video advent calander…
Which can be found here I’m doing another one.

Same rules.

Nothing from xfactor winners
Nothing from G. Glitter or R. Harris
No repeats… but some artists may have appeared on the list last year.
Nothing with too much swearing. I’ll try and find censored versions.

Without further ado…

Day 1 …. Ok… let’s start from the bottom of the barrel. From the Marvel Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special….

And day 2…. Because I missed yesterday..
Last year I said no sausage roll based songs.. but I don’t think they’re going to make any more… Ladbaby, Elton and Ed. This was no 1… pushing the actual Elton and Ed song to no. 2

 

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Day 3….
I’ll get this one in now before the inevitable happens. A football song AND a Christmas song

 

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Day 4.
From one shoehorning Christmas into an existing song to another…..

Billy Mack’s “Christmas is all around me” from Love Actually??
No. Not so dire as that.

I heard this on the radio the other day, so I thought I’d add it… no video, so just listen.

 

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Day 5.
The King of Christmas Crooning.... Buble!

 

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And now the Queen…. Or should I say new queen of Christmas. Sia

Move over Mariah….

 

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Oops. Missed yesterday, so here it is. Todays will be posted tonight.

Lizzo, with her Christmas offering. I think this is a cover, but I heard this on radio this morning.

 

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Day 8.
I remember this fondly.... but then, at the time i was only 15

 

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Since it looks like nobodies looking at this thread, the rules are being thrown out the window. No one will notice.

1993 Xmas number 1 featuring a young Jeremy clarkson in the video.

 

[nicebutdim]

I'll make my attention more apparent if you include 'The Season's Upon Us'

 

[littlespark]

I’ll have a listen just in case of rude words.
Dropkick murphy’s I presuming?

 

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Day 10. And the 4th iteration of this song to be made.... just another couple years until Band Aid 40!

This is Band Aid 30.... not the best.... but it is the most recent.
Money raised was to help fight the Ebola Virus..... with a change in some of the lyrics to reflect this.

 

[Moley]

I’ll have a listen just in case of rude words.

So I assume you won't be listing the best Xmas song of all time - X-M@$ by Corey Taylor ?

 

[littlespark]

So I assume you won't be listing the best Xmas song of all time - X-M@$ by Corey Taylor ?

has always been a festive favourite of mine.... Too many MF's for a public forum though. (i dont mean "maintenance free")

 

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Oops again. Yesterdays should have been:

By request.


Today.

 

[nicebutdim]

So I assume you won't be listing the best Xmas song of all time - X-M@$ by Corey Taylor ?

Lemmy & Billy Gibbon's cover of Run Run Rudolph is clean, but I've used up this year's request

 

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Day 13. And i'm a little confused.... Im sure Bowie didnt destroy the tree at the end ???

 

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When this album came out a couple years ago, I did think it was a cheap gimmick. A football commentator bringing out a Christmas album?
Really?

But watching his documentary tonight, speaking about his speech apraxia… such a sad story. A man now whose career is his voice rather than his feet.

Unbelievable, Jeff

 

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Elton John, again.

Another of the big ones of the 70’s

“Are you asking me to … step in?”

 

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Just heard today that not only is Ladbaby releasing another xmas song.... but its a rework of band aid.... Which might mean we wont get a 40th anniversary release.



so today is day 16. And here is Greg Lake without his Emerson or Palmer

 

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Before todays offering, i have to fix the link from Day 1.... The original video i linked to was taken down... so this is alternative

 

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Now for todays.... And some might say this isn't really a Christmas song.... Santa, Elves, presents....
but it was in a Christmas movie..... Die Hard!

Die Hard isn't a christmas movie? Lets see....

Lone protagonist against a number of crooks, picks them off by setting a series of elaborate traps....

If Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie, then Home Alone isn't either... It's the same plot!

 

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Just because I’ve changed my profile pic to my Christmas jumper featuring a Freddie snowman and the caption “ The Snow Must Go On”…..
Today is Queens Thank God It’s Christmas

 

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Mondays.
Sorry, I’ve got a lot on and keep forgetting.

Tonight, the final of 9 (!) shows, concerts and charity church performances that have featured our youngest with her trombone.
This song was sung by one member of the village choir, and I hadn’t heard it before.
The original songwriter that also wrote The Elements… if you know that.

And for today.
The trombone star herself

 

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Wednesday 21st. Winter Solstice
Should have had Ring Out Soltice Bells, but didn’t.

This song was Christmas number one on more than one occasion I believe. ‘75 and ‘91…. But this is a cover version by a group of artists who had a very successful Christmas film.

Nostalgia time!

 

[Moley]

Are you going to list the 1979 xmas no.1??

 

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Are you going to list the 1979 xmas no.1??

Don’t know.

Certainly not the ‘69

 

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Thursdays. another day late.

I keep hearing this on the radio, so ill add it to the list.

 

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Something scottish

 

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Last one for this year.

You know he is!