#melancholyXmasEve
#joydivison
#atmosphere
Joy Division - 'Atmosphere'
Not a Xmas record at all, of course, but impossible to hear without thinking of snow falling on cemetries or glaciers slowly melting.
For absent friends.
Cheers.

https://youtu.be/81LpJPXo_qs

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The Handsome Family - 'So Much Wine'

"I had nothing to say on Christmas Day
When you threw all your clothes in the snow"
Now, that's how you open a song.
I love it. Sort of like 'Fairytale Of New York' but with hillbillies.

Drink responsibly.

https://youtu.be/tNz-EiO3BRY

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#Simon&Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel - '7 O' Clock News/Silent Night'

The track people always skip when playing the album, but the juxtaposition of the evening news broadcast with the greatest carol of them all is so simple and effective. It's 1966; it's 2022. Nothing has changed. Timeless.

https://youtu.be/E8d5C8kPlJA

If your #ChristmasEve is just a bit too jolly, you can put on this #playlist of sad #ChristmasSongs that I’ve been honing for the last 20 years.
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4CBaRs07LDK_2cYmITgY_y1IZN00DFdm&feature=share
#MelancholyXmasEve #christmasmusic

#melancholyXmasEve

Bjork warbles about a bird in her knickers whilst the Mary Chain drench everything in glorious feedback fuzz. The Christmas Eve mix.
It sure beats sleigh bells.

https://youtu.be/zwzQR3bHqu0

#björk
#TheJesusandMaryChain

#melancholyXmasEve

'It Hasn't Happened Yet' - William Shatner

“It was Christmas and I was alone"

Shatner turns down the camp and amps up the sentiment, making the song genuinely moving.

https://youtu.be/7GnoLJIIS4w

Songs for a #melancholyXmasEve

Not a challenge, no order to it, just going to post a few tracks as they come to me. Join in with the hashtag if you like.

I always find Xmas Eve a bit melancholy. Too many absent friends and much loved family members. I lost my Dad this year so really feeling it.

Savour the happy moments and hold your loved ones extra close.

https://youtu.be/lTAHqzCl2es

#FrightenedRabbit