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by **oceanic** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:57 am

I'd like to put together a compilation of 80's songs for the holidays. I'm particularly interested in songs that are firmly rooted in the eighties (synth-pop, new-wave, post-punk, etc...). So far I have Wham's "Last Christmas" as well as "Winter Wonderland" and "Let It Snow" by the Cocteau Twins. Can anyone else think of songs that I could add to my comp?

Thank you!
Mike

by **budaniel** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:17 am

Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Erasure- She Won't Be Home
Book of Love - We Three Kings (if you can find it--very rare)
Queen - Thank God It's Christmas
Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland
U2 - Baby Please Come Home (this and Eurythmics are both on "A Very Special Christmas" CD--you'll find a load of goodies on there)
Billy Joe -- She's Right on Time
Ramones - I Don't Wanna Fight This Christmas
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
Billy Squier - Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You
Bryan Adams -Christmas Time

Also check out the Rhino Just Can't Get Enough Christmas volume for plenty more new wave christmas songs.

by **zill** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:39 am

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The 80's Christmas tunes thread is starting already!

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by **NuWaveRx** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:22 am

I'd do a search...I'm sure this thread has been done before

Pretenders--2000 miles
A-Ha--October (two months off, but this song always sounded like a x-mas song to me)
The Alarm's cover of Happy Christmas
Ocean Blue-Frigid Winter Days

by **oceanic** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:50 am

Thanks for the recommendations.
I guess you're right, though, NuWaveRx - I should stop being a lazy shit and do some of my own homework.

by **BigBri** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:19 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by zill[/i]
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The 80's Christmas tunes thread is starting already!

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It's deja vu all over again.

XTC - Thanks for Christmas
Captain Sensible - One Christmas Catalogue

by **club80** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:58 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by oceanic[/i]
<br>Thanks for the recommendations.
I guess you're right, though, NuWaveRx - I should stop being a lazy shit and do some of my own homework.
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That would be a start but there's always new members and new ideas. From the punk side of things:
Anything by The Yobs ("Run Rudolph Run", "Rub A Dum Dum", "Silent Night")
The Damned - "There Ain't No Sanity Clause"
Stiff Little Fingers - "White Christmas"
The Dickies - "Silent Night"
Fear - "Fuck Christmas"

We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression.
-Johnny Ramone-

by **Surly** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:29 am

My favorite is "Christmas Is Coming" by The Payolas.

And of course, there's also "Fairytale Of New York" by The Pogues...

"Words like conviction can turn into a sentence"

by **geoffolehane** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:55 am

REM - Toyland
Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again

by **design_femme** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:09 am

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto

by **rewind** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:23 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by design_femme[/i]
<br>Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
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I think we've discussed this before. This is just the title track to the film of the same name; it's an instrumental and has really nothing to do with Christmas.

by **Riverman** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:42 am

Anyone know the easiest way to find
"Do They Know It's Christmas" without
buying some expensive import compilation
or cd single? Sorry, just a guilty pleasure
of mine, that tune.......[:I]

by **Riverman** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:46 am

[quote]Originally posted by oceanic
[br]I'd like to put together a compilation of 80's songs for the holidays. I'm particularly interested in songs that are firmly rooted in the eighties (synth-pop, new-wave, post-punk, etc...). So far I have Wham's "Last Christmas" as well as "Winter Wonderland" and "Let It Snow" by the Cocteau Twins. Can anyone else think of songs that I could add to my comp?

Thank you!
Mike
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How about "Frosty the Snowman" by the Cocteaus?

by **sting** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:09 pm

do they know it's christmas by band aid...

lights drop out...
thunder strikes...
seek and destroy...

- "to put it in words, write it down that is walking on hallowed ground..." - depeche MODE

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by **hisoka866** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:44 pm

[:D]
tom petty-christmas all over
weird al yankovic-christmas at ground zero
sting-gabriel's message..
madonna-santa baby...opps
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