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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2017 16:55:59 GMT -5
Band Aid > USA for Africa
Spoiled for talent back in 1984.
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Post by boombo on Dec 24, 2017 10:44:59 GMT -5
Here's some more cheesy old Christmas songs which no Christmas in this country would be complete without hearing 200 times - I don't know how well known these songs are abroad but the first one still gets played so often that I read somewhere that the guy who wrote it gets paid something like £500k in royalties every time December comes around  |
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Post by ilmc90 on Dec 24, 2017 10:52:36 GMT -5
Here's some more cheesy old Christmas songs which no Christmas in this country would be complete without hearing 200 times - I don't know how well known these songs are abroad but the first one still gets played so often that I read somewhere that the guy who wrote it gets paid something like £500k in royalties every time December comes around Haha good stuff! I guess the royalties are worth giving up your dignity. Only ones I've heard are Paul McCartney and Wham. Are the Carpenters popular abroad? They get a lot of airplay here around Christmas. Used to be popular year round before easy listening/adult contemporary went out of style. |
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Post by nei on Dec 24, 2017 22:29:39 GMT -5
overplayed, but she's from right where I grew up. still a good song
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Post by boombo on Dec 24, 2017 22:42:49 GMT -5
Here's some more cheesy old Christmas songs which no Christmas in this country would be complete without hearing 200 times - I don't know how well known these songs are abroad but the first one still gets played so often that I read somewhere that the guy who wrote it gets paid something like £500k in royalties every time December comes around Haha good stuff! I guess the royalties are worth giving up your dignity. Only ones I've heard are Paul McCartney and Wham. Are the Carpenters popular abroad? They get a lot of airplay here around Christmas. Used to be popular year round before easy listening/adult contemporary went out of style. I've heard of The Carpenters, not in connection with Christmas though and don't know those songs. Another classic Christmas song over here which I forgot about is this Irish one: It's got New York in the title but it's not actually well known in the US, is that right? I remember reading about some American hearing it for the first time and being really shocked at the line "You scumbag you maggot, you cheap lousy !" being in one of our best-loved Christmas songs lol |
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Post by ilmc90 on Dec 24, 2017 22:48:27 GMT -5
Haha good stuff! I guess the royalties are worth giving up your dignity. Only ones I've heard are Paul McCartney and Wham. Are the Carpenters popular abroad? They get a lot of airplay here around Christmas. Used to be popular year round before easy listening/adult contemporary went out of style. I've heard of The Carpenters, not in connection with Christmas though and don't know those songs. Another classic Christmas song over here which I forgot about is this Irish one: It's got New York in the title but it's not actually well known in the US, is that right? I remember reading about some American hearing it for the first time and being really shocked at the line "You scumbag you maggot, you cheap lousy !" being in one of our best-loved Christmas songs lol Haha omg! Never heard this song. That's a nice family oriented Christmas song right there lol jk. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2017 23:01:36 GMT -5
I was just about to post the Fairytale of New York, definitely one of the top three Christmas songs. It regularly comes top of polls in the UK for being the most popular Christmas song.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2017 23:05:09 GMT -5
Here's some more cheesy old Christmas songs which no Christmas in this country would be complete without hearing 200 times - I don't know how well known these songs are abroad but the first one still gets played so often that I read somewhere that the guy who wrote it gets paid something like £500k in royalties every time December comes around Bit of trivia, Last Christmas is the highest selling #2 of all time, although George Michael was also involved in the #1 single as a member of Band Aid. There was a campaign to make it Christmas number one this year, but didn't work. |
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Post by ilmc90 on Dec 24, 2017 23:15:40 GMT -5
I think this is a very nice song. Heard it for the first time last year.
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Post by boombo on Dec 24, 2017 23:16:24 GMT -5
Here's some more cheesy old Christmas songs which no Christmas in this country would be complete without hearing 200 times - I don't know how well known these songs are abroad but the first one still gets played so often that I read somewhere that the guy who wrote it gets paid something like £500k in royalties every time December comes around Bit of trivia, Last Christmas is the highest selling #2 of all time, although George Michael was also involved in the #1 single as a member of Band Aid. There was a campaign to make it Christmas number one this year, but didn't work. I knew that actually, and "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens was originally meant to be released the same year as those two songs in 1984, but he saw what he was up against and thought it would make more sense to wait another year to release it to have a better chance of reaching number one. He was right |
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Post by Giorbanguly on Dec 24, 2017 23:22:05 GMT -5
Do They Know It's Christmas the original version sounded amazing. The lyrics were very simplistic but the sound was beautiful
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2017 0:27:51 GMT -5
This is a nice song from an Anglo-American band. Although I think they weren't well known in the US?
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Post by ilmc90 on Dec 25, 2017 0:31:11 GMT -5
This is a nice song from an Anglo-American band. Although I think they weren't well known in the US? I don't think they were wildly popular, but they had a few hits here. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2017 1:05:51 GMT -5
Sounds like Elvis.
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Post by ilmc90 on Dec 25, 2017 12:19:49 GMT -5
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Post by Giorbanguly on Dec 25, 2017 12:22:04 GMT -5
This song is sick
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Post by Babu on Dec 27, 2017 4:49:39 GMT -5
I've heard of The Carpenters, not in connection with Christmas though and don't know those songs. Another classic Christmas song over here which I forgot about is this Irish one: It's got New York in the title but it's not actually well known in the US, is that right? I remember reading about some American hearing it for the first time and being really shocked at the line "You scumbag you maggot, you cheap lousy !" being in one of our best-loved Christmas songs lol Haha omg! Never heard this song. That's a nice family oriented Christmas song right there lol jk. That song seems to be the one most often played on radio here actually |
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 11, 2020 15:57:54 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 11, 2020 16:20:07 GMT -5
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Post by Steelernation on Dec 12, 2020 15:04:12 GMT -5
I love Christmas music in general, there’s so many great songs.
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