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I was listening to some Christmas music the other day, I really only like to listen to the old classic stuff my parents played around the house growing up. You know, like Burl Ives Holly Jolly Christmas, Chuck Berry's Run Rudolph Run, stuff like that.There's this one album that would get so much play in our house and it never fails to get me in the Christmas spirit, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be on the internet anywhere. Luckily I bought a vinyl copy of it a few years ago so I can still play it but I never knew how obscure it was. It's all hammered dulcimer with some other instruments. The song from it that I remember most is "riu riu chiu" which I actually never knew the name of the song growing up. I only know because of the vinyl that I have that lists the songs. When I'm not being lazy I might upload it to YouTube or something but I'm wondering, what obscure Christmas music do YOU remember growing up?
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Nov 28, 2022 10:20
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https://youtu.be/yXQViqx6GMY
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Nov 28, 2022 16:05
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Christmas music sucks rear end, OP. Don't listen to that poo poo. That said, I learned yesterday while watching football that the Philadelphia Eagles offensive line is releasing a Christmas album and that's sorta rad.
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Nov 28, 2022 16:10
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There's only one Christmas song for me. One sung by a man who wanted to be a vampire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmFeg2e5GzI
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Nov 28, 2022 16:14
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHwhKwJypE4 is the greatest Christmas song ever.
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Nov 28, 2022 17:00
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Dixville posted:The song from it that I remember most is "riu riu chiu" which I actually never knew the name of the song growing up. I only know because of the vinyl that I have that lists the songs. When I'm not being lazy I might upload it to YouTube or something but I'm wondering, what obscure Christmas music do YOU remember growing up? Is it this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T0I6hx3aW4
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Nov 28, 2022 17:41
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She wants a gotdang hippopotamus for Christmas! We stumbled upon this one somehow a while back and it's become a family favorite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNDri18-eQ0
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Nov 28, 2022 19:04
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Not a song, but a single nonetheless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUcEnZZxO9Y Followed by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9rK8FmYog
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Nov 28, 2022 19:26
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I hate Christmas music but love Charly Bliss so I'm torn on this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp0od728eg0
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Nov 28, 2022 22:30
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I don't know if this is obscure, but I enjoy it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFLExwIQKto gently caress you
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Nov 28, 2022 23:05
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This is my favorite version of the song mentioned in the OP https://youtu.be/riG85oA6Wy4
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Nov 29, 2022 07:56
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neato burrito posted:She wants a gotdang hippopotamus for Christmas! We stumbled upon this one somehow a while back and it's become a family favorite. heck, same
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Nov 29, 2022 08:00
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incoherent light posted:There's only one Christmas song Agreed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqnl0LGWwek
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Nov 29, 2022 09:00
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A Japanese classic: "Hitori Bocchi no Christmas Eve" (All Alone On Christmas Eve) by Shogo Hamada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqjEbGKxxJ4 Rough translation I found online: quote:The flight that I put my girl on disappears into the night sky
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Nov 29, 2022 09:30
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don;t know many old obscure songs, i'm more au fait with the ironic hipster stuff like sufjan stevens etc. this is good though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg33zWjgESE
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Nov 29, 2022 11:43
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EznGGYQ-Tv8
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Nov 29, 2022 11:45
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'Christmas In Prison' songs are just par for the course here in Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqIF2XkqKU
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Nov 29, 2022 11:48
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my obscure christmas thing was a cassette tape for babies from pampers, which was called "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer" but most of the songs were weird original songs nobody knew (presumably because for just about every christmas song you have to pay royalties out the rear end to somebody) this was one of the songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTpB5h1ujpk
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Nov 29, 2022 11:59
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJZ42cfSjwI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1usEyKDdhw
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Nov 29, 2022 15:09
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This song was SUPER popular in Australia in the 80s, my family loved it and I heard it a lot as a kid. I guess it'd be pretty obscure in the rest of the world and probably also for many Australians, it's a relic of a bygone era. Warning: 80s  'culture', puerile trash with lots of c-bombs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af7LwnA913g The album that originally appeared on went quadruple platinum. The singer later released an entire Christmas album of similar material if anyone wants a time capsule of lovely 80s/90s comedy with lashings of swearing and bigotry
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Nov 29, 2022 15:56
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so i investigated and managed to find my weird tape on ebay. it came out in 1986 and the songs were by a british company called "songs for children ltd." and all their stuff is on spotify it's not very good, and i can see why my mum didn't want me to put the tape on when i was a kid. i recreated the tape as a spotify playlist -> https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3IlI4i8hICfeTOKRWWbBkA?si=ee42edd4048d4629
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Nov 29, 2022 21:40
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Unless you grew up in or near Sudbury, Ontario in the 80s you probably wouldn’t know this song that tells the story of a heroic snowmobile that saves Christmas. There’s a write up about the song here https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4944286 And the song itself, Little Skidoo by Bert Collins https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c6YKDPDgSrc&feature=emb_title
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Nov 30, 2022 00:49
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RricAzhF_dg From the classic Christmas album "Year's Darkest Celebration" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kF0Nq9HBkEwym6hnKXWFbrnqoPG6Tr_NY
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Dec 1, 2022 21:50
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It is not but that's a pretty neat version thanks! And yeah I don't love Christmas music but the old stuff is pure nostalgia for me. Put it in ma
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Dec 1, 2022 21:58
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this probably doesn't count around here, but: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e50wvKQvDHQ Pogo is pretty obscure these days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGi2s127zo
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Dec 1, 2022 22:17
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Ok I uploaded it to YouTube. I wonder if anyone else here will recognize it. I might do the whole record if anyone is interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTClndZnmDI
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Dec 1, 2022 22:53
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For decades I have been looking for a version of The 12 Days of Christmas but instead of "Partridge in a Pear tree", its "a six pack of Falls City beer". Five golden rings is "5 pounds of weed." A Louisville, Kentucky DJ named "Uncle" Ron Clay used to play it all the time on either WRLS or WQMF, hell he may have even recorded it.
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Dec 2, 2022 17:43
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yessss
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Dec 2, 2022 17:51
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIhIBFPtnoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmzn8JfV_fk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVEFmfJ4m9A
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Dec 2, 2022 17:53
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marry christmas from depression in the early two thousands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTX0L3ds8ck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IippcraBPKA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKNWByPxOq8
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Dec 2, 2022 17:57
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjigNOKF4t8
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Beloved Australian band Mental As Anything recorded a jaunty track about Santa dying in a nuclear holocaust. Apocalypso!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw03AAVUFtA
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Dec 6, 2022 12:38
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Simply having a wonderful christmastime
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Dec 6, 2022 14:13
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Simply having a wonderful christmastime "...impossible to do after hearing Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime" (stolen from Superego)
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Dec 6, 2022 15:25
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGBVZfL2tfI I think this used to air on CD101.9
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Dec 6, 2022 15:27
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The best Christmas album that isn't a goon album is Lou Rawls's "Merry Christmas, Ho Ho Ho!". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1KXkdAT8FE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ywghHUf44g EDIT: The first video is from a posthumous compilation album, but the track was indeed first on "Merry Christmas, Ho Ho Ho!".
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Dec 6, 2022 15:28
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Simply having a wonderful christmastime Quite possibly the only Christmas song worse than All I Want for Christmas is You
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Dec 6, 2022 16:08
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Tiny Tim: Santa has the Aids this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVHAsjs1kqk Waltzing Along fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Dec 6, 2022 |
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