It was Christmas Eve babe...IN THE DRUNK TANK

The nanny is currently making me watch Michael Buble so I'm in a mood to post bad, cheesy festive music.

Naw, naw, naw Buble is a great guy. Just not for the tunage.

When I was looking up vids for the 12 songs of Christmas I came across some seriously god AWFUL Christmas music (attempts). And Imma name and shame.

1. Arcade Fire - THE WHOLE OF THEIR ALBUM "A Very Arcade Xmas"

So apparently they were drunk for the whole recording of this album and if I was them, I'd also come up with that kind of excuse to blame this thing they call music on...

2. She & Him - Cold Outside

I love She & Him. Particularly Zooey, I love Zooey. But this is awful. It's too fast and she sounds like she's rushing her words and struggling to stay in time. Her version on the 'Elf' soundtrack with Leon Redbone is in a different league to this disappointment :/ Soz Zooey.

3. Lady Gaga - Christmas Tree

Jesus.







And for the final time,

MERRY HAPPY CHRISTMAS :)

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Last night I got very brave. I have to admit, it was mulled wine induced bravery. But I decided to share my recently acquired blog with facebook. I really wasn't sure about how it was going to go down as sometimes I think blog writers might come across as a bit pretentious. But the post was very well received and I thank you, facebook fwends.

And we're back;

12 Songs of Christmas Part 2


7. The Civil Wars - O Come O Emmanuel

The Civil Wars are possibly the most easy listening band I have on my iTunes. But easy listening doesn't necessarily mean boring but in fact beautiful, in this particular case. And yes, I'd like some crackers with my cheese please.

8. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - All I Want for Christmas

"But Shauna, you said there would be no commercial Mariah Carey music in this post," you might say.

Well Sir, this is the YYYs original Christmas tune. How strategic of them to give it such a title eh?

9. Jack Johnson - Someday at Christmas

This is lovely. I wouldn't take it seriously as a Christmas song per se, but it's a nice Jack Johnson song. There's just no seasonal restriction to his sound.

10. Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson - Winter Song 

Even though they released this song in 2008, it reached number 2 in the Irish charts this month. Kinda deserved the number one if it was going anywhere at all but I guess that's the power of the X factor.

11. Sleeping at Last - O Holy Night

O Holy Night is the choice Christmas song for a lot of people and any 'diva voice' that's ever graced this earth has covered it. Listen to the sounds of this for something different. I'm so in love with Sleeping at Last and they're most certainly going to be featuring on this blog quite a lot.

And finally...


12. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

I'm signing this post off with a little selfishness and my own personal favourite Christmas song.

MERRY HAPPY CHRISTMAS :)

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I really wish I had started this blog a good 12 days before Christmas. Not at all coincidental that I chose that amount of time, I would have done the 'done thing' in the blogging world and posted one thing each day for 12 days leading up to Christmas day.

But whether I post it at different stages or all at once, it's still going to be in the one place so here's my 12 days rolled into one on a lovely festive 22nd and 23rd of December.

So, considering it's Christmas and this is a music blog (I like to think) my 12 posts have got to be Christmas music. But not the conventional.  Not the generic Mariah Carey type Christmas music and wishing it could be Christmas everyday type Christmas music. I like the unique covers with some really good originals thrown in. So here goes.

12 Songs of Christmas Part 1

1. Amy Winehouse - I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Tomorrow will be the 6 month anniversary of Amy's death. I'm not posting this video because of that or as a tribute to her. I'm posting it because it's a genuinely good cover by a genuinely talented artist.

2. Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter

Sufjan is so good at penning songs that he got bored with original year round songs and released a whole Christmas album. What.a.lej/god. God-lej?

3. She & Him - Silver Bells

Silver Bells has had its fair share of re-recordings with the likes of Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, Elvis, Bright Eyes and R.E.M, to name a few, producing their own renditions of the classic Christmas number. She & Him are my fave. It's mostly because I'm secretly in love with Zooey Deschanel (it's actually not so secret, I've probably shared with most people by now in hopes that one day it will get back to her and we'll runaway together). Word on the street is she recorded this song while relaxing and just having an aul sing-song. Another big lej <3 Love you babe <3

4. John Mayer - I'll be Home for Christmas

I was never really a massive fan of John Mayer but this flawless cover really does this song and his voice justice. Maybe I'll reconsider how I feel about the man in the New Year.

5. Bright Eyes - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Bright Eyes are also fans of releasing their own Christmas album. I don't really think it works for them...they should probably stick to one unique Christmas cover like this one and remain in their comfort zone of indie music filled with that little bit of sadness.

6. The Wombats - Is this Christmas

This is fun. The Wombats are always fun. And fair play to them for penning their own cool sleek Christmas song.


MERRY HAPPY CHRISTMAS :)