Hot Christmas Hits (& Misses) 2020

[FetchFugly]

There seem to be plenty of seasonal offerings this year, I am assuming because not everyone managed to be as productive as assistant engineer Kylie Minogue in 2020. Please share the latest and greatest.

It still feels a bit early really but I wanted to post the exciting news that Beverley Knight has released A Christmas Wish, The Theme to The Loss Adjuster, which ticks off the usual festive Spectorisms cheerfully enough:



The obvious question is what kind of film has Bev got herself on the soundtrack of? Well...

STARRING:

Luke Goss!
Martin Kemp!!
Kym Marsh!!!
Abi from Eastenders!!!!
And also STARRING JOAN COLLINS



They really saved Christmas 2020.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

The actual fuck is that?

 

[FetchFugly]

The actual fuck is that?

The British film industry is clearly alive and well.

Bit confused that little Abi Branning seems to be the love interest for Luke Goss.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

ITS EVEN GOT GUY SINER!

 

[FetchFugly]

This was on the Popjustice playlist the other week. I can find no other information as to what this cover is all about:

 

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[Whatevar]

Don’t forget Joanna’s seasonal offering! #JoJo

1 Noelle (Ft. Jacob Collier)
2 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
3 O Come All Ye Faithful (Interlude)
4 December Baby
5 Coming Home
6 The Christmas Song
7 Deck the Halls (Interlude)
8 Wrap Me Up
9 North Pole
10 What Child Is This? (Interlude)
11 Silent Night
12 Wishlist (Ft. PJ Morton)
13 We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Interlude)

I’ll be downloading on 1 Dec.

 

[FetchFugly]

Don’t forget Joanna’s seasonal offering! #JoJo

1 Noelle (Ft. Jacob Collier)
2 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
3 O Come All Ye Faithful (Interlude)
4 December Baby
5 Coming Home
6 The Christmas Song
7 Deck the Halls (Interlude)
8 Wrap Me Up
9 North Pole
10 What Child Is This? (Interlude)
11 Silent Night
12 Wishlist (Ft. PJ Morton)
13 We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Interlude)

I’ll be downloading on 1 Dec.

I have saved the title track.

 

[straightorbroken]

Well I hope my Xmas Round At Ag's entry doesn't get showcased here, but my fucking got at that trailer

 

[Nancy]

IS THIS ABOUT FILMS OR MUSIC?

 

[funky]

This was on the Popjustice playlist the other week. I can find no other information as to what this cover is all about:

is the artist actually called Festive Solutions Partnership?

If that is just a karaoke cover cash in done by a couple of blokes in their bedroom, couldn’t they have picked a better name than something that sounds like a factory in Slough?

 

[RJN]

Tinashe has released a (much better than I would have expected) R&B Christmas EP. They are traditional Christmas songs but she really makes them her own in a way that you rarely hear in Christmas covers. It would work any time of year



Some of you may like this (just guessing honestly): @KindaCool @dUb @Jark @POP! @Pipo

 

[Berly]

There are SO many good ones coming out right now -

Tori Kelly - 25th is probably my favourite


Also, new from Ella Henderson and references Queen of Christmas Mariah herself!


And others that I hadn’t came across until this year -







And I was absolutely this was going to come up in ASFM and am quite surprised it didn’t...

 

[FetchFugly]

There are SO many good ones coming out right now -

Tori Kelly - 25th is probably my favourite


Also, new from Ella Henderson and references Queen of Christmas Mariah herself!


And others that I hadn’t came across until this year -







And I was absolutely this was going to come up in ASFM and am quite surprised it didn’t...

I love the Now, Now song; that and Saara Aalto doing Kylie were probably the pick of last year's crop.

 

[Berly]

Yes! Saara Aalto is on my playlist too, very good!

 

[FetchFugly]

Some good new ones:

 

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Kelly Clarkson having another go:



Lovely ballad from Dr Anna Bergendahl:

 

[Berly]

One for @dUb

 

[FetchFugly]

There are so many new seasonal numbers on the Radio 2 playlist this year:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2qNJsnjYFvbLrK9CZ0CfYfM/radio-2-new-music-playlist

Granted, quite a few of them are not especially appealing.

 

[Jark]

a few recent-ish faves (not necessarily from this year)








and this is my Christmas playlist if anyone wants to borrow from it or make further recommendations

 

[Jark]

who greenlit this absolutely AGOG!

 

[BoysForSeles]

Tiffany has one out. Well sang but ultimately rather dull.

 

[straightorbroken]

Oh so the Bev song is new this year? Oh that's good, I was feeling bad for her that a song that "it's actually not bad" might have been and gone years ago.

 

[straightorbroken]

Also loving the Now, Now.

 

[Berly]

and this is my Christmas playlist if anyone wants to borrow from it or make further recommendations

Eternal - I Am Blessed is a new addition on mine. Totally a forgotten Christmas classic

 

[jyxz]

There are SO many good ones coming out right now -

Tori Kelly - 25th is probably my favourite


Also, new from Ella Henderson and references Queen of Christmas Mariah herself!


And others that I hadn’t came across until this year -







And I was absolutely this was going to come up in ASFM and am quite surprised it didn’t...

Charo was my ASFM backup!

 

[Berly]

Charo was my ASFM backup!

I haven’t listened to round 2 yet but if you were in round one you made a terrible mistake!

 

[SystemAddict]

This was on the Popjustice playlist the other week. I can find no other information as to what this cover is all about:

It was recorded as a piss-take on the John Lewis Christmas Ads and their habit of gloomifying songs.



Throw a few synths, bells, and whistles on it and it could have a Saint Etienne-esque quality.

 

[FetchFugly]

Someone isn't feeling very festive:

 

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Little Boots offers up a Covid-themed (I know...) cheap and cheerful Christmas Italo-esque number: