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Deep Cuts: A Glam Rock Christmas

Will this become a Why It Matters tradition?  Probably not, but last year’s obligatory Christmas playlist overlooked the strange obsession that the glam rockers had with the holiday.  I don’t pretend to understand it, I just report it. So here you go: a glam rock Christmas.  Watch out for Krampus, or at the very least…

Krampus-Postkarte_um_1900Will this become a Why It Matters tradition?  Probably not, but last year’s obligatory Christmas playlist overlooked the strange obsession that the glam rockers had with the holiday.  I don’t pretend to understand it, I just report it.

So here you go: a glam rock Christmas.  Watch out for Krampus, or at the very least Jimmy Saville and Gary Glitter:

“Thank God It’s Not Christmas,” Sparks

 

“Christmas Bop,” T. Rex

“Another Rock ‘n Roll Christmas,” Gary Glitter

“Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who’d be a Turkey at Christmas),”  Elton John

“I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday,” Wizzard

“Merry Christmas Everybody,” Slade

“Lonely This Christmas,” Mud

“The Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth,” David Bowie and Bing Crosby

“White Christmas,” Iggy Pop

Only twelve months to work on my next Christmas playlist. What to do, what to do….

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  4. Jamie

    There trouble was you’d get these extra ‘vocals’ on the tape like, ‘Dad, be quiet I’m taping the song!” or a cough you desperately tried to stifle. Great fun.

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  5. James Stafford

    I used to do the same thing! Wish I still had those tapes…

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  6. Jamie

    Great collection, took me back to my teenage years and taping the songs from the TV using a tape recorder and a hand held microphone. They don’t make Xmas songs like those any more. Just a shame about Glitter and Savile…

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  7. James Stafford

    You are absolutely right. Red and white fur for everybody!

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  8. laura b.

    When you think about it, glam rock and Xmas go together perfectly. All shiny and dramatic. Sparks ♥ Iggy! ♥

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