In this episode of the Fandomania: Geek Music podcast, I talk to several artists about Christmas music. This one was a little more deliberately planned than last year’s, which is why it’s an “official” episode. Also be sure to check out my new list of geeky Christmas music and videos later today on Fandomania.
I included mentions of Christmas songs by the artists that are new, but many of the other artists have Christmas songs that I’ve mentioned on lists in the past, so go check out those old lists for more good stuff!
Artists and the Songs / Albums They Mentioned
Bolonium
- “Back Door Santa” – Clarence Carter
- “Christmas Wrapping” – The Waitresses
- “Santa’s Beard” – They Might Be Giants
- “Christmas at Ground Zero” and “The Night Santa Went Crazy” – “Weird Al” Yankovic
Dedicated Servers – Dave the Fave
- “Close Your Mouth (It’s Christmas)” – The Free Design
- The Mistletoe Lounge, specifically “Winter Wonderland” by Madison Park
- Capcom Christmas Album
- “Deck the Club” – Ying Yang Twins
- “Ludachristmas” – Ludacris
Dedicated Servers also just released their own Christmas album, 1225: Dave Hands MC Elf Costume
Dino-Mike
- “The Chimney Song” – Bob Rivers
- “Mrs. Claus” – Bob Ricci
- “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” – Elmo and Patsy
- “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” – Gayla Peevey
- “The Night Santa Went Crazy” – “Weird Al” Yankovic
Marc with a C
- “I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas with a Dalek” – The Go-Go’s (no, not those Go-Go’s, the British ones…)
- “Fairytale of New York” – The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
- “Father Christmas” – The Kinks
- Christmas in the Stars – Meko
- Christmas – Low
Megathruster
- “Christmas with the Devil” – Spinal Tap
- “I’ve Got a Boner for Christmas” – Nerf Herder
- “Hurray for Santa Claus” – Milton Delugg Featuring Roy Alfred (according to my research it’s not Al Hirt — sorry Chris!)
Megathruster just released their own Christmas song, “1985 Sears Christmas Catalog”
Nuclear Bubble Wrap (out of alphabetical order for a reason)
- “CryptoSanta” – Lemon Demon (from the I Am Become Christmas EP)
- “Wonderful Christmas Time” – Paul McCartney
- Christmas in the Heart – Bob Dylan
- “Christmas Unicorn” – Sufjan Stevens
Mikal kHill
- A Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack – Vince Guaraldi Trio
- NOT “Wonderful Christmas Time” – the cover I mentioned is by The Shins (it’s not in a minor key as I stated, but it’s pretty cool nonetheless)
Rock Paper Cynic
- “Christmas at Ground Zero” and “The Night Santa Went Crazy” – “Weird Al” Yankovic
Smashy Claw
- Classic Christmas Carols
- “White Wine in the Sun” – Tim Minchin
- “Baby It’s Cold Outside” – originally by Frank Loesser, but done too many times to count. Check out Jimmy Buffett’s recent version for a different take on it (no, seriously, it’s really good!)
- Christmas in the Heart – Bob Dylan
Smashy Claw did recently release their Christmas EP, Snow and Sadness
You can send questions, comments, and suggestions for future guests to darthaqueous@gmail.com or via Twitter at @Darthaqueous.
Intro music provided by Smashy Claw
Outro music:
“Guess Who” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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