It's obviously time for a new thread
In true festive spirit, what are your top 3 Christmas tunes? Mine are "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues and Kirsty McColl, the undisputed champ, "Christmas in Hollis" by Run DMC and "Last Christmas" by Wham!, on account of my rampaging homosexuality. "Let It Snow", by either Bing or Dino, is just outside the tryptich.

Alt: FUCK YOUR MUM'S HORSE
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:15, 125 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

All Christmas songs are fucking wank
Hope this helps. Fairytale of New York is the least worst
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:18, Reply)

So basically, you agree with me about everything

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:19, Reply)

I'm split over the bumming

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:20, Reply)

I get that a lot

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:21, Reply)

You wish

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:21, Reply)

My Mum doesn't have a horse
It was bummed to death
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:21, Reply)

It's just you and me, isn't it Sporters?
We two here, left alone to discuss equestrian murder by phallic penetration until the light dims and the pale rider calls our names
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:22, Reply)

As if by magic, the b3th arrived

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:23, Reply)

It's what you all wanted.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:24, Reply)

trufax
Afternoon missy
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:25, Reply)

Damn right
You've turned our sausage-fest into a boob-heavy threesome
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:26, Reply)

One each!
I bagsie west breast
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:27, Reply)

west breast is best

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:27, Reply)

Dammit, now we have to share

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:29, Reply)

Excuse me.
Get your fucking paws off my udders, thank you very much.

They're strictly look but don't touch. Which is quite hard if we happen to be in a corridor.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:30, Reply)

lols

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:31, Reply)

*touches*

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:33, Reply)

*this is life*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:35, Reply)

Cheeky.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:36, Reply)

Vimto.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:37, Reply)

Another Rock n Roll Xmas by well known paedo nonce 'Gary Glitter' is my personal favourite.
Also the Wizard one and the Slade one.

If you're talking Bing, then 'Let it Snow' is an obvious one, but also 'Silver Bells'.

In other news, I am outraged on the internet about that nurse thing. That's just fucking disgusting. And they were banging on about self regulation of the press last night on QT like it was all that was ever going to be needed.

Alt: my mum doesn't have a horse. Way to rub it in, bro.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:22, Reply)

Sis?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:23, Reply)

Nah.
My mum never had a horse in the first place.

Sad times, Sporters, sad times.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:24, Reply)

I wonder if mummy Kroney had a pony

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:24, Reply)

and was it an only pony?

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:34, Reply)

Badly fed and a bit boney.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:37, Reply)

Bummed on Police Academy by....

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:56, Reply)

MAHONEEEYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:59, Reply)

I just found out about this
Unbelievable, just disgusting stuff. Basically this woman took her life because of Britain's obsession with celebrity culture. Without which a) the call wouldn't have taken place and b) she wouldn't have felt like it was such a big deal. Obviously she was gullible in the first place and unbalanced but she should never have been put in that position.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:25, Reply)

Hardly worth killing herself over though

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:26, Reply)

No. Hence unbalanced.
But whoever came up with that prank call idea must feel like a fucking cunt.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:28, Reply)

You don't know what she was being put through because of her (probably innocently well-meant) actions though.
I bet her phone was ringing off the hook, she had press outside her house and her workplace, and her colleagues / bosses were giving her a hard time over it.
Also, we don't know what her mental state was to begin with. Seriously, there are days when it wouldn't take that much to tip me over the edge.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:29, Reply)

Is there any way you could make us aware which of your days these are so we know to make a special effort?

(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:53, Reply)

A special effort to try to make me kill myself?
Bit harsh, alex.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:55, Reply)

Oh I'm sorry, I mistook this for mumsnet.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:59, Reply)

You'll be sorry when I'm sitting in KFC
screaming, flinging shit at the walls.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:02, Reply)

I will if you're sitting anywhere near me.
I'll complain to the manager.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:04, Reply)

And Aussies wot dun it.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:28, Reply)

This has turned their world upside down

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:29, Reply)

Elisabeth Murdoch and random nurse all in one week.
Sad times.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:34, Reply)

Oh what!
I was all excited there, I thought one of Ruperts kids had been horribly murdered, or even just died of a preventable illness. But no, it's someone I've never heard of.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:47, Reply)

His mam died.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:58, Reply)

Hmmm, it's a bit sad, but it's not the worst thing that could have happened to him.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:59, Reply)

ilold

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:44, Reply)

I'm arguing about this on gonz's facebook now.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:31, Reply)

FUcks sake, it's the /talk lot on their high horses over this
And pulling the "I didn't mean that" argument only three comments in too.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:45, Reply)

BAN ALL PRANK* CALLS IT LEADS TO SUICIDE
*I wouldn't generally mind this, because they're shit
(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:53, Reply)

Oh for fucks sake I give up.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:17, Reply)

And it looks like she had two children.
That'll be their xmas sorted, then.

*sadface*
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:35, Reply)

They have clearly been bad.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:36, Reply)

Now I feel bad for chuckling at that.
No Santa for me this year...
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:39, Reply)

What do orphans get for christmas?








Lonely
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:52, Reply)

oh man

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:53, Reply)

yay
we need a depressing non-joke joke thread
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:00, Reply)

"this woman took her life because of Britain's obsession with celebrity culture"
Okay, firstly, there is no evidence that this was the reason, she could have had underlying issues, or she might have had an aneurysm for all we know.

secondly, the people making the prank call were Australians broadcasting only to Australia, so it's hardly symptomatic of "Britain's obsession with celebrity culture" is it?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:42, Reply)

I blame Joe Mangel, the flamin' galah.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:43, Reply)

I have to admit I haven't done the research on this latter point
To be honest, anyone who takes an Australian seriously has it coming.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:44, Reply)

Noel must feel like such a dick right now.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:46, Reply)

A racist dick, to boot.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:48, Reply)

It's such a racist dick it doesn't like going inside because it's too dark.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:51, Reply)

There's so many facets to this whole situation I don't even know who to blame.

(Glucose-Maximus All over the world., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:54, Reply)

The girl who decided to commit suicide.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:56, Reply)

THe people on QT appeared mainly to be in foavour of statutory regulation, there was only that cunt from the FT against it and he couldn't produce a decent argument.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:43, Reply)

True.
He was a tool.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:56, Reply)

Have you seen the Harry & Paul questiontime sketch?
It's actually brilliant.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:01, Reply)

I've found some of their recent stuff to be hilarious

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:07, Reply)

This is it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3tUqRBiMVo
And yeah, they've obviously got some new writers rather than their own stuff.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:17, Reply)

I dislike the huge majority, yet I'm fond of 'A Spaceman Came Travelling'
Which is odd.

Alt: No.

Favourite christmas films are Die Hard and Love Actually.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:38, Reply)

Die Hard is the daddy of all Christmas films
It beats It's A Wonderful Life into a close second due to the latter's appalling lack of explosions and uses of the word "motherfucker"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:45, Reply)

Trading Places. FFS.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:59, Reply)

^this, also.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:00, Reply)

^this, also YEAH.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:04, Reply)

I GET THIS JOKE!

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:07, Reply)

THANK GOODNESS!!!!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:08, Reply)

I have the 'Christmas' album by Low, it's my favourite Christmas album by default.
Apart from that, I hate Xmas songs, with the exception of 'Rock n' Roll Christmas', due to the hilarity of the lyrics.

And my favourite festive films are Scrooged, The Shining and Muppet Christmas Carol.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:38, Reply)

The Phil Spector Xmas album is good.
It's still good since the last time this q was asked, way back in a few days ago.

Alt: done. OK now what?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:42, Reply)

Now we specify our favourite carols, mine is 'Ding Dong Merrily on High'
Because of the HILARITY of singing 'PATELS are ringing'.

am i doin it rite?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:44, Reply)

Also: SP

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:44, Reply)

SP

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:45, Reply)

Ooooh, I forgot that one.
That is, in fact, a fabulous album.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:48, Reply)

I just remembered I have that Johnny Cash Christmas album.
I'm a huge fan of him.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:49, Reply)

Just like to say that anyone mentioning that fucking NIN cover at this juncture
will get a punch in the fucken heid.

Thanks x
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:50, Reply)

I'm very unlikely to.
I don't particularly rate it. It's not the best cover he did, and it's not even the best track on that album. I prefer the NIN original.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:52, Reply)

I rather liked it.
A bit better than the original, not Cash's best song but still a good one.

you are both welcome.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:44, Reply)

don't let Monty hear that.
But no, not Cash's best work and not even his best cover.

But I still prefer the Nine Inch Nails original.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:46, Reply)

Most NIN stuff, good though it is, reminds me of being young and stupid and emotionally fucked up
Now that I am old and stupid and emotionally fucked up I don't like to listen to it. March of the Pigs and Head Hike a Hole are still fun though, in a nostalgic way. Pretty Hate Machine is painful.

go one then, which cover did you like best?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:50, Reply)

Several.
I See a Darkness
If You Could Read my Mind
Redemption Song
Bird on a Wire
Wichita Lineman
The Mercy Seat
One
I Won't Back Down
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:54, Reply)

A good selection.
I didn't know he'd done redemption song, love the original so shall check it out.

off home now, bye.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:58, Reply)

see you later bbz

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:59, Reply)

No.

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:43, Reply)

A Spaceman Came Travelling
Christmas Wrapping
Fairytale of New York
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:45, Reply)

Apart from Fairytale of NY
I have a guilty liking for "Don't Let The Bells End" by The Darkness. No idea why, just do.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:59, Reply)

Because you're a bell(s)end?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:03, Reply)

oh i like the darkness one, too
I don't care who knows it
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:04, Reply)

That is a great song.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:05, Reply)

I think it's a decent stab at an Xmas tune and the overblown Brian May style solo is hilarious.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:05, Reply)

They do a great song called "How Dare You Call This Love" about noncing.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:10, Reply)

He's an amusing fellow.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:13, Reply)

I like Black Shuck
THAT DOG DON'T GIVE A FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:15, Reply)

It truly don't.
Their new album is actually pretty decent in that it doesn't have the obvious joke songs. I'm sure Monty will berate me for some reason but they are a good band and have written some really excellent stuff.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:16, Reply)

I didn't know they had a new album
I might look it up
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:18, Reply)

They are playing in London next March, do you want to come with me for my birthday?

(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:20, Reply)

Because you're a rampaging homosexual?
That's it, isn't it.
( Kroney, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:10, Reply)

Stop trying to groom me.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:13, Reply)

As if I have a choice.

( Kroney, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:17, Reply)

It's the legs, isn't it?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:19, Reply)

Radio 4 now is a hilarious talk about gay marriage.
Evangelical christian: This is an attack on all religious peoples freedoms!
Quaker: We want to be able to let gays marry.
Evangelical christian: The vast majority of religions don't like it!
Quaker: But if you get your way won't you be attacking our religious freedom.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:21, Reply)

Quakers seem quite a sensible bunch
(apart from the old 'believing in a God in the face of overwhelming probability that there isn't one and no evidence suggesting there is' thing)
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:23, Reply)

They're a bit "group-hug" but they're a nice sort.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:26, Reply)

Quite so.
My dad's wife is a Unitarian and they seem OK too.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:31, Reply)

Even I can see the Religious Society of Friends are a lovely bunch...
and I'm a disestablishmentarian secularist.
(Glucose-Maximus All over the world., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:53, Reply)

The mistake the Quaker is making is expecting an evangelist to listen to reason.

( Kroney, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:23, Reply)

Fuck it I'm going to go home and drink cognac in a shitty mood and then go to bed.
See ya.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:43, Reply)

Top 5
1- "Fairytale of New York" by The Pouges and Kirsty MacColl
2- "I Believe In Father Christmas" by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
3-"Ring Out Solstice Bells" by Jethro Tull
4- "In Dulci Jubilo" Mike Oldfield
5- "War Is Over" by John and Yoko
(Glucose-Maximus All over the world., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 17:51, Reply)

*TAPS SCREEN*
HELLO is this working?
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 19:05, Reply)

nah
needs a new thread, mate
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 19:18, Reply)

Go for it

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 19:26, Reply)

*sucks air in through teeth*
not sure I've got the part, mate. Might take weeks to come from the supplier
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 19:27, Reply)

HOW MUCH!!!!!!
*edit* I'm off for a hot bath, Catch you later
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 19:30, Reply)