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    Posted: November 14 2015 at 12:54
I'm not asking for prog Christmas albums. That's been done many times here, and frankly the pickings are really slim. The *only* one I really like is Jethro Tull's Christmas album.

But how about prog songs that seem wintry or Christmas-y to you? Or they mention Christmas in the lyrics? Suppose you were going to make a playlist, what might you include?

Here's a few to get us started:

Strawbs - Benedictus
Genesis - Blood On the Rooftops
Vangelis (w/ Jon Anderson) - So Long Ago, So Clear
Steve Howe - All's a Chord
Echolyn - Winterthru
Emerson Lake & Palmer - I Believe in Father Christmas
Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo
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Originally posted by jude111 jude111 wrote:

I'm not asking for prog Christmas albums. That's been done many times here, and frankly the pickings are really slim. The *only* one I really like is Jethro Tull's Christmas album.

But how about prog songs that seem wintry or Christmas-y to you? Or they mention Christmas in the lyrics? Suppose you were going to make a playlist, what might you include?

Here's a few to get us started:

Strawbs - Benedictus
Genesis - Blood On the Rooftops
Vangelis (w/ Jon Anderson) - So Long Ago, So Clear
Steve Howe - All's a Chord
Echolyn - Winterthru
Emerson Lake & Palmer - I Believe in Father Christmas
Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo
Yes - Soon
 
I agree in regards to the Tull album, Michael (but Tull's original "Christmas Song" from Living in the Past was much better than the version on the album). I don't equate these to prog (and a few you've listed aren't technically prog either), but here are ten favorites:
 
Simon and Garfunkel - Silent Night/7 O'clock News
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
The Doors - Wintertime Love
Blackmore's Night - Greensleeves
Steeleye Span - Gaudete
Bruce Cockburn - Iesus Ahatonnia/The Huron Carol
Bert Jansch  - In the Bleak Midwinter
Tom Waits - Silent Night/Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - David Qualey
Genesis - Snowbound 
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Points: 1741 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2015 at 14:38
Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Simon and Garfunkel - Silent Night/7 O'clock News
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
The Doors - Wintertime Love
Blackmore's Night - Greensleeves
Steeleye Span - Gaudete
Bruce Cockburn - Iesus Ahatonnia/The Huron Carol
Bert Jansch  - In the Bleak Midwinter
Tom Waits - Silent Night/Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - David Qualey
Genesis - Snowbound 

That Pogues track is one of my all-time favorites. (I guess a lot of people feel the same way Wink

Looking at your list that includes Waits, Jansch and Cockburn, I had the sudden recurring thought that I'd love it if Nick Cave made a Christmas album, in the kind of gothic sound of his albums The Boatman's Call and No More Shall We Part.


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Supper's Ready has always reminded me of xmas. May have something to do with the Christian flirtations, but I gather it's more to do with me having played it non-stop at last year's xmas get-together. No not the one that features mom and grandpa but the one with longhaired blokes and illegal cigars.
Also happens to be the last time I played Tales From Topographic Oceans...and enjoyed it. So yeah two completely unchristmasy contenders from your's truly, but who says that things have to make sense around here anyway?
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Supper's Ready has always reminded me of xmas. May have something to do with the Christian flirtations, but I gather it's more to do with me having played it non-stop at last year's xmas get-together. No not the one that features mom and grandpa but the one with longhaired blokes and illegal cigars.
Also happens to be the last time I played Tales From Topographic Oceans...and enjoyed it. So yeah two completely unchristmasy contenders from your's truly, but who says that things have to make sense around here anyway?

I can totally see that. Classic Genesis has a wintry sound to me. Likewise, the live version of Led Zep's The Rain Song from The Song Remains the Same has always given me a strong sense of Christmas. I suspect it's for similar reasons - I must've heard first heard it as a teenager during the holiday season.


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Points: 20468 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2015 at 18:07
Several tracks from Songs From The Wood do it for me (hell the whole album really)....especially the  title track and Solstice Bells.
 
 
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2015 at 19:23
Do Bing crosby and Perry Cumo quality as prog.. if not.. forget about it.. I can't think of a single one.

There is the Charlie Brown christmas album.. and none others...
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Points: 6253 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2015 at 19:39

Bing Crosby, David Bowie - The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth

 
 
Rare video of Bowie performance from Bing Crosby Xmas special
 
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^ .. this forum needs more Bing baby.

and more Bowie...
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Points: 6253 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2015 at 19:48
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

^ .. this forum needs more Bing baby.

and more Bowie...
 
Micky you are one of the most awesome here, not only  because of this post but many others too.
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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2015 at 06:42
The jingles in the intro of Radiohead's "Airbag" remind me of Christmas.
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Points: 41343 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2015 at 09:06
can't think of any prog songs to remind me of Christmas; winter, yes, but Christmas, no.
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Points: 1741 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2015 at 09:37
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

can't think of any prog songs to remind me of Christmas; winter, yes, but Christmas, no.

That's good enough Wink
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Points: 1199 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2015 at 11:04
Relayer is a very good winter album for me. I love listening to Moonmadness by Camel when it's snowing outside, or The Snow Goose
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