A Yorkshireman displaced

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Main theme. This always makes me think of snow falling from the sky very slowly. Again not very Christmassy per se, but a chilly piece of music nonetheless.

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The Delgados – Coming in from the cold. Because frankly it’s bloody freezing today.

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The Apples – Killing in the name (cover). I guess this counts as a Christmas song in the UK now. I’m refusing to plug the Rage Against The Machine version on account of it being released by Song BMG (y’know the people who also own the rights to the X-Factor finalists, either way Simon Cowell wins). Aside from my massive indie elitism I actually love this version.

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Sophie Madeleine – I’ve got my love to keep me warm

A nice song for a winters evening

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Is it bad to use the same artist twice? Today’s entry is “Fox in the Snow” which is our second Belle and Seb song.

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James Brown – Santa Claus go straight to the ghetto. Much better than the Snoop Dogg version.

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Pizzicato Five – Week end

It’s J-Pop time here at Yorkshireman Displaced. To be fair I ended up looking up Pizzicato five as a result of recommendation by way of William Gibson’s twitter page (yes THAT William Gibson). Again nothing to do with Christmas but very happy music notwithstanding.

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Beastie Boys – Alive. I’ve had a hard time finding cheerful Christmas hip-hop. This isn’t exactly Christmassy but it is cheerful. The multicoloured pyjamas that they sport in the video add to the overall happy factor as do the little bikes they ride in the intro.

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Eels – Everythings going to be cool this Christmas.

Half way through Decemeber and I still haven’t lifted a finger to do any shopping. My adbusters/anticapitalist/Naomi Klein/Slacker side comes out at this time of year when I factor in the exhorbitant price of British public transport into my budget (seriously I could spend Christmas in the Mediterranean for less than the train fare home). This song goes out there for anyone else on a tight budget.

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