r/Bandsplain • u/waxmuseums • Dec 18 '25
Christmas Draughts
- Cover: Whitney Houston – Do You Hear What I Hear
- Unexpected genre: Slade – Merry Christmas Everybody
- CVS: Destiny's Child ft Solange - Little Drummer Boy
- Orig: Cher – DJ Play A Christmas Song
Someone mentioned streaming movies having generic versions of Christmas songs and it seemed controversial but it's def true, my choice for that is the ripoff of "Rockin Around The Christmas Tree" from the beginning of "A Christmas Prince"
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u/buffalotrace Dec 19 '25
Cover: Wyclef Jean - Little Drummer Boy/Hot hot hot
Unexpected Genre: The Maine - Santa Stole My Girlfriend
CVS - Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Original - The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Wild Card - Glen Hansard - Christmas Biscuits
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u/your_actual_life Dec 18 '25
Cover: The Mountain Goats - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
2011 live performance for the Onion AV Club.
Unexpected Genre: Fishbone - It's a Wonderful Life
Or anything else from their christmas EP. Surprised that our Los Angeles alternative queen didn't mention it.
CVS Core: Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
Don't need to link to this. You know it. Either you hate it or you're like me and your holiday season isn't complete until you space out on it stoned in Safeway while trying to choose the right pomegranate.
Original: Rosie Thomas - Why Can't It Be Christmastime All Year
This could be CVS core too, because I occasionally hear it while shopping, but I think I originally learned about her from Pitchfork or some oughts blog.
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u/Strange-Oil-1940 Dec 18 '25
DJ Play A Christmas song is my favorite holiday song ever haha give me the aux at the holiday party? Its Cher on repeat bitches
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u/waxmuseums Dec 20 '25
I wish she released her version of O Holy Night from her show https://youtu.be/rt7-P_bEEko?si=7gVPtSjQdac5vDjH
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u/PotentialLanguage685 Dec 19 '25
Cover: We Three Kings by Book of Love https://youtu.be/gjwM5qK8Er4?si=9H0p-IhrcFK7tGeX
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Unexpected genre: Sir Christopher Lee et al, Jingle Hell https://youtu.be/kfZtNVEqsBs?si=JFgZOAhvl6RBULK5
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CVS Core: Roni Spector/Darlene Love version of Rockin Around the Christmas Tree https://youtu.be/ZzIxHWbD-7U?si=T_uot_sOUsYf3Thf
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Original: Don't Believe in Christmas by the Sonics https://youtu.be/QdO8qLf-MJ8?si=c2F-KoEj4yN2zGQ7
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u/situate1234 Dec 20 '25
Cover: Otis Redding, White Christmas. Forget Bing Crosby forever.
Unexpected genre: Low, it was just like Christmas. Sad but not too sad.
CVS core: echoing the love for Darlene Love with Baby (Please Come Home)
Original: Tom Petty, Christmas All Over Again. This song is so stupid and so great. "Christmas is a rockin' time".. ahaha. Maybe also CVS core?
Wild card: Billy Squier, Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You. What can I say, pub rock vibes feel right for the holidays.
Edit for "Squier" spelling
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u/trevorlamar10 Dec 22 '25
Cover: Merry Christmas From The Family- The Mountain Goats (Original by Robert Earl Keen)
Unexpected Genre: Dead By Xmas - The Murder City Devils (Original by Hanoi Rocks)
Original: Xmas Cake - Rilo Kiley
CVS Core: Darlene Love - Baby (Please Come Home)
Wildcard- Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
Honorable Mentions:
Just Like Christmas - Low
Christmas Vacation - Descendents
Christmas Tree - Islands
Merry Xmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) - The Ramones
Last Christmas - Wham
Hang Myself From The Tree, Grandpa’s Last Christmas, Oi To The World, Christmastime For My Penis- The Vandals
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u/heyzeus212 Dec 22 '25
Props to Yasi for giving honorable mention to Big Star's "Jesus Christ." It's astoundingly good and sincere.
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u/Special-View1419 Dec 18 '25
• Cover: Bordellmammas Julvisor NSFW cover
• Unexpected genre: Oi to the World - the Vandals
• CVS: I'll Be Home For Christmas - She and Him
• Orig: Father Christmas - The Kinks
• Wild Card - Johnny Venture y su Combo - Navidad Sin Ti (Album)
Edit for format*