Best Christmas Song Ever??

[Colin Zeal EFM]

John & Yoko - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

 

No contest.

[Rob_the_Saint]

Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas

 

Can you name the twenty different performers?

[ESG]

surely East 17s effort....

[Colin Zeal EFM]

Band Aid

 

1. Paul Young

2. Boy George

3. George Michael

4. Sting

5. Simon Le Bon

6. Bono

7. David Bowie

 

err...

 

are we talking just people who do solo bits, or including all the hangers on like Bananarama and Status Quo??

[Rob_the_Saint]

Yup, everybody.

[Colin Zeal EFM]

Ok, so do (for example) Simon Le Bon and the rest of Duran Duran count as one choice then??

 

Assuming so, here goes...

 

1. Paul Young

2. Culture Club (Boy George)

3. Wham! (George Michael)

4. Duran Duran (Simon Le Bon)

5. Boomtown Rats

6. Bananarama

7. Marilyn

8. David Bowie

9. Ultavox (Midge Ure)

10. U2 (Bono)

11. Sting

12. Status Quo

13. Spandau Ballet

14. Simple Minds

 

 

Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Paul McCartney both appeared on the b-side, don't know about the a-side.

 

 

So, either six or four more to go. I've got a hunch Jaki Graham was on it too.

 

How am I doing??

[Colin Zeal EFM]

15. Phil Collins

[ESG]

16. paul weller

[SteveP]

These are purely guesses, I might be wrong:

 

Nick Kershaw

Annie lennox

Bob Geldof - was he actually on the track?

Kool and The Gang

 

[Rob_the_Saint]

I don't have Marilyn, Simple Minds, or Paul Weller on my list, so it's still 5 to go.

[mdetaylor]

I think Marilyn and Boy George may count as one.

 

Incidentally Marilyn is from Borehamwood (real name Pete Robinson) and went to the now defunct Lyndhurst School (which is also where Tim Sherwood went)

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Daddy Christmas - Who's the daddy now

Merry Xmas Everyone - Slade (pisses on every xmas record, forget that war is over stuff)

[Rob_the_Saint]

The missing artistes were:

 

Eurythmics

Heaven 17

Human League

Kool and the Gang

 

Sorry SSL, Paul Weller was correct, he was down as Style Council instead.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Although not strictly a xmas record it should of been the xmas number 1 in 1990 - The Farm, All Altogether now.

[Colin Zeal EFM]

Marilyn is definitely on it as well!!

 

Who was on the 1989 version. I remember that both Kylie & Jason were on it, I think Lisa Stansfield was and possibly Bros??

 

Any ideas??

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Sonia, I seem to remember as well!

[Northern Monkey]

I believe in Father Christmas

Greg Lake

Nicely cynical

[G Angel]

Blue Christmas - Low's version on their 'Christmas EP' is beautiful...

[GHA EFM]

The Vandals - Oi to the world

 

If God came down on Christmas Day

I know exactly what he'd say

He'd say 'Oi to the punks'

And 'Oi to the skins'

And 'Oi to the world and everybody wins'

 

Quality.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

I forgot Jesus Christ by The Family Cat