So, the holidays are upon us. It’s a polarizing time of the year. Some people love it, some of us hate it. But, we all have ways to cope with it. Some people drink heavily, some people bake cookies, some people cocoon and others listen to tunes to get them in the spirit of the season. At Strawberry Tongue, we condone a little bit of it all. This playlist is a fluid piece. It’s constantly in flux, as is Strawberry Tongue. Featuring a smattering of holiday tunes recorded by post punk, new wave, rock, dance, rap, punk, novelty and country artists, it’s got enough variety to delight some, shock and disgust others. It’s what we do here at Strawberry Tongue, shock and delight. Not always in good ways.
Happy FestiChristmaHannuKwanzaRamadanivus!
The playlist as of this writing is as follows:
Crudbump – Fuck You If You Don’t Like Christmas
“Tom Waits & Peter Murphy” – Christmas Sucks (Actually performed by the band Porn Orchard)
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) – And Anyway It’s Christmas
Parenthetical Girls – Christmas Past
Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) – Happy Woodchipper
Hugo Largo – Angels We Have Heard On High
Nick Cave – I Do Dear I Do
Bing Crosby & David Bowie – Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth
The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping
Cristina – Things Fall Apart
Mark Kozalek – White Christmas (Live / Acoustic)
King Diamond – No Presents For Christmas
Band Aid 1984 – Do They Know It’s Christmas
John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Parenthetical Girls (Swastica Girls) – Last Christmas
Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) – Midnight Wind Up Toy
Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) – Soylent Night
Queen – Thank God It’s Christmas
Parenthetical Girls – Thank God It’s Not Christmas
Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) – You Better Watch Out
Iggy Pop – White Christmas
Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)
They Might Be Giants – Santa’s Beard
Cocteau Twins – Frosty the Snowman
Sufjan Stevens – Christmas Unicorn
Devo – Merry Something To You
The Rosebuds – Oh It’s Christmas
The Cramps – Don’t Believe In Christmas
Calla – Silver and Gold
Tom Waits – Silent Night & Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
Billy Idol – Merry Christmas Baby
Candye Kane – Santa Is A Swinger Now
The Damned – There Ain’t No Sanity Clause
Duke Tumatoe – It’s Christmas (Let’s Have Sex)
Cyndi Lauper – Blue Christmas
Brian Setzer Orchestra – Run Rudolph Run
Cocteau Twins – Winter Wonderland
Spinal Tap – Christmas With The Devil
TVTV$ – Daddy Drank Our Xmas Money
Alice Cooper – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Drop me a note if you think I need to add anything!