Listen "Top 5 Christmas songs"
Episode Synopsis
The Christmas season begins with Mark talking to Daz Wright of Moselele, about the best songs to ring in the festivities.Daz is a musician, and a founder-member of the Birmingham-based ukulele group Moselele. He’s also a big fan of Christmas, and delivered a sack full of joy to the List Envy studio, along with an honest-to-goodness Christmas cracker and actual sleigh bells.(00:00) - Introduction
(08:08) - Daz's pick: Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
(11:28) - Mark's pick: Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas
(13:14) - Daz's pick: Elton John - Step into Christmas
(17:16) - Mark's pick: The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
(20:24) - Daz's pick: Wham! - Last Christmas
(23:18) - Mark's pick: The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
(28:02) - Maria Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You
(30:40) - Mark's pick: Johnny Mathis — When a Child is Born
(33:12) - Daz's pick: Weathergirls - Dear Santa, Bring Me a Man this Christmas (Part 1)
(35:56) - Mark's pick: Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews - Baby It's Cold Outside
(40:22) - Honourable mentions
(46:04) - Jingletime
(49:58) - Building the final list
(53:46) - And to all a good night
Join Moselele twice a month at the Prince of Wales pub in Moseley, Birmingham, to play popular songs of the day. And be sure to join them on Sunday December 22nd where they’ll be singing Christmas songs in the beer garden of said pub. Mark will be there, and we hope you will too.
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