There was only ever one song that would make a suitable finale to our musical advent calendar and it is, of course, Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade. Another titan of glam rock, also from the Midlands...
And welcome to the 1980s! Unlike most of the other big Christmas hits, I have never met anyone who doesn't like this song - it seems to be universally accepted as a Christmas classic. In fact, one...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year--Christmas cookie making time! It can be hard for Justice Oriented bakers on a budget to bake Justice Filled cookies. While 'ethical' consumption (e.g.the...
Today's calendar selection seems, at first listen, to be a song about two lovers separated by a distance of 2000 rather snowy miles. Possibly not their finest work in terms of lyrics ('2000 miles is...
As 2015 draws to a close, television is falling into a bit of a lull, between shows taking their midseason breaks or wrapping up their short seasons. In January, programming will resume with crowd...
Only the Beach Boys could conjure up a Christmas tune so effervescently Christmassy as Little Saint Nick, with their trademark harmonies somehow managing to convey both snow and sunshine all at once....
I wasn’t quite sure whether to do today’s entry in the usual form of a song or just give today’s artist an entire advent calendar door of his own… yes, it’s Bing Crosby! Today’s song may...
You might be forgiven for thinking that this song is the most depressing Christmas song of all time, but I think it’s actually incredibly tongue in cheek. Sung in Mud’s trademark Elvis pastiche,...
In today’s little slice of Christmas advent joy, Shaken’ Stevens takes us, and a small child called Samantha, on a journey to Santaland. At first in the video it looks as though Samantha is...
Welcome to Global Comment's musical advent calendar! This year we thought we would treat you to an advent calendar with a difference - a classic Christmas song each day. When I was a child advent...