Monday, December 12, 2022

Christmas in Space, help wanted


So, I was reading Festive Fanzine's post on Richard Morel's 'Merry Christmas from the Moon' (actually under the Who Killed Teddy Bear-moniker), a really great upbeat pop song about, well, Christmas greetings from the moon. FF's DJ El Toro then made this statement about the song: 'This is a welcome addition to the canon of Extraterrestrial Christmas pop culture gems', naming a few. Then I thought, how come we never did a proper post on that canon?
OK, well, there is this no longer functioning post from the past, with some great titles. I checked on Spotify, I couldn't find a good playlist with spacey x-mas songs (just Space Age Christmas songs, which isn't the same). So, let's make one!

You, regular visitors and Xmas music fans, you probably know A LOT of examples of Christmas songs that are set in space, Santa dealing with aliens (Martians), celebrating Xmas on Saturn - you get the idea. I'm in doubt if Space Christmas by Allo Darlin' would qualify - it's more a (desperate) love song than a song about spending Xmas off the earth. Anyhoo: please put your suggestions in the comments!
A few tracks to get a head start:
This is a classic, of course
So is this one: I want to go to Pluto/I want to go with you/I bring space food
Rockingly great stuff
So is this one

12 comments:

Robert Logan said...
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DJ El Toro said...

A couple others I had in mind when I popped the question: Operators "Merry Xmas from Mars," the Flaming Lips Christmas On Mars album.

Guuzbourg said...

Shame that Operators-song is only on Patreon

Anonymous said...

Christmas on Mars by the Three Elfmen

Anonymous said...

One of my fav’s

https://youtu.be/CLX7fJ3Dalg

Tim said...

One of my fav’s

Santa’s Supersonic Flying Rocketship by The Hollyberries

https://youtu.be/CLX7fJ3Dalg

Anonymous said...

Chiron Beta Prime - Jonathan Coulton Project
https://youtu.be/B3DyxaCYlfg

Hooray For Santa Claus (Theme from Santa Claus Conquers The Martians)
Milton De Lugg and the Little Eskimos https://youtu.be/vdprrh9Gw8U
Guardians Of The Galaxy - I Don't Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime Is Here)
https://youtu.be/-E1ULv6LcOk

Jim said...

No one captures the concept better than Momus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McT5efrDK70

Jim said...

Also this banger from Jeff Mallon:

https://soundcloud.com/tinylions/jeff-mallon-christmas-on-uranus?si=798ef2ccb4f048208fa22229a74eb28f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Stubby said...

Thee Spivies "There's No Christmas On The Moon"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbuqkjX_oGM

Anonymous said...

Outer Space Santa - Lawrence Welk's Little Band Featuring Janet, Brian, Cubby & The Lennon Sisters
https://youtu.be/IBQv4e-KYF0

Zoomah, The Santa Claus From Mars - Barry Gordon Orchestra And Chorus Conducted By Art Mooney
https://youtu.be/T0JqzVILsr0

Santa and the Satellite - Buchanan & Goodman 1957
https://youtu.be/on73BRTRPq8

Oscar smit said...

My compilation LP: Various – X-mas Card From Outer Space (Oscar's X-mas Carols 1984-1987)
with the beautiful tittlesong:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPrY0wZYmQA