CHRISTMAS ALBUMS - STOCKI'S CHRISTMAS DEACON BLUE PLAYLIST
16/12/2013
(this week saw the release of Deacon Blue's Christmas ep featuring You'll Know It's Christmas. It is far from Deacon Blue and Ricky Ross's first foray into Christmas songs. So, I decided it was time to put together my Christmas playlist. I like it. We start by setting the seasonal scene, then the single. Then we are into the "sermon" with Starstruck, Calvary, Holy Night and Bethlehem's Gate (I prefer the piano version)... we then head back out into the party songs. Enjoy!)
CHRISTMAS AND GLASGOW (Deacon Blue)
“They could hear choirs, those heavenly choirs
Choirs of angels, those heavenly choirs...”
YOU’LL KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS (Deacon Blue)
“If there’s a star in the sky
If the air is filled the mystery
If there’s a babe in the Church with a choir”
STARSTRUCK (Deacon Blue)
“Mother’s still feeling sore
Daddy’s looking sheepish
A little unsure”
CALVARY (Ricky Ross)
“A Baby comes, folks don't sleep
Those shepherds keep you up later than you meant to be
One child's grows and people notice
he's breaking chains
and making poor folks' lives so heavenly
(the way it's meant to be)”
HOLY NIGHT (Ricky Ross)
“Holy, holy night
Three tired travellers
Move till morning
One drives, two hold fast
To gifts and bags
And memories
Of holy, holy nights”
BETHLEHEM’S GATE (Deacon Blue)
“The world groans and strains
For the hope of a time
Like a prayer that
Is wished and willed
To exist”
THE STREETS ARE COVERED IN SNOW (Ricky Ross)
“We're deep in the heart of town (just a few)
Miles from where you stay
But it's coming near Christmas time
And I can't help wondering if you know
The way from yours to mine
When the streets are covered in snow”
TWELVE NIGHTS (Deacon Blue)
“What last most myth or memory
Or this world born again...
Were you here in Scotland’s winter snow”
FERGUS SINGS THE BLUES (Deacon Blue)
“The Campsies over Christmas
And I still dream of Memphis”
CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME)
“(Christmas)
The church bells in town
(Christmas)
All ringing in song
(Christmas)
Full of happy sounds
(Christmas)
Baby please come home”
QUEEN OF THE NEW YEAR (Deacon Blue)
“The champion of love
The queen of the new year”