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Merry DiSmas! Tis the season to give it away, give it, away, give it away now and to celebrate Spotify's celebrity Festive Playlists, they've given us some premium memberships to their service to give away, to you, in exchange for answering a dead simple query...
Yeah, that's right, you (yes, you right there!) can have ad-free, higher streaming quality music on your computer and also haul around a cloud-full of music on your smartphone too, because that's what the premium subscription version of Spotify allows. And probably other stuff too. But it won't do your christmas shopping for you, which is a shame-ify.
Anyway, the reason they're giving tis away is to highlight their ‘ultimate musical advent calendar’ which features festive flavoured playlists from eight musicians including Ryan Adams, Maroon 5, Pixie Lott and Primal Scream. There is a new track revealed every day in the run up to Christmas. The service kicked off on 1st December and looking at Ryan Adams' playlist so far, the dude is in a very VERY metal mood, with tracks such as 'The Burning Shadows of Silence' by Emperor, 'Wrathchild' by Iron Maiden and 'South of Heaven' by Slayer.
You can have a listen to Ryan's "festive" selection and the other guest playlist over at apps.facebook.com/spotifyfestive.
So, down to the competition nitty-gritty. We have three 6-month premium memberships available as a prize (approx. value £60). To win, simply tell us one (or all) of the following:
1) Your Favourite Festive Song
2) The Least Festive Song You Can Think Of
3) Your Song of the Year 2011
Comment below with your choice(s) and we'll pick some three winners after midday on January 2nd. If you like, please feel free to include links to Spotify playlists including the tracks or share the songs using Soundcloud or Youtube, etc so that everyone can hear your picks.
P.S. If you're looking for some DiS-flavoured festive music, check out our DiSmas Spotify playlist which features the likes of Sufjan, Jimmy Eat World and more doing seasonal songs. Also, if you wanna know what Wendy Roby's songs of the year are, check the site on Monday, and you'll find a mammouth 125 Spotify playlist of her favourite singles of the year, and we'll also reveal our year in playlists, to give you plenty to listen to over the christmas break.
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F#ck Santa
1) The Flaming Lips 'A Change At Christmas [Say It Isn't So]' http://open.spotify.com/track/38pNnyQFOzCpLN9gsKAqGj
2) Eric Idle 'Fuck Christmas' http://open.spotify.com/track/0IlA0PW5hDhTS7kBOfCvcG
3) The Rapture ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ [DFA] http://open.spotify.com/track/6DTYwBkGZQxOfqIIeiyEUL
Come to me in the shape of Santa
1)Louis Armstrong - Cool Yule
http://open.spotify.com/track/4cDQmm2tZjAsPMJNITgzHy
2) The Least Festive Song You Can Think Of
Pulp - This is Hardcore
http://open.spotify.com/track/0RSynjSiqgAfBzNMbXl7QX
3) Your Song of the Year 2011
The Weekend - What you need
http://open.spotify.com/local/The+Weeknd/House+Of+Balloons+%28Official+Mixtape%29/What+You+Need/206
Ok here we go....
1) Reuben- Christmas is Awesome
2) South Park Christmas- Dead Dead Dead
3) Kurt Vile- Baby's Arms
Hope I win :)
Happy Holidays everyone!!!!!!!!!!!
1) Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
2) Grinderman -No Pussy Blues
3) Radiohead -Lotus Flower
Mine are...
1) Mew - She Came Home For Christmas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6T0bN8g6xs&feature=related
2) Pulled Apart By Horses - I Punched a Lion in the Throat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF-TI-6JAxM
3) Fucked Up - Queen Of Hearts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhgOt7YFN0I&feature=relmfu
yeh
1. Slow Club - Christmas TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E1hCYVTvZ4
2. R Kelly - Pregnant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw4wmwsFwRg
3. Gang Gang Dance - Glass Jar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_bkNR-zOn8
1) Marvin Gaye - Purple Snowflakes
http://open.spotify.com/track/3nXGyEmQFPZ0WxfvFYSpTT
2) Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper
http://open.spotify.com/track/1G88BbuMts7HC0nHGoHmhv
3) Trembling Bells - Otley Rock Oracle
http://open.spotify.com/track/04mnTM7wZqDcj4boKGyEpA
1. Nosferatu D2 - Its Christmas Time (For God's Sake)
2. Nosferatu D2 - Its Christmas Time (For God's Sake)
3. Parenthetical Girls - A Note To Self
best song of 2011
m83-midnight city
1) Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler - Zombie Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ILQOBxpXqw
2) The Horrors - Death At The Chapel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPELow1Mw3Q
3) Nightcall - Kavinsky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV_3Dpw-BRY&ob=av2e
1) Malcolm Middleton – We're All Going To Die
2) Snoop Dogg – Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto
3) Brontide - Limehouse Ink
i'd say...
1. The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale...
2. Black Breath - Black Sin (Spit On The Cross)
3. Spycatcher - Don't Like People
1. Frightened Rabbit - Its Christmas So We'll Stop
3. Johnny Foreigner - You Vs Everything
ummm
1. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Hall)
2. Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor
3. Team Me - With My Hands Covering Both My Eyes I Am Too Scared To Have A Look At You Now
Prizes please.
1. Low - Just Like Christmas
2. Napalm Death - You suffer
3. Patten - Fire Dream
Get behind me, Santa!
1. Mew - She Came Home For Christmas
http://open.spotify.com/track/309bjvtqRhuyyP0vw4FByW
2. Anal Cunt - You're a Fucking Cunt
http://open.spotify.com/track/7DpsksJeWlwLDminj7LvKF
3. M83 - Midnight City
http://open.spotify.com/track/4kO7mrAPfqIrsKwUOK5BFx
I'm going with:
1. I Wish It Was Christmas Today by Julian Casablancas
2. Grave? Shovel! Let's Go by Ten Grand
3. Get On by Tellison.
1. Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter
2. Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime
3. Clamd Casino I'm God
*3. Clams Casino - I'm God
Easy...
1. Los Campesinos - Kindle a Flame in Her Heart
2. ASAP Rocky - Purple Swag
3. Drake - Marvins Room
un/faves
1) Favourite Festive Song
Back Door Santa - Clarence Carter
2) Least Festive Song I Can Think Of
Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
3) My Song of the Year 2011
Resolution - Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3
step up , step up
1) Favourite Festive Song
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Christmas All Over Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A025ceUHYXs
2) Least Festive Song I Can Think Of
QOTSA - Sick Sick Sick
3) My Song of the Year 2011
Mister loveless - Nineties Children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tTlVSbU8dI
Man man, Mogwai and The avalanches
1) Your Favourite Festive Song
Man Man - Harpoon Fever
http://open.spotify.com/track/4hzgKE5v3bwRnMDb1PBJOi
2) The Least Festive Song You Can Think Of
Mogwai - I am Jim Morrison, I am dead
http://open.spotify.com/track/3no4hoErHolKdKVzJWJTcg
3) Your Song of the Year 2011
The Avalanche - Frontier Psychatrist
http://open.spotify.com/track/6jKS7ztuZcvIpREQrF81xN
1) Favourite Festive Song
Bing Crosby - Mele Kalikimaka
http://open.spotify.com/track/4LiH9O62tRw7nxnw5Rw96Q
2) Least Festive Song
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
http://open.spotify.com/track/7KY40pRBPKQSaSe0j5nKUK
3) Song of the Year
M83 - Midnight City
http://open.spotify.com/track/4kO7mrAPfqIrsKwUOK5BFx
This:
1) Low - Just Like Christmas
2) The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
3) Bill Callahan - America!
hmm
1) The Flaming Lips - Christmas at the Zoo
2) Cliff Richard - Millennium Prayer
3) The National - Exile Villify
Please sir, my children need Spotify
1) Big Star - Jesus Christ
2) Joy Division - The Eternal
3) Antlers - I Don't Want Love
Ooo, interesting
1) The Gift That Keeps On Giving - SFA
2) Do They Know It's Christmas - by the smug meanies
3) I Don't Want Love - Antlers (oh I could've used that for 2 as well)
In for the win...
1. Bright Eyes - Little Drummer Boy
2. Queens of the Stone Age - Feel Good Hits of the Summer
3. Los Campesinos! - By Your Hand

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