wonder if any1 else loves the song off BSIDES ,ANOTHER LONELY X MAS"...

I FUCKIN LOVE THAT SONG ,,it has great instrumentation and the vibe of the song gives me goosebumps ,,,

any1 else get that same feeling ??

I agree, great song with lots of emotion.But lets face it, it's no 'Last Christmas' by Wham is it?!?

hahahahha wham ??


im not even gonna ask if ure serious !!

great tune.

You laugh BigBooty, but i can't think of a better Xmas song.....

PS Anyone who dares mention that slag Mariah Carey shall die!!

Love it

Loved it when I was 13. Lyrics come off as a bit cheesariffic now.

Dewrede said:

My momma used 2 say
Always trust your lover
Now I guess that only applies 2 her
Cuz baby u promised me
Baby u promised me u'd never leave
Then u died on the 25th day of December
Oh baby







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Yeah , that verse might be a little cheesy
But i like the way he used 'banana daquaris' in the 1st verse and at the end
he brings it up again ;

Every Christmas night for seven years now i drink banana daquaris 'til i'm blind
As long as i can hear you smilin' baby , you won't hear my tears
another lonely Christmas is mine

dig that song

Hip song...

BigBootyLover said:

yeah, i think that's why i've always loved this song -- it has a very weird vibe -- i don't know if it's the instrumentation or the way the song was mixed or if it's some strange minor key and progression that he used -- or all of the above. very different. love it

Universaluv said:

It's all in the delivery. If you don't take the lyrics out of context they're fine.
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whodknee said:

I just don't "buy it" coming from Prince on that song. Just sounds like so much soap opera fiction. That said the melody and instrumentation absolutely rocks.


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Love it. I have imagined a music video for it too, it plays in my head every time I hear the song and it makes it even more dramatic.

Great song, listen to it all the time

great guitar chord progression into "But boy was that ever cool."

This is the song that pretty much hooked me on prince back in '84. there's nothing like it, and I love it.

awesum y'all seem to agree ,,,thanx for the responses !!!!l8r

I AGREE!!! That song has so much feeling behind it! Because it is so RAW It's beautiful!!

One of his masterpiece

I had to take it apart note by note to see why it hooked me.

and I found that prince uses similar undercurrent bass progressions in a lot of his epic melodramatic songs... I think even Purple Rain uses a variation of this formula as it reaches it's climax.

BigBootyLover said:

I love this song around Christmas time b/c its kind of sad.

HOLY COINCIDENCE, BATMAN!

I'm listening to that song right now.

As long as I can hear you smiling baby, you won't hear my tears.

Great line, great song!

HisRoyalMadness said:

Damn that line in that song is kind of .

Hotlegs said:

It gives me strength, so for me it's and ...

In 1984 when I was 12 and madly in love all things Prince, the bleeding of genius from Purple Rain would not stop.

Virtually every week there would some new song delivered to radio not on the album either by him or some protege ... Minneapolis sound ruled the airwaves... One night WGCI -- who played every single thing remotely connected to Prince --played "Another Lonely Christmas."


Oh, the melancholy! It seemed so rough, deep, and personal. I loved it instantly. I remember thinking... 'this guy can't miss. Everything things he breathes is a hit."

I like the song, but it feels like it was written in just a few minutes. Also, the humourous vibe seems to not quite fit the sad vibe.

Actully, if I'm going to play some Christmas songs I think 4 The Tears in your Eyes, while not specifically about Christmas, fits the Christmas spirit better.

Another Lonely Christmas is on my Bah Humbug--the irreverent mix-- cd including:

Father Christmas--The Kinks
Christmastime in Hell--South Park
A Lonely Jew on Christmas--South Park
The Chaunnakah Song--Sandler
Oh Holy Night--Cher

and a couple others
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