As it’s Christmas, and as some visitors may not have heard it, here’s a reprise of last year’s Christmas Revolution by me’n’Nello, the Wright Brothers.
This was my stab at an early 70s-style Christmas song, particularly the Spector-and-kitchen-sink approach of Roy Wood, whose Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day still lifts my spirits decades later. I know if you’re a serious music fan, the Pogues is supposed to be your favourite Christmas song but for me it’ll always come second to Wizzard.
Nah it has to be Slade and Merry Christmas Everybody.1.2.3. “it’s Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiistmas!”
Or maybe if one is feeling more reflective a bit of Tull.
Oh I don’t know about that, Fi. While I thought Slade’s performance of the song was great, I always felt it was a mismatch of words and melody. There’s no irony or reflectiveness in the words, but the melody is quite a sombre one in the verse and downright sad in the chorus. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn they had the tune before the idea of a Christmas song came up. Tull? What Christmas song did they do?
Tull did “Solstice Bells” – more pagan than christmas I guess. I always thought “I wish it could be Christmas every day…” was a ghastly thing to wish on anyone, like that sad bloke in the metro who eats christmas dinner every day. Maybe I should listen again. I haven’t really heard too many Xmas tunes this year. Wonder how Les has got on with his yearly effort…