Merry Xmas Everybody
December 24th, 2009
… From the HHRR crew. To celebrate, here’s a few tunes from outside the standard Slade/Greg Lake/Jon & Yoko axis. Starting with…
“The Greedies” – Thin Lizzy plus uber-ligger Sex Pistol Steve Jones – doing a series of Christmas chestnuts a la The Pistols’ Silly Thing. Fascinatingly bad.
God’s own Ramones do Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight). A guy dressed up as Father Christmas pukes at the end. Of course.
And to finish, the absolute best: Run DMC’s peerless 1987 hit Christmas In Hollis. “It’s Christmas time, in Hollis, Queens/Mom’s cookin’ chicken and collard greens.” It also mentions eggnog. Ree-speck!
P.S Once again: Remember to tune into BBC 6 Music at 1pm on Boxing Day for the HHRR Christmas spesh.
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