I'm not sure what it is about Glam Rock and Christmas but I've always appreciated how many contributions to the Christmas song canon have big drums, fuzzy sax and '50s via the '70s Yuletide vibes.
My vote for the best Glam Rock Christmas song goes, hands down, to Slade with their never-tiresome-no-matter-how-many-times-you-hear-it classic, the misspelling free "Merry Xmas everybody."
Sadly, there's no proper footage of T. Rex's "Christmas bop" but you can just imagine Marc and Gloria Jones frolicking in the... snow.
No doubt eager to cash in on the success of Wizzard and Slade's Christmas successes, the less-inspired but still enjoyable Mud give us this Showaddywaddy-esque version of "Lonely this Christmas."
Even before Gary Glitter got himself in all sorts of inexcusable scandals, he was always extremely creepy with his blink-punctuated stare and heaving and hoing hairy barrel chest. But what's been forgotten by many is that the Glitter Band were an ace band. Check out "Another Rock 'n' Roll Christmas" for further proof.
Here's Marc Bolan, again with the Christmas music, this time in Elvis (or Mud) fashion.
Who's that at the door? Oh, it's that leper messiah, Ziggy Stardust! Come in and, I don't know, let's sing 'Little Drummer Boy,' yeah?"
T. Rex again. This time with a fried sounding Christmas number sort of in the Space Rock vein.
Wizzard with "I wish it could be Christmas everyday." I like that Roy Wood opted for a Father Frost look, and not Santa... but making that kid kiss him on the cheek probably scarred 'em deep.
My vote for the best Glam Rock Christmas song goes, hands down, to Slade with their never-tiresome-no-matter-how-many-times-you-hear-it classic, the misspelling free "Merry Xmas everybody."
Sadly, there's no proper footage of T. Rex's "Christmas bop" but you can just imagine Marc and Gloria Jones frolicking in the... snow.
No doubt eager to cash in on the success of Wizzard and Slade's Christmas successes, the less-inspired but still enjoyable Mud give us this Showaddywaddy-esque version of "Lonely this Christmas."
Even before Gary Glitter got himself in all sorts of inexcusable scandals, he was always extremely creepy with his blink-punctuated stare and heaving and hoing hairy barrel chest. But what's been forgotten by many is that the Glitter Band were an ace band. Check out "Another Rock 'n' Roll Christmas" for further proof.
Here's Marc Bolan, again with the Christmas music, this time in Elvis (or Mud) fashion.
Who's that at the door? Oh, it's that leper messiah, Ziggy Stardust! Come in and, I don't know, let's sing 'Little Drummer Boy,' yeah?"
T. Rex again. This time with a fried sounding Christmas number sort of in the Space Rock vein.
Wizzard with "I wish it could be Christmas everyday." I like that Roy Wood opted for a Father Frost look, and not Santa... but making that kid kiss him on the cheek probably scarred 'em deep.
Yeah, so Marc Bolan was Jewish. But here he is again, the biggest champion of T. Rexmas.
And then there's this! Embedding was disabled by request, although I doubt many people want to put this absolute monstrosity on their blogs. I got all Nicholas Cage in 8mm as a bunch of artists (is this ever a good idea) got together to turn one of Lou Reed's best songs into a bloated, horrific black hole where no real emotions can escape. And there are several Glam rockers on board. Watch at your own risk!!!
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I also thought it had to be for some charity cause at first. And I couldn't believe that some of those involved were able to keep a straight face, since it seems like such a parody. I mean Bono seems like he's trying to make us laugh, doing an impression of Ben Stiller doing an impression of Bono.
But, in the end, the BBC says, "This is what we're doing with your tax dollars." If that ad ever fell into the hands of the right wing over here, PBS and public radio would be destroyed by a bipartisan coalition to ensure that we never ever produce something so horrid.
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I kept trying to figure out what cell phone plan "Perfect Day" was selling, but couldn't figure it out. Nor was there any social cause seemingly attached to it. What the fuck? Charity and commercialism are the only things that could produce such utter wickedness.