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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Dec 5, 2020 13:35:27 GMT -5
First time I ever heard the Christmas song it was from Bob's Burgers of all places
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 5, 2020 15:59:29 GMT -5
Surprised some people don’t know their Christmas song. Admittedly, I didn’t know it was from the same band, but I thought it was a fairly well known Christmas song. Sounds like it's a regional thing. Kinda like how Americans call the Barenaked Ladies a one hit wonder and Canadians typically react like "well that's cute" lol |
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Post by greyfmdan on Dec 6, 2020 1:56:26 GMT -5
It was popular enough to be in a few Christmas movies and get its own Kids Bop cover. I’m not sure whether I’ve ever heard it on standard Adult Contemporary Christmas radio, but I do hear it a fair amount around the holidays.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Dec 6, 2020 9:18:00 GMT -5
Count me in as another one who's never heard Christmas Wrapping.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Dec 6, 2020 10:03:36 GMT -5
As a fan of late 70s STIFF records, Two Tone and such music, I don't mind sings with a flat of offkey lead vocalist, the unpolished nature makes the songs feel more personal. It's sad that she didn't live long enough to enjoy her song becoming a Christmas classic.
I'd liken her vocals to early Bananarama, I thought it was them the first time I heard it in the nineties. It wasn't unknown for 80s bands to release novelty records under a pseudonym.
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Post by Bishblast on Dec 6, 2020 10:47:07 GMT -5
It warmed my heart to hear Suicide on this episode.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Dec 6, 2020 14:27:34 GMT -5
Surprised some people don’t know their Christmas song. Admittedly, I didn’t know it was from the same band, but I thought it was a fairly well known Christmas song. Same here. I heard IKWBL once upon a time, and my old store used to play Christmas Wrapping on hot and cold running taps during Christmas shopping season, but I never put two and two together until just now. |
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Post by malloc on Dec 6, 2020 16:05:42 GMT -5
Is it us Americans that only know “Christmas Wrapping” then? The radio stations have always played the f*** out of it. Nope. It made the Top 75 here in the UK and is frequently on Christmas compilations. The other song didn’t even make the Top 75. Yeah it gets played alot in the UK and is one of the few Christmas songs I like as everything gets played to death. The Spice Girls did a cover of it too so I would say the song is probably well known. |
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Post by King Boo on Dec 6, 2020 22:36:22 GMT -5
Christmas Wrapping is one of the first songs I think of when I think of Christmas songs.
"BAH, HUMBUG"
No, that's too strong
'Cause it's my favorite holiday
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Dec 6, 2020 22:39:03 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever heard Christmas Wrapping.
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