(The sleeve above lists the record as a double-‘A’, alongside a version of ‘Auld Lang Syne’. I found some cheesy, madcap charm in the previous chart-toppers, but here my patience runs out fast.
Here the three Christmas songs and the filler beat slam together like dodgems. Why didn’t they try something from ‘The Nutcracker’, at least? And while I complained about some of the mixing on JB’s earlier #1s, at least attempts were made to stitch those songs together. The thumping beat that holds this whole mess together is called ‘March of the Mods’, which I don’t think has anything to do with Christmas. Presents hanging from the trees, You’ll never guess what you’ve got from me… (We’d rather not find out, Gary.) Apparently he’s been replaced with Mariah Carey in more recent versions of ‘Let’s Party’, though who exactly has listened to this song at any point in the last thirty years is beyond me.
#Gary glitter christmas songs Pc#
Given that he was also involved in last year’s ‘Doctorin’ the Tardis’, it’s easy to forget just how big a part of British popular culture he was before his trip to PC World. That done, the 3 rd song is announced: Ok Gazza, take it away…Īnd it’s ‘Another Rock and Roll Christmas’, Gary Glitter’s 1984 comeback hit. Unlike Slade, Roy Wood endorsed this sampling, and even re-recorded his vocals for the occasion. It’s just a shame that it took this crap to get it there. Yes, ‘I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday’ finally assumes its rightful position atop the charts. This version sounds muted by comparison to Slade’s raucous original, but it only lasts for a verse and a chorus, before Wizzard take over. A Noddy Holder soundalike is on C’mon everybody! duties, as well as his classic It’s Chriiiisstmaaaass… line from ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’. With a chart-topper in the summer, and one in the autumn, Jive Bunny and his Mastermixers set their sights on the Christmas number one.Īnd after two rock ‘n’ roll medleys, he’s skipped forward a decade or so, to the glam Christmas classics of the seventies and early eighties. Let’s Party, by Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers (their 3 rd and final #1)īlunderbusses at the ready, for surely you knew it was coming.
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