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Despite the derogatory descriptions, you’ve gotta love this song for it’s wit, and the fact that it is a Christmas song that doesn’t contain the all-too-common jingle of bells or mention of Santa. The song tells the reminiscences of a down and out drunk, and progresses to a quarrel between two lovers – which by the looks of it are soon to become ex-lovers.
“You scumbag you faggot, you cheap lousy maggot
Happy christmas your arse I pray God it´s our last.”
The song was briefly censored on BBC radio, because of the tirade of insults exchanged in the lyrics, the above being a prime example. However, because of an influx of listener complaints, the BBC backed down and played the original unedited version.
December 11th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Love this one myself. Found a copy years ago after it was “covered” by MegaTokyo back in 2000: http://megatokyo.com/strip/58 Not sure if it’s actually on my iPod or not.
Nice blog, BTW. Good idea.
December 12th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Ha ha.. awesome! That’s a new one to me – a comic covering a song.
December 12th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
I’ve heard this song before, but not this version. I’m not sure which one I’ve heard, but I’ve always liked the sound of it.
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