Wo remembers "Always On My Mind" by the Pet Shop Boys. Good. Keep that in mind.
The Christmas Chart has been announced in the UK, and Glam Stars The Darkness (who have the only original Christmas Song that made any dent on the charts) has finished at Number Two???
It's a Mad World indeed when yet another dirge makes it to number one ahead of what is going to keep Justin Hawkins and co in pension money for the next hundred years (thanks to whatever 'Now That's What I Call Christmas' gets called next year. And the year after. And the year after that). At least the Christmas Number Two is a Christmas Song, with sleighbells, childrens choir, cheesy vide's, and a decent guitar solo.
Of course The Darkness can take solace in the fact that only one song truly announces the festive season to the masses, and that's The Fairytale of New York, by Kirsty MacColl and The Pouges. That only made number two in the Christmas Charts as well. Remember who beat them?
Posted by Ewan at December 21, 2003 09:00 PM