Was this not a hit in America? It was one of the biggest Christmas songs ever in Britain. Don't worry - you only need to endure the first line to get it.
hkmb already has established his credentials as a music critic As Vince Guaraldi plays jazz piano, "Skating" would be summarily dismissed.
They still play it Every couple days this time of the year on BBCR1 we get some good Wham! Christmas music. But other gems like the Pogues are never played on US radio and I doubt most of the population have ever heard them. To me it's one of the most "christmas-y" songs out there
I accidentally posted it in the wrong forum as I am not a genius. It should, of course, be in Pancakes. Perhaps I should ask the mods to move it.
I do struggle a bit with Christmas songs. The Pogues' A Fairy Tale Of New York is one of the few that doesn't drive me insane.
I must have spent too much time under water in the 80's. I remember the song - and to a lesser degree, the group.......but I think that "hit" would be something of an exaggeration, although my memory has recently been re-calibrated WRT a 60's cartoon..........so, hey.....it might have really been a 'thing' in some parts of the world, but a Christmas Song???? Naaaaah....
It was a good sized hit here too, but some of us are musically stuck in a previous era and showing our age. Many of you youngsters may stop too, but at a later point on the musical timeline. e.g. I am a half-decade younger than Bisco, so I stopped a bit later and heard this one. Not all folks stop listening to (most of) the new stuff. In my past workplaces, it seemed that parents of teens were keeping up much better than those of us who didn't reproduce.
You must have all stopped very early, given that this came out 31 years ago.... I never stopped listening to new stuff. But I do think keeping up with the new stuff might be easier in Australia and Britain than in America.
Radio is the US is a joke. The same 10 songs over and over. It's like being stuck in an elevator loop. Even a new song that sounds pretty good makes you want to go crazy when you hear it 30 times a day. I stopped listening to terrestrial radio in 2003-ish when Sirius satellite radio was available to me. No ads, and a good mix of music from wherever. In 2011-ish when they took BBC Radio 1 off the lineup, I cancelled all 12+ something subscriptions I had and I made sure they knew why. I now just stream BBCR1 to all my devices and cars through my unlimited data plan. I feel guilty that I have no way of paying a license fee. I would gladly send the BBC some money if they made voluntary license fees available for those outside the UK.
I didn't know they'd taken it off - I knew it had been available in the US, but I didn't know it had gone. Streaming radio truly is a wonderful thing. I use Simple Radio and TuneIn as well as the BBC Media Player. Radio 1 is just an occasional thing for me: I generally listen to BBC 6 Music instead. We do have the advantage in Australia that Triple J is an excellent local station (again, new music, not much repeating, and no ads - like an edgier version of Radio 1.) But I do like being able to listen to radio from Britain: it's where I'm from, after all, and it's nice to be able to listen to voice from home. It's even more useful when I'm in China. I completely understand where you're coming from with US radio. It all seems to be too focused on a combination of commercial pressure and focus groups, which leads to a lot of repetition and little in the way of innovation. I agree on the voluntary licence fee thing: I'd like to do that too, as I get a lot out of them.
Another 80s British comedy music meme from my sister. (The first was from my wife.) I don't know whether this was a thing in America. Maybe someone there will send me a letter to let me know.
