the nicest present I received was a gift certificate "good at any hospital for a lobotomy". The sixth thing at Christmas thats such a pain to me: Facing my in-laws, Five months of bills, Oh, I hate those Christmas cards, Hangovers, Rigging up these lights, And finding a Christmas tree. He can fill four episodes in a row with these songs. While this compilation focuses on funny Christmas songs and parodies, it also includes a couple. Several collections of these songs have been released over the years, including Holidays In Dementia.
Then theres 'Ring Out, Solstice Bells' (1976), which reminds us that the merrymaking long predates Christianity anyhow. Demento is famous for his weekly syndicated radio show, which started in the early 1970s, and which had him playing all sorts of novelty songs. so I should like to offer the following christmas carol for next year, as being perhaps a bit more appropriate.Īctually I did rather well myself, this last christmas. Jethro Tulls 'A Christmas Song' (1972) is a bitter rant about how people use the season as an excuse to get merry, whilst forgetting its true meaning. and yet none of the christmas carols that you hear on the radio or in the street, even attempt to capture the true spirit of christmas as we celebrate it in the unitĪtes. Us all a wonderful opportunity each year to reflect on what we all most sincerely and deeply believe in. that christmas, with it's spirit of giving, o In order to get a song popular by christmas time, you have to start plugging it well in advance. however, I'm informed by my "disk jockey" friends - of whom I have none, Demento, is a radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present.
Demento Bulbous Bouffant (von The Vestibules) Dr. Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), better known as Dr. although it is perhaps a bit out of season at this time. Demento Presents the Greatest Christmas Novelty CD of All Time The Chipmunk Song The Very Best of Dr. One very familiar type of song is the christmas carol.