The annual examination of shady Christmas/holiday songs is coming up in the next week or so.
In the meantime, The Killers have continued their own annual tradition, having just released their yearly Christmas song. ("The Killers do a-what-now?" I know, I know. Way ahead of you.)
What makes this song noteworthy? The lyrics are based almost entirely on the 1890 poem "Cowboy's Christmas Ball," by a fairly unknown western frontiersman-poet William Lawrence Chittenden. (Poem can be found here. The song lyrics are pulled in chunks from all six girthy verses. The song would be 45 minutes long otherwise.)
Not gonna lie--kinda like it. This oddly shames me, like I have bad taste in couches or lawn ornaments.
In the meantime, The Killers have continued their own annual tradition, having just released their yearly Christmas song. ("The Killers do a-what-now?" I know, I know. Way ahead of you.)
What makes this song noteworthy? The lyrics are based almost entirely on the 1890 poem "Cowboy's Christmas Ball," by a fairly unknown western frontiersman-poet William Lawrence Chittenden. (Poem can be found here. The song lyrics are pulled in chunks from all six girthy verses. The song would be 45 minutes long otherwise.)
Not gonna lie--kinda like it. This oddly shames me, like I have bad taste in couches or lawn ornaments.
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