
He was a good friend of mine.
I never understood a single word he said,
But I helped him drink his wine.
Joy to the world
All the boys and girls
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me.
I don't care what you do to this song, how many words you change, what instruments you play it on. You cannot turn it into a Christmas carol. Knock it off.
Why, I do believe that was a challenge.
Posted by: Tanya at December 17, 2004 12:03 PMDude...in the car yesterday, Dan turned the Christmas carol "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" into a hilarious song about boobies. On the fly.
Do not challenge the man who's spent the last seven years amusing his kids with improvised lyrics...
Posted by: Sekimori at December 17, 2004 12:08 PMY'know, last year I was reading this blog, and David had asked whether anyone else had a problem with the lyric, "Let's give thanks to the Lord above, 'cause Santa Claus comes toinght." I had to wonder whether that was from a real song (although the song's title was the same as that of the entry). Here, I have to wonder whether someone actually tried to use this song as a carol.
Posted by: Bryce Herdt at December 17, 2004 03:59 PMI'm not saying you can't change the song to make it Christmas-related. I'm saying that no matter what, when I hear the chorus being sung in carol-fashion, my mind reverts the words back to the original, which brings the original song to the forefront of my mind, which has jack-all to do with Christmas.
Plus, there's that whole usurping an established nugget of pop culture in an attempt to breathe new life into tired old marketing campaigns thing. See also: Fred Astaire dancing with a Bissel mop.
Bryce, the verse I mentioned last year is the last line of the third verse of "Here Comes Santa Claus." For the song under current discussion, see pretty much any holiday-themed Target commercial.
Posted by: David at December 18, 2004 11:43 AMtesting
Posted by: Sekimori at December 18, 2004 01:35 PMI imagine it's the "joy to the world" part that has so many people fooled. No, you are correct, this is not a Christmas carol. :-)
Posted by: *** Dave at December 22, 2004 09:16 AM