Reykjavík Grapevine - 03.12.2004, Side 23

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Classic Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin versions of Christmas songs have achieved a certain kitsch value in recent years, and
there´s the annual boy band ballad with inserted bell tolling sound effect and the video of them looking cute in fake snow. Then
there are the eighties efforts, to be avoided at all costs, such as Bruce Springsteens’ “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” (you leave
my Bruce out of this -ed.). And finally there is the Glam Rock Christmas template, recreated perfectly recently by The Darkness,
which helped to place the Christmas genus firmly back on the record shop shelves... continued on page. 26
by Sinead Clarke
Like
a Kraftwerk
Christmas Album
Had There Ever Been
One
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