Happy Holidays From Wonderland Burlesque!

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Wonderland Burlesque's The Twelve Days Before Xmas - Day One: December Will Be Magic Again by Kate Bush

Wonderland Burlesque's

The Twelve Days Before Xmas

 Day One:

December Will Be Magic Again by Kate Bush

 

Say it isn't so! It's tomorrow. But before we start ripping open presents and tying one on with the nog, it's...

Time to climb back into the Wonderland Burlesque time machine one last time and countdown to the big day. This holiday season, the dial is set for the 1970's!

Oh, you are in for a treat, so grab a seat and buckle up.

The seventies was a decade of change, turbulence and sweetness. Nowhere is this more felt than in the breadth and depth of the music of the time. There were so many different genres being developed, evolving and seeking validation on the radio and the industry music charts, it was a virtual musical cornucopia.

So, get ready for another song of the season by one of our biggest (and not so big) stars, here, stateside, and across the pond, who made the seventies truly magical.

Next up... the always beguiling Kate Bush with the optimistic yuletide operetta, December Will Be Magic Again by Kate Bush from 1979.

December Will Be Magic Again is a festive-themed song by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. It was released as a single in the UK in November of 1980 and peaked at #29 in the UK, spending seven weeks on the chart. It also charted in Ireland (#13) and Germany (#55). Written and originally recorded in 1979 at Abbey Road Studio 2 London, no promotional video was filmed for the single, though an alternative recording of the song was performed on Bush's 1979 Christmas television special. In her typical, fairy-like manner, Bush spins a collection of apparitions detailing the holiday season, with the titular promise that December Will Be Magic Again. 

And that brings us to the end of our twelve-day countdown to the big day. 

Wishing you all the best and I hope you've enjoyed this year's countdown! 

Happy Holidays!

- uptonking from Wonderland Burlesque

December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush 

Wonderland Burlesque's The Twelve Days Before Xmas - Day Two: Christmas Day by Squeeze

Wonderland Burlesque's

The Twelve Days Before Xmas

 Day Two:

Christmas Day by Squeeze 

 

What? Two days to go? Best pick up the pace, my dears. The big day is fast approaching!

But there's always time to climb back into the Wonderland Burlesque time machine and countdown to the big day. This holiday season, the dial is set for the 1970's!

Oh, you are in for a treat, so grab a seat and buckle up.

The seventies was a decade of change, turbulence and sweetness. Nowhere is this more felt than in the breadth and depth of the music of the time. There were so many different genres being developed, evolving and seeking validation on the radio and the industry music charts, it was a virtual musical cornucopia.

So, get ready for another song of the season by one of our biggest (and not so big) stars, here, stateside, and across the pond, who made the seventies truly magical.

Next up... the daffy delight of Christmas Day by the cerebral Squeeze from 1979.

Squeeze, still in its initial configuration, was riding high in 1979, which included their two best-selling singles Cool For Cats and Up The Junction, both of which peaked at #2 in the UK. So it seemed only fitting that the lads from Deptford should, at the request of their record company, celebrate with a one-off holiday-themed single. Christmas Day finds the group celebrating in their usual loony tune way, with a ska-beat holding down their version of the fabled events of December 25th. A bit too irreverent and intellectual for the UK's annual Christmas tally, it was no surprise when the single failed to chart. It does, however, remain a cherished memory for the diehard fans of the band and perfectly captures the musically-adventurous waters of the times and the peculiar genius of the band's co-founders, Difford and Tilbrook.

Christmas Day - Squeeze

Wonderland Burlesque's The Twelve Days Before Xmas - Day Three: Mary's Boy Child/Oh, My Lord by Boney M

Wonderland Burlesque's

The Twelve Days Before Xmas

 Day Three: 

Mary's Boy Child/Oh, My Lord by Boney M 

 

Three until the big day. Are you ready? 

Well, it doesn't have to be all hustle and bustle...

Take time to climb back into the Wonderland Burlesque time machine and countdown to the big day. This holiday season, the dial is set for the 1970's!

Oh, you are in for a treat, so grab a seat and buckle up.

The seventies was a decade of change, turbulence and sweetness. Nowhere is this more felt than in the breadth and depth of the music of the time. There were so many different genres being developed, evolving and seeking validation on the radio and the industry music charts, it was a virtual musical cornucopia.

So, get ready for another song of the season by one of our biggest (and not so big) stars, here, stateside, and across the pond, who made the seventies truly magical.

Next up... the song which inspired this jaunt into the vault of 1970's treasures, it's the dazzling Boney M with their UK #1, Mary's Boy Child/Oh, My Lord from 1978.

Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord by Bony M is a cover of Harry Belafonte's 1956 hit Mary's Boy Child, put in medley with an original song, Oh My Lord. It topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and became the Christmas #1 in the UK in 1978, spending eight weeks on the charts. It was the second single for the group on the UK's all-time best-selling singles list. The song was later included in the group's Christmas Album, issued in 1981.

The song was a Top 10 hit throughout Europe, and went to #1 in, not only the UK, but Sweden, Switzerland, and Germany, as well. In the US, the track reached #85 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was to be Boney M's final of four singles to chart there.

Jubilant, with a scrubbed reggae beat and pitch-perfect crystalline vocals, Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord is sure to remind all the real reason for the season while setting toes 'a tapping!

Mary's Boy Child - Boney M