Christmas Eve is upon us, and so I’ll close my holiday theme week with Carter USM’s rendition of “Lonely This Christmas” from a 1994 promo single. Mud’s version of this Chinn and Chapman (the Boyce and Hart of 70’s bubbleglam) number went to the top of the UK charts back in 1975, and has become something of a holiday standard on that side of the Atlantic.
This version drops the faux Presleyisms and verses of the original, and instead delivers a brief quasi-acoustic rendition of the chorus that sums up the feeling that many of us have experienced at some point during this time of the year. (But not this holiday season, I hope.)
God Jul och Gott Nytt År, folks! I'm off to leave some tin cans and potato peelings out for the julbock.
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