So, I have to go backwards some more. After a conversation with Mike yesterday, I realized I haven’t been covering my 7″ collection here in this series. There are just a few to do before I’m all caught up for good (I think).
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I have two copies of this 7″ from 1985, a standard black vinyl, and a cool clear green edition with a slip cover (pictured).
The two songs are fun. I know for sure we used to hear the title track on the radio (at Christmas) all the time, as kids. It’s a typical Bryan Adams feel-good mid-tempo song filtered through Santa’s workshop and every sappy holiday movie you’ve ever seen. The video (and its ending) represents a typical winter’s day in most towns (including mine) lol.
Reggae Christmas (the video for which includes Pee Wee Herman), is less sappy more party, but still right in that feel-good groove aimed at radio.
Both of these tracks came right when Adams and the band were flying high with Reckless, and it was cool to see them having a bit of fun with it.
There was a bside about being into Princess Diana around that era too, right?
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Absolutely, called (wait for it)… Diana. I know, a real stretch. That’s one of my fave Adams tunes. I covered it in this series a little while back, somewhere in these pages. I have it on LP and cassette!
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Great, rare find! We used to listen to this all the time. I remember Pee Wee!
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It’s rare? I had no idea. I have two of ’em lol.
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Hah! Well that’s why they are rare, you’re hoarding them. LOL
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No, just the BNL tapes!
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Surprisingly, I hadn’t heard Reggae Christmas before last year – but our local station that switches to Christmas music had it in the rotation this year.
So if he was aiming for radio, he hit the mark, just with a 35 year delay in making it on the airwaves in Kingston!
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They never played it at the time? That’s wild. Also, an all-Christmas radio station? That sounds hellish.
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And all-Christmas, seemingly on a limited loop as well!
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At least it was limited. Ugh, I can’t do Christmas music for more than maybe ten minutes.
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