Merry Xmas Everybody
Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall
It’s the time that every santa has a ball
Does he ride a red-nose reindeer
Does a ton-up on his sleigh
Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?
So here it is Merry Christmas
Everybody’s having fun
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun
Are you waiting for the family to arrive
Are you sure you’ve got the room to spare inside
Does your granny always tell you
That the old songs are the best
Then she’s up and rock ‘n’ rolling with the rest
So here it is Merry Christmas
Everybody’s having fun
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun
What did your daddy do
When he saw your momma kissing Santa
Aaah ah aaah aahh
Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall
Are you hoping that the snow will start to fall
Do you ride on down the hillside
On a buggy you have made
When you land upon your head
And you’ve been ‘Slade’
So here it is merry christmas
Everybody’s having fun
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun
So here it is merry christmas
Everybody’s having fun
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun
So here it is merry christmas
Everybody’s having fun
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun
So here it is merry christmas
Everybody’s having fun
(It’s christmas!)
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun
Hør sangen
Hør sangen
Om julesangen Merry Xmas Everybody
“Merry Xmas Everybody” blev skrevet af Noddy Holder og Jim Lea og indspillet af deres band Slade i 1973. Den blev en af de markante britiske julesange fra perioden. Gruppens rå stemmer og store omkvæd giver den et udtryk, der er langt fra de rolige salmer.
Sangen spørger, om man husker julens gamle stemning, mens den ser på både børn, familier og forventning. Der er humor og larm i måden, festen beskrives på. Omkvædet er bygget til at blive råbt med, og derfor får sangen ofte karakter af fælles fejring snarere end stille lytning.
Den høres igen hver december på radio, i butikker og til fester. Dens lange liv viser, hvordan en bestemt lyd fra 1970’erne kan blive en juletradition, der rækker langt ud over den generation, som først købte pladen. Det rå festudtryk kan føles som en befrielse mellem pæne julekort og velordnede planer, fordi sangen også giver plads til larm og uperfekte mennesker.
