Santa Claus
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| song name | Santa Claus |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | eMusic Freebies, TMBG Unlimited - December, They Might Be Giants In Holidayland, TMBG Clock Radio, Podcast 11A |
| year | 2000 |
| first played | December 21, 2002 (15 known performances) |
| run time | 2:55 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh |
Trivia/Info
- This song was originally recorded by The Sonics, one of the finest US "garage rock" combos from the '60s.
- Flansburgh on what drew TMBG to cover the song:[1]
I heard that song in the ’70s, right around the same time I first heard Iggy and the Stooges. My friend Jimmy, who is no longer with us, turned me on to a whole set of things that would generally be categorized as “the punk rock,” all in one burst. The thing that I didn’t know about the Sonics was, I didn’t know how old they were, how mid-‘60s they were. […] They’re kind of old-fashioned. The Sonics have as much to do with rock ’n’ roll as rock. Their [work is] a good example of a transitional kind of song.
[“Santa Claus”] is an amazingly grabby song. It’s pretty unforgettable. And we’re always getting requests to do Christmas songs, for charity records, for radio stations. So over the years, we’ve done a bunch of ‘em. And there’s so few good Christmas songs, and very few rock Christmas songs that are all that good. […] Besides the Sonics song, I can’t think of too many rock songs that work with Christmas. […] The cool thing about the Sonics song is [it doesn’t seem dated], except for a little bit of the dopey [language]. What’s the line about the chick, “Cute little honey,” that seems a bit immoderate. But a lot of it is just so wonderfully nihilistic. The whole “Nothing!” part is really great. And any excuse to put a big slap echo on my voice is always good for me. Because we rarely ever do that. So it’s nice to climb into the Elvis Machine, and listen to the thing reverberating.
Song Themes
Holidays, Money, Music, Plants, Questions, TMBG Remakes
Videos
- Watch the TMBG E-Card from tmbg.com
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