Christmas Wrapping

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Comedy Death-Ray Christmas CD". Earwolf.com. 2010. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010 . Retrieved December 5, 2010. Christmas Wrapping" was released as a single in the UK in 1981 on Island Records. It did not initially make the charts, but was reissued in 1982 and reached No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart that December. [11] It remains the Waitresses' highest-charting single in the UK. [12] Price, Mark J. " 'Christmas Wrapping,' an unlikely hit for The Waitresses, spreads cheer 40 years later". Akron Beacon Journal . Retrieved December 7, 2022. I hoped that he would just forget about the idea,” Butler recalled. “Nope. Middle of August, I think, he says, ‘OK, I’ve got you booked into Electric Lady Studios on Eighth Street at St. Mark’s Place in New York, ready for the Christmas song.’” Written in New York

Donahue delivers the lyrics in a singsong manner. It’s not a traditional rap, but “maybe by 1981 standards it was close,” Butler said. More: Akron native’s song ‘Walk Like an Egyptian,’ a smash hit for The Bangles, is still catchy after 35 years

The film won several awards and made Michael Gill consider working in Hollywood. Instead he chose to remain at the BBC, where he later approached Sir Kenneth Clark to make the television series Civilisation. Christmas Wrapping” tells the big-city story of a young woman, voiced by Donahue, who is feeling worn out after a busy year and vows to sit out the holidays. “Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! But I think I’ll miss this one this year,” she sings. a b Christmas Wrapping (UK 7" Vinyl liner notes). The Waitresses. ZE Records. 1982. WIP 6821. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) a b Spears, Steve (December 5, 2016). "The story behind ... 'Christmas Wrapping' by The Waitresses". Tampa Bay Times . Retrieved December 18, 2019.

I’ve still got the cassettes of me kind of grunting in the microphone, trying to come up with parts to present to the band,” he said. “That’s kind of the way we worked. I would come up with an idea for a song and figure out a few parts and then present it.” Rap was certainly in the milieu,” Butler said. “It was more street poetry. It wasn’t the monster that it is now. It took over the world.” Lynskey, Dorian (December 23, 2005). "Readers recommend: alternative Christmas songs". The Guardian . Retrieved December 23, 2012.

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a b c d "Christmas Wrapping: the Waitresses on how they made a festive classic". The Guardian. December 13, 2020 . Retrieved December 14, 2020. When performing live, Butler and Wormworth helped finish some of the lines so Donahue could catch a breath here and there. a b "I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts". Allmusic . Retrieved December 23, 2012. VanDerWerff, Emily (December 14, 2011). " Glee: "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" ". The A.V. Club . Retrieved December 24, 2013.

Unable to connect with a guy she likes amid a series of misfortunes, the narrator changes her tune after bumping into the man in a grocery store and bonding over cranberries: “Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Couldn’t miss this one this year!” Butler said “Christmas Wrapping” has blindsided him many times. He might be in a grumpy mood, doing last-minute shopping, driving from store to store, when a familiar tune blasts out of his car radio: Long after the holiday season, fans demanded that The Waitresses play the song live, so the group did so until disbanding in 1984.Staff (December 20, 2011). "MP3: The Front Bottoms Get In The Holiday Spirit With "Christmas Wrapping" ". Filter . Retrieved December 24, 2013. Christmas Wrapping" is told from the perspective of a single woman, who was determined not to participate in the exhausting holiday season after a year that was so busy, she has been unable to go on a date with a man she met months ago. Preparing to dine alone on Christmas Eve, she runs into the man in a grocery store, bringing "the year to a very happy ending". [10] Release [ edit ] I didn’t do Patty any favors,” he said. “I mean, there’s barely room to catch a breath. In fact, the last verse, she ran out of air.”