Julian Casablancas “I Wish It Was Christmas Today”
What began as a goofy Xmas sketch from Saturday Night Live‘s Horatio/ Fallon heyday becomes a…erm, real(?) song thanks to this bonus offering from Casablancas‘ Phrazes For The Young, which Strokes-out the chintzy arrangement of the original with some fuzzy-vocaled, garage punk pizazz.
And it’s surprisingly awesome (even without the joy of watching Tracy Morgan’s stone-faced jig or Fallon’s single-fingered Casio presets virtuosity), with the potential to become a future new holiday standard (and hopefully inspire the makings of an entire Christmas-themed Strokes LP; how cool would that be?).
Now if only we could get some girl group to “authenticate” “Santa’s My Boyfriend”…
Stream the rest of Phrazes, out now, at Julian’s MySpace; the single becomes available as a stand-alone 7″ and download, December 21st.
“I Wish It Was Christmas Today”:
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