"The only variation comes with the bridge section, ‘the choir of children sing their song,'" Sloan continues. It’s like you’ve barely finished your eggnog before someone shoves a plate of ham in your face. "Before you know it, 'that’s enough' and we’re off to the titular chorus. "It moves through the verse section of the song faster than a sleigh with no brakes," Sloan tells Mental Floss. According to musicologist and performer Nate Sloan, co-host of the acclaimed podcast Switched On Pop, “Wonderful Christmastime” is "simple to a fault," as it consists solely of verse and chorus sections. Why does the song provoke such strong reactions? It may have something to do with the structure, or lack thereof. 1 was John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).”) More recently, publications like Esquire and Slant have declared Macca’s synthed-out yuletide ditty one of the worst Christmas songs of all time. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers voted it the ninth best Christmas song of all time. It’s also a song that people love to love. The meme works because “Wonderful Christmastime,” which McCartney wrote and recorded about a decade after the events depicted in Get Back, is a song that people love to hate. In the first of the meme’s four panels, McCartney asks the other Beatles if they can try his song about "simply having a wonderful Christmastime." When they tell him no, Paul says to himself, “I need to break up The Beatles.” But the funniest of the bunch, created by writer Ben Rosen, pokes fun at Paul McCartney and his 1979 holiday staple "Wonderful Christmastime." It fared better in the US, reaching a peak of number 16.ĭespite that, it has become one of Clapton's most famous hits.When the docuseries The Beatles: Get Back premiered last month, the Internet came through with a host of great memes about toast, Ringo Starr's flatulence, and George Harrison’s decision to leave the band. However, it was re-released in 1991 as a live version, but even then it only reached number 30. In fact, it didn't even reach the top 75. Would you believe it, but the song was never a hit in the UK. The song was included on his 1977 album Slowhand. The female backing harmonies on the track were provided by none other than future Shakespears Sister member Marcella Detroit, and disco legend Yvonne Elliman. Two famous singers provided backing vocalsĮric Clapton performing with Marcy Levy (later Marcella Detroit).She and Clapton divorced in 1989, and two years later she met property developer Rod Weston. In fact, he even performed at their wedding.īoyd also inspired Harrison's songs such as 'If I Needed Someone', 'Something' and 'For You Blue', as well as Clapton's 'Layla'. She was previously married to George Harrison in 1966, but they divorced in 1977.īefore their divorce, she had started a relationship with Harrison's friend Clapton, but she remained good friends with the Beatle. She was one of the leading models of the 1960s. Pattie Boyd is an English model and photographer. On March 28, 1979, the day after they got married, Clapton brought Pattie on stage and sang this to her at his concert in Tucson, Arizona. "I was taking so long and I was panicking about my hair, my clothes, everything, and I came downstairs expecting him to really berate me but he said, 'Listen to this!'" They were heading out to a Buddy Holly tribute that Paul McCartney had arranged, and Clapton was waiting around while she tried on clothes.īoyd told The Guardian in 2008 that Clapton "was sitting round playing his guitar while I was trying on dresses upstairs. Eric Clapton wrote 'Wonderful Tonight' in 1976 while waiting for his then-girlfriend (and future wife) Pattie Boyd to get ready for a night out.
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