Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming...
It used to officially be getting close to Christmas when the shops started stocking tinsel - now that happens in August.
It used to officially be getting close to Christmas when the Christmas lights got turned on in town - that now happens at the start of November.
So, nowadays, for me, there is only one true sign that it really is nearly time to deck the halls with the prickly green stuff - and that's when the Coca Cola trucks come trundling back across our TV screens to the strains of "Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming...".
And it seems to be an ever-popular icon of modern Christmas culture as the number of requests we get for the jingle increases year-on-year via the tellytunes tv adverts section. Indeed, we've had 30-odd requests for it this week alone so far.
And it was while replying to one of those requests that I came across a new discovery via YouTube. With the theory in mind that you can indeed find almost any video clip imaginable on there, I went searching for the video clip of the Cola trucks advert. But, amongst the search results, was also a music video from a singer called Melanie Thornton.
Most will never have heard of her or, for that matter, ever now be likely to given that she was sadly killed in a plane crash in 2001. (Ironically while in the middle of a promotional tour plugging her album "Ready to Fly"). But she's certainly left a musical gem behind in the form of "Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)" - a full song based on the "Holidays are coming" music.
It was a posthumous hit for Thornton in Germany - not that that's any huge recommendation given the whole German musical love for Hasslehoff. But I am surprised it's never come to greater attention in the UK too, especially given the popularity of the ads. Definitely one for some record producer to discover and give it a dance anthem makeover ála the Baywatch theme! (I say that simply to be able to say "I thought of that" when it DOES happen!)
Personally, I'm still trying to decide at the moment whether it's genius or dross but, for a lover of the old Christmassy jingle, it definitely has a certain charm to it.
Take a look/listen below and let me know what you think...
~~steve~~
www.tellytunes.com
It used to officially be getting close to Christmas when the Christmas lights got turned on in town - that now happens at the start of November.
So, nowadays, for me, there is only one true sign that it really is nearly time to deck the halls with the prickly green stuff - and that's when the Coca Cola trucks come trundling back across our TV screens to the strains of "Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming...".
And it seems to be an ever-popular icon of modern Christmas culture as the number of requests we get for the jingle increases year-on-year via the tellytunes tv adverts section. Indeed, we've had 30-odd requests for it this week alone so far.
And it was while replying to one of those requests that I came across a new discovery via YouTube. With the theory in mind that you can indeed find almost any video clip imaginable on there, I went searching for the video clip of the Cola trucks advert. But, amongst the search results, was also a music video from a singer called Melanie Thornton.
Most will never have heard of her or, for that matter, ever now be likely to given that she was sadly killed in a plane crash in 2001. (Ironically while in the middle of a promotional tour plugging her album "Ready to Fly"). But she's certainly left a musical gem behind in the form of "Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)" - a full song based on the "Holidays are coming" music.
It was a posthumous hit for Thornton in Germany - not that that's any huge recommendation given the whole German musical love for Hasslehoff. But I am surprised it's never come to greater attention in the UK too, especially given the popularity of the ads. Definitely one for some record producer to discover and give it a dance anthem makeover ála the Baywatch theme! (I say that simply to be able to say "I thought of that" when it DOES happen!)
Personally, I'm still trying to decide at the moment whether it's genius or dross but, for a lover of the old Christmassy jingle, it definitely has a certain charm to it.
Take a look/listen below and let me know what you think...
~~steve~~
www.tellytunes.com
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