"Last Christmas" by Wham --C/D?

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Not sure if it's classic, but it's one of my favorite Christmas songs.

― bsj30 (bsj30), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

Completely classic, as are all the covers I've heard over the years.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

Oh, very classic. Read this:

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=2015

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

From the above link:

"George croons his tale of romantic woe so sweetly it’s impossible to resist, so there’s really no point in trying (well, unless you’re an indie-rockist pigfucker, but then you’ve got bigger problems)."

Totally OTM.

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― bsj30 (bsj30), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

Classic. The only one I'd place above it is Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses.

― gspm (gspm), Thursday, 8 December 2005 03:04 (twenty years ago)

Classic indeed.

― Justin, Thursday, 8 December 2005 04:12 (twenty years ago)

Great.

― Patrick Kinney, Thursday, 8 December 2005 06:16 (twenty years ago)

I heard Morrissey sing it live in Cambridge - Xmas, circa Boxers era. V brilliant, however incongruous it was to see fans climbing on stage and mock-sparring with him as he sang it, but there you go.

― Kim Dintwas, Thursday, 8 December 2005 11:27 (twenty years ago)

very very classic!

ned, have you heard the whigfield cover of this?

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 8 December 2005 11:28 (twenty years ago)

What an irritating, awful piece of sacchrine tripe. I don't believe you all really think it's "very very classic!". I think either you're all on some kind of nostalgia trip or you're just trying to be more anti-rockist than thou. I mean, have any of you actually bought or downloaded this record? Do you have it on your ipod? Is there ever any moment when you might think to put it on because you really want to hear it? I'm not even anti-Wham!, they did have some good singles, but this isn't one of them.

― dream logic, Thursday, 8 December 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

AA side wins again.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 8 December 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

I mean, have any of you actually bought or downloaded this record?

Of course, it's totally worth it for the super-classic gatefold 7" sleeve alone, where you open up to find wailing elf George cradling deceased reindeer Andrew in his arms! Why the fuck WOULDN'T anyone buy it?

That said, no, I never actually play it. But if you're going to rail against a song for being saccharine tripe, you might not want to be looking in the genre of CHRISTMAS MUSIC in the first place.

― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 8 December 2005 12:14 (twenty years ago)

What are you all on about, it's fucking rubbish!

― We Buy a Hammer For Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 8 December 2005 12:16 (twenty years ago)

epitaph alert!

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 8 December 2005 12:27 (twenty years ago)

Eeeeee! Just thinking about it makes me happy. Classic! Especially the "With a note saying, I loved you, I MEANT it!" part.

― Aleeshie (Aleeshie), Friday, 9 December 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

ned, have you heard the whigfield cover of this?

Apparently not.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 9 December 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

Good song in that like every Christmas song, you can only enjoy it during the holidays. I don't know if I could take that melody in May.

― Terrible Cold (Terrible Cold), Friday, 9 December 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Absolutely my favourite Wham song; and I've never really liked Wham, and generally hate Xmas songs! But "Last Christmas" is a good'un. One of maybe a dozen pop-stars-do-seasonal-favourites that I really enjoy, up there with Joan Jett, John & Yoko, and etc.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 9 December 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

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So classic that's I find myself humming/whistling it during the summer - and I hardly ever hum/whistle anything, let alone Wham!

The V/vm version is pretty awesome, if you're into horrible sounds.

― blunt (blunt), Saturday, 10 December 2005 00:23 (twenty years ago)

I was in Germany during the holidays a couple of years ago, and this song was on the radio (and MTV Germany) ALL THE TIME. Ridiculously heavy rotation, for whatever reason. Anyhow, I grew to love it. It also wins the award for the corniest, cheekiest, twee-est, dorkiest music video in the history of the world, with the possible exception of "Just Can't Get Enough".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 10 December 2005 02:10 (twenty years ago)

I will kill anybody who dislikes this record.

The V/vm version is pretty awesome, if you're into horrible sounds.

I am so on this.

― Michael A Neuman (Ferg), Saturday, 10 December 2005 03:15 (twenty years ago)

it wuld have to be most covered wham,
the spice girls did "christmas wrapping"

― retroboy, Saturday, 10 December 2005 04:44 (twenty years ago)

FUKKEN CLASSIC

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Saturday, 10 December 2005 09:31 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

i have a habit of getting drunk and putting this song on and sliding down to my knees on the floor half-way through and miming along, pretending to hold a microphone, head tilted back and eyes closed, and putting my heart into it. feels great every time.

may be a couple months early for it, but this is in my heavy rotation at the moment. that fucking great, it is.

― andi, Monday, 22 October 2007 07:09 (eighteen years ago)

oh, and does morrissey's live cover exist in any recording whatsoever? i'd die to hear that.

― andi, Monday, 22 October 2007 07:10 (eighteen years ago)

Best xmas song--just beats out Blue Christmas.

― aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Monday, 22 October 2007 07:21 (eighteen years ago)

Surely a classic, but isn't it two months too early to revive this thread? :)

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 22 October 2007 08:10 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS YEEEEEEEARRRRRRRRRRR....

― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 December 2009 04:56 (sixteen years ago)

Heard this song today AND "everything she wants."

I always smile when I hear George Michael sing the sassy "and now you tell me that you're having my baby" part.

― Cunga, Friday, 25 December 2009 05:06 (sixteen years ago)

He'll tell you that he's happy if you want him to.

― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 December 2009 05:11 (sixteen years ago)

If only somebody would tell him, why he works so hard for me.

― Cunga, Friday, 25 December 2009 05:51 (sixteen years ago)

ten years pass...

"A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but you tore me apart"

I like this part but no idea what he was going for lyrically.

― ledge, Sunday, 13 December 2020 19:18 (five years ago)

thought this revive would be because of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Mu1Ft9yHo

― im-polite-post-post-post-pomo (breastcrawl), Sunday, 13 December 2020 19:25 (five years ago)

great ep that

― nxd, Sunday, 13 December 2020 19:31 (five years ago)

I beat my wife at Whamageddon this year, you take your pleasures where can find them nowadays

― sinewave boogie (Matt #2), Sunday, 13 December 2020 19:59 (five years ago)

Ha, I am still in the game.

― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 December 2020 21:32 (five years ago)

HI DERE

― Whamagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 December 2020 20:35 (five years ago)

Listening to super-slowed down version which doesn't count, or so I've heard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaSIfLuM4vo

― Whamagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 December 2020 20:38 (five years ago)

Chilly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL4DshtvmFk

― piscesx, Saturday, 19 December 2020 20:56 (five years ago)

(that's a very fun deconstruction btw not just a cover..)

― piscesx, Saturday, 19 December 2020 20:56 (five years ago)

"A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but you tore me apart"

I like this part but no idea what he was going for lyrically.

― ledge, Sunday, December 13, 2020 11:18 AM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yes, confounding in the extreme

― Babby's Yed Revisited (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 19 December 2020 23:25 (five years ago)

Number One at last!

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/01/last-christmas-by-wham-reaches-no-1-for-first-time-after-36-years

― piscesx, Friday, 1 January 2021 20:31 (five years ago)

eleven months pass...

“Last Christmas” came early this year!

― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 19:06 (four years ago)

So now I can listen on repeat, Danny says.

― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 19:07 (four years ago)

Also, this thread probably needs this link: Songs That Reference Carry On Films Somehow

― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 19:19 (four years ago)

two years pass...

this is like asking leonardo da vinci what his next project is and he draws a sketch of the mona lisa for you pic.twitter.com/XOedrhqeQ3
— candy kane (@veryvexing) December 4, 2024

― invalid handel (voodoo chili), Thursday, 5 December 2024 16:34 (one year ago)

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