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Sunday, December 25, 2005

COCTEAU TWINS DO CHRISTMAS or AN IDIOT'S UNDERSTANDING OF HOLIDAY LYRICS

Oh, yeah --- now, don't make too much fun of me but it was only recently upon listening to WinterWonderLand by Cocteau Twins that I realized that "parson brown" was not a color --- but a minister. ...and I still don't understand what "upsot" means from JingleBells. Maybe if Cocteau Twins had covered that one the meaning would have come to me.

posted by matty @ 3:45 PM 

7 Comments:

Blogger Jon said...

I think 'upsot' refers to fact that the horse was smoking crack and the sleigh riders ended up in a snow bank, though it's been ages since I've had to sing that song all the way through....

Merry Christmas!!!

6:04 PM  
Blogger thomas said...

Merry X-mas Matty!

8:02 PM  
Blogger ing said...

Parson Brown:

Sounds like the color my mom painted the kitchen cupboards in 1974.

9:38 AM  
Blogger Tim said...

Err .... is it not 'Red golden dreams' then?? D'oh! I just assumed that he was on something when he wrote that lyric.

3:45 PM  
Blogger Dessie said...

Whenever I think of that song, it reminds me of tinsel.

1:06 PM  
Blogger ginab said...

Now I feel like I've never heard Jingle Bells. Can you hear me sniffling? I have to wait a whole YEAR before I can really listen close, and sniif-sniff help you out here, Matt.

WaauuUghH!!

8:17 PM  
Blogger Karyn said...

...ah....it's NOT red golden dreams? Oh dear. So that's what...22 years I've been singing it wrong?

12:56 PM  

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