Comments on: Critter Christmas! Forget Lipstick on a Pig!

Critter Christmas! Forget Lipstick on a Pig!

ericb — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:46:22 -0800

Move over Alvin & the Chipmunks. The BBC has "been out talking to animals all over the UK to discover exactly what they'd like for Christmas...find out what they had to say here!"

Do One Thing For Nature On The 12 Days Of Christmas

"If you're feeling inspired to look after the wildlife in your backyard, check out our 'Do One Thing' guide below. Just ONE could make all the difference. And then maybe ONE more...if you feel like it!"

By: MaryDellamorte

MaryDellamorte — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:59:49 -0800

That was the creepiest/most amazing video I've ever seen.

By: aeschenkarnos

aeschenkarnos — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:41:11 -0800

I couldn't watch it ... the creepy extra mouths freak me out too much.

By: champthom

champthom — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:41:59 -0800

Back up, back up, BACK UP. I have not heard this tune in several years, not since the local "easy listening" station that played Christmas song and they haven't played it since they got bought out by Clear Channel. It's a song by some German oompa type band that goes "Wish I Was Home for Christmas" and something about the cavalry. I remember the DJ actually said who it's by and the title, and remember telling listeners that the only real way to get the song was to tape it off the radio (mind you, this was before file sharing was really big). Does anyone here know who's it by and what the song is called?

By: warpy

warpy — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:06:13 -0800

champthom, I think you're thinking of "Driving home for Christmas" by Chris Rea

By: warpy

warpy — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:13:30 -0800

hah, never mind how wrong that was, I didn't watch the video. It's "stop the cavalry" by jona lewie

By: champthom

champthom — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:37:38 -0800

warpy: that's close but the song I heard had an actual German band singing it from the 50s or so. But it's better than nothing though.

By: champthom

champthom — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:46:07 -0800

Ah, I found it! Finally! It is "Stop the Calvary" by Jona Lewie, but sung by Welsh (not German) singers in 1981 (and not the 50s) and it's here. Thanks!

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:48:13 -0800

The singing bee larvae have potential.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:51:27 -0800

Wait... birds don't have teeth! Insects can't play brass instruments? What is this you're trying to pull here? I call shenanigans!

By: liza

liza — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:58:36 -0800

it's the bastard child of Creature Comforts and spongemonkeys. awesome!