MP3: The Top Last Christmas Covers, The Literal Version Video, and Glee
For four years, Last-Christmas.com has collected cover versions of Wham‘s … wait for it … Last Christmas. The site’s as brilliant and wrong as the original song. So to get in the mood for over 418+ takes on George Michael‘s festive opus, here are my picks for the Top 4, naturally:
THE NËCESSARY PICKS:
Sugary, sunny Indie pop straight outta Detroit:
PAS/CAL “Last Christmas”
8-bit ‘n bloopy:
Magnus Djurberg “Last Christmas”
If you don’t have a gramophone to play this through, imagine one:
Das Palast Orchester & Max Raabe “Last Christmas” (English)
The best, saddest-in-a-good-way version yet.
From the Kings of Convenience / Whitest Boy Alive:
Erlend Øye “Last Christmas”
THE BEST, WORST LAST CHRISTMAS:
Between his accent and those (almost) high notes, this one’s pure magic:
There’s so much more. Go explore the wonders at Last-Christmas.com.
BONUS: Last Christmas Literal Version Video
(Akmainz left this in the comments at Last Christmas.
This show makes my ears bleed. But in the spirit of giving, here’s the cast of Glee singing Last Christmas.
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Glee is such a guilty pleasure. I love it. But it’s Jane Lynch that holds it all together. If not for her, the show would be pretty boring.
“I got a new look called Blue Steel!” LOL!!
Fred!! I love this topic for blog posts!! How funny..seriously though..that Pas/Cal version is AWESOME!!!
Thank you, thank you for sharing!!