Thursday, December 05, 2013

Retro Video of the Week: "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" by The Darkness

With only 19 shopping days left until Christmas, it's time to turn the Retro Video of the Week into a celebration of holiday music, to the extent possible.  I will likely have to go out of my parameters of "the MTV era" (1981-2000), but we will all benefit from my leniency.  First up is The Darnkess's 2003 nugget of holiday magic, "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)."  The video has all the bombast, ridiculousness, and twin lead guitars that you would expect from The Darkness, and, at the same time, many more children than you might expect, given the amount of booze and heroin that was undoubtedly flowing through Justin Hawkins's veins at the time.

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