On Songs for Christmas

While I’ve joined the Rage Against the Machine For Christmas #1 group on Facebook — their goal is to get a fifteen year old song to be the Christmas number one in defiance of Simon Cowell’s X Factor mutant — it looks like there’s a new competitor for Christmas number one.

The Muppets.

The Muppets’ cover of “Bohemian Rhapsody” is to be released as an iTunes single next week.

And while friends of mine — Keith, I’m looking at you :-p — said that the Muppets’ “Bohemian Rhapsody” is the reason the Internet was invented, I really think that honor belongs to 2001: A Who Odyssey, which is beyond awesome.

That said, I do find the Muppets’ rendition of the Queen song to be enjoyable fun. Honestly, it’s probably the first time I’ve actually liked the song.

Yeah, not a Queen fan. *shrug*

I don’t know that I, on this side of the pond, can derail Simon Cowell. I really have nothing against Simon Cowell or any of his shows, like American Idol. I just wonder why there aren’t any mutants shooting freakin’ laser beams from their eyes on X Factor, y’know? 😆

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

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