AFoR Advent: Allo, Darlin’
I didn’t realise this song was quite so popular. I know I’ve heard a few different renditions of it in the past, but Wikipedia lists no less than 43 recordings of it. That doesn’t even include this one and a bunch of other unknown bands that have likely recorded it over the years. I also had no idea that it originally dates back to 1944. The things you learn on the internet.
It would be easy to argue that, like yesterday, this isn’t really a Christmas song either. It’s certainly not festive, and aside from the gentle sleigh bells in this version, there’s nothing to suggest it’s much more than a maudlin love song. Like yesterday’s entry though, it does have that cold feel, no doubt helped considerably by the lyrics. If not a Christmas song, it’s certainly a winter song, and given I’m likely going to run out of songs by next week anyway, it has a place here.
You can expect more Allo, Darlin’ before the year is out too. They’ve quickly become a favourite band on the back of a mere handful of songs over the past few months. Their superb single from earlier this year, Henry Rollins Don’t Dance, is a lock to be at the top end of the best of the year list. A list that we’ll actually manage to publish this year, unlike the disaster that was 2008.
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