Shockingly enough, I'm in a holiday-ish mood early this year, which means I'm digging out my extensive collection of Christmas tunes to listen to and share. Monday night I peppered the most recent show's playlist with a handful of my recent festive faves, including this gem, which I only recently discovered (two years ago?).
Recorded in 1956 by a twelve-year-old Brenda Lee (pictured above looking like she's like to lasso the King), "I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus" is so fantastically good I'm shocked it isn't more of a Christmas standard. Seriously, "squirt squirt!" has to be one of the greatest moments in a Christmas song, ever. It's like a novelty song that somehow doesn't even come close to wearing out its welcome.
Brenda Lee - "I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus"
""I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus" is so fantastically good I'm shocked it isn't more of a Christmas standard."Ditto that. This song is great. Thanx for the link
Posted by: Raw | Friday, January 15, 2010 at 02:51 AM