Tim: Slightly-known festive music fact: every year since 2006, The Killers have released a Christmas track with profits going to the Product Red campaign. Very good of them, and this one’s from last year.
Tim: And isn’t that just brilliant?
Tom: Oh, my word, that’s lovely. I like everything about that. It still sounds like the Killers despite also being country-and-western and Christmassy.
My two complaints – and they’re a very minor ones – are: one, that no-one seems to know where the apostrophe goes in the title…
Tim: Hmm…
Tom: …and two, that the tinkly glockenspiel bit sounds like it’s always going to go off into some traditional Christmas tune, and never quite does.
Tim: Yes, both very minor.
Tom: But I only mention those because I can’t think of anything else to say other than “just lovely”. Those last four lines and the ‘boom-boom’ at the end? THEY’RE JUST LOVELY.
Tim: Wow – do you know, I think that’s the first time any track on here has got you excited enough to shout about it. I’m impressed.
The lyrics are all taken from a poem off the 19th century that describes, well, a Cowboys’ Christmas Ball, and I reckon the music they’ve provided more than does justice to such a triumphant event. Strangely enough, the 1890 text doesn’t mention any sort of alien robots at all, but never mind because personally I’d far rather be at a party with alien robots than without, given the option, especially if they’ve all just saved us from the bad guys.
Tom: Damn right.
Tim: Amazing. So, shall we do-ce-do?
Tom: You lead.
Tim: Madam, it would be my honour.