(Have Yourself) A Very Maudlin Christmas!!

by The Romantidote

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Christmas is not always, as common wisdom might insist, the most wonderful time of the year. The Romantidote’s 2019 original Christmas song appeals to the lurking Grinch in all of us, but in a wildly fun way. Take guilty pleasure in the playful skewering of the myriad irritations facing us during the festive season. Uncles with fascist leanings, corny decor and the sheer abundance of food and drink we are forced to consume. Spot your family members! Play along at home!

Fabio Buemi (who has recorded musicians from Billie Eilish to Brockhampton) worked his magic in bringing together a host of Berlin’s most talented session musicians on e.g. trumpet, piano and drums. These bring the song to life and complement the witty lyrics, that are central to any Romantidote tune. There is something of a redemptive moment at the song’s end: in the midst of it all this madness we are at least spending some time surrounded by the ones we love.

lyrics

// Lyrics:

Is there anybody else whose sick of sleigh-bells?
Those five same movies that you’ve seen a thousand times
The „all-time greatest best of Christmas compilation“
And decorations from your neighbour that’ll make you wish you’re blind

Driving for miles and miles to reach distant relations
To sit beside someone you barely know or like
“So what exactly are you doing with your time now”
You’ve never craved a cigarette more in your whole entire life

Your uncle jack has voiced political opinions
That would have Mussolini dancing in his grave
And save your old aunt jean who only has a wee drink
Everyone’s drunk before the gravy’s coming out the microwave

The Brussel sprouts taste like they’ve been in there for months, say
Oh did this poor old turkey really die for this?
Disguise you disappointment at more pairs of socks and
Keep drinking bubbly hoping noone realises that you’re pished oh!

You listen close
But can’t hear Santa’s shoes
Cause you’ve been on the naughty list
Since Dad’s been on the booze

Change the channel over to a choir of children
Their voices singing faces smiling ear to ear
No that’s a snowflake melting just below my eye dear
It’s not a yearly drop of sentimental seasonal good cheer

See your drunken family round the dinner table
Look out through the window as the snowfall starts
There are so many other days to be a humbug
So maybe just for this one one you could show the world a bit of heart

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released November 30, 2019
Raffael Bruenner - Drums
Vale Schwartzbeck - Trumpet
Ismael Rivera - Piano and bass
Anna Kohli - BVs
Stephen O'Connor, Simon Maguire, Alejandro Itturalde - choir

Fabio Buemi - Co-Producer

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The Romantidote Berlin, Germany

the bastard love-child of bon iver, byron and, bizarrely, the bee gees, the romantidote is a musical odyssey into the melancholic mind of a lonely man.

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