It’s this time of the year, for almost 30 years. Three decades and it always feels like the first time. The song and especially the video is ingrained in 40 western-european somethings. No matter what you listened to after the age of 14, even if it was hardcore, metal or EBM- when you were in your early puberty in the 80s when this song came out- you were there: in the WHAM LAST CHRISTMAS haze of 1984!!!!
You couldn’t escape then, you can’t escape now and I guess it will stay like this until world stops to spin. When LAST CHRISTMAS is dated the world actually must stop spinning ( or anything severe like that…)
A friend of mine was still dreaming in the late 90s: of us going on a ski holiday altogether, living in a cozy hut, cuddling and making snowmen and stuff like that. We were listening to heavy Smiths and Cure at that time and I told him back then: dear, we all love the video and the song, but we don’t do skiing and we don’t do huts, we are punks or indies or whatever you wanna call us but we’re not the fancy skiing type. I think christmas might have been the only time in the year when he regretted being independent.
So again: For the 29th year I commemorate and salute ANDREW RIDGELEY and GEORGE MICHAEL!!!
forever yours faithfully…
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away.
This year
To save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special.
Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my eye.
Tell me, baby,
Do you recognize me?
Well,
It’s been a year,
It doesn’t surprise me
(Merry Christmas)
I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying, “I love you,”
I meant it
Now I know what a fool I’ve been.
But if you kissed me now
I know you’d fool me again.
[Chorus 2x]
Oh, oh, baby.
A crowded room,
Friends with tired eyes.
I’m hiding from you
And your soul of ice.
My god I thought you were someone to rely on.
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on.
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart.
A man under cover but you tore me apart, ooh-hoo.
Now I’ve found a real love, you’ll never fool me again.
[Chorus 2x]
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart (I gave you my heart)
A man under cover but you tore him apart
Maybe next year I’ll give it to someone
I’ll give it to someone special.
Special…
Someone…