Not long after the release of Electric Light Orchestra's first album, Roy Wood found himself at odds with co-leader Jeff Lynne who would argue frequently about the direction of the band. Wood decided he wanted to head off in a "different" musical direction and left, taking band members Bill Hunt, Hugh McDowell, and ELO's sound engineer, Trevor Smith, with him, to found Wizzard. Not so nicely done, but, hey! What can you do?
Wizzard's 1973 Christmas single "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" has become something of an annual fixture on British radio and television.
Well, at least it's a fun (in a strange way) video:
Oh, well. I am not going to say anything funny about the Brits, they might not take it the right way, but I can tell you another favourite during Christmas is Gary Glitter's "Rock 'n' Roll Christmas:
There you see? It actually always can be worse!
So, so, boys and girls. You are not supposed to be lucky. The sidekick of today is going to be something more... Well, actually this is so good you could believe they are from Finland, Type o Negative and "Christmas Mourning":
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