[2012]
From possibly the greatest LP of the 10s if not this century comes this stark, dark and somewhat sardonic tune. I'm not sure how Merry Christmas-y it really is but just wait for the the glorious ten seconds at the 7.20 mark where Jingle Bells is played by what sounds like some tiny tiny bells but I think is actually a glockenspiel.
It's actually about brutal Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu who along with his wife Elena was executed on Christmas day in 1989. So for many that was a very happy day but not for ole Nicolae though, he had to face a mentally deranging episode of ontological insecurity then his brisk demise. The song depicts a delusional man shocked that he was being lined up against a wall so suddenly, wracking his brain as to what caused him to be in front of a firing squad. Yet to the rest of the world it was obvious.
There is a sense of glee when that ten second sequence of Jingle Bells comes in, a feeling of relief as the populace have taken vengeance after years of violent oppression and that perhaps the misery has finally subsided.
Happy Christmas!
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