{"id":2020,"date":"2014-11-19T11:08:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T11:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blognoel.com\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2014-11-19T14:41:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T14:41:43","slug":"little-saint-nick-christmas-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blognoel.com\/en\/2020\/little-saint-nick-christmas-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Music: Little Saint Nick"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Brian Wilson et Mike Love, tous deux ex-membres du groupe des Beach Boys, donnaient birth<\/a> \u00e0 une chanson de Christmas<\/a> en 1963, qui allait par la suite devenir un grand succ\u00e8s du temps des f\u00eates. Popularis\u00e9e par ce m\u00eame groupe, Little Saint Nick se hissa rapidement \u00e0 la troisi\u00e8me position du Billboard am\u00e9ricain au cours de la m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, et ce, malgr\u00e9 l\u2019assassinat r\u00e9cent du pr\u00e9sident des \u00c9tats-Unis, John F. Kennedy. Il va de soi qu\u2019avec un drame d\u2019une telle ampleur, les f\u00eates de No\u00ebl des am\u00e9ricains furent quelque peu assombries, et les m\u00e9dias lui consacr\u00e8rent beaucoup plus de temps d\u2019antenne qu\u2019\u00e0 la diffusion des chants de No\u00ebl.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Little Saint Nick enjoyed some success, even reaching the Top 10 and Top 20 in a few US and Canadian cities. It must be acknowledged, however, that at that time, the Beach Boys' fame was at its peak, and this factor surely contributed to making this song a success. Especially since it borrowed both the rhythm and the melody of two other popular songs of the group, namely Little Deuce Coupe and Drive-In. Subsequently, Little Saint Nick peaked at 69th position in the weekly sales charts, according to an unofficial source, the number of copies sold to date could be more than a million.<\/p>\n

Then, in 2005, as part of his solo album, entitled "What I Really Want for Christmas," Brian Wilson produced a new version of "Little Saint Nick." The old version, which everyone knows, was used in a Coca-Cola commercial, in which a family of polar bears joined a penguin feast.<\/p>\n

Words<\/p>\n

Oooooooo
\nMerry Christmas Saint Nick
\nChristmas comes this time every year
\nOooooooo oooooooo<\/p>\n

Well, way up north where the air gets cold
\nThere's a tale about Christmas that you've all been told
\nAnd a real famous cat all dressed up in red
\nAnd he spends the whole year working out on his sled<\/p>\n

It's the little Saint Nick
\nOoooo, little Saint Nick
\nIt's the little Saint Nick
\nOoooo, little Saint Nick<\/p>\n

Just a little bobsled we call it old Saint Nick
\nBut she'll walk a slide with a four speed stick
\nShe's candy-apple red with a ski for a wheel
\nAnd when Santa hits the gas, man, just watch her peel<\/p>\n

It's the little Saint Nick
\nOoooo, little Saint Nick
\nIt's the little Saint Nick
\nOoooo, little Saint Nick<\/p>\n

Run run reindeer
\nRun run reindeer
\nWhoaa
\nRun run reindeer
\nRun run reindeer<\/p>\n

He doesn't miss anyone<\/p>\n

And haulin' through the snow at a frightenin' speed
\nWith a half a dozen deer with Rudy to lead
\nHe's gotta wear his goggles 'cause the snow really flies
\nAnd he's cruisin' every pad with a little surprise<\/p>\n

It's the little Saint Nick
\nOoooo, little Saint Nick
\nIt's the little Saint Nick
\nOoooo, little Saint Nick<\/p>\n

Ahhhhhh
\nOooooooo
\nMerry Christmas Saint Nick
\nChristmas comes this time every year<\/p>\n

Ahhhhhh
\nOooooooo
\nMerry Christmas Saint Nick
\nChristmas comes this time every year<\/p>\n

Ahhhhhh
\nOooooooo
\nMerry Christmas Saint Nick
\nChristmas comes this time every year<\/p>\n