Stiff Little Fingers - White Christmas (Live 1979) reaction commentary

Today I listen to Northern Irish punk rock band, Stiff Little Fingers perform White Christmas live at the Music Palais in Stockholm on December 5, 1979.


Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - White Christmas
2:45 - My thoughts
3:57 - Who are Stiff Little Fingers?


Links
Original Video:    • White Christmas (Live)  

Christmas Songs playlist:    • Christmas Songs  

Live Music Playlist:    • Live Music  

Punk Rock playlist:    • Punk Rock  


Stiff Little Fingers are a Northern Irish punk rock band from Belfast. They formed in 1977 at the height of the Troubles, which informed much of their songwriting. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star (named after the Deep Purple song), doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. They were the first punk band in Belfast to release a record – the "Suspect Device" single came out on their own independent label, Rigid Digits. Their album Inflammable Material, released in partnership with Rough Trade, became the first independent LP to enter the UK top 20. After six years and four albums, they split up. They re-formed five years later, in 1987. Despite major personnel changes, they are still touring and recording.

All the Best is a compilation album, released on February 4, 1983. The album consists of the A- and B-sides of all the band's singles and EPs recorded and released between 1978 and 1983. It was originally released to coincide both with the release of the band's final single "Price of Admission" and with their two "farewell shows" which took place in February 1983. All the Best peaked at No. 19 on the UK Album Chart.

White Christmas (live) is track 11 on disc 1, written by Irving Berlin. It is the B-side of their 1980 single At The Edge. It was also on their 1981 unofficial release Christmas Album.


Lyrics
Spoken (Could everybody get off the stage please
Cause the people behind you can't see)

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white