Tim: Bonnie McKee, not been featured here before as a singer, though she has a very healthy record as a writer. Here’s a somewhat festive track for you, though, while we’re still technically in the Christmas period.
Tom: I’ll allow it, but I’m hoping for something else come tomorrow.
Tom: Oh, that’s a fantastic song! That’s my Christmas song of the year! Why did you wait until Boxing Day? I can’t listen to this for another 11 months now!
Tim: It’s a lovely video, and a lovely song as well, so I’ll do my very best not to let the fact that the timing goes a bit off towards the end, and instead just click my fingers in time and enjoy it, and its heartwarming message.
Tom: That’s what happens when you film at a different speed to playback: if you don’t nail it exactly…
Tim: I called it somewhat festive earlier, I’m not really sure whether it is or not – the video’s full of Christmas decorations, and Christmas Eve gets a mention in the lyrics, but instrumentally it seems very summery (even with the bells), which is an interesting disjoint. A very enjoyable disjoint, but it does mean I’d never really be sure when I’m meant to play it.
Tom: Wait, that means…
Tim: That means I can play it any time I want, I suppose, like right now. Let’s have another listen.
Tom: …you’re right. It’s just a winter song, not a Christmas song. I can play this again. And I fully intend to. This is just lovely.