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The image says McCartney, the article says Wings.
If it was Wings, what's the source? Was this the last Wings single, or was it " Getting Closer" or something else? -- kingboyk 16:13, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
I deleted the following, it can't be real.
"Trivia
In Japan, there have been numerous attempts to ban the "Wonderful Christmastime" due to the song being directly attributed to 143 separate cases of suicide. In 1987, one Osaka radio station reportedly played the track back-to-back for three days straight, in the lead up to Christmas. Tokyo Police Department reported 57 fatalities during the 1986-87 period alone. A Japanese government spokesman was popularly quoted as saying that "the syncopated synthesizer appears to send people scrambling for the fish knife."" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.72.182.248 ( talk) 07:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC).
we should look into citing that tid bit.. its not beyond the realm of belief... I lived in japan for a couple of years, and they thrashed that song mercilessly, unbelievable rotation.. [honto harry]]
I can believe this story. That song is the worst christmas song of all time. Simply horrendous. 204.191.232.209 03:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
If this was true, it would probably be more widely known. Googling for variations on "mccartney christmas suicide japan" doesn't turn up anything related except for people citing this article. ‣
tregoweth (
talk) 03:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Must have been a wind up. "the syncopated synthesizer appears to send people scrambling for the fish knife" sounds implausible as a government statement to me, more of a clever dig... -- kingboyk 15:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
What Christmas single did George Harrison ever do? 75.178.3.217 ( talk) 04:03, 29 December 2008 (UTC)Gregory J. Orme
For years I have thought that this had to have been a contractual obligation, it's so bad. It reminds me of Monty Python's "I Like Traffic Lights" song. Horribly, the local high school acapella group performed it for their holiday concert. No amount of be-bopping, beat-boxing, or eight-part harmony could save this testament to bad taste and mediocrity.
05:54, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
Do we know who the personnel were on this single? Or was it one of McCartney's one-man-band efforts? -- kingboyk 15:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
I was under the impression that Ringo played drums for this track though that might have been for a live performance or something.( 82.3.41.190 ( talk) 17:01, 19 June 2009 (UTC))
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The image says McCartney, the article says Wings.
If it was Wings, what's the source? Was this the last Wings single, or was it " Getting Closer" or something else? -- kingboyk 16:13, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
I deleted the following, it can't be real.
"Trivia
In Japan, there have been numerous attempts to ban the "Wonderful Christmastime" due to the song being directly attributed to 143 separate cases of suicide. In 1987, one Osaka radio station reportedly played the track back-to-back for three days straight, in the lead up to Christmas. Tokyo Police Department reported 57 fatalities during the 1986-87 period alone. A Japanese government spokesman was popularly quoted as saying that "the syncopated synthesizer appears to send people scrambling for the fish knife."" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.72.182.248 ( talk) 07:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC).
we should look into citing that tid bit.. its not beyond the realm of belief... I lived in japan for a couple of years, and they thrashed that song mercilessly, unbelievable rotation.. [honto harry]]
I can believe this story. That song is the worst christmas song of all time. Simply horrendous. 204.191.232.209 03:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
If this was true, it would probably be more widely known. Googling for variations on "mccartney christmas suicide japan" doesn't turn up anything related except for people citing this article. ‣
tregoweth (
talk) 03:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Must have been a wind up. "the syncopated synthesizer appears to send people scrambling for the fish knife" sounds implausible as a government statement to me, more of a clever dig... -- kingboyk 15:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
What Christmas single did George Harrison ever do? 75.178.3.217 ( talk) 04:03, 29 December 2008 (UTC)Gregory J. Orme
For years I have thought that this had to have been a contractual obligation, it's so bad. It reminds me of Monty Python's "I Like Traffic Lights" song. Horribly, the local high school acapella group performed it for their holiday concert. No amount of be-bopping, beat-boxing, or eight-part harmony could save this testament to bad taste and mediocrity.
05:54, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
Do we know who the personnel were on this single? Or was it one of McCartney's one-man-band efforts? -- kingboyk 15:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
I was under the impression that Ringo played drums for this track though that might have been for a live performance or something.( 82.3.41.190 ( talk) 17:01, 19 June 2009 (UTC))