A Real John Waters Christmas

Let's start this year with a strange, no better a weird 7 inch. That's a word that suits John Waters better. He is most known for his movie 'Hairspray' (1980). In 2004 he released 'A John Waters Christmas' compilation. This year the American label Sub Pop comes with a coloured single. On The A-side a parody version of The Singing Dogs ’Jingle Bells', which takes the Christmas classic on a howling turn that should delight (and possibly dismay) dog owners everywhere. Meanwhile, the B-side,'It’s a Punk Rock Christmas', is a raunchy spoken word yarn about the lack of the punk rock spirit during the anxiety-provoking season. Here's John Waters doing the dogs:

The cover of the singles looks like the record cover of the original 1955 project form the Danish ornithologist Carl Weismann. He used recordings of five barking dogs and Danish producer Don Charles provided the music. A real novelty record that became a hit in America in the Bilboard charts in 1955 and again in 1972.

John Waters also will release a second Christmassy single, this time taken from his above mentioned album: He covers Little Cindy's 'Happy Birthday Jesus'.