Day 10 - Christmas Bride

 Day 10 - Christmas Bride



A re-write of my track 'Blushing Bride' to pose the question, are you the Christmas bride?

The lyric idea came from two sources - one being noticing older members of the community and wondering what their weddings might have been like and the second, watching repeats of Top of the Pops from the 70's, with young dancers and contemplating what their lives might have been (depending on the era and their musical tastes) as well as how they might look today.

So the lyric takes us to a wedding in December 1965 and a honeymoon in a caravan (probably as glamorous back then as one in Thailand is today) through Glam Rock, the Bay City Rollers, Punk, New Romantics, Brit Pop ...

Each generation and each social tribe represented by music and fashion but all with the same question ... were you the blushing or Christmas bride?


'Christmas Bride' by Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
Written, recorded, performed, produced by Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
(c) Richard Longley 2025

lyrics

Were you the Christmas bride
December sixty-five
You wed your family man
Honeymoon in a caravan

Were you in a Glam Rock gang
The Rollers sang ‘Shang-a-Lang’
You kissed your family guy
A social butterfly

Were you in the Punk Rock scene
Dyed your hair a bottle-green
‘No future!’ your battle cry
Ever fallen in love
With someone you shouldn’t have

New Romantic, you cut your hair
Synthesisers everywhere
You posed with your beautiful boy
‘Fade to Grey’ and ‘Mind of a Toy’

Were you in the Britpop clan
Was it part of your masterplan
Art school and a big guitar
Maybe you thought
We were all stars

Were you the Christmas bride
December sixty-five
You wed your family man
Honeymoon in a campervan

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