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Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) - The Darkness, on BBC Radio 2

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The Darkness have permission to land their sleigh at BBC Maida Vale Studios to perform a christmas cracker version of their yuletide hit 'Christmas Time', accompanied by a 12 piece choir.
Don't miss out on Justin' Hawkin's red bejewelled festive guitar, plus behind-the-scenes footage from The Darkness menfolk of Justin and Dan Hawkins, Frankie Poullain and Rufus Tiger Taylor.
Filmed especially for a Christmas session on the Jo Whiley BBC Radio 2 show. Listen to the full Darkness special on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001...

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14 дек 2023

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@TheActualDarkness 7 месяцев назад

It was truly a great day! Thank you for having us Jo Whiley and BBC Radio 2! And today is Christmas Time (don't let the bells end) 20th Anniversary!

@jameswatling01603 7 месяцев назад

Superb!

@ZuzuTheLemon 7 месяцев назад

THE Christmas song!

@steveshaw5773 7 месяцев назад

That's my mate Mickey Wade on the sleigh bells...I got to meet the chaps again in Manchester this week and a nicer more generous bunch of guys you couldn't ask for.🙏Top Lads and Lasses all round. Sea biscuit Steve. X

@Rocksarum 7 месяцев назад

Happy 20th Anniversary to this absolute Christmas banger! 🤘Don't ever let the bells end!🤘❤

@Reid_Jorgensen 7 месяцев назад

Like mulled wine...The Darkness is getting better with age! ❤🎄

@tammurray8576 7 месяцев назад

It's easy to forget that for a period in the early 2000s The Darkness were the biggest band in the country, they deserve a resurgence.

@RosieHarp 7 месяцев назад

They’ve been touring a *lot* this year

@tammurray8576 7 месяцев назад

@RosieHarp yeah I've heard and followed it peripherally. Hopefully more stuff in the mainstream like this

@McOdinson 7 месяцев назад

Happy days, 😎🤘

@paulrichardhammond 4 месяца назад

I remember seeing them at leeds festival in what, 2002/3? main stage, it was so packed and they absolutely brought the house down

@mattjns 7 месяцев назад

Cramming “bell-end” & “ring-piece” into a Christmas song is something to be applauded.

@C33Fernandez 7 месяцев назад

"Come on, kids!"

@PrivateSi 7 месяцев назад

I think the order to 'cum on kids' at the end, stolen from Noddy Holder, really should not be taken the wrong way though! Sorry, that was a bit dark...

@smokinvalves 7 месяцев назад

The linear progression of your statement is, in itself, something to be applauded. Frankie Howerd would be proud of you, sir.

@BobGnarley. 7 месяцев назад

Plus the yearly royalties cant hurt. Not one of their greatest but gotta respect the hustle

@mattjns 7 месяцев назад

@@BobGnarley. Absolutely one of their greatest.

@Trevenclaw 7 месяцев назад

The Darkness have been putting out killer records and touring non-stop for a decade+ since they got back together but have been in almost total obscurity for all of it. Then Justin started a RU-vid channel and a year later they are everywhere again, jamming with Ed Sheeran and showing up on the BBC. It's so rewarding for all us die-hards to see! Merry Christmas everyone! 😊

@kkrash 7 месяцев назад

Justin was long thought of as a joke, what people don't realise is that he has a scientific understanding of music, he knows what he's talking about. The podcast is amazing, he's a very intelligent bloke. Don't let appearances or marketing fool you. The other artist like this, who on the surface, writes cheesy pop songs etc in a man band is Gary Barlow. Some videos out there of how he approaches the art of music, he's a very intelligent bloke and like Justin, lives and breathes music and it's philosophy

@davidb5173 7 месяцев назад

@@kkrashBarlow is a Tory tax avoider - half the man Justin is

@Chugins 7 месяцев назад

The Darkness were on the BBC three years ago (before Justin's RU-vid channel), and I don't think a lack of said RU-vid channel would deter Ed Sheeran from jamming with the band. The Darkness reign supreme, RU-vid channel or no.

@KachZz 7 месяцев назад

Darkness is cool af but i don't think they've released anything good since One Way Ticket...Title song from Last of our Kind was alright but that's about it.

@Luckytrowel12 7 месяцев назад

@@KachZz but sure you've heard Solid Gold? The riff on that track is amazing!

@QuiteVeryJohn 7 месяцев назад

It's a crime that this didn't get Christmas number one back in the day. Absolute banger.

@cyclingartist6827 7 месяцев назад

I was gutted. Thought it was a dead cert

@alexgreenwood404 7 месяцев назад

20 years on, and I'm still bitter. I have an irrational hatred for mad world because of it

@bluemike175 7 месяцев назад

@@alexgreenwood404likewise who TF is listening to mad world at Christmas these days….

@iandunsmore8091 7 месяцев назад

I don't think it was even released at Christmas actually haha

@P.Whitestrake 7 месяцев назад

Totally unfair.

@Alicedoesart 7 месяцев назад

His voice is better than ever! So much control and strength!

@cindyadzukichang 7 месяцев назад

Justin really sounds amazing! The whole band is tight!

@eily_b 7 месяцев назад

Well, he skipped the high pitched part with the "children's" choir.

@colonelcrackerz2320 7 месяцев назад

@@eily_bwell 🤓, he also hit 99% of all the other high notes pretty perfectly

@user-pv4kl5zz3y 7 месяцев назад

Justin Hawkins is around 45 years old now i think, His voice is still incredible as ever 😄😄

@cindyadzukichang 7 месяцев назад

@@user-pv4kl5zz3y actually he's 48, soon to be 49 in March. Yes, his voice is still incredible!

@redwildgeeza 7 месяцев назад

20 years old - officially a classic !

@jamesbell5382 7 месяцев назад

Annnnnd now I feel old.

@colonelcrackerz2320 7 месяцев назад

Is it?! Fuuuuuuuuckkk

@BodaciousWickerman 7 месяцев назад

I heard this on the radio earlier today and thought the same thing! Damn, time flies.

@VintagegainzNartistic 7 месяцев назад

@@jamesbell5382not really still in 30s lol and 40s?

@Seaby41 7 месяцев назад

Really? Wow

@TricksyBix 7 месяцев назад

They are so good live! Justin's vocals are amazing 👏

@VintagegainzNartistic 7 месяцев назад

Haters will say he sounds gay or something 😏

@LilDrummaDude 7 месяцев назад

k...@@VintagegainzNartistic

@Dreyno 7 месяцев назад

@@VintagegainzNartisticOnly because they fancy him.

@ThisUsernameSystemF-ckingSucks 7 месяцев назад

@@VintagegainzNartisticso what if he did?

@sirgerbilmacintosh9101 7 месяцев назад

He's irreplaceable, and one of a kind.

@pattfoad 7 месяцев назад

Having a 12 piece choir belt out Bells End is just magic

@LoneStreet 7 месяцев назад

This song has been on my Christmas playlist since I first found it, I used to set is as my alarm too. An absolutely banger. Justin’s vocals are insane. Have a great one lads!

@lizarrrdbeth 7 месяцев назад

Oh that guitar sparkles in The Darkness!!

@imasoboredlol1 7 месяцев назад

When that choir goes OFF I get a huge lump in my throat. This was just incredible

@damo85 7 месяцев назад

One of the few modern Christmas classics, honestly. I love these guys for doing it, nothing like a good guitar-heavy Christmas tune!!

@Jordan-ft1jb 7 месяцев назад

It's two decades old 😅

@jimmygillard 7 месяцев назад

Saw em last Tuesday. Got me feeling all christmassy. Justin's bejeweled Les Paul is spectacular.

@robertbordevik5072 7 месяцев назад

Rare thing to hear such a big produced song preformed perfectly down to a tee. Didn’t miss a thing and it sounded fantastic! And it’s a great Christmas song! Underrated

@Verdademundial 7 месяцев назад

The darkness rocked my youth, it was incredible and always will be! Thank you for this moment.

@eckhas2524 7 месяцев назад

Seeing the darkness back on top is a real joy 👏

@neonshaker9312 7 месяцев назад

Dudes voice has held up really well twenty years later!

@karadan100 7 месяцев назад

He rested it for seven whole years and then had singing lessons to learn a different style which will save his vocals. He can't quite do *everything* he was once able to, but that would be impossible anyway. Good for him.

@bjpgm1233 7 месяцев назад

This was my grandmas Favourite Christmas song she was in her late 80s so it was surprising

@xasperations 7 месяцев назад

Remember reading that Justin's goal was to get the expression "bell end" on the charts. Made me laugh then, raises a smile every time I hear it years later. Funny fucker.

@Bosdavid 7 месяцев назад

Great one! Probably the best Christmas song of the past 40 years.

@GregGallagher 7 месяцев назад

Justin has such a great voice, they sound incredible, they’ve aged so gracefully

@0xM4ND 7 месяцев назад

I always considered this to be one of the last *classic* feeling Christmas songs to come out; one of the keepers that fits in a playlist with all the oldies that have been played year on year.

@foxdenham 7 месяцев назад

A proper British Rock band. Tight and Loose in equal measure. Well, that's me full of the Christmas spirit! Cheers guys...🎅🎸

@tctc8578 7 месяцев назад

And one of the most annoying falsetto’s in rock music!!! Just saying

@zyonmdc 7 месяцев назад

justin hawkins rides again 🎶

@rickykent4543 7 месяцев назад

Truly one of the best live bands on the planet.

@kevinmoore7255 7 месяцев назад

Great live band! This is definitely a classic Christmas song , up there with all the 70’s and early 80’s classics . Justin’s voice is still magic!

@alelollipop1903 7 месяцев назад

Feels like it was released yesterday. Timeless masterpiece

@LarkKristensen 7 месяцев назад

This will forever be my favourite christmas song.

@j.christopher.arrison 7 месяцев назад

Loving the Darkness-assance we're living through.

@LurgsHowToGuides 7 месяцев назад

Modern Christmas songs are normally awful drivvle but this is a modern classic. Thanks guys

@littlebigcat 7 месяцев назад

Gotta respect the choir for singing Bells End with such conviction.

@jonhulton 7 месяцев назад

Superb record. Only modern Xmas song that stands the test of time. Genius

@user-dg4dg7xu8c 7 месяцев назад

One of the best singers out there!!

@duncanjbrown 7 месяцев назад

Sicne watching Justin rides again i have completely done a 360 on him. I didnt like him at the time but now agree that this song is getting better every year! Love this version.

@Claymore5 7 месяцев назад

Brilliant - the most Christmassy track since the seventies! Bring on The Darkness!

@bluemike175 7 месяцев назад

Criminally underrated band

@mediajunkie333 7 месяцев назад

Best Christmas song ever! What a band. Bigger now than ever and two outstanding guitarists.

@user-zx3zu1ox4v 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely classic! got emotional😭

@sticksman1979 7 месяцев назад

Best guitar solo in a xmas song to boot!

@bathburn71 7 месяцев назад

One of ‘the’ great Christmas songs!! Bloody well played and sang too!! 😀🤘🏻

@roxyskinflint22222 7 месяцев назад

absolutley robbed of xmas number one back in 2003, Mad world cover was awful, glad this has stood the test of time still getting belted out every xmas, best xmas song ever for me

@jedionboard1233 7 месяцев назад

This song is 20yrs old,,,, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN,,,, sounds soooooooooooooooo good live,,, this should of been the crimbo number 1 .

@dbg32 7 месяцев назад

Love how the song sneakily mentions bell ends and ring pieces.

@ChristopherCaldwell72 7 месяцев назад

Lovely clean take. I am amazed you can still hit those notes Justin. More than that. You killed it! Love love love the choir.

@leehall8830 7 месяцев назад

Superb ! Should have been xmas number 1!

@gooberthoreau 7 месяцев назад

My daughter sings this song around the house during Christmas season. To her it is no different than all the other seasonal songs as she has grown up with it her whole life.

@mattjns 7 месяцев назад

And let her never know of the huge double entendre that this song is. 😂

@wolfman909 7 месяцев назад

double entendre? Did I miss something? 😂

@mattjns 7 месяцев назад

@@wolfman909 serious?

@Samm801 7 месяцев назад

The biggest Christmas miracle is that both of those LP’s were still in tune at the end! Amazing jobs as always boys

@pbjam2182 7 месяцев назад

Well custom shop level gear tends to perform well in every aspect 😅

@TheTightheadChief 7 месяцев назад

Saw them live the other day, never seen two guitars go off for tuning that much! They were bloody brilliant mind!

@LiamGaughan 7 месяцев назад

still in the original key as well, sick

@Crashed2023 7 месяцев назад

Great sound. Especially Rufus on the kit. Amazing all round. Merry Christmas Everybody!

@AToolyTime 7 месяцев назад

Love this tune! Justin and the Darkness bringing Christmas joy. ❤

@KieranMarsden19 7 месяцев назад

First Album I ever bought was Permission to Land. Always been a huge fan, and it's fabulous to see them having this resurgence. Hoorah!

@Rocksarum 7 месяцев назад

The sound of that guitars is superb!!!🎸🎸 Great performance!👏👏👏

@mickdrake9357 7 месяцев назад

Actual music! Actual musicians! An actually written song! We are so lucky to have Justin. Dear ‘Music Industry’, more actual music please. X

@Musiklife.9049 7 месяцев назад

Ahhh have become a real fan of Justin Hawkins over the past year…and The Darkness..Happy Christmas y’all

@marcuslamb-bentley4492 7 месяцев назад

Noooow it's Christmas.......that got me all emotional, been a long and tough year. Cheers guys.

@jamiefoyers2800 7 месяцев назад

One of the better Xmas songs out there...bit of class...

@chaoticspear 7 месяцев назад

These boys get better with age unbelievable

@barryvercueil2346 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely love The Darkness 🔥

@vicobaptista 7 месяцев назад

Been supporting the band since Permission To Land. Boy, are we getting freaking old! 🤘🏻🎄🎅🏼

@Graemie123 7 месяцев назад

That tone though ! Still my favourite Christmas song. Saw these lads a few weeks ago and holy shit what a show they put on 💙

@imnotokayipromise5940 7 месяцев назад

my band tried to cover this at our school's christmas concert a few days ago and oh my GOD, the newfound extra respect i have for justin to be able to sing this so well while playing guitar...😅😅 100% the best christmas song out there i love it so much (and i hope my band did it even HALF the justice it deserves

@jpyoungs 7 месяцев назад

What a band! What a song! What a lovely bit of cheer!

@pf100andahalf 7 месяцев назад

This is by far the best version of this song.

@WITHNAIL66 7 месяцев назад

Brilliant and LIVE!!! Sounding great guys and girls!!! Well Done

@jamessauer7867 6 месяцев назад

Goosebumps every time I listen to this song. Absolute banger.

@ashvanden 7 месяцев назад

Real music. High quality

@54spatula 7 месяцев назад

I know we’ve got all the old classics like Bing Crosbys ‘White Christmas’ and Lennons ‘Happy Christmas (war is over). But IMO this is the best Christmas song in the last thirty years. It’s seriously that good!!

@thecinematicmind 7 месяцев назад

I unanimously agree.

@SteveBaerThatsMe 7 месяцев назад

Aside from this being an epic performance, the finish on Justin's guitar is incredible.

@frankmenke125 7 месяцев назад

Happy and peaceful Christmas for everyone. Thank you for the great song.

@anthonyholmes9291 7 месяцев назад

its actually astounding how he can still hit those high notes

@neatspy 7 месяцев назад

Incredible. Amazing voice.

@carlosmauricio6493 7 месяцев назад

Great band! Great sound! Justin is one of the most underrated artists today

@natpicking 7 месяцев назад

The choir was absolute 🔥🙌🏻

@magnusindridason8368 7 месяцев назад

Truely majestic performance

@patrickmoraras 7 месяцев назад

Super great song. I liked it from the first listening

@jamesdixon6903 7 месяцев назад

Brilliant performance

@KyleLeeman 7 месяцев назад

The renascence of The Darkness is the best part of 2023

@oobenoob 7 месяцев назад

Justin has taken good care of his voice. That much is clear.

@Finny14754 7 месяцев назад

One of the UK’s BEST bands , bloody brilliant. Justin’s YT show is fantastic as well .

@commuterbranchline8132 7 месяцев назад

Wow, that was epic! Just what I needed to hear!

@sadsismint 7 месяцев назад

I love it! Always one of my favorite xmas songs and great to see it like this!

@kmgnr 6 месяцев назад

Ive watched a lot of their recent live footage cant beleive how good they sound.. Come back to Manchester soon.I am/was a massive Slade fan and these boys are as close as you get to the atmosphere of a Slade gig in full flow ...Praise indeed.