Bucketful of Brains had this to say about the band back in 1987 – ‘The Pajamas somehow manage to sound like they are holding two kaleidoscopes side by side and are using them to see the future of rock’n’roll’. While I’m still trying to grasp that thought-provoking concept, there is little doubt that it’s a darned intriguing claim, and there is no doubt at all that ‘I Wish That It Was Christmas’ is an absolute barnstormer of a track.
Formed in 1984 by Jeff Kelly and Joe Ross, the Seattle combo released their debut album for Green Monkey on cassette that year. Summer of Lust was the first of 30 albums the band punched out up until 2018’s Phantom Lake: Northern Gothic 3. ‘I Wish That It Was Christmas’ was originally released in 1984, but this version is taken from the Green Monkey Xmas compilation album Christmas Boogie Woogie released in 2019.
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