"Christmas With the Devil," Spinal Tap (Enigma)

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spitap.jpgIt's unlikely that anybody surfing this page is unfamiliar with Spinal Tap, the parody heavy metal band that was the subject of Rob Reiner's mock-documentary "This Is Spinal Tap" and has since recorded three albums, several TV specials, video short subjects and this 1984 single. It's everything you would expect from a dunderheaded heavy metal band: "The elves are dressed in leather and the angels are in chains...." The comic actors who portrayed Spinal Tap, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, also wrote and produced this backhanded Christmas tribute and went on to perform it on "Saturday Night Live." A great conversation-stopper when put on a mix tape, as long as there are no fundamentalists in the audience. It's actually been on some holiday compilations, but I've linked you to the original soundtrack, with two versions of this song as bonus tracks.

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