11/29/09 - The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir & Chorale

In the vein of The Star Wars Christmas Special comes this wonderful song. You would think Lucas would know better but then again, you would think he would know better after Jar Jar Binks too but that didn't happen.

This song is "What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb?)" The song is actually pretty funny if not disturbing. Some fun facts about this song posted on the Mad Music Archive:

# This song was part of a Star Wars-themed Christmas album released in 1980, entitled CHRISTMAS IN THE STARS.
# Meco Monardo, one of the producers, had a number of hits in the late 1970's and early 1980's w/ discofied remakes of movie themes (i.e., "Star Wars," "Close Encounters," "The Empire Strikes Back," "Under The Rainbow," etc).
# One of the vocalists on this song (and on many of the other songs from the album) was a young Jon Bon Jovi (using the correct spelling of his last name: "Bongiovi")!

So, here's a Youtube video with this song:



You can find more about The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir & Chorale and their current work by visiting their recording studio on Tatooine.

Lyrics
What can you get a Wookie for Christmas
When he already owns a comb
What can you get in a hurry for a furry kind of friend like that
To take home

Oh, he doesn't need a tie clip
And he doesn't use shaving foam
So what can you get a Wookie for Christmas
When he already owns a comb
(Spoken:) It's really a problem

What can you get a Wookie for Christmas
when he already owns a comb
What can you get in a hurry for a furry kind of friend like that

Lyrics courtesy Top40db.

To take home
No, He'll never wear galoshes
Or a hat upon his furry dome
So what can you get a Wookie for Christmas
When he already owns a comb

Let's give him love and understanding
Good will to men
We wrap it all up in bright colored ribbon
And we give it to him all over again
And that's what you get a Wookie for Christmas
When he already owns a comb.

That's what you get in a hurry for a furry kind of friend like that
To take home
'Cause he doesn't need a tie clip
And he doesn't need shaving foam
So that's what you get a Wookie for Christmas
When he already has a comb
When he already owns a comb!