The Queens of the Stone Age principal gets help from C.W. Stoneking on this initially folky and eventually upbeat take on the classic carol, although they do a lot of stagey talking at the start and again in the middle. It's a fairly slapdash take but it has a certain charm to it. The flip side is "Twas the Night Before Christmas," a straight spoken word reading assisted by Homme's wife Brody Dalle while their "three little elves" pipe up. More for the artists' fans than most folks' playlists, but proceeds go to the non-profit Sweet Stuff Foundation that supports musicians in need.
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