Christmas icon Roy Wood has opened up on his wild political statement that made headlines back in 2019.
The Wizzard star appeared on GB News alongside Nigel Farage and said that it was a “shame” that Brexit didn’t work out the way that they wanted it too.
The Birmingham pop legend found fame with The Move, ELO and Wizzard, and later joined Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party.
Talking to Nigel Farage on his GB News show, he said: “All through this musical side of your life, you’ve also had a few opinions of your own about politics and the world haven’t you? You were a UKIP member. You’re a Brexit Party member. There was a headline in the Birmingham Post that read ‘I wish it could be Brexit everyday.'”
Roy Wood wrote the hit Christmas song I wish it could be Christmas everyday
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Roy laughed and added: “It’s a shame it didn’t work out as we would have wanted it to.”
Farage agreed and said: “Well, it’s not perfect, but it is done at least, isn’t it?”
The hitmaker then explained: “It’s a strange time at the moment because I don’t think most of the general public are comfortable with anything that’s going on.
“They don’t really know who to vote for. And I think you must think that way too.”
He spoke to Nigel Farage on Talking Pints
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Nigel agreed before promptly moving on with the interview and talking about a huge milestone that the 77-year-old pop star is celebrating.
The Christmas song I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday turns 50 years old this year and Roy discussed the inspiration behind the hit that became a “pinnacle” of Christmas.
He said: “I had some ideas for a Christmas song for a long time.
“There’s only one that I could remember a rock’n’roll in it, which is rocking around the Christmas tree with Brenda Lee.
His hit song is celebrating its 50th anniversary
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“There have been no rock’n’roll Christmas hits. So I thought, yeah, now’s the time.I wrote it in May and we recorded it in the in the August when it was his bright sunshine.
“I went in the studio early with the road crew and we put up some fans in the corners of the studio and some blue lights and all that and left it on for an hour and it was it was really cold.
“I phoned the band up and said turn up with your overcoats and scars and bubble hats and all that, which they did. And we recorded it like that in the freezing cold and just to get the atmosphere.”
He then added: “About a week later we got some school children down from from Birmingham on the coach and It was a great school project for them.
“I showed them how the desk worked in the studio and all that. And by the time we got to the point where where they were doing their little bit, they’d lost all their inhibitions. They did it first or second time, and it sounded beautiful.”
