Klark Kent's "Yo Ho Ho" - My Favorite Christmas Song!
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A Fun Christmas Song from The Police's Stewart Copeland - aka "Klark Kent"
If you've never heard the song before and are curious, or would like to know where and how to find a copy of the song yourself, then read on!
Photo: Stewart Copeland of The Police, aka "Klark Kent". Photograph taken by the author, sockii.
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About Klark Kent
Stewart Copeland's "Secret Identity"
So, what's with the Klark Kent thing, anyway? It's the pseudonym chosen by Police drummer Stewart Copeland, first utilized when he released the single "Don't Care" in 1978. This took place during the "early days" of The Police, but after Andy Summers had joined the band and Sting was beginning to write more complex songs for the band to capitalize on Andy's great playing talent. Originally Copeland had written a great deal of very "punk"-style music for The Police, not much of it to Sting's liking. Hence - or so legend goes - Stewart chose to record those songs himself, playing all instruments, and release the music under a pseudonym.Ironically, while The Police struggled to make any impressions on the charts, Kent's single "Don't Care" would actually become a minor hit (making it to 48 on the UK singles charts) and earn him an appearance on "Top of the Pops" before The Police themselves would get invited!
In 1980, Klark Kent released the EP "Klark Kent: Music Madness from the Kinetic Kid" which contained Klark's two 1978 singles and additional material. That album remains quite a cult classic among Copeland fans who enjoy his quirky sense of humor, the frenetic musicianship, and the musical hints and suggestions of later Copeland solo and soundtrack work to come.
Photo: Stewart Copeland performing with The Police in 2008. Photo by the author, sockii.
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Besides "Yo Ho Ho", this album's highlights include Wall of Voodoo's amusing "Shouldn't Have Given Him A Gun For Christmas" and Dread Zeppelin's amazing rendition of "All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth."
Release Date: 08/21/1990
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The second video is the rather bizarre and frenetic promotional video, to go with the single "Away From Home".
Klark Kent: Kollected Works
Get (almost) all Klark Kent songs on this anthology!
Want to hear more Klark Kent tunes? Then hunt down a copy of this out-of-print and highly collectible CD on Amazon or Ebay. It contains all of the songs Stewart Copeland has recorded as Klark Kent - except, oddly enough, "Yo Ho Ho."It's definitely a must-have for any Stewart Copeland fan, and I recommend it as well to any listener of The Police's music to get a real feeling for how much Stewart influenced the sound of their earlier releases.
Kollected Works
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This anthology includes all the songs from the original album "Klark Kent", all three "Klark Kent" non-album single tracks and b-sides, a track by Colts (Stewart Copeland and Derek Holt), and two previously unreleased songs to round out the selections.
Release Date: 02/21/1995
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