‘Datgannoli Y Falen Gweithiwr’ [4:55] (Macdonald/Peters), The Alarm

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‘Happy Christmas (War Is Over)’ [3:41] (Lennon/Ono), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over A new one just begun So this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones The old and the young And so this is Christmas For weak and for strong For rich and for poor ones The road is so long And [read more]

There’s this old U2 bootleg out there somewhere, and on it is a one-of-a-kind version of Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door from New Year’s Eve 1982. Trading verses on the song were Bono of U2, Stuart Adamson of Big Country and Mike Peters of The Alarm. “‘The new breed,’ as Bono described us,” Peters says with a chuckle. The fascinating thing is that at the time, any of the three could [read more]