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MORRIS DAY IS BACK AND HE
MAY BE COOLER THAN EVER.
♪ "I'M COOL, COOLER THAN
SANTA."
♪ "SANTA CLAUS AIN'T COOL AS
ME WITH "
IT IS HIS FIRST EVER
CHRISTMAS SONG.
THAT ONE IS GUARANTEED TO GET
YOU UP ON YOUR FEET.
MORRIS DAY IS WITH US LIVE
ON SKYPE.
MORRIS, IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO RECORD
A CHRISTMAS SONG?
THANKS.
I'M GLAD Y'ALL HAVE ME ON THIS
MORNING.
YOU KNOW, MY MANAGER COURTNEY
BENSON MADE A SUGGESTION TO ME
ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
HE SAID YOU SHOULD DO A
CHRISTMAS SONG.
FIRST.
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR 24 HOURS
AND I THEN I SAID THAT IS NOT A
BAD IDEA.
IT KEPT GETTING BETTER AND
BETTER SO I WENT WITH IT.
IT'S ONLY TOOK YOU ONE DAY
TO COMPLETE IT?
YOU MUST HAVE THE CHRISTMAS
SPIRIT?
WELL, IT WAS ONE DAY TO
RECORD BUT THE THOUGHT PROCESS
AND BRINGING IN THE HORN
SECTION AND ALL THE STUFF THAT
WAY DID TOOK JUST A COUPLE OF
DAYS.
YOU ARE LIVING OUT IN
CALIFORNIA, RIGHT?
SO IS IT DIFFICULT TO CHANNEL
KIND OF THE SANTA CLAUS SPIRIT
AS COMPARED TO HERE IN THE TWIN
CITIES WHERE I THINK IT IS
CURRENTLY 24 DEGREES?
AFTER LIVING IN MINNEAPOLIS
FOR 20 YEARS, FOR 20 PLUS
YEARS, TRUST ME I HAVE ENOUGH
SPIRIT BUILT UP TO LAST.
YOU STILL HAVE THE COLD
RUNNING THROUGH YOUR VEINS FROM
LIVING HERE I IMAGINE?
YES.
I RUN ICE THROUGH MY VEINS.
I LOVE THE STORY YOU USED TO
TELL YOUR KIDS.
WHAT IS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND
THE TITLE?
IT IS SANTA GETS ALL THE
CREDIT BUT WE KNOW SANTA CLAUS
REALLY IS, I DIDN'T WANT TO
KILL THE IDEA OF SANTA CLAUS
BUT I WANT IT KNOWN I'M COOLER
THAN SANTA CLAUS.
HOW ABOUT DAD CREDIT.
THAT IS RIGHT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT IS RIGHT.
MORRIS, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN
UP TO?
WHAT IS GOING ON?
WELL, I HAVE BEEN DOING A
LOT OF REALLY COOL STUFF.
I HAVE BEEN PROMOTING MY BOOK.
I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE RIGHT
HERE.
IT IS ON TIME, MORRIS' DAY'S A
PRINCELY LIKE IN FUNK AND WE
HAVE BEEN DOING NEW MUSIC.
I HAVE AN EP COMING OUT.
I CALL IT'S AN LP.
BACK IN THE DAYWAY ONLY DID SIX
SONGS ON THE ALBUM.
NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE 100 SONGS
TO HAVE AN ALBUM I GUESS.
BUT WE HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT
GREAT SONGS.
I HAVE BEEN DOING STUFF LIKE
THAT KEEPING MYSELF BUSY,
STUFF, STAYING COOL.
YOU KNOW, MORRIS, SINCE THE
DEATH OF PRINCE, THERE HAS BEEN
THIS REVIEW TALIZATION OF
INTEREST.
I ONCE SAY THERE IS NEW
INTEREST BUT THERE HAS ALWAYS
BEEN INTEREST IN YOU AND THE
TIME AND PRINCE BUT I WONDER
WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON OUR
KIND OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS
A NEW GENERATION X MORING IT
AND SOME GOING DEEPER WITH SOME
OF THIS MUSIC.
WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE
ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF
SOMETHING REALLY GREAT.
THE WHOLE MINNEAPOLIS MOVEMENT
THAT PRINCE STARTED AND WE GOT
TO DO A BLOCK BLOCKBUSTER
MOVIE AND WHO THOUGHT?
WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT
EVEN THE KIDS ARE INTERESTED IN
A LOT OF KIDS ARE INTERESTED IN
PURPLE RAIN AND THE WHOLE
HISTORY OF IT ALL.
I THINK IT SOMETIMES IS ASHAME
THAT SOMEONE HAS TO PASS AWAY
THING BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I THINK IT IS REAL CALL.
AND THE MINNEAPOLIS SOUND IS
REALLY SPECIAL THERE.
MORRIS DAY, IT WAS AN HONOR TO
SO GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US YET,
ANOTHER CHRISTMAS SONG.
YOU'VE GOT IT.
LOOK UP THE NEW MUSIC VIDEO ON
YOUTUBE, "COOLER THAN SANTA
CLAUSE."
YOU NAILED IT.
TEN OUT OF TEN.
THE KIDS CAN LEARN SOMETHING.
THAT IS HOW IT IS DONE.
MORRIS DAY LIVE WITH US.