Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was actually written in 1949 by Johnny Marks and was a hit by Gene Autry of that year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(song)
We assume it's traditional because it's a Christmas song, but regardless of the definition of traditional (whether "a song without a known author" or "a folk song"), it's hard to call a Tin Pan Alley song sung by a country music star "traditional" :)
The fact that the song continues to be sung by succeeding generations makes it traditional.
Robert May wrote the story of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" in 1939 as a Christmas promotion for his employer, Montgomery Ward. Marks was his brother-in-law and made a song from the story ten years later.
I had definitely not heard of that song, or group for that matter, but I just watched the music video. It is equal parts absurdity and impressive coordination.
I have yet to understand why people ask for "wrong" answers to be accepted as correct. I can give a bit for spelling of some more difficult words, but "toe" to "toes"? That's a bit excessive.
Branches/Bones, Corona Radiata, Demon Seed (questionable), The Hand That Feeds, Head Down, Head Like a Hole, My Violent Heart, The New Flesh, Ringfinger
Dead Souls since souls are body parts as much as heads in the sense being used here (mind), Metal if you've undergone hip replacement surgery, and Big Man with a Gun if you're from Texas and consider your gun to be an appendage.
We assume it's traditional because it's a Christmas song, but regardless of the definition of traditional (whether "a song without a known author" or "a folk song"), it's hard to call a Tin Pan Alley song sung by a country music star "traditional" :)
Robert May wrote the story of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" in 1939 as a Christmas promotion for his employer, Montgomery Ward. Marks was his brother-in-law and made a song from the story ten years later.
LOVE that OK go was in there. Almost no one listens to them anymore. ;)
Dead Souls since souls are body parts as much as heads in the sense being used here (mind), Metal if you've undergone hip replacement surgery, and Big Man with a Gun if you're from Texas and consider your gun to be an appendage.
To be fair, I was in college when it was a hit and all the frat parties played it, so...