In the opening scene of Love ...
Question: In the opening scene of Love Actually, an aging rock star is singing a song that starts, "I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes; Christmas is all around me.… " Where can I buy that song? I absolutely love it, as well as the guy who played the singer. Who is he, by the way?
Answer: The actor playing rock 'n' roll burnout Billy Mack is 56-year-old Bill Nighy, a versatile English character actor who's been working steadily since the early 1980s. He works constantly, and while I can't claim to have seen everything he's ever done, I can honestly say I've never seen him give a bad performance. The song "Christmas Is All Around" is a reworking of the Troggs' hit "Love Is All Around." You remember that in Love Actually (2003) it's supposed to be a novelty reworking of one of Billy Mack's old hits, and Billy Mack's heyday would have been in the 1960s, which is when the Troggs were big. They're best known for the 1966 power-chord-driven hit "Wild Thing" (“Wild thing, I think I love you/But I wanna know for sure”). "Christmas Is All Around" is on the Love Actually soundtrack.
