Viscum album Viscum album Viscum album is a species of mistletoe in the family Santalaceae, commonly known as European mistletoe, common mistletoe or simply as mistletoe (Old English "mistle"). It is native to Europe and western and southern Asia. "Viscum album" is a hemiparasite on several species of trees, from which it draws water and nutrients. It has a significant role in European mythology, legends, and customs. In modern times, it is commonly featured in Christmas decoration and symbology. ("V. album" is found only rarely in North America, as an introduced species; its cultural roles are usually fulfilled by the similar native
Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For of the Pops" as the Happy Mondays, who performed "Hallelujah" from the "Madchester Rave on E.P.", is regarded as a "cultural high-water mark", exposing the emerging Madchester scene to a wider audience, and popularizing a new dance-oriented music genre, baggy. Although a non-album double A-sided single, both tracks have appeared on the compilation albums "Turns into Stone", "The Complete Stone Roses" and "The Very Best of The Stone Roses". Both tracks have also appeared on some reissued editions of their debut album "The Stone Roses", although "Fools Gold" has appeared more often than "What The World Is Waiting For". In