Month: October 2018

Sing a Song of Singing Songs: subtext

By calling out how it’s “Just Another Christmas Song” Stolen Moments takes a step out of the hearth warmth and holds us aloof and lonely (you’re not here). But is that empty spot a lost love… or God?? Country cornball over-orchestrated pop/slop.

Fundraising from home Lins Honeyman is singing “Just Another Christmas Song” to jumpstart your spirit. Redeem for his cause. I mean now.

Jethro Tull gets poetical/political (what else is new?) with “Another Christmas Song,” but this one’s to convince world leaders to quit the warring and give us world peace. Songs do that, you know.

Sing a Song of Singing Songs: hmmm

Taking it seriously, Robert Serling and Emily Lozcalo emote “Just Another Sad Christmas Song,” but i think they ran out of nouns. It’s folkie funk about missing you.

Sir Cadian Rhythm frontman Jack Weppler takes “Another Christmas Song” more seriously with a bluesy jazz rumination about how this song’s the only thing, baby. Moody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz6IVQceNuM

Sing a Song of Singing Songs: another

Self reference sells The Lucky Face’s (feat. Lizzie London) “Just Another Christmas Song.” Folk rock with a wink and a nod and a tongue in a cheek and a leg pulled. Ouch already, my funny bone!

Stephen Colbert mashes up the gray area between vacuous formula horse-beating, and the irony of it all. Judge “Another Christmas Song” with your side-eyes, yourself. It’s all in either way.

Sing a Song of Singing Songs: along for the song

Building a community out of song ain’t so easy. You have to ask.

Irving Oil has a corporate team-building video in which all their employees have to sing “Everyone’s Got a Christmas Song to Sing“–specifically, this one!

Todd McHatton, a Washington state treasure, has an indefinite one-of-a-kind style. This kids song/’70s rock/peoples’ anthem will beckon and distance you all at once. “Sing Along to The Christmas Song” may not be possible, but you’ll catch yourself swaying i bet to its randomness.

Sing a Song of Singing Songs: best

Let’s skip ahead to “The Best Christmas Song” by Jon Lajoie, the Canadian stoner musician comic. While this is one of those blurred lines that is more song than about-a-song, it has the golden ratio of irony (-1:1) in that it is a bad song about mittens and necks, than the best song (presumably about peace and orgasm).

Sing a Song of Singing Songs: just sing no

It’s fun to say no no no (around Christmas time we call that ‘coal mining’). That Something Piñata gets experimentally kidsong for “Don’t Play Me that Christmas Song.” Uncategorizable nonsense, but in a good way.

Dr. Elmo got famous for a Christmas novelty song. So, for an hilarious sequel, he spun out an FM DJ singing “Don’t Make Me Play that Grandma Song Again.” Ha what ha.

On the other hand, hipsters gotta hate. Todd Chappelle (funny Philly guy) parodies McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ to the tune of earworm dithering. Don’t you wish they would NOT play some songs? Then why’s he gotta go the ENTIRE distance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCxInfmJDLk