Month: February 2021

Carol Told by an Idiot, 8

Sometimes, the entangling time loop is what it is. Prison.

Attempting a slow burn, Mariah Carey pitches the concept that “Christmas Time is in the Air Again.” It soars after dragging and struggling through murky lines of uncertain yearning, but it’s off-putting by half.

Johan Norberg lightly slights the holiday season in “Oh No, It’s Christmas Again.” Sprightly jazz (trumpet solo!) lightens the moodiness.

Jimi ‘the human’ Hocking takes Aussie issue with the comfort and joy in “Christmas Again.” Simple folk rock that punches hard.

Ryan Garrett hopes next year is better in “Merry Christmas Again.” He’s rocking but not too loud. And you need to get clean. Make a STARZ series about it already.

Matt Roach mourns the loss of friends when Xmas ends but then it’s “Christmas Again.” Followed by that recurring loss of friends. Chugalug folk rock.

Carol Told by an Idiot, 7

Sometimes we just notice on the calendar that Christmas is happening. Again. All matter of fact and what’s the big deal anyway.

Bethany Jung might be stalking you in “Christmas Again.” Percussive slow pop that keeps time to the year. That is that, as the kids say.

Tom Petty as well merely states that we are subject to “Christmas All Over Again.” A bit more perky, but he doesn’t really want to kiss those distant relatives.

D.D. and The Flakes seem to leave it more than take it with their Britfolk downer “Here It is, Christmas Again.” Some jollies, mostly melancholies.

Brian Hyland from 1967 troubadours “It’s Christmas Time Once Again.” But he’s a bit condescending about the finance companies and icy roads and carols. Social commentary rings out that time of year, heed the folk of it.

Carol Told by an Idiot, 6

Like a broken record, we keep hitting the same sentiment: Christmas’s return is good. Let’s roll with it.

Perhaps the hit R+B parody is a cue, by The Van Bloom Brothers sing (?) “Christmas Again” upbeat, yet seem to be scaring us with what will happen.

Classic ska from the ’80s maintains that when it’s “Christmas Time (Again)” we won’t have to go to school. So that’s good. But these orphans take what joy they can scratch from the cold hard ground.

Jason Hostrum uses electronica, sweet girl backup, and an odd downbeat to frolic through “Christmastime Again.” I’m drawn to it’s implicit sardonica.

Carol Told by an Idiot, 5

Dialing it way down, let’s get nearly comatose as we notice Christmas comes around again.

Runner up in the George Michaels sing-a-like, YouKnowWho bepop “Finally It’s Christmas Again.” Erstwhile love song repels.

Peggy Lee softens the mood with a whispery, wafting wish when “It’s Christmas Time Again.” Isn’t that nice? (So sleepy now.)

Let’s try that again with Johnny Mathis. (Can’t keep eyes open.)

Even slower from Charles Billingsley. (Wha–wha– is it?)

Roger Whittaker might wake me up… “Christmas is Here Again” is a soft pop love song hoping for–zzzzzz.

Carol Told by an Idiot, 4

Quieter now. Let’s celebrate the cyclicism of our orbiting pinball with some down-home jollity.

Little Rockers alt the lightness of emotionality with some poignant rocking “It’s Christmas Time Again.” Image-matic. Paints a picture.

Show-grass honkytonk from JR & The Bad Ox Band. Prime rowdiness is promised in “It’s Christmas Time Again,” but it’s merely a sing-songy jubilee.

Slow echoey piano bar warbling from Ivory West makes “Christmas Again” seem too cool for yule.

As laid back as Bing, Time Boyce-Hobson whaddya knows the cool swing of “Christmas Time Again.” Gets louder than some, but still frosty as Santa.

Carol Told by an Idiot, 3 (BLUE)

Party, hold, party, wait, party, can you last until–Xmas? ‘Cuz then it’s time to party.

Ready or not CrossTie want to get ready, set, “Christmas Again.” Sounds like chores, but the underlying heart is festivity. The rock told me that.

Rikki Jai lays down the calypso beat to let you know “It’s Christmas Again.” You can’t see it, but i AM dancing. (‘Snot pretty.)

OI! the real party is the loud party. Bonecrusher punks out “Christmas Time Again” to the pogo crowd. Go big or go to the bathroom.

Carol Told by an Idiot, 2

Some of these again-Christmas bits i don’t mind hearing again.

Don Ho’s best Dean Martin impression is “It’s Christmas Time Again.” Super smarmy lounge long-notes. Ah-may-zing.

“Christmas Time is Here Again” by 1968 soul sister group The Flirtations is as much psychedelia as it is pop R+B. Groovy gravy.

Ringo Starr enlarges a piece of comedy from an old Beatles Christmas fan bonus disc in “Christmas Time is Here Again.” The repetition pays off for me in this pop music rock. Personal messages fill the ever-lasting outro (that’s oh-you-tee-are-oh). (For a more odd update, cf. Zen Fuse Box.)

Carol Told by an Idiot, 1

After Christmas, guess what? There’ll be Christmas coming ’round again. That’s my premise, any ways. A ‘Groundhog Day’ form of insanity Macbeth complained about creeping into this petty pace of life. Sigh. Here we go again. Then again. You get the idea….

This call should be the exhilaration of Backstreet Boys doot-doo-ing “It’s Christmas Time Again.” Every time they announce the title it’s a party of boy-band pop scat.

Watering down R+B, Ashanti smooth-warbles “Christmas Time Again.” Also listing all the features that recur annually, which leads to love, baby. (Stay tuned for a personal memory from her to you.)

Adrain B (feat. Shawn Sounds) gets almost silly with gleefulness in “Christmas Time Again.” It’s that good, at least in soul.

I prefer the Philip-Glass-altered-state i get from My Morning Jacket’s wandering melody “Xmas Time is Here Again.” You never know when this cool club music’ll end, but it is quite the carousel ride.