Parry Music makes gospel out of “Missing You At Christmas“, elevating a cruel breakup with soaring harmonies. Hard to listen to analytically.
Theory of a Deadman instills metal in their “Missing You This Christmas“. Might make a good TV show intro, but the driving drum rhythms knock all the pathos outta this sob story.
Richard Melvin Brown may be mourning in “My First Christmas Without Her “. The Carib beat doesn’t help the reading on this pulsating pop. I’m sorry for your loss of melody.
MMMC girlies up the AI with “A Star to Wish Upon“. Whispery snow laden missing you, in the key of limp pop.
One of the great star-crossed holiday cinematic stories is “Sally’s Song” from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Doors in the Labyrinth overplay the drama in this sad tale metamorphosing showtune into rock ballad. Noice.
Most authentic is the trilling, cackling grief of Shawn ‘Da Ma$tamind’ Noel paranging “What is Christmas Without ah Rum?” Truly a heartbreak.