We’re only scratched the surface of psychological problems. One of the BIG motivators for therapy, as well as singing, is breaking up with the one you smash. Throw in a little Merry Merry, and we have ourselves a subgenre.
Granted this opens the door for easy listening and power pop (ugh), so you may have to wait a month for real crackups in our little sourced musical choices. But i’m here for you, X-philes. I’m gonna give it my all to find you some funny in all this misery. Or else we can call it quits.
Jazzy swing from Dennis van Aarssen, “[Will You Be] Gone By Christmas Night” classes up the dating jitters so you might be less inclined to take out a restraining order.
Bunnygrunt’s “Season Freaklings” proudly percusses retro pop rock over how it’s not Christmas without you. We’re going to here that a lot during this month, so–Later, Jesus.
Buck Owens complains of anhedonia in “Christmas Ain’t Christmas“. Plodding country, now with more twang.
Horrifically, in honor of the Sandy Hook casualties, Wattle & Daub folk up “Ten Years Old (I Miss You Most at Christmas)“. That’s grief that is.
Bouncing back Tom Brusky (feat. Jay Isaacson) milk toasts the country with “Angel of Christmas“, a tribute to a dead spouse. At Christmas.
Specifically, “Christmas Won’t be the Same Without Johnny” warbles Dr. Elmo in country easy listening about Johnny Carson who left the airwaves in ’92 and left us in ’05. That’s some sentimental novelty there.