Jerry Lee Lewis is perhaps not so serious when he warbles “I Can’t Have A Merry Christmas Mary (Without You)” in his honkytonk boogie woogie way. But it’s a good time.
Using retro pop to sing the blues, Make Like Monkeys seem not to be “Getting Over Xmas Without U“. Any other holiday….
Saint Etienne covers Claudine Longet’s “I Don’t Intend to Spend Christmas Without You” with slightly less accented English. Sounds like a threat in this punchy pop.
It’s a group effort in GamjaMusic’s “Christmas Without You“. Sultry pop with an uncanny valley of emotion.
Bri Kaye ASMRs “At the Same Time” about the contradictions of a world without you. New Age indie with dynamite vocals.
I enjoyed the hell out of Mark Arnett’s “I Miss You Most at Christmas (Now That You Are Dead)” without sharing the whole skit. It’s not as asskicking as the slow country ballad, but there’s a punk outro i love.