Shortly after Apple cornered the song market with iTunes, the portable mp3 player, the iPod, swept down upon us. Almost a half a billion of these came and went through the wash.
Mark Hewes weighs the difference in Xmas gifts, ie: “The Frankincense vs. the iPod.” In his tickled pop, the music machine wins–even for Baby Jay.
Hello Saferide revisits “iPod-X-Mas,” an indie bit of insistence that makes millennial priorities clear. (Gloria Gaynor?)
Then there’s the backlash of not getting an expensive item: A R C A D E S uses nails-on-a-chalkboard falsetto to complain “i wanted an ipad for christmas.” The protagonist of this indie resorts to tantrums to make feelings more apparent.
Swimming against the stream, Skinner and T’witch list out their dislikes in “I Don’t Want an iPad (I Just Want World Peace).” Odd easy listening pop.
Sil gives in to tech with “FRIENDS_DVD.EXE.” ‘Twould seem, the iPod for Xmas was the gateway device in this modulated indie pop.