Author: douglove1225

Story of a Lone(Hol)ly Guy

John Blek has just been dumped, so in the aftermath of a destroyed roomful of decorations, he moans about being “Alone at Christmas.” Progressive country? It is slow and sentimental.

Also tinkly, wobbly, and between genres come Three Portraits and a Prayer (feat. Robin Kenny) with a whispery indie, “Alone At Christmas“. She can never let go. Actual sense of chaos here.

Spoken poetry by Art Paul Schlosser, “Lost Alone at Christmas Time” wanders improv-style into the realms of beat poetry. Snap snap snap snap.

Anthony Christie applies a hint of disco to his pop “Alone at Christmas“. The symptoms are a bit different in front of the heavenly choir here. Krampus?!

Pouring his heart out on a lonely us drive, Nikita Boone laments being “Alone at Christmas“. Why should he care? Jazzy blues.

Funky rockabilly from The Manda-Tones (feat. Pete Jamestone & Amanda Louisiana) “Alone at Christmas (Down & Out)” wears its heart on its sleeve tattoo. It is slow and pained.

Lonely as It G(Hot Chocol)ets

Loss is often mocked with others’ joy, Xmas being especially unsympathetic. “Alone @ Christmas” is R+B from Fave slickly getting back at the merry makers.

“A.A.C. (Alone At Christmas)” is echoic soul pop from Des Hume. It barely takes a breath in its misery. But the solution is pretty straightforward: Just Hold Me.

“Alone At Christmas” is measured folk rock from Kevin Wilson Scott. It’s pretty crummy, he insists. But he might mean the music. Eating could be the cure.

The Pink Tiles up the echo to eleven with the retro pop “Alone Again at Christmas Time“. Bangin’ that axe like it’s the one what left you. It rox.

“Alone at Christmas” is New Age indie from Jeffrey Lorne. There’s mystical gloom and doom, without angry accusations. So, it’s settled.

Kimaya Diggs gets her torch song on with “Alone at Christmas“, protracting her holiday complaints into a single sad–but not that bad–sitch.

Ant(Bethle)hem of the Lonely

The Smugglers grunge their insecurities with “Lonely Christmas”. It’s all about who can hurt whom.

AI makes The Mockery of “Lonely Christmas Nights“. Pretend rock names names and blames blames. Oh, well.

“Why Am I Alone At Christmas?” holler Bailey and Zane to pop western. Ask Santa, my bubbas.

The Weeknd hits the R+B so hard falsetto squeaks out when it’s “Christmas Alone“. The big city takes its toll on you that way.

British Bulldog Records hits the R+B so softly boy band oozes out when they’re “Alone This Christmas“. The finger of blame is looking at YOU.

Will Gittens just lets R+B tell his story about fearing “Christmas Alone” without you. Sad, but mostly in creeper mode.

Go Where the Lonely Cocoa

Kristian Noel Pedersen’s “A Lonely Black Friday in Downtown Toronto” is a trip down bad memory mall, but with an interesting guitar line. I had fun.

MrMeowsickles (ft Flora Lin) belt out the pop “Lonely Christmas” with anger and violence. I had tinnitus.

The Olympics are missing their baby. So they only want a “Lonely Christmas Hide Away“. Motown obdurateness. I had a problem.

Good to return to The Rosebuds with their jazzy indie “Lonely Light“. Seems to be a flirtation. I had a moment.

Ken Rowell & The Baghdaddies bebop “Christmas Ain’t for the Lonely People” with 3/4 rocking pizzazz. I had a party.

Lonely is the W(a child is b)o(n)rd

Harmonic Pulse Collective (feat. Jonathan Pallie) ASMRs “Lonely Lights (This Christmas Night)“, singing out to all those unassociated like them. Could form a band. Indie jazz.

Max gospel, Morgan James raises the rafters (andexpectations) with “Why Am I Lonely Tonight?” It’s that disco-country gospel you read about in the history books.

The Barefoot Man tries some 1960s easy listening with “Lonely Christmas“. Oddly this is prep for the tragedy. There there’s the dreams….

Dream Nails play the opposites game where the more family you visit for the holidays, the less you connect. “Lonely Star (Christmas Song)” is peppy pop with indie undertones.

Old 97’s swirl the drain with their “Lonely Holiday“. Weekend’s shot, might as well die. Grunge indie.

Lonely is the Donder

It’s not just you, bubbie. “It’s a Lonely Day at the North Pole” features St. Nick all by his lonesome. (The Mrs., elves, and reindeer all have better places to be.) As slow rocked to Third Earth (ft. Jake Lowe).

Which reminds me, “It’s a Lonely Night for Mrs. Claus” as proved by The Bandana Splits with girl doo wop. Shoveling the snow isn’t the same as keeping company.

Dan Wilson seconds the emotion with the tinkly indie “Are You Lonely Tonight, Mrs Claus?”

Also outcast, “The Lonely Jew On Christmas“aka Kyle Broflofski with Special Celebrity Guest belabor the differences before celebrating the misses with fun showtune energy. BLUE ALERT

Adding to the separateness, Tom Dyer & The True Olympians grunge the blues with “(I’m a)The Lonely Little Christmas Tree“. It’s a tree calling out your name. Creepy.

Singing for the Lone(Ho)ly(days)

Dr. Elmo toasts “Here’s to the Lonely” with sincerity and bluegrass. To the dreamer!

Orioles doo wop like it’s 1949 with “(It’s Gonna Be A) Lonely Christmas“. Old time radio sadness.

Rapping breakups Scotty Sire (feat. Heath Hussar) celebrate their “Lonely Chrsitmas“. Calling it quits never rocked so good, bitch.

Merle Haggard doesn’t have you for Christmas. So this silent night has become a crooning country “Lonely Night“. He’s counting the months until he’s lonely again next year.

Otis Gibbs has a hard country “Lonely Mistletoe Night“, ‘cuz Mom’s out working extra jobs and the house, well, it’s so empty.

You’ll Never Walk(in’ in a Winter Wonderland) Alone

Moonglows slow the doo woo to lament “Just a Lonely Christmas” 1953 was just that cool.

Mud’s “Lonely This Christmas” has been covered by many, including Elvis (‘cuz it sounds like him already). Sean Jean & The LTF Carolers pick up the beat a little. More rockabilly thrashing. I dig Frank Hamilton‘s slow-mo approach. It’s like spoken word despair. But, then there’s the comedy Brit take: Pete Jones’s “Lonely This Christmas (Now I’m Getting Old)“. And the DJ mashup from Retrospec. Ouch.

More on this and “Lonely Christmas Call” happened on the blog before. Check it out.

Sylver returns us to moody, yet cheesy, pop with “Lonely X-Mas“. The causes: You’re not here with me. The cure: I can only wish that you were here. Case closed.

The Yule Logs retro rock “Christmas is Lonely (When You’re a Jew)” for obvious reasons. I mean, there’s nothing else to do.

I Drink (nog) Alone

Sofia Talvik’s tribute “A Carol for the Lonely” gasps and wanders like a lost soul. The cello gravitas deepens this folk country into a whole ‘other genre.

Aryah wails echoic gospel to the rafters in “Lonely on Christmas“. It’s not a spiritual crisis, as much as it is being on a break.

The Knights symphonize Prince’s “Another Lonely Christmas“, draining the funk and instilling the grandeur. An oddity to be sure.

Milan Tausch murmurs his “Lonely Christmas” about the Pandemic of 2020. Struggling symphonic.

Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadors brings twang to the party with his “Lonely Christmas Eve“. This is the ’60s, boys’n’girls. Jukebox country.

We’re (car)Ol alone

“Nobody Wants to Be Alone for Christmas” insist Tom & Penny. Could be a problem when they threw up on your fancy sheets. Funky rock.

The endless nature of “Another Lonely Christmas” has been addressed on the blog before. Return to sender.

Doesn’t mean cheesy pop won’t take a turn. Maan’s “Another Lonely Christmas (A Lady Christmas)” is jazzy, sultry, high pitched, and forgettable.

Chrissi Poland applies jazz more surgically to “Another Lonely Christmas in New York“. The Bossa nova backbeat gives the emotion a lift.

Kerr Donnelly Band go full Elvis on “Lonely Blue Christmas“. Someone please buy me a gift. Outstanding retro rockabilly.