Year-round Yuletide oddities
Reach in that Xmas stocking and find some L.O.V.E.
“You’re All I Want For Christmas” is that special croon from Bing Crosby with the Ken Lane Singers and Victor Young & His Orchestra. It’s NOT Mariah. And he wants you in his stocking! Soft big band.
Country pop from Breckenridge Miles puts himself into the stocking. He’s “All the Nick You Need.” Confident. I like that.
“Fill Your Stockings with Some Christmas Love” is The Roost’s electric rocking take on Xmas cheer. Is it dirty? Not sure….
A fireplace glowing, a stocking warming (oh no, the chocolate orange!), a couple cuddling… it’s a scene out of a romantic movie!
“Stocking for Two” is an off kilter love song (show tune style) from Tracy Merle with a bit of a honkytonk push to it. Can’t help it.
“I Want You in My Stocking for Christmas” is a bizarre-o Dixieland number from Bobby Parr. I think it might be about romance. Or a funeral.
Luke Nelson is thinking of you when he begins “Stocking Up on Christmas.” That’s when you’ll get yours. Wordplay always wins me over. Jugband folk.
Stockings aren’t just for sliding across the floor to Bob Seger. Ladies wear them up to and beyond the bottom.
Patrick Donahue can’t wait to see his baby in her “Christmas Stockings.” A little rockabilly, but mostly country swing keeps this dude dressing her up with his eyes.
Crossdressing can be fun! slyly confides Lachlan MacLeod with funky rap in “Stockings.” Panties party, boys!
Wes Sperry wants what’s in her “Stockings for Christmas.” Jazz pop creepin’!
Christmas stocking troubleshooting certainly involves technical issues, but can deal with overall seasonal hiccups as well.
The Martial Arts key into ’70s hard synth (pop verging on punk) to cry out heartbreak in their flaming “Stockings.” I’m doing the slide! I’m about to pogo!
“Stockings Hung by the Fireplace” according to Goiter incur one significant problem. Experimental weirdness.
Trouble in paradise in the form of “Stockings,” a wonderful retro pop-sterpiece from How to Swim. He feels abandoned, but rhymes that with no longer companions. Fun.
Those Death by Disco boys commiserate with hard rocking in “Hang Up Your Stocking.” Yeah, I know we’re through.
Shylo’s “Broken on Christmas” has a wish, but hanging the stockings gives no relief. You’re not here. R+B catastrophe.
A Christmas stocking is a marker of time. So’s death.
Kids shouldn’t go hungry at Christmas! comes the refrain for the minute-long punk sermon “Stocking Filler” by way of Popclaw. That kills.
“Christmas Stocking 2009” is soft spoken country sentimentality from Larry Heral about grampa’s stocking and what happened to it. Wah.
“The Devil’s Christmas Stocking” by Helen McCookerybook is a delightful bit of folk fluff wherein Santa and Satan get down to brass tacks and agree to disagree. (I’m thinking Satan didn’t get any stocking fillings.)
“The Angry Kid Merry Christmas Stocking Song” by, i presume, Angry Kid seems pop song pleased with his grisly stuffer treat. But i’m pretty sure somebody died.
Already dug up all the coal we need years ago, but since then–well, kids have still been naughty.
Smokey Katie’s “Donner Took a Shit in Your Stocking” adds country to injury with drawling, insult, and revenge. Throw this shit out.
Lil Poverty Angels reveal what’s worse than coal in their free styling “Poop in the Christmas Stocking.” ¡Ay, caramba!
Murphy’s Lawyer jazzes up the tempo with the kidsong “Santa Pooped in My Stocking.” At least he knows he deserved it. (Candy corn!?)
Coal? Not coal again?!
Antha Lee’s “Stocking Full of Coal” causes her consternation. Was she bad? Her soul singing isn’t bad.
“I Got a Stocking Full of Coal” wails The Crushtones with terrific ’60s garage rocking. And they hopes up so high!
Coal… and blood! In your stocking! “I Want Your Soul for Christmas” is Backyard Superheroes getting demonic pop. You get little in return. Except this cool song.
John Gannon portrays a mischievous youngun suffering from the dread of “Coal in My Stocking Again.” Showtune kidsong.
The mockery of a stocking that has NOTHING in it–!
“Empty Christmas Stocking” has been here before. The specter of no presents for his beloved (and sick, natch) daughter drives a man to crime. It’s an oldie and quite the tear jerker. Try the elderly approach from Lyle and Doris Mayfield.
“The Empty Christmas Stocking Blues” by M.T. Quinn and the Blues Rockin’ Daddies drags the girl into the fray and blame gets spread around like spraycan snow.
More “Empty Stocking Blues” now from Kenrick & The Jiggi Verandah Band. It is bad news (shocking), bt some personal culpability is recognized.
When Bob 4 Apples is faced with “Empty Stockings” their only recourse is to Eat The Rich. Offkey indie agenda. Wot fun.
There should only be ONE hole in your Xmas stocking, neh? The one on the top, where the goodies go in. But–
Blame ranges from moths to mice, but “A Hole in My Christmas Stocking” energizes Liz Anderson to do something about it. Before it’s too late! Kidsong with odd instrumentation.
Pat Boone steps up to the topic with “The Hole in the Stocking.” See, this kid got so much last year (it IS a lot), it wore out the fabric. But, our easy listening experience takes a Christian turn. Wait for it–
Echoic country comedy (baZing! boi-oi-oing!) from Dave & Jeanine advises “Don’t Hang Your Stocking with a Hole in It.” Good for a two-step or two.
What happens when there’s a damaged gift receptacle on the mantle?!
C’mon back! The Cricketones deal with a “Little Christmas Stocking with a Hole in the Toe.” Orchestrated kidsong, like we had in the ’60s. Watch out for that ruthlessly selfless kid, though.
Poverty, am i right? “Christmas At The Old Home Place” is bluegrass from Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers (feat. Earl Barnes). Everything’s got holes in it, including stockings!
“There’s A Hole In My Christmas Stocking” bewails The Caroleer Singers and Orchestra. But this kidsong admits the sentimental value of Grandma’s heirloom precludes any present loss. Pay it forward!
The Keith Richards Orchestra (!) scats up a storm back in 1959 with “There’s a Hole in My Christmas Stocking.” Darn it!