Year-round Yuletide oddities
The 1992 musical ‘Scrooge’ (Anthony Newly in London) (2004 had Richard Chamberlin on Broadway) opens with the ensemble “Sing a Christmas Carol.” Gee, that’s loud.
Radio City Music Hall pulls out all the stops (stop being original, stop being clever, stop making sense) with “Sing a Little Song of Christmas.” It’s not little, and it’s much more about The Great White Way than the one true way. Bleh.
Is it weird to sing about singing? Is it funny?
Amusedly angry, The Fallen Trees calls out the music industry to get with the program and EVERYONE sing some “Same Old Holiday Song.” Kidding?
Paul and Storm try hard to be funny. They’re comic musicians, you see (not musical comics). For Cards Against Humanity (the game) they wrote “Christmas Christmas Song” as a self referential ear jerker, trying to be so bad they’re good. I’ll leave it to you.
Zip Pain streams his dwindling consciousness with “Not Another Christmas Song” into tortured ukulele maundering that borders on punk folk. Must be heard, cannot be forgotten(forgiven).
Fussing about creating a song sometimes is a measure of how blessed you are to be hearing this gift. Zinovy Shersher challenges that value with his not-quite-English “Merry Christmas, I Wrote This Song for You.” Do you have the receipt?
Silence the Cynic got you what they could afford, “Another Christmas Song.” It’s not a new car, but it is vibrant Brit rock. They did not scrimp on the high notes.
Had enough?
Lab Rat’s dad homebrews “Please Don’t Play Another Christmas Song” as a blues tutorial in how to suffer the holidays. Solid chops.
Devon Yesberger demands we stop the madness of yet another song with yet another song. Get it? “Not Another Christmas Song” is some nice jazz with just a whiff of wit. Passes the sniff test.
It’s like a joke, no? Danilo Jeza rambles and babbles in near English “Another Christmas Song” so Elvis-ish that it is to point and ridicule. Or weep.
Thomas Causey grunges up the garage with “Just Another Christmas Song” full of angry backbeat and synthed social commentary. Another two inches and it’d be metal.
Destructors 666 bring us this day our punk “Just Another Christmas Song” to make judgment upon our profligate bourgeoisie. That for you!
Laying into the music, Shannon Doyle burns up the home studio with “Just Another Christmas Song.” Fun acoustic rock that shreds more than shares.
Chris Rudd (feat. Marcus Colbert) get all Motown disco for what i believe is a sincere musical trip into “Another Christmas Song.” Hiphop vertigo. I mean wow.
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings name drop some carols and sample some trads, but the soul they bring to their sing-along “Just Another Christmas Song” moves the dance floor to come up and getcha. Oh yeah, i think that’s a kazoo.
By calling out how it’s “Just Another Christmas Song” Stolen Moments takes a step out of the hearth warmth and holds us aloof and lonely (you’re not here). But is that empty spot a lost love… or God?? Country cornball over-orchestrated pop/slop.
Fundraising from home Lins Honeyman is singing “Just Another Christmas Song” to jumpstart your spirit. Redeem for his cause. I mean now.
Jethro Tull gets poetical/political (what else is new?) with “Another Christmas Song,” but this one’s to convince world leaders to quit the warring and give us world peace. Songs do that, you know.
Taking it seriously, Robert Serling and Emily Lozcalo emote “Just Another Sad Christmas Song,” but i think they ran out of nouns. It’s folkie funk about missing you.
Sir Cadian Rhythm frontman Jack Weppler takes “Another Christmas Song” more seriously with a bluesy jazz rumination about how this song’s the only thing, baby. Moody.
Self reference sells The Lucky Face’s (feat. Lizzie London) “Just Another Christmas Song.” Folk rock with a wink and a nod and a tongue in a cheek and a leg pulled. Ouch already, my funny bone!
Stephen Colbert mashes up the gray area between vacuous formula horse-beating, and the irony of it all. Judge “Another Christmas Song” with your side-eyes, yourself. It’s all in either way.