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Xmas Music Delivery System: Stereo RBG

Sometimes, it’s what’s on the stereo that matters.

In Ali Ollie Woodson’s “A Christmas to Remember” it’s ‘Deck the Halls’ on the stereo. R+B seduction for that someone special.

In Everyone Is Dirty’s “This December” it’s ‘Jingle Bells’ on the stereo. Disjointed alt-jazz indie. Warms my cockles.

It’s Nat King Cole on the stereo for Monte Moir’s “It’s Christmas Time Round Here.” Easy Listening with the entire band swinging.

Now it’s Doris Day on the stereo when Cravin’ Dogs proclaims “Christmastime Is Here (Raise A Cup Of Cheer).” Swinging retro pop, just for me.

So it’s Frank on the stereo for “What About The Holidays,” Ren Richards reaching through club blues to bring us down. Loneliness and stereos don’t mix!

Hey, that’s not Frank, that’s Michael Bible on the stereo “Under the Snow” where LYGA pines for your love. Easy listening indie.

Then it’s Mariah on the stereo for the nasally Alexis Lynn singing “December Dreaming” with soft pop slurring. Must you?

Sadly it’s still Mariah on the stereo (obvi) when Chai Rosé swims through the R+B pop of “All I Really Need.” Not what i need at this time.

Finally, it’s Boston on the stereo for the ’80s party rock manifesto “Christmas Song” by Bedlight for Blue Eyes. It’s a rager down in Berkeley Heights. Hope you got the invite. (Now that‘s a story.)

Xmas Delivery System: Stereo

It’s microphone placement; it’s speaker placement; it’s two-eared simulation of reality. Status ran away with itself, depending on how big your stereo was back in my home.

And it’s not a party without this item. Blasting lucky Christmas songs, on the stereo is all it takes to make a “Wild Christmas” according to Chris Trousdale. Grungy pop.

The stereo’s loud, the party’s oouttacontrol, we’re all “Back in Town” for Xmas with the metal rock of Maddam. It’s angry but inviting.

The Temptations lay a lady trap with their easy listening doowop “Everything for Christmas.” And the stereo is filled with yuletide carols old and new. Your move, baby.

“Christmas Down Under” may not have fireplaces roaring or Jack Frost nipping the noses, but the metal AI from Endless Refrain insists on the stereo roaring and the neighbors nosing.

I don’t want a lot this Christmas/Just play the songs I know, on your stereo blues rocks Dave Siverns in the whimsical “Falala.” A little easy listening, but fun.

Standards playing on the stereo is just another sign that”It’s Christmas.” CeCe Winans spritzes the easy listening R+B, but it’s all cliche.

I guess the stereo is so oldfashioned that it represents the lost past, the regretful long past, in “We were All Together.” Tyson Motsenbocker goes for the childhood sads with indie folk.

NEON TUESDAY rocks hard with “Christmas on the Stereo.” It’s almost all exclamation points.

Xmas Music Delivery System: Hi Fi

High Fidelity stereo equipment becomes the rage just as rock and roll begins, so this playing machine is the HIpster’s FIrst choice.

In case you’re not picking up what imma laying down, “Kitschy Christmas” from Molly and the Starlites draws out the rock/pop to slow-mo with all the kooky cousins attending the party. Attention, campers! (Burl Ives is playing on the HiFi.)

From the appropriate time era, Detroit Junior wants ya to turn up your hi-fi
(turn it up loud) on “Christmas Day.” Groovin’ Motown rock.

“Merry Christmas, Baby” hails from 1947 (!) at least from Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers. The playa here Bought me a hi-fi for Christmas, now I’m living in Paradise. Roots of R’n’R, babies! [But if you want to feel like you’re on drugs, try Elvis Presley technologically duetted with Gretchen Wilson from 2008 as slow as the law of music allows.]

Angry at meaningless catchphrases and cliches, Veaux belts out the slow indie “Falling Like Snow” with meaningless catch phrases and cliche… ironically! (Yeah, you and I/Love on the hi-fi.)

The Winter Spirits make the aftermath of heartbreak cooler than cool with the jazzy alt-rock of “Winter Spirits.” (Oh you can take that Hi-Fi if you please.) Definitely play this on low volume for your next Yes, it IS a bachelor pad get-together.

Xmas Music Delivery System: Phonograph

Another word for turntable? Oh, no.

Taking a spin on Edward Hare’s 19022 prank novelty Christmas song, Emanuele Arielli mashes multimedia together for “Last Christmas Santa was Hiding in the Phonograph,” a mess of genre, temperament, and holiday. Scary.

Harry E. Humphrey also recorded this milestone with “Santa Claus Hides in Your Phonograph.” It’s no longer quaint. He’s threatening you with death here.

Xmas Music Delivery System: Turntable

Yes, the gramophone is about the oldest technology we have for spinning music, Xmas or otherwise.

Must needs return to “Turntable Under My Tree” from The Mangles, a hepped up swinger of a rock number. That slaps.

“Christmas in L.A.” is raspy rap from Myka 9, Aceyalone, Medusa The Gangsta Goddess, 2Mex, Ozomatli, DJ Mona Lisa & Mixmaster Wolf about the highs and lows of childhood. (Yes, yes yaw’ll! I got my first turntable!!)

Then there was that one Christmas… you know… when you threw my turntable “Against My Wall” and broke it. Lukie Sherman remembers. Indie.

Santa seems to be moonlighting. He’s scratchin’ on the turntable, makin’ it spin, so goes the AI of Dennis Johnson. “Santa’s Got the Beat” is slop pop about the DJ Master Presents.

Xmas Music Delivery System: Music Box

Your grampa’s grampa’s turntable was a windup box that played a disk or cylinder for a short period of time. But it saved on the music lessons.

Joe Cerisano’s “Music Box” gets sentimental with orchestrated easy listening. Then there’s the fireplace. It’s a whole ensemble. Trans-Siberian Orchestra adds more gravitas to this. “Music Box Blues” is yet another version of this same song by that same last group. But this time it rocks.

Xmas Music Delivery System: iPod

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.

Xmas Music Delivery System: Boombox

The ghetto blaster of olde took tunes wherever old people would frown.

“Christmas on the Streets” is the outdoors old style rap from Department of Creative Affairs featuring recorded players.

“Xmas” from Shelby Lynne is the regretful lack of radios, ghetto blasters, stereos for Christmas. Bad times via soulful blues.

“My Favorite Things” gets a 1990s update rapped by Amerigo Gazaway. N64, Pokemon, and a boombox make the cut.

“Christmas With My Old Boombox” is a reggae adjacent indie from The Transplendent about wistful nostalgia. Sad, really.

Xmas Music Delivery System: Walkman

The big breakthrough in aerobicizing anonymously, this cassette tape player (originally) helped close off the world.

This was big on the wishlists of old, as testified to in “Erryday Xmas” by CrossAmillion. Musicbox rap.

For your information, from those who “Grew up in the 90’s” the Walkman was redesigned to feed off CDs. Too Many T’s raps to R+B to edify youse like. Just the goodies, Xmas implied.

“Christmas ’85” might be the height of the cassette craze, so Austin Martinez pops the music of brandnames and fads, including our handheld device.

Xmas Music Delivery System: CDs

Onto the ’90s and the digitization of melody.

Skye Sweetnam wonders “Why Doesn’t Santa Like Me?” But in her cheesy rock pop denouement it was all a misunderstanding and she got candy and a CD. So, dinner and a show.

One of the nightmares of “Working Christmas Day” is having to listen to the crapy CD the manager plugs into the sound system. The Wind-Up Birds garage their pain for your pleasure.

It’s an “Inglorious” life for Tyler, the Creator who only wanted CDs for his birthday or Christmas. He got CDs. BLUE ALERT rap, bc life is like that.

E. Breez also BLUE ALERT raps about “Coming To Town (2021 Remaster),” but he only gets DVDs and CDs and not Jordans. Still, not as angry.

More wistfully, Francis Blume reminisces about another “Christmas Coming Down” set to the CD player’s noise (especially Joni’s ‘River’). Get help, man.

Ginny Loon also indies the sentiment while “Polishing The Stars.” This one misses you, and she attempts to Put on the CD and pyjamas with the stars on and your name still on the label. Yikes.

Microscopically more upbeat, Mirabilis Collective, feat. Julia Nicholls goes the chamber music pop route for “Christmas Is Here“–as demarcated by putting on that old CD, loud.

More recently, “Pop Punk Christmas” does what it claims, crediting CD compilations. Secret Secret Dino Club has fun with it.

But, that CD can be a weapon. Saint Godfather’s “Santa Claus Is A Metalhead” demonstrates St. Nick’s displeasure when He’s gonna get you Britney Spears CDs. Lordy, how naughty WERE you?

Mike Bryant gets old school RnR honky tonk in his “We’re Gonna Rock Around The Christmas Tree Tonight.” To start the rock, CDs will be played–despite the ’50s sock hop theme. Can’t hold a good disk down.