Year-round Yuletide oddities
When Santa’s done with you–? What then?
Uncle Eddie (feat. Joy) feels left and “It was Santa Claus.” Mostly this is about getting nothing for Xmas, but the blues are comprehensive. And there may be touching.
“Santa Left Me (On Our Last Date)” blubbers out Sheila Powers. Rock to cry over.
“Santa Broke Up with Me on Christmas” is the experimental garage psychedelia from Stone Cold. Wah.
BrikLikesChicken is more poractive with the silly electronica “I Wanna Break Up with Santa Claus.”
Worth repeating: “Hooray for Santa Claus” has been covered in multiple covers since its 1964 De Lugg premiere in that movie back then. But i didn’t know Al Hirt hit it the same year (before it was ironically acclaimed). Now i know.
Sounds of Blackness grab some gospel in their uplifting “The Jolly One’s Here.” Too much? Not for SANTA! (The nasally rap interlude undercuts it some.)
Experimental bar singing from Hot Buttered Elves makes “Papa Noel” suspect as an icon. But he can take it. Nonsense scat helps.
Galloping jazz from Jmaq urges Santa to keep on keepin’ on. But “The Way to Go” is a proclamation of how the protagonist will gamble his day to day against the naughty list. Motivational!
Echolalia afflicts the awestruck King of the Internet in his experimental electronic “Santa Santa Santa.” He’s here!
There’s more to human male plumage than a beard, ya?
Well, it’s a band named Christmas, and then the metal rock song is about how “My Mustache Means Respect.” So we’re in the ballpark.
Matt Aaron (and child) recounts sneaking a peek at Big Red “The Year Santa Only Had a Mustache.” Soft pop with comic undertones.
Robots! Everywhere!! percussively garage pop the tune “Christmas Mustache!” all about that one time Santa didn’t look right. Whoa, my hands hurt.
Callum 36, on the other cheek, figures Santa’s new ‘stache makes him more manly and p0werful. “Merry Christmas If You Please” is an atonal adventure of the patience testing kind.
More pissing and moaning from The Ottomen in “The Worst Christmas Day Ever.” Excellent salubrious pop rock, but–? (Misheard lyric: everyone is bayonetted on Christmas Day.)
Eric Idle as Slyly the arctic fox schools Rudolph (a reindeer) about how “It could Always be Worse.” Show tune follies.
Kicking garage from Jonee Earthquake Band make the case that “(This Must be) The Worst Christmas.” I tend to believe their cry for help.
’80s electronica details “The Worst Christmas Ever.” Broken blender = no smoothie! Despite the real sax and synth, this is all retro (about Covid-19!). Go, Vapor Music, go!
Helen McCookerybook la-la-la-las a dialogue between the devil and Santa. “The Devil’s Christmas Stocking” is kidsong/folk about hope but stops half-way through. Maybe next year.
Justin Brown Durand rattles off some weird childish poetry to electronica about “Christmas in the Devil’s Desert.” Like with Dante, that’s a cold place. Don’t try this at home.
“Two Little Devils” refers to naughty ones at Christmas. King Truelove and the Relics import just enough rockabilly to make me believe.
MX-80 spent “Christmas with the Devil” and they have a few revelations to share with you about that. Spoken rhymes over experimental music. Wild stuff.
Thinking bigfoot and yeti are the same is like comparing a native of Atlanta with one of Tbilisi (both from Georgia, get it?)–ridiculous! So let’s party with our Himalayan friends. {A previous week of Abominable Snowman songs has already come and gone on the blog. So let’s get new ones.}
Scary red eyes and whatnot from Lightning Inside You recounts the coming of age every boy must face: cutting down a tree in the wintry woods while dodging “The Christmas Yeti.” It was a near thing. Folk horror.
Michael Scott Dublin (feat. George McMahon & Claire Ivory) wonders what you should do “If You Met a Yeti.” Lots of good alt-pop tips. (Hint: no racing!)
Bear Ron struggles with rhymes when he considers “Christmas With a Yeti.” Improvvie blues.
“Teddy and Betty Yeti” try being good to get presents, but as The Superions sorta sing they don’t know from human. This EDM spoken word confrontation with Santa gets grisly as they eat the North Pole-ians. Ew.
The Bunny Slope is for toddlers. CoComelon pushes the xylophone for the instructional kidsong “Ski Song.” Send the adults to bed to play this one.
The Micronaut uses some countdown electronics to take us “Skiing.” Occasional leaps make it frosty.
AVH Muzak introduces us to the philosophy of “Skiing” via spoken word and EDM. Everybody get down tonight.
Toboggan is just another word for sled, though it may have referred to First Nationers’ hauling sledges, like Santa’s.
Tim Rosenau returns grabbing his toboggan in the rocking “It Snowed.” Shreddin’.
“A Group of Eyebrows Take the World Lead in Toboggan Sleds” is experimental garage nonsense from ColdmaN5. Listening to it doesn’t help understand it. Take the ride to the random sound effects.
JJ Rivers playfully sings about his love’s broken neck in the novelty EDM “Tobogganing.” But it’s a mispronunciation problem.
Jon Daly narrates “Surfin’ Santa” in front of some nice guitar riffs (and saxophone heat). Silliness ensues.
“Moonpuppy the Surfin’ Elf” is not like the others, according to Hot Buttered Elves. This EDM introduction to yet another misfit flies in the face of tradition. Rightly so!
Christmas in Los Angeles, California is all about the sunburns and freaks, yeah? Oh–and surfing!
Let us not forget The Boxmasters crooning “Christmas in California.” Loungey doo wop shines a light on the plastic culture. We may hang ten.
Heather Noelle Holley gives us “Merry Christmas from LA” with all the pop trimmings. I guess surfing gets a shout out near the end.
Sameer Whittle layers electronica over jittery vocals for a “California Christmas.” It’s a bit blue, but so’s the ocean