Category: show tune

Big Daddy ABRAHAM started Judaism, freed the slaves, outlined the hierarchy of human needs. Nothing’s halfway for this big kahuna.

Clayman raps in honor of “Abraham Loves Draw, Shaymin, and Hanukkah“. Family associations and hobbies here indicate a specific person. Eavesdrop along with me! Spell it!

Garth Brooks is not shy proselytizing the message Tell the children of Abraham/There’s a star over Bethlehem with “Baby Jesus is Born“. Sing along to the country gospel, Jews.

In The Therapy Sisters’ “Abraham’s Lament” the head Jew questions the commodification of your end-of-the-year celebrations. Burlesque showtune. Boss klezmer solo.

You may not be Santa, but Cha$e Woodie DJ mixes the Motown “Somebody’s Waitin on You” to give you added responsibilities. Get there.

“Wish List” from Newland is R+B obsession over you. Whipped.

“Wish You were Here” by Reindeer Tribe is much grungier but still laser focused on you. Alt rock with snarl.

“Wish You were Here” is washed up Sha Na Na Wish’s attempt at doo wop. Could be sad, could be untalented–hard to say.

“Wit It This Christmas” a la Ariana Grande mushes the mouth and asks for the love from you. Nasal harmonies on R+B.

“With You” out of David Wood’s ‘ROCK NATIVITY’ is Joseph joining forces with Mary already in parturition. It’s a Christmas obstacle.

Gighive trots out heavily produced shallow country with “Will I See You Christmas Morning?” Some pleasant pickin’, but pleasant noise only.

New wave power rock from Jake Brennan And The Confidence Men romps “Santa Gave You What You Gave to Me” all over the place. He reports that it’s treatable. Wild show here.

Smokin’ Joe Pilloud smokes the blues for an empty “Santa’s Lap”. The only thing missing is… you.

Coming on strong, Les Fradkin demands that you “Say You Love Me for Christmas“. Or else. He’ll be sad. Power pop rock noise.

Jim Brickman (ft. Kristy Starling) flavors pop with funk while “Sending You A Little Christmas“. Smoky jazz wafts within its intentions, but it sells out to mainstream sentiment.

Falsetto for insistence, Nooshi (feat. Bandgard) deliver a tutorial for achieving potentiality in the show tune “Shine Like Rudolph“. It’s addressed to you.

Brian Lim is counting down the months to be loved, but it’s time to be–you guessed it–“Alone on Christmas”. Tear jerking R+B (at quarter speed).

Drake BLUE ALERT raps “Away From Home” about basements, winds, and whatnot. Didn’t get what you wanted, that it?

One theory how Scrooge was humbugged comes from the flashback “A Child Alone“. A Christmas Carol 2015 Cast builds this showtune from sad singularity to soaring sorrow. Still, no excuse to declare widows and orphans should die.

“The Loneliest Christmas House” would be a MISS on my bucket list, but Gray Home Music diddles the banjo folksily to assuage the anguish.

Jim Backus backs this theory up with “All Alone in the World” from the ‘Mr. Magoo Christmas Carol’. Young Scrooge is here sung by Marie Matthews with musical-filler strength.

Inferiority Complex? I never had one ’til you got me that present.

I always felt inadequate/For the whole holiday bit admits Magritte & Rosen for their “Favorite Season“. Since there are two of them, they don’t spiral out of control. How nice for them. Indie pop.

“Christmas for Failures” from Surprise Flapjacks also has downs. And Ups. Fainthearted indie froth.

A psychological state somewhere between fear and anger, guilt is how a boy deals with a stocking full of coal.

Bluffing the Ghosts narrow our focus with “Christmas, Whiskey, & Survivor’s Guilt“. This spilling of the guts in fine folk form alleviates nothing for no one no how. There will be crying.

Ray Stevens cries anti-woke “Christmas Guilt” in some odd, orchestrated showtune (thought he was country). Still, a rednecked rude-off.

Well, it IS a religious tenet. “Catholicity Hokum” confesses John Tabacco is why he feels empty inside. Bluesy indie with a comedic endcap.

And the guilt you feel when you miss a deal/Is the modern Yuletide shame is only one symptom of “The Curse of Christmas Cheer (Fast Christmas)” according to Keltic & Irish. Jiggy Celtic, yes.

They wrapped it up/In guilt and fear is the complaint of BLUE ALERT Hollow Place’s “Fuck Christmas“. Overcompensating!

Sammy J belts out “Christmas Family Guilt (Live)” like it’s the showstopper from Gilbert & Sullivan. Which is why i love it.

There’s no way out for Now Its Art when they hard rock “Depressed for Christmas“. Crying doesn’t help.

Nate Funk goes all in on “All I Get for Christmas Is Depression“. Jazz band ska, so it’s a party. Sigh.

“The Most Depressing Time of the Year” is high octane pop from Crash Test Anthem. Millennial bitching, basically. Aspirin over valium here.

“Winter in My Heart” is that poetic diagnosis that raises red flags. Atomic Neon slurs their indie to make you worry.

You may have been looking for the overserved lounge act, “Most Depressing Time of the Year” where Toiley T. Paper (feat. John B. Dehaas) debate the ups and downs of the partying. Comedy over parody. Ben Coleman also sends up ‘Wonderful’ with far less humor.

“Seasonal Depression (A Christmas Song)” poses John Trent as a Dylanesque troubadour sniping on mental illness. Folk pop condescension.

WE’s “This Blizzard’s Got Me Down” has got them nearly comatose with unhappiness. Snow Day has never been worse than in this indie.

Also with Seasonal Affected Disorder The Night Hobs haul out the violins for “Winter is Here“, the trigger for barely holding on. Indie moodiness.

This life is killing my Christmas soul, sings Little Bear in “Little Bear & The Christmas Soul“. We suffer a hard alt rock pounding as well when atonal chaos ensues.

From Contents Under Pressure’s Christmas musical the floor drops out under “Holiday Despair“. As it is a musical, emotional progress is made. So, not really despair. Just a reversal of plot.

Will Ferrell Aspergers the season with childish glee. Let’s honor that. (Not the musical treatments, that’s been done.)

The Wonder of Milton briefly reviews line in “Buddy the Elf What’s Your Favorite Color“. Rock.

Chance Alan turns up the AI to cover the sugary bases in the country rocker “12 Drops of Christmas.” I don’t get it.

The Classic Brown’s “Son of a Nutcracker” also recycles lines. Nice indie pop beat.

Some miscellanea while i gots you here…

Youth on Track treasures watching “The Nightmare Before Christmas Eve” but worries about the emotional trauma on the next day. Electronic pop.

“Chris Farren’s Disney’s Frozen” Carrib raps the sad tale of Olaf. Chris Warren  (feat. Anika Pyle & Sean Bonnette) play hard to work hard. Bookended by dad joke.

TV’s Kyle invokes “Shrek 2” as a Christmas time celebration. Bombastic showtune march.

Mummers presented (in garish masks with elaborate miming) death and resurrection, often in the Olde Country about Sir George. But then, there was also Father Christmas. Mumming is still a bit of a Xmas trad in England today.

Or, Newfoundland (where they seemingly can’t afford masks so use rags on their heads). As shown by Simani in their “Mummer’s Song.” Celtic as heck. Sean Panting remembers Covid with the parody “Mummers, Nice Mummers, Get Lost.”

Celtic to the point of translation, Chronilus gives us “The Mummers’ Dance.” Cuttin’ rugs there in Seattle.

“The Mummers are Here” proclaim the cast of ‘The Christmas Schooner’ finally with proper pomp and circumspect.

The Peter Pan Players invite all littluns to “Join in the Celebration” for Xmas with lots of noise. Sounds like an invitation to a cult.

Such wild-eyed enthusiasm is what drove Scrooge away, as we find in “Jolly Good Time” from one of those Carol musicals. Good Show here might mean Well Done ‘cross the pond, but still….

Miss Piggy (Dr. Oz) is the “Christmas Queen” of the Christmas Show. The chorus has notes.