Category: pop music

Anglized from a couple Hebrew spellings, ELIZABETH means swear to God, or something like that. Lots of nicknames available, so–the friendly type??

In “Mary’s Joy” Harrowind interrupts the immaculate conception tale with the introduction of cousin Elizabeth, who really got what was going on. AI pop rock.

“The Joy of Elizabeth” by Robin & Dorothy Mann further explains how this cousin was also pregnant, in a more conventional way, with some John baby. Spoken word with EZ gospelling.

Nicole C. Mullen does the slow pointed rap in “Christmas in Black and White” wherein Mary’s cuz Elizabeth has a miraculous pregnancy ‘cuz she so old. Boing.

The former Monarch of UK gets a going over with “Elizabeth“, BABY JAMES HALL’s folk rant that mentions Christmas Day’s platitudes. Gotcha!

Kid British’s “Elizabeth” may not be the queen, but she’s scarce around Christmas. Punk praise for a game gal.

sinnett water synths the rap for his Xmas obsession with “ELIZABETH!” Comes off a bit childish crush.

Aunt Beth & Charlie cut a check for the graduating niece when it was a cold white Christmas in St Paul. This “Cold White Christmas” from Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is a bleak indie indeed. The Twin cities’ll do that to you.

In WSBP’s “Christmas Markets” people could care less, specifically Sara and Beth. Despite the mulled wine, they have headaches from it being too loud. (Oh, now i get it.) More indie.

Top heavy wife of Dog the Bounty Hunter gets a in memorium sendoff with “Merry First Christmas in Heaven, Beth Chapman“. This Laura Marie post with music from The Piano Guys runs the EZ listening numbers over semi-gospel.

Buck the Taxidermist looks for joy on “Christmas Eve“, but his indie western music can’t even cheer Little Lizzie. Not that there’s anything right with that.

Perhaps bordering on the celebrity, Thomas Nagy’s “Merry Christmas Betty Crocker” actually founders with white bruh rap. But they’re earnest in their… admiration?

Also famous-ish, Betty gets a mentions part of the gang in “Archie’s Christmas Party” by The Archies. Pop, but not as retro as it could’ve been.

“Book of Psalms” from Shatta Wale needs close captioning, but he’s into his girl Betty. (I think.) Parang rap.

POP4’s “Fat Aunt Bette” gets us back to pop. But the upbeat doesn’t dig us out of our modern day malaise. Humbug.

Aunt Betty is just another family member in “Christmas Time“, a rap lowkey R+B from Bryon ‘Mr. Talkbox’ Chambers.

There she is again in the amateur country pop “A Cheesehead Country Christmas” brought to you by Cascia Talbert. I know it’s her homegrown song, but she can’t quite keep up with the music she chose.

But she’s a no-show when we’re “Together This Christmas” for Tim Ponzek’s family. Pokey lyrics, symphonic folk… a bummer, actually.

And Aunt Betsy is oblivious when Caucasian Mamba wants to “Put it in Your Ass (This Christmas)“. If falsetto R+B can make porn humorous, this would be that.

Although that same aunt is not amused by the chaos of Large Flying Mammal’s “Christmas Dinner Throwdown“. Metal madness what winds up with fists flying.

Betty Jo is just another one of the “Kids” at the family X-together, as crooned by Kenny Rogers. country pablum.

Betty (and Bob) are just some more neighbors in Robbie Williams’s sarcastic “Yeah! It’s Christmas“. Cool jazz with heavy sighing.

Betty’s is the place Marchetto AIs some bluesy rock into a “Margarita Christmas“. Heavy percussion, or that could be the hangover.

Betty Spaghetti is just another toy in “Christmas Throwback” by SR Will (feat. TaeShawn). Fun YA rap with sentiment peeking though.

Betty Lou is just another rural denizen where “Santa Stops In Unionville“. AI country hokum from JukeboxDreams.

Betty is more important in an allusion to Bob Pettit’s memoir explaining how “Santa Is My Boyfriend“, Geena Fontanella’s torch rock that’s just a bit defensive.

Bootscoot’n Betty and Friends namecheck her own self in “It’s Christmas Time in the Great Outback“. A bit of the old boogie woogie for this kidsong.

Betty Jo got rudders for her truck, according to Slidawg & the Redneck Ramblers in their interpretation of “Go Tell It on the Mountain“. Did she steal them? Sprightly bluegrass with hamming her haw.

Parenthesis… and acquaintances praise her bc “The Betsey Gets Me (Christmas special)“. A special lady for all this Brit pop slash psychedelia.

This toy seems more important in the portentous operetta “Kids Together” attributed to Edmonton Pops Orchestra, Ben Hill, Marie Hill

Midnight Radio chose an AI Josh Groban sound for their goth pop ballad “Join Betty“. Not sure the cult offered here, but things get dicey. Unless you take the Christmas escape. WTF?

Bessie Mae gets a Raggedy Ann after “Christmas Shoppin’ At the General Store“. Nevada Slim & Cimarron Sue mug and overdo their country to great effect.

Pete da Elf shares Walter Ghoul’s Lavender Brigade mod popping “Merry Xmas Elizabeth Kimbal“. This a cautionary tale with no way out. Like with that Eleanor chick. Psychedelia.

Dadaism lives. Lemon Melon may be relying on misheard lyrics, but “The Beth Christmas (Of My Entire Life)” rocks–in a repetitive, pointless way.

A family from County Cork became so well liked that DONOVAN became a boys’ name for other fams. It had something to do with size and hair color.

Ace Cantrell raps to his mother about how much he appreciates her and brags about her grandkids Donovan and Haley. BUT, “I Don’t Think (I’m Coming Home For Christmas)” is the main thing–so, hope you kept the receipt.

A holiday single hit in the UK 1965, “Merry Gentle Pops” by The Barron Knights reads like morning FM drive time comedy from forty years ago. Donovan is only the first pop star mocked in carol form. This is a time capsule of novelty supreme.

DEBORAH is a busy bee, the only female judge of ancient Israel (as it says in the Bible).

Harry Houlton is pretty fed up with the whole Xmas thing. He’s “Getting Lost For Christmas“, unless you can cure him of being a Debbie Downer. BLUE ALERT (and plenty of self harm to go around). But amusing folk pop for all that.

Need further explanation? Suggi sings “Debbie Downer on Christmas” with frolicsome R+B. Not so depressing here.

Slightly more positively, The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project feat. The Amber Lights loves “Debbie by the Christmas Tree“. As it’s a punk admission, it’s not easy to feel the passion.

Deborah writes to Dat Boi and wishes him a “Memey Christmas” in Elliot Gough’s electro-pop dance number. Despite the up-to-the-minute title ref, this is a flash from the ’90s.

Worse off, “Debbie’s Last Christmas” by Nancy LaPlante portrays a ’60s light pop farewell to holly jolly. Holy hell, what is this?

Whether boy or girl, when named CAMERON please review your family history. It’s Gaelic for big fat crooked nose. Is that okay?

Taking a swing at ‘Dominic’ Generic Tan Car sing as awfully as they can about “Cameron The Christmas Chicken“. Just another pop garage crime scene.

Cam Get’m’s gonna open a cam of mistletoe when he squares off. “Cam vs. Klaus” is rock pop duel that wants to be rap, then delivers a hair metal solo. Hey.

Not sure if many girls get named Franca, Italia, or Deutschia, but BRITTANY is just a female from Britain. (Not France, bc the people from that region actually took over England starting around 1066.)

Megan Moroney hoots and hollers through “All I Want for Christmas Is a Cowboy” with the jolliest honky tonk blues. But she does have to fight off the Brittanys and Jessicas to get him. Guess there’s not enough to go around.

November Cold takes us through another tragic loss coinciding with the holidays in their indie power ballad “Rockefeller Center“. They lost Brittany before Mom, but we’re not clear if that’s a breakup or merely more mortality. This is the rage stage of death.

Michael Ray gets with the imagery in “Picture“, a country twanger about reminiscing with an old photo of his sister Britney and him at Christmas. Naturally he connects it to death.

Let’s deal with the over naming in North America. Surplus of Brittneys often leads to devaluation. Plus Keishas. Both get denigrated in the nasty rap
BLUE AlERT “Christmas Twerk” by Dk Diggz.

“Merry Christmas Britney” is ’80s style pop from Christmas Crackers doing their damnedest to lure that titular gal on over. Offers hail from man and woman, just in case. No answer… yet.

A couple languages fight to claim BRANDON. So, weedy hill, village smithy, or prince are among your etymological picks for what’s of late become a dogwhistle swear.

[If you don’t get that last mention, review the rapping humor of Forgiato Blow’s “Let’s Go Brandon Christmas“. It’s a hate thing.]

Kelly Clarkson doesn’t name her beau in the lyrics of “Winter Dreams (Brandon’s Song)“, but she married the guy so we’ll allow this over orchestrated pop hysteria.

Love Note to Dexter introduces us to “Brandon Yule“. And that’s it. Insistent pop.

Sure sure sure, BILL is short for William, but Billy Boy is such an entrenched sobriquet–and i have SO many songs for the B-name–, i gotta give him his due. Duck lips! Restaurant reckoning! Law draft! Hat visor!

Let’s get past the missed-it-by-that-much comedy from Brett Gelman & Paul Scheer “Bill & Ted’s Christmas“. The cultural flashpoints are aged out, the humor is too much Beavis and Butthead. Off color more than blue.

An AI rocker about the movie Gremlins?! UCV House Band features Christmas and Billy and his warning “Don’t Feed Them at Midnight“. So, here it is.

More movie riffs from Davey Dips deals with Billy’s “Post Traumatic Santa Claus Disorder“. Damn dark rap pop.

American Death Cult blind stomps through “Billy’s Christmas Party” with a death metal wont. Scary.

Just as scary, Billy was so naughty he gets “Tofu For Christmas” and it wants to hurt. Tofu Vibrations hollers the garage hit of the season.

Time for a hero! “Big Brave Bill Saves Christmas” by stopping Snowman Sid and rescuing the young and the old. Delightful Celtic ballideering by Kate Rusby.

Some rando puts on the suit and becomes “Santa Bill“, a memory cherished in funky blues by Brad Peterson.

The Incorrigibles go for more of a nuanced great guy. “Wild Bill’s Wild Christmas” is country drunk for the holidays.

Little cousin Bill wants to see the mall Santa, even though Birthing Stirrups reminds him of the delicious potato pancakes at home. But it’s all “Steam Rolled Santa” downhill from there. Very upset garage.

On that same album they reveal the fate of “A Christmas Sweater for Billy“. It’s the last thing he ever wore. Bereaved garage.

More enterprisingly, Dr. BLT (feat Brian Benson) garage maintains “Billy Wants a Job for Christmas“.

More upsettingly, Hot Buttered Elves tell the tale of “Billy’s Gift“. A nice boy who wanted a puppy gets the New Age indie treatment. What terrible tragedy could befall this?! And then he did –what?!?

“Christmas Eve at the Dew Drop Inn” by Flooded Cellar involves a drunken Billy, hot rodding, and blind driving. Garage a go go.

Regrettably metaling to the tune of “Jingle Bells (Billy’s Christmas)” The Venom Berries recount a naughty Billy and the hijinx what ensue.

When naughty, “Billy and the Christmas Coal” play a duet, according to Chance Hunter’s country AI-flavored banger. Wait for the twist ending.

BLUE ALERT when snowboys2k14 parody The Beach Boys with “Little Saint Billy“. No, i don’t get it.

I do get “Billy the Christmas Pig“, a spoken word children’s book about an orphaned animal–not a reindeer–as sung by The Gift of Christmas Players. Some prejudices are celebrated.

Less stigmatized, “Billy Bob the Hillbilly Goat” makes a show around Xmas as monotoned by the folksy Betty Overstreet.

Red Sovine’s “Billy’s Christmas Wish” about a freezing human orphan gets a tear jerkin’ cover from Brian Allan.

Jim Bobo & Hank Mitzell come across that same orphan in the honky tonk tinkler “Little Bill At Christmas“. Same reactions.

Comedy from wan•abs features the shady door-to-door knocker “Salesman Bill” around the holidays.

Santa schools Billy in the odd off-key “Santa’s Wishes” as spoken worded by The Unemployed Orchestra. Presents? We don’t need no stinkin’ presents!

Billy-envy is a thing in the rapped “Jelly Christmas” by Lexly Nirvana (feat. 1K Phew & Belle). Don’t look for lessons here.

Kidsong nonsense from NanaBananaKidZ AIs “McChilly Billy the Snowman“. Hyperactive.

Barry Ward has a scary flashback during Christmas ’99 of a heroic GI name of Billy in “Christmas in Chu Lai”. Funny thing is, Bill refers to his sacrifice as Christmas in July (mispronunciation mine own). Country pop ballad.

Billy, the boy scientist, invents a “Christmas Time Machine” in order to catch a ride with Ol’ Nick. Piedmont Songbag slings the boggie woogie without apology or explanation, just like i like.

Billy, the aspiring artist, was so good “Billy Got Drums For Christmas“, pop with a killer backbeat from The Hooves. Screw the neighbors.

Also blessed, Isaac Koshy’s Billy has “A Wonderful Christmas” getting the perfect present. Couldn’t tell you what it is from this rocker.

“Little Billy’s Christmas” turns out pretty good as well. Country Gary knows what a country boy wants. Country music! And a robot.

Mike Stackhouse lightens the country when they offer to “Hit Bill with a Toaster“. Non-material things seem to matter.

Yet another ripping yarn, “I Saw Your Father Beat A Man To Death In Tesco’s” from Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer recounts Billy’s da Dickie doing the dirty deed at the worst possible time. And the song he sang to Billy. Music hall rap.

“Billy Got My Bike” complains Jacobsen Brothers after the Xmas booty has been compared. Folk pop for kids who want to know how to balance the scales. of unfairness. Lessons learned?

Another disputed set of origins. Blond, spear, or barbarian? I see all three as BARRY!

“Barry Christmas and the Happy New Year” by Barry Gammon begins as lively pop naming odd out reindeer. Then the refrain alternates Merry with Barry for Christmas greetings. Okay. Back patted.

“Barry Christmas” by BARRRYYY, on the other ham, is a flimsy excuse to say naughty things. Spearman, indeed.

On the nicer end, Barry has made a song! “Barry Loves You Santa” is such short pop that it’s premature genre.

In a winkity wank, The Harmony Boys sketch out some comedy asking us to “Meet Barry Harmony“. Oh, Barry!

Barry Paranoid and the Tin Foil Hats put us back on the obscenity track with “We Wish You a Barry Xmas“. BLUE ALERT! Punk screaming, but in the spirit.

Colin Buchanan & Greg Champion introduce us to a rude “Barry The Elf“, but keep us somewhat family friendly with this scampish kidsong.

Jeff Green has a jolly “Christmas Spree” with too much food, gifts, and fun. He continually wishes himself, Barry, a good time. So, festive–no regrets. Electro-pop.

ASHLEY is a gender neutral name, meaning it WAS a boy’s name [cf. Gone With the Wind]; now it’s a girls name [like in Full House]. Something to do with trees and grass….

Consider the variant. Asher and Wednesday have been naughty this year, so Calling the Skies relegate them to “Krampusnacht“‘s miseries. Metal, natch.

The Brown Christmas thinks it’s funny to run a 1-900 Xmas sex ad with the title “Hi I’m Ashley“. I think it’s a missed opportunity.

bertramland sneaks in song-as-present with “Merry Christmas Ashley“. Hyperbolic passion, but: Say His Name Out Loud! or it’s not special. R+B beginner level.

Pennies Down has a similar problem with “Merry Christmas To You (Song For Ashley)“. Lots of you in this garage rocker. No names named.

Ashley is one of the family in the shouting match “Big BOOM! Christmas” from A.J. & Big Justice. She wants a puppy. I want earplugs.

Ray Powers fixes our wagon with “Christmas Miracle (Live)“. The unlikely happens to little Ashley, who doesn’t have a pony. When she writes a school essay in an institution that doesn’t separate church and state, she gets a better result than little Ralphie. Hard pop.