Category: pop music

The Tuscon soul jazz collective The Regulars Band bebop the pop for “Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas.” This seems to just mash up the two observances into a party, and that’s okay, too. What’s not okay is the endless skit that bookends their music video (altho the performance hijinx is fun violence).

The long arm of johnny law is still reaching in late December. So don’t think you’ll be getting away scott free, you dick.

Taking the high horse, The Christmas Pranksters rewind us to 2009 with a ridiculous Christmas shopper thinking he can buy what he wants (Tickle Me Elmo) when no one else can. “Arrest That Ragin’ Gentleman” is caroldy that’s sing-song sweet, but past its sell-by date.

The usual suspects includes that old breakin’ and enterin’ bagman. Bob Gronowski’s “Santa Claus Got Busted” is a swingin jazz tribute to a misunderstanding of tears and cheer. (Quitcher drinkin’, Santa!)

“Santa Got Busted by the Border Patrol” has its country pop fun with the transport system, but don’t worry, kids, Kevin Fowler (feat. Ray Benson)’ll work it all out!

Mr. Cork plays with the consequences of when “Santa Claus Got Busted!” This hand-clappin’ electric piano rap blues gets a bit graphic, boys and others. Be careful.

Even more tragic, when “Santa Got Arrested” Arrogant Worms run the whole procedural through a sad pop song of The End of Christmas As We Know It. Oh No!

Not a recommended way to avoid the family during the holidays, but an orange alert certainly will destroy the joy of your base of Xmas operations.

Jeff Dunham, duh, has a terrorist comedy song from Achmed the dead terrorist, “Jingle Bombs.” It caters to the fearful.

Fortress of Attitude dances the pop out of “Bomb Threat Christmas.” What’s the last package left under the tree?? Oh no!

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Ryland Adams goes for short and sweet with the rock pop in “A Clickbait Christmas.” This is peppy, fluffy fun–i smell a Hallmark movie opportunity!

The digital self portrait is the fodder of social media today, but did you know the Japanese perfect the art of ‘kawaii (cute) culture, which involves an obsession with beautifying self-representation in photographic forms’? Things that make you go Hmmm.

More elementary school assembly singing with “Elfie Selfie.” Upbeat pop showtune, if you need to annoy someone else.

Instructions included, Twelve 2 Five funk pop the “Christmas Selfie.” Just like with Xmas, it’s all about me me me.

Short Message Service was a slow build through the ‘nineties, but became the standard ‘hey’ by the Millennium. (BTW ‘Merry Christmas’ may have been the first text.)

I won’t repeat the dozen of these songs i posted a year ago. Here’s more:

Only casually Christmas, Sam Wineman is fully tech savvy but desperate with “Text Me Back.” Electronic pop meandering.

Parodying ‘Wish You’ Slant 6 & the Jumpstarts drunkrock “Text You a Merry Christmas” leaning into the funny-voice humor. Yeah!

Dragonette clues us in to the etiquette of when/how to say it with “Merry Xmas (Says Your Text Message).” This is sassy diva pop that perks up the ears with sudden profanity. Earned your burn!

I can still remember the first time i knew mobile telephones were all over: the guy in the stall next to me called out ‘How ya doin’ over there?’–but he didn’t want an update from my business….

Another ‘choral product’ from Nathan Howe (and the SATB choir) offers up a plate of glee fun with “I Want to Stare at My Phone with You.” Actually the irony of this ‘Millennial Holiday Song’ nails it.

Ray Wenderlich demonstrates the agony and the ecstasy of the latest Apple purchase with “Baby It’s iPhone Time,” a Xmas parody of cutesy proportions.

Janitor Jules just plain wants an “iPhone for Christmas,” so he’s composed a vaguely country pop plea of alt-proportions.

The Eternal Frontier tossed their stovepipe into the ring a couple years ago with Season’s GEAReetings from The Eternal Frontier, a pop EP album of ka-ching for you and you and you know who you are.

Theremin cues the horror-scifi in “100 Years of Christmas (She Melts Me),” which is more acid trip than Verne/Wells.

“Steampunk Yuletide Ditty” is addressed to ‘steam-friends,’ and then kazoos. Retro rock that verges on metal, and then kazoos.

“Santa’s Making Time” is the time machine antics of Big Red. Soft rock.