Category: pop music

Emmy the Great with Tim Wheeler count off the roster (…Sancho… Panza… Sarah… Palin!) until they come to the one everyone’s been waiting for: “Jesus the Reindeer.” Sprightly alt-pop.

“Donny the Long-Nosed Reindeer” is a Les Tafari attempt to parody ‘Rudolph.’ It goes round and round and doesn’t get anywhere. Then you realize it’s a previous presidential putdown. Political fire.

The kind of reindeer that would run over a geriatric is careless; the kind that would scam out the old folks–?? Marvy pop music from Wenatchee Valley Boys brings the finger-popping tribute to the scoundrel “Donny the Reindeer.” Look out, kids! No one’s shadier….

Vixen’s down with the flu! Who you gonna call?! “Brutus the Backup Reindeer” comes to the rescue thanks to Phil and the Osophers with ’70s pop crooning. Too bad the washed-up loser ruins everything–to upbeat scatting.

Badly Drawn Boy to the rescue with a hip symphonic cartoon song that uses “Donna and Blitzen” as the Xmas magic metaphor for love. Soaring pop.

[Compare to the hipster head case of a beat love ballad “Donner Blitzen” by Tom Baird, in which reindeer are the key to understanding life. Good luck with that.]

Simplefish (ft. MC @isnorris and MC Stabby) worry “Where is Dancer?” in an experimental pop procedural that will leave you wondering if that was really one of Santa’s reindeers’ names.

An interjection good enough to end Finnegans Wake, YES may be what Christmas is all about.

“Yes It’s Christmas!” is Illingworth’s country rocker on Adderall. Meaning, it’s for the kids. Brace yourself.

Ender Bender’s “Yes It’s Christmas” is also hyper, but that suits dance pop better. You might wanna caffeinate up to keep up.

Randy Becker slows the mood way down with his jazz solemnity “Yes It’s Christmas.” Did somebody die? (Wait, that’s Easter.) (Not really.)

Bebe Winans tries to up spirits again with a heavily orchestrated anthem “Yes It’s Christmas.” Biblical show tune.

The Hipwaders go right for the kids with their folksy pop rock. But “Yes, It’s Christmas” has a Celtic declamatory riff to it that demands obedience. Sign me up.

Oh is a gateway interjection for so many idiomatic phrases. And they can be shouted for Xmas.

“Oh My, Oh My, It’s Christmas” is the gospel exclamation from the Wilmington Celebration Choir. Salty.

Some funk from Carly Jamison worries about the accessibility of the home to delivery in “Oh No Santa Claus.” Get it.

“Christmas Time is Here (Uh Oh)” subimposes the interjection after the statement. But that’s the thing with mistakes. Telekinesis presents piano pop.

Pop oopsy from Trillian Miles, “Uh Oh Christmas.” It’s what it says it is. And whistling.

A pedestrian hallelujah, hail can be just an old hello. But, coupled with Christ, HAIL means a great deal more.

The Decca Chorus sings “Hail to Christmas” as a selection from the operetta ‘Babes in Toyland.’ This oldie timey symphonization comes off almost as ragtime. Have fun with it!! (Or take succor in the early ’60s version on Golden Records. It’s safer.)

Elektra Women’s Choir & Alicia O’Brien bring the solstice Wiccan power to “Hail, Christmas Day!” Piercing, man.

Call back to Teen Titans Go! with their “All Hail the Jolly Fat Man” as a smart march intro for the mean Santa.

Who else–? Oh that’s right, Mother Mary gets a hail now and then. Many take the prayer/penance and sing it. Few swing it. So let’s turn the light on Joy Riding, whose “Hail Mary” is an alt-pop trip to the beach. But it’s about Christmas (i suspect), and being out of place. Youngsters!