Category: pop music

Lips closed, nose open… make like a kazoo and reverberate in your vocal apparatus.

In “He Forgot That It was Sunday” John Prine does his priney-thing with still-scapes of ordinary people. Here the children are humming Christmas carols. The alt that folk forgot.

In the AI of Dakimo Music country sad, their “Homeless Christmas Man” has an unnamed sufferer humming while he walks nowhere.

“Just One Kiss As A Christmas Wish” is Just.Mike.Project. (feat. Mayo Velvo) soft pop ballading about that special woman who misses Grandma, and hums Christmas songs, and misses his kiss. Hokey, okay?

Barnaby Bright also characterizes that lonely female as humming some Christmas hymns missing him in some “Star Crossed Christmas.” Indie pop, but i’m getting the feeling humming isn’t just wistful… it’s a cry for help.

Or, it could be a cry to the spectral plane. “Lonely Lights (This Christmas Night)” from Harmonic Pulse Collective gives us a protagonist who moans, And I’ll hum oh I’ll hum a melody/To keep your spirit here with me. Plaintive AI pop.

Absent-mindedly the honoree of “Cowboy Christmas” hums ‘Away in a Manger’ as sung by Terri Clark (feat. Ricky Skaggs). Pretty dang lonely, though. Real twangy country.

AI from DMHA118 describes the mental condition of humming that earworm of “Not Another Christmas Song (Remastered).” Country whining.

David Ker invites you to hum along with “My Little Jingle,” a not-quite-catchy holiday New Age jazz mashup. Humph.

Disco from Christian Paul, Christian San Pascual alerts us that “Christmas Has Begun.” You can tell because of the sweet harmonies we hum. Happier!

Undone Sons are ambivalent when considering whether or not to “Wreck the Bells.” They might hum Auld Lang Syne, then they do so. Unironic pop.

Finger popping time, daddio. Discounting cookies, sudden cold spells, jeans fasteners, witty comebacks, or photos… the number of songs with percussive phalange jazz is small.

Deana Carter’s “Boogie Woogie Santa” betrays his cool when all at once his fingers started to snap. Dixieland boogie.

K Bibbles does the BLUE ALERT nasty rap for “S.O.M.L. (sit on my lap),” punctuated with Boom-Snap-Claps. Confessions of a mall Santa.

Church party music from Taryn Leia Prescott has “Ridiculous Grace” kicking up heels, hands clapping and fingers snapping. It’s pretty wild. Pop.

Sydney Belle is all about you, dear. “My Christmas Dream” involves mistletoe and dancing. You got my finger snapping, she wants you to know. R+B lounge pop.

Moonman Music is morose over “Late Merry Cursemas.” Is Thanos really cruel for snapping life away? he wants to know, for this holiday where he’s alone, unloved, and cold. Tinkly pop.

Uses are so handy and portable they’ll infect your holiday party before you can furrow your brow. Look out, he’s got one over there!

Jeremy Lister combines poinsettias, wassail, cookie dough, and ukuleles for the ultimate strummer “Holiday Party.” A bit of the ol’ ragtime in that jug band, you ask me.

Owl City has the shopping stress of the holidays and kicks pop down the street of choices (a bike, or like a ukulele?). This indecisiveness sends him over the edge and into a “Humbug” frame of mind. Cute.

Is it racist to cast the Hawaiian Islands’ holidays in the key of uke? “Christmas in Texas, Aloha in my Heart” from Nova Sly (feat. The Flores Sisters, Sky Flores & Waipuilani) is slow country two step with only a tiny dab of S.Pacific. Different.

The Radish Friends revive “Ukulele (Christmas) Anthem” as a folk manifesto, poorly written but serious as fruitcake.

No, we still soundly disapprove of 12s around the blog, but Hawaiianfreak’s “12 Days Of Christmas” not only includes ukes (8), it gets metal on your asses. Wha–?

Well, that opened the door, di’ntit? “A Ukulele in a Pear Tree” by Emma and Charlie’s Radio Podcast combines all our instruments (‘Tubular Bells’ style!), but landing back on that first stringed box each round.

“All I Want for Chanukah Is a Ukulele” pits Alison Faith (feat. Karla Kane)’s light folk against the juggernaut of Chanukah music. And, the uke wins.

Parody break: “Ukulele Xmas” from Joel Kopischke is gentle and merry. Ahhh.

Ukulele Lee raises the bar with the namedropping little girl who–through folk pop–asks Santa for “A Ukulele for Christmas.” Awesome sauce.

Tickling the ebony and ivory is a privilege, at least it costs more than any other starter instrument. But there’s always some ruint upright nobody can get rid of.

The Oak Ridge Boys slather their barbershop country all over “Uncle Luther Made The Stuffin.’” All the family members have their chores, including Anna on the pie-anna. Hoe down fun. [Their gospelly “Family Piano” is more sobering.]

Weepy easy listening describes “The Piano” by Liz Callaway. It takes her back, see?

Well, if you prefer cheesy pop, “That One Christmas Song” by Jess LaPradd is vapid beats about singing piano songs. Like, Billy Joel?

AI swings and sways in “Christmas Piano Waltz” provided by Niboyeang, Atsadakorn Kapookkham. Not sure how well pianos waltz, but it’s got… something.

Moody symphonic pop from Ralph McTell dourly relates how “All Things Change” for Renne, the landlady, and big Eddie on the piano for Xmas. And by that we mean they have no future in this existential hole. Holy moldy.

Making the most of it, Crayon Jones wants to gather us ‘round the piano and have a “Merry Christmas Everyone I Mean It.” Slow, gentle Britrock.

<i could go on, hundreds of songs reference the piano in the back, but we’ll chop it off here so other instruments can get some time>

More focused on the instrument “Joseph Just Keep On Playing” is the amateurish backroom light pop story from All Together Now. Trust me, it works.

Keyboard organs deliver notes by many means: electric, bellows, book, pipes, barrels, and more.

Loretta Lynn’s “Country Christmas” is made musical with her dad on the organ. Corny pop country, what else?

C.W. McCall narrates the memory of another country time when Mama played the organ and we all were to “Sing Silent Night.” Sadly sad.

A couple sentimentalists have prefaced their “Silent Night” rendition with the 19th C. tale of the broken organ and the minister who penned a carol oh the fly without the need for one. Like J. Denver and the Muppets here. Sorry.

Comedy break from Hot Buttered Elves tells the story of “The Old Church Organ.” Dunt dun duhhhhh.

That old chestnut, “The Holly and the Ivy” invokes the playing of the merry organ for Christmas singing, so let us allow Silent Knight Riot’s punk posings.

As olden, “Christmas Bells (A Poem Read by Edward Ian Chappe)” brought to life by Carlos Fandango Music documents many symptoms of the season such as the merrymaking music of the organ grinder. Recitative pop.

Hokey easy listening from Ken Bascue, “Ave Maria On Christmas Day” sets the scene of the organ playing for his mother singing in church. Teardrops follow this memory.

MCS Singers try a more upbeat easy listening recounting that long time ago gift under (?) the tree: the organ! After which she tried to sing of a “Beautiful Christmas to All of Them” responsible for such generosity. Cheers!

More of a party easy listening, “California Christmas Remaster” by Bye Bye Mars features an announced organ solo as a gift to you. Check out the final refrain, though. Meta.

In personification, an electric organ celebrates “N8153A’s First Christmas.” This party pop by Party The Hut and Friends is basement friendly. BYOB.

Now that you gots that string-box for Xmas, wocha goyen dew?

That’s the question Sugarland struggle with. Brother got a bike, and I just got this “Little Wood Guitar.” Plaintive country, but it has hope.

Bree Sullivan’s new gift greets him, but in his “Green Guitar Christmas” he can’t play Elvis. Britpop.

Christian and Brandon Cordes rock out “Where Are You, Santa Claus?” with a letter so personal he leaves them an electric guitar. They thank him, rockfully.

All Isaac Stancill needs is his tree and his guitar for an “Acoustic Christmas.” Gentle country ballad that comes off damn sincere.

Birthing Stirrups, on the other hand, needs lessons “Learning to Christmas.” Awful musically, brave theatrically.

Apparently playing itself the AI “Christmas Guitar Harmony” brought to life by Niboyeang, Atsadakorn Kapookkham is waste-of-time pop wishing it was doo wop.

“Dad’s Christmas Guitar” is middle of the road folk from Kristen J. Lloyd. It’s nostalgic, misty, and country-maudlin. If that’s your thing, it’s pretty good.

Atco MC’s “Guitar Santa” is all about the country and the western. And the joy. And a hard rock solo.

“Santa and the Mellow Double Guitar Solo” is seriously rocking from Robby Grant’s Vending Machine. I am not going to check the slot for change.

There’s always room for swing! “Christmas Swing” by Swing lab loves Lo features Santa hitting the ax. Gently, though, gently.That’s nice.

When “Santa Plays Guitar” he plays surf rock, at least how Crawford Smith tells it. Wailing.

One more thing you might do with your guitar is eat it. Confused explains via “Chocolate Guitar (Unmixed, Unmastered & Unloved).” Lovingly awful pop.

Part Two’s cool stuff.

Lena brings us pop back around to silly romantic love with “All My Bells are Ringing.” And her heart is wrapped in a ribbon and a bow.

Christmas Choir w/Murgatroyd & Burrell use the ol’ Britpop to rally the kidlings around for Santa With those “Christmas Bells.” Run.

Lynne & Mike lull us to sleep with the kidsong “Sing-a-Ling Christmas.” Yawn.

I prefer the ear worm of The Cricketones’ “Ding a Ling Dong, the Sleighbell Song.” Giddyup, kidsong.

Reaching for both rock and kids, Freddy Cannon plays it safe and slow with “Santa’s Here to Stay.” It’s all about his bells: Let me hear you now!

Slower swing from The Tractors swear “The Bells are Ringing” to let you know it’s Christmas time. Like that flashing blue light lets you know there’s a sale in Walmart.

Just as jazzy come A Harris and Hart Holiday with their big band-ish “Christmas Bells.” Hey, is this mockery??

Proper big band from Ruth Lyons sashays “Everywhere the Bells are Ringing.” That crystallophone makes my day.

Julie Christy is snazzy and jazzy when she tells you to “Ring a Merry Bell.” This is how the ’60s spelled cool.

Just as spookily Keziah Kate Gwenaelle invokes “The Holiday Bells,” That can break bad curses and spells–mostly in English. Worldly.

Groovy doo wop from Ultimate Ovation syncopates “It’s Christmas” with much more ding a linging a cappella.

Modern-retro doo wop from Make Like Monkeys swirls up “Jingle Jangle” into a new dance craze. Weeee.

Aches and the Pains amps up kidsong into proper rock with “There is No Santa Claus.” How is this kidsong?!

What’s Next briefly (incl. BLUE ALERT) metals the message “Santa Does Not Exist.” It seems to end half-way through, but there’s a surprise at the end.

Bilingually, Punkakes (also BLUE ALERT) metals more meanness with “Santa Claus Doesn’t Exist.” Lot of energy for such a downer.

Tylor Jesus works the speech impediment for the pop startler: “Santa Doesn’t Exist.” Reading you loud and clear, you spoilsport.

Richards and Fitch put the worst outlook to fluffy folk pop in “Santa Don’t Believe in Me.” It’s tit for tat down by the Nativity.

“What If Santa Doesn’t Believe in Us?” is the homily from Andrew J. Mair & Another Joyful Mess. It’s easy listening with an agenda. Prepare to feel guilty.

Shack 25 runs around town looking for the truth. As “Santa Don’t Believe in Me” it don’t reckon they can handle the truth. Pop frolicking.