Category: rock

Burdened with agenda, The Moody Blues worry The world won’t sleep well tonight (as we have lost the “Spirit of Christmas“). Where’d it go? Into mealy prog-pop like this, that’s where!

Giddy with cheesy pop music Mariah Carey wants “My Only Wish (This Year)” to be known. It’s not you, silly, it’s her Bae-beh! and it’s keeping her up: Christmas Eve, I just Can’t sleep/Would I be wrong, for taking a peek?

Third Day has got something to tell you tonight before you fall asleep: “Merry Christmas.” They’d rather God told you, but they’ll settle for country rock.

Canadian sillies The Yule be Sorrys make merry with bell brigade Santa-ing back in the day in “Ye Olde Looney Bin / Shoppers Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep,” a medley of begging for 1$ coins (Loonies minted as 1987) mixed with the endless chore of consumerism around the holidays. Don’t drop, shop! or something like that.

War Pony Dos wield the tragic fiddle to express how they cannot sleep (or eat) as they ate “Waiting on Santa.” It’s like an illness.

The Punters rock the sea shanty with “Tell Me a Story” (Then I’ll Go to Bed). This procrastination technique has worked for so-called sleepless children for generations. Plus which, Christmas is a tradition with a built-in story.

Apartment 7 handles a fine pastiche in “I’m Dreaming of a White (Stripes) Christmas.” Visions of garage blues bangin’ their heads.

Leaning onto reggae, Keith Michael Roman reimagines ‘White’ as “We Be Dreamin’,” a vast improvement.

To the tune of ‘Hark’ Cinderella’s “Christmas Dreams” involve marriage to a handsome prince. The Fairy Tale Pops are on your side, little girls!

Rikki Vulpes rolls into “HALF PAST NINE (DREAMING OF CHRISTMAS WITH YOU)” like it’s nap time at the karaoke lounge. Not just dreamy, but sleepy.

“Dreaming of Christmas” by Patrick McHenry begins as a ‘White’ reorchestration, then pivots to sweet dreams of what used to be ‘twixt you and me. Caffeinated indie.

Ginger Cat’s “Holiday Dream” is a must-do list of jazz band whoopie for her and her honey. Yummy.

Albert Vick does that ultra-slow RnR riff for “Dreaming of Christmas“–a state of mind that precludes his lonely whistling. Merry? Murky, try again later.

Some dreams are better’n others. “I’m Dreaming Of A Shite Christmas” is Detective Instinct (feat. Brian Stevenson) letting us know with melodic garage rock that bad times follow him into sleep.

Senan Quinlan also claims “I’m Dreaming of Sh*Te Christmas,” but this time the strumming folk trashes traditions while painting a moral high ground.

Are no dreams better than bad ones? “I Ain’t Dreaming of a White Christmas” is the metal answer from Priceduifkes. Ouch.

Vista Blue retros boy band soft rock while “Dreaming of the Right Christmas.” No money, no sun, but there’s still hope. I guess.

Memories? Fantasies? ‘Tis the season! So say Fascinations Grand Chorus with their retro electronic pop “Christmas Dreaming.” Above average!

Indiana Drones takes the Doo Wop standard and puts “I’m Dreaming” on a loop that resolves into white noise. That’s how it usually goes for me.

Spike Jones tour de forces Nutcracker with “The Little Girl’s Dream.” Wild and wacky. (That was only the beginning. Don’t forget the “End of the Little Girl’s Dream.“)

Wishing and hoping often turns “Christmas Eve Dreaming” into screaming, according to the lite rock of Sean Madigan. Perceptive!

“Christmasland” by The Tvsjudgejoebrown Band is a bed time journey of experimental design. As a song, it’s a great psychological profile in discourage. I mean, huh?

“Santa’s Night Out” is Fabby Claus getting all excited about who’s coming tonight. This syncopated pop (rap lite) begins with going to bed. Weird, tho.

The Little Black Books (Mark Lindquist, Jim Hagstrom and Bob Olson) lower the boom with Minnesota rock in the awesome “Go to Bed (Santa’s Comin’).”

The whole point of lullubization is going to sleep, of course. So let’s explore the REM stages from December Twenty-fourth musically.

Looking forward to sleep is a strange thing around the holidays. But it helps the time pass until the present’s wrapping may be ravaged.

Remember? Leona Lewis measures the nights before Xmas until she’s reunited with true love in her R+B pop “One More Sleep.” It starts with five, so buckle up.

Isabelle Cooper Murphy gives us the kid verzh with “10 More Sleeps ’til Christmas.” It’s a hyperkinetic countdown falling into… rap?

The marvelous Muppet Scrooge musical numbers have already been relished here on the blog. Covering “One More Sleep ’til Christmas” Randolph’s Leap enlarge upon the casual celebratory intimacy of the original Cratchit + Tiny Tim harmony with an odd Brit-rock top 40 elevator cover. Electric guitar solo! Yeesh.

KRISTY sings her “Christmas Lullaby” in a tin closet, but her sincerity elevates the crummy recording into elegance.

Slim Whitman yodels at his best in the chilling “Long Ago There was Born.” Brahms has returned.

Gladness presents “A Christmas Lullaby” seemingly as a cleaned up verzh of ‘Fairytale.’ Then the ska sets in and i’m all set. He’s coming home to you–

…and don’t get up ’til morning, warns Jesús Villa with some sassy ol’ time RnR in “A Christmas Lullaby.” Dad seems to have trouble staying awake while tucking you in as well. That’s what i’m talkin’ ’bout.

Keep those Xmas toes warm!

The Wish You Were Heres are more BLUE ALERT about this very: “Everybody’s Getting Socks for Christmas.” So there.

The most fun to be had with the banality of “Socks, Socks, Socks” for Xmas is from Marshal Keep. Churchy pop.

Thrice a Chuckle point out that the “Christmas Socks” are on their Christmas feet. That’s pretty much all. Boisterous caroling mode.